Dance of Friday Night at Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Phi Sigma Chi held a Friday evening dance at the Masonic Temple with a 130-strong troupe enjoying a lively music program. Punch and wafers circulated as Prosecuting Attorney and Mrs. W. B. Bartels served as chaperons. guests included Pauline Martin, Bessie Ailes, Margaret Emish, Nelson ville, Catherine Weinfordner, Glouster, Joe Wells, William Sharer, Zanesville, Ralph Hidebrand, Paul Schmidt, and Earl Earnhardt of Chillicothe.
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Alpha Alpha Theta
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Masonic Temple
W. B. Bartels
Eastern Star Lodge to Meet Monday Evening
The Eastern Star lodge will meet Monday evening at 7 30 for initiation. Attorney M D Hughes traveled to Shawnee and New Lexington Friday on legal business.
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Eastern Star Lodge
M. D. Hughes
Shawnee
New Lexington
Local People News and Visits Reported
Mrs. Frank Simms of Maplewood Drive is seriously ill but improving today. Mr. Jim Schrantz from Cincinnati visits Athens friends and will stay through Sunday. Mrs. W. D. Shingler of Mineral spends days with her mother, Mrs. Lu Ella Wise, who is ill at 79 West Union. Mrs. A. C. Rossi returns home from a month east visiting her sister in New York City and guesting with Mrs. P. M. Phillips in Boston.
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Frank Simms
Maplewood Drive
Jim Schrantz
Cincinnati
Athens
W. D. Shingler
Mineral
Lu Ella Wise
West Union Street
A. C. Rossi
East
New York City
George Turner
Boston
P. M. Phillips
Miss Merle Danford Guest of Miss Ann Pickering
Miss Merle Danford of Trimble is weekend guest of Miss Ann Pickering, a Pi Beta Phi sister. Danford has taught in New Lexington schools.
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Merle Danford
Trimble
Ann Pickering
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity
Miss Danford
New Lexington
Athens social notes celebrate visitors and birthdays
Mrs D C Condon of Cleveland arrived for a visit and will stay with Mrs Dorothy Duncan at 244 East State street. Miss Clara Stephan resigns from Mc Bee Binder Co and returns to Marietta. Mrs T W Brown and daughters Beatrice, Marietta, and Grace Orrall of Chillicothe join Jeanette Brown at Howard Hall for a weekend birthday dinner. Mr and Mrs T F Blackburn return home after two weeks visiting here and Deanville.
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D. C. Condon
Cleveland
Dorothy Duncan
East State Street
Condon
Kate Higgins
Athens
Clara Stephan
McBee Binder Co
Marietta
A. C. Roach
T. W. Brown
Beatrice Brown
Marettia
Grace Orrall
Chillicothe
T. F. Blackburn
Deanville
Local Residents Return From Travels and School Closure
Curtis J. Martin of Columbus returned home to Morris Avenue after visiting Athens with his mother Mrs. Peter Martin. Mary Poston arrived from Ogontz School Rydal Pa after the school closed due to scarlet fever cases. she completed senior studies and received her diploma.
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Curtis J. Martin
Columbus
Athens
Peter Martin
Morris Avenue
Mises Mary Poston
Ogontz School
Rydal
Miss Poston
Higley Bible Class Heads Out for Mother's Day
The Higley Bible Class plans a Mother’s Day gathering with all members urged to attend. Organizers expect strong turnout as families join the Sunday service and related activities.
City Council approves paving plans for several streets
The council decided to proceed with preliminary paving work on Summe Maple Monroe Fair view and Dew streets despite a petition to postpone. Mayor Wallace and two council members reside on paving streets, while Councilman Williams resigned claiming relocation needs. Attorney Geo W Rose was appointed assistant to the Clerk and monthly street bills were approved.
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Summe Street
Maple Street
Monroe Street
Fairview Avenue
Dew Street
L.W. Ley
FE. F. Skinner
Wallace
Urbancrest
Pavins
W. J. Williams
Williams
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Perry County
Corning
Geo. W. Rose
Warner
Roce
LeFever Passes State Game Protector Civil Service Exam
B T LeFever of this city has passed the civil service examination for state game protector. There are 15 vacancies statewide and he may be appointed. Glouster board of education plans its next meeting May 21 to hire teachers with applications due May 20.
