Social News Roundup of Athens Residents Visiting Relatives
Local society notes detail Mr and Mrs Charles Walsh visiting Chillicothe for a week. Miss Francis Cochran heads to Cleveland for two weeks with Miss Edith Muntz. Mrs C O Burnett returns from Gallipolis with her mother Catherine Stever. Several parties plan trips to Buckeye Lake Seagawan Byesville and Columbus. Lieutenant Byron F Wolfe returns on furlough to visit friends. Multiple Athens residents entertain or host visitors from Des Moines and Des Moines area plus institute plans at McArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron F. Wolfe
New York
Byron F. Wolfe Sr
Athens
Frances Webster
Gladys Brooks
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Ruth Davis
Melba Harwick
Marie Josten
Ethel Burson
Alice Francis
Veterans Discharge at Camp Sherman
The ville officer was honorably discharged from service at Camp Sherman on July 19, joining 80 others in receiving discharge. Chaplain Hoon spent the last two weeks in Columbus with his brother Frank who runs A. L. Achauer’s Hardware store.
Party at Lax Home Near Hebbardsville
Mrs Margaret Lax hosted a Thursday evening picnic supper at her country home near Hebbardsville. Attending were Mrs Phillips Rose from New York City Mrs Leon Brauner also known as Lulu Brickles from Rome Ga Mrs Sidney Stone and a list of Mrs John Cooley Mrs Will Cable Mrs S D Thompson Mrs Patrick Shannon Mrs Charles Walsh Mrs Clifford Campbell Mrs Dana Starr Mrs Dow Grones Miss Mary Connett Miss Addie Marie Grones Miss Julia Cable Miss Josephine Quest Miss Villa Van Dyke and Master Frank Bonifield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lax
Margaret Lax
Hebbardsville
Phillips Rose
New York City
Leon Brauner
Lulu Brickles
Rome
Sidney Stone
John Cooley
Will Cable
S. D. Thompson
Patrick Shannon
Charles Walsh
Clifford Campbell
Dana Starr
Dow Grones
Mary Connett
Addie Marie Grones
Julia Cable
Josephine Quest
Villa van Dyke
Frank Bonifield
Two Lads in County Jail for Auto Theft
In Jerseyville area two youths, Edward Flinn 16 and Frank Harris 17, are jailed after stealing an automobile and eight dollars from A. K. Newman. Flinn was caught by Newman. Harris fled into woods and was captured after pursuit. They admitted stealing a Sugar Grove car weeks earlier and abandoning it near Nelsonville. They were held as Probate Judge Phillips investigates their cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerseyville
McKinley
A. K. Newman
Newman
Edward Flinn
Frank Harris
Harris
Hawk
Flinn
Father Baker
Buffalo
Cleveland
Sugar Grove
Nelsonville
Athens
Guy Hawk
Phillips
De Barney to head romance languages at North Carolina College
Dr W S Barney of the University will leave Athens about September 1 to head the Department of Romance Languages at the North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro N C with an initial salary of 2500 dollars. The college serves about four hundred French and Spanish students and employs four assistants. The department will set standards for teaching French and Spanish in state high schools as the normal college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Barney
University
Athens
North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
N. C
State Normal College
Woman Burned to Death Under Auto in Ohio Crossing
Mrs Walter Heaston aged 50 of Barberton Ohio died when her husband s car was struck by a Hocking Valley train at a crossing near Marion. The gasoline tank exploded and engulfed the wreckage. Heaston, two of their nine children and Mrs Peter Brue escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Walter Heaston
Barberton
Ohio
Peter B. Brue
St. Paris
New Fire Engine Demonstration Impresses At College Street
A demonstration of the new fire engine occurred Friday afternoon opposite Howard Hall on College Street. Hugh Meighen and an assistant operated the nozzle while L N Davies supervised from the seat. Water shot high over the Masonic Temple and sprayed as mist after the flow ceased. An Indianapolis inventor has patented hob nailed sandals that can be laced to shoes when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hall
College Street
Hugh Meighen
L. N. Davies
Masonic Temple
Indianapolis
Family Divided as Opera Star Seeks Children
