Local Social News Highlights From across Town
Miss Rae Bougher visits from Columbus. Ida Allison of Mitchell visits Dorcas Allison. Births include Charles Belford to Mr. and Mrs. Gates. a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Van Dyke. Athens boys depart for Camp Wheeler. Akron government workers return from leave. Greta Lash returns to Marietta schools. U S Battleship Delaware sailor home on leave after Norway convoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest van Dyke
North Court Street
Greta Lash
Marietta
George B. Lash
Army athletics to standardize college sports after war
Washington reports a War Department plan to create a central school at Princeton to train athletic instructors for the Student Army Training Corps. The program aims to standardize intercollegiate sports, expand participation, and train instructors who will establish local schools and promote a universal postwar athletic system in American colleges.
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Washington
Princeton University
Army Training Corps
War Department Committee On
Commission On
Joseph E. Raycroft
FLY NO BETTER IN ATHENS CITY
The influenza situation in Athens and nearby areas worsens as new cases rise. One physician noted twelve new cases, another six, with 42 new influenza cases 1 pneumonia and 1 death reported in the 24 hours to 6 p.m. Saturday. A Health Dept letter to Dr. Higgins directs weekly mail reports and cessation of daily updates.
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Athens
Athens Board of Health
Higgins
State Dept. of Health
J. M. Higgins
Engineer killed in bad wreck near Albany Sunday
K and M train No 2 ran off the track three miles below Albany toward Carpenter. Engineer Joe Boley of Middleport died beneath the engine after it overturned on a sharp curve and a small bridge. Fireman Albert Bennett suffered a badly broken arm. Baggageman Hamrick and passengers were injured. A relief train carried victims to Hobson. track cleared by 11 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Carpenter
Joe Oley
Middleport
Armitage
Boley
Albert Bennett
Hamrick
Hobson
Fayette County Farm Sells for Record $350 Per Acre
Charles Wade of near Sabina paid a record $350 per acre for the Harriet E. Marchant 180 acre farm on the Jeffersonville pike near Washington D. C. This sale sets a new Fayette county price benchmark. A new railroad tool, a motor erection car with its own power plant, debuts carrying rail drilling equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. H
Charles Wade
Sabina
Fayette County
Harriet E. Marchant
Jeffersonville Pike
Federal board finds jobs for disabled men
The Federal Board for Vocational Education mobilizes to place disabled soldiers and sailors in civilian work. The Seventh district covers Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky with headquarters in Cincinnati. Veterans may choose training, undergo a probationary period, be placed, and receive follow up guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Army
Federal Board
Federal Reserve Board
Athens Man Injured In Floodwood Plant Accident
Charles L. Pickering, 19, of West State Street, an oiler at Floodwood Power Plant, slipped and fell into an 8 by 4 foot sump hole filled with water and steam. Water reached his knees but his elbows kept him from sinking. he was rescued and treated by Dr. Cable from Nelsonville, then brought to Athens and is reported doing well.
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Charles L. Pickering
West State Street
Floodwood
Pickering
Cable
Nelsonville
Athens
Draft Orders Twenty-Five Men for Camp Sherman
The local draft board received mobilization orders to induct twenty-five white men physically qualified for general service. They are to be forwarded during a three day period beginning November 22 to Camp Sherman.
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Camp Sherman
Silver Gray with Blue Striking Fashion Note
A brief line notes silver gray with blue is striking. The passage critiques conservation talk on food manpower and fuel, arguing it shows past waste and urges Americans to abandon extravagance as a badge of honor.
Fell Timber Supply in Wood Lot Sparks Neighbor Help
In a wood lot four enough fallen timbers lie ready to keep a family warm this winter. If one cannot haul it out alone, a neighbor may see it as a heavenly chance to lend a hand during the cold season.
Big American hospital at Portsmouth England serves 3000 wounded
Oct 18 report describes a major American hospital near Portsmouth that will hold more than 3000 Western Front casualties. Staff hail from Albany area. Red Cross workers from Hartford and Cleveland organize recreation, supplies, home communications, letters, and reports.
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Portsmouth
England
Mall
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Red Cross
Hartford
Conn
Cleveland
Des Moines
Brooks
Firetclans
Winsor P. Day
Lieut. Carter
Iowa
Capt
Knapp
Lieut
Goodrich
American Red Cross
Home Communications Service
Washington
Hospital
Ed Cross
American Private Sees Monaco Palace During France Furlough
An American private, Aleor William Williamson of a Pacific theater engineer regiment, spent a seven day furlough in France. He toured Marseilles Nice and Monte Carlo before trying to visit Monaco Palace where Swiss guards barred entry. A Monaco acquaintance offered to introduce him at the door and arrange a palace tour.
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France
Aleor
William Williamson
Racifieer
Monaco
Williamson
Mediterranean
Marseilles
Nice
Monte Carlo
The Simple Soldat Americain Visits a Prince
A visitor known as the simple soldat Americain enters the palace throne chamber with ease and is invited to mount the throne. Luncheon follows while he recalls standing in line for rations, remarking it must be fine to be a prince. The feature ends noting households feel the cold as soot on radiators wastes heat.
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Williamson
Knit Two Socks at Once Takes Hold in Chicago
Australian double knitting reaches Chicago where Mrs A Misa Brown taught a method enabling two socks to be knit simultaneously. Directions are sold at Evanston Red Cross headquarters with funds aiding the Red Cross. A European invention powers a mine railway rescue car with belt gearing.
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Chicago
Australia
Misa Brown
United States
Red Cross
Evanston
Europe
Bargain Groceries Advertised In town Sale
Local shop promotes cheap goods including sugar per pound, oleo per pound, karo syrup per can, pink salmon in big cans, kraut or pumpkin, raisins in a package, Argo starch, lye hominy, canned peaches and apricots, toilet paper rolls, washboard, brooms, and other household staples. Prices listed in ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Brooi
Big Tail
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Columbus
Ida Allison
Mitchell, Ind
Dorcas Allison
Harry Foster
Martha
Bremen
Ernest Gross
Bertha Brown
Gross
Crooksville
Hull Foster Jr
New York City
Florence
Nellie McCall
Logan
W. L. Gates
J.C. Andrews
Charles Belford
M. Sweeney
Canton
Joe Gardner
Harry Kelley
H. M. Fig
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Ty Infirmary
D. Blackburn
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Motor Transport Corps
Donald L. Swaim
Pearl BD. Day
Ralph D. Murphy
Roy Newman
Adria Slaughter
Eva Brooks
Goldie Tope
Akron
Catherine McClure
Parkersburg
de Salis Heights
T. E. Davis
Will Fletcher
Camp Hancock
Augusta
University of Cincinnati
D. W. Palmer
Poston
James Isaac Palmer
Tran
Dept
Ordia Palmer
J. S. Barleon
John DeMolet
U. S
Delaware
Norway
the Commissioners OF Health
J. E. Bauman
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Col. E. M. House
Wilson
Versailles
House
Pershing
Clyde C. Boso, Pres
Jas. A. Bryan
Secy
Treas
EVRY
Bale
National Woolen Mills
BIG Hospital
Lady Dufferin
Dufferin
Marchioness of Dufferin
Florence Davis
John H. Davis
New York
Constantinople
Paris
Stockholm
Russia
Turkey
Italy
Pringe
Pacific Coast Regiment
AlbaNy Milling Co
Albany, Ohio
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