Nelsonville News Notes Highlights Local Social and Civic Events
The column reports on the Child's Conservation League meeting at the Y M C A with officer elections, the Foreign Missionary Society gathering led by Mrs Geo Evans and Mrs A L Barkers, and a social afterglow with refreshments. It notes marriages of Miss Gertie Holcomb to Ralph Hardy, draft implications for Hardy, several local visits, and the death of John W Staten a veteran resident of Buchtel with funeral plans.
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Child’s Conservation League
John Wood
Frank Tedrow
Henry Lancaster
Warren Badger
C. H. Bartlett
Foreign Missionary Society
The
Geo. Evans
A. L. Barkers
Gertie Holcomb
Ralph Hardy
Chauncey
Arthur
Buchtel
John W. Stain
Guernsey County
Buchtel Church
Greenlawn
Staten
Maurice challenged by opponent in Commons debate
London May 9 Premier Lloyd George denounced General Maurice for an unprecedented attack on his veracity and that of Bonar Law. The Premier said Maurice should have leveled charges before the cabinet. The Evening News reports Maurice faces potential court martial.
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United Press
London
Maurice
Lloyd George
Commons
Bonar Law
Evening News
Twenty Sir Perished in Sea Accident
London May 9 Three officers and twenty three men were killed when the British minesweeper Twenty Sir was sunk May 1 the admiralty announced this afternoon.
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Tweney
United Press
London
Admiralty
Nelsonville Library Adds World War II Era Reads
The Nelsonville Public Library purchased new books including My Four Years in Germany by Am bassador Gerard and Over the Top by Guy Empey. Also added are Private Peat by Harold Peat Gunner Depew by Albert Depew A Yankee in the Trenches by Corporal Holmes En lair by Lieut Bert Hall. Mose Hyans travels to Delaware to visit relatives and Waldo Chute visits Columbus for business.
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Nelsonville
Local residents visit kin and hosts amid spring planting
Farmers push corn planting as neighbors travel between Nelsonville Albany Hebron and Athens. Frances Coon visits her parents J Helwig in Nelsonville while Joe Burson and family tour Jerseyville. Mrs Carbaugh attends family illness in Albany. Mabel Dixon takes work in Athens. Other visits include Robinette Hebbardsville Ator in Pratts Fork and Chase households hosting guests.
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Frances Coon
Nelsonville
John Helwig
Joe Burson
Jerseyville
B. L. Sauters
Frank Carbaugh
Albany
Calvin Reeves
Willie Shamer
Athens
J. T. Helwig
Coon
Orland Johnson
Mabel Dixon
Herbert Carbaugh
Phillis
Arthur Adair
Hebron
J. C. Robinette
Hebbardsyville
Robert Coates
Charles Chase
Bank Vault Gas Explosion Injures Cashier in Lewisville
J W Zerger cashier of the First National Bank at Lewisville was seriously hurt when he lit a gas jet in the bank vault causing an explosion in Woodsfield on May 8.
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Woodsfield
J. W. Zerger
First National Bank
Lewisville
Miner Joseph Zanchet Arrested for 1913 Pa Murders
Cambridge reports miner Joseph Zanchet arrested today on charges of killing Tony Chipplain and Sam Spine in July 1913 at Swayesville, Pa. He will be transported to Swayesville tomorrow.
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Cambridge
Joseph Zanchetto
Tony Chipplain
Sam Spine
Swayesville
Queen Marie Opposes Central Powers Peace Pact
Queen Marie of Romania refuses to recognize the peace treaty with the Central Powers and would prefer abdication, with reports indicating this stance is shared by her children. The message comes from a Bucharest-wire carried by the German press.
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United Press
Amsterdam
Marie
Romania
Bucharest
Fulton Held on White Slavery Charge in West
In Oakland Federal officials held Fred Fulton, challenger to Jesse Willard for the heavyweight title, on a warrant from Los Angeles charging white slavery. Actress Anna Held reportedly has myeloma.
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United Press
San Francisco
Fred Fulton
Jesse Willard
Oakland
Los Angeles
Fulton
War Raises Boxing Status With Government Support
The war is lifting boxing to new prominence as the United States government officially recognizes its value. The army and navy are hiring top instructors for cantonments and have already produced skilled fighters like Gunboat Smith.
