Social News Roundup From Ohio Town
Rev and Mrs A Y Wilcox left for Delaware for a stay. Floyd Bolinger and son Russell returned from Coolville. Clara Bowser went to Columbus for weekend. Helen Cooksey returned from Martinsville Ind. Hal Murphy came home from Columbus. A T Lawhead left for Portsmouth on Messenger Printery business. R H Martin left for Sidney to visit Moses Talbot. L A Amrine of Columbus visiting son in law and daughter. W B Barreis returned home. Private Guy Barrows of Camp Sherman Ohio returned to camp after visit with sister M B Copeland. J R Lostro hosting sister Hattie Lostro of Cincinnati and Bea Esper of South Norwood. Clyde Hill of Logan, formerly of Athens, en route to Albany for visit. Gertrude and Mary Moses of Decatur Ind left after visiting Earl Dailey and relatives at Albany for Cleveland. Frank M McAdams of Detroit in city between trains en route home from visit with W H McAdams of New Marshfield. Joseph McKibben of Zaleski returned home after week with daughters Sirs S J Scott and Mrs W H Jewett. Nona Davies nurse of Columbus returned to duties after two weeks with sisters in New Marshfield. L V Brown and wife arrived in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Moses
Mary Moses
Decatur
Ind
Earl T. Dailey
Albany
Cleveland
Nona Davies
Columbus
J. 8S. Withers
New Marshfield
Frank Rossi
Returning Jacksonville veterans face new assignments abroad
Homebound travelers from Jacksonville report George Leule Brown slated for overseas service but moved to a camp unit. Joseph Everett Jewett, recently made corporal in the 16th Company 158 Depot Brigade at Camp Sherman, phoned his mother W H Jewett to say he was out of quarantine and headed to Chillicothe for a celebration. Mrs S G Stonecipher returned from Columbus with her daughter Mrs Raymond Banfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesterder
Jacksonville
Fla
Leule Brown
Joseph Fveratt Jewett
Camp Sherman
Selects
W. H. Jewett
16Th Co. 158
Jewett
Chillicothe
8. G. Stonecipher
Columbus
Raymond Banfield
Methodist Bishop Denounces Germany as Murderers
Bishop William A. Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal Church says in the Northeastern Christian Advocate that loving Germany is treason to America and God. He declares the German people have not been conducting war but murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Germany
America
William A. Quayle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northeastern Christian Advocate
Liberty Day Proclaimed for October 2 to Honor Discovery
Washington September 20 The President by pressination today named October 2 as Liberty Day and asked citizens of the United States to celebrate the discovery of America to stimulate a general response to the Fourth Liberty Loan.
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United Press
Washington
United
America
Allied planes downed between Meuse and Moselle
The German War Office stated 81 Allied airplanes were shot down from September 12 to 18 between the Meuse and Moselle. Only two German planes were lost in that period. In the same dispatch, James Jr. Finley of Ironton was commissioned a second lieutenant at the officers' training school, Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
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United Press
Berlin
London
Meuse
Moselle
German War Office
Washington
James Jr. Finley
Ironton
Officers’ Training School
Camp Shelby
Miss
DeGraff farmer 63 shoots self over war worries
Charles Nichols of DeGraff, age 63, a farmer, fatally shot himself in the head with a rifle. His body was found in a field two hours later as he worried about the war and his nephew’s likely service.
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Bellefontaine
Charles Nichols
DeGraff
Dayton machinist falls from train at Belefontaine
James O'Hearn of Dayton is injured when he falls from a Four passenger train in Belefontaine. He suffers the amputation of one leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belefontaine
James O’hearn
Dayton
Fractional Fish Names Spark City Mystery at Hotel
A comic scene in Kansas City Mo centers on a bellhop and three men named Fish Perch and Sammon. They discuss misheard names then notice a new guest registers as 7 D Trout St Louis Mo. The trio exits toward the bar joking about a hidden aquarium discovery.
