Social and community notices from Athens area society page
The W C T U meets Tuesday at 2 with Mrs P G Dowler. Social Literary Club begins fall work Sept 16 at 2 30 at Mrs J D Haskins. Numerous relatives visitations and travel noted including Higley study circle at 44 Elmwood, Amelia Higley and Alice Shott from Cleveland, people visiting Athens from Zanesville Mansfield and West Virginia, and Mrs John M Brown recovering in Long Beach. Also prayers for Junior Banks injury recovery and W C T U county convention Sept 18 at Amesville with speakers from several towns.
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J. D. Haskins
Ruth Blakely and Jesse Mapes wed on Saturday
Miss Ruth Blakely married Mr. Jesse Mapes in a Saturday ceremony on September 13 as the couple exchanged vows in a local wedding.
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Ruth Blakely
Jesse Mapes
Wedding of Miss Blakely and Mr Mapes at Christian church
The ceremony took place at 2 30 oclock at the Christian church parsonage with Rev E D Murch officiating. The bride wore white satin and a corsage of bride’s roses and is the daughter of Mrs Ella Blakely of Sunnyside Drive. They will reside at home on Sunnyside Drive. The bride has worked as a bookkeeper for Bardin Bros Co. The groom, Mr Mapes, is a cement worker.
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E. D. Murch
Christian Church
Ella Blakely
Sunnyside Drive
Bardin Bros. Co
Mapes
New Air View of New York from Aeromarine Flights
Aeromarine flying boats made initial Sunday flights over New York offering aerial views for 50 dollars per person. Passengers waved to Miss Liberty as they skimmed above the harbor and skyline.
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New York
Aeromarine Flying Boats
Miss Liberty
Airplane Crash Destroys Two Homes Near Cleveland
A government mail plane from Cleveland to Chicago crashed near Woodland Park, setting two houses ablaze. Pilot E V Gardner escaped with minor injuries as the craft failed to land, tearing through roofs and igniting the structures. Occupants Mrs. William Flagg and Mrs. Perry J Lotz were home but unharmed.
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Cleveland, CO
Woodland Park
Coopeny
E. V. Gardner
William Flagg
Perry J. Lotz
Cleveland
Chicago
Gardner
Mob takes law into own hands as last resort in Pueblo
In Pueblo Colorado on September 15 a mob lynched two Mexican men in a night vigil that top leaders framed as a protest against Governor Shoup’s leniency. They cited commutation of Clifford Sprouls and a stay for the Bosko brothers as motive, saying the killings were not driven by anti Mexican hatred.
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Pueblo
Colo
Shoup
Altho Santos Ortez
Nicce
Panchoilla
Clifford Sprouls
Bosko Brothers
Labor union denounces profiteering in high cost of living
Representatives of workers at Midvale Steel and Ordnance, Cambria Steel, and affiliates in Atlantic City adopt a resolution opposing wage boosts and shorter hours as profiteering, urging production growth, price stabilization, and restrained exports. They call for federal and state action to ensure fair prices and swift punishment for profiteers.
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New York
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Cambria Steel Company
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Congress
Pennsylvania
Steel Union Chief Denies Strike Delay Report
Pittsburg Pa September 15 William Z Foster secretary of the national commission for organizing iron and steel workers said today he knew nothing of a published report that the nation wide strike of iron and steel workers set for September 22 had been postponed until after the labor and capital conference on October 6.
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Pittsburg
William Z. Foster
National Commission For Organizing
Iron and Steel Workers
Sudden Death Strikes Albany Doctor G D Swett
Dr G D Swett aged 48 collapsed and died at his Albany Ohio home between 3 and 4 pm Sunday from heart trouble. He practiced in Albany since graduating from the Ohio College of Medicine in Cincinnati. Survived by widow, two children Gladys and Chester, and siblings Marion Radcliff Ella McDonald and others. Funeral planned for Tuesday afternoon.
