Nelsonville Notes and Local Advertisements
Nelsonville community updates include C H Bartlett editor notice and carrier calls, help wanted to sell the Messenger noon edition, sale of a seven room house at 486 West Washington, Ohio, and a housing outreach. Ray Barron in Columbus reports. Hock ing Valley Christian Endeavor convenes May 24 25 26 at Christian church with a town rally. Dinner hosted by Mrs James Bland for Logan Mooney. attendees listed. Mrs L D Johnson of Logan visits here with daughter Mrs L J Eberle.
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Messenger
Nelsonville
C. H. Bartlett
West Washington Street
Ohio
Sam Robertson
West Columbus Street
Ray Barron
Columbus
Hocking Valley Christian Endeavor
Peple
C. E
Christian Church
Red Cross Executive Board Meets to Review Bankrolled Bags
The Red Cross Executive Board met at Mrs James Sharp’s home to authorize one hundred comfort bags to be made at headquarters. With no War Chest funds yet raised, the local chapter fears suspension of activity without urgent financial support before heat season. The Junior War program faces possible non setup unless teachers can be recruited, risking loss of $200 current in treasury from Junior membership.
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the Red Cross
James Sharp
War Chest
Desertion charge follows man held as deserter from Syracuse
Deputy Sheriff Dew received a telegram from Washington stating that Chas Williams, held here as a deserter, was guilty of the charge and had evaded arrest since last August after leaving army life at Syracuse New York. He was taken to the Columbus barracks today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dew
Washington
Chas. Williams
Army Life
Syracuse
N. Y
Columbus
Mayor Fines Reno White For Speeding
Mayor Wells imposed a $25 fine and costs on Reno White after a guilty plea to speeding. White was stopped Saturday night by Officers Pearson and Longley. A few heavy fines are expected to deter the pastime. Mrs. Fanny Shields of Columbus returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W M Hick. Mark Hick visited his sister Miss Avalon at Bliss College in Columbus on Sunday.
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Wells
Reno White
White
Woods
Pearson
Longley
Fanny Shields
Columbus
W. M. Hick
Mark Hick
Miss Avalon
Bliss College
Reynolds Pleads Guilty on Indecent Exposure Charge
Creek man Reynolds pleaded guilty before Mayor Wells to indecent exposure at the Carnival grounds Saturday evening. He also paid $5 and costs for intoxication. Reynolds was among fifteen processed for drunk charges. his Nelsonville holiday cost $39.60. The Circle of Ruth held a social at the Presbyterian church last evening to discuss plans for the year.
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Circle of
Ruth
Circle of Ruth
Presbyterian Church
Eastern Star Inspection Attended by Many in Beverly
Mr and Mrs William Fleck Mrs Isaac Hellyer Mrs Stella Reigell Mrs Oral Griffin and Mrs R H Jackson Mrs T C Galvin Mrs Wesley Hawk Mrs C H Bartlett and her guest Mrs J B McCann of Beverly attended the Eastern Star inspection at Athens last evening.
