Social notes from Logan and surrounding towns
Mrs Elmer Golden of Logan visits her son W B Golden. Hull Foster Jr and wife in Columbus visiting relatives. G E Wyatt of Amesville returns from a short visit with sister D D Fuller. Rebekah Lodge meets at 730 pm with several candidates. Prof and Mrs T N Hoover host Mrs John Arnold of Youngstown. W H Brooks travels to Racine after death of his father D D Garen. J B Fulton and granddaughter Esther Harris guests in Carbondale. Frank Leferenz of Green Joyce Co Columbus spends week with A T Lawhead. Mrs George I Putnam to Columbus for Mt Carmel hospital surgery. George T Ewing of Marion visits mother Sarah Ewing and Jennie Ewing. D D Fuller leaves for Chillicothe to visit Elmer Dixon. J A Palmer returns from Marietta after Lodge inspections. Regular Lillie Class meets at Christian Church 6 80 pm. Important business. all girls urged to attend before operetta at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie
Christian Church
Shadow Pictures Delight Guests at Social Literary Club
The Guest Day Session at Mrs. Austin Holmes home on North Congress street featured shadow pictures and readings of The Ballad of the Oysterman Mary Jane and The Young Man Waited. University Quartette performed and a buffet luncheon followed with hostesses and helpers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Holmes
Congress Street
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mary Jane
Edmund Vance Cooke
Robert Lewis
C. T. Moore
Clarence Roach
Clarence Roach. the Dramatis Personae Were Taken By Mesdames Charles Millikan
W. E. Peters
Fred Mcixay
J. Maurice Hyde
Henry A. Hatch
C. L. Jones
Rupert Woodworth
Ralph Jennings
F. C. Landsitter
W. E. Moler
Mesdames W. B. Bartels
M. M. Kerr
B. M. Covert
Thomas Cotton
Ruth Jones
At Home for Mrs Williamson Hostess H J Brown Hosts Guests
Mrs H J Brown of 69 North Congress street hosted a two to four o clock at home for Mrs C O Williamson of New Haven Conn. Twenty five former acquaintances attended and shared conversation needlework and a luncheon prepared with help from Mary Louise Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs B R Walker. Out of town guest Mrs Joseph Lanum of Washington D C visited her parents at 66 Carpenter Street with her infant son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Brown
North
Congress Street
C. O. Williamson
New Haven
Conn
Athens
Mary Louise Walker
B. R. Walker
Joseph Lanum
Washington, D. H
Lanum
J. A. MckKillipe
Carpenter Street
Navy Receives $200 Million Boost for Ordnance
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska was elected chair of the Senate foreign relations committee. At Secretary Daniels request the Senate naval affairs committee boosted the naval ordnance appropriation in the navy appropriation bill by 200 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic
Senator Stone
Missouri
Daniels
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Buy a Calf Move Gains Countrywide Support
A nationwide campaign led by the U S Food Administration hotels division urges buying calves to save beef supply. The Land Development and Live Stock Company of Chicago runs calf nurseries to rear Holstein heifer calves from dairy farms in Wisconsin and Illinois for shipment to patriotic farmers beyond the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Food Administration
Ben H. Harmon
Neil House
Ohio Hotel Division
Tracy C. Drake
Illinois
Chicago
The
Food Administration
America
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Ohio
German American spy captured by American forces in France
The first German American to be caught spying on the American Army in France is in custody. The man and an accomplice dressed as officers attempted to bypass lines to study the ground for tank use. The ruse failed when a German identity was revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Near Tragedy Averted in Amesville Car Ride
Mr. Alex M. Moore and family with Messenger force members rode to Amesville for the War Chest Hop in Moore's new car. On return, dazzling headlights from an oncoming car blinded Moore, his dimmed lights failed, the vehicle went over a bank, leaving all badly bruised but alive. One member is still ill today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex M. Moore
Messenger Force
Amesville
Mr. Moore
Alex
Athens
Property Transfers Names and Values Across Townships
