Nelsonville News Notes Messenger Branch Office
The Nelsonville News Notes lists its Messenger Branch at 26 Fulton Street near the Depot with C H Bartlett as Business Manager and Editor and Mrs C H Bartlett as Society Reporter and Manager of Circulation Delinquencies by carriers should be reported to the office Phone numbers Home 98 Bed 200w listed for contact.
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Messenger Branch
Fulton Street
Depot
C.h.bartlett
C. H. Bartlett
Wanted hustling fellows to sell the Messenger noon edition
Notices show wants for paper sellers in Nelsonville with papers arriving by 12 45 PM and contact Mrs C H Bartlett both phones plus other ads for sale of a seven room house at 486 West Washington street Nelsonville Ohio corner lot farm help wanted and Tatting Club social updates with members and visitors from Columbus Chillicothe and Camp Sherman community notes
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Messenger
Nelsonville
C. H. Bartlett
West
Washington Street
Ohio
Sam Robertson
Columbus Street
Tatting Club
E. B. Rosser
West Franklin Street
Hazel Edington
Sam Hanley
Oscar Aumiller
Columbus
Irene Ayers
Freda
Gladys
Chillicothe
Clyde Ayers
Camp Sherman
Musser
Payne's Grove
Roadster
Best Roadster
Hocking County
Ed. Walden
Rutland
Chas. McNamee
Memorial Day Observances planned by local veterans groups
Memorial Sunday services begin at 9 30 A M at Post Hall with a procession to the Methodist Episcopal Church for a 10 30 memorial sermon by Rev A M Mann. May 30 events include grave decorations at Greenlawn cemetery and Fort Street cemetery with 250 graves to be marked by Boy Scouts. Afternoon services at Fort Street cemetery and central river bridge follow public addresses.
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Comrades of the Grand Army
Woman’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Boy Scouts
Post Hall
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jefferson Street
A. M. Mann
Comrades of
Phil Kearney
Woman's Relief Corps
Fort Street
Veterans Executive Committee
C. Anderson
L. L. Scott
Eli Johnson
L. G. Matheny
Eber Jones
A. C. Anderson
F. M. Cox
Laurel
L. R. Williams
Henry Sunderman
Charles Wolf
P. W. Hickman
Stanley Dew
George D. Ridenour
Edward Cordell
W. A. Nye
W. W. Woodard
William Russell
John W. Bryan
George FE. Johnson
Harvey Iler
E. W. Woody
G A R Receives New Headstones for Greenlawn Veterans
The local Grand Army of the Republic has received eighteen new headstones from the government to be placed at Greenlawn graves. Numerous residents made short trips to Columbus for business and visits, including A L Pritchard Dr. and Mrs W S Rhodes.
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A. L. Pritchard
Capital
W.S. Rhodes
Alva Johnson
Columbus
A. G. Mechem
Greenlawn
Local Officials Levy Fines for Assault and Battery
James McCullough received $10 and costs from Mayor Wells for assault and battery. Delbert Farmer faced the same charge and was fined the same amount. Dougall Six charged John Hutchins with meaning threats, later withdrew the charge and paid the costs.
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James McCullough
Wells
Delbert Farmer
Dougall
John Hutchins
Six
Nelsonville Soldier Writes Home From France
In the A E F the writer reports April 4 1918 letters from Nelsonville to family in Ohio. He mentions pay days and money on hand, bad mail service, and weather while serving in trenches No Man’s Land with German aircraft and anti aircraft fire. He hopes to see Harry soon and closes with love to family.
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Mabel
Harry
No Man's Land
Harry Collins
Hebbardsville News Briefs and Local Happenings
Funeral attendance in Athens for Siept Sherman noted. Marion Johnson buys a Ford touring car. Alva Verity and family visit Camp Sherman for son Bar. Children’s Day at C P church on May 26. Revival begins May 22 at M WB Church. Attendees report Baccalaureate sermon in Albany. Satirical line references Hohenzollern are noted.
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Siept. Sherman
Athens
Marion Johnson
Alva Verity
Camp Sherman
Bar
C. P. Church
M. WB
Albany
Germans confident in reaching coast for bombardment
Copenhagen May 14 The Politiken quotes a prominent German politician saying the German army still believes it can reach the English Channel coast despite naval barriers and bombard southern England. He notes the offensive has failed so far due to heavy losses and that the high command seeks more artillery. He cites Germany has lost 3,000,000 men in killed wounded and prisoners.
