Two Athens Militia Companies to Parade in Nelsonville
Two Ohio National Guard militia units from Athens will join the Armistice Day parade in Nelsonville on Wednesday. About 150 men, with a complete battery, will participate after a 11 o'clock program on the Public Square. Prizes will be awarded at 5 pm from the Public Square stand. Rest rooms will be provided at the Presbyterian Church basement and the Warner Building.
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Nelsonville
Ohio National Guard
Athens
Frank D. Henderson
John
Shelter
T. F. Muilligan
Glenford Dugan Post
Ohio
Thomas Jewelry
Hickman Pharmacy
Nelsonville Dry Goods
John Owens
Bishop Restaurant
Mayme Keplar
F. R. Beasley
Cable Hardware
Burnell Shoe Repair
Noah Fillinger
Nelsonville Bakery
C. E. Heft
Ridenours
Ed Carter
McCormicks
A. B. Johnson
Joe Porter
J. S. Pritchard
Boston
Carpenter Hardware
Mechem Dry Goods
Visitors tour Nelsonville schools in busy night session
About 415 visitors toured Nelsonville Junior and Senior High last night as they observed classes in science biology and homes economics. The correspondent notes the cordial atmosphere and attentive students while chatting with Principal Buell and watching Miss Diehl Miss Rutledge and Miss Sharp teach brief demonstrations and tests.
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Nelsonville
Samuel Pepys
Riga
Prin. Ll
Buell
Classified Ads and Circulation Contact
Local staff correspondent notes contact details for society and locals readers and advertises classified ads and circulation services with a telephone line for a representative.
Visitor visits seven classes at junior and senior high
The narrator tours seven classrooms in a school day, observing Miss Helen Shaw's volleyball, Miss Mildred Roberts's library improvements, Principal Buell's public speaking class and calisthenics, Miss Mariel Sayre and Miss Mary Lou Hudson's prize winning orations, Commercial Law, and Frank Stedman’s humorous lesson. Parents express satisfaction with school work and improvements before returning home.
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Vol
Joe Galvin
Gerald McCreary
Helen Shaw
Mildred Roberts
Buell
Bill Nelson
Sesson
Frank Stedman
Old Papers Display in Nelsonville Windows
Copies of The Athens Messenger from key World War dates are shown in J. D. Adamson Store windows. Headlines include War Now Declares on April 6 1917, Austria breaks relations with the U S on April 7, Germany Now Surrenders October 16 1918, and The World War Is Now Ended November 7 1918 with later note on armistice timing.
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Nelsonville
Athens Messenger
J. D. Adamson
Austria
United States
Germany
Roy Howard
United Press Association
Brest
Emergency Class Meeting Set at First Baptist Church
Members of the Young Men's Emergency Class and all interested youths meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the teacher W G Woodson's home to discuss the project.
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First Baptist Church
W. G. Woodson
Deny Report On Mason Inman Marriage Announcement
Families of Miss Caddy Mason and Mr. Albert Inman deny any marriage announcement. The denial refutes an erroneous claim published in Sundays Messenger.
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Caddy Mason
Albert Inman
Nelsonville High School band unveils new uniforms for Armistice parade
Nelsonville Ohio high school band shows scarlet and gray outfits with scarlet breeches gray busby and gold tassels. 45 gray trousers and skirts issued for members. Band Booster Club funded outfits and a parade float. Band directs Ward Hamm with Murray City American Legion Drum Corps and other groups joining.
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Nelsonville
Ohio State University
Nelsonville High School
American Legion
Harold McGray
N. H. 58
Ward W. Hamm
Murray City American Legion
Hamm
Athens
Pomeroy
Lancaster
Wilma Scott
Charles Finsterwald
Herbert Woody
Joe Galvin
Charles Evans
Elwood McCreary
Harold McCray
Funeral set for Fred Boring 42 in Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports funeral services for Fred Boring 42 Columbus who died after being crushed between a truck and coal car in Southeast Coal Company yards. The burial will be at Greenlawn with widow two daughters Audrey 17 and Marguerite 12, plus two brothers and five sisters residing in the county.
