Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Travels
W C T U meeting moved to Wednesday at 2 PM in the Ruth Amelia home 55 Mill Street. Lillie Class to meet Tuesday at 6 15 PM at the Christian church. Mrs. Gertrude Carter of Columbus visiting former home and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cornell. Several residents return from Columbus Cincinnati Dayton and Greenfield trips. Pixley in Camp Jackson Columbia SC awaiting June 28 1920 discharge. Beasley Stevens family guests from Cincinnati at 123 Morris Avenue.
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Ruth Amelia
Mill Street
Gertrude Carter
Columbus
City
Charles Cornell
William A. Pixley
Athens
Camp Jackson
Columbia S. C
48Th Infantry
Young Pixley
Carl Beasley
Morris Avenue
Edwin E.‘ Stevens
Cincinnati
Scott Stevens
Walter Cook
Readings Return to Arizona After Extended Visit
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Reading and their four sons left Athens after a six weeks stay at Mrs. Ellen Boetzner’s home. They traveled by motor from Cincinnati on Saturday and plan to reach Phoenix, Arizona, by Tuesday. They visited relatives in Spencer West Virginia and Steubenville and stopped in Madison Wisconsin with Mrs. Reading’s sister Mrs. Will Alderman and family.
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H. J. Reading
Emma Boelzner
Pheenix
Arizona
Reading
Ellen Boetzner
Spencer
W. Va
Steubenville
Athens
Madison
Wisconsin
Readings
Will Alderman
Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs R W W Haning
Mr and Mrs R W W Haning celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary with a six o clock dinner and music. Guests included Emmett Oxley Audrey Oxley Dow Haning Leonard Oxley Jess Carsey Louise Oxley and their two sons Billie and Carl Wheeler.
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R. W. W Haning
Emmett Oxley
Audrey Oxley
Dow Haning
Leonard Oxley
Jess Carsey
Louise Oxley
Haning
Billie
Carl Wheeler
Crossen and Ziggafoos Tie Wedding in Albany Area
Miss Mary E. Crossen daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Crossen of Hebbardsvill e and Mr Darrell Ziggafoos son of Mrs Nelle Ziggafoos of Albany were married Saturday evening at 6 80 o clock at the First M E parsonage by Rev Dr C L Strecker. Mr and Mrs George C Dean of near Albany attended. The groom is a traveling salesman for the F C Stedman Company. They will reside near Albany.
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Mary E. Crossen
W. E. Crossen
Hebbardsville
Darrell Ziggafoos
Nelle Zaggafoos
Albany
M. BE. Parsonage
C. L. Strecker
George C. Dean
Near Albany
F. C. Stedman Company
Ziggafoos
Rehearsals For Wishing Ring Begin In Athens
Athens Girl Scouts sponsor the Wishing Ring musical fantasy with first rehersals today in the High School Assembly room. The director from John B. Rogers Producing Company of Ohio arrives today and will assign parts at 8 30 pm after minor cast changes.
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Athens
Miss Swaim
Whhio
John B. Rogers
Ohio
Stylish Skirt Foils Fair Hold Up in New York Tale
A comic fiction reports Herbert Boyd chased by a soprano and a dark eyed damsel, who rob him with a skirt aided by two men. The bandit flees but is hampered by fashion and lands in the hoosegow as moral confusion abounds.
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New York
Herbert Boyd
Herbert
Suicide Club
Texas
Navy to sell surplus food at cost to Ohio towns
The Navy Department notified Governor Cox it will ship surplus food to Ohio municipalities at cost or below. About 200000 lb asparagus, 20000 lb string beans, 500000 lb canned corn, 200000 lb jam, 560000 lb canned goods, 180000 lb pickles, 175000 lb canned pumpkin, 1000000 cans tomatoes, and 500 lb salt will be sold with payment due within ten days after sale. Prices are well under current market rates.
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Columbus
Navy Department
Cox
Ohio
Ready to Start Big Steel Plant at Buffalo Today
Buffalo reports indicate the Lackawanna steel plant planned to restart an open-hearth furnace for the first time since the two week steel strike began. State Constabulary Lieut. Sheehan said informants confirmed the plant was preparing to resume operations with smoke and steam observed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lackawanna Steel
Lieut. Sheehan
State Constabulary
Husbands in Canton Debate Finances and Booze Control
In Canton on October 6 Reverend Ira Dayton of the First United Brethren voices concern over husbands who spend money on booze, urging wives to take action and restore postwar financial discipline. The fragment hints at a broader community discussion on household control and temperance.
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Canton
Ira Dy Tor
The
First United Brethren
Yap and Its People Food Drink and Clothes All Obtained From Trees
A Washington report explains Yap in the Caroline Islands. It notes a population around 7000, isolation from women’s clubs, stone money weighing hundreds of pounds, and a polyandrous system. Men and women dress in leaf skirts while bachelor clubs dominate social life.
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Washington
Yap
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
National Geographic Society
Caroline Islands
Guam
Mindenao
Philippine
Cir
Preacher Weds at Ninety Four in New York
Rev Moses Allen, an itinerant preacher applying for a marriage license, states his age as ninety four. He vows, It is not good that man should be alone, as his bride-to-be is only half his age.
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New York
Moses Allen
London Paris Air Freight Inaugurated Service
A new freight and passenger air service between London and Paris began with a round trip flight departing at 9 a.m. from Fulham, Middlesex, and returning at 2 45 p.m. The service uses a general cargo carrying machine on the London Paris route.
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London
Paris
Flounslow
County of Middlesex
Canton church sermon cites vow to whip offenders
In a Canton sermon last night a church leader declared he would gladly volunteer to wield the rawhide over the backs of such men. The talk followed a note about a new garbage can cover that blocks rain water yet allows easy access for disposal.
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Canton
Gifts to President and Mrs. Wilson From Europe Listed
Secretary Tumulty released a public list detailing numerous small gifts received by President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson during their European tour. The items include books, decorative pieces, medals, a Windsor Castle book, and a Paris city gift, among others. The president plans to seek congressional permission to retain these gifts, noting constitutional limits on foreign gifts.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
Louvain
England
Windsor Castle
London
Italy
Capitol
Rome
Italia
Victoria
Genoa
France
Signor
Orlando
Pompei
Congress
President’s Western Trip Notes Gifts Worth Noted
Tumulty says the President’s attention was drawn to Representative Rodenburg Illinois and Senators Penrose and Sherman statements hinting gifts valued from half a million to several million dollars. He asserts all important gifts to the President are listed.
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Tumulty
Rodenburg
Illinois
Penrose and
Sherman
Fall Fertilizer Benefit Even After Wheat Sown
Ohio Experiment Station officials note that ground limestone or acid phosphate can be applied after sowing wheat. Benefits are smaller than at seeding but still profitable. If field damage from driving is likely, spreading after the ground freezes may be better for young wheat.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Detachable Rim Design Eases Tire Removal
Description of a new English detachable wheel rim whose free ends overlap and can be drawn together with a jack to allow easy tire removal.
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Roy Tracy
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Edward Sullivan
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F. P. Phillips
Howard Goodwin
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Clara Atkinson
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Rachel Duncan
Ohio University
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