Local Society Recap From Athens Weekend Visits
Athens residents hosted and visited over the weekend with many trips to Columbus and Nelsonville. Notable names include Kathleen Merritt Kathleen Brown Akron Mrs Reed Ailshire J. H. Riggs funeral attendees and Rev Octavius Singleton visiting Athens for the National Home Finding Society.
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Mise Constance Leete
Nelsonville
Kathleen Merritt
Mise Kathleen Brown
Akron
Reed Ailshire
Riverside Drive
Surprise Welcome For Elder Family At Green Township Home
The Elder home in Green township, known as the Woodruff home built by the late Wm Woodruff in Southern Ohio, received a warm welcome from the good wives and daughters of the neighborhood bringing flowers and well wishes for contractor John R. Elder of the Hocking Valley Railroad.
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W&s
John R. Elder
Hocking Valley Railroad
Green Township
Ohio
Hider
Local Social Gathering Spreads A Noon Meal In Logan
At noon, tables groaned with a bountiful display of foods shared by attendees who recently moved from Athens County. The afternoon featured social conversation and a good time had by all as they left, according to the Logan Republic report.
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Ing County
Athens County
Logan Republic
Dr Chrisman to Speak at Sunny Side P T A Meeting
The Sunny Side Parent-Teacher Association will meet Wednesday February 25 at three o'clock in the Sunnyside building. Dr Oscar Chrisman head of the Psychology Department Ohio University will discuss Some Characteristics of Children. A chorus will sing and the Athens Council of Women Welfare Workers constitution will be presented for adoption.
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Chrisman
Sunny Side
Parent-Teacher Association
Sunnyside
Oscar Chrisman
Ohio University
Athens Council of Women Welfare Workers
Thorough Chewing Boosts Digestion and Quick Relief
It asserts strength comes from digestion not quantity and that thorough mastication halves food needs. If indigestion troubles you, chew well and take Chamberlain's Tablets after supper to improve within a day or two.
Two more men join Capt Flaherty's recruiting squad
Captain Flaherty adds Theodore Brown of Glouster and Alfred Davison of Logan to his infantry enlistment list for Panama service. Enlistments in engineers and field artillery are limited to one year with special assignments in the United States. Chemical warfare service is closed. The squad will likely stay in Athens until early next week.
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Flaherty
Infantry
Panama
Theodore Brown
Glouster
Alfred Davison
Logan
Engineers and Field Artillery
United States
Chemical Warfare Service
Athens
Deaths and funeral of Civil War veteran Benjamin A. Ellis
Benjamin A. Ellis died Sunday at 3 30 PM at his daughter Mrs George A Fleming 1 Van Vorhes Street Amesville aged 73 He moved from Amesville in 1919 with his daughter Funeral services will be held at the Amesville Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 1 30 PM with interment in Amesville Cemetery He is survived by two sons Fred Ellis Athens Frank Ellis Amesville and one daughter Mrs Menning Athens Mrs Ellis predeceased him Four months earlier He served in Co A 129 O V I 161st O N G and 184th Co G He was a retired farmer The notice adds an advertisement for Cadomene Tablets as a tonic for digestion and strength.
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Benjamin A. Ellis
Amesville
George A. Fleming
van Vorhes Street
Mr. Ellis
Mrs. Fleming
Amesville, Presbyterian Church
Fred Ellis
Athens
Frank Ellis
Menning
Ellis
Co. A. 129 O. V I
161St Regiment
184Th
General Sir Chas Townshend Celebrates 59th Birthday
General Sir Charles Townshend, famed defender of Kut in Mesopotamia, marks his fifty ninth birthday. His stout stand impressed Turkish captors who treated him with respect and later urged him to mediate peace as their envoy to the British commander in the Mediterranean.
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London
Chas Townshend
Kut
Mesopotamia
Townshend
Mediterranean
Ohio River Stage Update
Water levels on the Ohio River show Point Bridge at 6 feet and rising, Herr's Island at 6.8 feet and falling, Davis Island at 7.8 feet and rising, Beaver Dam at 2.2 feet and retreating, Parkersburg at 1.7 feet and falling, and Point Pleasant at 15.9 feet and rising.
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Point Bridge
Herr’s Island
Davis Island
Risin Beaver Dam
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Hoover Pushes Ratification of Treaty and League Policy
Hoover argues for ratification with reservations, urging equality between isolation and international justice. He warns continued treaty conflict delays peace, economic recovery, and armament reduction while urging reforms in government finance and a budget system.
League opinions on European dif ferences and aid to Poland
A speaker urges cautious league involvement in European issues and humanitarian aid. He stresses sympathetic ties with European democracies and argues public food credits are justified to Poland Finland Czecho Slovakia and Austria amid ongoing starvation and recovery. He contends failing to help dishonors fallen sons on the continent.
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League
Europe
Baltic
Mediterranean
Poland
Finland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Hoover urges Senate to ratify treaty with mild reservations
Herbert Hoover spoke at Johns Hopkins University warning against police court minds and urged Senate factions to ratify the peace treaty on the basis of mild reservationist proposals. He argued practical ratification depends on the mild reservationists and pressed for higher teachers salaries.
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Baltimore
United Press
Herbert Hoover
Johns Hopkins University
Senate
Wus
Hoover
League
Patent for artificial wool from wool scraps in Germany
A German patent covers a process to convert unusable wool scraps into an artificial wool that resembles paper yarn. The invention enables value from waste fibers by a chemical or mechanical treatment to create a usable textile substitute.
