Athens Social News Highlights Service Members Visits and Arrivals
Miss Anna ix Armstrong of Columbus visits Athens with R A Jones on University terrace. Atty J L Manning from Middlesboro arrives for several days with local relatives. Lt Karl Barth transfers to Camp McClellan and spends leave in Coolville with family. Judge Poffenbarger and wife host C D Hopkins at home as Nathan Poffenbarger and others prepare to leave for officers training.
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Anna ix. Armstrong
Columbus
Athens
R. A. Jones
University Terrace
Atty. J. L. Manning
Middlesboro
Mt. Blanco
Middleport
Karl Barth
Camp Syracuse
Syracuse
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Quartermasters Department
Barth
Coolville
Gertrude E. Barth
Marie Hoobler
Alabama
George M. Poffenbarger
Supreme Court
Poffenbarger
Charleston
W. Va
Atty
C. D. Hopkins
Nathan Poffenbarger
Ohio University
Wrestler Perry Schad challenges Thor Olson to bout
In a letter to the Athens Paper in Athens Ohio Perry Schad of Camp Zachary Taylor Kentucky asks Thor Olson to wrestle within four weeks. Schad cites army training and a furlough to improve and reverse a past loss and asks Olson or promoters to respond.
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Athens Paper
Athens
Ohio
Bir
Thor Olson
Olson
Mr. Olson
Very Ray
Perry Schad
Camp Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Funeral services for Walter G. Jones set Thursday
Funeral services will be held Thursday at two o'clock at the residence on Van Vorden street with interment in West Union street cemetery. The death notice also reports Thomas Madden, 34, died November 1 at Athena state hospital from bronchial pneumonia and burial plans with Newsom-Walburn Co. Farmers urged to register labor needs with U S Employment Service as scarce help looms for next season.
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Walter G. Jones
van Vorden Street
West Union Street Cemetery
Homas Madden
Athena State Hospital
Chillicothe
Newsom-Walburn Co
U. S
Ohio Prohibition Vote Count Update From Columbus
Election returns show dry majority by 17 864 with Ashtabula and Mahoning still unofficial. State officers Cox Willis Brown Smith Archer Price and others reported with margins and pending county totals. Paris Le Matin reports German plenipotentiaries and armistice claim causing misinterpretation.
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Columbus
Secretary of State
Ashtabula
Mahoning
Scioto
Cox
Willis
Brown
Bloom
Smith
Fulton
Archer
Bryan
Price
McGhee
United Press
Ohio War Savings Plan urged to reinvest bond interest
Ohio War Savings Committee promotes reinvesting interest from Second Liberty Bonds into War Savings Stamps. With $269 million in bonds held by Ohioans, Friday's due interest of $5.38 million could be paid in stamps instead, easing cash needs while offering investor advantage.
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Columbus
Ohio War Savings Committee
War Savings Committees
Federal Reserve Bank
American flyer wounds and battles in dog fight over France
Lieut James M Newell of St Helena California was shot in the leg while eight French and American aircraft fought eighty German planes. He tore straps from his helmet to apply a tourniquet and continued the fight, shooting down a German plane in flames. The tango escadrille led the attackers.
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Paris
James M. Newell
St. Helena
Cal
Newell
Tango Escadrille
Richthofen
Clarence H. Neilson
British Two Seater Fights Fokkers Over England
A Royal Air Force report describes a British two seater engaging multiple Fokker biplanes. One Fokker falls after a spin caused by the pilot. The German attack wounds the observer who climbs out to balance the craft, aiding a safe landing behind Allied lines. The item ends with an employment notice seeking laborers and skilled workers through the United States Employment Service.
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London
Navy
Royal Air Force
Government report finds no tangible cost data for farm products
Secretary Houston informed the senate that after extensive inquiry the department cannot provide definite figures on the cost of producing farm products. Experts from Kansas State Agricultural College Purdue University University of Wisconsin Pennsylvania State College University of Minnesota University of Texas were unable to supply concrete data.
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Washington
Houston
Senate
Kansas State Agricultural College
Purdue University
University of Wisconsin
Pennsylvania State College
Minnesota
Texas
Son of Marysville Soldier Dies at Camp Merritt
George Green received word that his son Private Alexander Green aged 31 died at Camp Merritt New Jersey from influenza and pneumonia. He survived the torpedoing and sinking of the ship Ticonderoga.
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Marysville
George Green
Camp Merritt
N. J
Alexander Green
Green
Ticonderoga
Boards of Education Must Pay Teachers During Flu Ban
Attorney General McGhee ruled that boards of education must compensate teachers for idle time caused by influenza closures. The opinion, issued to Wayne County prosecuting attorney, affects about 380,000 teachers, with most communities already paying without dispute.