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Albany
G. D. Swett
Gladys Swett
Chester
Marion Swett
Near Carpenter
Charles Radcliff
Carpenter
Ella McDonald
Glouster
Swett
Ohio College of Medicine
Cincinnati
Isaac Swett
German Spies Escape From Western Fort
Salt Lake City Utah Sept 15 From ten to seventeen German spies escaped from the compound at fort Douglas early today Four men believed to be some of the escaped enemy aliens were captured before noon The prisoners cut a large hole in the wire fence forming the compound The escape was discovered at 1 am by a sentry Col George S Byram commandant announced after investigation that from ten to seventeen spies are missing
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Salt Lake City
Utah
New Curb on Drug Traffic Aims to Tighten Medical Regulation
The Internal Revenue Bureau plans new Harrison narcotic law regulations to tighten drug registration and stamping, track prescribing physicians, and curb quacks. The move follows Supreme Court rulings defining physicians rights, and emphasizes physician involvement in curing addiction while preventing mail or express drug dispensing for illicit traffic.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States Supreme Court
Bureau
Bascom C. Thompson
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Supreme Court
French Had 100 Mile Gun Behind Briey Question
M. L. Bourgeois, chief engineer of the navy, told a Paris committee that he designed a long range cannon with 100 mile reach during World War I. He said it could be set in place in an hour and that orders to manufacture were not issued until February 1918, with the weapon ready when the armistice was signed.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. L. Bourgeois
Navy Department
M. Bourgeois
Albert Thomas
Briey
Millfield Takes Final Game to Clinch Series
Millfield beat the Elks 13 to 6 in the fourth of a five game set at Millfield to close the series, locals winning three of four. Chauncey made a key catch in center off Kine in the eighth, and McQuade’s grab on McDaniel’s bid for a homer stood out for Athens. Millfield has no game next Sunday due to disappointment with the Cincinnati Reds. contact manager R. H. Wade for a future schedule.
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Millfield
The
Elks
Chauncey
Kine
McQuade
McDaniel
Athens
Cincinnati Reds
R. H. Wade
County Dads Now on Second Term
The Athens county commissioners were re-elected for another two years. Fred Porter of Athens LD M Sawyer of Millfield R D and L E Munden of Glouster form the board. Meetings are one day at midmonth and two days at the start of each month.
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Athens County
Fred Porter
Athens, LD
M. Sawyer
Millfield R. D
L. E. Munden
Glouster
Lodi Farmers Move In Teach Children In Athens Area
Ex Sheriff Hugh Mulligan moves from Lodi to Athens after buying W. Foutch home on Richland Avenue. Mrs Mulligan stays in Athens with children to enroll in local schools. Mulligan will work mostly on his large farm while Linder Blackwood also relocates to Athens with family and North Congress property purchase for schooling.
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Hugh Mulligan
Lodi Township
W. 8. Foutch
Richland Avenue
Athens
Reporters Strike New Haven Newspapers
Reporters on New Haven four daily papers walked out for higher wages and immediately began publishing a daily paper named The Reporter. The action signals a coordinated citywide labor dispute affecting local press.
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New Haven
Conn
Hell and gospel sternness in Burnett sermon
Rev. W. B. Burnett at Broad Street M E church denounced the diminishing use of hell in modern Christian speech. He warned that Christians favor many charities and golf, and cautioned that godliness has softened into milky laxity, calling it a sinful softening of the true gospel.
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Columbus, O
Hell
W. B. Burnett
Broad Street M. E
Rev. Burnett
Assignments of Ministers Will Come Late Today
The closing session of the M E conference in Columbus Ohio features minister assignments for the ensuing year. Announcements may be delayed until evening as the conference handles remaining business through the day.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. F. Anderson
M. E
Fifth earthquake shakes Eureka area with chimneys toppled
The ninth reported quake in a week hit Eureka California on September 15 causing extensive chimney collapses and a loud rumbling. In Columbus a cyclist Louis Pescheil age 17 from West Jefferson died after a collision with a passing auto.
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Columbus
Louis Pescheil
West Jefferson
Famine Rages in Petrograd Amid Food Shortages
Stockholm reports famine in Petrograd has reached terrifying levels with a dysentery outbreak looming. Bolshevik governor M. Zinovieff issued a proclamation to agricultural districts as rations shrink and prices soar, sugar selling at extreme rates and bread at about $60 per pound.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
M. Zinovieff
Centenarian Berry Picker Keeps Family Earners High
Mary Stephan sky of Eckley in Harriton Pennsylvania, aged ninety, continues a daily huckleberry picking routine near the mining village to help add to the family earnings. She came to America long ago and remains active with vigor comparable to younger women of the sixties.
