Social notes of local residents on visits and travel
Miss Ethel Brown sails to London for nursing work. Mrs. Hahn visits relatives in Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence return from Columbus. Prof. Hoover spoke in New Marshfield. Mrs. Bessor and son visit Camp Sherman in Chillicothe. Mrs. Carleton visits New Haven West Virginia. Mrs. Preston returns from Toledo. Mr. Whiley ends brief Lancaster visit. Couples travel to Columbus for weekend with Hastings. Lena Trout and son Vern visit Barberton. Mrs. Farmer and daughter head to Dayton for weekend with Major Farmer. Mrs. Parks visits Guysville with plans to reunite with Prof. Parks. Harold Frederick, to Circleville, stays at Delta Tau Delta. Stanearts and Davies attend funeral in Burlingham. Mrs. Barth travels to Coolville for summer with Karl Barth. Ed Maxon refits in Seymour Indiana then returns to Coolville. Mrs. Elliott Robinson and daughter Virginia visit Columbus after stay with Alexander township parents. Mr. Robinson to St Louis. wife and daughter may stay longer in Morgantown. Mrs. Byron Howard and two sons depart Dallas after months in Columbus and Athens. Lieut Pendleton Howard newly commissioned. to aviation field in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Columbus
Alexander Township
Robinson
Adams Express
St. Louis
Morgantown
W. Va
Byron Howard
Lieut Pendleton Howard
Gilbert
Dallas
Texas
Athens
Howard
C. L. Poston
Poston
Elizabeth Nelson
Mae Poston
North College Street
Lieut
Waco
Another Fleming Case Adds New Suit in Prolonged Estate Battle
John T. Fleming sues F D Forsyth as Administrator De Bonis Non and other Fleming heirs over a 1918 court finding of a 15 030 71 balance from Daniel Fleming estate. He seeks accounting and distribution of shares, contending Forsyth has not paid his alleged 4 226 15 portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Fleming
Ames Township
John T. Fleming
F. D. Forsythe
Julia A. Minx Marciakk
Linscott
Theodore M. Fleming
George L. Fleming
Joseph C. Fleming
Harry A. Fleming
Charles C. Fleming
Myrtle Hall Shaw
Marcie Sharp
Bessie Andrews
Lou Hall Steadman
Charles E. McCune
June L. McCune
Marion W. McCune
William Ahle
Loriie Fleming
F. D. Forsyth
Court of Common Pleas
Forsyth
Forsyth de Bones Non
Church Membership Shows Big Increase
The United States saw church membership rise from 35,068,058 to 42,044,374 in the ten years ending December 21, 1916 according to Census Bureau figures. Churches grew from 212,230 to 228,007 ministers from 164,830 to 191,722 and Sunday school scholars from 15,378,811 to 20,569,831. Sunday schools, officials and teachers rose from 1,746,074 to 2,049,293.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
John C. Bardin
Suit Targets Obstruction by The Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Co
Plaintiff claims the company has obstructed a street for over six months hindering property he owns by piling freight on the lots causing damage to grass and shade trees. He seeks a temporary restraining order followed by final hearing and a perpetual injunction to stop the obstructions and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company
Dead Hun Seen As Captain Crossen Composes Frontline Letter
Captain K. T. Crossen in France writes of trench life in the spring of 1918 noting months in mud and rain, Croix de Guerre awards for eleven, praise for American and Canadian troops, and a forecast of Allied strength with more American volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Morgan
K. T. Crossen
France
Inside Bath Habit Promised To Improve Health And Skin
A newspaper piece urges both men and women to daily drink hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this internal sanitation cures headaches biliousness bad breath rheumatic complaints and pale complexions, promising quick health and beauty improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
The Remaking of a Nation at Camp Sherman Screened
The Opera House shows Major General Glenn’s film The Remaking of a Nation depicting Camp Sherman soldier training. It follows Athens county boys being forged into a healthier hardier army before going overseas. The motion picture is praised as a powerful educational portrait of military preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Uncle Sam
Ohio
Opera House
Glenn
America
Athens County
Athens
Food rules 10 to be enforced in every way
The local food committee orders strict enforcement of flour substitute rules for wholesalers and retailers. Canned hominy is not a wheat substitute. Retailers cannot extend credit for substitutes bought at different stores or times and substitutes cannot be returned or credited after sale. A Paris physician links premature baldness to dental trouble.