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Uncle Sam
United States
U. S. Army
Navy
Gunboat Smith
Gun program also declared 10 be failure
Washington May 9 fear that America's military effectiveness in France this year is menaced by the ordnance program's failure to meet expectations has senators and representatives uneasy. A civilian in charge of stimulating production is supported by the House and Senate military committees as a result of a quiet probe led by Senator Hitchcock. Investigations claim field artillery manufacture is comparable to the aircraft program failure.
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United Press
Washington
America
France
Congress
House
Senate Military Committee
Hitchcock
Outbreak in Austrian Fleet Prompts High Command Shakeup
A Swiss dispatch reports serious disturbances in the Austrian-Hungarian fleet, mainly among Slav and Italian-descent crews, leading to changes in the high command as officials attempted to quell the trouble.
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Washington
Switzerland
Crisis over suffrage Kaiser at Potsdam
Berne May 8 Emperor William returned to Potsdam amid a political crisis following the Prussian diet rejection of suffrage reform. Chancellor von Hertling has been summoned to Potsdam to report on the situation. A balloon with recording instruments rose to 23 miles, recording a temperature of 70 below zero, 12 miles up.
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Berne
William
Potsdam
Count von Hertling
Local Social Notes From The Plains Area
Mr Charles Olson returns to Camp Sherman after a seven day leave spent with wife and parents. John Knight of Bellaire visited Mr and Mrs Ed Barker. Numerous families hosted and attended suppers and visits in the area including the Olsons Hartman Snyder Parfitt and Burchfields. Mrs Fannie McCatheran shows slow improvement while George Gabriel is ill.
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Charles Olson
Camp Sheriden
Ala
A. M. Olson
John Knight
Bellaire
Ed Barker
Harry Moore
Derrell and
Wendell
Flora McHarg
Rexavilla Phillips
Clinton Augustine
Poston
Phillips
Raymond Augustine
Illinois
Gill Hartman
Ralph
Straitsville
Charles Snyder
Frank Thompson
Mary Snyder
Wthyl
Lyllian Parfitt
Pomeroy
Fred Russell
James Burchfield
Amesville
Arthur Burchfield
John Gabriel
Shrieves
Columbus
Clifford Hampton
Mildred
Roy Lama
Alvin
Clara Fouty
Nelsonville
Charles Johnson
Lancaster
Fannie McCatheran
Marnest Whitlatch
Logan
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Henry Boling
Mayme Whitlock
George Gabriel
Paris Front Battles Continue North and South of Avre
The War Office reports heavy artillery fire on the Amiens front with German assaults repulsed west of Montdidier and near Hangard-En-San Terre and Thennes. Dutch traders urge colonies in the East Indies to restart traffic with the United States.
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Paris
Avre
Amiens
War Office
Montdidier
Hangard-En-Santerre
Thennes
Holland
East Indies
United States
Village Board Ends German Studies This Year
Oxford officials report the village board of education voted unanimously to discontinue the study of German at the close of the current school year.
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Oxford
For Sale Fertilizer Line by Wolfe Bros
Classified ad notes a complete line of all kinds of fertilizer for sale with right prices. Wolfe Bros advertises contact phones 6 9 2 and two numbers.
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Wolfe Bros
Four youths linked to freight car theft in Glouster case
In Glouster on May 9 a freight car on the K and M Railway was breached and a case of wine stolen. Sheriff and railroad detective questioned youths. three released to parents, one ringleader remaining in jail. The incident may reach Athens juvenile court.
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Glouster
Ohio
McGovern
Corning
Clint Hooks
J. W. Jones
Messrs. McGovern
Scarcity of Empty Cars Stirs Ohio Coal Fields and Local Notices
Scarcity of empty cars hits Ohio coal districts as Moxahala tunnel collapses again. Detours divert afternoon trains over several lines. Mines at Jongo Hollister and Sugar Creek operate while others idle. Athens Ladies Band and boxing event draw crowds as local public notices cite post office vacancy after civil service exams.
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Ohio Collieries
Moxahala
Jongo
Hollister
Hisylvania
Sunday Creek
Sugar Creek
Hocking Valley
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Joe Porter
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Porto Rico
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Floodwood
Losers Weepers
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Gene
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Esther Vorhes
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Delaware
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Jeff Smith
Camp Dix
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Chapel Hill
Opera House
Charles Frohman
Carmel Myers
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