Camp Sychar devotion crowds fill distant grounds
Crowds thronged Camp Sychar yesterday as thousands from across the country attended the annul convention. The day featured morning prayer led by Miss Edna Banning and a sermon by Rev. W. Butler, with Dr. Andrew Johnson addressing the vast audience on holiness. Dr. J Gregory Mantle closed with a sermon on the spirit filled life, as the program listed continued events for Tuesday.
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W Sychar
Camp Sychar
Earl Nest
Ava
Edna Banning
Andrew Johnson
Kentucky
Jesus
Johnnem
Billy Sunday
Iit
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Johnson
Tonieht
J. Gregory Mantle
Mantle
meeChildren
We Batley
Epworth League Service
Money Crops and Loans Offered by Buckeye State Building and Loan
A promotional notice from Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at Rankin Building 22 West Gay Street Columbus Ohio advertises first mortgage loans on homes with safety and five percent interest. The stated amount features thirteen million nine hundred thousand dollars.
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Ito
Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankin Building
West Guy Street
Columbus
Ohio
Battery Fund Gets a Start
An anonymous donor from the Columbus hotel subscribes five dollars to start a city and county battery fund. The letter, dated August 10, 1917, arrives as The Banner notes local support and editorial backing. Secretary Leroy Mayer of the Chamber of Commerce was unavailable for comment.
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Banner
Aupport
Columbus Hotel
Leroy Mayer
Chamber of Commerce
Dr J M Pumphrey Commissioned as First Lieutenant
Dr Josiah M Pumphrey of this city has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the medical corps. The promotion comes from an official War Department announcement.
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Josiah M. Pumphrey
War Department
Clerks Busy Preparing Draft Notices For Local Men
Local draft board clerks were busy prepping notices to be sent to about 200 men for appearance next Monday. No further names from Washington were available for today’s Bann issue.
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Washington
City Primaries Tuesday Expect Sharp Mayor Contests
Voter interest grows as Democratic and Republican tickets form for city offices. Mayor nominees include C. W. Barre and John M Woolfson on the Democratic side with a slate of auditors, treasurers, and council candidates shaping up. Republicans nominate B. I. Bair for mayor and list officers for auditor treasurer solicitor and council, with education board and assessor races also noted.
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Addion
Tre
Joseph Mayer
Jet Worth
Orval
Tye
Charles V
Asumisors
Kivat
Amo A
Toul
Willan
Stleatty
Gevar G. Swanson
Molpose
Gatton
Pelton Charged With Non-Support Of Four Children
Arthur Pelton was arrested Saturday for non support of four minor children and arraigned before Squire Harter and pleaded not guilty. He posted a $200 bond for his appearance Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The complaint was made by his wife Lucie.
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Arthur Pelton
Squire Harter
Luc
Six Knox County Men Accepted in Training Corps
Six Knox County men are accepted in the training corps. The list includes Norman H. Haws, Clarence Th. Crime, WOW Nintiole, and Lawrence Sperry, plus John D. Bent and a few others from nearby towns. They join the regular army as noncommissioned officers with promise of further service.
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Knox County
Port Fontumio
Lawrence i Sperry
Charton
Unclaimed Mail Delays At Local Post Office
The ME Verdon post lists undelivered letters including names such as John Jr Heenan Ki IHlleneky Tom Mis Danny Grelg Rob Lewin Delays affect delivery to street and Humber area with several names and partial addresses. notices urge claim or inquiry at the post office.
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Humber
Hanahan
John Jr
Heenan
Ki Ihlleneky
Tom
Tush
As Fry
Mis Danny Grelg
Max i Howarthy Pred
de Dames
Rob Lewin
Linda
Change Thaws
Hrent Shorten
Mive
Smithy Thos
Ce 6
Snyder
Mise Riva
Whovien
Dina ‘Thompson
Miss Blanche
Court News In Probate Court Excessor Accounts Filed
Myrtle Gantt and Arthur Rinehart filed fiat accounts in probate court delaying $8,074.54 received and $4,546.87 expended with a balance of $4,546.87. An inventory of the estate of Jens Nie Widweth was filed by executor B.C. Ramey valuing property at $4,982.
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Myrtle Gantt
Arthur Rinehart
Alice Ryoes Hart
Jensnie
Widweth
B.C Ramey
Army Doctors Great Services to World and Medicine
The article credits army medical officers with shaping medical advances through war, noting figures like Beaumont, Hammond, Billings, Sternberg, and Theed. It highlights discoveries in digestion, gastric function, bacteriology, army medical libraries, and yellow fever transmission by mosquitoes, praising military physicians globally.
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Lurber
Tmne
Napoleon
Army
Gail
Charles Tl. Mayo
New York Medical Journal
Beaumont
William Hammond
Army Medical Museum
J. 8
Billings
Sternberg
Army Medical School
Government Laboratories
Walyor Theed
James Carroll
Jesse W. Tavear
Ari
Freakish Death Valley Springe In Saratoga Portrayed
A quirky fragment describes a Death Valley like spring in Saratoga. Water is crystal clear at a deep basin but laden with spirit and other substances, acting as an emetic to drinkers. It cites a Washington Star quip praising a song and a Cincinnati Enquirer line about time and wisdom, with mixed newspaper chatter and misprints.
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Death Valley
Saratoga
Battery Garrison Tense Over Shop Workers Taunting Soldiers
First Lieutenant Juline W. Headington of Battery EB reports shop workers at Cooper shape taunted his men calling them tin soldiers and insolent. He fears civil authorities will not curb the conduct and says such behavior undermines government respect. Officers' orders to stay out of fights have prevented clashes.
