Nelsonville Messenger notes and local social items
Nelsonville community notices include Messenger office details and carrier alert requests. Local sports report: Nelsonville Greys open season at Pastime Park against Chillicothe, with a strengthened lineup and 2.45 start. Socials: Rudolph Bryan’s fifteenth birthday party with gifts. Priscilla Club gathering hosted by Miss Minnie Merz with Oklahoma guest Mrs. Clarence Tucker and Miss Ethel Walker.
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Nelsonville Greys
Pastime Park
Bill Conley
Chillicothe
Camp Sherman
Chess Bryan
Rudolph
Allen Riley
Opie Sweeney
Paul Martin
Paul Lowden
Norvel Nixon
Clarence Kelch
Williard Bartoe
Charles Beard
Wilbur McKee
Minnie Merz
Priscilla Club
Chestnut Street
Clarence Tucker
Nordan
Oklahoma
Ethel Walker
Mesdames Will Powell
Ed. Knight
Mary Howe
Lessie Johnson
Christina King
Mildred Jones
Velma Dowler
Beatrice Cook
Dayton Officers Die In 400 Foot Fall In Ohio
Daytons Colonel Damn and Major Brindley of the U S Signal Corps were killed when their flying machine fell 400 feet near Dayton. Major Brindley Oscar Brindley formerly lived in Dayton and worked as an electrician at the Nelsonville Foundry. The tragedy grieved many friends in the area and followed their recent return from Washington.
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Dayton
Ohio
Damn
Brindley
U. S. Signal Corps
Washington
Oscar Brindley
Nelsonville Foundry & Machine
Barber’s Rabbit Stolen From Fayette Street Residence
Mr. Spring the barber on Fayette street reports a rabbit theft Thursday evening. The rabbits were kept under the bedroom window of Chief Jackie Pearson. Stanley Dew learns his son Wheeler Dew was gassed in the trenches two weeks ago and is now hospitalized far from the front.
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Mr. Spring
Fayette Street
Jackie Pearson
Wheeler Dew
Stanley Dew
Red Cross Branch Schedules Sewing Day Adjustment
The Red Cross headquarters will close Tuesday and Wednesday. Ladies signed up for those days are asked to come Monday for an all day sewing session.
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Red Cross
City Federation Meet Opens To Discuss German Forces
The City Federation will convene in the Chamber of Commerce Monday at 2 PM to consider actions against German forces. Fritz worries about social tangles as he contemplates the gathering and the mood of the crowd.
Mooney Seeks New Trial Under Ancient Law
Thomas J. Mooney through Maxwell McNutt files a new motion for a new trial citing the ancient writ of Coram Nobis. He seeks to overturn the death sentence on grounds of fraud malfeasance and nonfeasance by District Attorney Charles M. Fickert. Arguments focus on Judge Frank A. Griffin jurisdiction after the case reached the State Supreme Court.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Maxwell McNutt
Charles M. Fickert
Frank A. Griffin
States Supreme Court
McNutt
Five Million Alloe Men Needed At Front At Once
Senator McCumber urged the United States to send five million troops to the front within a year. He criticized the War Shipping Board and aircraft spending as wasteful and warned that failure to mobilize would tarnish America's moral duty and mark another year of blunders.
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Alloe
Washington
United States
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
America
Shipping Board
Passes Cancelled at Camp Sherman for Ohio Selects
Camp Sherman Ohio May 4 weekend passes planned for eight thousand recipients were suddenly cancelled and Ohio selects will spend Sunday in camp.
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Camp Sherman
Ohio Selects
Akron Man Sentenced to Death for Officer Richards Murder
Frank Mazzano was sentenced today to die in the electric chair on September 16 for the murder of Officer Richards.
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Akron
Frank Mazzano
Richards
Germans use souvenirs to trap soldiers in No Man's Land
In France on May 3 the German forces plant deadly devices disguised as souvenirs across No Man's Land. Belts helmets rifles and other items wired to concealed bombs lure soldiers to potential death or injury as they move to collect keepsakes. Several Americans have avoided harm after tripping these traps.
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France
No Man's Land
Letters From Men In Service From France to Home
Mrs. Jennie McKinney receives letters from her son First Lieut L E McKinney Signal Corps in France reporting good health and morale. He notes changed address mail mixups, memories of home, St Patrick events, and a missing letter routine while adjusting to war. He mentions bunkmate Lieut McPherson and plans to keep writing weekly.
