Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Travel Plans
Miss Ruth Davis travels to Lancaster to stay with Miss Bertha Higgins for a week. Mrs. L. N. Huff and daughter An nette go to Chillicothe to visit relatives over the Fourth. Mr. C. Webber Louks of The Citizen Columbus visits his uncle Charles Webber. Miss Hazel Webber heads to Columbus to visit aunt Mrs. L. K. Louks. Ladies Aid of the Christian church meets Thursday at 2. Mrs. Ida B. Devore returns from Pome roy visit with W. A. Maxwell family. Ned J. Wolfe and children depart for Buckeye Lake and Shell Beach cottage. Mrs. W. H. Scott of Kimberly visits Athens en route to Union W. Va. to visit Verne Scott. Mr. and Mrs. James Musser and son Kenneth leave for Canton to visit relatives W. F. Burke family. Mabel Musser and grandmother L. P. Spires join from Westerville. Mabel stays in Canton while others return next week. Vernie Burch is homebound with sciatica rheumatism. Burch, ex 37th Division, suffered rheumatic condition and had tonsil operation in Dayton.
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W. H. Scott
Kimberly
Athens
Union
W. Va
Verne Scott
James Musser
Kenneth
Canton
W. F. Burke
Mabel Musser
Vernie Burch
Asa Sutton
South
McKinley Avenue
Burch
Sherman
Dayton
Shower for Bride Mrs Cameron Crossen Receives Gifts
A miscellaneous shower honoring Mrs Cameron Crossen Rosalie Beckley was hosted by twenty five friends at 178 North Congress Street. Guests enjoyed a social evening and a light collation. The bride received an umbrella as a gift.
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Cameron Crossen
Rosalie Beckley
North Congress Street
Blazier Family Keeps Fourth Birthday Celebration
Mr. and Mrs. James Blazier of 11 Maple Street entertained on Friday June 27 for their son James Samuel Blazier’s fourth birthday. Attendees included families from Nelsonville and nearby relatives. after an hour of play refreshments were served on the lawn and all enjoyed the afternoon.
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James Blazier
Maple Street
James Samuel
Blazier
Will Devol
Nelson
Rex
Ralph
Leona
Pauline Dawson
Nelsonville
Bob Collins
Lucile Hunter
Leah
Violet
Jennie
Vera
Leon Newman
Mary Louise
Betty McQuade Doloris Watkins
Nella Stauffer
Henrietta Watkins
Hazel
Mary Blazier
Wilson to Discuss Possible Freight Rate Increase
Director General Hines plans to consult with President Wilson about another freight rate rise after the President returns. Officials say the public will likely learn of any increase by October 1, once fall traffic and rising operating costs are evaluated. Hines reports railroad administration requirements totaling 95 million dollars with 100 million available, tied to the railroad appropriation bill.
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Washington
Hines
Wilson
Howver
Thaw Extradition Papers Sent to New York
Extradition documents for Harry K. Thaw were received by Governor Sproul’s office in Harrisburg. The papers, signed by New York Governor Smith and District Attorney Swann, request Thaw be sent to New York on assault charges involving a Kansas youth. No action this week due to Sproul’s absence. Thaw held at a Philadelphia area sanitarium after being declared insane.
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Harrisburg
Harry K. Thaw
Pennsylvania
New York
Frederick Gump
Kansas
Sproul
Swann
New York City
Smith
Thaw
Philadelphia
Prospective Prosperity Foreseen From June Business Activity
Washington reports a promising year ahead with high output and strong earnings, but warns against over speculation and notes potential coal shortages for winter. Highlights cover agriculture steel labor building mining textiles fuel and related markets.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United Press Operators Win Wage Increase Pact
Announcement that contracts between the United Press manager and operators have been signed. The new wage scale provides an aggregate annual increase around $100,000 for the operators.
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New York
N. Y
United Press
Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 100 in Florence
Reported from Rome on July 1 indicates 100 dead and several hundred injured after Sunday’s quake. Florence dispatches confirm initial casualty figures as rescue efforts continue.
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Rome
Florence
Wedding Permits Published for Several Couples in Ohio Towns
James A. Riley 26 a miner and Rosa A. Brooks 19 of Athens listed with Rev B F Timmons. John W. Hayhurst 19 a farmer and Lillie B. Galbreath 21 of Coolville with Rev A Y Wilcox. Arch Mingus 35 a miner of Glouster and Alice Kennard 29 of Carbondale with Rev Lish. Earl Tewksberry 26 a farmer and Mary Cecil 25 of Albany with Rev E D Murch.