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heinke boarded the Holland American liner Rotterdam in New York to return to Germany for her son August’s two children. August, killed when a German submarine hit a mine in the Mediterranean, was an officer in the German Navy at the start of the war. Her three other sons served in United States forces, and she plans to bring the boy and girl to the United States to become Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heinke
Rotterdam
Germany
August
Mediterranean
United States
Packers Blamed for High Shoe Prices
Washington August 2. Representative Igoe of Missouri urged the rules committee to order the FTC to investigate shoe prices. He cited rise in hide values from 78 to 125 percent April July and said packers control raw hides and profit. He cited Central Leather Co profits of 4 239 345 and a Baltimore landlord forcing tenants to sign tax hike contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Igoe
Missouri
Rules Committee
Federal Trade Commission
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Association
Central Leather Company
Baltimore
Policemen Strike in London Fails to Take Hold
London reports a failed policemen strike as only a small fraction of the 20 000 force walks out. Chief Mc Cready says fewer than 300 have left and all strikers are discharged. He vows to use force if a parade toward Downing Street forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. S. Hayes
Policemen's Union
McCready
Downing Street
Apex Coal Company protests increased Ohio freight rates
The Apex Coal Company of Cleveland protested to the State Public Utilities Commission against higher coal freight rates from Apex Jewett Scio and Conotton to other Ohio points. The rates set by the United States railroad administration take effect August 15 and commissioners said they are powerless to act because the government is running the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Apex Coal Company
Cleveland
State Public Utilities Commission
Apex
Jewett, Scio
Conotton
Ohio
United States Railroad Administration
Railroad Head Seeks Private Control for Stability
A. B. Smith, president of the New York Central and former railroad administration director, urges the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to return railroads to private control with guaranteed stockholder interest. He argues fixed government responsibility breeds interlocking interests and hampers efficiency, unlike private operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
A. B. Smith
New York Central
Railroad Administration
Smith
War Office sells 88 772 army horses in Britain for 16 million
The British War Office sold 88 772 demobilized army horses for just over 16.6 million dollars, averaging 187 dollars per horse. Mules totaled 4 220 with an average price around 96 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British War Office
Food Dealers Said To Have Gotten Rich
Cleveland August 2. County Prosecutor Doerfler said a special grand jury will inspect books of several food concerns. He cites reports of extraordinary dividends in recent years and aims to show that high prices were kept to support those dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Doerfler
Public Utilities Commission Plans New Telephone Rates
Lansing August 2 The State Public Utilities Commission said it will prepare a new telephone rate schedule to replace the government controlled rates. The plan will break about August 15 and hearings are set for next week in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
State Public Utilities Commission
Detroit
Army surplus food prices set for municipalities
Washington, Aug 2. War Department announces base prices for army surplus canned vegetables and meats to be sold to municipalities and later to consumers via parcel post. Final parcel post prices await post office and war department agreement on shipping costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Parcel Post
Post Office
Indemnity Before Senate Seeks U S Stance on Germany Bill
Washington on August 2 the reparations commission weighs whether the United States will accept or decline a share of German reparations. Bernard Baruch told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the issue hinges on whether rejecting U S indemnity aids Germany or the Allies and how Congress might influence any payout. Senators pressed for a clear position and warned against perceptions of U S generosity leaking to other powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reparations Commission
