Social News From Mn Society and Marshfield
Mrs Lillian Fuller hosted a green and white dinner for eight at her North Congress street home with carnations and smilax in the dining room and pink carnations in the parlor. Mr and Mrs J N Boden celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary with guests and baskets of dinner at a farm home near Marshfield. The Bodens are long-time Waterloo township residents, having lived in their current home nearly twenty-five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Fuller
Congress Street
C. J. Poston
F.eston
C. B. Hetderson
J. Putnam
C.D. Gist
T. R. Biddie
Fielen Townsend
Marshfield
J. N. Boden
W. J. Boden
M. W. Carman
Emmett Carman
Clark Boden
Mary Boden
L. C. Goodrich
Mary Herron
G. 8. Holdren
Carrilla Boden
W. I. Boden
Boden
Waterloo Township
Athens
Entertained for Miss Henry at East State Street party
Miss Sicilia Martin hosted a Thursday evening gathering at her East State Street home in honor of Miss Pearl M Henry of Ironton. Guests enjoyed contests and music with a "Sack Supper" finale after a guessing game failed to identify the supper, featuring a packed list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicilia Martin
East State Street
Pearl M Henry
Ironton
Aetf
Camron
Burson
Nye
Rodehaver
Alderman
Koons
Newton
Carr
Davis
Dunbar
Roush
Rogers
Lena
Wilhelmina
Emma Boelaner
Cressie
Iva Eddy
Messrs. W. (. Colley
Wellaton
Boelzner
Staley
McFarland
Gammage
Studor
Russell
Fraternity Dance At Assembly Club Adjoins Luncheon
Theta Nu Epsilon held a Friday night dance in the Assembly Club rooms and adjourned to Holdren's dining hall for a luncheon. Chaperons were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hurst. Attendees included Winifred Smith and Annette Harvey with numerous members and friends from Cleveland Jackson Pomeroy Gallipolis and local chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Nu Epsilon
Agsembly
Holdren
W. F. Hurst
Winifred Smith
Pomeroy
Annette Harvey
Gallipolis
Wt. Gorman
Cleveland
Mr. Brown
Jackson
Charlotte Allom
Sylvia Moore
Stickney
Crumit
Pugh
Crider
White
Shaw
Thomas
Hanson
Henke
Fletcher
Lewis
McWilliams
Warren
Electric OU for emergencies touted by trusted families
Advert says Dr. Thomas' electric OU soothes pain and heals hurts during accidents. It markets as a handy remedy for emergencies and family use, promising quick relief and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thomas
Heela
Farm investment offer seeks buyers for home and land
An ad promotes farming and land ventures in Wyoming with irrigated lands and year round farming. It mentions $875 down to start ownership and invites investors of any size. Contact Own M Doan at 434 Fifth Ave Marietta for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onevas
Nord Caretina
Sou
Aliso
Wyoming
Marietta
M. Doan
Filipino Preacher Leads Split From Manila Methodists
Manila March Nicholas Zamora, a Filipino preacher, has split from the Methodist Episcopal church in Manila and aims to organize an evangelical Methodist church of the Philippines. He surrendered his credentials and began organizing about a thousand former followers. The extent of the split within the established church remains unclear, but most Filipino leaders are expected to stay with the regular church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
March
Nicholas Zamora
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Methodiat Church of the Philippines
Regular Church
Achiam
Elect Geronimo's Successor Chief Chosen at Fort Bill
Lawton Oklahoma March 8 An informal gathering of Apache prisoners of war at Fort Bill elected Asa Dekingie son of Whoa of the Nedni branch as chief to succeed the late Geronimo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geronimo
Lawton
Okla
Fort Bill
Asa Dekingie
Whoa
Nedni
Rasor Guilty of Manslaughter in Ohio Case
Medina jury returns verdict of manslaughter against Rasor for the murder of his sweetheart Orie Lee. The court imposes a sentence from one to twenty years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasor
Medina
Guy Rasor
Orie Lee
Woman Burned To Death While Husband Awaits Trial
A woman identified as Mrs. Joe Woods of near Rocky Fork died after her dress caught fire while bathing a child beside an open fire. Her husband remained a prisoner on a murder charge awaiting a second trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stateaboro
