Local Society Notes and Visits Highlight Week
Mrs Charles Gephart of Columbus visited East State street with husband Mr F F Van Dyke en route home from Reedsville. Mrs Earl Marquis and daughter called on Dr H T Lee in Athens while her parents were visiting. A. H. Boggs returned from Charleston W Va on business. The Women's Relief Corps meets Wednesday evening. Neuritis illnesses bring Detroit visitors L Haning and P Haning to Columbus to be with their father C G Haning and mother Nancy Haning. The Missionary Society meeting was postponed to next Thursday at Mrs Ellen Boelzner North Congress street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles, Gephart
Maude Coleman
Columbus
Ff. J. van Dyke
East State _ street
Reedsville
Henry Warren
Stout
Leslie Haning
Paul Haning
Detroit
Mich
C. G. Haning
Stimpson Avenue
Nancy Haning
Coolville
Ellen Boelzner
Congress Street
February Amethyst Gifts Spotlight at Local Store
Valentine’s Day prompts shoppers to explore Amethyst jewelry including pins rings scarfs brooches and bracelets. The store welcomes visitors to browse in February with Amethyst pieces featured.
Spirit of Youth focus at City Federation program
City Federation met at First Presbyterian with Higley Study circle in charge. Miss Irma Voigt, dean of women at Ohio University, spoke on youth standards and elder cooperation. 1922 finances reported. cash at year start $940.95, total income $1,589.37, expenditures $547.61, balance $1,041.76. Receipts from local funds $981.34, year ending balance $189.69. expenditures $742.74 leaving $238.60. Treated by treasurer Mrs. Clara McAdoo. Next meeting to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Federation
First Presbyterian Church
Higley Study Circle
W. L. Gard
Jennie O'Dell
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
Clara McAdoo
Supper Dance for Captain Nelson and Bride at Country Club
Prominent social event honoring Captain Don Nelson and his bride from Vermont at the Country Club. Mrs. Josephine Scott hosted a small guest list of close friends. Supper at 10:30 followed by dancing to midnight. Tables formed a cross with a red heart centerpiece and valentine colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Nelson
Vermont
Josephine Scott
Captain Nelson
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Change of Athena Appearance Date
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra appearance in Athens has been moved from February 6 to Monday February 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Athens
Mrs Aura Bolen Returns Home After Albany Area Visit
Mrs Aura Bolen came home Sunday evening following a trip near Albany. The article notes her return and location of visit but provides few other details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aura Bolen
Albany
Grandfather Arthur C Gibson Remembered Following Illness and Death
The text notes the death and illness of Arthur C. Gibson, father of the late John H. Gibson of 154 Morris Avenue. After Elizabeth Tewksbury Gibson’s death, Mr Gibson lived with his daughter-in-law Myrtle Gibson, then moved to live with a son near Albany following his son's death on October 15, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Gibson
Gibson
John H. Gibson
Morris Avenue
Elizabeth Tewksbury Gibson
Myrtle Gibson
Albany
Ohio University Sets Joint Debates With Four Ohio Colleges
Debating schedule announced by Ohio University officials includes four Ohio colleges with two new opponents. Pairings feature March 9 meetings on immigration law while at home Ohio defends, Cincinnati and Miami travel to campuses to argue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ohio
Cooper
Miami University
University of Cincinnati
Andrew Smithberger
Saxon Hudson
Foster Crumley
Miami
Ewing Hall Auditorium
University of Cincinnati At Cincinnati
Robert Soule
Craig Bond
Ralph Beckett
Denison University
Marietta College
United States
Lewis Sands
Asa Haskins
I. B. Bauer
Rush Elliott
Ralph Morris
Marvin Fair
Denison
Marietta
Ohio Wesleyan University
Russia Eyes Credit for Debt Settlement
Moscow seeks substantial credits before negotiating repayment of Russia’s debts, said Foreign Minister George Tchitcherin in a Lausanne dispatch. The quote appeared in a Central News report from London dated February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Moscow
George Tchitcherin
Lausanne
Poison Booze Claims More Lives in Cleveland
Coroner P. A. Hammond states poison liquor caused the deaths of Captain William Moore, a veteran lake seaman, and Michael Ramon, an Austrian, in Cleveland today. Four others have died from the same cause since January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
P. A. Hammond
William Moore
Lake Seaman
Michael Ramon
Liberty bond prices on Feb six report opening values
New York reports opening Liberty bond quotes with first 41 4% at 98.84 second 4% at 98.80 third 4% at 99.00 fourth 4% at 98.90 victory 4% at 100.22 new 4% at 99.98 and early 1943 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liberty Bonds
Prince There Was to Open Ohio University Play
Ohio University public speaking department prepares for a one night only performance of A Prince There Was in Athens on February 12. Prof W E Cooper notes a strong cast with Broadway-credentialed appeal and high royalties limiting repeated staging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Department of Public Speaking
W. E. Cooper
Athens
Cooper
Indictments For Extortion Fraud Against Steubenville Trustees