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James A. Riley
Rosa A. Brooks
Athens
B. F. Timmons
John W. Hayhurst
Lillie B. Galbreath
Coolville
A. Y. Wilcox
Arch Mingus
Glouster
Alice Kennard
Carbondale
Walter Padoske
Murray
Lillian Stevison
Orbiston
Lish
Earl Tewksberry
Farmer
Mary Cecil
Albany
E. D. Murch
Gerard Heard In Ford's Suit
Former American Ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard testified by deposition in the Ford Tribune libel suit at Mount Clemens Michigan. He quotes the Kaiser saying Germany would stand no nonsense from the United States regarding Mexican troubles and asserts Germany behind the Mexican unrest.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Germany
James W. Gerard
Ford-Tribune
New York
Gerard
the Tribune
Mexico
United States
Kansas Works to Save Wheat in Kansas
Kansas City July 2 A record Kansas wheat crop may be saved within ten days as three fourths of the crop in Eastern Kansas has been harvested freeing many workers for western fields A minimum wage boost to sixty cents an hour and board plus clear weather are seen as key assets as farmers strive to save Kansas 225000000 bushels of wheat
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Kansas City
Kansas
Fifty More Can Board McBee Special Train to Centenary
About fifty more passengers can ride the McBee special train to Centenary in Columbus on Saturday July 5. The party will return on a late night train. The pageant will be held Saturday instead of two days as planned. Round trip fare is $3.60.
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McBee T
McBee
Columbus
Special Certificate for Employers Rehiring Returning Soldiers
Col Arthur Woods announced a government program recognizing employers who pledge to rehire soldiers and sailors. Approved firms receive a signed certificate by Baker Daniels and Woods and may display a War and Navy Departments shield on their service flag. Applications via Col Woods in Washington.
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Washington
Arthur Woods
Baker
Woods
War and Navy Departments
Legion of Honor
The
War Denahment
Daniels
Navy Department
Colonel Woods
United States of America
Army
Navy
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of War
War Department
Washington, D. GC
Rutgers Drops Greek Rule at New Brunswick
New Brunswick New Jersey Rutgers College trustees abolish Greek requirement for the bachelor of arts degree. Only one year of Latin will be required, ending a long classical tradition. The college plans a 200000 memorial building for alumni who died in the war.
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New York
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
N. J
Rutger i
State College of
New Jersey
Rutgers
Elderly man recalls bank account amid horse theft arrest
James Bryant aged seventy five was arrested in Burlington Iowa for horse theft. While jailed he remembered a $1,000 deposit made twenty years ago at a Burlington bank. An officer verified the account with accrued interest. Bryant cites memory lapses and denies stealing the horse from a Muscatine stable.
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Burlington
James Bryant
Bryant
Muscatine
Englishman taps tidal power for perpetual water energy
An English inventor perfects a method using rising tide water to run turbine engines on ebb. He captures seawater during high tide and releases it to drive machinery as the tide falls, claiming a perpetual water power system.
National Education Association favors cabinet secretary nominee
Milwaukee July 2 Woodrow Wilson or William Howard Taft would be acceptable to the National Education Association for secretary of education if the post is created. Delegates urged the cabinet position while President Streyer said he would welcome either man but insisted the post remain apolitical.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Woodrow Wilson
W. H. Taft
National Education Association
Streyer
Miss Josephine Kelly Not Aiming For Greek Crown
Miss Josephine Marie Kelly, linked to the late Chicago politician T. C. Kelly, was clarified by her uncle William Hyland who said she has expressed affection for the Greek king as a companion but nothing serious. She has done Red Cross work abroad and lived in Detroit and Chicago.
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New York
N. Y
Josephine Marie Kelly
T. C. Kelly
Chicago
Greece
William Hyland
Financial Loss Only From Sault Ste. Marie Fires
Meager reports from the fire swept region around Sault Ste. Marie Michigan indicate the damage is financial rather than structural or personal. Communications are disrupted but early hints suggest the feared danger subsided as winds abated.
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Sault Sth. Marie
Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Pernes Named Chairman of U S Grain Corp
Julius Pernes becomes chairman of the United States Grain Corporation after Herbert Hoover resigns. The capital of the corporation is raised from 150 million to 600 million dollars to manage the 1919 wheat crop.