March
Joe Woods
Rocky Fork
Quite Clean Play Branded Clean by Baltimore American
Commentator says the play is a clean portrayal of slum life with a hero described as a white wings figure and a heroine portrayed as a washerwoman. The author defends the piece as unmistakably clean in content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Wings
Baltimore American
Full of Mystery Doctor and Patient Dinner Clash
A comic town note features a doctor and patient bantering about dinner. The patient refuses to reveal what they ate, while mentioning chicken croquettes and mince pie as the order, creating a playful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deertor
Actors Seek National Union Link For Actors’ Benefits
John Mitchell urged actors across the United States to form a national organization allied with the American Federation of Labor. He spoke at a meeting of the Actors Society of America and other actor groups protesting alleged abuses by theatrical agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
March
United States
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Actors’ Society of America
Actors’ Church Alliance
The
Actors’ Union
Vaudeville Comedy Club
White Rate of America
Friendship as a Tender Plant and Timely Reach
A poem extols friendship as a fragile plant needing care and timely contact. It warns against offense and drifting from old companions, urging persistent effort to maintain bonds, for true friendship brings zest and meaning amid life’s petty cares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny
Century plant sparkled with odd bloom tale
Dialogue hints at a century plant's rare flowering. Miss Ophelia is pressed for knowledge on bloom timing while others seek authority, reflecting small town curiosity and local color.
Measles Talk Turns Playful in Quarrel
A fragment shows a humorous exchange with characters debating rash actions and excuses about illness, highlighting playful miscommunication and teases over ability. The exchange centers on a stubborn push and a reluctant response.
The Man Who Takes the Most Chances
The saying notes that a person who takes many risks also tends to take other things that do not belong to him. It implies caution about mixing bold action with theft beyond rightful boundaries.
One Pleasing Quality in a Quiet Exchange
A brief exchange reveals wit and courage as a proposal unfolds. One character notes nerve as the sole merit while the other responds with a willing acceptance, setting the tone for a decisive turn in their relationship.
International go as roll race at Madison Square Garden
Fifty four pedestrians in 27 teams started a long distance go as roll race at Madison Square Garden. The event spans 142 hours with finish scheduled for 10 PM next Saturday. Prizes total 5000 dollars with 1500 dollars to the winner and proportional shares for the next seven teams. Partners may swap but neither may be on track more than 12 hours in any 24 hour period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Pekee Tea and White Hair Mystery Exchange
The dialogue centers on a claim that a tea called Pekee is identified as white hair in one language. A Chinese undersecretary disputes the label, insisting the tea is delicious and arguing that the leaves were young when harvested, with the exchange repeated in a playful misnaming of the tea and its origins.
Daily Markets Prices and Receipts from Pittsburg Trade
Pittsburg reports cattle receipts at 75 loads with prime and extra grades and prices around 6.30 to 6.50 for common to fair. Hogs show about 900 head with prime at 6.90 to 7.00 and common around 6.60. Sheep and lambs total 10 loads with good to prime sheep at 5.85 to 6.00 and lambs from 6.00 to 8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Unclear Dialog Pointing to Mechanical Watch Reliability
Fragmentary dialogue notes compare a watch to a nearly human timepiece. The exchange questions reliability and truthfulness, suggesting a device that rarely lies yet may mislead. No clear events or identities emerge.
Unavailable Quote Ponders Wealth and Family
A fragmentary exchange questions wealth with a boast about a rich uncle. The speaker replies that such an uncle exists and notes the surprising detail of thirteen children. The brief dialogue hints at social contrasts without additional context.