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B. T. LeFever
Mr. LeFfever
Glouster Board of Education
Miss Kathryn Winefordner Visits Athens Guest of Miss Dorothy Andrews
Miss Kathryn Winefordner is spending a few days in Athens as the guest of Miss Dorothy Andrews, enjoying hospitality and local social affairs.
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Kathryn Winefordner
Athens
Dorothy Andrews
Detroit visitor notes family visit as Ohio store owner dies
Frank Dyson of Detroit visited yesterday with his parents Mr and Mrs Levi Dyson. David Harris of Nelsonville owner of the Bon Ton Store there and the Peoples Store in this city died last night in a Cincinnati hospital where he had treatment. Remains to be taken to Columbus for interment with funeral date not announced. Both stores closed and will not reopen until next week.
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David Harris
Nelsonville
Bon Ton
Peoples
Cincinnati
Columbus
Foundations and Sewer Work Start at Ford Building Site
In the basement excavation of the Ford building on West State street most everything water has been struck. A storm sewer line is being laid on Court street since no storm sewer exists on West State. The spring was found about five feet down in sand and more digging is needed to reach the basement bottom. Heavy shale was found in one corner of the trench.
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New Ford
West State Street
Court Street
West State
Richland Crosstown Grower Plans Cabbage Push Again
Hon William B Sullivan of Richland Avenue will again supply the city with cabbage. Over the past two years he has cultivated thousands of heads along Richland Avenue. He recently bought Jason Thompson’s soft drink and ice cream stand but will keep the cabbage business as the plants are kept active. Sullivan plans to collect extra tips and two bit pieces from cabbage customers.
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William B. Sullivan
Richland Avenue
Sullivan
Jason Thompson
Squire Pearl Helwig Sets Up Fishing Expedition
Squire Pearl Helwig started a fishing trip today with many cane poles attached to his car. He planned to provide meat for Sunday dinners for a crowd.
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Squire Pearl Helwig
Men spend two nights at farm station seeking Mars signal
Dr. Frederick H. Millener and Jarvey L. Garmer woke after two sleepless nights at a wireless station on Garmer’s Cedar Creek farm near Omaha Nebraska hoping to receive signals from Mars. They reported no contact despite extended listening with equipment at the site.
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Frederick H. Millener
Jarvey L. Garmer
Garmer
Mars
Cedar Creek
Omaha
Neb
Accident damages courthouse stairs on Washington Street
A driver bumped into the courthouse on Washington Street causing a foot stairs column to break. Sheriff Parker collected a quarter from the incident.
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Washington Street
Sheriff Parker
Water Rentals Due as City Office Extends Hours
Water office at City Building stayed open until 8 pm today with Clerk Romine busy all day. Monday is the final deadline to pay water rentals and the office will again stay open until 8 pm that evening.
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Romine
Romine and Reading family relocate homes in local transactions
Glen M. Romine who runs the service department office moves into the J. A. Reading home on West State street after purchasing it. Mr Reading and his daughter Laura relocate to the Bingman property on Grosvernor street which they bought. Romine sells his West State residence near Cemetery to W. S. Bingman of Congress street, who now rents the property.
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Glen M. Romine
Service Department
J. A. Reading
West State Street
Mr. Reading
Laura
Bingman
Grosvernor Street
Romine Sola
West State Near
W. S. Bingman
Congress Street
Bingmen
Bricklayers Demand Higher Pay Slows Congress Street Project
Work on the Fenzel flat building on Congress street is halted as bricklayers demand $1.25 per hour or $10 per day. Last fall bricklayers were raised from eighty cents to $1 per hour. Some Athens brick work runs $1.25 hourly, prompting the workers' request. no settlement reached.
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Fenzel
Congress Street
Athens
Mothers Day Program At First Christian Church
A splendid Mothers Day observance will be held at the First Christian church. The Higley Bible class aims for full attendance and will distribute a carnation to each member attending.
