Local notes on visitors and travels in Athens vicinity
A column lists numerous residents and guests visiting or traveling through the area. Names include Wil Hughes of Athens and Cecil Davis of Wilmington, with many trips to Columbus, Zanesville, Springfield, and Logan. Observations mention nursing study, overseas military news, and business visits in Cincinnati and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Hughes
Athens
Cecil Davis
Wilmington
D. F. Shafer
Misa Vesper
Rhea Hoodlett
Alta Crouse
Columbus
BE. J. Russell
Hoodlett
Steubenville
Wheeling
Columbua
John Tedrow
Bridgeport
Fire Insurance Agency for Sale in Nelsonville Ohio
On account of taking up Y M C A War work October 1st I offer my fire insurance agency for sale. Old established agency with strong company lines. Must be sold quickly for cash. C J Sanders K of P D Building Nelsonville Ohio. Bell 239 W Home 117. 9 14 31. Also advertises dry cleaning services at French Dry Cleaners 21 Hocking St Nelsonville Ohio offering cleaning and pressing with pickup and delivery and both phones. 9 14 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Sanders
P. D Building
Nelsonville
Ohio
Bell
Hocking St
For Sale Classified Items And Houses By Bryce and Hellyer
FOR SALE beds springs washstands dressers wardrobes and sideboard by I E Hellyer Myers Street. FOR SALE three houses and about an acre with each house. Will consider half down and other half in payments. CHAS Bryce Bell Phone 473R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Hellyer
Myers St
Chas. Bryce
Bell
Farewell Scout Party for Willys Hickman Heads to Culver
Boy Scouts of Troop 1 held a farewell for Willys Hickman at his parents West Washington Street home as he leaves for Culver Military Training School for the Winter term. The event featured flags, games, a luncheon, and gifts including a Scout ring and palms for Liberty Bond success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Willys Hickman
Culver Military Training School
P. W. Hickman
West Washington St
Hickman
Clifford Hartley
Lowel Burnelie
Raymond Patton
Harris Wood
Frank Tedrow
Virgell Brown
Willet Sweany
Deana Nelson
Howard Longstaff
Wilur Hall
Donald Johnson
John Zellar
Willis Hickman
Lee Pritchard
Wheeler Newton
William Lancaster
Stanley Ware
Henry Crawford
Charles Beard
John Jackson
Wilbur McKee
Wirs. Whitlarch
A.L. Pritchard
B. L. Herrell
Christian Church Names Paulding Pastor Rev C L Johnson
A unanimous vote calls Rev. C L Johnson of Paulding Ohio as pastor of the local church. Johnson, married with one child, preached here last week and impressed worshipers. He and his family will move here to begin duties Sunday October 20th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
C. L. Johnson
Paulding
Ohio
Rev. Johnson
Death of Local Meat Market Patriarch S J Howe
S J Howe dies at 10 30 Saturday after a week with typhoid Born September 4 1861 in the city he built a family business J Howe and Sons Meat Market and Grocery for 33 years Survived by his wife three sons Miles Walter and Ralph his mother sisters Mrs George Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Patterson and brothers J R H B and Joseph Funeral plans pending arrival of siblings from the west
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Howe
J. Howe
Mr. Howe
Howe
Nelson
Mie
Hiram
8. J. Howe and Sons Meat Market and Grocery
Methodist Episcopal Church
Miles
Walter
Ralph
George Johnson
Elizabeth Patterson
St. Joseph
J. R
H. EB
Joseph
West
Liberty Loan Meeting Draws Crowd on Public Square
A large crowd gathered on the Public Square for the Fourth Liberty Loan rally led by the Nelsonville Boy Scouts and the Nelsonville band. Dr C B Welch introduced speakers Prof Morgan and I M Foster of Athens who urged support. a house to house canvass is planned with the aim of one bond in every home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Nelsonville
C. B. Welch
Liberty Loan Committee
Morgan
I. M. Foster
Athens
OU Star Twirler Becomes Athens Director of Athletics
