Knox county surpasses Liberty Loan quota by large margin
Knox county oversubscribed its Liberty Loan quota by 82 450, reaching 452 450 on a total quota of 367 000. A flood of subscriptions Thursday and Friday, with 687 subscribers, plus strong bank support, boosted local efforts led by William A Ackerman. Fourteen Hoy Scouts aided at headquarters, and Daughters of the American Revolution and Old Home groups contributed. The campaign emphasized patriotic duty and investment opportunity.
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Knox County
Liberty Loan
William A. Ackerman
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank
Knox National Bank
Knox County Savings Bank
Knox Savings & Loan Association
Mt. Vernon
William A. Ackergown
W. Aludorf
B.D. Herron
F. Colville
H. S. Workman
Commercial & Savings Bank
Buckeye City
Charles W. Ackerman
Dany Brruble's Bank
Fredericktown
Guy ©. Bisboy
Centerbury Savings & Loan
Centerburg
Po McCoi
Jum
Citizens’ Bank
Gambler
Raymond 7
Brewer
Leroy G. Mayer
Chamber of Cor Merce
Alko
Lawrence Maldwin
Liberty
Mt Vernon
Daughtora
Honda
Main Street
Tha
Local society notes reveal several marriages in town and beyond
Multiple society notices record marriages including Miss Catherine By Boulton to Mr. Thomas W. Scott in Deming New Mexico, with plans to live in El Paso. Charles S. Conn to Mary A. Chapman at home of the officiant Reverend Ford. Carleton A. Scott to Miss Eleanor Zelvloft at home of the officiant Reverend Hull. and accompanying entertainments and post wedding plans in the community.
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Mids Catherine
Boulton
Thomas W. Scott
Deming
N. M
Conn-Chapman
Charles $. Conn
Mie ML
Vernon Bridge Co
Mary A. Chapman
O. B. Ford
North Mulberry Street
Washington D. 1
Conn
West Castle Wheat
Scott Zeisloft
Carleton A
Scott
Eleinor Zelvloft
J. Zelaloft
New Gd
Mr. Scott
Walter B. Mossholder
Centerbury
Bishop Dickinson
New Castle
Rebecca I. Baldwin
Martha A. Irvine
East Gam der Street
Charles Davis
Russell
Milwaukee
Wis
W. 8. McGinley
North Catherine Street
Pershing Commemoration Resolution Sought in Army
The army committee of the chamber of deputies has whispered a resolution urging the removal of all outstanding penalties for minor offenses in the army in honor of General Pershing. The measure also asks that an extra pint of wine be served to soldiers to celebrate his arrival.
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Associated Press
Army Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Pershing
Japan Keeps Hands Off China In Chinese Peace Talks
Washington reports Japan will not join the American effort to urge China’s warring factions to seek order. Britain and Japan share frustration over U S action seen as interfering in China’s affairs. June notes described U S outreach and growing misgivings as Peking quoted the American note.
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Associated Press
The
Banner
Washington
Japan
Great Britain
China
State Department
United States
France
Peking
America
No German Sub Sunk Says The Berlin Account
An official Berlin statement contests a German submarine loss, asserting no German sub was sunk. The report notes German subs off the Irish coast on May 15 had returned, and mentions the American liner Kroonland arriving in the United States after allegedly ramming and sinking a submarine following an attack by two subs.
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Berlin
Associated Preence
Amsterdam
London
Irish
Kroonland
Russia hag by twenty one
A fragment mentions Russia and a phrase about twenty one and lepers in a care institute context, but the readable facts are limited and unclear. The item appears as a brief clipped note noting a care institute related to lep ers and a numeric reference.
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Russia
War's End in a Year Predicted by Former Minister to Belgium
Ansociated Press report from Cincinnati June 16 quotes Theodore Marburg former Minister to Belgium predicting the autocracy overthrow in Germany could happen within a year, leading to the Great War's end. He warns of pirate warfare and the need for united American and Allied effort as Eastern Europe's democracy develops, noting Russia's withdrawal delays revolution and prolongs the conflict. Other local notes mention Shrieve and Mason returning from Akron and Miss Bernice Parsons visiting Malta.
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Belgium
Cincinnati
Germany
University of Cincinnati
Theodore Marburg
Europe
Russia
America
P. Shrieve
W. E. Mason
Lancaster
Grand Army
Akron
Bernice Parsons
Malta
Lee M. Parsons
Japanese steamer Tansan Maru sunk by German submarine
Cable advices report the Japanese liner Tansan Maru, departing May 9 from Boston to Manchester, England, sunk by a German submarine. Captain Nichikawa and 27 Japanese crew are believed saved.
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Associated Preas
Boston
Manchester
England
Nichikawa
Japanese Steamer Sunk In Fight With A Submarine
An official Japanese admiralty announcement reports destroyer Saki torpedoed and damaged while engaging a submarine in the Mediterranean on June 11. The damaged vessel was towed to port with many crew feared killed or wounded. The Sokal class destroyer is among recent Japanese builds. construction details were not released.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Sakaki
Japan Admiralty
Naval Register
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William Shinnabarger
North McKonale
Mt. Vernon Hospital
W. ‘T. Shrvler
Dan Struble
Centerburg Savings
First National
Danville
Howward— Howard
Gambier— Citizens
Society Notes
Axminster
Kextra
Brussels
Roy
CREX
Aerolux
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