Nelsonville News Notes and Local Updates
Nelsonville items note Messenger office at 26 Fulton Street near the depot with Bartletts managing and seeking carriers and sellers. Community calendar lists May 19 23 commencement events and the Hocking Valley Christian Endeavor Convention hosting 200 delegates.
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Messenger Branch
Fulton Street
Depot
Arhtur Mann
Christian Church Auditorium
Dorothy Allen
Robert Kinney
Gretchen Easler
Loretta Mooney
Dean B. W. Chubb
Ohio University
Hocking
Goods stolen from J. M. Lama store recovered at Lama mine
Chief Pearson located the stolen goods in an old opening in the Lama mine. Arrests are believed imminent. Miss Gretchen Keplar returned after a two week visit with her sister Mrs. Walter Albaugh in Murray City.
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J. M. Lama
Chief Pearson
Lama Mine
Gretchen Keplar
Walter Albaugh
Murray City
Smilage Books Arrive For Soldiers Entertainment Network
New batch of Smilage Books is on sale at banks drug stores and other businesses. A February campaign sent nearly $2300 worth of books to the Soldiers. Each book contains coupons admitting uniformed personnel to Liberty Theatre shows at Camps Sherman Sheridan Oglethorpe and twenty four other camps.
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Liberty Theatre
Sherman
Sheridan
Oglethorpe
Smilie
Red Cross Headquarters Keeps Busy Surgical Department
Large crowds gather at the Red Cross as the surgical department operates amid a busy schedule. The facility stays open from noon until 9 PM and will close promptly at 9 o clock each evening.
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Red Cross
Athens Chamber Plans Trip to Camp Sherman
Mary Nelsonville area residents join Athens Chamber of Commerce on a special trip to Camp Sherman Thursday May 9. An 8 20 A M train from Athens will transport attendees with $2.60 round trip fare, taxi 50 cents, lunch 50 cents, and dinner included. Call Walter Saunders by Saturday night to reserve.
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Mary Nelsonville
Camp Sherman
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Walter Saunders
Four Minute Men Contest At High School For Liberty Bond Drive
A four minute speaking contest for sixth to eighth grades on The Third Liberty Loan was held in the high school auditorium Thursday. Judges were Eberle Maxwell and Chas Preston. Winners: Leta Lewis eighth grade Evaline Ward seventh grade Mabel Butterworth sixth. Second place went to Charles Beard Cecil Woodson and Nettie Matheny. Mr and Mrs Dave Evans and their daughter visit Columbus for a few days while Dave’s arm is treated.
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Liberty Loan
Eberle
Maxwell
Chas. Preston
Leta Lewis
Evaline Ward
Mabel Butterworth
Charles Beard
Cecil Woodson
Nettie Matheny
Remaking of a Nation draws Glouster crowds at opera house
Glouster Ohio May 3 crowds pack the opera house for The Remaking of a Nation a world war film hitting five shows with standing room only. Spectators line sidewalks from the Opera House to Hotel Gordon as locals rush to Camp Sherman screenings and related notices report Mine 254 idle due to delayed fire boss departure.
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McCarty
Opera House
the Messenger
Ned
Magic City
Hotel Gordon
Camp Sherman
Mustarine Promises Fast Pain Relief and Rapid Healing
Advert describes Mustarine as a quick pain killer claiming to ease chest pain backache toothache headache and neuralgia within minutes. It criticizes old mustard plasters and touts a yellow box remedy available at drug stores for sore throats rheumatic pain and swollen joints.
Government moves to cut newspaper sizes announced
Chairman Baruch of the War Industries Board said a commodity section on paper will be created. A leading publisher will head the unit to handle print paper shortage and conservation as the first government step toward reducing newspaper sizes.
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Washington
Baruch
War Industries Board
Berne Report on Kerensky Cabinet Members Released
Undated Petrograd wire says Kerensky ministers freed from Nitski prison have taken government posts. Bolsheviks push to unionize Russian socialists to form a coalition government able to press for revision of the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty.
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Berne
Kerensky
Nitski
Petrograd
Brest-Litovek
Bolshevik Forces Attack German Lines in Crimea Rail Corridor
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports Bolshevist troops in the Crimea with armored trains and heavy artillery press German defenders on the railway between Theodosia and Drankoi. The report also alleges massacres of German colonists as the fighting intensifies.
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Zurich
Crimea
Theodosia
Drankoi
Frankfurter Zeitung
Allied intervention in Russia near says foreign opinions
Russian British French and Japanese observers in Washington say intervention in Russia is very near. Officials have reportedly changed their minds in the past month and debate over the form of action is causing delays.
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Washington
Russia
McAndrew Appointed Chief of Staff in AEF
With the American army in Lorraine Major General McAndrew was named chief of staff of the American expeditionary forces replacing Brigadier General Harbord who assumed a field command.
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Lorraine
McAndrew
Harbord
Martzolff class to hold 7 30 picnic lunch tonight
The Martzolff class will serve a pic nic lunch at its meeting at 7 30 o'clock this evening. Every member of the class is expected to bring something toward the supper. A German submarine without a periscope carries on its observation by means of lenses at either side and other lenses and impr ove properly arranged. The submarine thus equipped is obliged to travel nearer the surface than is necessary in the case of the older model.