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Copenhagen
English Channel
England
Politiken
Reichstag
Germany
Wilson Removes Hand Bandages After Burns
President Wilson today removed bandages that had covered his burned left hand for four weeks. The burns scar the palm, but the hand is healing. He has resumed golf in a one handed form and has become proficient. Sergeant Frank L Baylies of the Stork escadrille reports his eighth German aircraft downed since Feb 19. Baylies is from New Bedford Mass and previously served in the American field ambulance. A labor mission was sent by Samuel Gompers to Mexico to seek friendly ties between Mexican and U S labor organizations.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Paris
Frank L. Baylies
Stork” Escadrille
New Bedford
Mass
American Field Ambulance
Mexico
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized
United States
Philadelphia Drops German From Public High Schools
The Philadelphia board of education voted to eliminate the study of German from public high schools. Petitions from city councils and numerous patriotic organizations urged dropping German.
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Philadelphia
Board of Education
Inquiry Proposed Into Creels Speech by Representative
Washington May 14 Representative Treadway of Massachusetts introduced a resolution directing the rules committee to investigate statements about Congress attributed to George Creel chairman of the public information committee in a New York speech. It was referred to the rules committee.
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Washington
Treadway
Massachusetts
Rules Committee
Congress
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
New York
Crisis not passed, America must work says British envoy
Earl Reading, British high commissioner to the United States, warned New York City Bar Association that the crisis in the war is not past and will not be over until victory in Flanders is achieved. He urged Americans to oppose false optimism.
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New York
America
Flanders
Earl Reading
United States
New York City Bar Association
Fifteen Planes Fly to Lebanon from Fairfield Flight School
Fifteen airplanes traveled from Fairfield aviation school near Dayton to land on the William Knapp farm in Lebanon due to muddy Fairfield field. An instructor said the original field was too soft for practice and one aircraft sustained a broken wing on landing.
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Lebanon
Fairfield Aviation School
Dayton
William Knapp
Fairfield
City Official Ousted in Lancaster Case
Public Service Director C F Justus removed John M King waterworks superintendent from office on charges of incompetency and malfeasance. King said he would fight the charges.
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Lancaster
Public Service
C. F. Justus
John M. King
King
Letters From Men In Service In 1918 Decoration of Lieut Sherman
Editor notes a clipping from the Daily Oklahoman about pilots and men decorating the casket of Lieut Sherman as it was loaded onto a train. The piece appears in the Sunday May 12 1918 issue.
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Tam
Daily
Oklahomian
Lieut
Sherman
Aviators Drop Flowers Over Casket In Heavy Rain
At Fort Sill Oklahoma two army aviators braved a gale and lightning to drop wreaths on the coffin of Lieut George Sherman aerial observer killed at Post Field The body will be shipped to Athens Ohio for interment The letter from K B Mann of the 251st Aero Squadron extends Sigma Pi fraternity sympathy and offers assistance
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Dean
Ohio
Lawton
Okla
Army
George Sherman
Post Field
Frisco
Athens
Lieut
Sherman
Arthur Logan
R. R. Johnson
Ft. Sill
Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi Fraternity
K. B. Mann
251St Aero Squadron Aviation Field
Fort Sill
Oklahomo
Decrease in Frozen Poultry in Storage
Washington reports holdings of frozen poultry on May 1 at 26,474,330 pounds, down 66 percent from a year earlier. Breakdowns include broilers 3,184,478 pounds roasters 6,938,382 fowls 4,929,587 turkeys 6,479,808 and miscellaneous poultry 4,992,075.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
Eight steel ships completed in week total tonnage noted
Washington reports eight steel ships totaling 48 150 tons completed in the week ending May 11. Fourteen vessels launched for 57 100 tons with seven steel ships of 32 100 tons. Steel deliveries included one refrigerator ship two tankers and five cargo vessels. Maine built its first government wooden ship the Andra of 3500 tons at Portland.
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Washington
Maine
Andra
Portland
Slavic nobles imprisoned by Germans in Crimea
Berlin dispatches report the imprisonment of the Russian Dowager Empress Maria and Grand Dukes Nicholas Nikolaievitch Peter Nicolaievitch and Alexander Nicolaievitsch by German forces in Crimea. Henry George Percy seventh Duke of Northumberland dies in London. US secretary McAdge approves loans totaling 5.76 billion to Allied powers with Britain France and Italy receiving specific amounts.
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PREAS
Zurich
Berlin
Bimpress Maria
Nicholas Nikolaievitch
Peter Nicolaievitch
Alexander Nichaelovski
Crimea
London
Henry George Percy
Duke of Northumberland
Washington
McAdge
Great Britain
France
Italy
Doubtful Guns Existence Across United States
New York May 14 Inquiry by the state attorney general office examined reports of hoarding of arms by German agents. Testimony from New Yorkers and others doubted the existence of 1,000,000 Mauser rifles and 1,000,000,000 cartridges offered for sale.
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New York
State Attorney General's Office
Feol
United States
Edgar A Holmes
James H. Crossely
Krupp
Essen
Salvation Army
India
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