Bakers Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary at Fisher Station
Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Baker of Fisher Station marked their golden wedding anniversary with a gathering of children and friends. Attendants included William H. Brown of Athens and Fred Baker of Cleveland among others. The couple, natives of Preble County, married August 1 1883 in Germantown Ohio and have lived in Athens since 1892. Mr. Baker, a civil and mining engineer, served as Athens County Surveyor for two terms and later moved to Fisher to run a small farm.
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Fred R. Baker
Fisher Station
Baker Home
Athens
Fred Baker
Cleveland
William Baker
Ralph Baker
Kansas City
Mary Narney
Terre Haute
Ind
Dalton Taylor
Baker
Preble County
Ohio University
Germantown
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Indiana Normal College
Hocking Valley
Fisher
Business and Professional Club Women Shower Bride
Members of the Athens Business and Professional Women's Club hosted a miscellaneous shower for charter member Mrs. Thomas Bailes Francy Cochran, a bride of recent date. After the business meeting, Bailes received a gift card with the hiding place for gifts. she was presented with many pretty and useful items. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Frank Foster, Mrs. Owen Carmichael, and Miss Ethel Beekman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Business and Professional Women’s Club
Thomas Bailes
Francy Cochran
Ing
Bailes
Frank Foster
Owen Carmichael
Ethel Beekman
Minstrel Benefit Draws Knights of Pythias Support
Richland Avenue Methodist Church Sunday School members dressed as old maids staged The Comical Country Cousin at R. of P. Hall on Monday evening to benefit Knights of Pythias and sisters. Floyd Wolfe chaired the committee with James Scriven Arthur McPherson and two others. W H Brooks assisted with plans and his granddaughter tap danced. Knights of Pythias string quartet supplied music for a round dance after the show. About 75 people attended.
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Richland Avenue Methodist Church
R. of P. Hall
Knights of Pythias and
Sisters of Pythiae
Floyd Wolfe
Arthur McPherson
W. H. Brooks
Knights of Pythias String Quartette
Gay Nineties Return Keynote Of Maggy Rouff Autumn Styles
Paris fashion notes show Maggy Rouff drawing on Gay Nineties silhouettes for autumn. Designs feature heavy rich taffetas, off-shoulder gowns, full skirts, large floral accents, and centered decolletage. Shoulder-draping recalls Baldini, with fur trims, basques, and bold hip lines for day and evening outfits.
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Maggy Rouff
Baldini
Lydia E Pinkham's Products Note on Pills and Tablets
An advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's tablets for women's ailments and pills for constipation, claiming the medicine targets the cause and prevents future disturbances. It highlights a chocolate coated 50¢ tablet, and a 25¢ Pinkham's Phenrio for colds and pains, noting about 1¢ per dose.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Who's Going And Coming A list of social guests and travel plans
Miss Catherine Figg and Mr Darrel Sams visit Chicago to attend the World's Fair with Mrs Marion Crawford. Mr and Mrs Carl Beasley host family guests from Utah and Cincinnati. Others host or visit relatives in Columbus Athens and Albany, with extended family staying several days or returning home.
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Catherine Figg
South Court Street
Darrel Sams
Chicago
Marion Crawford
Carl Beasley
Utah Place
Irvin D. Quick
Sunnyside Drive
Mr. Quick
David Quick
Walter Quick
Ann, Caldwell
George Sylvester
George Jr
Columbus
T. FE. Mixon
Near Athens
Riley Atkinson
Barnest Atkinson
Gayle Atkinson
Zaleski
Alice Jones
Cecil Jones
Los Angeles
California
George Spring
Albany
Encircling Your Frock Belt Knitting Instructions
A vintage guide explains making a bright yellow sports belt for a dress using white mercerized crochet cotton. It provides step by step crochet instructions, length calculations, looping, turning, and finishing with buttons and buttonholes for amateurs.
Sleepers Swelter In Athens Heat With Fans Blazing
In Athens this morning early risers, street cleaners and newspaper boys report widespread heat discomfort. Beds on porches, mattresses on floors, and ceilings creaking marked a night of humidity driven restlessness. Some slept in cellars while others on hilltops felt the warm air as fans ran at full blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ruth
Glamorous White and Pajama Fashion Sparks Nightwear Debate
The piece playfully surveys Hollywood glamour and pajama styles with Adrienne Ames in a white silk pajama costume featuring full trousers and wide sleeves. It contrasts bold sleepwear notes with humorous references to shredded covers and three “raw” sleep categories while predicting later store hours as a respite from the chill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrienne Ames
Kiwanis Visit Highlights Camp Zaleski Growth
Athens Kiwanis Club members toured Camp Zaleski where 218 youths train in outdoor life. The group noted the new mess hall, library, barber shop, and varied facilities while praising meals and weight gains, with Captain Johnson overseeing operations and E G Wiesehuegel managing forestry work.
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Citizen's Conservation Corps
Camp Zaleski
Athens Kiwanis Club
Camp
Zaleski
Robal A. Johnson
Kiwanis Club
W. A. Schied
E. G. Wiesehuegel
Kiwanis
Earl Beckley
O. C. Bird
Ohio University Athletic di
Picnic Dinner at Muskingum River Camp
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Guthrie and family led a group for a Sunday picnic at the Kimon Connor Camp on the Muskingum River. Companions included multiple couples and their children from Eaglesport Logan Union Furnace Crooksville Proctorville and Rosville, gathering for a shared meal.