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Harriton
Mra
Mary Stephansky
Eckley
America
Four Army Officers Build 15 Foot Winged Plane
Four American army officers perfected an aeroplane with a 15 foot wingspan. They laid it on a road and planned to keep it in an ordinary garage.
Police Chiefs Discuss Bolshevik Threat at Ohio Convention
Nine Ohio cities attended the Ohio police chiefs association convention in Canton as officials planned a four day meeting to coordinate a unified campaign against Bolshevik operations. Traffic issues were prominent on the agenda. In Canton church attendance, including university students, totaled 472 at the First M E Sunday school with 165 men 126 women 106 in the intermediate group and 75 in the primary department. The day yielded 17.29 dollars in offerings. A council committee was named to handle the distribution of an army food carload expected in Canton.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Police Chiefs Association
M. E
Prof. Copeland
the Martzolf
Grover
Noss
Porter
Stinchcomb
Canton
Back From War Wife Leaves Soldier in Separation Fight
James G. Payne, a lieutenant on the cruiser Denver, returns from convoy duty to find his West 127th Street home deserted. Denla C. Payne, his wife, has moved with the children and refused to live with him. Payne, now running an electrical business at 542 Fifth Avenue, files in supreme court for separation, alleging she took household goods and his belongings.
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New York
Lons
James G. Payne
Denver
West 127Th St
Mr. Payne
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Denla C. Payne
Tent Meetings Begin at The Plains
Evangelistic tent meetings opened last Friday evening on the Johnson mine road at The Plains. Rev. Timmons of the Church of God leads, with Evangelist PD F. Koch of Ravenna expected soon to conduct services over the next two weeks.
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the Plains
Johnson Mine Road
Timmons
Church of God
PD. F. Koch
Ravenna
North Canton M Owns Best Butter Producing Cow
North Canton M owns the best butter producing cow in the country. She yielded 54 in August. The record highlights the cow's dairy output and the farm's achievement in the regional judging.
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North Canton
M. O
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P. G. Dowler
Church Street
Clarence Strahl
L. E. Coleman
Amelia Higley
Alice Shott
Brewster Higley
Walter Davies
Walter Wilson
Mary Adeline
Zanesville
Jesse Wilson
Franklin D. Carpenter
Colorado
John Hancock High School
D. J. Evans
W. A. Carpenter
Elmwood Place
Higley
Oda Gaston
Aura Gibson
Nelsonville
Eli Spencer
George H. Johnston
Nancy Johnston Fisher
Green Brier
West Virginia
R. A. Dalton
Dancing Masters Association
Akron
Youngstown
C. O. Burnett
University Terrace
Roxie Burnett
Leona Whitman
Marion
Milton Russell
Ruth Wengert
Roy C. Shirley
John M. Brown
Long Beach
Calif
J. B. Allen
Helen
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Junior
M. B. Banks
Des Moines
Iowa
Ong
Mary Stewart Powers
Amesville
Presbyterian Church
Jacksonville
C. C. Wolfe
Leona Gore
Huntington
W. Va
Wolfe
Mary Wolfe Howard
H. L. Atkinson
North
Lancaster Street
Ames Township
R. G. Wolfe
Anna Matheny
Sugar Grove
Anna Cornell
East State Street
H. H. Mills
Leila
California
Cornell
John Elder
Canaanville Road
Lewis
Pilcher
New York City
Brooklyn
East
Roy Pilcher
G. A. R. National
Stephan Pilcher
Canaanville
Elijah Pilcher
D. D
Pilcher Hospital
N. Y
Annals of Surgery
State Department
Navy
William Wyman
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
Mary Wyman
Arras
France
Ohio City
Cleveland Airplane Factory
Barstow
R. H. PO
A. E. Knox
Theeater
Finsterwald
Ate Gs Os Eas Ves
Whitlateh Ec
Barstow P
Loomis 1B
Beverage
McQuade Cf
Kreger If
Whee
Bees
R. H
A. Earich
Morrison
Simpson
Corben
Weer
H. Earich
Ui Bradfield
Clencey Cf
D. Earich
Loomis
Corbin
D. Barich
Knox, Simpson
Dartch
STERN
Eureka
Cal
Reed Studio
N. Court
Lash
Inowe Jes Hom
Aiveere
the Cline Pharmacy Co
Huishinson & Stickney
Bate
Sas
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