Casualties listed for Washington area and Ohioans
War Department casualty totals show 74 on Sunday with 56 killed in action and 49 died of wounds. Ohio names include Sergi Ernest Blue mel killed in action and multiple others wounded or missing. overall totals include 61604 to date with deaths, wounds, missing, and prisoners across the war.
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Washington
War Department
Raymond G. Noble
Cincinnati
Clarence Rickels
Hamilton
War Losses and Wounds Reported in Local Roster
The list records deaths from an airplane accident and disease, including Sergt Joshua B Wolfe and Lieut Phillip R Colebank. Missing in action Wm J Reilly. Wounded entries include Joseph James Daneceke Theodore Combs Bernard B Depinet and Geo Edward Jolley. Several others are noted with degrees undetermined or minor injuries. Local names include Wolfe of Haydenville and Reilly of Cleveland with several Ohio towns listed.
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Vata
Joshua B Wolfe
Haydenville
Wm. J. Reilly
Cleveland
Thomas C. Spencer
Chas
Edwin Robbins
Worthington
Harvey B. Schrock
Sugar Creek
Wm. J. Semmler
Manda
Joseph James Daneceke
Theodore Combs
Hamilton
Bernard B. Depinet
Cincinnati
Thomas Livingston
Springfield
Frank Renz
Bowling Green
Phillip R. Colebank
Jasper G. Spahr
Sycamore
Ben Carter
Mount Vernon
Gilbert David
Sarahville
Louis ©. Phillips
Felix Zalemski
Steubenville
Edward Jolley
Clemsburg
Harry Gutzmann
Berea
Mohicans raise flag with gold star for fallen Lawrence Conrath
The Mohicans today hung a service flag bearing twenty one stars including one gold star for Lawrence Conrath, killed in action in France weeks ago. Of the twenty one service members, fifteen are in France.
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Mohicans
Lawrence Conrath
France
Navy Seaplane Flies Nine Hours With Full Load
A record flight by a Navy seaplane equipped with a Liberty motor stayed aloft nine hours. It carried four crew, full military fuel supply, two bombs totaling nearly 500 pounds, and two machine guns, while maintaining a full load.
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Washington
Sims
Daniela
Banks Over Saloons In Wallace Idaho Vote Edges Toward Dry
Ernest Beekman organizer of the American Federation of Labor in Wallace Idaho notes a shift from saloons to banks over ten years. He recalls 37 saloons then and says a future vote would likely favor prohibition as workingmen accumulate bank accounts and banks fill Saturday crowds.
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Ernest Beekman
American Federation of Labor
Wallace
Idaho
Union Club
VOTH
OHIO
Athens County
Dry Federation
Capper touts Kansas prosperity under Prohibition
Governor Capper proclaims Kansas as leading in wealth per capita and low death rate, with record bank deposits, high home ownership, and few tenants. He cites no open saloons and widespread car ownership, claiming 2 million residents have never seen a saloon, as Athens County Dry Federation reports.
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Kansas
Capper
Athens County
Stamp Reminders of Lusitania Crime Amid War Stamp
A new stamp circulated by the American Defence society bears the pledge Remember! Use Nothing German. Profits go to the Fatherless Children of France, presided by Marshal Joffre, with a Blashfield design showing Humanity shielding her eyes from the Lusitania sinking and Justice with drawn sword. The society reports thousands signing pledges to boycott German goods after the war.
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American Defence Society
France
Marshal Joffre
FE. H. Blashfield
New York
Lusitania
Liquor Revenue Fails to Pay Costs says Athens County Dry Federation
The Athens County Dry Federation warns that liquor sales generate 2.4 billion annually, nearly double the value of church property, while last year's revenue tax from liquors was 248,095,079. They argue liquor revenues do not pay.
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Athens
Army to issue Christmas parcels for every soldier
Paris reports the post office department of the expeditionary force worries over Christmas parcels. If every man receives a 5 pound package, 790 cars daily for 19 days would be required to move them from ports to soldiers. The postmaster in chief promised parcels if transport is available.
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Paris
United Press
Post Office Department
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