Social News From Columbus and Nearby Visits
Mrs T W Craig visits Columbus on Friday. Sam Sommer and Leo Haas from Cincinnati as guests. Mrs Fred W Kiltan recovering from influenza. Nabby Lee Ames D A R chapter hosts Saturday 2:30. Pallas Club meets 2 pm with Miss Carrie Matthews on East Mulberry. Florimel Carter and Luella Wise visit Mineral with Clara Chambers and Beaton family. Mrs B F Miles travels to Columbus to be with ill sister Franks Vanpelt. Next meeting Dec 5 with Mrs John Sprague. I J Linscott of Trimble returns home after renewing Messenger subscription dating to 1870. Jos F Leopold, former Chamber secretary, now in Joplin Mo, visits. Mr and Mrs C B Hoover May Scott and daughter Elizabeth return to Columbus after visiting Mrs W K Scott. Captain Hoover, sanitation inspector, travels from Camp Sherman to Washington DC. E R Bingham and daughters Thelma and Virginia depart for Dayton Fla after summer in Massillon and with S M Goodrich family.
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Jos. F. Leopold
Chamber of Commerce
Joplin
Robert Leopold
Secretaries National Association
Rochester
N. Y
Leopold
Dayton
C. B. Hoover
May Scott
Elizabeth
Columbus
W. K. Scott
Columbus man returns home after four day visit
Mr. John Hoffman of Columbus returned yesterday to his home after a four days visit with his sisters Mrs. Simon Brouwer and Mrs. W. V. Daggett and family.
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John Hoffman
Columbus
Simon Brouwer
W. V. Daggett
Daughters of America Call for Base Hospital Contributions
All members of the Daughters of America are asked to send their contributions for the Base hospital to the Ladies Restroom by Monday.
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The
Daughters of America
City Federation to Meet at Chamber of Commerce Rooms
The City Federation will meet Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms with all members expected. George Stuart has left for Pelham Bay to enter an officers training school after a naval assignment aboard a U. S. Ship. He has visited Nelsonville and Athens during a leave of absence. The Thursday Art Club of St Pauls Perish met yesterday at 2, hosted by Mrs E A Van Den Broek, with knitting and promises of continued activity.
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City Federation
Chamber of Commerce
George Stuart
Navy
Pelham Bay
Young Stuart
U. S
Nelsonville
Athens
St. Pauls Perish
E. A. van den Broek
Mrs Williams Returns to Columbus After Visit
Mrs D H Williams returns to her Columbus home after a visit at her son James Williams' residence at 99 Franklin Avenue.
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D. H. Williams
Columbus
Mr. James Williams
Franklin Avenue
Banfield Family Returns Home From Athens Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Banfield and their young daughter have come home after a stay with relatives in Athens.
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Raymond Banfield
Athens
Late Albert Ballin Reflects On Harsh Armistice Terms
In a Zurich telegram, the Hamburg America line head, Albert Ballin, remarks in a Berlin letter that entente terms for Germany are milder than feared. He says had Germany won, it would have dictated peace at Buckingham Palace and occupied Paris and London.
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Albert Ballin
Germany
London
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
National Zeitung
Berlin
Zurich
Paris
Buckingham Palace
Ural Mountains
Bay of Biscay
Lame Story Notes Cleveland Heist Box Worth 22000
A fragmented Cleveland note reports a hold up. Fred Shestch promises to secure an old box valued at $22,000 with $313 in security. The tale mentions realization opening the box and police involvement amid unclear details.
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Cleveland
Fred Shestch
Sawduat
Public Auction at McDougal Farm on Athens and Ameaville Pike
Sale begins at one o clock P M offering two work mares four and seven years old two spring colts six milch cows one Jane Durham bull three years old six spring calves two yearling heifers one brood sow ten pigs eight weeks old two tons of straw hay and a few shocks of fodder Terms to be announced on sale day
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McDougal
McDougal Farm
Athens and
Ameaville Pike
Towlt
Joan Durham
Queen Acknowledges Gift as Red Cross Aid Flows
Queen Marie devotes herself to the destitute and wounded while the Red Cross delivers aid to the isolated nation. The American Red Cross runs a military hospital at Roman a civilian hospital at Jassy and has distributed medical supplies vaccines beds clothing and food.
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Marie
Red Cross
Russia
American Red Cross
Roman
Jassy
Wilson elected Gypsy potentate as fealty pledged
Berkeley dispatch reports fifteen hundred Gypsy delegates pledge fealty to President Woodrow Wilson as potential king and discuss succession after King Alexander’s death, with Queen Mary and young Michael Adams facing a split over who should rule. Delegations travel by automobile and Pullman car, many leaving as no mausoleum for Alexander is ready.
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Berkeley
Cal
Woodrow Wilson
Alexander
Sacramento
United States
California
Mary
Michael Adams
Narrow Escape At 16000 Feet Over Ostend In Flight
A British airman survived a direct hit that shot the tail off his aircraft at 16 000 feet over Ostend. He fell from his seat but, perched on the fuselage, managed to balance the inverted craft and glide toward friendly lines. He crashed near ground level, was injured, and is in hospital recovering. A second airman also fell from 18000 feet and landed unhurt in a marsh after briefly losing consciousness.
