Social News from Athens Area Courtesies and Illnesses
Mrs J R Wade of Millfield visits Athens on Friday. Mr and Mrs J R Harvey host Mrs A A Chapelle of Columbus Saturday. Mrs FE G Silvas visits Columbus to see son Paul at the Columbus Barracks. Influenza illness slows work and many trips noted. Red Cross to resume sewing Monday in former surgical dressings room. Local obituaries and funeral notices for Mrs Jannette Russell and relatives.
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FE. G. Silvas
Columbus
Paul
Columbus Barracks
The
Red Cross
J. H. Duffee
Jannette Russell
T. W. Duffee
W. B. Johnson
This City
Clara Braddock
Jacksone
Bath Wagons Moving With Fighting Mustard Gas
A traveling hot bath truck unit of the chemical warfare service trains to treat American soldiers exposed to German mustard gas. The mobile bath pavilion, 2,500 gallon water tank, and instant heater allow up to twenty soldiers to bathe in minutes, with showers, eye and throat treatments, and quick clothing changes before evacuation to hospital.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Paris
Hy Mail
Chemical Warfare Service
Peace Meet Taking Form At Versailles As Officials Prep
Paris November 16 German evacuees quicken cleanup while workers decorate Versailles Hall of Mirrors for the peace meet. Delegates may stay at the Grand Trianon with historic signing sites cited. public excitement grows for a possible Wilson arrival and celebrations after the armistice.
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William Phillip Simms
Paris
Versailles
Hall of Mirrors
Grand Trianon
Madame de Maintenon
Louis XIV
England
Great Britain
France
Spain
Wilson
Metz
Strassburg
Uncle Sam fits corsets by proxy in Dayton office
In Columbus Ohio on November 15 the U S Employment Service supplied a corset fitter to a Dayton department store the same day along with other women workers including typist saleslady cook clerk janitress machinist tailoress timekeeper dishwasher and general factory hand.
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Columbus, CO
Sam
Dayton
United States Employment Office
Evansville Police Order Cider Sales Stopped
Edgar Schmidt police chief of Evansville Indiana orders saloons to halt selling hard cider claiming violations of Indiana prohibition law. The note ends with an unrelated remark about fried catfish odor from garage grease.
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Evansville
Ind
Edgar Schmidt
Restitution Over Famine Claims in German Rail Assets
Stephane Lauzanne of the Official Bureau of French Information said Marshal Foch seeks only the return of rolling stock seized by the German invasion. He noted Germany exaggerates needs to transport food, citing 50,000 cars seized in France and 80,000 in Belgium, along with 3,000 engines. The aim is restitution, not providing famine relief to civilians.
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New York
Stephane Lauzanne
Bureau of French Information
Marshal Foch
Belgium
France
Lauzanne
Baruch and Hoover Ponder Simple Life After War
Hoover and Baruch advocate continuing thrift and price controls. Baruch proposes clothing style limits including women’s hats to cut manufacturing costs and retail prices, calling it one of the war’s major lessons.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Buckeye Lends 5 Percent Savings At Columbus Office
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company offers five percent interest on savings to increase income. Based in Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio. Assets total $15,000,000 and loans are all first mortgages on homes and farms. Start a savings account by writing or calling for booklets.
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Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Gay SL
Columbus
Buckeye
Hoover says US will aid famine victims in Europe
Herbert Hoover declares the United States will not deprive itself to feed Germany and will assist the allies under German yoke. He says Germany can buy food once blockade ends and emphasizes aiding famine victims in occupied nations. He rules out rescinding the Lever Act despite beer stock concerns.
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New York
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
France
Belgium
Former Ohio student in valuable work at Camp Sherman
Namest Henry Sidenfeld of Murray City, a former Ohio University student, is among Camp Sherman psychiatrists aiding the army. They identify criminals and weak-minded men unfit for service to keep troops safe, screening those who pass exam boards before being sent home.
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Namest Henry Sidenfeld
Murray City
Ohio University
Camp Sherman
United States Army
Altho
Rabbit Faces Travel Quirk Despite Tail Light Absence
The rabbit has other troubles but is not subject to arrest for traveling without a tail light.
Rabbit Crop Light Says Hunters Today
County reports indicate a scarce rabbit supply as hunters rush out for their daily bag. Despite the shortage the season remains open and trapping of associated animals is permitted from today until February 1.
Mrs M P Harwood Credits Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs M P Harwood of Auburn New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for relieve indigestion distress after meals headaches and fatigue from a sluggish liver. After two bottles her health is described as good and improved.
