Home for Christmas Home for Christmas
Fulton county residents celebrate Christmas with returning soldiers and sailors, many coming home from overseas or camps. Letters from service members in Luxburg and England share greetings, while a national reflection recalls wartime efforts, losses, and the pledge to stay vigilant for peace.
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Fulton County
Campa and
Sherman
Luxenburg
Dastey
London
Great, Lakes Naval ‘Station
Christman
Buren
England
Medal Honor Award Highlighted for Local Girl
Ethel Lyneberg of Salt Lake County Utah is set to receive the four leaf clover medal for long standing service in boys and girls clubs. She aided her father in farming during the season canned 680 quarts of fruit and vegetables dried many pounds and baked bread for the family while managing farm duties and school tasks. Her funeral services were held Saturday as she passed at a young age.
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Ethel Lyneberg
Salt Lake Gounty
Utah
Fourleaf
Wwesides
Ee High Seawanthal
Ce Ae Sane Batort
Apa
Fuseral Gervicas
Tona College
Agrngz Petree
Mnee
Home Economca
Angel of Death
Marcheil Neil
Alletta
Backing Up Argonne Fighters and War Tales
Donald Porter writes of a cross ocean trip and the Argonne campaign. He details Brest to Thesee to Evacuation Hospital movements, wagon rides, and trench life, backing up divisions near Varennes as WWI ends. He notes Dead Man's Hill, tunnel networks, and daily hardships amid barbed wire and shell holes.
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Donald Porter
Argonne
Dad
Varennes
Feo Verdun
Deutchland
Sam
Brest
Thesee
Tour
St. Agnus
St Leslettes
Midight
Var
Dead Man's Hill
Rae
Jurors Drawn For January 1919 Common Pleas Term
Grand and petit jurors selected for the January 1919 term of the Common Pleas Court. The grand jury will meet on January 7. Petit jurors are drawn for the term, with both juries serving during the period.
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Common Pleas Court
Fulton County Farm Bureau Elects Officers and Sees Growth
The Fulton County Farm Bureau elected officers at the Court House in Wauseon with C. A. Knapp as President and Harmon Gasche as Secretary. The group reports 640 members and outlines county-wide organization via community clubs led by department heads including Farm Crops and Livestock. The article notes farm progress goals and a plan to expand membership and agricultural prosperity across the county.
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Fulton County Farm Bureau
Court House
Royalton
Pett Jurore
Dewey
Pike
Wauseon
C. A. Knapp
Bradley Grover
Harmon Gasche
Orrin Barton
WB. McClarren
M. G. Aulmend
W. L. Biddle
W. B. Standish
D.' Perry
Death of Grant Yarnell Longtime Wauseon Resident
Grant Yarnell aged fifty-one from Wauseon died after a three week illness at his Ottokee Street home. He leaves a wife Charlotte and five children, with three daughters and a son surviving along with one brother and four sisters. Funeral held December 26 at 2:00 pm, conducted by Rev. C. F. Evans and Frank E Kenyon.
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Grant Yarne
Wauseon
Can
Ottokee St
Grant Yarnell
Susan Yarnell
Fulton County
Charlotte Hartman
Marcel Cher’at
San Francisco
California
Arthur Munson
Toledo
Eugene Buttermore
George Yarnell
Charlot
Yarnell
L E. Yarnell
Denver
Colorado
Henry Oldfield
Los Angels
George Jewell
Laura Driscoll
Toadameing
W. A. Hil
Weuseon
Rey. C. F. Evans
Frank E Kenyon
Dad's Day Letter From Langres France War Era Diary
Former Fulton County teacher in Langres France writes home under lifted censorship. He recounts travel from Cincinnati to Hoboken, crossing the Atlantic, and arrival in Brest, then Langres, noting military unit changes and wire service conflicts with Postmaster General Burleson over government ownership of telegraphs and cables, while closing with holiday wishes and local notice about a stockholders meeting in Wauseon, Ohio.
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Wesern Union
Burle- Sen
Gentemay
C. H
Com- Hoffman
Burleson
J. B. Jones
Senate
Burlson
Charles E Hughs
William W. Cook
Langres
France
knottSs
Cincinnali
Jesup. Ga
Hoboken
N. J
Atlanta Ga
Richmond
Baltimore
Co. Cerk
Atlantic
Davis
Burleson Fillon
Congress
Hudson River
Histore
Hudson
Post Office
Matoika
New York
Jess Harbor
Lewis Detle
U. S
Brest
United States
Washington
Govnot
Hss
Manners
Mr. Burleson
Eesse
Ilegal
Gladys
Cel
Fulton
Ruth
County Bulding Loan and Savings
Wauseon
Ohio
County Affairs for the Week in Probate and Public Notices
The weekly county affairs item lists cases in the Probate Court including marriages, real estate transfers, and common pleas court orders. It notes warrants issued, various expenses for the infirmary and county offices, and a series of real estate transfers across Wauseon and nearby townships. An added society note describes an unregistered airplane circling over Wauseon, provoking speculation about its origin and intent.
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Probate
Common Pleas Court
Mary A. Wales
Russell F. Sloan Callon
Winimedtog
Elizabeth C. Sloan
Geo. R. Ackerman
A. Q
G. H. Haynes
LaFayette
de Zist
Nancy Zimmerman
F. A. Fincham
von Pears
Hannah Boughton
George Smarts
Carmen EK
Mil
Letter from a serviceman missing home ties
A personal wartime note describes longing for family, mentions Camp Jesup Camp Merritt and sending telegrams and cards to be forwarded to France. The writer asks for letters from Aunt Nora Uncle Lynn the boys and other relatives and hopes to hear back soon.
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Nora
Lynn
Camp Jesup
Secon
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de Waren Cera
Kaiser Bill
Kell Canal
Ting
Germany
Samed
Surender
Ant Et Seady
Pranee
Zou Peak
Deel Pal Bone
Frank Huber Co. C
M G. Bn
Sind
Batdore
Farm Bureau
Bees
Wamton
Clarence Hollister
Clinton Wauseon
Fulton Swanton
Franklin, Amboy
Metamora
W. H. Baldwin
Franklin Fayette
C. B. Hostein
Frank ‘Rigs
Joseph Emering
Cinton” Wauseon
J P. Drennan
Clinton
Walter Bruster
Swan Creek
Swanton Delta
Will ‘Babcock
Knight
John Blondel
York
Ouse
W. D. van Rensselaer
Clifford Gibbs
Acton
Omahs
Cave
Lves Furniture and Undertaking Co
Methodist Sunday School
Beth’eham
Wonston
Cora
Red King Windmix
Cochran
East Elm
North Fulton Streets
William
Howard Cochran
Chesterfield Centralized Schools
EF. Haneon Co
Dan Merillatt
Howard ‘Gamber
Geo. Kesier, Rodman
Dit- S’ag Co
France S'ag Co
EO. Porter
Chesterfield
Lone Pike
Deren
H. F. Dimke
Mary C. R. Fouty
G. W. Hartman
Jogelyn Upp
Wauseon Lumber & Supply Co
M. McArthur
Fred Grandy
Harry Gingrich
Olive Deck
Paragon Refining Company
Delta Joseph Feltz
Oscar Ries
Amboy Township
Charlotte Yarnell
Garret Keester
Wm. Kinceim
Newcomer
Haley & Kershner
Ervin Kershner
York Township
Wanseow
Lake Shore
Bureson
Bryan
Jen
Schlatter & Howards
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