PERT PARAGRAPHS: Guidance on opportunity and caution
This prose collection ponders risk and seizing chances, noting that doubt or fear can hinder action. It contrasts quick temptation with prudence, warns against debt and envy, and suggests self awareness as a path to better judgment and resilience. The tone echoes pragmatic, aphoristic advice.
Presentation Speech Ends Token of Appreciation
In the absence of the regular spokesman Mr Makiobrakes reluctantly delivers remarks to Miss Higham. He explains it is his duty to present a token of appreciation and hands her a gold watch and chain amid club support and warm wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makiobrakes
Glacier Returns Bodies From 1820 Hamel Accident
The article recounts early cases of bodies recovered from Swiss glaciers. It notes Hamel’s 1820 avalanche burial and a predicted glacier yield in a thousand years, later confirmed in forty years. It also mentions 1860 casualty Henry Arkwright and his brother’s telegram reporting recovery within thirty-one years with readable insignia and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamel
Forbes
Henry Arkwright
Chamoun
Totad
Shakespeare and the Actors in Garrick’s Triumph
Davies recounts Garrick’s first Richard II performance drawing loud applause and visible enjoyment. The scene shows audience satisfaction and a theatre point of view on Cibber’s tag, with a note on Shakespeare not finishing the line. Judge Parry in Cornhill Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Garrick
Davies
Richard II
Buckingham
Cibber
Judge Parry
Cornhill Magazine
Why the Earth Cannot Explode Theory debunked by calculations
The article explains that Earth cannot explode even if its molten interior were replaced with nitroglycerin. It argues the crust’s thickness, estimated at fifty to a hundred miles, would require a far more powerful force than any explosive to rupture. The author cites pressure at depth to refute bombshell scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Siudsen
Walking Under a Ladder Superstition Explained
A Boston Globe correspondent explains the old superstition about walking under ladders. He notes hangings once required passing beneath a ladder propped on a gallows and that pedestrians later avoided the risk by stepping into the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Almira Stang Ends Engagement With Charles Tootwiler
In the Village, Uncle Larten berry relays that Almira Stang broke off her eight year engagement to Charles Heney Tootwiler after learning he had saved 217 pairs of socks for her. The anecdote mocks frugality and clever budgeting as a marriage issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weill
Lartenberry
Almira Stang
Charles Heney Tootwiler
Puck
Business Dispute Over Dowry Sparks Family Quarrel
In a terse exchange a son in law offers 19 000 in nicks while promising the wife a 29 000 dowry. The weather in law replies he always deducts 2 percent for cash. The note reads like a fragment of a domestic dispute with unclear context.
Folla Him Scott I Supposedly Saving for Rainy Day
A brief note from a Boston Tronscript fragment shows a speaker named Matt discussing thrift with a partner. The exchange hints at budgeting and misperceived bargains within a domestic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Matt
Boston
Indian peril spurs romance in university expedition
In a western expedition tale, Miss Nellie Marchand braves danger to warn Professor Stewart of approaching bandits. Indians seize his valuables but spare him after discovering a box of bones and a box of bugs, recognizing his fragility. He later declares love with a kiss, while onlookers react with humor and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Neilie Marchand
Stewart
Nellie Marchand
Professor Stewart
Miss Marchand
Mrs. Marchand
Professor Mackinnon
Miss Nellie
Bentley
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Claims Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney troubles with a testimonial from G. W. Hawk of Pome roy Ohio. The witness says pains in the back eased after using the product and endorses its effectiveness, noting continued relief for two years. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. price 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
G. W. Hawk
Pomeroy
Ohio
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Ddéan
Coolville Travelers and Local Visits Highlight Week