A compilation of land trades listing buyers and sellers across Athens and neighboring townships. Notable deals include Maud L. Fenzel selling to Samuel L. Gilham for $4,000 and Lucinda J. Cooper acquiring multiple lots with values totaling thousands. Other transfers show parcels, outlets, and acreage with varied appraisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
James PD. Brown
Harry M. Roach
Lauara L. Reading
W. D. Robinson
Maud L. Fenzel
Samuel L. Gilham
Mary E. Rich
Albert W. Atkinson
Lillian E
Four Major Express Firms Plan War-Era Merger
United Press reports Wells Fargo United States American and Adams will merge with a 35 million dollar capitalization. The deal, to be approved by the railroad department for wartime, sets a contract sharing fifty percent of gross earnings and a share of excess profits. The government will not nationalize the amalgamated firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Wells Fargo
United States
American
Adams
Railroad Department
National Railroad
Mogridge Nears Exit From Yankees After Long Service
Veteran pitcher George Mogridge plans to retire from baseball and join Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point Maryland. He left the Yankees after years with the club since late 1915 and cited uncertain future prospects in baseball and better long term prospects with a steel job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Yankees
George Mogridge
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Bethle Company
Bees
New Selects Put On Rifle Range At Camp Sherman
Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio May 8 Intensive training is being speeded up for new selects arrived less than two weeks ago. About 4000 rookies attended their first rifle range practice with many lacking uniforms and complete drilling. Artillerymen also began gas shell practice on the 14 mile south range. A British mission will soon visit Brazil under Sir Maurice de Bunsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Sherman Artllerymen
TT vs 2 Crescent Ridge football clash teased
Local grid note mentions TT preparing to face Crescent Ridge. Social notes show Sunday visits among families in Glouster and nearby communities. Residents record visits to and from Brown and Headley households plus several Wemer and Weiss family gatherings. The report closes with a Germany Red Cross stance on treating American wounded.
Baltimore Markets Add Ten War Chest by Dance
A brief market note reports ten additional units or funds credited to a war chest linked to a dance event in Baltimore. Details on organizers or exact amounts are not provided in the readable text.
Amesville war fundraiser draws crowds for four bit entry
In Amesville the town packed Fleming Hall for a war chest benefit with footwork and headwork on stage and a Dalton Orchestra, while food and drink sold at five cents. The crowd, split between Athens locals and nearby residents, raised a good sum for the war effort despite cold winters and warm summer crowds. Prices for local goods and eggs followed as part of the community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Fleming Hall
Dalton Orchestra
Bob Cabeen
Albert Keirns
Cabeen
Frank Gibson
Ed. Curtis
Athens
We are coming Kaiser Billy
A short wartime lyric by Lena Miles a twelve year old girl from Middleport Ohio urges action against Kaiser Wilhelm. The poem mocks the Kaiser and promises dire consequences with strong anti-German sentiment from a child author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Miles
Middleport
Ohio
Cincinnati Produce Prices Hold Steady Across Varieties
Prices for eggs remain steady with prime firate at 32 cents a dozen and firsts at 41 cents, seconds 41 cents, dairy rolls 84 cents. Live poultry shows mixed ranges with fowls 27 cents, under 4 pounds 37 cents, roosters 18 percent, broilers 40 to 50 cents, fryers 30 cents, ducks white 25 cents and colored 22 cents.
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Cincinnati
Hog and Cattle Prices at Union Stock Market
Chicago May 9 hog receipts 32 000 mixed and good heavy light prices range from 16 70 to 18 10. Pigs to 17 50. Beeves cattle 10 00 to 17 50 with cows and heifers 6 80 to 14 10. Calves 8 00 to 14 00. Sheep receipts 7 000 native 12 80 to 16 50 western 13 50 to 16 60 lambs 15 20 to 20 40 western 16 00 to 20 80.
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Union Stock Market
Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati Cattle Market May Report
Cincinnati cattle receipts 700 and hogs 3500 with steady shippers and strong packers. Calves and lambs show weak and slow markets with small price differentials noted. Extra prices around 13.25 to 13.50 for calves and 16.75 to 17.00 for lambs.
