Social News Briefs From Athens Obituaries and Visits
Mrs C H Horn and Miss Clara Atkinson return from a week at Porterfield. Eastern Star meets at 7 30 PM. Edward Davis from Port Arthur Texas visits his brother B J Davis. Frank Bean and son Paul visit Dr and Mrs L G Bean. Several locals travel and guests arrive from Newland Indiana Chicago and Maryland. Prof C N Mackinnon returns to Ohio University as English instructor after service in Columbus Georgia.
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C.H. Horn
Clara Atkinson
Porterfield
Edward Davis
Port Arthur
Texas
Mr. B. J. Davis
Dora Vancleave
Washington, D. C
Eva Griffin
Miss Vancleave
Olney Springs
Colorado
C. N. Mackinnon
Janet
Columbus
Georgia
Mackinnon
Athens
Ohio University
Lena Slattery
Portland
Oregon
J. R. Slattery
Corn Cutting Starts in Athens County Amid Wet Season
It was noted Sunday that corn cutting is beginning in many sections of the county. The last heavy rains have brought the corn out wonderfully and in most sections the crop will be large. Farmers expect more rains in the next week or two to break land for wheat, and plowing observed along many miles of road suggests wheat acreage may be lighter next year.
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Athens County
Land rights and self-determination cited in treaty discussion
Speech highlights the principle that land belongs to those who live on it and the right of the people to shape government. Referendums decide territorial questions in Europe, with focus on Poland and high Silesia. Includes local notices of miners convention delegates, travel, and a freight train wreck in Millfield.
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Nebraska
Europe
Republic of
Poland
High Silesia
Silesia
Germany
Paris
For Sale and Local Events at Glouster Ohio
For sale a six room frame dwelling with slate roof in good location enamel metal cistern city water and unfinished bathroom lot measures 133 by 125 with outbuildings and cellar also contact details. Opera House listings advertise Liberty Bell Girls second chapter Perils of Thunder Mountain Peggy Hyland in Cowardice Court 115 30 war tax included Nazimova in Out of the Fog at the Great Nazimova theatre with 7 pm and 9 pm showtimes Sept 11. A Glouster Sportsmen Club meeting is set for Tuesday evening at Red Men hall with game law copies to be distributed.
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P. O
Glouster
Opera House
Peggy Hyland
Nazimova
Glouster Sportsmen Club
Red Men Hall
Porch fete at Riley home delights guests
On Saturday evening September 6 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Riley hosted a porch fete with many invited guests. The event featured an elaborate program praised as innovative and well rendered, followed by a sumptuous dining room repast that guests found very appetizing.
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Andrew Riley
Pie social and ice cream at Mrs Dunnett home
A pie social and cake and ice cream supper is planned at the home of Mrs Lalla Dunnett on Wednesday evening September 10. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Lalla Dunnett
River Stage Report From Pittsburg Area
Ohio river stages today show several locations with falling water levels. Point Bridge and Herr's Island both at five feet, Davis Island at 6.7, Beaver Dam at seven, Parkersburg at 11 and Point Pleasant steady at 6.3 feet.
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Pittsburg
Point Bridge
Herr’s Island
Davis Island
Beaver Dam
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Will Light Clock To Shine At Night
The court house clock will be lighted at nights in the future. Electricians are busy stringing wires in the tower before placing bulbs on the clock face.
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Court House
Violated Blue Laws Sweep Through McMechen and Benwood
Deputy sheriffs swooped on McMechen and Benwood on Sunday making thirteen arrests among confectioners cigar dealers and soft drink vendors on charges of violating Blue laws during the Food Police action in Moundsville West Virginia September 8.
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Moundsville
W. VA
McMechen
Benwood
Biate
Liberty bonds and Toledo grain prices dated Sept 8
Liberty bond quotations listed with values for 314s First 4s Second 4s and Victory issues. Toledo grain market shows corn oats barley and seed prices with monthly futures and cash terms for 1917 1915 1919 and 1918 contracts.
