Americans welcomed by French families on leave
Across small French towns American soldiers on furlough stay with local families to learn language and culture. Gen Pershing ensures healthy, normal leave life away from cities. French officials praise hospitality and gratitude expressed by mothers and women across the province.
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France
America
Gen. Pershing
Edouard de Billy
National Council of Women
Washington
Sher-Hoime
Churches Endure Coal Shortage. Carey Marks Churchless Sunday
Churches in Carey faced coal shortages with limited services as supplies ran low. Only Our Lady of Consolation offered masses and United Evangelical held Sunday school. other churches conserved heat. Methodist Sunday school met at the Chesebrough home and at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Consolation
United Evangelical Church
Carey
S. A. Chesebrough
Wood Chopping for Mt Blanchard Public Schools
Wood chopping in J. P. Feller woods today to collect fuel for Mt Blanchard public schools. Many residents participate and will be treated to supper at the Patterson restaurant after the day's work ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Blanchard
J. P. Feller Woods
Patterson
Mt. Blanchard Journal
No School This Week Public Schools Dismissed for Fuel
Public schools are dismissed this week to conserve fuel. Despite coal on hand, no purchases allowed. The board says it is better to dismiss now to save fuel than risk closing for weeks later.
Death of Mrs Chester England in Carey
Mrs Chester England died at her home on North Patterson street after a three year battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Wednesday with Rev. Jow. Shock officiating. Survived by husband Chester England and 11 children, eight grandchildren, three brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren. She was born October 27 1862 in Salem township and lived in Carey most of her life.
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Pngland
Patterson
Chester “Dagtani
Jow.- Shock
Unitéa
Brethren Church
Grove Cemetery
Salem Township
Chester England
Clarence
Clyde
Fred
Webb
Gail
City
Dale
Corp. Verne England
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Edward
Forest of Toledo
Dunkirk
Granville Hunter
Wm. Bloom
Carey
England
The
United Brethren Church
Wartime Vet Corps Draft Notice Seeks 2000 Recruits
War Department issues orders to recruiting officers nationwide to secured two thousand men aged eighteen to twenty one for the Veterinary Corps and related positions. Eligible include veterinary and agricultural students farmers stable workers cooks and stenographers among others with selection to training camps at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia or Fort Riley Kansas.
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War Department
Washington
United States
Veterinary Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Riley
Kansas
Canadian War Letter Cites Survival Odds From Camp Sheridan
A Findlay Republican clipping quotes a Quebec military hospital commissioner telling Canadian mothers that 29 percent of their sons are likely to return home, 98 percent survive wounds, one percent lose a limb, and average life expectancy gains with frontline training and care. It notes disease risks and government reeducation for the disabled, arguing war is less wasteful than past conflicts and cautioning against pro-German, socialist, and pacifist pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lette
Findlay
Camp Sheridan
Quebec
British Officer Praises American Army in France
Captain Radclyffe Dugmore of the British army returns from a three week inspection of the American lines in France and calls the force the finest army in the world, except in is none. Mrs. Ralph Lytle of Norwalk was a guest last week of her mother-in-law Mia Wu Lytle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radclyffe Dugmore
France
Captain Dugmore
New York
Ralph. Lytle
Norwalk
Inlaw
Mia
Lytle
County Doings From Wyandot County News Briefs
Local items note Sheriff Craig recruiting stray dogs and plats for real estate reappraisal. Tax receipt day ends as Treasurer Billhardt erases the books. Wyandot Savings and Farm Loan Co opens in Upper Sandusky. Judge Close sprained ankle from a fall. Upper Sandusky observes a fuelless day, banning cigars and candy. A North of Upper Sandusky couple marries. Leora Johnson wed in Harpster. Children not sent to school lead to 30 day jail sentence suspended on compliance. Juvenile court orders parents to improve home welfare. Fuel Administrator Knapp reports coal and gas saved countywide. Jurors from Wyandot face possible reassignment in Marion county case. Margaret Kerr Bowers dies in Upper Sandusky. Food committee warns close hours for wholesale and retail stores on Mondays. Coal theft affidavits dropped after investigation. some suspects fined.
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Pheriff Craig
Billhardt
Wyandot “Savings and Farm Loan Co
Upper Sandusky
Judge Close
Bigham
Tiffin
John Shine
Crawford Township
Rowland Friday
Knapp
Wyandot
Wryandot
Marion County Ommissioners
Margaret Kerr Bowers
Uper Sandusky
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Counhbus
Margaret ,Jr
Upper Sandus
Harvey Bowers A. BE. Whitney
Croxton
Hocking Valley Schedule Changes Take Effect
Minor changes went into effect Sunday on the Hocking Valley schedule. Passenger trains depart south at 8 20 a m and 6 00 p m and head north at 9 52 a m and 5 30 p m. Earl Persley has returned from Ada to resume a higher position at Sutter's undertaking establishment.
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Hocking Valley
Earl Persley T
Ada
Sutter
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Prayer in Wartime Verse
A satirical wartime verse voices Kaiser Wilhelm asking God to grant him world dominance. The speaker pleads for divine support in ruling Earth and heaven, threatens Zeppelins and U boats, and imagines victory over heaven if his requests are refused. The piece uses mock religious language to critique German ambitions.