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Barnes Wheat Head
New York
N. Y
Julius Pernes
United States Grain Corporation
Herbert Hoover
Germany aims to ratify treaty as Ebert pledges action
Paris reports the German government says the national assembly will meet next week to ratify the peace treaty and President Ebert will enforce it immediately to lift the Allied blockade and return German war prisoners. Coblenz notes a Rhine province republic forming with Darmstadt headquarters to replace Prussian rule.
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Paris
National Assembly
Ebert
Coblenz
Rhine
Hesse
Upper Hesse
Hesse Nassau
Darmastadt
Herr Wilich
Reichstag
Hesse-Darmstadt
Duke of Hesse
Germany
Boy Dies in Apparent Pole Accident Near Buchannon
Milton Skidmore, 12, son of Ceine Skidmore, was fatally injured at his home two miles west of Buchannon when a pole attached to a small wheel he pushed on the road split the ground struck him and penetrated his abdomen.
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New Way Buchannon
W. Va
Milton Skidmore
Ceine Skidmore
Here
Tragic Death of 18 Year Old in Canton Hotel
Miss Lillian Maweiller of Massillon was found dead in a Courtland hotel pillow drenched in chloroform. The coroner noted she was near terms of motherhood, and had left home after a parental rebuke yesterday.
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Canton
Ohio
Lillian Maweiller
Courtland
Massillon
T. C. McQuare
Daily Market Prices for Feeds and Poultry
Prices paid by consumers to producers and retailers include No 1 timothy 37, No 2 timothy 36, No 1 clover 36, No 1 light mixed 36, standard 338, oats straw 10. Corn prices show higher losses with prime firsts 440 per dozen, firsts 424, ordinary firsts 39, seconds 36. Live poultry lists fowls over five pounds 80 per pound and under five pounds 50, broilers over 114 pounds 50, under 114 pounds 40, roosters 18.
Liberty bonds and commodity closing prices in New York and Toledo
Liberty bonds quoted for several series with values ranging near 99 to 100 in New York. Toledo prices list grain and forage seeds with corn oats barley rye and hay seed values plus calendar month bids for Alsike clover and Timothy.
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New York
Liberty
Toledo
Timothy New
Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Light Receipts Steady
Cattle receipts light and market steady with choices at 14 1/2 and 14.25, primes 13 1/2 to 14 1/4, common 12 to 13 1/4, veal calves 18 1/2 to 19. Hogs receipts 10 double decks, market steady with primes around 22 1/2 to 22 2/3, mediums 22 1/2 to 22 2/3, heavy yorkers 22 1/2 to 22 2/3, light yorkers 21 0 21 1/4, plus 20 1/2, roughs 17 to 19 1/2, stags 13 to 14 1/2. Sheep and lambs light receipts, market steady with prime wethers 9 1/2 to 10 1/4, good 8 1/2 to 9 1/4, good mixed 7 1/2 to 8 1/4, fair mixed 13 to 17 1/2.
Chicago Produce Market Butter Creamery Prices
Butter Creamery provides standards at 48c, firsts 46c and 474c, seconds at 44c and 45c in the Chicago produce market listing.
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Chicago
Livestock Receipts and Prices Reported
Hogs receipts 20000 with market up 25 cents and 85 cents higher. bulk sales $21.80 to $21.90. butchers $19.75 to $22.00. packing $20.65 to $21.35. light $19.75 to $22.00. pigs $18.25 to $19.75. roughs $19.75 to $20.50. Cattle receipts 7000 with market 25 cents higher. beeves $19.00 to $15.50. butcher $7.75 to $13.50. canners and cutters $6.00 to $10.00. stockers and feeders $7.50 to $12.75. cows $7.25 to $12.50. calves $17.25 to $18.25. Sheep receipts 18000 market up 166. wool lambs $8.75 to $17.65. ewes $3.00 to $9.00.
Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Steady to Strong
Cattle receipts 700, market steady, shippers 11.50 to 14.00, calves strong at 19.50. Hogs receipts 6500, market steady to strong, good choice packers and butchers 22.00. Sheep receipts 56200, market steady, slow and lower, fair to good 16.17.
Iowa Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment in Special Session
In Des Moines Iowa ratified the federal constitution's suffrage amendment during a special session The senate approved unanimously forty eight votes and the house voted ninety five to six Iowa becomes the tenth state to ratify the measure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
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