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Eastern Star
William Fleck
Isaac Hellyer
Stella Reigell
Oral Griffin
R. H. Jackson
T. C. Galvin
Wesley Hawk
C. H. Bartlett
J. B. McCann
Beverly
Athens
Dinner honors Misses Rena Dupler Inez Deyolt and Carl Erb
Dinner at Miss Janie Rosser's Sunday honored Misses Rena Dupler Inez Deyolt and Carl Erb all of Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie Rosser
Rena Dupler
Inez Deyolt
Carl Erb
Storer Family Visits Sugar Grove and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs C A Storer and daughter Lillian spent Sunday at Sugar Grove R R Stalter was a Columbus business visitor Monday W H Lewis is in Middleport on business John Smith left Monday for Cincinnati to attend to business matters King s Heralds Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church was entertained Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 by Miss Elizabeth Riley An interesting program was given with Mrs H L Hech as leader Following the program the little ladies enjoyed a social with light refreshments The following members were present Frances Gorsuch Katherine War EH ime Lillian McNaughton June Seibert Helen Sharp Lillian Howe Esther Fluke Evelyn Fluke Helen Wallace Mary Anderson Frances Sommers Margaret Vorhes Elsie Hodgman Alberta Moore Leta Bowers was the guest of the society Mrs Henry McCulloch returned Monday after a visit with relatives at Pomeroy Chas Sisson Jr is spending a few days in Columbus Carl Jackson left Monday for New York City to visit relatives Waldo Chute is a Rutland business visitor Everett Kontner left Monday for Columbus He has enlisted in the Canadian Flying Corps and reported for duty Demonstration Costs Heavily Frank Minner spent Monday in Columbus It cost Harley Reynolds of Sugar lumbus
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King’s Heralds Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Riley
H. L. Hech
Frances Gorsuch
Katherine Warehime
Lillian McNaughton
June Seibert
Helen Sharp
Lillian Howe
Esther Fluke
Evelyn Fluke
Helen Wallace
Mary Anderson
Frances Sommers
Margaret Vorhes
Elsie Hodgman
Alberta Moore
Leta Bowers
Chas. Sisson, Jr
Columbus
Carl Jackson
New York City
Waldo Chute
Rutland
Everett Kontner
Kontner
Frank Minner
Harley Reynolds
Local trio fined for quarrel and profane language
Douglas Six and Mary Six his wife along with John Hitchings were fined ten dollars and costs each by Mayor Wells this morning on charges of quarreling and fighting and using profane language.
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Douglas
Mary
John Hitchings
Wells
Local Soldier From Charleston Visits Family
Logan Mooney of Charleston in the city visiting his father and sisters before reporting for duty with the U S Army in Richmond Virginia. He has enlisted and must report for service today.
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Loagn Mooney
Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Uncle Sam
Richmond
Senior class from Carbon Hill hosts May commencement events
Miss Mattie Bailey entertained forty five Seniors at her Carbon Hill home with music and games followed by an elegant luncheon. Commencement Week runs May nineteen with a Baccalaureate by Rev Arthur Mann and a Commencement Address by Dean Chubb on May twenty three. Class Play May twenty two features Claim Allowed with history poem will and prophecy. Class size fifty nine six sixteen boys and forty three girls.
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Mattie Bailey
Carbon Hill
Miss Bailey
Arthur M. Mann
The
Methodist Church
High School
Dean Chubb
Ohio University
Christian Church
Obituary for Emma Russell and Doris Ailes
Mrs. Emma Russell 68 wife of William Russell died at home after a lingering illness Saturday at 2 AM Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM Mrs Doris Ailes 23 a former Nelsonville girl died at her Cleveland home last Tuesday Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Haydenville Friends mourn the untimely death of a former Nelsonville resident.
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Longl
Emma Russell
William Russell
Skit Show 10 to Be Staged Next Thursday Evening
The Ohio University women announce their fifth annual Skit Show a fundraising event for the Loan Fund. The show features a coed medley of song and dance with diverse acts and a grand climax kept secret by managers. Proceeds aim to boost the fund toward $1200. patrons are urged to attend Thursday evening May 16.
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Ohio University
Athens
Woman's League of the University
Italy
Swanee River
Ohio University Holds Annual Academic Parade Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning at 9 30 the Ohio University annual parade will start in front of Elis Hall and move along East Union College Mill and Court Street to the Alumni Gateway and Ellis Hall. The Senior Day program will be held there with police clearing streets along the route.
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Ohio University
Elis Hall
Sharp
East Union
Colege, Mill
Court Street
Alumni Gateway
Ellis Hall
War wartime orders seize platinum iridium palladium supplies
Washington reports the War Industries Board has commandeered platinum iridium and palladium for government sale. Jewelers manufacturers wholesalers and importers must sell all supplies received up to June 30 at set prices of 105 dollars per troy ounce for platinum 175 for iridium and 135 for palladium.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Steel Plant to Rise on Neville Island Near Pittsburgh
The War Department announced the mammoth United States Steel Corporation ordnance plant will be located at Neville Island on the Ohio River near Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States Steel Corporation
Neville Island
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Small city to aid war effort with new production
Washington notes a shift to war work in smaller cities as munitions and supplies move from large centers to small factory towns. Agents seek plants in the Midwest for contracts but the eastern district faces limits due to congestion and a power shortage slowing eastern production.
