Social News Notes From ColumbusVisitors and Travel
Von Grones was a Tuesday visitor in Columbus. Mr and Mrs J A Slingluff were visitors in Columbus yesterday. Sam Siegle returned last evening from a business trip to Chicago. Lon Barnes left for Columbus to visit daughter Mrs Doc Williams. Addie Marie Grones stopped over in Columbus en route to Cleveland on business.
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Birs. von » Grones
Columbus
Mrs. J. A Slingluff
Sam Siegle
Chicago
Lon Barnes
Addie Marie Grones
Cleveland
Community Notes On Visits And Local Movements
Mrs. John P. Dana travels to Parkerton to visit sister Cor nell formerly of Athens. Miss May Parker leaves for Camp Grounds at Lancaster to visit friends. Miss Beatrice Osborne departs for a week in Pomeroy visiting Mrs. Charlies Mulien. Coroner Johnson to Palos Rice mine on young James Zarney death. Willian Seaman of Athens to Grant hospital Columbus for health reasons.
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John P. Dana
Parkerton
Cornell
Athens
Miss May Parker
Lancaster
Beatrice Osborne
Pomeroy
Charlies Mulien
W. B. Johnson
Palos
James Zarney
Willian Seaman
Athens R. D
Grant Hospital
Columbus
William Bobo
Maplewood Drive
Ida A. Brown
Mill Street
Local Medical Association Meeting Attended by Area Residents
Dr and Mrs F D Bird and son Ken nen Miss Eva bird and Mr Ray avis of Ada attended the Medical Association meeting at Chauncey and stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs W A Reading of May Avenue. Miss Mary Walker travels to Mansfield to visit relatives and will join a New York state motoring trip with family. Dr and Mrs Biddle return from a ten day trip to Baltimore and Atlantic City with son Clinton joining them briefly en route to Brooklyn where he has a new assignment.
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F. D. Bird
Kennen
Eva Bird
Rayavis
Ada
Medical Association
Chauncey
W. A. Reading
May Avenue
Mary Walker
Mansfield
R. G. Averill
Mary Josephine
Miss Walker
New York State
War era notices and arrivals briefed in Athens
Mrs. R H Wilson reports from 21 Central avenue that her son Blarence Archer in France says he is well and expects to be there briefly, noting Ohio boys around him. Roy Shirley Tinotype operator at the Messenger recovering from a gas explosion Burns and healing. Prof William Alderman and family from Madison Wisconsin arrived in Athens for a vacation visit with relatives.
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R. H. Wilson
Central Avenue
Blarence Archer
France
Ohio
Camp Shelby
Miss
Roy Shirley
the Messenger
Bat Davidson
Jacksonville
William Alderman
Madison
Wisconsin
Jane
Barbara Elizabeth
Athens
N. K. Alderman
Wisconsin State University At
Madison Wisconsin
Wilhelmina Boetzner
Letters From Men In Service from Mrs. A Brooks
Mrs. A Brooks of Guysville reports a son, Guy, in Italy or France, writing home that he is well and enjoying the service. He mentions William Buck, possibly in the same regiment, and notes good weather and a long mail delay. He asks for a long letter detailing all items.
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A. Brooks Guysville
Guy
Italy
France
William Buck
Alden
Willie
Flowers brighten Ward No. 6 at Camp Sherman hospital
A hospital nurse from Camp Sherman Ohio thanks Mrs E R Lash Athens for sending home flowers to ward six. The letter to Mrs Lash recalls the first sight of the Golden Glow and gladiolas as patients in beds and the Victrola in the ward. Nurses pass thanks to Mrs Stalder and Dr Dunlap.
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Camp Sherman
BE. R. Lash
Ohio
E. R. Lash
Athens
Ethel Hughes
Brave Belgian Front Heroines Decorated by King Albert
Baroness Tserclaes and Miss Marie Chisholm risked their lives tending Belgian soldiers after a German gas attack near Ypres. Working from a cellar dressing station behind the front, they wore gas masks but discarded them to assist the wounded. Both received honors and are recovering in London after exposure.
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London
Tserclaes
Marie Chisholm
King Albert
Albert
Nieuport- Ypres
New Method Doubles Land Use in British Agriculture
A British farmer reports a July drill method that seeds winter cereal and artificial fertilizer into grassland. By autumn 8–10 inches of cereal grow, are grazed with hay, turning the crop into a biennial yield and allowing hay and grain to be harvested together. Government experts back the plan with priority certificates for equipment.
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London
The
Times
Farmers' notes on drought and crop yields in Sharpsburg and area
The column details widespread drought effects with corn stunting and drying pasture. It lists local visits and social notes from Sharpsburg and nearby towns, mentions Mt Herman homecoming, Red Cross Picnic in Chescterhill, and farm yields with 19 and 18 bushels per acre amid small acreages.