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Nelsonville
Fred Boring
Columbus
Southeast Coal Company
Stout's
Greenlawn
Boring
Floodwood
Red Men’s Lodge
Audrey
Marguerite
Auto Overturns En Route to Nelsonville
Colonel John Shetler and Sergeant Edward Keyes escaped unharmed when their O. N. G. car driven by Keyes overturned on a highway near Nelsonville. The vehicle skidded on loose gravel toward a ditch and struck a steel drum of road tar before overturning. They alerted headquarters and continued to the mining district in a replacement car.
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Nelsonville
John Shetler
Edward Keyes
Columbus
Keyes
Mrs Harriet Price Succumbs After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Harriet Howell Price 61 wife of John Price died Monday at 12 30 p m at her daughter Edith Price Cox home near Nelsonville following a two year illness. Funeral at 12 30 p m Wednesday at the Cox home with Rev Harley Bolton of Rutland M E church officiating. Burial in Greenlawn. Survived by husband daughter four sisters three brothers and four grandchildren. An infant died in infancy.
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Nelsonville
Harriet Howell Price
John Price
Edith Price Cox
Price
Cox
Harley Bolton
Rutland M. E
Greenlawn
Ray Cunningham
East Liverpool
J. W. Jackson
Akron
Thomas McAfee
Kent
William Bachner
Rutland
Wesley Howell
Foster Howell
Harrisonville
D. E. Howell
Burton
Nelsonville School Dismissed Early For Armistice Parade
Nelsonville schools will dismiss at 10 30 a m tomorrow allowing students to watch the parade and observe a 11 o clock quiet period on the Square. The Board of Education and superintendent cooperate with the American Legion in its observance. The High School Band Boy Scouts and other school groups will participate in the celebration.
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Nelsonville
Board of Education
American Legion
Legion
Boy Scouts
Local families visit relatives across Columbus and surrounding towns
Mrs. Mark Hick and Mrs. James Grant of Columbus spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. William Hick. Mrs. Parker accompanies them and will fly to New York after a visit with her Norfolk family. Several other trips include Charles and Paul Weltzheimer visiting C. E. Weltzheimer in Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. Vorhes with kin in Franklin Street. Recovering Arthur H. Nelson is after surgery at Cherrington Hospital Logan.
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Mark Hick
James Grant
Columbus
William Hick
James Parker
Parker
New York
Norfolk
Charles Weltzheimer
Akron
Paul Weltzheimer
C. E. Weltzheimer
Charles Vorhes
Robert Kinney
Franklin Street
James Sharp
Henry Strauch
Fred Wilson
Denver Gibbs
Sycamore
Tom Cline
Arthur H. Nelson
Robbins Read
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
FE. W. Henshaw
Glendon Brickley
Emma Lou Henshaw
School For the Deaf
Mathew Hickman
Lawrence Tennihill
Boyd Roscoe
John Roscoe
Donald Betts
Miriam
Martha
Earl Linscott
Amesville
Phebe
Worth Clements
Ed Clements
Amanda
Ruth Gall
Frank Emish
Shower Honoring Mr and Mrs Jess Rosser
A Saturday evening shower for newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Jess Rosser was hosted by friends and relatives. Guests enjoyed a social time and refreshments, and the couple received many useful presents. Notable attendees included Mrs. John Rosser and children John George Gene Martha Floyd Margaret Betty Daniels Mrs E Schoonover Mrs George Seenes and daughter Mary Mr and Mrs Oscar Hartley and children Betty Oscar Joan Jack Kathleen Mrs Roy McCollum and children Billy Mary Mrs Floyd Dearth and children Gloria Jimmy Mr and Mrs Oscar Haybrow Mr and Mrs George Frazier Mrs Sam Werren and daughters Margaret Reva Georgia Lou Mrs Lizzie Gatherg and children Marie John Elizabeth Wilbur Shirley Jo Weed Helen Bernice and Rameda Shivers Vivian and Alfred Joy Donald Powell and Charles Anderson.