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Liberty Bonds
New York
Liberty Bond
Victory
Toledo
Alfie
Cattle and Hogs Market Report with Varied Receipts
Cattle receipts 125 loads, market slow and lower with choice 15.50 to 16.25, prime 14.00 to 15.00, common 8.50 to 10.50, veal calves 21.00 to 22.00. Sheep and lambs receipts 20 double, sheep steady, lambs higher, prime wethers 10.50 to 11.25, others 7.60 to 16.75. Hogs receipts 60 doubles, market lower, prime heavy 19.25 to 19.50, mediums 20.25 to 20.35, heavy yorkers 20.25 to 20.35, light workers 18.50 to 19.50, pigs 18.50 to 19.50, roughs 16.00 to 17.25, stags 13.00 to 13.50.
Chicago Produce Market Butter Prices and Dairy Tubs
Butter and dairy prices listed at the Chicago produce market include Butter-Creamery at 5 cents, standards 52 percent at 4 cents, firsts 50 cents, ble and seconds 48 cents, with 4944c noted for Dairy Tubs at 38 and 39 cents.
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Chicago
Live Stock Market Summary From Local Auction
Cattle receipts 3700 with a slow market and prices from 11.00 to 13.50. Calves receipts none and market steady with extra 20.00. Hogs receipts 4000 with a slow market down 25 cents to 19.00 for good quality packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 1100 steady with good to choice 6.75 to 7.00 and lambs 16.00 to 16.50 with a strong market.
Akron Man Shot by Daring Burglar
H. A. Reed of Akron, Ohio, shot in a hand to hand fight with a burglar who entered his room early Monday. Reed grappled the intruder in near darkness, misidentified him, then the burglar fired pointblank. Reed will recover while the assailant escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
H. A. Reed
Reed
Pointblank
Epizootic Ailment Strikes Locals as Colds Run Loose
A local doctor reports treating at least 200 cases of bad colds in the past week. The contagious illness forces many workers to stay home as nearly every business house sees employees, one after another, struck by the epizootic.
Three Miners Injured in East Ohio Blast
Sept. 8 Steubenville Ohio Eight men were injured in a powder blast at the Warner Coal Company Wolt Run mine. Three men, including Levinsky Joseph Denichic and Sylvester Trossinsky, were seriously burned and brought to Ohio Valley Hospital. Ambulances were sent for five other victims.
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Steubenville
Wolt Run
Warner Coal Company
Levinsky
Joseph Denichic
Sylvester Trossinsky
Ohio Valley Hospital
Pines
Belgium Rebuild Plan Gains Pace With U S Help
Henry H. Morgan says Belgium advances its reconstruction, aided by a 600 million franc loan from American bankers and a new commercial group in Brussels. He notes 80 percent of textile looms active and glass factories back in operation, with shipping breeding stock to restock livestock and 30 vessels planned for live stock transport.
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Brussels
Henry H. Morgan
Belgium
America
Morgan
United States
Morgay
United States Department of Agriculture
Belgian Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Morgis
Sugar Prices Plunge Amid Relief Efforts in Bucharest
The American Red Cross and relief administration cut sugar from $4.50 to about $1 as shipments ease scarcity. A Hoover ship delivered 900 tons of milk 28 000 tons of fat and 8 000 tons of other foods to Constanga aiding the shortage. Thread prices also fell from 6 to 1 per spool with a trader gaining 3600 on a trunkload. Train tickets between Bucharest and Paris command up to 200 in premiums.
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Bucharest
America Red Cross
American Relief Ilustration
Hoover
Constanga
Officer Weds Sinkegirl in Salvation Army Romance
New York bride Miss Gladys BE. McIntyre, famed for making doughnuts for doughboys in France with sister Irene, marries Russel A. Harmon of Floyd, Virginia. Harmon, a former lieutenant in company C of the 104th regiment, Twenty sixth New England national guard division, began the romance in the Toul sector where the McIntyre sisters aided Salvation Army huts. Harmon's father is a Salvation Army colonel.