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Sammon
Kansas City
Kansas
City
S-a
Methlebach
Perch
Fish
St. Louis
Hail and Farewell by Anne Higginson Spicer
A poem excerpt describes a wartime scene with dogs barking dust swirling and street drums. A narrator watches as ads march by and a young man factory eyes from a window and sends a kiss, hoping for safety for those who go to die for me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Higginson Spicer
Vigilantes
First Contingent of U S Troops Lands in Vladivostok
The first contingent of American troops arrives in Vladivostok to aid the Czecho Slovaks and restore order in Russia. A Warren transport unloads supplies while officers marines and sailors review an allied parade. General William S Graves commands U S forces in Siberia.
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U. S
Vladivostok
Russia
Vladisok
Russian Empire
Germaney
U. S. Army
Warren
Siberian
William 8. Graves
Siberia
U .S O
Mann Son of Congressman Mann Kills Self in Chicago
Jasper R. Mann 28 son of Illinois Congressman James R. Mann shot his pet Airedale terrier Bolly before turning the gun on himself. He left a note to his mother saying he planned suicide due to illness.
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United Press
Chicago
Jasper R. Mann
James R. Mann
Illinois
Bolly
Mann
Guns capable of shelling Metz reach American lines
Washington reports nine inch and larger calibre guns can now fire into Metz from American positions after War Department briefing. Officials say 7 000 Liberty Motors produced, 2 500 sent to navy and Allies, remainder to army. Amsterdam notes Metz bombarded by enemy long range guns for days, officials say expected. A new torch for melting sealing wax accompanies Wax tongs designed to drop wax without burning fingers.
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United Press
Washington
Metz
House Military Committee
War Department
Department
Navy
Army
Amsterdam
National Anthem Day Observed Across United States
The country marked National Anthem Day celebrating the Star Spangled Banner. The anthem was sung in public halls theaters and gatherings nationwide. About a million copies of the song were distributed. A photo shows Miss Anna Fitziu singing at New York City Hall.
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United States
Anna Fitziu
City Hall
New York
Bulgars Rout at Salonika Front as Prisoners Count Rise
Allied forces press a 26 mile Salonika front amid orderly advance. Paris dispatch cites ten thousand Bulgarians captured Wednesday as reported by Echo de Paris, underscoring the campaign’s heavy losses for Bulgaria.
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United Press
London
Fineedoula
Salonika
Paris
Echo de Paris
British Made Newest Gains of Great Value
By Lowell Meliet in France, Sept. 20, the British report extraordinary successes over the past two days. Germans who held outposts on the Hindenburg line between Cambrai and St Quentin have been cleared. British outposts have been recovered in key positions, securing the defensive system. A ridge near the Hindenburg line is held and artillery now overlooks the final German stronghold. Wireless telephones are being used successfully in an English coal mine.
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Lowell Meliet
France
Hindenburg
Cambrai
St. Quenstin
Hindenburg Line
New High Grade Delight Gas Mantle All Merchants Sell
Local merchants announce the High Grade Delight Gas Mantle with high candle power and non shrinkable construction. Guaranteed for 90 days when used with an ordinary globe, free replacements issued upon return of the label to the factory address.
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Tweedie “Hylo
Futchinson & Stickney
Social News
Mrs. A. Y. Wilcox
Delaware
Floyd Bolinger
Russell
Coolville
Clara Bowser
Helen Cooksey
Martinsville
Hal Murphy
A. T. Lawhead
Portsmouth
R. H. Martin
Sidney
Moses Taliot
Guy Barrows
M. B. Copeland
J. R. Lostro
Hattie Lostro
Cincinnati
Bea Esper
South Norwood
Clyde Hill
Logan
Athens
Frank M. McAdams
Detroit
W. H. McAdams
Joseph McKibben
Zaleski
J. Scott
Uncle Sam
Conserva
The
Gerwan
Ohioan
Himisele
Liberty Bond
Altoona
Mary Flazenstaub
Bavaria
Anna Vitziu
Averts
Emmett H. Cotton
Central Market
W. F. Sheridan
Kerr Hardware Co
Henry W. Cotner
Bethel’s
Court St
Pulton Grocery Co
W. M. Cray
General Merchandise Union Grocery Co
H. G. Householder
Lancaster & State Streets
J. L. Householder
Washington St
J. A. Pratt
General Merchandise
Micheals-Stern
Rochester
N. Y
F. L. Preston Co
Rian
Cotton
Emmet H. Cotton
Fulton’s
Lenox
Mascot
Swift Pride
Fulton
Fulwider’s
Opera House
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