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F. M. Guthrie
Charles
R. A. Wilson
Eaglesport
Roy Conner
Sam Kimon
Elmer
Tom Gibson
Robert Wilson
Roseville
D. B. Rheinacheld
Ruth
Joe Weed
Cunningham
Union Furnace
Mildred Wells
Margie
Connie
Roxie McHarg
Logan
Cleo Moore
Crooksville
Hazel Murdock
Proctorville
Kimon- Connor
Muskingum River
Athens Boy Scouts Camp Prizes Weight Gain Through Cooking
Athens group of seven Boy Scouts spent a week at Lake Chute earning merit badges and cooking for themselves. Webb Dalton, the leader, reported five pounds gained while Walton Davies assisted. the campers kept tents clean and meals included beans vegetables eggs and milk. Dalton participated in Council Fire in Indian regalia.
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Athens
Lake Chute
Webb Dalton
Walton Davies
Russell Bolinger
Bob Nice
Charles Smith
Dick Acomb
Merritt Preston
Athens Scouts
Dalton
Woman Minister To Broadcast Thursday
The Rev. Mrs. M. L. Kimmey Wesleyan Methodist minister who has preached in Glouster Red Town and Greens Run for nine years will broadcast Thursday August 3 from 10 to 10 30 a m from Zanesville over WALR This is her first broadcast part of evangelistic work Mrs Kimmey has lived in Athens 15 years at 37 Richland Avenue She will speak on The Soul of Man.
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M. L. Kimmey
Glouster
Red Town
Greens
Zanesville
WALR
Kimmey
Athens
Richland Avenue
Man
Doctors return from Milwaukee and Chicago trip
Dr D Scott Allen and Dr J D Haskins spent a week in Milwaukee visiting the national osteopathic meeting and the World's Fair with A guest. Mrs John Rood and Miss Marion Benham left for Tippecanoe City before continuing to Chicago to visit Mr and Mrs Holden McGrath and son Billy. Mrs Esta Burnside and Mrs Clyde Scott left at 4 am for Dayton for several days.
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D. Scott Allen
J. D. Haskins
Milwaukee
Chicago
John Rood
Morris Ave
Marion Benham
Tippecanoe City
Holden McGrath
Billy
Esta Burnside
Riverside Drive
Clyde Scott
Dayton
Minear Funeral To Be Held Wednesday
Wyatt F Minear dies suddenly at Beebe. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Stewart M E Church with the L O O F Lodge in charge. Burial in Coolville Cemetery. He leaves a widow two daughters and one son.
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Coolville
Wyatt F. Minear
Beebe
Stewart M.E
L. O. O. F. Lodge
Below The Powder Line Beauty Trend
Talcum manufacturers report rising talcum sales as women use both face powder and talcum below the powder line. Miss Lucile Fields of the National Beauty Institute notes a riotous uptake by women and even men in step with summer fashion, describing fresh, ladylike styling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty
Lucile Fields
National Beauty Institute
Saye
Youth Survives Bear Trap Sweep at Ohio River Dam
At Little Hocking Sunday a youth swimming with Cutler Forest Camp workers was carried through a bear trap by swift current. He disappeared briefly among high waves but reached shore unharmed. River veterans said they had never seen a swimmer survive such a sweep through a bear trap.
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Little Hocking
Will Casley
Athens
Cutler Forest
Ohio River
Casley
Ohio bar exam yields high pass rate and founder winner
Columbus August 1 John Wood Howell of Gallipolis was among the successful candidates in the June bar examination. The report notes that seventy percent of exam takers received passing grades.
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Columbus
John Wood Howell
Gallipolis
Knights and Sisters To Picnic on Thursday
The Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters and their families plan a picnic Thursday evening at the Fair grounds. Supper will be at 6 o clock with each family bringing a covered dish and an assortment of sandwiches.
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Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Fairgrounds
Niece of Dr F R To Wed Mp
The notice references Miss Margaret Jane Kany daughter of Dr Asher and Mr Gilmore. It notes a summer degree from Ohio University and an upcoming marriage license but details are fragmented and unclear. Other items mention Ladies Aid Society events and a Chicago music scene anecdote without clear link to the main person.
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Margaret Jane Kany
Ashle
Mansteig
Mr. Gilmore
Ohio Uni Summer
Asher Biddle
Riley Gilmore
Budgets Go Haywire As Women Stock Up On Powders Rouges
Athens housewives rush to buy powders rouge lipsticks and creams before the ten percent state tax takes effect. Drug stores and department stores on Court and Union Streets report heavy sales with purchases in three and four dollar ranges. Budgets planned for a few cents to a dollar weekly for beauty are overwhelmed as totals must be stretched across groceries shows gasoline and entertainment funds.
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Athens
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Ilvus Gow
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Mise Lucile Sweeney
Misa Frances Steinmeyer
Lon Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Heatrola
Keerer’s
C. H. and
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Court Street
Theer
Muskingum Camp
Courtney Borden
Minear
Flapper
Fanny
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Gladys Parker
Knights and Sisters
F. R
the Ladies Aid Society Operal Avenue Church
James Carmichag
Robinson
King
Levinsky
Frances Fay
Lena Lowter
Frances
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Ren
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