Athens social notes and holiday visits and births
Society items from Athens detail Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor McKee visiting Canton relatives, a December birth of Charlotte De Fordille in Shelter ing Arms hospital, and multiple faculty and resident travels for holidays. Various engagements and outings include Mary Matthews, Adah McCormick engagement, and numerous family visits across Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Indiana with club meetings and a Pi Beta Phi house dance in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Harris
Northhill
Charlotte de Fordille
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ohio University
Louisville, Ky
Modern Language Association of America
Maude Matthews
Mary Kahler
Miram Roy Wilson
Enrique Blanco
Richard A. Foster
Russell Dick
Mary Ness
Vest
John A. Hess
Indiana
Athens
Adah McCormick
Fifth Third Union Bank and Trust Company
Cincinnati
Frank McCormick
Lancaster Street
Mary E. Stegner
Bridge
Pi Beta Phi
East Union Street
J.L. Pickering
LETTER GOLF Christmas spirit lasts beyond December
The Puzzle Editor predicts the par for a word game shows GOOD turning to WILL takes five strokes. The hint arrives with tomorrow's print edition.
Word Golf Rules Explain Par Count Puzzle
The text outlines letter golf rules where one word is changed step by step to another by altering a single letter per stroke. Each intermediate must be a common complete word, with letter order preserved, and proper nouns or abbreviations don’t count. The example shows COW to HEN in three steps via COW HOW HOW HEN. The previous puzzle solution is lamp camp camp case east cost post.
Bryant man sends wartime knitted socks Christmas card
Pete Salvino of Bryant Oklo sent Mrs L A Koons of Athens a Christmas card after the war to thank her for knitted socks. She had not heard from him for years and plans to write back to learn more about the ex-soldier and the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Salvino
Bryant, Oklo
L. A. Koons
Athens
Truck Owners Fall to Give Weighty Sums, State Reports
Columbus December 27 Secretary of State Clarence J Brown ends a six months campaign to recover auto truck fees. Quiet effort with few arrests yields 200000 dollars collected mostly from truck owners. Campaign started July 1 and ended as license tag sales interfered. Brown believes many trucks were reported overweight after he took office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
State cracks down on truck weight tax evasions
The article notes widespread attempts to evade license tag fees by falsifying weights for trucks. The legislature acted to empower enforcement, reorganizing the automobile department and deploying a weight slip system used in 1928. Violators paid sums from 1 to 18,000 dollars as authorities checked thousands of cases.
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General Assembly
Automobile Department
Brown
License plate transfers and weight slips govern highway use
The article describes weight slips issued by the department and required for truck licensing. It notes the link between weight verification, license fees, and enforcement of plate transfers. Brown cites cases of noncompliance in Ohio counties and a court ruling that failing to transfer a license invalidates rights to damages and highway use.
Lindbergh Flight Plans and Mrs Lindbergh Return Voyage
Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh plans to depart for the United States shortly after Col Charles A Lindbergh launches his central American tour from the Spirit of St. Louis. The Ford plane party aims to stop at Tampico San Antonio Indianapolis and reach Detroit Friday carrying a fruit basket for Mrs Henry Ford.
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Mexico City
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
United States
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Col. Lindbergh
Valbuena
Ford
Tampico
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Detroit
Henry Ford
Schoolboy Calls Shaw Captain of London Fire Brigade
In an examination a schoolboy described George Bernard Shaw as the captain of the London Fire Brigade. The remark plays on Shaw's public image and theatrical fame, highlighting a humorous misattribution from a student.
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Sache
Fame London
George Bernard Shaw
London Fire Brigade
Refuge for Aristocrats in Edinburgh Charity Plan
A wealthy Scottish woman plans to establish in London a home for indigent aristocrats, aiming to provide shelter and support for needy nobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
London
Second raspberry crop harvested at Itchington
In Itchington England the second raspberry harvest has been gathered here for the first time in history signaling a record yield and a milestone for local growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itchington
Eng
Stamp Issue for Nine London Residents
Government plans an Alutaki stamp issue for the nine white residents of the South Sea island, marking postal issuance in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Sea Island
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Daughters of Union Veterans
Warren Border
Alexander Howard
Andrew Nelson
Guthrie-Morris-Campbell Company
Charleston
W. Va
Alex Nelson
Charles H. Russell
Hiram Russell
Dayton
Emmett L. Hooper
Lena Sweeney
Angie Drake
Theodore S. Sawyer
Elizabeth Morgan
Mrs
T. L. Morgan
West
Carpenter Street
J. L. Foraker
E. B. Foraker
Dixie Fair
South Charleston
Nelle F. Robinson
Phil Robinson
Grosvenor Street
Marion Bobo
Virgil and
Luciel
Albany
Lafe Boden
City
Willett Sweeney
Akron
Frank Sweeney
North
E. Mansfield
Ruth Bean
Carrie Bean
North Cemetery Street
H. G. Jefferson
Bloomingburg
Mrs. W. F. Jefferson
Tempie Glass
Cleveland
Gladys
Ohio State University
Ohio State
E. C. Glass
Sharpsburg
Don Higgins
Toledo
J. W. Higgins
Richland Avenue
Athena Chapter
Delphian
Chamber of Commerce
Louise Angell
Richard G. Angell
Jefferson City
E. G. Angell
Jerseyville Road
Clifford Charles Cornell, Jr
Clifford C. Cornell
East State Street
Mary Ellen Bibbee
Louise Bailey
Marjorie Tompkins
Roger Jones, Jr
Charles Domke
Elmer Mansfield
Mill Street
Lilmer Mansfield
Billy Mansfield
Jesse Davis
Fairmont
Britton L. Hooper
Albany Road
George Britton
John Williams
Summit Station
C. H. Harris
Florence Gabriel
C. W. Fulton
Robert of Columbus
Daniel Baird
Wheaton
U. S
Treasury Savings
Cates
Free Securities
Bank of Athens
National Bank
Athens County
Dee
Pacific Coast
Pendleton
Ore
Hickman
Echo
Tom Gurdena
Co. L. Lieuwallen
Chas
Millikan
Optometrist
Masonic Building
Mill St
Ohio
Mother of
Lindy
Saving & Loan CO
Lostrc
Athens, Ohio
F. E. Goldsberry
Sec’y
Chinaware
Beasleys
China
F. J. Beasley Milling & Grocery Co
Cline
George O. Thurn
Coca -Cola Bottling Works
Taylor
Pop
Dean
Byrd
Ilvio
Any Other
The
Athens National Bank
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