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Jess Rosser
John Rosser
John
George
Gene
Martha
Floyd
Margaret
Betty Daniels
E. Schoonover
George Seenes
Mary
Oscar
Hartley
Betty
Joan
Jack
Kathleen
Roy McCollum
Billy
Floyd Dearth
Gloria
Jimmy
Oscar Haybrow
George Frazier
Sam Werren
Reva
Georgia Lou
Lizzie Gatherg
Marie
Elizapeth
Wilbur
Shirley Jo Weed
Helen
Bernice
Rameda Shivers
Vivian
Alfred Joy
Donald Powell
Charles Anderson
Wooster College Registrar Addresses Nelsonville High
Mr. Southwick registrar of Wooster College spoke to Nelsonville High School students for twenty minutes stressing the benefits of a college education. He also visited the Rev. Licy Evans during his Nelsonville stop.
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Nelsonville
Wooster College
Southwick
Wooster
Nelsonville High School
Licy¢ Evans
Figley Birth Announcement in Athens Home
Mr and Mrs Harold Figley announce the birth of a son named Lewis Lee at their home in Athens on Sunday. Figley is a teacher in the Nelsonville schools.
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Harold Figley
Athens
Lewis Lee
Fizley
Nelsonville
Jenkins To Speak at Men's Club Dinner
Nelsonville Nev February report notes Congressman Thomas Jenkins of the 2nd Ohio District will address the Men’s Club dinner at the Methodist Church at 6 15 p m on Thursday. Attendance is expected large with prior years drawing 100 to 200 guests. Mrs Ralph Parks will perform songs and the Orasa quartet will sing. Tickets are available at Nelson’s Grocery Grover St Davis Store East Walnut and Adamson’s Store on the Public Square.
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Nelsonville
Nev
Thomas Jenkins
Lenton
Ohio
Methodist Church
Albert Bettman Jr
Ralph Parks
Scouts To Lend Help For Armistice Day Parade
Nelsonville scouts will be excused from school at 8 a.m. to report at the American Legion Building by 10 a.m. for parade traffic duties. Every Scout should wear his uniform. The principal says non band students will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m. and return to afternoon session.
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Nelsonvill
Boy Scouts of
Nelsonville
American Legion
L. E. Buell
Prohibition Inspector Destroys 180-Gallon Still Near Murray City
Nelsonville reports Prohibition Inspector Tom Bush located and destroyed a 180 gallon still in an abandoned mine near Murray City yesterday morning. He notes October saw multiple 1¢ stills seized across his district counties.
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Nelsonville
Tom Bush
Murray City
Bush
Wolf grateful as town helpers battle barn fire loss
Charien Wolf of Lick Run thanks Nelsonville townspeople who rushed to the scene after a barn struck by lightning burned Saturday evening. Ninety bushels of corn three tons of hay apples and other stored items burned. Estimated loss about 200 dollars with no insurance.
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Nelsonville
Charien Wolf
Lick Run
Wolf
Nis
Grange to Sponsor Contest at York meeting
York Grange No. 636 plans an oratorical contest at Friday’s session with the winner to represent Pomona Grange of Athena County in a December event. Current entrants include George Brady Adda Maccoombs Lewis Buell and Asa Hammond. Officers elected include Master Edward Howard and other posts with Lewin Buell as executive committeeman and legislative agent.