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Washington
Middle West
Alleghanies
Potomac
Ships Launched By Emergency Fleet For Week Ending
The Shipping Board announced that the Emergency Fleet Corporation launched an average of two ships daily for the week ending last night. The weekly total reflects continued production at U S shipyards under wartime orders.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Uncles Sam to Launch Air Mail from Mineola to Three Cities
The United States plans regular air mail service starting tomorrow with six machines leaving Mineola to land in New York Philadelphia and Washington. The first plane will depart at 11 30 tomorrow morning from Washington and New York with Philadelphia as the en route stop.
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Washington
Sam
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Mineola
Long Island
Washigton
All Ready for Youths Registration Bill Near Passage
The draft system for registering 21 year old men on June 5 is ready to start once Congress approves the bill. The measure should go to President Wilson tomorrow for signature and proclamation. About 1,200,000 men are expected to register.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Ask Girls to Dance Steal Their Ribbons Hoax
In Ihringshausen Germany a sham village dance left maidens waiting two hours for partners. The burgomaster closed the hall and had each girl sign a paper, then canceled the event. Police later confiscated ribbons and laces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kiefer Zeitung
Ihringshausen
Hoblitzel Nominated for Army Dental Corps Lieutenancy
Richard Hoblitzel first baseman and captain of the Boston American team has been nominated by President Wilson to be a first lieutenant in the army dental corps. He recently had a major operation to remove a physical disability that barred entering the service.
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Hoblitzel
Boston
Richard Hoblitzel
Boston American
Wilson
Army Dental Corps
Washington
Army
Flood Drowns 80 Ewes 75 Lambs on Wiles Pasture
High water from Mill Creek in Marysville drowned 80 ewes and 75 lambs on J. R. Wile’s pasture near town. Wile and William Stubb nearly lost their lives saving 17 ewes and five lambs. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars.
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Marysville
Mill Creek
J. R. Wile
Wile
William Stubb
European electricians refine arc lamp carbons arrangement
A group of European electricians found that placing arc lamp carbons horizontally with one slightly above the other yields better results after experiments.
Girl Scouts Rally For Liberty Bonds And Thrift Stamps
The Girl Scouts raise funds with a total of 2900 dollars in Liberty Bonds and 482.25 in Thrift Stamps. Patrols include Sunflower 2300 in bonds and 210.25 in stamps White Clover 300 and 97.75 Wild Rose 100 and 118.75 Lily of the Valley 100 and 18.26 Poinsettia 100 and 37.25. Also advertising eight quart Aladdin preserving kettles at 1.59 from Wheaton and Crooks Hardware.
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Girl Scouts
Sunflower Patrol
White Clover
Wild Rose Patrol
Lily of the Valley Patrol
Poinsetta Patrol
Ohio Governor Calls Rounding Up of Idlers Statewide
A proclamation by Governor James M. Cox urges county and city officials to roundup able bodied idlers and vagabonds to meet labor demand and support the war effort. He cites Ohio statutes 13408 and 13409 and notes prisoners at the penitentiary may be used to work on state highways.
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James M. Cox
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio Red Men unfurl Great Service Flag in Canton
Canton May 13 A service flag with 495 stars was unfurled at the opening of Ohio Red Men state council sessions. Several hundred delegates from across the state arrived for the event while Pocahontas degree members also hold a convention here. Notables arriving include Mrs Clem Jenkins Marysville great Pocahontas Mrs Nora Shelhammer New Straitsville great Minnehaha Mrs Margaret Johnson Mrs Nellie Golden Miss Marie White Miss Eulalia Thomas and Mrs Rebecca Kimbal state officers.
