Engineers of America Held Huns in Fight
London May 12. American and Canadian engineers joined a scratch force to plug a dangerous gap as the British Fifth Army faced a German onslaught. Brig. Gen Carey arrived to sustain the defense while engineers learned to handle machine guns and keep up the line during two days of intense fighting. An acting brigadier general recalled his capture and dramatic escape amid German trenches and a shelled ammunition dump.
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London
Fifth Army
Pfouriu Os'eley
Kise
Carey
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proven Beneficial
An endorsement notes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three generations aiding women with various female ailments. The piece urges women in need to try the remedy, asserting its merit and proven value in American homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Clinic Completion Marks Start of Home Visits Monday
The Athens county clinic for children at the City Building closed today after two weeks of measurements for about 350 children under Federal orders. Beginning Monday, the committee will start home visits to children not yet seen, with thanks to Mrs. R D Williams and Mrs E F Brown for their help. The effort will expand across Athens county.
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Children of
Athens
Helen Ullom
Women's Division
Athens County
Ohio Council of National Defense
Robert Lewis
R. D. Williams
E. FE. Brown
Carbon Remover and Lubricant for Automobiles
J. M. Pease Lubricant Carbon Remover mixed with a Ke Habbie Lubricant promises to remove carbon while lubricating engines. Marketed as a guaranteed accessory for cars boats and engines, it claims gas savings reduced repairs and night use. Sold with a money back guarantee at 61 per can with agents sought in Salina Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Pease
Acenis
Jacobson
Salina
Kansas
Hog cholera blamed for pig deaths in Athens
Mayor Woodworth summoned Dr Maxwell to Athens after a surge of pig deaths in the West Union street district and across the city. The veterinarian blamed hog cholera and urged immediate inoculation with cholera serum to halt the spread, warning owners who refuse risk heavier losses.
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West Union Street
Woodworth
Maxwell
Frank Dean
Harry Nichols
Howard Guthrie
Guthrie
Athens
Eerry
Athens Rural District hires teachers in special session
The Athens rural district board elected several teachers in a special session. Names include Pearley Gaskill, Alice Shannon, Ethel Mall, Blodwin Evans, Mary Devlin, Gwendolyn Dinsmore, Edith Brochard, Anastacia Collins, Mary L. Phillips, Louis Glancy, Mary MecGucken, Lucias Duffy, Flora Boyles, Ralph Oxley, A. Ray Moore, Edith Moore, Elma White, and others at various schools. Froggy and Salem positions remain unfilled.
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Board of Education of
Athens
Pearley Gaskill
Plains School
Alice M. Shannon
Plains
Ethel Mall
the Plains
Blodwin Evans
Mary Devlin
Gwendolyn Dinsmore
Edith Brochard
Anastacia Collins
Sugar Creek
Mary L. Phillips
Peach Ridge
Louis Glancy
Jackville
Mary MecGucken
Tick Ridge
Lucias Duffy
Flora Boyles
Ralph Oxley
A. Ray Moore
Edith Moore
Union
Elma White
Froggy
Salem
Two Hospital Patients Die at Athens State Hospital
Fred B. Ashton, 42, a patient at Athens State hospital for nearly three years, died late Wednesday from paralysis. Undertaker Walburn shipped his body to Morgan county for burial. Martha A. Varian, 87, at the hospital about three weeks, died Thursday. Her body was shipped to Seamon, Adams County for burial.
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Fred B. Ashton
Athens State Hospital
Walburn
Morgan County
Martha A. Varian
Seamon
Adams County
Rheumatism Relief Boosts Cincinnati Manufacturer
Joseph Wood of 319 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, says Tanlac Rheumatism Treatment eases his rheumatism and keeps him working by hand on his picture frames. He reports one package improved his condition, plans more, and urges others to try Tanlac at Cline's Pharmacy.
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Joseph Wood
East Fifth Street
Cincinnati
Wood
Cline’s
Cosgrove to Speak at Christian Church on War Morale
Corporal Cosgrove, one of fifty Americans returned from France, will lecture at the Christian Church at 7 30 this evening. He describes German troops as cowardly yet deadly in mass, urges fighting for right, and praises American morale and resolve to victory. No admission fee for the talk.
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Cosgrove
France
Christian Church
Belgium
America
Corporal Cosgrove
United States
Charles Pixley Dead at About Seventy in Athens Area
Charles Pixley aged about 70, formerly a barber and well known in Athens, died Wednesday at the county infirmary where he had been an inmate for years. He leaves two daughters and a son, Asa, now in the army. Undertaker Baughman buried the body at Chaunecy yesterday.
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Charles Pixley
Athens
County Infirmary
Asa
Baughman
Chaunecy
Widow’s Joyful Cry Over Mayr Remedy
An Athens widow praises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for curing severe stomach distress and weakness. She claims the preparation clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and alleviates inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose is claimed to convince and money is refunded. McKee Drug Company.
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Athens
Mayr
McKee Drug Company
The Private Secretary Presented by Athens High Senior Class
Athens High Senior Class stages The Private Secretary next Wednesday at the Opera House. Joe Morrison portrays the Secretary with Charley Woodworth as the fake secretary and Earl Nye as the scheming friend. Doris Nye Marie Jewett play the two girls. prices are forty cents downstairs thirty cents up with war tax. last show sold out.
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Athens High
Joe Morrison
Charley Woodworth
Earl Nye
Francis Cooksey
Merrill Atkinson
Cattermole
Scatterpole
Doris Nye
Marie Jewett
Francis Hatch
Joe Basom
Earl Baker
Tailor
Fred Carter
Ferry Cady
Opera House
McKee’s
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Uncle Sam
Munson
J. L. Beckley & Son
Engineers OF America
Arthur Er.mann
United Press
Pickford
Stella Maris
Wm. J. Locke
Mary Pickford
Adolph Zukor
Famous Players Lasky Co
Fulwider’s Restaurant
Thrift To
Wirthmor
Wiritior
Hun
Self
Columbia
O’henry
King Baggott
Margaret Snow
The
Friends of Athens High
Mexico
Priscilla
Yokohama
Charley
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