Pickett-Steenrod Nuptials Held in Parkersburg
Miss Helen Emma Pickett youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Pickett of 16 Mill street married Hilbern Lewis Steenrod in Parkersburg West Virginia. The ceremony at Hotel Chancellor was conducted by Rev P C Wilson with Miss Lucile Henry as maid of honor and Fred Pickett as best man. The couple plan a lake trip before settling in Athens.
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P. C. Wilson
The
Presbyterian Church
Lucile Henry
Fred Pickett
Miss Henry
Mr. Pickett
Steenrod
Athens
Ohio
Pythian Sisters Set Regular Meeting Friday Evening
The Pythian Sisters will meet in regular session Friday evening at 7 30 oclock. Members are to assemble for the planned agenda and discussion.
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Pythian Sisters
Lieutenant Ulmer Heads to Cleveland on Business
Lieutenant Fred Ulmer recently returned from France and ended a brief visit here. He departed today for Cleveland on business.
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Fred Ulmer
France
Cleveland
Martzolff Classes Meet at First M E Church
The Martzolff Classes will meet Friday evening at 7 30 oclock in the parlors of the First M E church for a regular social session.
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Martzolff
M. E
Mrs Ralph P Jennings Leaves For Decatur Ala Visit
Mrs Ralph P Jennings departed at midday for her home in Decatur Alabama to spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends and enjoying a southern respite.
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Ralph P. Jennings
Decatur
Ala
Local residents embark on travel and family news
Mr and Mrs G M Goodman and family head to Mt Carmel hospital Columbus for Ralph Jr surgery. Dr and Mrs H S Siggley plan a Canada trip to visit Ontario relatives. Mrs John F Anderson learns of husband’s safe arrival in New York after ten months with the A E F in France. David Higley returns from overseas medical corps to Newport News. Mr L Morrison visits Akron. Mrs Morrison stays. Mrs P B Lawrence and Grace go to La Grange Illinois to visit Bain family. Effie and Rachel Silvas travel to Sault Ste Marie Canada to visit Waters family. return for fall term. Ormand Slaughter comes home from Camp Shermanfi discharged. wife joins him after overseas service.
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John F. Anderson
Neta Dilts
New York
France
Effie
Rachel Silvas
Sault Ste Marie
Canada
B. J. Waters
Catherine Silvas
Weather and crop report for Ohio week ending July 8
The week brought fine weather for harvest and haying but dryness hindered crop growth. Wheat harvest advanced to near completion in central Ohio and about half in the north. Southern counties began threshing with good to excellent yields but quality varied. Corn is well cultivated but needs rain everywhere. oats matured quickly in the north and ripened south. Tobacco progress slowed by heat and moisture shortage. Gardens pastures and some fruits deteriorated due to hot, dry conditions.
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Ohio
Picnic crowd on Down Court Street disrupts evening strolls
A mixed group of Morgan and Muskingum County students, carrying eukeles, marched and sang in the street last evening. Bystanders looked on puzzled as the returning picnic party made its way along the thoroughfare.
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Court Street
Eukeles
Morgan
Muskingum County
Mechanic George Riley Called After Brother Injured in Detroit
Wheaton and Crooks mechanic George Riley was summoned to Detroit yesterday when told his brother was seriously hurt in a machine shop. No further details were available on the accident.
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George Riley
Wheaton and Crooks
Detroit
Riley
Fools in the City Inspire Odd Road Etiquette
A sharp city resident divides the road by character as auto riders approach. He gives half the road to gentlemen in cars, all the road to fools, and retreats to the woods when he encounters a darn fool.
Elopement Question Surfaces in Subscriber Exchange
A reader asks if anyone has married or eloped more than once, noting surprise that such cases are rarely discussed. The message implies curiosity about multiple elopements and seeks anecdotes or confirmation.
Navy Link Brings Short Leave for Boston Sailor
Charles Schaeffler receives message from George W. Stuart recently commissioned in the Navy and on leave in Boston. Stuart, a Nelsonville native and former Ohio student, served on a minesweeper off New England shores and was moved last week to the destroyer Bancroft. Bancroft aided the distressed English airship B-34 but the craft managed to reach port under its own power.
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Charles Schaeffler
George W. Stuart
Navy
Boston
Stuart
Nelsonville
Ohio
New England
Bancroft
Troopers From Three States Stop at Union Depot en Route to Camps
Troopers from Ohio Kentucky and Texas traveling by two trains stopped at Union Depot on the way to Camp Sherman Camp Taylor and Texas camps. A 8:30 A M train carried Texas troopers and a 3:30 P M thirteen coach train carried troops bound for Camp Sherman and Camp Taylor. Today three trains were reported with the first at 3:30 P M and fourteen coaches, while times for the remaining two were pending as they neared Athens.
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Union Depot
Ohio
Kentucky
Texas
Camp Sherman
Camp Taylor
Athens
Hmm, a Color Blind Man and His Cash
A facetious speaker notes he has met no one as color blind as a man who cannot distinguish a roll of greenbacks. The remark plays on perception and money, mimicking travel banter and comic wit.
Crooked Brokers Reap Oil Profits in Public Swindle
A New York Sun report exposes a "confidential" letter from a Western oil stock promoter offering brokers 33 1 3 percent to push a worthless security. The letter outlines arbitrary price raises to lure investors, while brokers warn customers away. The piece cites New York Stock Exchange officials calling for publicity as the best remedy. A separate note from Los Angeles recalls a Mrs. Jessie M. Lewis displaying a Lincoln Republican ballot from Ontario, tied to her father J. W. Hiatt’s township candidacy.
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New York
Buccaneer Oil Promotion Company
New York Stock Exchange
New York Sun
Western Faking Corporation
Sun
Tian
Ck Exchange
Satuc
Los Angeles
Cal
Jessie M. Lewis
West Main Street
Ontario
Abraham Lincoln
Lewis
J. W. Hiatt
Identity Thought Reflected in Whitman Connection
A meditative line contemplates identity as an independent consciousness, a calm star like thought, shared between the speaker and Walt Whitman, asserting a personal yet universal sense of self across minds.
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Walt Whitman
United States to join peace treaties with Turkey and Bulgaria
Washington reports the United States will be a party to peace treaties with Turkey and Bulgaria though not at war, due to the League covenant. Germany's ratification could lift trade blockades, with American mission members advising negotiations and military activity possibly continuing for war material surrender. A guard will remain to prevent world nervousness.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Wilson
Liberty to be what God made him, Beecher quote
A Beecher quotation on the real democratic idea: liberty without hindrance for each person to be what God made him. The note frames liberty as essential to American democracy rather than leveling all individuals.
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Beecher
Absent minded remark from Cousin Bill
A quip humorously defines absent minded behavior as a man checking his watch after assuming he left it at home. The remark illustrates a lighthearted view of forgetfulness through a storytelling voice.
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Bill
Bids Sought for Court House Woodwork Repaint
Athens County Commissioners invite bids until 12 o clock July 21 for repainting woodwork of the Court House. Bids may be by job or by day with all materials furnished. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Public notice dated July 10, 1931.
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Commissioners’ Office
Court House
Athens County Commissioners
Steel production shows rise from May to July
Unfilled tonnage of United States Steel Corporation on July 30 totaled 4,892,855 tons, up from 4,292,310 on May 31, an increase of 610,545 tons.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
B-34 Reports Speedy Westbound Run East of Mineola
Wireless messages to the navy at 10 12 A M reported the B 34 about 525 miles east of Mineola making a speed of fifty six miles an hour.
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Washington
Navy
Mineola
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