Local Society Notes Highlight Camp, Travel and Family News
A camping party chaperoned by Mrs Marie Lewis and Miss Elizabeth Woodworth camped near Coolville on the Hocking River with Mary Esther Hastings, Dorothy Woodworth and others. Several residents traveled and visited relatives including Miss Helen Bain of La Grange and Mr George Lowry visiting from the Canal Zone. Births, trips, and visitors fill the list as residents plan excursions and gatherings this summer.
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Marie Lewis
Elizabeth Woodworth
Doris Henry
Coolville
Hocking River
Mary Esther Hastings
Columbus
Dorothy Woodworth
Ruth Jones
Norris Beasley
Max Lewis
Rex Gorham
Mary Whipple
Helen Bain
la Grange
Ill
Miss Susan Putnam Attends Pre Nuptial Events
Miss Susan Putnam returned from Washington where she attended a series of pre nuptial activities for Miss Louise Weaver. The groom elect is Mr John Ac Cosham of Cleveland. Weaver is a close friend of Putnam and has visited the Putnam home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Putnam
Washington D. C
Louise Weaver
John A. Maccosham
Cleveland
Miss Weaver
Miss Putnam
Putnam Home
Missionary Society Hosts Patriotic Pageant Social
The Ladies of the Womans Home Missionary Society at Central Avenue M. E. church entertained husbands and friends with a patriotic program at the Jones home. A pageant titled Lady Washington and the Home Missionary Children was featured and well received along with member readings.
Court Street paving delayed by rail strike effects
Athens experiences paving delays on Court street as cement and gravel shipments are stalled by a rail strike. Contractor Ringwald says only material shortages hold up concrete work from State to Union streets. three cars of cement wait at Wellston awaiting engine movement. Railroad officials expect delivery to resume this week.
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Athens
Court Street
Court Streets
State
Washington Streets
Union Street
Ringwald
Wellston
Scandal in High Life A Dancer Sues Whitney Whitneys Son
Mrs Florence F E Fontain mother of dancer Evan Burrows Fontain announced from 181 Lefferts Avenue Kew Gardens L I that her daughter has filed suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. The action involves the wealthy Whitney family and a prominent social circle in New York.
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New York
Florence FE. Fontain
Evan Burrows Fontain
Lefferts Avenue
Kew Gardens
L. I
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Railroad Board Reopens Talks as Strike Paralysis Persists
Chicago July 21 The United States railroad labor board resumes conferences with parties to the shopmen walkout after renewed failure to settle the national railroad strike.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Akron Sensation: trio held after Johnston Street shooting
Police detain Chester Bridwell 30 his wife Martha and George Nefl 28 after a sensational midnight shooting near the Bridwell home on Johnston street in Akron Ohio.
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Akron
Chester Bridwell
Martha
George Nef
Bridwell
Johnston Street
Rail bosses resist seniority concession after secret talks
Executives of five major eastern railroads and members of the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission ended a secret conference in Washington without yielding on seniority rights for striking shopmen who return to work. One executive disclosed the stance.
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Washington
Big Eastern Railroads
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
World sugar production estimated at eighteen million tons
The world output of sugar is estimated at 18,000,000 tons, roughly split between cane and beet varieties.
Ohio University Summer Term Ends. Many Expect Return
The first five weeks of Ohio university summer session close with one trimester complete. Of 1923 registered for the first term, about half plan to return for the second. roughly 600 have registered by Friday noon and another rush is anticipated Monday. About 600 of 1500 women will stay, while few of 400 men leave. Teachers take vacation ahead of September work and the regular nine months begin mid September.
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Ohio University
Road upgrade planned for Trimble to Glouster stretch
A small strip of road between Trimble and Glouster on the Athens Glouster road will be improved at once with bituminous macadam paving. Financing completed by Glouster and Athens chambers aided by private subscriptions, totaling 500 dollars, funds coming from Trimble, Glouster, and Athens residents. The project, executed by the state force on the Trimble Jacksonville road, completes the line from Glouster north to Athens.
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Trimble
Glouster
Athens-Glouster
Trimble Corporation
Trimble Township
Athens
Jacksonville
Moava Dental Cream Promises Relief for Pyorrhea
The Rocheester dentist developed Moava Dental Cream and claims it rapidly helps pyorrhea and gum diseases. Directions are simple for home use and the company offers a money back guarantee if the product does not permanently cure the condition. McKee Drug Co. supplies the item to dentists and pyorrhea sufferers.
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Rochester
McKee Drug Co
Loyal father in Lorain divorce suit accused of urging killings
Elyria July 21 Grove Yellich of Lorain charged in divorce proceedings that William Yellich repeatedly said all boys who fought Germany should be killed. She alleged he hoped his son, a U S colors serviceman, would be killed and that he appeared elated when word reached the family that the son died in action.
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Elyria
Grove Yellich
Lorain
William Yellich
Germany
U. S
Project Working Well in Redtown
Jacksonville July 21 The Red Town coal company donated building is being transformed into a model community center. Women have cleaned the three room house and seek chairs table and cupboard for classes. Rugs and pictures are requested. Classes in hand sewing quilt and rug making are held. Miss Irma Stanfield hopes to secure equipment for machine sewing and domestic science.
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Jacksonville, CO
Red Town
Irma Stanfield
The
Red Cross
Battle at Dearth mine ends without fatalities near Uniontown
Mine guards and strikers fought on the hillside at the Dearth mine of the H. C. Frick Coke company near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. State police later said guards thwarted an attempted plant explosion, with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Painter Offers Summer Painting and Paper Hanging
Advertising a painting and paper hanging service at 80c per hour with first class work and a guaranteed finish. Free estimates and a promise to call back to place customers on a summer work list.
Discount store promises value on home goods
A local shop promotes a wide selection of new and secondhand items to complete homes at low prices. The advert targets Saturday shoppers inviting them to discover what their dollars can buy.
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Palm Beach
Men’s Union
Billie Shaw
William Seaburyg
Miss Shaw
William Seabury
Jesse Davis
Strand Theatre Orchestra
Cincinnati
A. B. C. Leach
Byron
Hamden
George Whipple
North
Congress Street
George C. Lowry
Pedro, Miguel Canal Zone
Panama
Amelia Lowry
Clyde Keliinsi
A. T. Lawhead
Ralph P. Jennings
R. A. Dalton
Buffalo
Adirondack Mountain
Allen Turner
Edward Banks
Franklin Avenue
Shigley
John
Robert
Wy . Foutch Sr
Buckeye Lake
Indaw
R. F. Demers
Mechaniicsburg Ladies Quartet
Louise Balis
Mary E. Balis
Lancaster Street
Toggery
Fuller Shoppe
N. Court
Peng
Iver Hale AR TE
Agan HS
Rigg
J. D. Haskins
Nat'l Bank Bidg
Redtown
Athens Boolk & News Co
Oscar Fulton
Cline Bldg
Opera House
E. Barker
Prop
C.a.graham
Athens Furniture Exchange
Raymond C. Michael, Megs
the Place
Mill Street
14Utchinson & Stickney Cnest
Swanson Furniture Co
Aluminum
N. Court St
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