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Germany
Princess Elizabeth to Wed Duke of Sparta
The betrothal of Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, to the Duke of Sparta, former claimant to the Greek throne, was announced recently. The princess is twenty years old and well known in Europe for her looks.
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Elizabeth
Ferdinand
Marie
Romania
Sparta
Harding predicts break in solid South at Ohio rally
Warren G. Harding, Ohio Republican hopeful, urged a political break from two centuries of Democratic dominance in the South, calling for renewed American nationalism, a strong navy and army, and voluntary military training. He assailed Wilson’s wartime policies and urged Mexico cleanup while warning against labor disruption.
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Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Solid South
Harding
W Hays
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Louisiana
Ing
Texas
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Wilson
Harvard students support themselves through varied work
A Harvard inquiry finds self supporting undergraduates can balance study sports and social life. Some earned six thousand dollars or more in four years, with one man at eight thousand while active in clubs and varsity crew and another at eight thousand as class officer and Phi Beta Kappa marshal.
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Boston
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa
Titor
Flint election fraud trial testimony in Newberry case
Grand Rapids report on February 23 describes Jeses H. Prescott detailing at the Newb election fraud trial a conversation with Richard Etcher at Fred Previous home regarding primary election tactics. Prescott says McKeighan opposed Newberry and faced jail if he did not back Newberry. Fred Henry allegedly warned of a “nice pete” if aligned with Newberry.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Flint
Michigan
Newb
Jeses H. Prescott
Richard Etcher
Labor x Nations
Fred Revious
Fietcher
Henry
H. McKelphen
Newberry
Prescott
McKeighan
Fistchee
Teammnay
McK
Prescott . Oe
Fred Henry
Pete
Seaee
Pastor Turns Church into Stage With Sunday Movie Show
At SANDSVILLE Ohio Rev. K O Wall replaces Rev Frank W Gorman as pastor and installs church movies. The first Sunday feature is The Third Floor Back on Feb 24. Family nights Sundays and children’s screenings on Saturdays accompany a worship service after the film. No sensational westerns or problem plays.
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Sandsville
Frank W. Gorman
First Congregational Church
Wall
Inventor mounts wheel on cane to aid blind navigation
An inventor attaches a wheel to the end of a cane to help blind people navigate streets without tapping the pavement. This design aims to provide smoother guidance and reduce noise while moving along sidewalks.
Four Women Die In Fire In Lynn
A blaze in Lynn claimed the lives of four women. The deceased are Mrs. Clara Walker aged 60, Mrs. Marthe Proctor 92, Miss Ellen A Gowdy 70, and Miss Martin K Wade. Reports indicate the total age sum and names of the victims.
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Lynn
B. Sen
Clara Walker
Misa Irtin
K. Wade
Marthe Proctor
Ellen A. Gowdy
Mind Reader Foiled by Theft Claim at Chicago Stage
Vaudeville mind reader Vices Gétees claimed he could read minds to locate lost items but a spectator alleged he was swindled when his watch and diamond ring disappeared amid the show. He insisted no suspect was identified.
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Chicago
Otter Gay
Enormous Loss on the Nitro Sale
Washington reports the Nitro plant at Nitro West Virginia once valued at 70 million dollars is being disposed of by the government at a substantial loss. Chairman Graham of the war investigating committee says the facility is being sold for cash value of about eight thousand dollars as part of a drastic sale.
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Washington
Nitro
W. Va
Jinunaans
Graham
Eee Heatare
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Byron Danford
M. Johnson
Columbus
Repub
Rupel Jones
Pennsporo, W. Va
Atty
E. J. Jones
W. ©. Moler
East State Street
Athens Wee Club
G. B. Kissinger
John Fagan
North Congress Street
Childs Conservation League
GC. B. Carpenter
The
Knoxner and Rubber Company of
Mt. Vernon
W. A. Moorhead
West State Street
Pythian Sisters
Myrtle Mardis
Athens Public Schools
Fred Kelley
Rosalind
Youngstown
Frank Dean
50Est State Street
Ernest Grose
Mrs
Grace McKee
Albany High School
Hazel Cline
Albany
W. H. McKee
Carl Wilson
Pauline
Newport
Ateville
Ery Bean
J. H. Riggs
Belpre
L. Posey
Harry O’bleness
Margaret Morrie
Edna Morgan
Ines B. Alexander
J. P. Wood
Charles O'Bleness
T. B. McAdoo
H. G. Files
Gardt Vern Vickers
Washington, D. H
Octavius Singleton
Louisville
National Home Finding Society
Singleton
C. Augusta Morse
Miss Morse
Southern Christian Institute
Edwards
Christian Arch
Colored Baptist Church
Eider Family
Judie
Dalton
Red Men’s Hall
Masonic Temple
Altho
Don McVay
Virginia Reed
Terra Alta
Kathleen Brown
Major Barrett
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ray Sherman
Middleport
Rupel. Jones
Pennsboro
B. A. Ellis
Ohio River
Duke OF
Princess Elizabeth
Zaneaville
Ball Wizard
Georgia Tech
Ech
John W. Heleman
Mme
Lydia Lipkowska
Reds
Russia
Lipkowska
Petrograd
Ieee
New York
Sele
CIA
Canaan
R. A. Dalt
Cotton’s
Ian
H. Coppa
Huighinson & Stickney
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