Voigt speaks to Wittenberg students at vesper service
Miss Irma E. Voigt dean of Omen Ohio university spoke to the student body of Wittenberg during a vesper service in Ringfield Sunday. The Athens Needle Club gathering featured readings by Mrs. S. N. Hobson Miss Helen Walker and Miss Mary Kahler. An anniversary event for the Pallas club was planned for Monday February 16 at Mrs. Mary G. Ness home with guest Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker to speak at 7 39 pm at the Presbyterian church.
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Irma E. Voigt
Omen
Ohio University
Ringfield
Wittenberg Loge
S. N. Hobson
Helen Walker
Chautauqua Woman's Club
Chautauqua
N. Y
General Federation
Pallas Club
Pennybacker
Presbyterian Church
Social Visits Mentioned in Plains and Columbus
Mrs. Mae Riley spent Sunday at The Plains with Miss Ida Campbell. Mrs. C. M. Shepard of Columbus is visiting her mother, Mrs. C. H. Grosvenor in University Terrace.
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Mrs. Mae Riley
the Plains
Ida Campbell
C. M. Shepard of
Columbus
C. H. Grosvenor
University Terrace
Presbyterian women meet Tuesday at church parlors
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will gather at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon in the church parlors with Mrs John Cooley presiding as leader.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
John Cooley
Maecenas Literary Club Meets Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. P. E. Shirley hosting at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from 48 South Cemetery Street.
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P. E. Shirley
South Cemetery Street
Maecenas Literary Club
Roach Attends Aunt's Funeral in Ashtabula
Mr. Harry M. Roach travels to Ashtabula for the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Harriet Childs Topky. He will also call on Cleveland with his Aunt Louise Roach during the absence.
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Harry M. Roach
Ashtabula
Harriet Childs Topky
Cleveland
W.auchtor
Louise Roach
Local couple visits for Denison basketball game
Dr and Mrs Leo Bean of Gallipolis returned home Sunday after spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs Roger J Jones at 45 Elmwood Place. They came to Denison Ohio to see the basketball game Saturday night.
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Leo Bean
Julia Baker
Gallipolis
Roger J. Jones
Elmwood Place
Denison Ohio
Pallas Club Holds Anniversary Meeting
The Pallas club held its anniversary gathering Saturday afternoon with hostess Mrs. James P. Porter of 165 North Congress Street. The program featured an unusually engaging lineup and guest participation.
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Pallas Club
James P. Porter
North Congress Street
Two Yeggs Nabbed in Huntington Safecracking
In Huntington West Virginia on February 9 two men were halted by police during safecracking. Barless James was wounded in a gunbattle as they seized $6000 from a department store safe. James Brown, from St. Louis, was also caught applying explosives to a safe in another store.
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Huntington
W. Va
Barless James
James Brown
St. Louis
Condemned Man Chooses Religious Last Meal
Bert He nwarden awaiting execution at Ohio Penitentiary asks Warden Thomas for his last meal Sunday night. He desires the Lamb of God the Bread of Heaven and the Water of Life and welcomes any special dishes from Mrs. Thomas. He is to be electrocuted at 1 AM Monday for killing his wife in Urbana. He recently converted.
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Bert
Nwarden
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Highwarden
Urbana
British Adopt American Winter Cruising Habit
Britons increasingly take three week to month sea cruises following American example. Major shipping firms assign large steamers for cruises, drawn by lower costs and better weather in the Mediterranean and in Scandinavia than England this year.
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London
Mediterranean
Scandinavia
England
Decent for the Sick Drive Seeks Hospital Funds
The Ex- CPgene club launches next week a campaign to raise funds to finance Defiance hospital with a slogan Make the old town a decent place in which to be sick aimed at loyalty fund support.
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Defiance
Old Town
Dr and Mrs Milo Wilson Return After Visit
Dr and Mrs Milo Wilson of Gallipolis return home Sunday after visiting the family of Mrs Carl E Norris and her sister Mrs Alice Lyden.
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Milo Wilson
Gallipolis
Carl E. Norris
Alice Lyden
Porter Family Weekend Visit Ties Clarksburg to City
Mr. Harvey Porter of Clarksburg West Virginia spent the weekend with his family in this city, enjoying a short visit and family time before returning home.
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Harvey Porter
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mrs Norris Leaves for Detroit After Niece's Illness
Mrs Carl E Norris travels to Detroit Michigan due to the illness of her niece Mrs Nelson Reed.
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Carl E. Norris
Detroit, Mich
Nelson Reed
Miss Crystal Simms Visits with Mrs Ella Simms in Marietta
Miss Crystal Simms a Marietta schools teacher traveled over the weekend with her mother Mrs Ella Simms. They are listed at 195 North Congress Street.
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Crystal Simms
Marietta
Ella Simms
North
Congress Street
Rotary Annual Dinner Plans At Varsity Inn
The Rotary club holds its annual dinner tonight at the Varsity Inn. The event was moved from Tuesday to tonight and will feature the men entertaining their wives.
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Best N
Rotary Club
Varsity Inn
Bates man and niece return from Barberton and Akron
Mr D M Kenney of Bates and his niece Miss Forrest Leighty of Richland Avenue returned Sunday evening from visiting relatives and friends in Barberton and Akron.
