Births and visits announced in local society news
Mr and Mrs A Van Dyke announce the birth of Ruth Eleanore on July 24 at Sheltering Arms hospital. Several residents travel for visits to relatives, vacations, and business. Miss Grace Stickney faces major operation in Columbus. families plan picnics, motor trips, and lake outings in Ohio and beyond.
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A. van Dyke
Stimpson Arena
Ruth Eleanore
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Columbus
Bertha Stickney
Carl Stickney
Edwin F. Finsterwald
Jean
Akron
Cleveland
New York
Niagara Falls
Moving Day in the Telephone Service 1921
The 1921 year saw about 1.82 million station moves affecting homes and businesses. The process required extensive work in cables, central office wiring, subscriber records, and sometimes new drop lines, costing over 15 million dollars and demanding expert plant management to keep service portable for nearly two million yearly changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chigger Remedies and Local News Highlight Ceremony
The column blends community notes from Nelsonville with entertainment from Children’s Day, local speeches on prohibition, and light anecdotes. Mentions Rev. George Fisher of Columbus, chigger humor, a Navy department shift, and birthday gatherings while listing local families and speakers.
Local Guests and Community Notes Across Green's Run Area
Taylor Ridge and Green's Run residents hosted visitors from Corning Jacksonville Bishopville and Columbus. Couples moved into new homes and a new ball diamond hosted games against Trimble and Red Town. A church program and a reception at the Welling home highlighted weekend activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cartwright
Green's Run
Roland Mulpas
Charles Dickeson
Corning
Jacob Keck
August Lemoine
Jacksonville
Herman Kempton
Bishopville
Bertha Latimer
Columbus
Elsie Welling
Edward Welling
Lenona Lemoine
Harry Leake
Frank Morison
Herbert Taylor
Charles Hooper
Alice Taylor
Logan
William Swartz
Felix Lenholum
Red Town
Carl Welling
Ver
Thompson Tour Wins Support in Athens County Campaign
Republican governor hopeful Carmi Thompson will visit Athens county as part of a statewide tour. He arrives in Albany at 10 A M and stops in Chauncey Millfield Jacksonville Trimble Gloucester and Nelsonville before concluding in Athens. The campaign travels by motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Carmi Thompson
Cleveland
Ohio
Funeral services for Lydia M Her to be held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Lydia M Her will be held at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the home of her brother J P Wood 14 University Terrace Interment will be in the West Union street cemetery The funeral cortege will arrive in Athens Thursday noon from the home in Cambridge Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia M. Her
J. P. Wood
University Terrace
West Union Street
Athens
Cambridge
Mass
First burial in Athens memorial mausoleum conducted
The body of Mrs. Martha James of Lancaster street was the first placed in the new Athens memorial mausoleum. At 10:30 Wednesday morning the body was taken from the mortuary at the West Union street cemetery where it had awaited completion of the tomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha James
Lancaster Street
New
Athens Memorial Mausoleum
West Union Street
Mother of Medicine Isis and the roots of women’s cures
The article traces the title Mother of Medicine to Isis and notes ancient Egyptian women’ s skills in herbal healing. It contrasts with Hippocrates as Father of Medicine and cites Lydia E. Pinkham’S Vegetable Compound as a famous modern women’s remedy.