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Neck of Woods
Skinner
Glouster Boy
Tomorow
Adv
Martzolff
Business Manager and Editor Social and News Reporter
Office listing for a combined role seeks a business manager editor and social and news reporter. Requires strong writing, coordination, and public relations skills. Phone contact 62-L for application details.
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C. H. Bartlett
Businees
Meigs County Liber al League Honors Max Wildermuth
Members and families of the Meigs County Liber al League honored departing Max Wildermuth of Wildermuth Brewery Pomeroy at the Armory. A feast with seasonal seafood, music and entertainment followed heartfelt toasts and regrets for the family’s move to Cincinnati. The Pomeroy Unit of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense will meet Monday evening in the public library.
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Meigs County Liberal League
Armory
Max Wildermuth
Wildermuth Brewery
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Woman's Committee
The
Council of National Defense
Hawkins Brothers Missing In France War Time Worries Middleport Family
Relatives of Homer and Mack Hawkins, sons of Mr and Mrs Newton Hawkins of Rutland, fear they are "Somewhere In France" after two weeks without word. The brothers served in Company C, 7th Ohio Infantry, leaving August 1917 for Camp Sheridan, then Hoboken and Camp Merritt with Anti Aircraft Machine Gun Company. Earnest Hawkins remains at Camp Sheridan, while the Hawkins family also includes Mrs A J Beavers of Middleport.
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France
Homer
Mack Hawkins
Newton Hawkins
Rutland
Co. C
7Th Regiment
Ohio Infantry
Hunker
Middleport
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Hoboken
N. J
Camp Merritt
Hawkins
A. J. Beavers
Earnest Hawkins
Funeral of Thomas H Middleton Held in Middleport
The funeral for Thomas H Middleton 31 died at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis was held at Heath Methodist church Middleport. He was a civil engineer son of Mrs T H Middleton and brother to Earl Clarence Vivian Elsie and Davis. His father the late T H Middleton Jr former Middleport mayor preceded him a year ago.
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Thomas H. Middleton
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport
T. H. Middleton
Meigs County
T. H. Middleton, Jr
Raymond Sherman
Vivian
Elsie
Earl
Clarence
Camp Sherman
Davis
Philadelphia
Patient at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis in critical condition
The report notes a lockjaw treatment ongoing at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis with physicians declaring slim hope for recovery. In Meigs County, the Pythian Sisters chapter of Middleport held a Tuesday meeting initiating six new members from Magnolia Chapter of Pomeroy as guests, followed by a banquet hosted by the group.
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Emmett Radford
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Holzer
Meigs Chapter
Pythian Sisters of
Middleport
Magnolia Chapter
Pomeroy
Mesdames A
Tracy
Fannie
Mandy Fugate
Freda Lowery
Jessie Mitch
Leana Beards
Local Notes From Pomeroy Area Attendances and Visits
Charles Huber of Pomeroy visits Athens this week. Ada Resner of Gallipolis returns home after visiting Zether family in Pomeroy. Davis Middleton and Raymond Sherman of Camp Sherman attend funeral of Tom Middleton Jr. Dr G B Hemsley and Mrs Hemsley visit Sugar Run. Mrs Raymond Vous and daughter visit the Ficks of Pomeroy. Mina Childres returns home to Middleport from Akron. Bertha Miller takes clerical job at Hart Jewelry in Pomeroy. Phil Wolf of Portsmouth visits his Pomeroy store. J B Lindsay arrives from Gauley Bridge to attend Middleport council. Jesse Farber remains ill at his parents. Mrs Joseph Kirby moves to Charleston for summer. husband is conductor on K M between Charleston and Nitro. John Major ill with grip improving. Lloyd Rock visits Bend from Pt Pleasant. Bay War Savings Stamps and Kaiser notes. Parvah and Red Sea reference.
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Lloyd Rock
Pt. Pleasant
God
Kaiser
Parvah
Red Sea
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Glouster
Mason Andrewe
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Dustarias
Ema
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Free Socialists
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Ada Resner
Jacob Zether
Davis Middleton
Medical College
Clarence Middleton
Tom Middleton, Jr
G. B. Hemsley
Glenco, Ohio
S. A. McCullough
Sugar Run, Pomeroy
Raymond Vous
Little Daughter
George Fick
Mina Childres
Akron
Bertha Miller
Central School
Hart Jewelry Store
Phil Wolf
Portsmouth
J. B. Lindsay
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
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Jesse Farber
Max Farber
Joseph Kirby
Charleston
Mr. Kirby
Nitro
John Major
Hathburn
Fulton
Brookfield
Mee Fulton Ga
Wrey Ed
Moore
South Court St
Lawrence & Bean
Elizabeth Inman
Brown Avenue
Charlotte Enlow
Elmwood Place
Charles P. Kircher
Campbell Avenue
Sarah M. Woodruff
Congress Street
Ellen Roush
Lancaster Street
Mary E. Davin
Morris Avenue
Ida B. Harris
Stimpson Avenue
Grece G. Pickering
Laura B. Barrows
Hudson's Addition
Edith L. Mose
Melvina Maxwell
Cemetery Street
Callie Walls
Sunnyside Drive
A. E. Wagner
James P. Cryder
Grosvenor Street
Grace G. Dye
Richland Avenue
Emily A. Phillips
C. E. Cornwell
Elmwood
H. L. Wheaton Crooks Hardware CO
J. D. Haskins
Athens National Bank
Hamburg
Chas. Mills
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