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D. M. Kenney
Bates
Forrest Leighty
Richland Avenue
Barberton
Akron
Two Judges Start On Second Terms In Athens County
Newly elected incumbents in Athens County assume second terms today. Judge L G Worstell begins a second six year term as Common Pleas judge after a first election six years ago. Judge S M Johnson starts a four year term as Probate judge and Juvenile court head, with deputies S M Johnson and Miss Clara Mrs Da.
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Mon Pleas
L. G. Worstell
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
S. M. Johnson
S. M.johnson
Clara
Hamley Run Man Arraigned Here
William Hunt of Hamley Run is in the tails of the law on a non support affidavit filed by Prosecutor R. W. Finsterwald at the instance of neighbors. Hunt pleaded not guilty and was committed to jail under bond of $500. Trial is set for February 16.
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William Hunt
Hamley Run
R. W. Finsterwald
Hunt
How to Tell a Woman's Age by Her Hands
A beauty expert claims hands reveal age more than the face and urges daily care. She praises Ice mint, a Japanese product, for brightening hands and skin with a brief nightly rub, noting its low cost and drugstore availability.
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Igood
Remarkable animal life found far above sea level in Tibet
Major R W C Hingston, the Mount Everest expedition naturalist, reports to the Royal Geographic Society on life at 29 000 feet on the Tibetan plateau. He notes tiny spiders surviving at 27 000 feet, prey to live, with life existing well above the last vegetation and beyond the Himalayan snow line.
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London
Tibetan Plateau
R. W. C. Hingston
Royal Geographical Society
Major Hingston
Hingston
Grasshoppers and Wildlife Reported at Extreme Everest Heights
Hingston described finding grasshoppers at 18 000 feet near vegetation limits and a range of wildlife at higher altitudes. He noted lammergeyer soaring at 20 000 feet, bees and butterflies at 21 000 feet, spiders at 22 000 feet, and choughs at 27 000 feet.
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Hingston
Lammergeyer
Everest
Revised Ates Schedule to Replace Service Charge in Ohio Usages
Utility firm outlines new rate schedule effective February 7 1925 for sixty seven communities. Rates start at 95c for up to 590 cfb month with stepped charges to 63c per 1000 cfb over 15 000 cfb plus 3c discount for early payment. Company argues form aligns with other cities and aims to conserve gas while avoiding further litigation.
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Ohio
English Justices War On Bigamy
England's justices campaign against bigamy targets men marrying alien women to gain British subjects. Justice Avery calls a nefarious system and vows deterrent sentences. Some offenders are unemployed men paid to wed, while organizers evade punishment.
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London
England
Avery
Loss of Life Ties to Election in Belgrade
In Belgrade on February 9 a first Juso Slavic election caused six deaths and many injuries. The government party returned to power with 162 seats, including 141 radicals and 2 Democrats and Independents. Opposition won 152 seats.
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Belgrade
Oldest Bush in World Draws Tourists to Perry County
In Bellefonte Maryland motorists divert from the main road to view the box huckleberry bush near New Bloomfield, touted as the oldest plant globally. Dr. Edgar T. Wherry of the Agriculture Department suggested the giant bush could be about 12,000 years old, growing about six inches yearly.
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Bellefonte
New Bloomfield
Perry County
Cavallen
Edgar T. Wherry
Federal Department of Agriculture
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Washington
L D. C
Wherry
Quote on humor about fashion and gender bias
A satirical line notes that mockery of a woman hater in a tight outfit is less amusing than ridiculing a man hater in a flimsy dress. It plays on gendered dress codes and social punchlines.
Prohibition Era Claims Old East Greenwich Inn
The Hotel Updike in East Greenwich, one of New England’s oldest roadside lodgings, passed out of business as Prohibition losses mounted. Open for 138 years, it hosted figures such as President Lincoln’s era guests who traveled the Boston Post road by stagecoach.
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Providence
R. L
Updike
East Greenwich
New England
Lincoln
Boston Post Road
Screw Removed From Man’s Lung In 1920s Pittsburg Case
In Pittsburg a one inch brass screw swallowed twenty eight years earlier was removed from Frank Crawford’s right lung by Dr J Homer McCready. A mouth inserted tube with a light bulb aided locating the screw and a forceps retrieval followed. Patient described as in good condition.
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Pittsburg
Frank Crawford
J. Homer McCready
Canada spends million weekly on veterans care
Canada spends about 1,000,000 weekly to cap and rehabilitate ex soldiers, per N F Parkinson Deputy Minister of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment. Over five years the Dominion has spent more than 600,000,000 on this program with 163,000,000 in bonuses paid post demobilization. Hospital care, rehabilitation, artificial limbs, education and unemployment relief add about 110,000,000 more.
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Canada
Ottawa
Siena
Belmont county tax save due to community spirit effort
County Auditor Finley attributes the absence of line fence taxes in Belmont county to the development of community spirit and the reduction of factional disputes. Credit is given to the Farm Bureau and the Grange for this outcome.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Finley
Farm Bureau
Grange
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O. E. McClure
O'Clock
J. S. Riddle
Athens
John H. Moler
West Carpenter Street
Court of Com
Explorer
Grippe
Cascara
Quinine
Boz
Dorothy
Shellman
Lash
Trey
Summer’s Store
Safe
Buckeye
Buckeye Building
F. J. Beasley Milling and Grocery Co
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