United States
Germany
Bernard M. Baruch
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Larach
Commission
Congress
McCumber
Knox
Local Visitors Record in Canaanville and Athens
A recounting of area residents visiting relatives and friends. Akron residents Mr and Mrs N M Linscott visit Mr and Mrs A P Linscott, while Miss Greneada Border visits Athens. The Buchholzes from Columbus return home after two weeks with Uncle A Cavanaugh. Lutie McVicker from Athens visits Clarah Shirley. Mrs A Cavanaugh and daughter Irelen meet business visitors in Athens. Mrs Ben Morris and daughters Marjorie and Betty Irene of Willow Creek spend time with D K Nutter. Ralph and Wendel Wright are business visitors in New England. John Hall of Athens visits with daughter Mrs C W Sutton. Joseph Selby of Athens visits daughter Mrs B H Border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. Linscott
Akron
A. P. Linscott
Greneada Border
Athens
John Buchholz
Columbus
A. Cavanaugh
Lutie McVicker
Clarah Shirley
Irelen
Ben Morris
Marjorie
Betty Irene
Willow Creek
D. K. Nutter
Ralph and
Wendel Wright
New England
John Hall
C. W. Sutton
Joseph Selby
B. H. Border
World wide probe of prices urged by international agency
London Aug 2 The purchasing and control of food supplies by an international agency to prevent price rises was almost agreed on today awaiting U S cooperation. Proposals for the plan were under review by the supreme economic council which said famine costs in the last 30 days were unjustified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Supreme Economic Council
Carpenter Hardware officers meet on store and selling problems
The manager and clerks of Carpenter Hardware Co discussed store and selling problems at a four o'clock meeting in the office. Attendees from Nelsonville and Athens included L. F. Carpenter B. F. Carpenter O. M. Kaelin W. A. Carpenter A. D Townsend O. C. Shellman and C. G. Faires Arthur Allen. The August meeting will be at Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter Hardware Co
Gordon Hotel
Nelsonville
L. F. Carpenter
B. F. Carpenter
O. M. Kaelin
Athens
W. A. Carpenter
A. D Townsend
O. C. Shellman
Carpenter
A. H. Carpenter
C. G. Faires
Arthur Allen
City Council Bans Loose Bed Vehicle Use After Glass Breaks
Regular meeting approves an ordinance forbidding wagons trucks or any vehicle with an open bed from causing debris to scatter on city streets. Fines up to 25 dollars plus costs are set after gravel from a Gibbs building wagon damaged two plate glass windows. Discussion on repairing the High street wagon bridge ends with mayoral report next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbs
High Street
Glouster Gas
Ohio Fuel Supply Co
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Brentwood bell-ringers strike over jackdaw depredations
In London brentwood bell-ringers slaughtered many jackdaws after Belfry pests damaged bells. The vicar and church wardens censured the act, and the bellringers went on strike amid a disrupted church service. An apparent advertising insert follows with unclear Copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brentwood
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Chillicothe
Francis Cochran
Edith Muntz
C. O. Burnett
Gallipolis
Catherine Stever
Margaret Dailey
Ohio River
David Putnam
R. S. Devol
R. C. Manning
Gambier
J. D. Haskins
P. H. McKinley
C. E. Haskins
Trimble
W. N. Alderman
William Phillips
Seagawan, Midh
Bert Thompson
Byesville
McArthur
Wylmer Newman
Dayton
Shade
Carl Mansfield
Eldon Kenney
Brewster Higley
American Express Co
Amelia Higley
Alice Shott
Miles E. Hoon
Ifr
Hallmark
Mr. Covert
C.E. Norris
E. Carpenter
OF Automobile
de Barney
Coal Company
AMY
Senate
Baruch
Canaanville
Glouster News
Mabel
Elizabeth Mandry
Mingo Junction
David Mandry
Morgan Lewis Sr
Newark
T. D. Lewis
BE. F. Skinner
Stranger Nelson
Frisco
Calif
Nelson
Spen
France
Inc
Broadway
the Cline » Pharmacy Co. Thens, O
North Randall
Twente
Sionday
Forest City Live Stock
Fair North Randall Cee Ae H. K
Curry’s Restaurant
Opera House
Athens County
Ten Federal
Ostros Sales and Service
Willys Knight In
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