Tea party honors Huntington mother at Nekserville home
A five o clock tea hosted by Mrs W H Cann and Mrs Frank Benson at the Cann house on Columbus street celebrated Mrs James Johnson of Huntington West Virginia. The Halloween themed gathering featured decorative lights cut flowers and elegant two course tea. Forty five guests attended including Mrs James Johnson from Huntington and out of town visitors Mrs Willard Webb Toledo Mrs John Preston and Mrs F X Rauch of Athens.
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W. H. Cann
Frank Benson
Cann
Columbus Street
James Johnson
Huntington
W. Va
Johnson
Willard Webb
Toledo
John Preston
F. X. Rauch
Athens
Beasleys Fordsters Set for Williamsport Clash at Pastime Park
Beasleys Fordsters prepare for their hardest game of the schedule facing Williamsport at Pastime Park on Sunday October 17. Beasley’s lineup will be altered but aimed at a strong showing in the late game called promptly at 780.
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Beasley’s
Fordsters
Williamsport
Pastime Park
Beasleys
Relief Corp Meeting Plans Inspection at Session
Regular meeting of the W. R. C. will be held Monday October 18. Every member is urged to be present as plans will be made for an inspection.
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Relief Corp
Church Services and Epworth League Reorganization
Sunday church schedule with morning and evening worship at the Methodist Church. Includes Sunday school at 9 30 a m Communion at 10 30 a m testimony at 2 30 p m long service at 7 p m evangelistic sermon at 7 30 p m and midweek prayer on Wednesday. Epworth League activities listed with new organization to follow at close of service. All Epworthians urged to attend.
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Methodist Church
Epworth League
Epworthians
Church Session Reports Five Year Improvements Cost
At a Thursday Session meeting in the pastor's study the church property improvements over five years cost 16567.32 dollars. The Session lists elders C. E. Weltzheimer, J.H. Saltz, L. R. Keich, W. L. Hudson. Friday evening Sunday school elders from L. R. Keich and A. P. Scott shared a pleasant evening with the pastor. The pastor will preach tomorrow morning and evening. One elder turns sixty tomorrow. The morning sermon is How Old Are You and the evening sermon The Church in Politics with focus on current political matters.
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Matse
C. E. Weltzheimer
J.H. Saltz
L. R. Keich
W. L. Hudson
A. P. Scott
Nelder
Christian Church Service and Activities Schedule
Pastor C. L. Johnson leads Bible school at 9 30 A M and service at 10 30 A M The Endeavor meets at 6 P M The Woman Voter notes include dress options for Sunday and Monday events.
I Think I Will Wear The Polls Dress
The speaker notes a dress story with a sash blue a middy and calico detailing. Esther Clarke Verity words describe fashion contrast with fear of age disclosure at the poll. A clerk may ask to state age, casting a social commentary in verse.
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Esther Clarke Verity
Nelsonville listing offers various sale items and a house
Numerous ads describe a four room house with water electric lights and cellar for sale at 375 Madison street. Other items include a Columbia phonograph with 15 records for 80 dollars, a mahogany piano with bench, army field shoes at 275 a pair, window sash and frames, a 1920 Chevrolet roadster at 600 dollars, carload groceries, and a 7 room house on Madison Street with gas electric lights water inside and cistern priced reasonably. Call or visit local merchants.
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Madison Street
Bell
Madison St
Adams Street
Farm Bureau Moves to Post Office Building in Athens County
At the first Athens County Farm Bureau executive meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms plans for the future were discussed. Bills were approved, a secretary salary of 100 dollars a year set, and support pledged for boys and girls agricultural clubs. The offices were set to move to the Post Office Building and a farmer exchange list to keep farmers informed. Present: H P Dutton, H Leo Williams, H H Jackson, C H Wyatt, O D Dailey.
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Athens County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Athens County
H. P. Dutton
H. Leo Williams
H. H. Jackson
C. H. Wyatt
O. D. Dailey
Pie Social At Cone School Promises County Talks
A pie social is held at Cone School on Thursday evening October 21. County Superintendent Root and Professor Crow will give speeches beginning at 7 o clock. Everyone is invited.
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Cone School
Root
Crow
Lord Mayor MacSwiney Hunger Strike Under Scrutiny
United Press report by Webb Miller details a Brixton prison visit on MacSwiney sixtieth four day of fasting. Friends deny feeding. officials refuse comment while relatives insist no sustenance has been given beyond a morning drink.
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United Press
Webb Miller
London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
England
Miller
WEBBC
Miller United Press
MacSwiney
Home Office
Norman Moore
Art O'Brien
Archbishop Mannix
Father Fogarty
Moore
Muriel MacSwiney
Terry
Bis
Emaciated prisoner confined under strict daily care
The inmate remains at high temperature while hot water bottles are applied around his emaciated body. He is bathed three times daily and his condition undergoes careful examinations with detailed reports filed to the home office.