County Plans Re Appraisal Of Real Estate This Year
County commissioners and Auditor W P Reflle outline steps for re appraising county real estate this year. Preparatory work starts in the auditor's office, with advisory boards to be formed from two members per district for each party and a third appointed by local boards of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Reflle
Board of Trustees
Board of Education
Board of Public Affairs eyes coal saving plan
The Board of Public Affairs touts saving coal by dimming street lights from midnight to four each night. The plan to shut incandescent lights was dropped due to flour mill operations running overnight on government orders, as the coal situation remains critical.
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Board of Public Affairs
Critha
Honor for Eugene Bradley at Wittenberg College
Eugene Bradley of Wittenberg College at Hortoeveid receives a W letter for his fine football on the college team last fall. The award is notable as his first year on the varsity, a rare achievement for a first year player.
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Eugene Bradley
Wittenberg College
Horteveid
Wittenberg
Eugene
Hay consignments move to government camps from Ohio farms
John Hendricks handled twenty hay cars at Carey five at Vanlue four at Adrian four at Alvada and two at Huber on Monday and Tuesday. The hay, consigned to government camps, brings twenty dollars a ton on the market, signaling notable local dollars in hay trade. Porter Hendricks manages his father's interest in the affair.
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John Hendricks
Carey
Vanlue
Adrian
Alvada
Huber
Porter Hendricks
Payette man visits Ohio selling apples in two towns
Thurston Beckwith of Payette traveled east with two car loads of fancy apples. He sold apples at Fostoria and Tillin and stayed part of his visit as a guest at the Newcomer home.
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Thurston Beckwith
Payette
Ideho
Miro
Jof Newcomer
Ohio
Fostoria
Tillin
Hlome
Hydrants Tested. One Corner Hydrant Repaired
Tests last week showed all town fire hydrants functioning except the corner hydrant at Robert Drake’s corner in the southeast part of town. The corroded unit was repaired and returned to service promptly.
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Robert Drake
Two Alarms Of Fire In Carey Neighborhood
Carey fire department answered twice in a week. On Saturday about 5 30 p m a chimney fire at Rev J W Shock pastor of United Brethren church caused flames in an upper room but did not burn the house. Yesterday about 7 p m Mrs Joe Selverstein at George Drummonds home started a kitchen blaze with a gas stove and neighbors and Nellie Drummond doused it with water. damage around 25 dollars to a Columbus owned house, no furniture lost.
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Carey Fire Department
J. W. Shock
United Brethren Church
Joe Selverstein
George Drummondg
Nellie Drummonds
Nelle Wildsmuth
Columbus
Mail Clerk McGown Transferred to Cincinnati Terminal
A. T. McGown, a Lake Shore mail clerk on the Cleveland to Chicago line, will be moved February 5 to the Cincinnati terminal and will not bring his family to the city until spring. During a recent blizzard near Buffington, Illinois, he endured 40 hours trapped in a snow drift as his train ran into snow. The crew faced hunger for 24 hours with no steam and, after a quarrel with a porter, considered tossing him into the drift to rest.
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A. T. McGown
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
McGown
Buffington
Fish Growing at Stief Pond The Carey Club
The Carey Fish Club recently placed fish in the Stief pond. General manager Joe Myers says a fish can be frozen and thawed, then be lively again. A bigmouth bass caught last October weighed three quarters of a pound and measured 8 inches. the fish were about two inches long when released, suggesting they thrive in the pond.
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Carey Fish Club
Stief Pond
Joe Myers
Mr. Myers
Real BST UT transfers to Newcomer and others
Transfers recorded for Newcomer and wife to Walter Carr in William Bu ells addition to Carey with $1 proceeds. Miles Sharp and wife to Joseph B Schrenk and Myrtie Schrenk for forty acres in Salem township for $1. Nettie Brickenbach and husband to G W Young for forty six and one half acres in Jackson township for $3,900.
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Newcomer
Walter Carr
Wiliam Buells
Carey
Miles Sharp
Joseph B Schrenk
Myrtie Schrenk
Salem Township
Nettie Brickenbach
G W Young
Jackson Township
Bob sleds draw shoppers from the countryside
Farmers favor bob sled travel as sleds line hitching racks with many loads of country shoppers arriving even on a stormy Saturday.
Coal Haul Sparks First Winter Coal Run
Tom Johnston secured a car of hard coal, Tursdia and the Latter were in by daylight shoveling it out, marking the first road of hard coal Carey has seen this winter.
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Tom Johnston
Carey
Thanking Fire Department and Neighbors for Prompt Help
J. W. Shock and family express gratitude to the fire department and neighbors for their prompt and kind response during a Saturday evening fire threat.
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J. W. Shock
Sold Restaurant Change on Vance Street
Park Messer sold his restaurant on Vance street to J. F. Gorman who formerly managed the Hocking Valley restaurant.
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Park Messer
Vance Street
J. F. Gorman
Th Hocking Valley
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Thalph Everhart
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Leora Johnson
Harpster
C. B. Wible
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Heaven
William
Shermany
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Satan
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