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Boards of Education
McGhee
Wayne County
Order for recount of votes in Manhattan and Bronx
Governor Whitman and the Republican committee obtained a supreme court order directed at Alfred E. Smith to show cause why ballots in the first judicial district should not be examined. The order, returnable Friday morning, targets the Democratic candidate as part of a Manhattan Bronx recount effort.
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New York
Whitman
Republican Committee
Supreme Court
Alfred E. Smith
First Judicial District
Manhattan
Bronx
Industry gains partial lift in war to peace shift
Washington nov 18 the war industries board announced modifications in restraint policy as the first step in postwar adjustment output may rise to 56 percent of wartime restrictions for nonwar production and many public works including highways bridges and utilities are freed to proceed autos are among the 54 listed industries and related facilities may resume expanded activity
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Washington
War, Industries Board
Industry Faces War-Time Curtailment Modifications
The article notes that industry sectors are affected by changes to curtailment policies imposed on manufacturers since the war began, indicating broader implications for production and supply chains.
Army Life Puts Boys in Shape in France
The article describes American doughboys in France becoming stronger through outdoor work and steady food under Army care. It notes improved health, endurance, and discipline due to training, sleep patterns, diet, and frequent medical inspections by doctors and dentists.
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France
States
William Jones
Sam
William
Bill
Uncle Sam
Armistice Terms Seize All German Submarines
Washington reports the armistice amendments strip Germany of its entire submarine fleet, to be surrendered within 14 days. Changes also loosen railway car requirements to 150,000, cut machine guns to 35,000, and permit evacuation of troops in East Africa. Additional provisions address food needs, transport regulation, and prisoner repatriation after peace.
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Washington
Marshal Foch
United States
Supreme War Council
Wilson
Congress
East Africa
Germany
Flu Cases Prompt Local Social Visits Across Green's Run
Several flu cases have appeared in the area this week with seven or eight cases reported. Guests visiting relatives include Mr and Mrs James White and their children Arthur and Thelma of Logan. Richard Nutter and family hosted Thelma and Garnett Freda with Mrs Elizabeth Daniela and daughter. Ed Cartwright family received Sunday visits from Mr and Mrs J M Cartwright and Edna. Mrs Creachbaum hosted Mrs Gallbraith and Mrs Trimble hosted Thomas Gallbraith for Sunday visits.
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George Daft
Calvin
Clayton
Circle Hill
Robit Leake
Homer Simons
Otto
Harry Donley
Harry Leake
B. M. Maynard
Garnett Daniels
Corning
Wm. Maynard
Ethyl Fierce
Carrie Smith
Orpha Nutter
Osa Hoisington
Carl Cartwright
Frank Smith
Frank
Nelsonville
Rh. M. Snyder
Wm. Lantz
Trimble
Dolph Hipscher
Charles Drake
James White
Arthur
Thelma of
Logan
Richard Nutter
Bunday
Elizabeth Daniela
Garnett
Freda
Cartwright
Familly
J. M. Cartwright
Edna
Glouster
Creachbaum
Thomas Gallbraith
influenza ends Civil War veteran Captain Jamoa M. Roberts
Captain Jamoa M. Roberts aged 74 a Civil War veteran died here of influenza He was past quartermaster general department of Ohio G K R R R and a standing delegate to all state encampments
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Lancaster
Jamoa M. Roberts
Department of Ohio
G. Krrr
Armistice Hostilities Suspended Front of American Armies
General Pershing announces that armistice hostilities on the front of the American armies were suspended at 11 o'clock yesterday morning in accordance with the armistice terms. The communique, dated Nov 11, 1918 morning, was received at the war department today.
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United Press
Paris
le Matin
Bourbonbusset
Winterfeld
Debeny
Washington
Pershing
War Department
American Expeditionary Force
Founttaoin Brdl
Draft questionnaire ruling issued to local boards
The Provost Marshal General announced a nationwide ruling requiring all draftees who have received questionnaires to return them to local boards. The decision clarifies that the forms need not be completed beyond their return.
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United Press
Washington
Two Mills School Levy Wins In Glouster Township
Glouster township voters approved a two mill school levy by more than two to one in November. The official canvas shows 255 in favor and 116 opposed. The notice includes a card of thanks from the Canale family and local community notices about bonds and curbside changes.
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Trimble Township
G. C. Fawcett
Ohio crops harvested prompt ly boosts farm employment
The United States Employment Service working with agricultural groups placed 5,000 men in farm service last season, ensuring crops were gathered efficiently and labor shortages minimized.
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Ohio
United States Employment Service
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Quartermasters Corps
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Bethlehem Steel Co
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Lostro Auto Sales Co
Glouster News
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Father Shafer
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Glouster State Bank
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