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London
Ostend
Jackies Must Spruce Up Great Lakes Shore Leave
Orders issued by Lieut Com A Wilhelm drill officer require jackies on leave to wear only regulation blue clothes and pancake hat. clothing must be clean and unwrinkled. Nonregulation sweat ers mufflers gray brown blue are banned. watch caps barred. Another order requires sailors going ashore to be solvent and prove cash to travel.
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Great Lakes
Wilhelm
Jackies
Chicago
PROVE MERIT AT SHOP WORK
Sacramento Cal. Women proved better war time substitutes for skilled male shop labor, says F H Potter Southern Pacific storekeeper. Eight young women sorted scrap iron cleaned bolts and learned simple machinery, convincing Potter he can stay efficient by employing women if raids reduce men.
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Sacramento
Cal
F. H. Potter
Southern Pacific Company
Potter
Allied governments to protest Dutch neutrality breach
Paris reports that allied governments will issue an official protest to the Dutch government over Violation of Holland neutrality. The action follows Holland's promise to permit German troops to cross Limburg during their retreat from Belgium, per The Echo De Paris.
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Paris
Holland
Limburg
Belgium
Echo de Paris
Savings and Men Won the War Promotion by Buckeye State Building and Loan
Savings and Loans ad urges continued savings to fund war production, armies, ships, and supplies. It promotes The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at Rankin Building Columbus Ohio offering five percent on time deposits with assets listed at 15 million dollars.
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Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Gay St
Columbus
Ohio
American Doughboy to Be Model for Statue
Jacob Epstein seeks wounded American soldiers in English hospitals to model a new statue that will symbolize America and its role in the war. The private and noted sculptor aims to capture the nation’s effort and sacrifice in a lasting tribute.
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London
America
Jacob Epstein
Governor Riggs’ 6000 Mile Alaska Tour
Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr. travels across Alaska from Juneau to Nome on a long tour. The route includes Cook Inlet to Anchorage, Fairbanks on the Tanana River, a sternwheel boat to St Michael, then an ocean vessel or launch to Nome, covering vast distances within the state.
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Juneau
Alaska
Stars and Stripes
Commonwealths
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Nome
Gulf of Alaska
Cook Inlet
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Tanana
St. Michael
Bering Sea
Typewriter design uses left-hand levers and right-side keys
A European invention features a typewriter where the left hand operates levers to point out each letter and the right hand presses keys to print them. This arrangement couples manual guidance with keyboard input in a distinctive dual-hand operation.
Whitman seeks recount in New York governor race
Governor Whitman announced through his lawyers that he will seek judicial review of rejected ballots in every county of New York after losing to Alfred E. Smith in the recent election.
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Whitman
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Martinique
A slight earthquake was felt today in Martinique, as reported from Fort de France. No injuries or damage are mentioned, with tremors described as light in intensity.
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Martinique
DE France
Mart
Poles Seize Posen in Rising Power Grab
Berlin dispatch reports the town of Posen and much of the province of Posen in Prussia now controlled by Polish troops and workers. Poles form a legion, hold munitions and provisions, and have seized the reins of power.
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Posen
Amsterdam
Prussia
Berlin
Henry Ford to retire from Ford management and publish paper
Detroit, Nov. 22 Henry Ford will retire from active management of Ford Motor Company and publish a weekly national newspaper. Edsel Ford will assume his duties and the senior Ford will divide his time between the newspaper project and the tractor plant.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Ford
World Prohibition Meeting Adopts Anti Saloon League Motion
United Press reports from Columbus on November 22 that the board of directors of the American Anti Saloon League adopted resolutions calling for an international anti saloon league. A world convention will be held to form the global temperance body with other nations urged to join.
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United Press
Columbus
American Anti- Saloon League
Navy to double ship strength by 1920, says Admiral Taylor
Admiral Taylor told House naval affairs committees that by July 1920 the American navy will have more than double the prewar ship count. He noted the addition excludes 860 wooden submarine chasers expected to be sent abroad. Akron report confirms state conclave results with Michael L. Finnell elected grand commander and Dayton named next conclave host. A Japanese patent medicine box releases three pills per opening.
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Washington
Admiral Taylor
House Naval Affairs Committees
Akron
Michael L. Finnell
Osborne
Dayton
American Air Losses Versus German Aces in France
On November 21, Allied records show American aviators destroyed 926 German planes and 72 balloons while suffering 465 losses. Enemy forces claimed 265 American planes and 38 balloons destroyed.
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HMS American
France
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Carrie Matthews
East Mulberry Street
Florimel Carter
Luella Wise
Mineral
Clara Chambers
Ralph H. Beaton
Iane Kurtz
C. B. Henderson
B. F. Miles
Frank Vanpelt
Camp Sherman
John Sprague
I. J. Linscott
Trimble
John Howard
E. R. Bingham
Thelma
Virginia
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Massillon
Amhheaton & Carors
Hardware Company
Clarence Robinson
Geo. B. Allen
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Soe
Commonwealth
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Lenner
Lenner’s
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