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Canton
State Council
Ohio
Degree of Pocahontas
Clem Jenkins
Marysville
Great Pocahontas
Nora Shelhammer
New Straitsville
Great Minnehaha
Margaret Johnson
Nellie Golden
Farm Property Near County Seat Seeks Buyer at $20000
Ohio farm 103 acres on main railroad line with post office 600 feet from dwelling. Four miles from county seat, brick road, 46 miles to state capital. Over $10000 in improvements including ten room house, two large barns and eight other buildings. One of the finest located dwellings in the state with church and school nearby. Address X care of this paper. 6-14-3.
Citizenship For All Aliens In Draft Army
Washington reports that the Naturalization Bureau and Army General Staff moved to enforce a new act allowing 123,277 aliens in the national army to gain citizenship. Provost General Crowder lists 457,708 called in first draft with 76,545 certified for service. 180,461 declared intent with 46,732 certified.
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Washington
Army General Staff
Naturalization Bureau
Department of Labor
Wilson
National Army
United States
General Crowder
Senior Day at Marietta College Sparks Campus Mayhem
Cap and Gown Day at Marietta College ends in chaos as juniors stage mock roof fight sending a dummy crashing down. Several girls faint and others hysterical while the alarm brings the fire department. Juniors strip seniors’ dorm rooms and fling possessions from windows amid the commotion. Aluminum preserving kettle advertised at Wheaton & Crooks Hardware.
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Marietta, O
Marietta College
Ornery
Probate Court Publishes Final and First Accounts
Ohio Probate Court lists accounts filed in 1918 for James B Woodworth Florence McKinley Parill Bean J C Copeland W H Ferguson Isabelle Keplar Addie Parker Capitoln Dean C D Hopkins William Mason Charles B Clark Ik L Whaley and others with final and first accounts due by June 6 1918 at 9 AM. Proceedings involve guardians executors administrators and executrixes in multiple estates for public notice.
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County
Ohio
James B. Woodworth
George A. Kurts
Florence McKinley
Beteteers Mart
Dwight McKinley
Parill Bean
Jeremiah Bean
B. B. Ellis
J. C. Copeland
W. H. Ferguson
R. W. EB. Ferguson
Isabelle Keplar
Sarah Clary
Addie M. Parker
Florence L. Gilkey
Capitoln Dean
James Dew
C. D. Hopkins
Martha A. Fulton
William Mason
Joseph Wemmer
Charles 2B. Clark
Lester Clark
Ik L. D. Whaley
John Js Whaley
Coal bids sought for Athens Rural schools in 1918
The Board of Education of an Athens Ohio rural district invites bids for a winter coal supply to schoolhouses. About 120 tons needed, bids to price lump and run of mine coal from named mines. Bids due to Joseph Evans The Plains Ohio. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. May 1918. Joseph Evans, Lone William Roberts, President.
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Board of Education
Athens
Athens County
Ohio
Joseph Evans
the Plains
Lone William Roberts
T.w
Indian Finds Oil and Draws $50,000 Monthly
Tulen Okla May 13 On a tract land in Oklahoma allotted to Jack Barnett Creek Indian and on which no work is recorded oil was his Jackson's Income is said to be $50 a month from all royalties He has a cabin erected for him by the superintendent of the five but he prefers to live in the open night he wraps himself in a and sleeps on the porch His property is now said to worth $800,000 Single taxers are using him as a terrible example.
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Tulen Okla
Oklahoma
Jack Barnett
Jackson
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Nelsonville News
Messenger Branch
Fulton Street
Depot
C.H. Bartlett
Carriera
Nelsonville Wan
James Bland
Logan Mooney
C. A. Anderson
Carl Coakley
Rachel Catherine
John Mooney
Marie
Lorette Mooney
Red Cross News
Colmbus
Specter
Henry McCulloch
Pomeroy
Christine Frederick
Moosier Council of
Wheaton & Crooks Hardware
Wooltes
the Ladies Bazaar
Park Place
Sid Sherrard
Pree
Thomas K. Varden
Marietta
John
Western Electric
Athens Electric Co
H. T. Phillips
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