Far-Flung Social Roundup From Athens Society Notes
Local society items describe Walter Josten visiting Cincinnati and Miss Francys Cochran vacationing in Cleveland. Several moves include George S. Putnam returning to Columbus, family outings to Buckeye Lake, Clifton Springs, and Ney, and Frances Hatch and Margaret Proctor traveling to Columbus and Canton. County Auditor Fred Cornwell recovers from appendicitis in Athens. A recital by Paul Parks in New York City, aided by Mrs. Rauch and pianist Charles Poston, features a wide program, with plans for a New York City comeback in September.
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Frank X. Rauch
Paul Parks
New York City
South Court Street
Mr. Parks
William Parks
Nelsonville
Ralph Parks
Parks
Dr. Arnold
Pretty Creature
Rachmaninoff
Hardcastle
Julie Plante
O'Hara
Lad
Margetson
Lindy
Charles Poston
George Sweet
Percy Stephens
Catfish catch reported as fifteen pounds Saturday night
Mrs. James Snider of Nelsonville visits her daughters Mrs. Gil Hartman Mrs. August Olson and Mrs. Thompson here. Mrs. S B Herrold of The Plains returns with Pauline and David to Columbus after three weeks with her father.
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Jeff Harrison
James Snider
Nelsonville
Gil Hartman
August Olson
Thompson
S. B. Herrold
H. B. Finney
the Plains
Pauline
David
Columbus
Harding Speech Highlights Unity and World Leadership
President Harding spoke at Plymouth praising the English speaking world from Jamestown to Plymouth and its spread of ideals. He urged balancing new theories with experience and emphasized practical Pilgrim mindset guiding future progress without abandoning leadership duties.
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Harding
Plymouth
Europe
America
Africa
Australia
Jamestown
Forefathers of Liberty and the Colonial Democracy
A keynote voice reflects on colonial origins of American democracy. The speaker traces New England's role in shaping freedom, the influence of Plymouth and Jamestown, and the long arc from colonial unity to the federal union. The message honors civic duty and looks to a future undaunted by the unknown.
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Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Virginia
New England
House of Stuart
Federal Union
Cromwell
Europe
America
Africa
Australia
Jamestown
Dr J H Berry Praises New Legion Band in Athens
State Hospital reports a Sunday concert by the American Legion band pleased Dr. J H Berry. He notes many visitors helped give an enthusiastic reception and urges repeated concerts with public support. He says Athens has a real band and the boys deserve backing now for future pride.
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State Hospital
American Legion
J. H. Berry
Athens
Miss Audrey Oxley Returns Home After Visit
Miss Audrey Oxley has returned to Lancaster after a four week visit with her grandparents Mr and Mrs L J Oxley. Miss Frieda Woodruff accompanied her home for the visit.
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Audrey Oxley
Lancaster
Johnsons and Linscotts Visit Athens Home
Mr and Mrs K H Johnson with Mr and Mrs A B Linscott of Columbus drove to Athens on Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs A L Johnson at 23 Morris Avenue.
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John R. Sprague
Morris Avenue
E. M. Freese
J. B. Fry
Columbus
K. H. Johnson
A. B. Linscott
Athens
A. L. Johnson
Athens Guests and Travelers Spend College Holiday Time
Miss Aura Hanlin arrived in Athens Saturday to visit cousin Mrs. H. L. Atkinson and plans to return home near Carpenter after Tuesday. Addie Marie Grones left for Cleveland for fall millinery opening after summer with her parents. Roushe of Parkersburg joined Grones to Cleveland. Prof and Mrs A R Kresge travel to Bristol Indiana then Mayfield Michigan for two weeks. The Preston party visited Buckeye Lake for an outing with John H Preston returning home yesterday.