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New York
Gladys BE. McIntyre
Irene
Salvation Army
France
Russel A. Harmon
Floyd
104Th Regiment
New England National Guard
Toul
Harmon
McIntyre
General Pershing May Attend G A R Camp in Columbus
General Pershing may visit the G A R encampment in Columbus Ohio this week. Commander in chief Clarendon E Adams said Pershing telegrammed today he cannot attend the grand review Wednesday but hopes to come later in the week.
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Columbus
General Pershing
Clarendon E. Adams
Pershing
Wheat yield in Athens county tops records this year
Local millers report the Athens county harvest as the largest in years with farmers delivering 900 to 1300 bushels daily to Athens mills. Prices for No 1 to No 3 wheat sit at 2.12, 2.09, and 2.06 dollars per bushel as farmers rush to market to avoid oversupply.
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Athens County
Athens
Junod
Mail Bag Robbery at Canton Reported
Canton Ohio September 8 The loss of a mail bag at the Pennsylvania station last Wednesday was announced by detective H. M. Dickson. The bag held jewelry and valuables and loot is estimated at least 1000 dollars. The theft occurred about 8 30 the night of September 3 and was kept quiet by officials pending clues.
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Canton
Pennsylvania
H. M. Dickson
Croxton declines unpaid wartime duty in Ohio
Fred C. Croxton state food administrator during the war wired Attorney General Palmer that he cannot take charge of organizing fair price committees in Ohio and fighting high living costs because the job would pay nothing. He has worked for over two years for the Ohio Institute of Public Efficiency and must return to that payroll.
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Croxton
Columbus
Fred C. Croxton
Palmer
Ohio
Ohio Institute of Public Efficiency
Institute
Cha-Chas of Virgin Islands Labeled Poor Mixers
US marines stationed in Charlotte Amalie report the Cha-Cha people on the west harbor area keep to themselves. They refuse mingling with outsiders and black residents, are heavy drinkers yet productive workers in fishing and straw hat weaving, and appear intent on independence from outside interference. The Cha-Chas are said to originate from Dutch and French Leeward islands and show no hostilities, but prefer to be left alone.
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Washington
United States
Guam
Leeward Islands
Ihs
Tokyo grants public photo access to imperial family
Permission is given to photograph the imperial family when they appear in public in a carriage. Photographs are not allowed when they ride or are on foot. The rule is seen as a democratic concession, contrasting with past beliefs that sighting the emperor could cause blindness.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyoto
Nations crops much heavier in past season
The 1919 forecast total of spring and winter wheat stands at 923 million bushels, down from the August 12 forecast of 940 million. Spring wheat is expected at 208 million and winter at 715 million, with overall crop conditions on Sept 1 at 48.5 percent for spring wheat and 67.3 percent for all wheat. Other crop forecasts for 1919 include corn at 2.858 billion bushels, oats 1.225 billion, barley 195 million, tobacco 1.279 billion pounds, and cotton at 11.2 million bales.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Governor Cox Orders Return of Akron Man to Worcester
Governor Cox honors a requisition for the return to Worcester Massachusetts of St. Parslow of Akron charged with failure to provide for a minor child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cox
Worcester
Mass
St. Parslow
Akron
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Chicago University
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Amy Weihr
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Albany
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Chatauqua
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Lillian Radford
Fred Carsey
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Lois
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George Williams
Guy Fierce
H. L. Atkinson
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Frank
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Zanesville
Buckeye Lake
Lash
Wilson
Cleveland
Fred Hemsley
Vern Mills
John Rice
Joseph Richards
William Ellis
John Waldeck
Peter Joyce
Geo. Morris
Hisylvania
Wm. Robinnett
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Robert Marshall
Conrad Wein
Murray
Lowell Dunham
Phil Blower
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Lewis Jones
Miss Jones
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J. W. Bryson
J. W. Jones
Ralph Spooner
J. L. Norris
D. M. Kempton
Thomas Biddison
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Millfield
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Lillian
I. L. Falls
Bishopville
Ohio River
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Cincinnati Cattle Market
R. E. Madison
Ranger, Tex
Roumania
Virgin Island
Mirro Aluminum
Mirre
Carpenter's
NEL Athens
Iville Glouster
Fiytshinson & St . Athens
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