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Cincinnati
Market Report Pittsburg Sheep Hogs Prices May 9
Sheep and lambs market steady in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Hogs receipts of 10 cars with market higher led by prime heavy at 18.26 to 18.50, mediums to lights 19.00 to 19.25, roughs 15.50 to 16.50, and stage pigs 12.50 to 13.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Toledo Grain Market Closing Prices May Ninth
Toledo Ohio reports cash prices for grains with wheat at 2.20, corn 1.55, oats 0.795, rye 2.15, clover 18.00, october 14.75, timothy 3.725, and other listed futures 4.80 to 4.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Dee
Chicago Grain Market Prices Early May Trading
Chicago market report shows corn for May at 1.27 a bushel and July at 1.412. Oats for May 0.758 and June 0.731 and July 0.68. Pork futures posted May 45.90 and July 46.36 with nearby activity in Dl region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Sailor Escapes U-Boat in Bold Attack
Captain D. J. McDonald of the American schooner John T. Walters escaped from a German U-boat by striking the commanding officer in the jaw. The ship, carrying coal from an English port to a French port, was attacked March 24. McDonald jumped overboard, hid under a lifelike wake, and was rescued with the eighteen crew by a British destroyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
D. J. McDonald
John T. Walters
McDonald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Elmer Golden of
Logan
Mr. W. B. Golden
Mrs. Hull Foster Jr
Columbus
Mr. G. E. Wyatt
D. D. Fuller
Rebekah
T. N. Hoover
Hoover
John Arnold
Youngstown
W. H. Brooks
Racine
Brooks
D. D. Garen
J. B. Fulton
Esther Harris
Carbondale
Frank Leferenz
Green Joyce Company of
A.T. Lawhead
George I. Putnam
Mt. Carmel Hospital
George T. Ewing
Marion
Sarah Ewing
Jennie Ewing
Elmer Dickson
Carlisle Heights
J. A. Palmer
Marietta
American Union Lodge
Harmar Lodge
Mrs. Williamson
NAVY
I. Cep2le CO
PHILA
Border Brush
Army
Hunspy
Army OF Pershing
Polynesia
South Sea
Sailor
Eke Saobros
Ws.s
United Overs
Erikig Iy Taza0
Athens Township
Courtney’ & Verity
Courtney & Verity
Verity
Charles O’rourke
Charles E. Rowan
Chauncey
Sarah Birge
George W. Leffler
Coolville
Nelsonville
O. T. Bethel
Cora A. Wade
Thomas Matthewson
KE. B. Beard
Moses
Carter
Georgiana Kreig Et al
Leland TI
Kreig Et al
Leland I. Kreig Et al
Anna Smith
EB. A
J. H. Smith
Charles Klein
William Motley
Joseph W
Blanch Stanley
Cora A. Orme
Charles W. Juniper
Rome
Clarence Barnhart
A. L. Cole
Trimble
Joseph Swindle
John Gatchell
Peter Gyure
Des Robinson
Lewis W. Kasler
Lloyd Edson Wemmer
Palm Beach
F. L. Preston CO
Mogridge
YANKS
Pitcher
Brazil
Sir Maurice de Bunsen
Ora Goody
College Hill
Guy White
Vern
Basil Roberts
Glouster
Hazel Wemer
R. H. Wemer
Floyd
Harold
Roy Chalfant
Wilson Wemer
F. M. White
Edna
Wemmer
J. F. Brown
James Ford
T. M. Headley
John Weiss
Sitha Headley
Charley James
Garnett
Agnes
Mable
Bernice Kittle
Lorain Coe
Anderson Hogg
B. F. Brown
E. B. Mason and
George and
Wilson Werner
Mildred and
Doris Cole
Lewis MecGive
Red Cross
Baltimore Produce
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Southern
Kaiser Bill
Kaiser Billy
Wilhelm
Little Willie
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