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Juline W. Headington
Cooper Shape
Headington
West Vine Street
Battery
Tfbubley
Headington Mo
Car Somersault On Wooster Road
On Wooster Road Saturday evening L Slaughter of Akron lost control of a car. The vehicle swung into a tank by the roadside, somersaulted, and landed on its wheels. All three occupants were thrown clear but none were seriously hurt. They began walking toward Mt. Vernon and were picked up by another car. Slaughter suffered cuts from the windshield. The car sustained minor damage.
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Wooster Road
L. Slaughter
Akron
Mt. Vernon
Slaughter
Use For Old Rubber In Household Wringing
A New York Tribune note suggests repurposing old rubber hot water bags as cloth wringing protectors. Cut around the ream and remove the stiff top to create two flat rubber pieces for use as hot compress protection and to allow hotter water.
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New York Tribune
The Engineer Corps Duty in War and Peace
The Engineer Corps of the United States Army plans fortifications and constructs defenses in war and in peace, surveys topography, supplies maps, selects locations for camps, builds or destroys works, and oversees river and harbor improvements and boundary surveys.
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Engineer Corps
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Proposed Eagle Medal for American Valor with Liberty Emblem
A tentative design for a new medal titled American Eagle medal of Valor features a Liberty banner and a female figure, with an inscription Prim Aria Teuntur and a reverse showing clasped hands supporting the medal. The plan aims to honor deeds of valor by Washington’s residents and veterans, reflecting ceremonial ideals.
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Horton
Henry
Meaning of Marines Ribbon and its colors described
Major General Gears Burnett explains the meaning of the Marine Corps ribbon. He notes the ribbon’s multicolor bands denote different campaigns such as the Philippine Insurrection, the Spanish-American War, and the Cuban occupation, with specific color sequences for each service period. The piece highlights the ribbon as a coveted symbol of valor and service.
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Jared
Washington
Gears Burnett
United States Marine Corps
Ayme
Monkey nabs two pedestrians in daylight sighting
A friendly monkey swung from a tree at Twelfth avenue and Detroit street and hugged a young woman before fleeing. Residents chased as patrolmen pursued the lovable simian. City park zoo keeper denies any escape from his enclosure.
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Tenver
Twelfth Avenue
Detroit Street
Capitol
TM Staten
City Park
Cave Man Enlists After Naked Ten Year Cure
A Danish born man, Christin T Bayer, aged thirty nine, lived naked for ten years on a secluded Santa Barbara isle, subsisting on fish and shellfish. He later traveled to Burlington and, despite earlier diagnoses of a fatal illness, passed a full physical and enlisted in the U S Army. He now serves as a soldier, his cave man lifestyle cited as the cure.
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Bayer
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Christin T. Bayer
United States
Burlington
Bayce Ja
Denmark
German Armor Found Vulnerable to Bullets in WWI Report
A fragment describes German infantry adopting steel armor protecting chest and stomach. The armor resembles medieval plates, attached at shoulders, hindering movement due to weight. Report notes British forces in France and Belgium observing armor but finds it unreliable against bullets.
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France
Belgium
Eagle Attack Near Six Corners Injures Man
Bryan O Ray Raymond Siebensler was attacked by a large eagle while walking to work near Six Corners. The bird swooped from a fence and clung to his wrist before he trapped it, struck with a club and killed the four foot long eagle.
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Bryan
Raymond Siebensler
Siebensler
Man Sent On Uncertain Train Journey
A fragmentary account describes Wratdk Luchbury of Darton traveling by train with unclear destination. He boarded a Friday evening train to Mt. Vernon, mentioning reliance on authorities and hesitation about where he was headed, with lingering questions about next steps and fate.
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Harleigh Wolfe
Salem
Rligy
Eld Hlusnes
Wolfe
South Main Street
Mt. Vernon
Luchbury
Darton
Medeen
Edward Flecknoe Foward Flecknod Dies After Illness
Edward Flecknoe Foward Flecknod aged 9 died at noon Sunday after ten minutes of convulsions from sneimata heart trouble. He leaves a wife and four siblings including Morlett Peekline and Mire Fy Stewartand. mourners include Vanderbilt of Lunn NY and Fran Vernon of Gambier. Funeral set for 2 oclock afternoon at the Church of the Holy Spirit Gambier Wey with many relatives.
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Foward Flecknod
Oon Sunthy
Tip Cnet
Giahier
Sneimata
Peeknow
Morlett Peekline
Cney
Ink
Ry Vanderbilt
Lunn
Fy Stewartand
Thie Oli
Fran Vernon
Gambler
Winslow of
Iielating
Barkilio Gate Iter
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C. W. Butler
Miss Banning
West Side Public Square
Sirs
J. M. Pumphrey
Salisbury
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Twe Gates
W. G. Huarrt
H. M. Thuitsberger
A EB
Rawlinson
J. D. Weaver
Elder
Wiist
Th Th Wyatt
Sees
Goa
Millon
Mitchell
Board of Education
Kelser
L. G. White
Pelton
Court News
Washington Star
Ocincinnati Enauiver
Cave Man
Dayton
Edward Flecknoe
Gambier
Centerburg
Centerburg, Ohio
Dr.l.f. Voke
Curtis
Voke
L. F. Voke
M.D
West Sixth Avenue
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