Athens Social Notes Chronicle Activities and Travels
Postponed UC 1) club meeting and Prof. Morgan slated to address in Rutland. Mrs. Cooley and son Donald return from Columbus after ten days. Mr. Pickering attends 147th Ohio regiment reunion in Columbus. Mrs. Pedigo updates via cable of husband’s safe arrival in England. Effie Fleming heads to Parkersburg for navy exam. Denison Van Dyke family visits Amesville before Columbus trip. Burk family returns from Columbus. Camp Sherman duty looms for Lloyd Dailey. CWEM meets Friday at 2 in church rooms due to WCTU. Crow Patrol dinner at The Colonial celebrating seven of eight scouts first class. Marriage licenses issued: Morrison and Bruce. End with note on enduring love.
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G. F. Morgan
Crow Patrol
The
Colonial
Dayton Wise
Ralph Evans
James Stewart
Lawrence Worstell
Robert Keenan
Clark Kenney
Seth Lewis
William Davis
Carl Wilson
Prison labor on roads gains praise in several states
New York and other states report convict road work as a successful reform. Officials claim inmates leave with no faults in treatment and welcome future prison camps. Colorado and California cite rebuilt roads and reduced inmate time due to prison labor programs.
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New York
States
New York State
Colorado
California
Hair-raising stunts praised by British air corps officer
Lieut. Col. Charles Q Lee of the British Royal Flying Corps defends student aviators and their aerial demonstrations. He says learning to perform versatile maneuvers saves lives in battle and reduces Washington criticism of risky tricks. He argues true danger lies in pilots who cannot execute all turns and positions.
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Charles Q Lee
British
Royal Flying Corps
Washington
Lee
Colonel Lee
New Airplane Bullet Authorized for Armored Aircraft
Washington reports the War Department authorized a new class of special cartridges for aircraft use. The ammunition includes armor piercing, incendiary, and tracer bullets designed to protect gasoline tanks, ignite on discharge, and reveal flight path in day or night. Tests show US ordnance performance equals or surpasses foreign designs.
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Washington
War Department
United States
United States Ordnance Department
Reunion Brings Ten Bingman Families Home in Troy Township
A Sunday reunion at S. M. Bingman’s home in Troy Township gathered ten Bingman siblings and many relatives from Ohio and beyond. Attendees included E. W. Bingham and daughter Thelma, C. P. Bingman family, F. E. Shaffer, Everett Bingman of Athens, and others from Giouster Coolville and Fargo. The afternoon featured social chat and music as guests shared memories and well wishes for the family’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Bingman
Troy Township
E. W. Bingham
Thelma
C. P. Bingman
F. E. Shaffer
Everett Bingman
Athens
A. Bingman
Paul and
Clyde
Norma
W. R. Clark
Wendell
Earl Clark
Roger
B. J. Daugherty
Eileen
No Insurance Till “Dead” Policy for Missing Soldiers
Washington Sept 10. Dependents of soldiers reported missing in action will continue to receive government remittances for allotments and allowances but no payments of voluntary insurance or government compensation will be made until the men are officially reported dead. The war department has not certified prisoners taken by the enemy or those killed whose bodies are not recovered as dead.
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Washington
War Department
W C T U Athens County Convention Notice
The Athens County convention of the W C T U will be held Thursday at the First M Church. There are two sessions at 9 30 A M and 1 30 P M and a picnic dinner at noon in the church basement.
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Athens County
Sunday Service Ends as Deason Hardtop Leaves Conscience Behind
In a symbolic gesture after the Sunday night service, Deason Hardtop leaves his conscience in the church pews to avoid weekday bother. The act highlights personal struggle with inner guilt and the search for moral clarity.
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Deason Hardtop
Cincinnati Market Report Cattle Hogs and Lambs
Cincinnati Ohio markets show cattle receipts at 1000 with a strong trend. Calves steady while hogs run strong with good packers and butchers paying 20.25 dollars. Sheep and lamb receipts are listed with lambs showing strength.
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Cincinnati
Cinccinnati, O
Pittsburg Stock Market Cattle and Hogs Briefly Steady
Pittsburg Pennsylvania on September 11 reports light cattle receipts and stable to steady prices with primetime hogs showing active trade. Prime heavy hogs range 20.75 to 21.00 while mediums and heavy yorkers hover around 21.50 to 21.85 with other categories listed.
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Pittsburg
Obituary of Dr E L Carlton Civil War veteran and physician
Dr E L Carlton died at home in Columbus after years of poor heart health at an advanced octogenarian age. He lived in Coolville long, moved to Cahall Winchester then Columbus, served as Masons secretary, and served Civil War Co K 39th O W L. Funeral in Coolville with Masons, interred Coolville cemetery beside his first wife Martha Stone. He leaves a wife Dr John Carlton of Columbus and five married daughters.
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E. L. Carlton
Columbus
Masonic Lodge
Carlton
Co. K
O. W
Masons
M. E
Coolville
Martha Stone
Athens
Meigs County
John Carlton
Giant German Howitzer Captured By Australian Troops
A 280 mm German railway howitzer that shelled Amiens is shown captured by Australian forces. The gun, mounted on a railroad carriage, fires shells about twenty inches in diameter. It was taken on August 18 as shown beside the soldiers, illustrating its enormous size.
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Amiens
Fountain of Youth and Lydia Pinkham Remedy
It claims women can grow old gracefully with perfect health by guarding against organic weakness and derangements and using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols three generations of American women relying on this root and herb remedy and asserts no other medicine equals it.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
America
Henry Hatch to Lead Ludwig schools amid teacher shortages
By The Way notes Henry Hatch consents to take charge as teacher after a regular staffer leaves for a more lucrative job. The item urges retired teachers to return to classrooms, stressing children's education and cautioning against late experimentation with youth. Also reports railroad and oil drilling notes in Rendville and Perry counties.
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Henry Hatch
Ludwig
Rendville
Tom Clark
Carpenter Street
Perry County
Corning
Appointment of administrator for Anna Delcontavia estate
Violence Delcontavia has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Anna Delcontavia late of Athena county Ohio, deceased. Dated this 9th day of September AD 1918. H. T. Phillips, Probate Judge of said County. 9-11-80tw. After a countryman frets appointed one state committee, he bows very distantly to his plebeian neighbors.
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Delcontavia
Anna Delcontavia
Athena County
Ohio
Frets
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U. C
Prof. Morgan
Rutland
E. D. Cooley
Donald
T. M. Pickering
147Th O. W. L
S. E. G. Pedigo
New Marshfield
Leut- Pedigo
England
Art and Thimble Club
D. C. Cornwell
Majestic Theatre
Effie Fleming
G. L. Fleming
Amesville
Parkersburg
W. Va
Navy
Orland van Dyke
J. J. van Dyke
Samuel Burk
Mary Louise
Doris Virgene
Stanley T. Burk
Camp Sherman
D. L. Jones
Elza Edwards
Lester
Thurman, O
Dayton
Lloyd T. Dailey
J. T. Dailey
Albany
Central Officers Training Camp
Camp Gordon
C. W. E. M. of the
Christian Church
Ww. Cc. T. U
Wm. Morrison
Miner
Grace Bruce
A. D
Weuralgia
Gur Bo
Valles
RED Cross
U.S. Navy
Frances Wilkinson
George Lawrence Wilkinson
Evanston
Ill
Frances
Arthur Hugh Junker
Yonkers
N. Y
Wilkinson
Miss Wilkinson
A. G. Wilkinson
Cal
Mra. B. A. Enloe
Nashville, Tenn
Troy
W. C. T. U. Convention
H. T. Phillips
Said County
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