Social News from Athens Area Salutes Local Events
D Richards leaves for Southern Ohio and many locals share visits and travels. Miss Hazel Roach visits Chillicothe while Charles Kaiser stays with Fred Yocum in this city. White Shrine meets at 7:80 this evening as Okey McDaniel visits family. Various escapes to Cleveland Indianapolis Akron Mt Sterling and Camp Sherman mark a busy period of travel and service ahead for residents including students joining the National Guard and others awaiting assignments.
Matsuda V Glousterite Bout Tops Decoration Day Card
Glouster Ohio May 27. A big crowd salutes Decoration Day as Matsuda prepares to defend his belt against the Glousterite after Skinner and Zybesco bouts. Local interest centers on the Matsuda purse, with preliminary bouts Morgan vs Andrews praised.
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Glouster
Ohio
E. F. Skinner
Zybesco
Matsuda
Glousterite
Skinner
Morgan
Andrews
San Toy
Olson
Athens
Bauser
Newark
Magic City
Cubs Aim to Match 1914 Braves Three-Pitcher Pennant Quest
The Chicago Cubs seek to mirror George Stallings era success by using only three winning pitchers Rudolph Tyler and to clinch the National League pennant and world championship as in 1914 when the Boston Braves achieved the feat.
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Chicago Cubs
Boston Braves
George Stallings
Rudolph, Tyler
The Woman in the Web at Opera House Tonight
Citizens appeal for fuel relief and ask officials to consider any measures. Opera House presents The Woman in the Web, with strong interest noted. Quill and local merchants tour Perry Morgan counties over timber contracts. Original Theatre features Eddie Bolo in The Bull's Hye tonight and Her Silent Sacrifice tomorrow.
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Opera House
Perry
Morgan Counties
Eddie Bolo
Family allowances for soldiers wives and children rules
The United States will pay monthly allowances to a soldier's wife or child while the soldier makes compulsory allotments. If a wife exists payments are $15 for a wife, $25 for a wife and one child, $32.50 for a wife and two children, plus $5 for each additional child, with a $50 maximum per month. If there is no wife but children exist, payments are $5 for one child, $12.50 for two, $20 for three, $30 for four, plus $5 for each additional child, still capped at $50.
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United States
Picnic Food Ideas From the United States Food Administration
The article outlines picnic menus avoiding wheat and meat, including baked potatoes, wheatless bread, butter, tomatoes, barley flour, and cookies. It provides two recipes using barley flour and oats, with directions for baking loaves and cookies. It notes over a quarter of a million shipyard workers enrolled in the last two months.
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United States Food Administration
New Taxation Plan Aims For Large War Revenues
Washington officials disclose President Wilson seeks forty percent of war revenues from taxation and sixty percent from bonds. A memorandum to Simmons and Kitchin outlines funding for the war with a plan that would boost taxes to raise about four billion dollars and support a six billion dollar bond issue this fall. House leaders Kitchin and others welcome the proposal, with Republican Gillett also approving.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
Simmons
Representative Kitchin
House
Kitchin
Gillett
Hindenburg Stricken by Typhoid Fever in Strasbourg
Geneva reports say Meld Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of the German general staff, is hospitalized in Strasbourg with typhoid fever. The notice confirms his death reports were premature, but describes his condition as critical as typhoid spreads in the German army amid ongoing western front rumors.
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Hindenburg
Geneva
Switzerland
Marshal von Hindenburg
Strassburg
von Hindenburg
Western Front
Foundation Skirt for War Time Economy
A description of a black satin foundation skirt with a draped hip line. The piece can be worn over a black net over-slip that swaps for a lingerie blouse or sweater, transforming it into a street frock suitable for day or night. This approach aligns with wartime economy and versatility.
Sinn Fein Plot Aims Austria German Civilians in Ireland
British officials announce a Sinn Fein German plot to release hundreds of Austrian and German civilians interned in Ireland and arm them against Britain. Deportation of the aliens began today as conspirators allegedly planned to arm them with weapons by German submarines.
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Dublin
Sinn Fein
Ohio Selectives May Not All Be Sent to Camp Sherman
The Provost Marshal General's Office says it cannot fulfill Governor Cox's suggestion to send all Ohio draftees to Camp Sherman. Camp Sherman would need space for detectives from western Pennsylvania and cannot accommodate Ohio men or the Pennsylvania quota under the original distribution plan.
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Washington
Cox
Ohio
Camp Sherman
Pennsylvania
Senate backs vocational rehab for war disabled
The Senate passed without a dissenting vote a bill placing vocational rehabilitation of war disabled soldiers under the federal board for vocational education. The act appropriates 2 million dollars for the program.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Ohio man captured listed among Pershing casualties
Washington reports nineteen names on General Pershing's casualty list to the War Department. Nine killed in action nine in action? four dead of wounds one from disease two severely wounded three missing in action Private Jerry A. Brown of Columbus, Ohio reported missing in action.
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United Press
Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Jerry A. Brown
Columbus
Twenty four enemy planes destroyed on Italian front
London reports that twenty four enemy airplanes were destroyed by British forces on the Italian front since May 18. No British aircraft were lost in this period.
