Athens social notes include military and family visits
A long list of residents and visitors appears from Athens to Camp Sherman and Columbus including Mr W E Moler and Mrs DeForest Murch visiting relatives, Lieut Carl Tewksbury in Cincinnati, Lieut Gilbert Kendal at Camp Sherman, and Miss Marian Leeper among others. Several clubs meet this week, including the Needle Club, Woman's Missionary Society, and Esther Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Kendal
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Athens
Mrs. DeForest Murch of
Cincinnati
Mrs
Henry Cameron
Athens Needle Club
W. E. Moler
East State Street
Arthur Molter
Carl Tewksbury
Ordnance Department
O. B. Murphey
Marietta
Marian Leeper
Alice Leeper
Lillibridge
Zanesville
W. B. Golden
Leeper
Family notices and academic achievement
Mr. John George and family return to Porterfield after attending Betty Hibbard George’s funeral in Kane. Miss Winnstrea Richmond of Waverly Mass arrives in Athens as cousin of Mrs. Elizabeth Swaim for a month visit. Richmond, State Psychologist in Massachusetts, formerly Ohio University graduate, is advancing toward a Doctor’s degree with prominent recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John George
Kane Pa
Betty Hibbard George
Porterfield
P. G. Hibbard
Cleveland and
Kane
Winnstrea Richmond
Waverly
Mass
Elizabeth Swaim
Athens
Miss Richmond
Ohio University
Clark University
Chrisman
Death of Athens Boy in Southwest Aviation Tragedy
Lieutenant George Sherman died in an aircraft accident near Ft. Sill while on his fourth flight. First Lieutenant L A Kneeland recounted the crash and praised Sherman as popular and capable. The pilot survived, with officials noting no fault by the crew and commenting on aviation casualty rates. Sherman will be given military honors as the funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sherman
Hocking Valley
Sherman
North
Congress Street
L. A. Kneeland
329Th Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Lieut. Sherman
Kneeland
Lieut
United States
Reading of Prize Essays on Scientific Temperance Instruction
Public invited to readings of prize essays from public schools on Scientific Temperance Instruction. Event Tuesday May 14 at 7 30 in the Presbyterian Church followed by an address by Supt. Morgan. Music to be provided and a silver offering taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Supt. Morgan
White Hall Social Notes and Nearby Visits
Mrs. Fred Lee Tom and son Darrel and Mrs. Jeese Maxwell and daughters of Athens were recent guests of their father D. N. Higgins. Mrs. Vern Adair of Hebron spent last week with her sister Mrs. F. J. Hooper. C. B. Moore hosted visitors Lovan Duckler and Herb Ruth. William Austin and family visited Amos Driggs and wife. Homer Graves and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook. Fred Lawrence and wife, recently back from the Philippines, visited William Drake and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lee Tom
Darrel
Jeese Maxwell
Athens
D. N. Higgins
Vern Adair
Hebron
F. J. Hooper
Familly
Moore
Lovan Duckler
Burlingham
Meigs County
Herb Ruth
William Austin
Amos Driggs
Union
Homer Graves
Robert Cook
Canaanville
Fred Lawrence
Philippine Islands
William Drake
Bas sett church announces Sunday preaching appeal
Sunday May 19 at 3 P M preaching at Bas sett church. Several local residents attended events and visits include Mrs Melissa Moore returning from Hebbardsville and Mr and Mrs Arlo Johnson visiting LeRoy Johnson near Mineral. Community members attended The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin in Athens and others hosted guests at various homes.
