Miners Union Backs League of Nations Endorsed by Local 202
Hollister March 11 resolution from Local Union No. 202 of the United Mine Workers advocates the League of Nations to safeguard peace and human rights. It calls for U S entry, cites labor support, and urges transmission to President Wilson, Ohio senators, and Taft. Official actions note D. W. Wallace, Hiram Deem, and Charles Bookman as leaders.
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America
Free Nations
League of Nations
United States of America
Wilson
U.S
U. S
Ohio
W. H. Taft
League
New York City
D. W. Wallace
Hiram Deem
Chas. Bookman
War souvenirs brought home by Major Johnson draw crowds in Athens
A display at Clines showcases battlefield artifacts from Major M. R. Johnson's World War I service in France. Visitors see a French helmet worn throughout service, a German officer’s plate from a dugout, field glasses, a brass signal pistol, a sixteenth notch trench knife, a flashlight, and pistols from French, American, and German hands. The collection also includes canteens, canned rations, shells, and a water cane used by his adjutant in Champagne and Vosges fighting. This is Athens’s largest World War I memorabilia exhibit to date.
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Cline’s
M. Johnson
Elds
France
America
Germany
Major Johnson
Finch
Champagne
Vosges Mountains
Vernion
Athens
Birth Control Movement Emerges in Germany
Censor reports show the start of a birth control movement in Germany with many letters exchanged between husbands and wives declaring they will have no more children.
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Coblenz
Germany
Merchants threaten Sunday law push over closures
In Cincinnati March 12 200s retail grocers and butchers league members threaten to close Sundays if forced to stop operate They would push strict enforcement of Ohio Sunday closing law to halt Sunday baseball theaters movies newsstands and nonessential shops The Sunday Rest and Recreational League reports arrests of dealers staying open on Sunday by its members.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mi o na stomach tablets advertise relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Mi o na stomach tablets to cure indigestion dizziness biliousness and sick headache. It promises a refund if relief is not achieved and notes McKee Drug Co and other leading drug stores carry the product.
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McKee Drug Co
Five Vessels Readied for Home Shore
Washington March 12 The War Department announced transport sailings to New York and Newport News from Bordeaux and St Nazaire. Vessels include Zacapa Polarland Haverford Rijndam and Princess Mateiki with troops convalescents engineers and various army units attached. The Thirtieth Division has started home. Finland sailed March 10 for Newport News with 56th artillery and 116th machine gun battalion among aboard.
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Washington
War Department
Zacapa
Bordeaux
New York
Boreeaux
26Th Engineers
Army
Polarland
Haverford
Brest
Philadelphia
Signal Corps
Upton
Gordon and
Dodge
Mobile Hospital
Camp Funston
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
California
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
Oklahoma
Montana
Alabama
Rijindam
St. Nazaire
Newport News
Field Artllery
Nog
37Th Engineers
Sherman
Gordon
Devons
Taylor
Lee
Meade
Kearney
Camp Sherman
Camp Grant
Camp Lee
Dix
Funston
Grant
Greenleaf
Lee and
Hancock
Iowa
114Th Artillery
Pretty Frock Pattern For Little One Sizes Two To Six
A dress design features fabrics including batiste voile gabardine linen pique cashmere and albatross with gingham and percale options. The pattern offers four sizes and shows sleeve lengths wrist or elbow and option to finish without tab trimming. Size 4 needs 3 1/2 yards of 27 inch material. A pattern illustration can be mailed for 10 cents.
Farmers support cooperative producer associations bill in Ohio
Columbus officials report members of the Ohio State Grange and other farmers groups expressed support for forming cooperative producers associations to pool products and aid marketing. The proposed bill before the Ohio legislature would authorize such organizations.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio State Grange
Farmers’ Organization
Cooperative Producers’ Associations
Ohio
Plans Underway for School Art Exhibit at Masonic Temple
Teachers from the grades and high school met to organize the March 24 and 25 art exhibit at the Masonic Temple. Miss Grover Dickson and Mrs. Hollenbeck head donation efforts with letters to clubs, lodges, and individuals. Clara Wethr chairs candy and fancy work sales to boost receipts. Blanche Bay handles private sales. Belle Schloss directs pupil guides and ushers. The 1917 exhibit valued at 410 aims to reach 500, with evening programs being prepared and sold soon.
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Masonic Temple
Miss Grover
Miss Dickson
Hollenbeck
Misa Clara Wethr
Blanche Bay
Belle Schloss
Curing Meat Notes For Winter Conditions
An expert from Ohio State University cautions that open winter temperatures disrupt standard brine cures. He advises early spoilage detection, ropy brine handling, and switching to a dry cure using salt sugar and saltpeter with staged additions.
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C. T. Coklip
College of Agriculture
Ohio States University
Akron man guilty of embezzling city funds
George Piper former city purchasing agent was found guilty of embezzling 1531 dollars by a jury. He was charged with selling coal consigned to the city to individuals and firms. The jury was out only thirty minutes.
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Akron
Mar
George Piper
Piper
Public Forum on School System Critique in Athens Ohio
R. D. Young of Athens Ohio argues against compulsory high school for teacher qualification. He recalls earlier education methods and laments current focus on high school after eight grades. He urges stronger home schooling, better basic books, and fair pay for teachers without mandatory high school attendance.
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Messenger
The
Mary
R. V. Young
Athens
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Alway
Athens County
Asa
Yales
Public Forum
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Seavige Letters
Ethel Gilbraith
187Th Engineers
Rhine River
Oberbetz
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Harry E. Street
Clarksburg
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