Funeral notices and local society notes from Nelsonville
Multiple notices record funerals and local happenings. Minnie Davis dies after bronchial pneumonia at Chestnut St home. Harry Creighton's service held at William Raybould residence. Mrs Wm Young funeral at Oak St. Gladys McCray funeral in Wellston. Fred Homer born Nov 2 1896 died Nov 15 1918. Various residents listed with travel, visits, and wartime service notes.
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Harry Creighton
William Raybould
West Washington St
Arpee
Greenlawn
Wm. Young
Oak St
Gladys McCray
Wellston
Fred Homer
Charles Springer
Iona Hayden
Death notices for Joe Rizer at 37
Joe Rizer, 37, died of pneumonia at his home on Wednesday. He leaves a wife and four children. one child was buried a few days earlier on Tuesday. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
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Joe Davis
Mia
Minnie Davis
Chestnut St
Joe
Christian Church
Nelsonville High School
Lucy Welling
Joe Rizer
Saygs
I. M. Foster
KH. W. Chubb
F. W. Bush
Plaut
Frank Speck
Flu Situation Shows Slow Improvement in Nelsonville
Health Officer Butt reports 1969 influenza cases and 145 pneumonia cases with 28 deaths as of Wednesday evening, indicating slight progress in the local flu outbreak.
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Nelsonville
Butt
Barn Destroyed by Fire at Johnson Home on Walnut Street
The fire department was summoned early Wednesday at 4 A M to George W Johnsons residence on Walnut Street. A large barn was completely destroyed with wagons harness and corn among items lost. Livestock survived.
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George W. Johnson
Walnut St
Influenza Impacts Athens Area With Recoveries Expected
Three deaths occurred near New Marshfield from influenza yesterday while Athens reports a milder, receding outbreak. Most cases are in convalescence and new infections decline daily as doctors note lighter illness and quicker recoveries. Local efforts to host soldiers for Thanksgiving shift as committees and leadership coordinate placements and hospitality duties.
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New Marshfield
Messenger
Athens
British warn on German prisoner release amid cruel treatment
London telegraph warns that under any provisioning of Germany Britain must consider the fate of released British prisoners. It cites a “shocking lack of organization” in their release and return marches, with misery, hunger, no escort, and high mortality, urging German authorities to act or risk revictualling and appeasing the German public.
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London
Germany
Miner Jacob Millakowicz Buried in Catholic Cemetery
Jacob Millakowicz a 35 year old miner died yesterday in Canaanville from tuberculosis. He was buried this afternoon at two in the Catholic cemetery with brief services. His wife died a year earlier. A small son survives.
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Neigner
Jacob Millakowicz
Canaanville
West Bailey Social Notes Include Hazel Six Plans
Mr George Waltz from Camp Sherman called on Miss Hazel Six while Mrs Suter Brooks heads to Indiana. Reymond Six visits his aunt in Millfield and Hazel Six plans to depart for Akron this week. Ed Sams visit Edward Six family and Ed Whitlareh returns from Parkersburg. B H Phelps of Athens calls on Dessie Six. Fred Nelson is ill. Dessie and Hazel Six visit Athens Monday. School remains closed due to flu.
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C. H. Sisson
Logan
J. W. Burkhalter
Toledo
Henry Meuser
W. L. Mattoone
Columbus
Nelsonville
Hyler Steenrod
Inlaw
Harry Creighton
Bell
M. Beasley
Marion
Q. Weldo Chute
Scottish Rite Masonery
Wm. Sloan
Calfornia
Isaac Warner
Parker Sniffen
Max
Lafe Hawkins
Chris Evans
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Guy Ely
Michael Ely
Ely
France
Washington, D. C
George Waltz
Camp Sherman
Miss Hazel
Suter Brooks
Indiana
Reymond Six
Millfield
Hazel
Akron
Edward Sams
Edward Six
Ed. Whitlareh
Parkersburg
W. Va
B. H. Phelps
Athens
Missa Dessie
Fred Nelson
Dessie
Hazel Six
Hard coal price rise limited by fuel department
Washington November 21 price controls will restrain consumer coal costs despite miners wage increases as the fuel department announces measures to prevent unrestricted price hikes.