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Aura Hanlin
California
Oklahoma
Texas
Athens
H. L. Atkinson
Carpenter
Addie Marie Grones
Cleveland
F. S. Grones
Roushe
Parkersburg
W. Va
Miss Grones
A. R. Kresge
Bristol
Ind
Howard Wright
Mrs. Kresge
Colege
Mayfield
Michigan
F. L. Preston
Byron Wolfe
John H. Preston
Buckeye Lake
John Preston
Wooda family tours Ohio cities and Barberton trip
Mr and Mrs Robert L Wooda worth son Paul and Mrs C W Gross depart for a week long motor trip visiting Columbus Zanesville and Coshocton Miss Lora Briggs and her brother Albert travel to Barberton to spend vacation with their brother and sister in law Dallas Briggs
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Robert L. Woodaworth
Paul
C. W. Gross
Columbus
Zanesville
Coshocton
Lora Briggs
Albert
Barberton
Dallas Briggs
Mrs Murphy and party plan extended rail and water trip
Mrs Hal W Murphy leaves for Logan to join sister Mrs Ella Keynes and travel by rail and water to Rochester New York then by boat to Quebec. They will sail the Richelieu river Lake George and Lake Champlain and travel down the Hudson to New York. Miss Margaret Proctor, recently at Ohio University, heads home to Canton then pursues studies at Columbia University this fall. Mr P G Moler and family and Mrs G L Fenzel and daughter Anna May arrive in Providence Rhode Island enjoying an ocean cliff location near Newport.
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Hal W. Murphy
Logan
Ella Keynes
That City
Rochester
N. Y
Quebec
Richelieu River
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Hudson
New Yorkty
Margaret Proctor
Ohio University
Canton
Miss Proctor
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Phi Uphilon Omricon
Columbia University
P. G. Moler
G. L. Fenzel
Anna
Providence
R. I
Mr. Moler
Newport
Glouster farmer ends life at home near Pisgah
Glouster Chauncey Smith 47 a Morgan county farmer died by suicide at his home near Pisgah early Sunday. He used a shotgun placing the muzzle over his heart and pulled the trigger with his toe. He had been in poor health and nervous. He rose about 2 AM, woke his wife, and died instantly. Surviving are his widow and two daughters ages 14 and 16. Funeral at 1 PM Tuesday conducted by Rev. S J Bishop of Murray with interment at Mountville cemetery.
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Chauncey Smith
Morgan County
Pisgah
Erning
Smith
Glouster
S. J. Bishop
Murray
Mountville
Automobiles Rout Latta Hill Crash Injures Five
In a Latta hill accident near Burr Oak yesterday evening Mrs. L. L. Robinett and Mrs. Joe Dixon were badly bruised and Robinett lost two teeth. Mr. Robinett and Mr. Dixon had minor injuries as their car overturned in a ditch after engine trouble on rough road. Passersby helped recover the vehicle and restore it to the road. Robinett then drove home. L. R. Andrews transported the two women home.
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Latta Hill
Burr Oak
L. L. Robinett
Joe Dixon
Robinett
Dixon
Hemlock
Welsch Family to Undergo Adenoid and Tonsil Operations
Mr and Mrs Wm Welsch and their two children are scheduled for operations to remove tonsils and adenoids. The plan is listed in the local health update with no complications reported.
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Wm. Welsch
Glouster Loses Home Game to Millfield in Ninth Inning
Glouster fell to Millfield on the local grounds yesterday afternoon after leading 2 to 1 at the start of the ninth. Errors allowed Millfield to score four runs. Webb pitched a strong game for Glouster, a lefthander who kept hitters guessing. Next Sunday Glouster visits Chauncey.
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Glouster
Millfield
Webb
Chauncey
Boy 15 Injured as Sow Bolts in Farm Accident
Don Linscott aged 15 son of Mrs Ote Linscott of Trimble route 1 was injured last Friday when a 300 pound sow jerked while a yoke was being placed. He sustained fractures to both bones of his left leg below the knee. Dr LeFever of this city reduced the fracture.
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Don Linscott
Ote Linscott
Trimble Route 1
LeFever
Miss Mary Belle Perkins for Virginia Legislature Nomination
Candidate Miss Mary Belle Perkins declares she will work for a modified blue program if elected to the Virginia legislature. She stresses reform and public service as she seeks party nomination.
