Meigs County Women Organize Liberty Loan Drive Leaders
Meigs County township chairmen of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee met at the Armory to plan the big drive. Families in Six Sons In Service At Ball Run include Henry Diehl and his wife who, though modest, invest their sons’ earnings in War Savings Stamps for when the men return.
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Meigs County
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Armory
Salesbury
Pomeroy
Middleport
Alta Nelson Hemlock Grove
Bedford
Emma Chase
Harrisonville
Scipio
Maggie Findling
Alfred
Orange
Cassie Johnson
Plants
Letart
Vatella Mainwaring
Racine
Sutton
Zella Parmalee
Rutland
Anita Hill
Dexter
Salem
Guy Gorby
Carpenter
Columbia
Effie Swan
Long Bottom
Olive
van McDade
Portland
Lebanon
Grace Feiselstein
Chester
Ball Run
Poemroy
Uncle Sams
Henry Diehl
Ta Tn
Victor
Camp Sheridan
Alabama
Homer
Leo C
France
Stephen
Willis H
Roush
Ohio casualties in World War II list include 248 names
War Department casualty list shows 248 names with 121 killed in action and 24 missing. Ohioans named include Sergeant Jalma C. Wilkins and Raymond Collins among KIA, Albert Gerke among DOW, Henry Beck Jr and George Finnegan wounded, Robert Clemens missing, Ignatz Galewski prisoner, plus two Marines Charlea McColkey and Vernie Spaeth missing.
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Washington
War Department
Cyrus
Joseph Chapman
Galton
Lorin Cooperider
Granford
William Gander
Cincinnati
Albert Gerke
Mansfield
Henry Beck Jr
Cleveland
George Finnegan
Paula Ing
Robert Clemens
Toledo
J Ff
Stanke
Ignatz Galewski
Marine Corps
Charlea McColkey
North Lewisburg
Vernie Spaeth
Algonia
Navy to Accept Recruits Soon Under Daniels Rules
Secretary Daniels announced a new mobilization plan for the Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy aims for an average 15 000 recruits monthly, with the Marine Corps at 5 000 for four months and 1 500 thereafter. Recruitment prioritizes skilled naval work, literacy, citizenship, and no drafts for deferments. Mobilization centers will cover defined regions, with Cincinnati as the Ohio Indiana Kentucky Tennessee hub.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Daniels
Department
Provost Marshall General's Office
United States
Mavy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Camp Life Report From Everett Family visited Camp Taylor
Mrs. Lewis Everett and daughter Mrs. A P Hixson with Robert Everett, Sidney Everett, and Miss Nella Hubler just returned from Camp Taylor Kentucky where they saw Herbert Lewis Everett. They praise the camp and the Red Cross and the Y M C A for aiding the boys and report Everett is progressing well.
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Lewis Everett
A. P. Hixson
Robert Everett
Sidney Everett
Nella Hubler
Camp Taylor
Kentucky
Herbert Lewis Everett
Everett
Red Cross
Enthusiastic Claim to Boost It to Fifty
A speaker optimistic about progress declares, Bet I'll be able to boost it to fifty, expressing confidence in reaching the target. The line reflects eagerness and a clear aim without additional context or details.
Rural Routes Need Carriers in This County
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a rural carrier examination for Athens County Ohio to fill posts at Albany Millfield Shade Glouster and Nelsonville and other routes. Open to male citizens domiciled in the county with standard requirements. women may also apply during the war.
Eva McVay birthday party celebrated in Albany home
About thirty youths gathered at Mr. and Mrs. W. McVay home in Albany on Eva McVay s sixteenth birthday. Games and refreshments followed, with attendees including Albany teachers Shipps Coulins Minear Zimmerman and others from Albany New Marshfield and Athens. Guests departed late wishing Eva many more happy birthdays.
