Camp Sherman visitor news and local telegram style items
Mr Bilis W West of Camp Sherman visits Hemrock with Mrs R W Miller and daughter. Dr Alsten Bilis goes to Columbus for a budget interview then Cincinnati for a School Masters Club meeting and returns Saturday. C H Romine reported worse after weeks as a Sant or. First Sergeant Herbert S Richardson returns home from Camp Sherman after discharge twenty one months from leaving. He drilled the ninth division at Camp Sheridan Alabama and was set to go overseas when the armistice ended the war.
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Alsten Bilis Chos E
Columbus
Cincinnati
Herbert
Richardson
Camp Sherman
Camp Sheridan
Alabama
Athens French Club Presents Evening with Whittier
The Athens French Club hosted guests at the Cotners home for an evening featuring reading and critique of Whittier. A gifted reader performed selections from Snowbound and Sunset on the Bearcamp, eliciting tender emotions and praising the poet's valued work.
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Athens
H. W. Cotner
Maten
Dean Voigt
Whittier
Bearcamp
Higley Study Circle Civics Meeting Highlights
A large Higley Study Circle gathering hosted by Mrs. Andrew Murphy featured papers on Community Relief Work Civics for Children in the Home and Physical Training in the School. Miss Speck and Miss Patterson provided a vocal solo to close the event.
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Higley
Andrew Murphy
J. R. Harvey
Ae H. M. Taylor
Local Athens Tales Of Games Odds And Oddities
A lively Athens column recalls faces like Billy Williams Pete and Benny amid card games and bets, noting a shrinking 44 inch vest and a busy sheriff's office. A Ford tank tubbery scene on Court street delights locals while gas signs and decorating efforts brighten Mall Lindley hall. Nine coaches ride through on the B and O line with Indiana and Ohio soldiers in town.
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Buck
Billy Williams
Pete
Benny
Williams
McKinley
Athens
Indiana
Ohio
Century Liniment Promises Fast Relief for Aches
An advertisement touts 20th Century Liniment as soothing relief for neuralgia pains back stiffness and muscle soreness. It claims rapid comfort with a first rub and urges readers to try tonight with available supply from any druggist. The copy also mentions a separate friction device for polishing silverware.
Mrs Lee Hosts Christian Sunday School Class Gathering
Mrs Lee hosted the close of the Christian Church Sunday School at 105 Cweete Terrace. Mary Helen Lee performed songs with a piano solo, and Sophia Boetzner led a class of 26 members under the slogan Everybody working. A social hour followed with a collation.
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Mias Sophia Boetzner
The Debt We Owe to France Read at Club Meeting
Mrs Statens presented The Debt We Owe to France prepared by Mrs J R Lostre and read by Mrs Clarence Roach. Mrs M M Kerr led the afternoon with Mrs W B tag secretary present. Refreshments served. next meeting set with Mrs Ralph P Jennings at Union Street Washington.
Unclear Vehicle Fleet Reported in Fragment
A garbled OCR fragment notes various vehicle counts including trucks and ambulances. Despite unreadable context, it lists 399 camionnettes 71 ambulances and 29 motorcycles with stray phrases about service in ne cars.
Civic Knights Hold Red White Blue Hall Event
A hall in the area was decorated in red white and blue for a Knights of Columbus gathering. Punch was served during the evening to a large company of people.
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Caverta
Elmwood Place hostess entertains twenty guests
Mrs W P Wiles of Parkersburg and Mrs W Hopkins joined a Sunday afternoon gathering at Elmwood Place hosted by the latter. Twenty women attended as carnations trimmed the rooms and a luncheon followed.
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W. P. Wiles
Parkersburg
W. Hopkins
Elmwood Place
Fragmentary WWI era notes from Camp Sherman hospital history
Disconnected OCR fragments mention Camp Sherman in Ohio, a Lancaster Street entry, Rainbow division in France, and a Dew who stayed until December 27. Other lines reference coaches through Athens at 8:40 p m and a No 8 attachment, but details are unclear.
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Sherman
Lancaster Street
France
Ene
Dew
Athens
Unclear Ohio Unemployment Figures From Week Decline
A damaged OCR fragment reports unemployment in Ohio with figures around 91,000 employed or unemployed and contrasts a prior week. It mentions 16,000 fewer unemployed and references totals for the state, but the text is garbled and uncertain about exact meanings.
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Onte
Ohio
Rainbow Boys Will Not Start at Once
March 11 military officials said the plan to hasten homeward vision would keep troops from changing schedules. The secretary advised that adjusting the program would disorganize the entire effort to bring troops home.
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Rainbow Boys
Whee Beker Hue
the @iase
Ite
Baker
Ela
Probate notice from Scotland county court
The fragmentary text references an estate of Catherine Scot tied to March and a probate action in Gaid County. Details are incomplete but indicate a formal court proceeding concerning a will or estate settlement with the probate office named.
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Peter
Maren
Dee
Gaid County
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Court Street
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California
New York
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Michael Stern
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Albert
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