Tobacco fund raised for boys in the trenches
A local effort to supply tobacco to soldiers in France grows from a small appeal. Leopold Mambourg and H B Peters raised sixty five dollars for the cause, turning over funds to the Baxie Tobacco Fund and securing cooperation from the American Tobacco Company to maximize aid for each five cents sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Mambourg
H. B. Peters
Fairfield County Bank
Baxie Tobacco Fund
American Tobacco Company
Still Bill and William O Garra in Circleville column
Col Walter Durst praises William O Garra of Lancaster in a humorous Lancaster County locale piece. The column recalls O Garra's ties to the telephone industry, Ohio Utilities Commission work on property surveys, and early Bell Telephone involvement in Circleville and surrounding lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Durst
Circleville Daily
Jerald
Lancaster
Bill Leiby
Fairfield county
Jim Davidson
O’Garra
the
telephone
Bell company
Four Privates Killed by North Shore Train at Highland Park
Four privates of the Forty-fifth United States Infantry stationed at Fort Sheridan were killed instantly when struck by a North Shore electric train at Highland Park. The men, on leave, were attempting to board the southbound train near the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Forty-fifth United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Highland park
Wale
Splendid Plant Showcases Central Union Telephone Comfort
The article details a visit to the Central Union Telephone Company plant. Manager Putnam arranges a clean, well lit building with sunlit rooms and ample ventilation. Operators, including long distance and information staff, work efficiently in tidy spaces with individual workstations and two rest rooms for breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toush
Putnam
Central Union Telephone Company
Circleville to Acquire Franklin Shoe Factory Plant
Circleville, through the Chamber of Commerce, will house the Franklin Shoe Factory of Columbus. Machinery should arrive by Monday, occupying third floors of Evans & Krimmel and Wittich blocks. Capacity four hundred pairs daily rising to more. Fifty workers now, eighteen men and twenty five women, with hiring to expand by mid next week as operations begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin Shoe
Columbus
Evans & Krimmel
Wittich
EThe shoe company
Circlesville
Sudden Death of Miss Margaret Keller in Columbus
Miss Margaret Keller aged about four died suddenly from heart trouble Wednesday at 4 30 p m at the home of her nephew and niece Mr and Mrs John Schorr in Columbus where she had lived for some time. She was well known in Lancaster and leaves many relatives and friends. The mass will be held at 8 30 Saturday morning at St Peter's Church in Columbus, after which the body will be taken to Lancaster for burial in St Mary's cemetery at ten o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Keller
John Schorr
Columbus
Miss Keller
Lancaster
Welark
St. Peter's Church
St. Mary’s cemetery
Milton Davis Dies at Infirmary Aged 80
Milton Davis aged 80 died at the Infirmary at noon after a long stay there. He formerly lived in Indiana and was admitted from Violet township. Death caused by a complication of diseases. Funeral services set for Saturday afternoon at the Infirmary with burial in the accompanying cemetery.
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Milton Davis
Davis
Indiana
Violet township
Defenbaugh Plans Lancaster Visit and New Buckeye Lake Bungalow
Defenbaugh of Buckeye Lake visited Lancaster to oversee progress on a Rose Bank addition bungalow built by A F P Mowry and expects completion by year end. He and his daughter Miss Maude Defionic plan to move from their Buckeye Lake cottage to Lancaster for the winter. Defenbaugh will soon start a new house on his farm.
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Bice RR
Defenbaugh
Buckeye Lake
Lancaster
Rose Bank
A. FP. Mowry
Maude Def Ionic
Beery Called to Portsmouth After Infant Death
Mrs Harvey Beery was summoned to Portsmouth this morning by a telegram reporting the death of her daughter's infant and the serious condition of the mother Mrs Ralph Gardner. Beery had visited the family two weeks earlier and left them in happiness.