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Mary Belle Perkins
Virginia
Ohio brick roads favored for economy and labor use
J L Murphy of Nelsonville, president of the Ohio Brick Manufacturing Association, argues brick roads offer low per unit service value and best durability for heavy traffic. He notes convict-made brick costs and asserts Ohio bricks are produced with Ohio coal and laid by Ohio workers.
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Columbus
J. L Murphy
Nelsonville
Ohio Brick Manufacturing Association
Ohio
Davis
Union
Hoover orders Brown to lead Red Cross relief to Riga
President Hoover directs Walter Lyman Brown, European manager of the American Red Cross, to Riga to plan broad relief for Russia. The move hinges on Soviet demands that American prisoners be released before food aid proceeds, a condition conveyed after Hoover’s message to Maxim Gorky received by Washington.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Walter Lyman Brown
American Red Cross Relief Organization
Riga
Russia
Hoover
State Department
Brown
Maxim Gorky
Russians Agree to Release American Prisoners
The Soviet government signaled willingness to discuss prisoner releases and relief plans, via Maxim Gorky in a cable to Secretary Hoover. Hoover then instructed Walter Lyman Brown to proceed to Riga, awaiting actual prisoner delivery before broader talks.
McKee Drug Co. Promises Bitro-Phosphate Gains
A Bold claim by McKee Drug Co. offering Bitro-Phosphate to rebuild nerves, replace weakness with strength, add body weight to thin people, and rekindle ambition in tired individuals.
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McKee Drug Co
Property Deeds Often Bear Many Signatures in China
In China land is commonly owned by syndicates and leases require signatures from every organizational member. This practice reflects collective ownership and formal consent across factions.
Henry Ford Plans Self Propelled Canal Freight Barges
Henry Ford announces a plan to run a fleet of 150 foot long self propelled barges on the Erie canal from Detroit to New York. The 10,000 ton capacity vessels will use a new marine gas engine and load at River Rouge to deliver freight to New York Buffalo Rochester Syracuse and Albany. Ford aims to beat rail freight times and expand links to eastern distributors.
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Elkins
W. Va
Erie Canal
Henry Ford
United Press
Detroit
New York
Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Atlantic Coast
River Rouge
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Albany
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Mrs Henry Edwards Dies in Kansas Home
Word of the death comes from Kansas where Mrs Henry Edwards formerly Miss Marshall died July 17 at her home. Reared in Trimble township near Hartleville, she and her husband moved to Kansas in the late 1870s. She leaves many relatives in this county.
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Edwards
Kansas
Henry Edwards
Marshall
Trimble Township
Hartleville
Mrs Joanna Warner Dies At 77 In Medford Family Home
Mrs. Joanna Warner died Sunday night at 12 at the home of her daughter Mrs. William Wyman 49 Sunnyside Drive aged 77. Short services were held at the residence this afternoon at one. The body was taken to Mt Clemens Michigan for burial. She had been at her daughter's home since July. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Fred Jones Medford Oregon Mrs J H Pallister Kansas City Mo and two sons Cayler and Reuben Detroit.
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Joanna Warner
William Wyman
Sunnyside Drive
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Warner
Kansas City
Cayler and
Reuben
Detroit
Power Company Workman Hurt in Pole Fall
Water Davis, a line worker for the Hocking Power, fell from a pole behind the opera house in Nelsonville this forenoon. He was so shaken by the fall that he was sent to a Columbus hospital. no bones were broken and recovery is not feared.
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Nelsonville
Water Davis
Hocking
Opera House
Columbus
Governor seeks new Texas anti Klan laws in special message
Governor Neff presented a special message to the Texas Legislature proposing legislation to strengthen state laws to break up secret Ku Klux Klan type organizations.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Neff
First English Woman Wins Mech Eng Tripos First Class
Miss L. Chitty of Nedham College Cambridge becomes the first English woman to obtain a First Class in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos. The award highlights her achievement in the high branches of engineering studies.