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First Christian Church
Higley Bible Class
Socialists nominate Hillquit at Chicago convention
Woodrow Wilson is named president by socialist votes with Henry Hillquit elected chairman over Engdahl. Eugene Debs gains unopposed nomination while Kate Richards O’Hare and Scott Nearing among vice presidential contenders. Platform proposals include repeal of espionage act and civil liberties restoration, end to profiteering, tax reform, and recognition of the Russian soviet government.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Morris Hillquit
Socialist Party of America
Hillquit
Washington
Wilson
Palmer
Burleson
Sweet and Lusk
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Louis Engdahl
Chicago
George Hampel
Milwaukee
Walter Cook
Kate Richards O'Hare
Scott Nearing
Seymour Stedman
Post Office Department
Ireland
India
League of Nations
Fewer Magazines Shipped to Canada
Toronto reports weekly shipments of American magazines to the city are 54 to 61 tons lower than normal due to the U S paper shortage. Several publications with wide Canadian circulation have virtually halted cross border shipments.
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Toronto
Ont
United States
Canada
Dear Mrs Thompson Advice on marriage and age in two letters
A reader asks if divorce is disgraceful for a married woman with a cruel husband and four grown children. Mrs Thompson advises self-care, noting you deserve a decent home despite children. A seventeen year old asks about marrying a boy with parental opposition. guidance says she must wait until eighteen and gain independence before marriage.
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Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Tam
Ile
Dear Mrs Thompson Love Dilemma Advice Column
A reader asks how to tell if a factory coworker truly loves her. The columnist suggests genuine care is shown by taking to you somewhere to relieve doubt, and there is nothing she can do to force more interest.
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Mrs. Thompson
Dolly Bluf
Dog Tag License Sales Accelerate at Ohio Pen
The dog tag business at the courthouse is rushing. a new supply from the state board of administration was ordered. In Nelsonville on Friday $125 worth of tags, 99 sold through Constable Henry Williams, with more sent up today as other county sections follow suit. Dog owners who purchased licenses as required are rejoicing.
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State Board of Administration
Ohio
Nelsonville
Henry Williams
Delinquents Made to Dance to Same Music
Over the last two weeks Athens county dog owners bought between 1200 and 1300 tags. Today’s sales reached 3809 and will grow by night. Last year sales totaled about 4100.
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Athens County
Game Bureau to Aid Americans in Quebec
Montreal May 8 The provincial government opens a new fish and game information bureau to assist American sportsmen visiting Quebec. Guides wardens and inspectors will direct hunters and anglers to prime spots as part of a 5 million dollar colonization program. Inquiries from the United States show many visitors may come north this summer.
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Montreal
Fish and Game Information Bureau
United States
Miner Burned In Gasoline Explosion At Buchtel
Henry Ludden, a young miner of Buchtel, suffered severe facial and right eye burns when a gasoline can exploded last evening. He was taken to Copeland Hospital in Athens. initial fears of losing the eye subsided as reports tonight suggested the sight may be saved. The accident occurred while he was inspecting an emptied gasoline can, with fumes igniting from a carbide lamp on his cap.
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Mr. Ludden
Marion surgeon sued for breach of promise of marriage
Miss Zelpha Bogue of Marion Ind sues Dr J Maurer a noted eye ear nose and throat surgeon in Los Angeles demanding 38500 for breach of promise humiliation and loss of business as a milliner. She alleges he sought marriage in November and married Frances Householder March 24 while she prepared for nuptials.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. Maurer
Marion
Ind
Zelpha Bogue
Maurer
Mies Bogue
Miss Frances
Indiana Editors Fined for Contempt in Court
James L Kilgallin managing editor of the Indiana Daily Times received 20 days in jail and a $200 fine for alleged contempt of court. The case rested on two Times articles about ratifications by the Marion county grand jury probing conditions at the county jail.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James L. Kilgallin
Indiana Daily Times
Today
The
Times
Marion County Grand Jury
New Automobile Promises Easy Riding Qualities
Critics hail a new car with suspension springs extending 15 inches beyond the axle area promising unusually smooth riding. The design claims improve stability and comfort by distributing weight more evenly and lowering road impact for passengers.