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Chamberlain
Six resumes after longest rest in years
After an influenza quarantine Athens Class Six resumes Sunday meetings at 9:00 am. The group had not missed a Sunday since its founding eleven years ago until the recent influenza outbreak. Attendance is uncertain with the first postwar meeting since the armistice, as program reflects a grateful spirit and committee assignments for the new year are listed, including Membership, Social, Sympathy, Devotional, Finance, Employment, Music, Teacher, Publicity, Ushers, Librarian, Athletics, and Flag Keepers.
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Athens
Ohio Sunny School
B. M. Covert
H. G. Jefferson
R. P. Imes
J. R. Harvey
R. R. Hughes
Louis B. Snyder
Merrill Kerr
John Swanson
W. H. Fenzel
Lewis F. Jones
P. B. Lawrence
E. H. Cotton
A. C., Roach
J. D. Cooper
Jas
R. Harvey
George H. Junod
L. W. Roberts
A. Buck
Jac. R. Cross
Carl H. Porter
W. A. Carpenter
A. S&s. Rethel
F. P. McVay
M. P. Totman
W. T. Smith
F. M. Turner
W. A Cameron
M. J. Kimball
Jesse Henry
C. C. Kerr
Arthur Hickman
Lew Graham
Homer Wolfe
C. L. Heaton
C. V. Sewell
P. E. Shirley
James Staffer
Thor Olson
George B. McKinstry
J. C. Bailey
Florence Hatty Hewitt obituary from Moonville Ohio
Florence Hatty daughter of James and Martha Mace born near Moonville Ohio November 2 1887 died November 1918 age 21 years eight days She married G H Hewitt December 26 1903 They had ten children nine living She leaves husband nine children nine brothers and two sisters named from New Marshfield Carbondale Moonville Lancaster Middleport Martins Ferry Albany Florence was patient nurse and died with prayer Her verses praise her passage to paradise with garden imagery
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Florence Hatty
James
Martha Mace
Moonville
Vinton Co
Ohio
G. H. Hewitt
Jerome
George
New Marshfield
John
Eli
Carbondale
Hiram
Alonzo
William
Leeander
Lancaster
Marion
Middleport
Imma
Martins Ferry
Ameda
Albany
Florence
Farmers urged to give to United War Work drive
Secretary Houston called on American farmers to contribute to the United War Work campaign seeking 170 600 000 dollars to support seven welfare organizations aiding troops overseas and at home. He said the cause is great and every service flag house has a stake in the drive.
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Washington
United States
Houston
United War Work
Woman's Missionary Praise Service and Offering
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will hold their annual Praise service and Thank Offering Monday at 2 30 P M in the church parlors.
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Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
German Women Plea for Armistice Terms Receives Skepticism
The piece argues German women’s petitions to Mrs. Wilson and Jane Addams are a Berlin diplomatic ploy to sway American policy at the peace conference. It states food aid will be allotted but warns Germany may feign hunger while others suffer, and recalls alleged German cruelties against Allied women. It closes with a quip about Mr Peavish and his dog.
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Belgium
England
France
America
Germany
United States
Mrs. Wilson
Jane Addams
Berlin
Eatonic promised to cure acid stomach and restore strength
The ad claims most people suffer from acid stomach or superacidity and can be quickly relieved by Eatonic tablets. It describes symptoms like bloating heartburn and indigestion and promises improved sleep appetite and general health with a guaranteed 50 cent box backed by the druggist.
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Eatonic
Eatontc
Kemp's Balsam Relief Claim
A dangerous rasping cough and sore throat can be quickly relieved by Kemp's Balsam. A few cents invested in a bottle will amply repay you when you have occasion to use. Used by thousands. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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Kemp
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J. R. Wade
Millfield
J. R Harvey
A. A. Chappelle
Miss Lillie Nichola
West Union Street
John Kale
Loveland
Joe Phillips
J. A. Miller
Pomeroy
Arthur Boyles
North Congress Street
George Mahle
Ironton
Charles Howell
Elizabeth Hibbard
C. W. Jones
Mary Fletcher
Sipsey
Als
Frieda Dinsmoor
Edith Devore
Kenmore
KE. B. Young
Dallas Goodin
Hamley Run
Mrs. Goodin
Mr. Young
T. R. Hamilton
Chauncey
H. T. Kittle
Glouster
Blanch Howe
Hopedale
Harrison County
W. H. Boden
Middletown
Robert B. Leopold
Rochester N. Y
Association of Commercial Organization
Joseph Leopold
Chamber of Commerce
Joplin
Rochester
Robert Leopold
Robert Jr
Mr. Leopold
B. M. Covert With
Mr. Covert
Nelsonville
MR. Baruch
Merica
Missionary Meeting
J. W. T. Mason
Schences
Mandrake
Schenck
DR. J. H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
Republic Trucks
Republic
Republics
Moler Auto Sales Co
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