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Miss L. Chitty
Nedham College
Cambridge
China’s Kwangsi and Kwangtung Provinces in Contrast
Washington dispatch details a split between Kwangsi loyal to Peking and Canton in Kwangtung backing Sun Yat Sen. The National Geographic bulletin portrays Kwangsi as poor and wild while Kwangtung, home to Canton, is ambitious and scenic with silk, tobacco, and rich markets.
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Washington, D. C
Kwang
China
Kwangasi
Peking
Canton
Kwangtung
Sun Yat Sen
Celestial Empire
Formosa
China Sea
Yunnan
Siam
National Geographic Society
Washington
D .C
Kwangsi
In Memory of Brother William B Rice
Obituary memorial for William B Rice a member of Savannah Lodge No 466 F and A M Guysville Ohio dated July 11 1921 notes his passing to the Grand Lodge of the New Jerusalem. The lodge drapes in mourning for thirty days and offers condolences to the family with resolutions signed by C E Kincade F H Sands and G W Pierce. The closing line asks a reflective question to readers about influence on the world.
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William B. Rice
Grand Lodge of the
New Jerusalem
Savannah Lodge
Guysville
Ohio
C. E. Kincade
F. H. Sands
G. W. Pierce
Chautauqua Returns Reported by Advisory Board
W W Coe secretary of the Advisory Board releases a detailed financial review of the Redpath Chautauqua. Receipts after war tax totalled 2010 dollars with 1750 dollars guaranteed, leaving a 260 dollar surplus. Half the gross profit to the committee yields 130 dollars, plus stand returns of 5 dollars and 5 dollars in other expenses, netting 130 dollars. Board to decide on the disposition of the sum.
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Redpath Chautauqua
W. W. Coe
Regular Devil for DirtBlue Devil Cleanser
An 8 1 6 item highlights a regular Devil product named Dirt Blue Devil Cleanser. The note lists its packaging style and standard usage details for household cleaning tasks.
Community notes from The Plains including visitors and property moves
Friday guests included Mrs. Fletch Hawk's sisters Mrs. Nell Hiller and children from Lancaster and Mrs. Mabel Nash and children. Salem visitors Mrs. Eather Scott and son Tom. Sick list includes Mrs. Tom Davis. Joe Brown sold property to Mr. Swartz at Amesville. Numerous locals and guests visited Athens, Columbus, and around Beaumont as travel and family notes continue. Russell Micheal bought a bicycle and other small updates fill the page.
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Fletch Hawk
Nell Hiller
Lancaster
Mabel Nash
Eather Scott
Tom
Salem
Tom Davis
Joe Brown
Swartz
Amesville
Ed Terrel
Athens
Vera Burdette
George Burdette
Russel Michaels
Bobo
Beaumont
Grove Nagle
Gladys Baylis
Zine Courtney
Walter Gelsicke
Logan
Hildah
Bettie Jane
Hazel Gelsic
Pat Moore
Ed. McCall
Sergeon
Wm. Moore
Chub Knox
Cory Nagle
Joe Hutchins
Merwin
Stauffer
Steve Kaufman
John Martin
Rob Hawk
Columbus
Russell Micheal
Utley Mine Closes Down Amid Poor Conditions
The Utley Coal Mine near Amesville shut last week due to general business difficulties. About 120 workers were laid off, with officials hoping the stoppage lasts only a few weeks. Coal prices and mining conditions have been weak all summer, limiting operation at many mines.
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Utley
Amesville
Angelic Infant Esters Beitelschies Born in Chauncey
Esther Lavon Beitelschies daughter of Elmer and Ida Beitelschies was born July 6 1920 in Chauncey Ohio and died July 22 1921 at home aged one year and seventeen days She leaves her father mother and two sisters Mary Jessie age 4 and Helen Louise age 2 with other relatives The family recalls her as a bright presence and expresses faith that she rests with Him in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Esther Lavon
Elmer
Ida Beitelschies
Chauncey
Ohio
Mary Jessie
Helen Louise
Card of Thanks from the Chauncey Family
The Bellelchies family of Chauncey thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death. They acknowledge Rev Timmons for his prayers and the singers for music.
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Chauncey
Timmons
Elmer Bellelchies
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