Athens Masons Put On Work At Chillicothe
Thirty one Athens Council No 15 members returned from the Chillicothe Council No 4 inspection. Chillicothe conferred council degrees in the afternoon and held a banquet. Athens Council conferred Super-Excellent Master on 32 candidates and the event was led by Grand Council officials Edward C. Rector and Otto B. Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Council No
Chillicothe Council
Athens Council
Edward C. Rector
Circleville
Grand Council of Ohio
Otto B. Cornell
Divorce Suits Still Popular in Courts Here
Two divorce petitions filed in Athens county seek legal dissolution of marriage. Charles McDaniel cites over twenty years of marriage to Anna H. McDaniel and a son, William, as grounds after she left home in 1907. Gertrude B. Warren seeks divorce from Thomas H. Warren alleging May 1918 abuse and asks custody of three children Mervin, Helen, and Ruth with support payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Charles McDaniel
Anna H. McDaniel
William McDaniel
Millfield
Gertrude B. Warren
Thomas H. Warren
York Township
Nelsonville
Mervin Warren
Helen Warren
Ruth Warren
Hun Lines Being Thinned In Lorraine From German Strain
Frank J. Taylor reports from the American front in Lorraine that German lines are thinning due to resource drains from Picardy. Prisoners describe low-grade troops in the trenches as Ver dun front measures shift from troop density to bombardments and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Taylor
Lorraine
Picardy
Verdun Front
Carnival Accidents Hit Glouster Fair
Pearson's Carnival in Glouster Ohio faced bad weather and a severe accident on the ferris wheel Saturday evening. A Murray City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder, fell from a basket injuring his leg and possibly injuring her hips and internal organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Ohio
Pearson
Magic City
Murray City
Arthur Snyder
Snyder
Drawford and Koons
Edward Reese
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Carnival
Carnival Company
Minstrele Show Planned by Church of Christ at Opera House
Extensive preparations and rising interest for a minstrele show under the Church of Christ to be staged at the Opera House on Thursday evening May 16. Local talent gathers for a lively program of new music and catchy songs. seats on sale at Drury's after 9 A M Wednesday. Admission 25 cents, war tax included. seats may be reserved for 10 cents more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Opera House
Drury’s
Mines Fortify Ohio Collieries as Water Threatens Rails
Ohio Collieries report full carloads this morning while rising water threatens lines at Glouster 256 and 254 Jacksonville by noon. Sunday Creek near danger level, Independent mines active. In Jacksonville Pastime Theatre announces The Son of His Father with Charles Ray tomorrow night and The Honor System with George Walsh Gladys Brockwell Marion Cooper Wednesday. William James returns from Grant hospital Columbus after his son’s arm injury improved. doctors feared loss of limb but hope for recovery remains. Original Theatre shows Billy Ritchie in House of Terrible Scandals tonight. County officials W A Craft John G Myers and Hugh Gormley visiting. Martin Ellis of Modoc shot by John Hartman at Hartman’s saloon. Ellis hospitalized with a wound under chin. no arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Glouster
Hisylvania
Jacksonville
Sunday
Pastime Theatre
Charles Ray
George Walsh
Gladys Brockwell
Marion Cooper
Martin Eilis
Modoc
Drs. Crawford and
Koons
John Hartman
Ellis
Hartman
Prof Homer Higley dies in Jersey City
News arrives of the death of Prof Homer B Higley at his Jersey City home in early May He was a Meigs county native born on a Rutland farm sister Emma Bingham the last family member He attended Ohio University graduating in 1891 He was brother to the late Prof B O Higley of Ohio University and taught mathematics in the East with notable success
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer B. Higley
Jersey City
Higley
Athens
Meigs County
Rutland
Emma Bingham
Ohio University
B. O. Higley
Old Ohio
Homer Higley
East
Old Suit Heard in Common Pleas Court
Common pleas court opened the May term with the first jury case. The panel included Grim Algeo Junod Jacobs Goodrich Carpenter Giles Roberts Brown White Snedden Jack. It’s an appeal from a 1912 judgment in favor of Worley Baughman for 42.67 against William Gross for beef sold. Baughman seeks 42.57 plus 6 percent interest on 27.80 from June 25 1907 and 6 percent on 14.77 from June 27 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Charles Grim
A. BE. Algeo
G. H. Junod
John Jacobs
8. M. Goodrich
O. A. Carpenter
J. A. Giles
Charles Roberts
Ira Brown
BD. R. White
J. R. Snedden
J. L. Jack
B. L. Horn
J. P
William Gross
Worley BE
Market prices wrap large assortment of staples and poultry
Today's markets show steady beef and prime firsts at $2 per dozen while dairy items hold firm. Live poultry remains steady with fowls over four pounds at 27 cents, broilers up to two pounds at 40 to 50 cents, fryers over two pounds at 80 cents, and ducks around 25 to 28 cents per pound.