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York Grange
Pomona Grange
Athena County
George Brady
Adda Maccoombs
Lewis Buell
Asa Hammond
Edward Howard
Wilma Brady
Ira Whitmore
Millant Howard
Walter Maccomb
Adda Maccombia
James McClain
Ceres
Thelma Howard
Pomona
Helen Wolfe
Flora
Dorothy Howard
Estella Cage
Lewin Buell
Earl White
A. N. Ward
Regular Meeting of Eudora Chapter at Masonic Temple
Eudora Chapter No 72 O B E holds its regular meeting in the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. The annual election of officers will be conducted.
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Eudora Chapter No. 72
Masonic Temple
Doctors attend memorial for Dr. Ted Gillram in Columbus
Nelbonville reporters note that Drs. A. E. Welch N Hill J M Hyde and A L Pritchard traveled to Columbus on November 9 to attend a memorial meeting for the late Dr. Ted Gillram held under the auspices of the Columbus Academy of Medicine.
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Nelbonville
A. E. Welch
N. Hill
J. M. Hyde
A. L. Pritchard
Columbus
Ted Gillram
Columbus Academy of Medicine
Boxing Commission Named for Armistice Day Events
Nelsonville reports Stanley J. Dew W. S. Owens and Alva Patton will head the City Boxing Commission supervising Wednesday boxing bouts tied to Armistice Day activities.
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Nelsonville
Stanley J. Dew
W. S. Owens
Alva Patton
City Boxing Commission
Red Men to Meet for Funeral Arrangements
Special meeting of the Order of Red Men in their hall is set for Wednesday evening at 7 o clock to organize attendance at the funeral of Fred Boring.
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Order of Red Men
Fred Boring
Cascare Candy Promises Quick Constipation Relief
Advertisement claims Cascare candy clears constipation by nightfall with improved appetite and energy next morning. Recommends 2 to 3 nights of use to remove waste. asserts cascara strengthens bowel muscles and that doctors approve. Sold at all drug stores.
Daughters of Asian Veterans Meet Tonight at 7:30
The Daughters of Asian Veterans will gather this evening in their hall at 7 30. All members are urged to attend.
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Daughters of Asian Veterans
New Emolment Claims Cure For Neuritis And City Lighting Pact
An advertisement touts Tymsol a new emollient claimed to cure neuritis and easing nerve pain across the body. The text shifts to Ordinance No. 26 authorizing Athens Ohio to contract with The Southern Ohio Electric Company for street lighting for five years with rates, curb lighting maintenance, and payment terms.
Southern Ohio Electric Company street lighting contract terms
The agreement outlines annual payment of Twenty dollars to the Southern Ohio Electric Company for curb lighting maintenance and lamp renewal, with responsibilities for new lamps, location changes, and energy supply during night hours. It specifies cost sharing for new lamp additions beyond 300 feet, maintenance obligations, energy delivery during the night season, and contingencies for service interruptions.
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Grace
Electric Company
Roy
Southern Ohio Etris Company
Southern Ohio Electrica
Southern Ohio High Company
Thia
Ounell
Hehta
Southern Ohio Electric
Southern Electric Company
Ehail
Peis
T Klectric
Ei Ag
Southern
Ohio
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Athéns
Athena
Palens
Lenaneas
Aaid 5 Electric Company
J John
Colitas
Th Athena
Bie Aie
Pe ¥Ctric Company
Iia Board of Directs
Ite
Ita Pesinans
Gmges
City council approves Southern Ohio Electric lighting ordinance
The ordinance grants the Southern Ohio Electric Company and its successors a five year period for residence and commercial lighting in Athens Ohio with rate schedules per kilowatt hour and a minimum monthly charge. It requires acceptance by the company and specifies repeal of inconsistent ordinances and enactment to take effect after passage and acceptance.
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Ohio
Ohio Electric
Ufus C
Hopkins
Praca
CH Harris
Counch
State OF Ohio
Tss
Athens
Southern Hietric Company
Ubili Utlities Co
Southern Ohio Elect Company
Southern Ohio Wiedyi
Feuaia
Southern Chia
South Electric
Apanett
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