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Washington
Fuel Department
Athletic star wins top prize at national horse show
Miss Eleanor Sears, a popular exhibitor, won blue ribbons at the national horse show including the pen jump riding Robin Hood. Sears is renowned for athletic talent in tennis swimming skating polo and riding.
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Eleanor Sears
Robin Hood
Sears
Brewers Hearing Highlights Campaign Aiding Candidates
United States Brewers Association efforts to elect Congress members favorable to brewing interests were presented by Major RE Lowry Humes before a Senate judiciary subcommittee investigating the brewers. Atlantic City meeting minutes from October 1918 were read, noting Ohio as a model state with $1,000,000 spent in five years before 1913 to organize and protect brewing interests.
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Washington
United States Brewers’ Association
RE. Lowry Humes
United States
Senate Judiciary
Atlantic City
Percy Andrae
Humes
Ohio
Andrae
Senate adopts Harding plan for shipping board records
The Senate approved a resolution by Senator Harding of Ohio calling for a complete record of all plans and activities of the shipping board and emergency fleet. A probe of Truman S. Newberry’s Michigan Senate election was killed 6 to 5 by the elections committee. Congress agreed to wind up its long session and adjourn at five o clock.
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Senate
Harding
Ohio
Shipping Board
Truman S. Newberry
Michigan
Senate Elections Committee
Congress
Dampness Affects Pianos Differently by Wall Position
A reader notes that dampness impacts a piano less when placed against an inner room wall than an outer wall. The observation suggests room placement can influence instrument condition amid humidity.
16000 Electric Trucks in Use Across 124 Lines of Trade
About 16,000 electric trucks and wagons are in service in the United States, operating across 124 distinct lines of trade. The figure reflects a growing adoption of electric freight and utility vehicles in commercial sectors nationwide.
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United States
Creel pledges widest possible flow of peace conference news
George Creel, head of the public information committee, assures Congress that cables will not restrict coverage of the peace conference, promising the freest news. The Presbyterian Friendly Society will fund a Thanksgiving feast for Camp Sherman Base Hospital, with contributions of snacks collected at the Ladies Rest room on Saturday or Monday.
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Washington
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Creel
Friendly Society of the Presbyterian Church
Camp Sherman
Record cattle receipts set market high at Kansas City stockyards
Kansas City stock yards posted a new market record as about 75,000 cattle were received in a day, including 87,600 carried over from the prior day and 5,000 from the prior week. At an average 30 dollars per head the valuation topped 6 million.
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Kansas City
Former Crown Prince to be interned on Weiringen Island
The Han diesblad reports the former Crown Prince will be interned on the island of Weir Ingen in the Zuider Zee. The plan places him under confinement on a remote Dutch isle amid ongoing political turmoil.
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Nmmsterdam
The
Handiesblad
Weiringen
Zuider Zee
War Department seeks prisoner condition reports
Washington November 21. The War Department cabled General Pershing to supply promptly the names of incoming prisoners along with a statement of their condition. Press reports say many of the prisoners have been freed without food and in impaired physical shape.
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Washington
War Department
Pershingg
Pardon for Mooney Sought by Judge Griffin
Judge Franklin A. Griffin who presided over Thos J Mooney's conviction has urged Governor Stephens to grant a conditional pardon Mooney’s case was reported from San Francisco on November 21 1909.
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San Francisco
Franklin A. Griffin
Thos. J. Mooney
Stephenes
Mooney
American battery fires final salvo to Germans in war photo
Reports describe the 130th field artillery battery as the American unit that fired the last shot before cease fire orders arrived. The published photo shows its crew at the battery ready for action.
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