Markets Report from Pittsburg and Chicago Livestock
Cattle receipts light in Pittsburg with markets unchanged. Hogs show varied ranges across regions, with Prime Heavy at 17.50 to 17.60 and Pigs at 18.00 to 18.10. Chicago hogs market strong with Good Heavy 16.80 to 17.26 and Pigs 13.26 to 17.10. Cattle receipts at Chicago total 5,000 with Beeves 10.00 to 17.40. Cows and Heifers 6.75 to 14.00. Sheep strong with Native 12.76 to 16.50 and Lambs 15.50 to 20.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati Cattle Market Report May 8
Cincinnati cattle receipts total 761 with extra bids 12.50 to 14.00. Calves steady with extra 13.50. Hogs receipts 4003 with market steady and 17.20 for 300 head choice packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 160 with extra 11.50 to 12.00. Lambs steady with extra 15.60 to 16.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago Grain and Pork Prices May and July Quotes
Chicago prices list corn oats and pork with May and July figures. Corn May 1.27 3-8 oats May 7 1-2 July 69 1-2 pork May 45.87 per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Toledo Market Prices May 3 Wheat to Rye cash and futures
Toledo Ohio markets report closing prices for May 3 listing cash wheat at 2.20 dollars bushel corn 1.60 oats 0.81 rye 2.50 and forage pri es for clover al sike and timothy with old and new values and futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Timothy
May Consolidate All Local Rail Offices
In Athens the superintendents of B. and O., Hocking Valley, and K and M. met to discuss merging three local offices under one general agent. No decision was reached, another meeting will be held, and if cheaper to operate under a single general agency, the consolidation will proceed. The move aligns with nationwide railroad cost controls urged by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Hocking Valley
Athens
Irelinger Sets Sights On Athens Match
Henry Irelinger of Atlantic City sails for Athens to begin final training for the anticipated match with Olson at the Ohio Gymnasium on Monday night. A Lovedale mission college in South Africa is noted for offering Africans a standard college education with a brass band and sports teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireiinger
Henry Irelinger
Atlantic City
Athens
Olson
Ohio Gymnasium
Missionary College
Lovedale
South Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Social
Ethel Brown
London
William Hahn
Pomeroy
Mrs. W. B. Lawrence
T. N. Hoover
New Marshfield
George Bessor
Philip
Lieut. Bessor
Wilbert Carleton
New Haven
C. E. Tripp
F. L. Preston
Harry Bartlett
George Whiley
Lancaster
W. L. Slutz
Charles E. Cameron
Arthur
R. C. M. Hastings
Lena Trout
Vernon Trout
Barberton
Alfred G. Farmer
Margaret Louise
Dayton
Major Farmer
Fairfield Aviation Camp
George C. Parks
Guysville
L. J. Riley
Prof. Parks
Harold Frederick
Sandusky
Delta Tau Delta House
Circleville
F. C. Staneart
Addie Davies
Evalena Heffner
Burlingham
J. P. Staneart
Flora
Dora Barth
Coolville
Karl Barth
Mame Hoobier
Ed Maxon
Seymour
Ind
Maxon
Cline’s
Mrs. Elliott Robinson
Mary Dorsey
Crossen
Hoosier
Nellie Kedzie Jones
Wisconsin
Hoosier’s
Council of Kitchen Scientista
the Home Furnishing Co
Bla Athens
Paris
LaPorte
THE
F. L. Preston CO
Union Stock Market
Chicago Grain Market
Toledo Grain Market
Rutledger
Nelsonville
R. D
Court St
Jerseyville
Will Brown
Baker Settlement
My Barn
Graham Scientific Breeding School
Kansas City
Harry DO. Hooper
Athens, R. D
Kerr Hdw. Co
Westinghouse
Mazda
Athens Electric Co
Carpenter
Glouster
Weiseonville
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