Butter prices and creamery goods vary by region
Butter firm at cremeries with 46 470 lb lots and price ranges from 42 to 49 cents. Ohio rolls 30 sbc and West Virginia 30 81c are noted. Eyes steady with Western Ohio at 4 cents per dot and West Virginia at 34 cents. southern at 33 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
West Virginia
Western
Southern
Cincinnati Livestock Prices Report May 138
Cattle receipts 2216 with shippers paying 11.00 to 16.50. Calves steady with extra 13.50. Hogs receipts 6650. market lower, good choice packers and butchers 17.75. Sheep receipts night with extra 11.50 to 11.75. Lambs market slow with extra 16.75 to 17.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago Live Stock Prices May 13 Hogs Cattle Sheep
Chicago market figures show hog receipts at 54 000 with ranges for mixed and butchers and various hog grades. Cattle receipts 13 000 with Beeves Cows and Heifers Stockers and Feeders price ranges. Sheep receipts 18 000 with native Western lambs ewes noted and markets lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Toledo Market Prices Report May 13
Toledo notes closing cash prices for grains and hay: Corn $1.60, Oats $0.76, Rye $2.15, Clover $18.25, Oct $14.95, Timothy $3.80, Sept $4.50, Oct $4.72, Dec $4.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Commodity Prices Reported for May and July
Chicago prices show corn at May 1.27 and July 1.45 with oats May 0.75 and June 0.71 3 4 and July 0.66 7 8. Pork listed at May 44.25 and July 44.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Creamery Buy Rates For Sour and Sweet Cream This Week
Local creameries this week pay 44 1 2 cents per pint for sour cream and 50 1 2 cents for sweet cream testing 17 percent.
Red Cross Gift Sale Raises Funds Through Auction
A London cockeral owned by F C Pyson sold for 725 shillings at Madstone gift sale to aid the Red Cross and Kent prisoners of war fund. The sale plus subscriptions brought in nearly 30 000 pounds for war relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Pyson
London
Red Cross
Madstone
Kent Prisoners of the War Fund
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Will Worthman
Robert
Rred Rickey
The
Boys Industrial School
Tom McCullough
Henry K. Seidenfeld
Beatrice Collard
Coalton
Gretchen Schaeffler
Edwin Finsterwald
Hazel McKinstry
Helen Brandle
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Leo Bradley
Rodney
John
R. Brock
Lancaster Street
H. D. Wadley
Frank Gates
Emmett Quest
Hal
H. P. Quest
L. F. Krapps
Zelma
Parkersburg
W. Va
A. B. Scott
Esther
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G. R. Robinson
Logan
D. O. Sanborn
Ora Lynch
Eastern Star Lodge
Shaw
Portsmouth
Order
Mary George
Cleveland
Seco
Ma Eady
Ua Cal
Suempurh
White Hall
Bassett
Melissa Moore
Ada Parker
Hebbardsville
Arlo Johnson
LeRoy Johnson
Near Mineral
Beast
Berlin
Ben George
Cleveland Hospital
Froggy
C. 8. Moore
Atta Kern
Homer Graves Jr
Fred Kern
A. J. Carbaugh
Herbert Carbaugh
Phyllis
Chase
Frank Hooper
A. L. Halsey
Miles Jacoby
Eugene Jacoby
Jackville
Elsie Braley
Carbondale
Ruth
Robert Pierce
Pleasanton
Harry Tribe
Herbert Moore
Allen
Will Austin
Glouster News
Messenger
Opera House Tonight
Robert Warwick
Bibulus
Clint Hooks
von Hindenburg
France
William James
Original Theatre Tonight
Billy Ritchie
W. A. Craft
John G. Myers
Board of Elections
Hugh Gormley
Prof
Common Pleas
Cincinnati Produce
Baltimore Produce
Cincinnati Cattle Market
Union Stock Market
Toledo Grain Market
Chicago Grain Market
East State St
C. Brown
Turkey
F. C. Stedman Company
American Association
Kansas City
Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Pat
Ford
Taude
Alt
Lostro Auto Sales Co
Swanson Furn. Co
North Court Street
Anti-Saloon League
Anti- Saloon League
General Assembly
People
Ohio Home Rule Assn
L. H. Gibson
Mgr
Nerigan Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
Bardin Brothers Co
Mahanoy City
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