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London
Italy
Educational work in training camps pushed forward
Local committees support the Committee on Training Camp Activities by securing teachers of French and other subjects for army camps. Soldiers eagerly study to prepare for possible service in France. War Recreation Boards in many cities arrange teachers at camps and in communities to aid this effort.
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France
NYC Board President Says Charity Overhead Reaches 60 Cents
The president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City reports that it costs 60 cents to administer every dollar the city devotes to charity.
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Board of Aldermen of
New York City
Market Report Chicago and Cincinnati Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago market dull with mixed hogs and prices from 16.00 to 17.40 for various weights. Cattle receipts 18 000 with beeves 10.60 to 17.60 and stockers 9.25 to 13.65. Native sheep 11.40 to 14.76. Cincinnati cattle market strong with shippers 11.00 to 12.00. hogs 17.35. calves unchanged. sheep 115 receipts.
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Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Columbus Hay Prices Reported May Market
Columbus Ohio May hay prices list No. 1 timothy baled 21 dollars No. 2 timothy baled 20 dollars No. 1 like mixed 21 dollars No. 1 clover 12 dollars No. 2 clover 10 dollars Straw 9 dollars.
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Columbus
Timothy
Market Report From Toledo Commodities May 27
Closing prices show corn cash at 1.52 dollars with data at 761 2 to 761 2. Rye cash 2.00. Clover 186.26 Oct 14.15. Alsike 16.26. Timothy 3.70 with Sept 4.30 and Oct 3.97 1 2.
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Toledo
Timothy
Cream Prices This Week Stand at 44 Cents Sour Cream
Local creameries report 44 cents for sour cream and 60 cents for sweet cream testing 17 percent.
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Creemeries
Certificates Granted to County Teachers in 1918 Examinations
List of successful candidates for teachers certificates from the May 4 1918 exam. Elementary and high school categories include names of those who passed with and without examination under various year-lengths. A note mentions coal gas business growth in England.
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Mary B. Glancy
Mabel Kenney
Lora Kenny Glenna Penrod
Grace Daugherty
Hannah V. Smith
Nelle Hill
Winnifred Mahan
Edna Wharton
Bertine Everett
Sylvia Smiley
Virgil Davis
Lelia Barnhill
Minnie McDonald
Audrey Meighen
Ariona McKee
Jennie Ellis
England
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Milton
Milton Anas
Photoplay Theatre
Edith Storey
Social News
D. KR. Richards
Southern Ohio
Hazel Roach
Chillicothe
Charles Kaiser
Pomeroy
Fred Yocum
Mr. Okey McDaniel
Mrs
Charles Wood
Ena Nelson
Akron
Cleveland
Mary Hibbard
George Preston of
Mr. T. W. Craig
Indianapolis
Andrew Murphy
Frank E. Goldsberry
Albany
Donald Swaim
Jack Galbreath
Mt. Sterling
Marian Allen
Corning
Margaret Ickis
Lindley Hall
Geraldine Parrett
Loudenville
K. Mardis
Lebanon
A. W. Mardis
Harry Dalton
East Carpenter Street
The
Childs Conservation League
W. E. Landis
Second Street
W. G. Danford
Trimble
Lydia Danford
Charles Schleyer
Ohio University
Aldine Roach
Zanesville
Lancaster
West Va
Will Lloyd Jones
Camp Custer, Mich
Jones
Eugenia Mae Liston
J. Maurice Hyde
Marietta
Lieut
Perry Riley
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
L. J. Riley
Guysville
South
Monroe Higgins
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
J. M. Higgins
Jacob Sherman
Ray Sherman
Miss Lelia Sherman
A. Vernon of
William Williams
George Norris
Vernon
Norris
Howell Jones
Martins Ferry
Eunice Ann Jones
Hall Foster Jr
Longbeach
Calif
Frank Howe
Russell’ Fuller
Lillian Fuller
Naval Aviation
Boston
Mass
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Mr Fuller
Goodyear Rubber Co
L. F. Krapps
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harry Hill
A. B. Scott
E. W. Leger
Scott
Krapps
Messenger
Modoc
Bailey Run
Ryan
Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission of Ohio
Modnc
Will Mitchell
CUBS
Sheheh
the Seetes
Tyler
James
Ing
Twisters
Vaughan
Hendrix
Bos
Eo Tolore San
Foundation
Ireland
Ohio Boys
Crowder
Strude
West Virginia
Southeastern
Lostro Auto Sales Co
Bardin Brothers Co
Hens, Ohio
Union Stock Market
Toledo Grain Market
J. Q. Williams
Jennie Price
C. H. Love
Helen Strobemeyer
T. O. Kincade
Orpha Dinsmoor
Norma Webb
the Cline Ice Cream CO
A. B. Smith
C. van Dyke
West State
Athens County
State Liquor Licensing Board
Caplitolia Dean
Public Sq
Nelsonville
Stanley J. Dew
Athens County Liquor Licensing Board
W. M. Sturgill
Buckeye State Building and Loan Co
Rankin Building
W. Gay Street
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