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Harvey Beery
Portsmouth
Ralph Gardner
Beery
General Bridges Wounded in Action Near London
Lieutenant General G T M Bridges, who joined the Balfour mission to the United States that summer, suffered a leg wound below the knee while on a section. The injury occurred as he aided the assault and is reported from London dated September 8.
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Bridges
London
G. T. M. Bridges
United States
Germans Launch Fierce Attacks In Ypres Sector And Baltic Trigger
London Sept 28 British forces hold positions gained in the Ypres drive while repelling most German onslaughts near Polygon Wood St Julien and Zonnebeke where the key Ostend Lille railway line lies six miles beyond. In the Baltic area German naval air units scouted for Baltic fleet attacks as Cadorna renews minor operations on the Isonzo front and Austrians pound Carso positions.
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London
Yprea
Flanders
Polygon wood
St. Julien
Zonnebeke
Waltagé
Haig
Oatend-Lille
Briish
Germany
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Petain
Russia
Roumania
Baltic sea
Cadorna
ronzo
Carso
Two Workmen Die as Columbia Theater Collapse Kills
In Springfield Ohio on Sept 28 a wall and roof collapse at the Columbia theater, long remodelled by Gus Sun, crushed two workers and left three others feared dead while 15 more were hospitalized. The dead are Willis of Columbus and Boyington of Sincoe Ontario. rescue teams including volunteers pulled injured from the rubble.
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Springfield
W. A Willis
Columbus
Allen Boyington
Sincoe
Ont
City hospital
Columbia theater
Grand Opera house
Gus Sun
Aire
Winter Bob
Columbne
George Lazer
Frank Fiscell
Spring, Geld
Elmer Leeth
Carranza Recognized as Mexico President by U S
In Mexico City on Sept 28 United States Ambassador Fletcher received a government letter confirming Venustiano Carranza’s election and seating as president marking a final step in U S recognition. Proposals include recoinage of silver currency and allowing gold bullion to be coined to stabilize circulation amid finance aid. Switchmen Strike disrupts Gary Indiana yards as Elgin Joliet and Eastern workers demand wage increases from 42 and 47 cents to 70 and 75 cents per hour.
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Carranza
Mexico City
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
Venustiano Carranza
Trig
Mexico
Gary
Ind
Elgin, Joliet
Roosevelt
Cuwago
Colonelvelt
Venezuela
Germany
Dewey
Berlin
There Are No Real Fighters Left in Russia
An American observer in Stockholm reports from Petrograd on waning fighting spirit among Russian troops and disobedience at the front. He notes officers murdered, soldiers looting railways, and growing Bolshevik power in Petrograd and Moscow, predicting eventual Soviet supremacy and widened war burdens for America.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Russia
Cau Casian
Viborg
Tammerforg
Helsingfors
Bolseviks
Moscow
America
Richein
war office
Senate War Tax Bill Set To Raise 2.7 Billion
Washington reports conferees finalized a war tax bill designed to raise 2.7 billion dollars in new revenue in addition to existing taxes. The measure restores a one cent letter tax and expands taxes on post, passenger transport, amusements, and various goods, with changes to income and excess profits levies and altered exemptions.
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Senate
House
Washington
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Davidson’ s
Perry's
Rexall
g Store
Daily Eagle
France
Peters-Mambourg fund
Victor Williams wee
Will R. Peters
H. B. Peters Pnee
John Gotzbach
G. Rothbardt
Ed. Dickey
Fox
wees
F. OR. Sidwell
E. R. Cartmell
W. EB. Gravett
Rev. H. WwW
Stoody
Otto Grove
Mr. O'Gara
Dear Old Circletown
William O’Garra
Hock-hocking river
Mt. Pleasant
Associated Press
Samuel Ward
Totentm Circleville
Ohio Utilities commisnion
propret
Fenner Time
FRANK H. BECK
Columbus Street
Central Union Telephone Co
North Broad Street
Franklin Shoe Factory
Schorr Home
Belgium
Omcera
Bolshevike
Poston
Yacat club
Marblehead
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