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Isis
Hippocrates
Leaa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham
National Rail Service Corporation Suggested to Stabilize Railroads
S Davies Warfield, president of the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities, urged Senator Cummins to create a national railway service corporation to operate with the Interstate Commerce Commission. He argued it would help eliminate the causes of unrest and lead to a permanent settlement following the shopmen's strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Railway Service Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
S. Davies Warfield
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
Senator Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Senator McCumber Seen Likely for War Finance Post
Washington July 26 Senator Port J McCumber who lost renominat ion in North Dakota after 24 years in the Senate may be named director of the war finance corporation at term end. Friends urge President Harding to appoint him in recognition of his long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Port J. McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
War Finance Corporation
McCumber
Harding
Three Drowned in the Scioto River Near Columbus
The bodies of Henry Breinneicher and Arnold Rohner Jr., 11, were recovered from the Scioto River by police. Howard Frits, 14, is still missing after a swimming party left their homes Tuesday morning and did not return. A dredging operator sighted one body, lifted it to the surface, then it sank again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Henry Breinneicher
Arnold Rohner, Jr
Scioto
Howard Frits
Hooper Called Away by Death in Newport Tenn
Ben W. Hooper chairman of the United States railway labor board was summoned to Newport Tennessee by the death of his brother in law James R Stockley a business man of that city Reports say Stockley died unexpectedly prompting Hooper to travel to attend the funeral and support relatives in the loss
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railway Labor Board
Newport
Tenn
James R. Stockley
Vase Arrangements Show Sweet Peas Bleeding Quickly
The article notes that sweet peas wilt rapidly when placed in a mixed bouquet, fading at once alongside other flowers.
Stand firm as rail strike talks stall for peace
Chicago July 26 The railway shopmen insist on a united stance in ongoing talks. B M Jewell leads the unions against separate peace agreements while Baltimore and Ohio seeks an independent settlement, a move that could doom the strike if other roads follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Peace Talks Rumored as Rail Groups Propose Separate Settlement
Source notes from Jewel and associates say strong discouragement exists and reports from reliable authorities indicate railroad committees have approached Jewel with proposals for a separate peace.
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Jewel
Hubby Horsewhips His Wife Divorces Over Public Beating
SCHENECTADY July 26 Mrs Lotta B Fenton of this city left her husband after he horsewhipped her in the street in view of neighbors. She had tolerated earlier abuses but public violence prompted separation. She noted she could endure slaps at home but not a public display. Medina July 26 Miss Myrtle Rose 17 Wooster swam Chippewa Lake length in 55 minutes and width in 19 minutes a remarkable athletic feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotta B. Fenton
Medina
MyrtleyRose
Wooster
Chippewa Lake
Riot Near Illinois Central Shops Ends With Gunfire
Four revolver shots rang out near the Illinois Central railroad shops at Burnside as Paul Miske, a nonunion mechanic, refused strikers’ demand to quit. He was assaulted before firing, though no one was hit. The incident underscores violent labor tensions in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Burnside
Paul Miske
Miske
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Jim Trone
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H. M. Tribe
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Gordon Herrold
W. BH. Herrold
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Mosaic Tile Plant
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Lydia Danford
Trimble
Tuesday Needle Club
Frances Webster
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Messrs. C. W. Fulton
Sam Warren Jr
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Dorothy Slutz
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Mary Slutz
Anna Hamilton
Frank
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Liss Hamilton
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EB. H. Carbaugh
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Albany
Hebron
Newark
Steubenville
H. D. Kalb
L. V. Brown
Lake
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Louis I. Brown
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Miss Grace Stickney
Maplewood Drive
Frank Ottoman
Cincinnati
Bank of Athens
George Fisher
Anti-Saloon League
Marshfield
Nanna
H. D. Nanna
Hocking
Ignatius Lee
Nice
Nelsonville
Everett Knowlton
Bellefontaine
Charles Ross
Dolly Barker
Navy Department
Washington, D .C
Ralph Baker
D! Waverly
John Snedden
Cyrus Chesser
Everett
Albert Young
Vinton County
Nie
Nancy
Hazel
Athel Welling
Helen Hildabrand
Emma Hanning
Hazel Winn
Mary Keck
Freda Hanning
Della Chalfant
Reford Willike
Jerry
James
Charles Welling
A. M. Taylor
Taylor Ridge
Elda Furry
de Wolfe Hopper
Edna Wallace Hopper
Elda Furry Hopper
Nella Reardon Seareens
Donna
Thompson
John D. Price
Dayton
U. Unon
Hooper
Hubby
Schenectady, N. Y
Paul
Childrens Shoes
J. D. Haskins
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Beasley’s
Cash Shoe
de Horse Power
Higgins, Russell & Howell
Hilltop Garage
Lancaster St
Athens, Ohio
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