Minstrel Show Draws Large Athens Crowd
The Mohicans annual minstrel show at the Opera House packed the house with seats sold before noon and crowds lining windows. Geoffrey Morgan led a strong cast including Jean Gist and Richard Daggett with vivid routines from Waterloo to Submarine Warfare and The Zu Z Zu Parade. A second performance is added due to high demand with a morning parade planned.
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Clinton N. MacKinnon
The
Mohicans
Athens
Opera House
Lowther
Silla
Morgan
Geoffrey Morgan
Conan Doyle
Waterloo
Mr. Morgan
Corporal Brewster
Third Guards
Jean Gist
Richard Daggett
Vercoe Murphy
Homer Baird
James Hawkins
Walter Porter
Death of Clarence Shafer at 17 in Hockingport
Clarence Shafer aged 17 died at his home in Hockingport on May 5. Funeral services were held at Wadesville West Virginia at 2 PM. Interment in the church cemetery. He attended Mountain State Business College in Parkersburg. He is survived by parents Ellis and [name missing] Shafer two brothers and three sisters Mrs W D Swaim Barberton Mrs P P Reese Parkersburg and Mary at home. Sister Elmer Sams preceded him in death. Grandmother Mrs Sarah Shafer also died recently. He belonged to the Eden United Brethren Church and had many friends.
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Clarence Shafer
Barberion
P. P. Reese
Parkersburg
Mary
Elmer Sams
Sarah Shafer
W Scott Binkley Dies at Athens State Hospital
W Scott Binkley aged 70 an electrician died at Athens State hospital on Friday. The remains were shipped to Circleville for burial by Newsom Walburn Co undertakers.
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W. Scott Binkley
Athens State Hospital
Circleville
Newsom-Walburn Co
Miss Zimrode Courtney 79 Dies At Home Near Hocking
Miss Zimrode Courtney aged 79 died Friday at the family home near Hocking after a stroke. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm with burial at The Plains beside other family members. She leaves two sisters Henrietta 84 and Mrs. Louisa Carpenter of Belpre. The youngest daughter of Alanson Courtney pioneer Dover township resident. The Courtney farm, purchased by her husband at age 21, remains in the family. there were nine siblings. Alan Courtney was born in Washington County in 1797.
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Zimrode Courtney
Hocking
Miss Courtney
Henrietta
Louisa Carpenter
Belpre
Alanson Courtney
Dover Township
Ex-Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati Sued for Divorce
Henry T. Hunt, longtime railway labor board member and former Cincinnati mayor who led the anti Boss Cox movement, is sued for divorce by Mrs. Thomas H. Hunt. She accuses cruelty and neglect including his failure to visit her during hospitalization and a writing repudiation. She seeks divorce and custody of four minor children.
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Cincinnati
Henry T. Hunt
Railway Labor Board
Cox Republican
Thomasa H. Hunt
Illinois steel strike leaders barred from union convention
John Fitzpatrick and John Brown of Chicago, head and secretary of the organizing committee behind the Illinois steel strike, were denied admission to the 45th annual convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tinplate Workers of North America in Scranton. Officials said the delegates refused their request to speak, arguing it was not the time for them to address the gathering.
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Scranton
John Fitzpatrick
John Brown
Chicago
Illinois
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Workers of North America
Fitzpatrick
Brown
Washington
Wood Leads in Digest Presidential Preference Poll
The Literary Digest reports nearly one million postal cards returned with candidate preferences. Republican tallies show Wood 136,182 and Johnson 118,016 while Hoover reaches 113,998 and Lowden 59,552. Democratic figures include McAdoo 39,120 Edwards 28,904 Wilson 28,206 Cox 15,080 and others.
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Literary Digest
Wood
Johnson
Hoover
Lowden
Hughes
Hanting
Taft
Coolidge
Democrateare
McAdoo
Edwards
Wilson
Bryan
Cox
Clark
Palmer
Marshal
Tornado Toll in Kansas Reaches 302 Over 33 Years
Weather Bureau records show Kansas endured 302 tornadoes across 33 years, outlining a long span of severe weather activity with numerous outbreaks and patterns across the state.
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United States Weather Bureau
Kansas
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Lnleart
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Cincy
Eleanora
Rey
Lash’'S Drug Store
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