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Albany
Ohio
W. McVay
Miss Eva
Misses Shipps and
Coulins
Alta Minear
Irene Zimmerman
Doris Saunders
Edith Stuart
Aldena Stanley
Gwendolyn Zimmerman
Irma Judy
New Marshfield
Bertha Moore
Edna Shaffer
Belva Kenney
Margaret Ford
Atheny
Messrs
Russell Cush
Chester Swett
Dale Phillips
Glen Throckmorton
Paul Myers
Carl Vanderwort
Earnest Cash
Paul McVay
Lloyd Philips
Wayne Searls
Allen Coe
Raymond Dew
Leonard Johnson
Frank Clark
Everet Baughman
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia and Nerve Pains
An ad-style note touts Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia and external pains. It claims quick penetration without rubbing and soothing relief for strains bruises aches stiff joints sore muscles lumbago neuritis sciatica rheumatic twinges with a reminder to keep a large bottle at home and to buy from druggists everywhere.
Thirty Hours Needed for Great Lottery Draw
Elaborate preparations will be made at the Senate Office building for the next drawing of numbers under the draft law. The process will take thirty hours with clerks and officials on duty until finish. Temporary dormitories will be provided for those on the job. Press wires will relay numbers promptly and the public will be admitted. The first drawing for about ten million men took about seventeen hours.
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Washington
Senate
Crowder
Navy Work 10 Be Taught Here at University
Lieut. Commander Newton Mansfield urges undergraduates entering the Naval Section of the Students Army Training Corps to contact the Navy Enrolling Officer at their college. The program allows them to stay in school and receive pay during training, with rates from two dollars daily. Naval Surgeon E F Slatter is arriving in Athens to help form a naval section at Ohio.
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Newton Mansfield
Naval
Army Training Corps
Navy
E. F. Slatter
Athens
Ohio
Sheepmen AR 10 Gather at States Farm
On Friday October 4 a meeting important to sheepmen will be held at the Southeastern Ohio Experimental Farm Carpenter Meigs County. Organized by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and the College of Agriculture. Activities include farm tours dinner and program on breeding parasite control and sheep care with experts from Ohio State University and West Virginia University. All interested invited.
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Southeastern Ohio Experimental Farm
Carpenter
Meigs County
Ohio Agricutural Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
C. 8. Plumb
Ohio State Agricultural College
J. W. Hammond
Ohio Experiment Station
C. A. Lueder
West Virginia University
E. C. Schwan
Southeastern Ohio Test Farm
J. I. Walker
Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Yanks Win the French Kids by Rough Housing
American soldiers win hearts of French children in the army zone by roughhousing and teaching them to play ball. In villages, Yankees are seen playing with French boys and girls, drawing smiles from mothers and shaping a friendly bond as they contribute to French childhood memories of Americans.
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France
U. S
State Civil Service seeks applicants for October exams
The State Civil Service Commission issues an urgent October bulletin calling for stenographers clerks prison guards and other help across state departments. Exams for clerks guards and stenographers occur October 14 17 and 18 with additional tests October 15 and 18 for various posts including nurses drivers statisticians and accountants. Complete exam data and bulletin requests are provided by mail.
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State Civil Service Commissions
State Department of Health
Board of State Charities
Commission
Ohio Agriculural Station
Department of Banks
Ohio State University
Examination for rural carrier posts in Athens county Ohio
The Civil Service Commission announces an exam on October 26 1918 in Athens Nelsonville and Parkersburg West Virginia to fill rural carrier jobs in Albany Millfield Shade Gloucester and Nelsonville Ohio. Open to male and female citizens domiciled in the county with other requirements. Applications available at listed offices or Washington DC and should be sent there promptly. A British automobile association offers a money prize for the best system to enable coal gas as fuel in motor vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville
Parkersburg
W. Va
Albany
Millfield
Shade
Glouster
Washington, D. C
Commission
Washington
British Automobile Association
Jambons Entertain Sammieg Troop In France
John A Courtney buglar of Co A 808th M P details a Paris Herald clipping about the A BE F minstrel group he is with. The unit travels nightly to nearby towns to perform for Allied troops, then returns by motor truck the same night.
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John A. Courtney
Buglar
France
Camp Sherman
Paris
New York Herald
A. BE. F
Tour Begins Next Week With Paris Engagement
The group plans a weeklong engagement in Paris starting next week as they tour Europe. They promise a lively show for audiences in Paris and Sammies who attend. Norwegian whaling operations reportedly seek to use whale intestines for pliable, strong material. A messenger wanted for results.
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Paris
Gay Paree
Sammies
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Great Lottery
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Vivian Martin
Paramount Picture
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