Fulton County Exemption Board nears finish of draft work
Fulton County draft officials report nearing end of processing for the 1918 draft. Of 142 men examined, 46 were exempted, 43 certified for service, and 119 called to the local board as subject to call. The first 30 percent will depart to Chillicothe in the coming days, led by Otto Funkhouser and Robert Bissonette as sergeants, with subsequent increments following on a fixed schedule.
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Fulton
Military Board
Biog
Itis Board
Chillicothe
Otto Funkhouser
Robert Bissonette
Fulton County
German Township
Elmira
First National Bank of
C. P. Weber
Supt. Weber
Supt
Chase
Lyons
Jay
Teachers of Supervision
Wauseon
Food Club
Washington
Columbus
Poultry Club
District Board
Northern District
Ohio
Fatal Auto Crash Kills Farmer and Five Children
In York township, 40 year old Frank Gineman died when his car veered into an eight foot ditch near Center. His wife and five children survived with a broken arm to one girl. The wreck was towed to the Wauseon Garage. Funeral services were held at St Caspar’s Church with interment in St Caspar’s Cemetery. The community extends sympathy to Mrs Gineman and her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwaband
Frank. Gineman
York Township
Gineman
Fred Tockman
Napoleon
Lib
Turtle
Gipemar
Wren
Wauseon
Lloyd Edgar
Edgar War Rensselaer Undertaking Company
St. Caspars Catholic
St. Caspar’s Cemetery
Books For The Soldiers War Library Drive In Wauseon
The Wauseon Public Library will collect donated books and magazines for army camps. Books should be in good condition with large print and focus on war, travel, history, biographies, adventure, and detective stories. Readers may mail magazines directly to camps with a one cent stamp. Local meat market ads accompany the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauseon
Our Store Displays New Fall Home Furnishings
A local retailer invites shoppers to view a splendid display of fall home furnishings. Visitors are urged to think over their needs and visit any day to see the new pieces and be sure to be pleased with the offerings.
Marathon Run by Willys Salesman Heads West
John A. Karlsen a Minneapolis St Paul Willys Overland salesman, winner of a sales contest, begins a 628 mile marathon from Minneapolis to Toledo with stops including Wauser and Kendalville as he attends the Willys Overland Sales Congress in Toledo. He is noted as a record holding athlete and plans a Great Lakes cruise starting September 4.
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Minneapolis
Toledo
Wauser
Willys-Overland Sales Congress
John A. Karlsen
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Willys-Overland Te
Mr. Karlsen
Willy’s-Overland Inc
Great Lakes
Karlsen
Overland
Willys-Overland
Waveson
Weston
Wauseon
The
Tribune
Robert Gottschalk
Depot Street
Red Wing
Winona
Winana
Elroy
Madison
Harvard
Chicago
Chicaro
LaPorte
Elkhart
Kendalville
Defenders of Democracy Rally in Fulton County
A wartime civic gathering in Fulton County featured a banquet in Wauseon with rain delaying a Knights of Pythias ball game. Archbold supplied music and volunteers, while Mayor Boy and Mulholland of Toledo delivered patriotic addresses supporting the war and democratic ideals. Comrades and editors attended, and Red Cross workers distributed care items to enlisted men. The article also notes the 67th Regiment reunion set for September 6, 1917 at Fulton County Fair Grounds Ottokee with train service from Wauseon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton County
Knights of Pyth
Wauseon
Archbold Land
Archbold Bani
Yen. Frank. Mulholland
Toledo
Mulholland
Fulton
National Army
Fens
Mr. Mulholland
Ant Dentate Dhat Ee Mulholland
United Sta
Jes
Passonne
Pythian Sisters Temple
Losure Post G. A. R. A
Archbold Band
Allen Shale
Estat
Waltz
Kenyon
Howard McClarran
67Th Regiment
67Th C. V. I
Fulton County Fair Grounds
Ottokee
Wau_ seon
Fair Grounds
M. P. Sanderson
See
Berkey
Ohio
R. Hoffman
Archbold
Martin Buehrer
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Chillico
Buttermore
Bender
Edwin
Coleman
Albert
Vrey
Philemon
Culberson
James L
Yoder
Liechty
Joel E. Leon
Mack
Shs
Gnngey
Elmer J. I.mer J
Mohr
Frybarger
Arthur
Short
Aaron H
Stirtz
William Pau
Bates
George Ww
Shade
Many Charles
Oneill
William James
Clarence Georg Iflinger
Gerald Clin
Ralph Belle
Rowe
Ernest Carl
Shaffer
Enoch Wayne Barton
Leon D
James Erwin Gnagey
Peg
Stewart
Glen Ewart Batdorff
Schutzberg
One
Mir
Jesse Jasper Clar
John Crow
Celina
Frank F. Gineman
Southwest
York
South Side
Ives-Pike CO
Floral Hall
Ives Pike CO
Willys Overland
Stoltz—Stowell
Bowman
Ferris Stowell
Alta Stoltz
Franklin Township
Fayette
B. G. Bowman
Oder
Findlay
Clarence A. le Frank A. Baldwin
Secretary of the Treasury
Woman's Liberty
W. G. McAdoo
Antoinette Fonk
Mary Synon
Carrie Chapman Ca
George Bass
F. L. Higginson
Frank A. Vanderlip
J. ©. Miller
Kellogg Fairbank
Guilford-Dudley
George Thacher Guernsey
South Side Meat Market
Defenders OF Democracy
Frank Mulholland
Red Cross Housewives
Spencer-Edgar-Vollmer Company
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