Local Social News From Dart Ohio and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Nora James and two children return to Lancaster after weeks at their farm. A B Bean Mrs Alice B B Dye Joshua Ashernaft and J I Davis attend Marietta Baptist association at Dart. Alva Parker recovers at home from fever. Harry Romine from Midland City visiting grandparents in town. The Dye and Hayes families visit from Columbus. Mrs Cyrus Jones visits Lydia McLaughlin Coolville. Clarence Gillilan on vacation from Athens university. Rev A Maier and Dr Weddell conduct services at Baptist church. Mr and Mrs Williams of Reedsville visit George Dewees family. Miss Hildreth Forrest returns from Dexter. Freda Helena Giffilan hosts Misses Dorisbacher Mowery Elva Tucker Kery Tucker. Joshua Ashcraft of Coolville attends church. Miss Mary McGucken and Miss Maloney from Columbus visit the Dewees home. Mrs Bertha Barrows and daughter Eleanor of Marietta visit Dewees.
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Nora James
Lancaster
A. B. Bean
Alice B&b. Dye
Joshua Ashernaft
J. I. Davis
Coolville
Marietta
William Romine
Haddon Dye
Herbert Hayes
Fern
Mina
Archie Smith
Columbus
Cyrus Jones
Lydia McLaughlin
Clarence Gillilan
University At
Athens
A. Maier
Weddell
The
Baptist Church
Williams
Reedsville
George Dewees
Hildreth Forrest
Dexter
Leo Johnson
Freda
Helena Giffilan
Margaret Dorisbacher
Na Mowery
Elva Tucker
Kery Tucker
Joshua Ashcraft
Mary McGucken
Maloney
Bertha Barrows
Daughted
Eleanor
George
Flapper Fashion and Road Plans Highlight Era
The blurb notes a new winter flapper look with rubber gaiters replacing traditional Goloshes and describes fur-topped boots. It also mentions plans to build 180000 miles of highways in 15 to 20 years and a Ford water pump driven by an extra belt over the fan belt from the driving pulley.
August Birthday Dinner Hosted by Barrows Family
Mr and Mrs K J Barrows of near Hebbardsville entertained for dinner Sunday to honor family members born in August. Honored were Harold and Lloyd Barrows Mrs Kenneth Barrows and Mrs FS Throckmorton. Guest list included Mack Barrows with sons Floyd and Ernest, F L Throckmorton with son Leslie of Albany, and Harold Barrows with daughter of Athens. A most enjoyable time was spent.
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K. J. Barrows
Hebbardsville
Harold and
Lloyd Barrows
Kenneth Barrows
FS. Throckmorton
Mack Barrows
Floyd
Ernest
F. L. Throckmorton
Leslie
Albany
Harold Barrows
Athens
Daugherty Reunion Noted at Ireland Home
Jones and Denver Day visited Kenneth Gillilan. Ira Barrows family and Mrs Eliza Daugherty attended the Daugherty reunion at Ireland Sunday at the Clark homestead, the old Daugherty property. Rev E H Wilson resumed M E Church duties after four weeks away at Coolville camp meeting. Emma Smith visited her aunt Nancy Barrows. Harry Wilcoxon and daughter Ellen stayed with relatives in Athens and attended the fair there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Barrows
Harry Wilcoxon
Ellen
Athens
Jealous Lover Fires Five Shots Wounding Two in Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee last night Miss Ollie Hurst was mortally wounded and George Reavis an attorney was seriously wounded when Frank Cotton allegedly fired five shots in a jealous rage. Police search for Cotton as motive is jealousy.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ollie Hurst
George Reavis
Frank Cotton
Athens Council Votes to Suspend Obstruction Removal
After a lengthy August meeting the Athens city council voted 4 to 3 to suspend for two months the removal of obstructions on Court and Union streets. Gas stations protested the order as discriminatory while others supported street nuisances like doors and stairways. The council also passed the East Union street paving ordinance and authorized leasing of the Athens opera house with new furnaces costing about $5000 to meet state orders.
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Athens
East Union Street
Athens Opera House
Opera House
Athens Pastor Resigns to Enter School Work
B. F. Timmons, pastor of the Hocking Street Church of God for over five years, resigns to become principal of Pomeroy High School. He will spend winter in Pomeroy before future pastoral duties, having also served Chauncey and The Plains. The Timmonses praise Athens county years and note a new tile and stucco church at The Plains.
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B. F. Timmons
Hocking Street
Church of God
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy
Rev
Timmons
Chauncey and the Plains
Athens County
the Plains
Inventive Genius Fischer Retires From Coast Survey
Washington Aug 28 Tom Edison is a great man but E G Fischer tops him in invention after 35 years as mechanical engineer and instrument maker for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He helped develop or improve nearly every device used in the bureau, including Tide Predicting Machine No 2 and an artificial sextant. His work covers tide charts two years ahead, long distance signaling lights, and precise geodetic instruments.
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Washington
Tom Edison
Coast and Geodetic Survey Department
E. G. Fischer
Fischer
United States
Fischer’s
Ford's Order Begins to Affect General Industry
Announcement that John W. Brown Manufacturing in Columbus will close Friday evening after Ford Motor Company canceled orders for automobile lamps. About 350 local workers will lose jobs, marking the first sign of impact from Henry Ford's plan to halt plant operations on September 16.
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Columbus
John W. Brown Manufacturing Company
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Henry Ford
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Uncle Sam
G. Fischer
Harry B. Hunt
Ford
Parker House
Rauch
Columbian Building and Loan Company
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Cooking
Athens Grocers
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Athens, Ohio
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