Ohio fair price program ends November 1
Columbus reports that all fair price work in Ohio must terminate November 1. John Pfeiffer, state fair price commissioner, was advised by Attorney General Palmer that further cuts are needed to conserve a reduced justice department appropriation.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Pfeiffer
Palmer
Department of Justice
Athens Scouts Aim for a Big Restart in New Year
The Athens community rallies to revive the Boy Scout movement. Leaders urge boys aged 12 to 18 to join Troops One Two and Four. Meetings begin next Monday at 7 PM at the Presbyterian church with further troop schedules to come. Scouts are urged to enjoy outdoor activities and work for betterment of home school town state and country.
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Athens
Paul
Mr. Dupler
Harold Graham
Presbyterian Church
GROVE'S L B Q Tablets Ad Claims Authenticity
An advertisement urges buyers to request GROVE'S L B Q tablets stating they are genuine with E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. The laxative and quinine product is priced at 80 cents.
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Grove
E. W. Grove
Republican committee alters meeting dates in Athens County
The Athens County Republican committee announced that the Pratts Fork and Federal district meetings have been moved to later dates than originally scheduled.
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Republican Campaign Committee
Athens County
Pratts Fork and
Federal
Detroit Mayor Narrowly Escapes Bomb Plot
Police arrested one man and sought four others after a report of a plan to bomb Mayor James Cousins of Detroit. The suspect allegedly told his wife he was offered twenty thousand dollars by four men to carry out the act.
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Detroit
Mich
James Cousins
Cox Promises National Meeting on Welfare if Elected
Gov James M Cox told Cleveland women he would urge a national meeting of women’s groups to craft a welfare and social progress program for Congress and the White House. He criticized the Republican Senate for neglecting public welfare amid large national spending and endorsed federal education and health bureaus with equal status to labor. He also backed a federal bureau of Americanization to aid state instruction of aliens.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Cleveland
James M. Cox
Republican
Senate
League
Department of Education and Health
Federal Bureau of Americanization
Detroit
Cox
Elihu Root
Charles Evans Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Harding
Des Moines
Versailles
Sandusky
Elyria
Rally Day Planned by Chauncey First Christian School
Chauncey Ohio October 16 Rally Day will be observed tomorrow at the First Christian Sunday school in Chauncey with large attendance expected. Supt Courtney in charge with program including opening prayer, roll call, songs by the Chauncey Quartette, orchestra, piano numbers, and announcements.
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Chauncey, O
First Christian
Chauncey
Courtney
Glennis Daugherty
Chauncey Quartette
Roll Call
Boos Siveveceese
James Nye Bonk
Were Wedded Here Wednesday
The marriage of Dallas Townsend and Selma Townsend was solemnized in Athens at ten o clock Wednesday morning. A wedding dinner followed at their home on West Union Street hosted by Mrs. William Green. The bride is the daughter of Miles and Townsend of near Zaleski and the groom son of Robert Townsend. The groom is a world war veteran who served eighteen months in the navy on the Penobscot tug boat. They will visit relatives in New Marshfield and Athens before establishing a home.
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New Marshfield
Dallas Townsend
Selma Townsend
Athens
William Green
West Union Street
Miles Townsend
Zaleski
Robert Townsend
Penobscot
Wheat stocks smaller now over country
United States Wheat stocks on October 1 totaled 608 million bushels, with 477 million on farms, 102 million in country mills and elevators, and 29 million at accumulation points. Compared with 747 million last year, farmers marketed 321 million in the first quarter, down nearly 29 percent. The crop plus carryover is estimated at 798 million bushels, about 17 percent less than 1919.
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Washington, D. C
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Wran gel Seeks Victory as Reds Rally near Paris
General Wran gel, commanding 160000 bolshevik forces, counts on a morale collapse to assure victory. Foreign minister M. Stroguva reports the plan as red morale shows signs of strain near Paris.
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Paris
Wrangel
M. Stroguva
Ohio labor federation wraps 37th annual convention
John B. Moore of Columbus lauded the meeting as the federation’s most successful as delegates concluded the 37th annual convention in Dayton. Re-elected officers include vice presidents Quinlivan Fink Owens Muhleman Morgan Haybrook and Grubbs with Donnelly boosted to 4500 a year as secretary-treasurer. Ode Grubbs will serve as fifth vice president. O B Chapman to the AFL delegation. Hamilton named 1921 convention site.
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Dayton
John B. Moore
Columbus
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Moore
John J. Quinlivan
Toledo
Grant Fink
John G. Owens
Cleveland
Arthur Muhleman
Coshocton
W. M. Morgan
Newark
Albert Haybrook
Cincinnati
Thomas J. Donnelly
Ode J. Grubbs
John J. Graney
O. B. Chapman
American Federation of Labor
Hamilton
Miss Aileen Joyce Finds Stage Debut in Lyric Chorus
Portland Obe Oct 15 Miss Aileen Joyce a Bethany College graduate Topeka Kansas a year ago is the new girl in the Lyric theatre chorus here the fourth from the left. Joyce tried teaching school for a year but she had to walk a mile to her rural district school.
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Portland, Obe
Aileen Joyce
Bethany College
Topeka
Kansas
Lyric Theatre Chorus
Joyce
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