Nelsorville Council debates repairs on Madison Street
The Nelsorville council in regular session with President H E Donley present set up a three member committee to meet residents about repairs on Madison Street and to obtain estimates. Linn Linscott and Newman named to discuss alley repairs on Walnut Street with direction to public service.
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H. E. Donley
Linton
Martin
Madison
Said Street
Linn
Linscott
Newman
Fourth
Mrs Rose Farrow Hosts Pythian Sisters Chiefs Dinner
Mrs Rose Farrow will entertain Wednesday evening the past chiefs of the Pythian Sisters in a social gathering at her home.
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Rose Farrow
The
Pythian Sisters
Dinner Guests Gather as Hellyers Host Sunday
Mrs Anna Shelton, 69, dies after two years with paralysis at District 29 home. Survived by husband Thomas and seven children. No funeral plans yet. Miss Freda Pyle of Columbus visits Len and Mrs Pyle. Other locals host and visit relatives in Athens and Columbus.
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Freda Pyle
Columbus
Mrs
Len Pyle
Anna Shelton
District 29
Shelton
Thomas Shelton
R. E. Gibson
Kenton
William Fleck
Athens
Belford Carpenter
Local residents travel, visits, and business trips noted
Miss Marie and Loretta Mooney enter spring term at Ohio University Athens. Mrs Dora Edwards leaves for Fostoria for a visit. Miss Lucile Kaelin spends Monday in Columbus on business. Miss Anna Monks and Austin Kentner visit Mr and Mrs Meeks in Columbus. L A Whitmore conducts business in Columbus. Mrs A G Mechem visits relatives in Columbus. Frank Benson F X Rauch and John Wood visit Camp Sherman. Blacksmith SAM MINKIN opens shop in old Haybrow stand offering horseshoeing woodwork and wagon repair with prices from 1.60 to 2.50 and 25 years of experience.
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Marie
Loretta Mooney
O. U
Athens
Dora Edwards
Fostoria
Lucile Kaelin
Columbus
Anna Monks
Austin Kentner
Meeks
L. A. Whitmore
A. G. Mechem
Frank Benson
John Wood
Camp Sherman
W. J. Haybrow
Sam Minkin
Nelsonville Classified Ads Consolidate Local Homes and Goods
Classified notices include several Nelsonville cottages and a six room dwelling on Fairview Street from John E Zell er and John E Fuller with water gas and electricity and near the Public Square. Tomato plants cabbage and mango plants offered by Mrs J W Scott. Bell Mattress Works advertises feather bed to mattress service with pickup and delivery.
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Walnut Street
John E. Zeller
Nelsonville
Ohio
Public
Fairview Street
John E. Fuller
Nelsonville O
Prisoner at Bay County Jail Attempts Suicide by Jump
Welling arby, a prisoner in the county jail at Bay City Michigan, attempted to kill himself by diving headfirst down a stairway toward an iron floor. He shattered his glass eye in the fall.
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Bay, Citl, Mich
Frebault Returns to Athens Post Office After War
Most Everything at Frebault has resumed his former job at the Athens post office. Lieut. Francis Frebault will take back his city mail carrier role around July 1 after overseas service with the 7th Division. Elson Hedges remains as substitute. The piece notes carriers’ resilience to winter floods and cites postwar staffing and local Marine Corps enlistment efforts.
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At Frebault
Athens Post Office
Francis Frebault
Elson Hedges
Lash
Athens
Destroyer 168 Grounds Near Trepassey Bay
In St John’s Newfoundland on May 6 a U S destroyer 168 ran aground at Trepassey Bay while aiding the destroyer Foote which ran ashore overnight. The 168 is only lightly aground and the Foote carries a ten degree list.
Grand jury ends its work late today in coal case
Grand jury findings were completed shortly before three o clock Tuesday. Court resumed in the afternoon with the reopening of the Joe B. Davis coal case. Court expected to be held for several days to handle business of the May term.
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Joe B. Davis
Holland to Refuse Allies on Wilhelm Trial
Holland will likely reject the allied demand to turn Wilhelm Hohenzollern over for trial. A commission of top international lawyers advised the Dutch government to follow international treaties. The report notes Holland is bound by treaties to act strictly in line with them. Experiments in Japan show flax cultivation yields best results when Belgian seed is sold.
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the Hague
Holland
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Japan
Herrick
Contention on Presidential Power in Wire Act Case
Kansas attorney Fred S Jackson argued before the Supreme Court that the president lacks power under the wire control act to fix interstate or intrastate telephone rates. Other lawyers challenged the rate fixing power, restricting attacks to intrastate aspects.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred 8. Jackson
Kansas
Detroit Gas Makers Brace For Shutdown Amid Strike
Several hundred workers at the Seine Solvay cook plant plan to return to work soon, but Detroit factories face possible shutdown and thousands may lose work as gas supply runs low. Officials warn the gas supply is dwindling, signaling potential disruption in Detroit, Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Seine Solvay
Cable Company asks court to dismiss Burleson ruling
Washington May 6 Solicitor General King informally suggested to the Supreme Court that the Commercial Cable Company's suit to recover its cable fine from Postmaster General Burleson should be dismissed since Burleson has already acted as requested.
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Washington
King
Supreme Court
Commercial Cable Company
Burleson
War veterans oppose Willard-Dempsey bout in San Francisco
Al Waddell organizer says members of the War Veterans Association will try to prevent the Willard Dempsey fight. Eastern veterans will cooperate over Willard’s alleged indifference to war charity show opportunities, prompting opposition to the pending bout.
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Jesse Willard
San Francisco
Cal
War Veteran's Association
al Waddell
East
Willard
Waddell
Open Summer Camps for Reserve Officers Begin June 21
Washington May 6 Six summer reserve officers training camps will open June 21 for six weeks at Custer Michigan Devons Massachusetts Funston Kansas Lee Virginia Presido California and Taylor Kentucky Attendance at each school probably will not exceed 1500 men.
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Washington
War Department
Custer
Michigan
Devons
Massachusetts
Funston
Kansas
Lee
Virginia
Your Eyes Are Always on Duty
A note on eye function states daily effort by eyes to provide service when normal, while acknowledging many eyes are not.
Austrian Hungarian delegates to peace conference depart
Vienna reports the Austrian and Hungarian teams will leave for the peace conference by week end. The party includes thirty delegates and four correspondents with twenty secretaries and M. Dartlein to head the delegation.
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Vienna
M. Dartlein
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