Waldo Humphrey left for Washington to attend the inauguration and will visit his brother Frank in Philadelphia. Rosco Worthen and wife traveled to Chillicothe to visit Mr and Mrs James Aigen. The Coolville band took an excursion to Frost and Captain Frame steered the boat. John Staten of Portsmouth visits relatives by marriage. Mrs Sylvester Chevalier and sons moved to the Herbert Blair property. Mrs Alice Wilson visits Amesville to see her son John. Wyatt Minear of Beebe and Florine Frame return from Indiana. Lester Parkins visits with parents. Clarence Humphrey from Parkersburg enjoys a few days recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Humphrey
Washington
Frank Humphrey
Philadelphia
Rosco Worthen
Chillicothe
James Aigen
Coolville
Frost
Frame
Hocking
John Staten
Portsmouth
Sylvester Chevalier
Ralph
Ray
Herbert Blair
Alice Wilson
Amesville
John Wilson
Wyatt Minear
Beebe
Florine Frame
Indiana
Lester Parkins
Clarence Humphrey
Parkersburg
Dr King’s New Life Pills Claim Cure for Appendicitis
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a preventive and curative remedy. It claims to stimulate stomach liver and bowels preventing appendicitis and curing constipation biliousness chills malaria headache and indigestion, priced at 25 cents at McKee’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
McKee's
Four Couples Seek Marriage Permits in Ohio Towns
Thomas Newland a 22 year old laborer and Vina Crow a 22 year old of Coolville seek marriage permits. Abbott R. Davis a 27 year old farmer of Nelsonville and Maggie A. Grimes a 19 year old dressmaker of Athens also apply for permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Newland
Vina Crow
Coolville
Abbott R. Davis
Nelsonville
Maggie A. Grimes
Athens
War 25 000 Life Assurance Plan Comedy
In Illustrated Bits a daughter is wed to a wealthy man’s son-in-law who jokes about financial futures. The old man confronts the son-in-law and the punchline arrives as a mock proposal to insure the son with a large policy to protect the old man’s nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elarued
Jupiter
Perfectly Equipped and the Ague At the Door
A healthy visitor asks for food at a house and offers to work in exchange. He explains he has the ague and his hand is unsteady, saying he cannot swing at seven sticks. The mistress sends him to the back yard to shake ashes.
Kilcher Heads South as Colorado Cold Bites
Mr. Chas. P. Kircher, long in Colorado for health, reports growing tired of the chilly weather and moves to El Paso, Texas, where peach trees bloom and garden work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. P. Kircher
Colorado
Elpaso
Tex
Near Death in Big Pond Meets New Discovery Cure
Mrs. Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts a near death from lung illness before Dr Kings New Discovery provided swift relief and lasting cure. The medicine treats coughs colds sore lungs hemorrhages lagrippe asthma croup whooping cough and bronchial infections. Available 50 cents to 4.00 with a trial bottle free and guaranteed by McKee's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Pond
Ida Soper
McKee’s Drug Store
Dying Elephant Dictates Obituary For a Plunk a Word
A dying elephant on Africa's plain asks a comrade to tell the herd his obituary will be a plunk a word. He recalls facing gunfire, warning of a literary man's profit and a distant stir as the story travels, with his final plea echoed by success magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Success Magazine
Business Booms Across Athens County This Spring
A Mar 6 Athens County report notes revived activity in mines and broad business growth. Banking expands with Athens Nelsonville Glouster Amesville Coolgie Albany Guysville Marshfield, and a new trolley prospect in populated valleys boosts optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesomrdie
Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Amesville
Coolgie
Albany
Guysville
Marshfield
Miss Isabella Goodfellow and John Scott Wedding
Miss Isabella Goodfellow and Mr. John Scott were wed Saturday noon February 20 by Squire Henry Logan at the Logan home on West Washington street. The couple were joined by Mrs. C. J. Hill of Hocking, a bride’s relative. Scott, a groceryman of Hocking, will reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellow-Scott
Isabella Goodfellow
John Scott
Squire Henry Logan
Logan
West Washington Street
C. J. Hill
Hocking
Mr. Scott
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