The Steubenville township trustees P. W. Bougher and Michael Stillwell face multiple indictments for extortion fraud and property misuses. Bougher is charged with extortion fraud and assault and battery after alleged threats. Stillwell faces two counts. Road supervisor William A. Clifton also indicted for extortion following extensive state and county probe. The six month examination involved hundreds of witnesses and followed orders from State Auditor Tracey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
P. W. Bougher
Michael Stillwell
Steubenville Township
Bougher
Stillwell
Tracey
E. Stanton Pearce
William A. Clifton
Wanted Man Fouad Clifford Held in Columbus Pending Return
Ray Clifford, sought in Athens county on two charges, awaits transfer to Athens from Columbus city jail. Columbus police notified Magistrate Helfwig Tuesday of Clifford being the father of Annie Skivers illegitimate child and accused of abandoning his wife Maggie Clifford of Canaanville. He was arrested in Columbus on a prior charge by Maggie Smith, whom he later married. Constable Durfee of Canaan Township will pursue to bring him back for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Clifford
Athens County
Athens
Columbus City
Hhelwig
Columbus
Clifford
Annie Skivers
Nelsonville
Maggie Clifford
Canaanville
Maggie Smith
Canaonville
Durfee
Canaan Township
Busy Country Life Reflects On Seasonal Work And Local News
Between the New Year and spring chores a country wife repurposes worn fabrics into quilts, pants, and floor coverings while tending house, garden, and chickens. The note mentions flu, community visits, rural doings, and several local families, with updates on illness and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader
Flu
Howard Harris
Raymond Dill
Herschel Carpenter
Foreign exchange rates and cable transfers reported
Foreign Finance New York lists demand sterling at 467 percent, franc cables at 638614, checks 636. Live cables 485, checks 48434. Belgian cable 563 percent, checks 568. Marks at 0.0027. Guilder cables 89538, checks 3950. Sweden kroon cables 2664, checks 2660.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Finance
New York
Guilder
Sweden
Kroonen
Wrestling and Volleyball Event At Ohio University
Ohio University hosts an intramural wrestling finals at the Ohio Gym on Wednesday evening starting at 7 30. Five wrestling bouts in 125 135 145 and 158 pound classes will precede the Sigma Pi fraternity team versus Athens business men volleyball match with Thor Olson refereeing. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ohio Gym
Sigma Pi
Athens
Thor Olson
Critique of Grade Curriculum and Teacher Strain
A reader laments overload in seventh and eighth grade, noting students face nine recitations, heavy words in hygiene and civics, and incomplete prior work. The piece blames school heads for overburdening pupils, cites widespread reading difficulties, and recounts frustration with cheating as a byproduct of systemic faults.
State supreme court upholds eight cent coal rate order
The Ohio Supreme Court sustained a state utilities commission ruling that a joint rate not to exceed eight cents per ton be applied to coal shipments from Hocking Sunday Creek Traction to Hocking Valley railroad at Nelsonville. The Hocking Valley Railway Company appealed the decree and lost. The Ewing Coal Company and other coal firms are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
State Utilities Commission
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company
Hocking Valley Railroad
Nelsonville
State Supreme Court
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Ewing Coal Company
Railroad interlocking crossing approved without derailers
The state utilities commission approved a plan by the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads to install an interlocking crossing at Canton without derailers. Opponents argued derailers reduce accidents. supporters say the new crossing increases safety without them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Canton
Knickerbockers Rise in Men’s Fashion Trends
The piece notes growing popularity of knickerbockers for men amid evolving style norms. It dismisses any major role for pantatariums in the broader fashion progress.
Athens man fined for drunkenness after plea
Francis Gleason of Athens was arrested Saturday night by Officer Maples on a drunkenness charge. He pled guilty before Mayor Gill on Monday and was fined five dollars plus costs, which he paid in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Gleason
Athens
Maples
Costa
Gill
Gleason
Market Push Boosts Rubie Value as Fuel Asset
The remark frames a shift to treating rubies as a marketable fuel-like asset. It notes psychological momentum and strategic value in listing rubies for sale to drive price expectations and investor interest.
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Pillsbury’s Health Bran
Pillsbury’s
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis
Earl Marquis
Logan
H. T. Lee
North
A. H. Boggs
Gcharleston
W. Va
Woman’s Relief Corps
The
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Cornwell
Spirit of
Valentines Walker
Carp Brand Asphalt Regfins
Carpo Rubber
Athen
Hailage
Cohan
I~ Co. B. Shaper & Company Distributors
Fouad
Hawnea
Lillian Rardin
Win Plummer
Mt. Hermon
Rev. Williamson
New Lexington
Rev. Plummer
Carlos Tovell
Baby
Asa Dille
Zoe Dill
Bartlett
Glover
Selby Heights Farm
Joe Beard
George Hanson
Lyle Harris
Nancy Armstrong
Devereux
Shakespeare
Shaw
Cline’s
Traction Company
Mies
Franklin
the Messenger Printery Co
Lawhead
Canton Crepe
D. H. Moore
H. L. Benton
Athens Real Estate
L. D. Poston
H. M. Weber
the Bond & Mortgage Investment Co
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
DPD
HW. Moore
the Bond & Mortgage Investment Company
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