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Jennie McKinney
L. E. McKinney
Signal Corps
France
O. K
McPherson
Mississippi
Midge
Leo Burnell
Army
Navy
Mary
Lowell
Dad
L. EB. McKinney
101St Field Signal Bat
States
Lieut
Warehouse Fire Prompts Probers in Chicago Area
Chicago authorities opened an inquiry into a $1,000,000 blaze that destroyed government warehouses and threatened another army storehouse at Waukegan. The fire started in old lumber and shavings with unclear origin. Four Great Lakes sailors aided local departments to hold the flames. Several buildings including Mutual Film repair plant and multiple factories were burned.
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Chicago
United States
Waukegan
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
North Chicago
Mutual Film Corporation
Veracity Question Between French Premier and Austrian PM
The brief raises a clash of claims between the French premier and the Austrian prime minister, with both sides urging belief in their own account. It signals a political controversy centered on competing narratives and calls for scrutiny of sources.
Fordson Tractor Specifications
Seven Athena County farmers will receive tractors at factory cost in Athens County. The Fordson is a small, light, efficient universal tractor designed for small and large farms, with belt pulley drive for stationary work. Engine develops 22 HP at 1000 rpm with kerosene, splash lubrication, thermo siphon cooling, and a rigid unit construction for easy maintenance.
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Athena County
Athens County
Henry Ford
Fordson
Orice
Wilson Orders Military Probe Into Aircraft Graft
President Wilson will launch a military investigation into graft suspicions surrounding U.S. aircraft programs. The probe targets alleged profits by top military officials and civilians from the $640 million appropriation.
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Will
Washington
Wilson
America
Max Wilson of Chauncey Drives Liberty Bond Effort
Chauncey resident Max Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Wilson a Chauncey Boy Scout Troop One member earned praise for his work in the Third Liberty Loan drive He sold bonds totaling 1300 and 8 and aimed to recruit more supporters this Friday Missionary Society Held Good Meeting at the Christian Church Chauncey with Mrs Lloyd Pendergrass hosting and a program including devotional service songs talks and a short business session Mrs Vinton Cunningham returned home from Crooksville and other Chauncey residents were noted in social updates
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Max Wilson
Isaac Wilson
Chauncey
Chauncey Boy Scouts
Troop One
Max
Gladys Bradfield
OthesrothuUbr
G. H. Nye
Leona Six
Guy Gardner
James
Floyd Nye
D. W. Law
Charles Day
Lahbagh
Bradfield
Osborne
Long
Vinton Cunningham
Crooksville
Trunnelle
William
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
W. HW. Arthur
Ugar Creek Church
Leonard Klenig
Murray
L. Saffel
Bucyrus
J. A. Drake
Remaking of a Nation Draws Public Interest in Athens
To Athens to witness the Remaking of a Nation, I. J. Blackford is erecting a fine real residence on the old school lot recently purchased.
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Athens
I. J. Blackford
Eyedight Restored for Blinded Anzac Soldier at War Front
Washington May 3 Blinded shell victim from Gallipoli Thomas Skehill an Anzac private had his sight restored by a neck vertebrae operation. Surgeons fixed a slightly out of place vertebra at the base of the skull freeing nerves needed for fight and ending his blindness.
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Washington
Gallipoli
Thomas Skehill
Skeyhill
Balloon collision injures two aboard test flight
An army balloon on a test flight from a rubber factory site in Ane struck trees, throwing two occupants to the ground. George Church, the pilot, suffered a broken back and is in serious condition. John Tarry, the helper, was badly cut and bruised and is ava.
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Warren
Ane
George Church
John Tarry
Ava
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Corning
Tame Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Clark Higgins, Jr
Lancaster
Clark Higgins, Sr
R. S. Weitzell
Parkersburg
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Gaynelle Johnson
Frank McClure
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Columbus
Fred Raybould
Billy
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Don Davis
Carl Walker
Camp Taylor
Frank Walker
Eugene Pritchard
C. Cc. Cummins
G. E. Hammell
J. Saunders
Flossie
Julius Fischer
Fritz
Harley-Davidson
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NO Man’s Land
Fordson Tractor
Amesville
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Japan
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