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Harry Glover
Glouster
Esta Cunningham
Carol Queen
Nelsonville
Burns
Lucy Belle Huffman
Garnet White
Broadwell
Lillian Bardin
Mabel McPeak
C. F. Strode
Robert Grimes
C. T. Strode
Chescterhill
Red Cross
Frank Love
Jacksonville
Cutler
Frank Bardin
Abe Meismeier
Harl Dickson
Bern
Dishwashing Private Subscribes to Bond Drive
In Atlanta Camp Gordon a private, W. J. Etherington of Pennsylvania, a coal magnate, agreed to bonds totaling 50 000 for each issue and also arranged 50 000 in the third issue through his bank after a captain suggested payroll deductions. He preferred to keep cash but signed for large bond subscriptions.
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Atlanta
Camp Gordon
France
W. J. Etherington
Pennsylvania
Hair Exhibition In Court Over Damages
London report says Mrs. Violet Titherley sued a hairdresser for damages after an electric drying machine cut her hair from 5 feet 8 inches to waist length. She valued the lost portion at 500 dollars and claimed 10 dollars weekly earnings from exhibitions. The jury awarded 110 dollars.
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London
Violet Titherley
Neighbors Not Dog Said to Be Mad in Muncie
Police had chased reports of a mad dog for days until Mickey McCabe said the brown bulldog was not mad. He claimed the dog treated him pleasantly and that the neighbors were the ones angry, with no orders to shoot any neighbors.
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Muncie
Ind
Mickey McCabe
McCabe
Find Tooth Of Mastodon In Mercer County
Workmen for Bessemer and Lake Erie unearthed a mastodon grinder tooth and part of a bone near Otter Valley two miles north of Mercer. The molar measures eight to ten inches across with three pronged roots nearly a foot long and an 80 inch bone with a 14 inch socket. Foreman Andy Narly oversaw the dig and orders were issued to seek more fragments.
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Sharon
Mercer County
Bessemer & Lake Erlee
Otter Valley
Mercer
Andy Narly
Floating garden blooms on Alameda houseboat
Alameda resident William Hull built a sidewalk garden on piles around his houseboat after the war garden call. He filled boxes with soil and now cultivates a flourishing crop likely over a hundred pounds of vegetables this season.
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Alameda
Cal
William Hull
Hill
Flo
Farm Commodity Prices Reported in Toledo
Toledo Ohio August 7 corn cash 1 73 oats cash 69c rye cash 1 59 clover 18 25 October 17 December 16 90 timothy 4 40 rep t 4 92 percent October 4 75 December 4 82
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Toledo
Ohio
Timothy
Dee
British Navy Reaches Eight Million Tons Since War Start
London dispatch notes Premier Lloyd George praising General Foch for a brilliant counter stroke in war. He warns danger remains as Allied sea defeats loom if the Germans prevail. The navy tonnage has grown from 2.6 million to 8 million tons, and in June alone the fleet sailed eight million miles.
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London
Foch
Lloyd George
Commons
French Gain On West Front In Aisne Vesle Battle
Paris reports heavier activity on the extreme wings of the Aisne Vesle front with German reserves opposing Allied flanking. Artillery rolls along the line as Allied troops push toward Braye and the Moentdidier sector. French units reach suburbs of Moreuil on the Avre near Mortdidier.
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West Front
John de Gandt
Paris
Aisne-Vesle
Saloogne
Soissons
Bralene
Tering
Moentdidier
Moreuil
Amiena
Montdidier
Avre
Mortdidier
Cincinnati Cattle Market Flats as Shippers Hold Prices
Cattle shippers hold steady in Cincinnati Ohio on August 7 with calves selling at 16.50 to 16.75, hogs 19.80 for good packers and butchers, sheep receipts 600 head with market slow and extras at 18 to 18.60. Ambe market steady with an extra 18 690 noted.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pittsburg Livestock Market Report August 7
Pittsburg Pa cattle market steady. Sheep and lambs range good twelve to eighteen dollars. prime hogs reach around twenty dollars. Receipts six cars with prime heavy hogs at about $20.25 and lighter categories near $21.10. roughs and pigs between seventeen and twenty-one dollars.
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Pittsburg
Local Market Prices for Eggs and Live Poultry
Egg prices show firm firsts at 37 12 dozen and ordinary firsts at 6 cents per dozen, with seconds at 30 1 2 cents. Live poultry remains steady: large fowls 27 cents per pound, under 4 pounds 27 cents, broilers 80 cents per pound, under 1 1/2 pounds 30 cents, and roosters 19 cents.
Athens County Fair and Races Opens This Week
Local fair and racing events kick off in Athens as organizers announce schedules and attractions for the upcoming week. Attendance is encouraged with a showcase of livestock exhibits, horse races, rides, and food stalls.
Lightship sunk by sub off Cape Hatteras coast
The Diamond Ghoule lightship, off Cape Hatteras North Carolina, was shelled and sunk by a submarine late yesterday afternoon. The crew reached shore safely after abandoning ship as the sub approached within about a half mile of the beach per the Navy Department.
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Carolina Coast
Washington
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Navy de
Nation Endures Record Heat Across Cities
The Weather Bureau announced a 36 hour stretch of extreme heat with all time highs in major cities. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia hit 104, Baltimore and Washington 106, Detroit 104, Toledo 104, Cleveland 100, with local storms possible for brief relief.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
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M. J. Walsh
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Prof. Walsh
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