Frank Gullum, an Ohio University graduate of 1907, will assume the role of Director of Athletics and Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Athens. He arrives from Columbus where he taught chemistry and physical training at East High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gullum
O. U
Athens
Columbus
East High
Beaumont Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Mrs Charles Fiske and Mrs Eliza Seevers visited Athens on Friday. Sir and Mrs Charles Byard of Columbus were guests last week of Mrs Harry Wince and Mrs Ervin Pidcock. L W Russell is on the sick list. Peter M Bricker and sons Edward and LeRoy registered Thursday. Mr and Mrs Cline Courtney moved into John Willis’s vacated house. Mrs George Cochran of The Plains visited the Ase Cochran home. Myrtle Pidcock and Mrs Alma Wince visited Columbus over Sunday. Ollie Gabriel of The Plains called on Mrs John Title Thursday. Mrs Lloyd Pendergrass and two children of Chauncey visited Mrs Harry Courtney Friday. Matilda Bricker visited her daughter Mrs Tom Dickerson in Chauncey. Anna Quinn and Clarence Bricker of Orbiston visited Mrs John Wyant last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Green
Cincinnati
Orville Young
Logan
Clifford Sanders
Columbus
William Rible
Walter Sanders Willis Hickman
Culver
Ind
Culver Miltary School
W. A. Griffith
Pasadena
California
Walter Sanders
Charlies Tedrow
Camp Upton
N. J
Will
Tedrow
Calif
EF. C. Woodworth
Athens
Leona McVickers
W. TL. Bennett
Ampur Henkines
New York City
Nelsonville Dry Goods Co
L. W. Russell
Peter M. Bricker
Edward
LeRoy
Cline Courtney
John Willis
George Cochran
the Plains
Ase Cochran
Myrtle Pidcock
Alma Wince
Ollie Gabriel
John Title
Lloyd Pendergrass
Chauncey
Harry Courtney
Matilda Bricker
Tom Dickerson
Anna Quinn
Clarence Bricker
Orbiston
John Wyant
Amesville Club to Meet on September 19 for Temperance Study
The Amesville club will hold its next regular meeting at Mrs. Q. M. Lovell's home on Thursday September 19 at 2 o'clock. The topic is Scientific Temperance Instruction. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville v. Cc. T. U
Q. M. Lovell
Two Aviators Die In Manhattan Air Crash
United Press reports Lieuts. Kenny from Covington Kentucky and E Austin from Boston were killed when their airplanes stalled over New York. The planes dropped and smashed on a lawn near a home on Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Lieuts. Kenny
Covington
E. Austin
Boston
Brooklyn
Océan Avenue
Cardinal Farley Near Death Says Secretary
Mamaroneck New York Sept 16 The condition of Cardinal Farley is described as very grave by Monsignor Carroll secretary to the Cardinal He is said to be near death with his heart failing No bulletin was issued by the doctors Last rites of the church have already been given to the Cardinal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Cardinal Farley
Monsignor Carroll
Victory List of War Savings Stamp Owners in Athens County
The notice lists numerous residents of Athens County who own the full limit of War Savings Stamps including Lodelle Cubbison Walter M Cubbison Howard Walden Mrs Howard Walden and many others. It requests readers who have purchased $1000 worth of stamps to notify W S S Headquarters at Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Lodelle Cubbdison
Walter M. Cubbison
Howard Walden
Cc. H. Welch
C. O. Moore
Darrel Moore
Alma Moore Tompkins
C. L. Poston
Anna Williams
T. A. Copeland
John K. Sprague
P. G. Moler
F. H. May
C. Emmett Parker
Ora C Kienry Lena Wilson
Jos
Slater
George BE. Wood
C. Shields, Martin McGraw George Tedrow, Mrs. George Tedrow
Joe Marshall
Augustus Db. Townsend
Sid Bolin
Carrie Channell
Robert Byrne
Edward Brooks
Wim. Blackwood
Elma Cowan
Michael J. Tippie
Thomas Agan
Wiley T. Sprague
F. D. King
P. J. Clancy W. W. Totman
John Seckinger
G. H. Williams
J. F. Jewell
Jennie Pidcock
J. D. Brown
B. D. Cooley
EB. D. Cooley
Chamber of Com
English Clockmaker Wins Grand Prize for Sea Chronometer
Washington reports chronometer makers are in high demand as ships rely on precise timekeeping. John Harrison, an English craftsman, won the £100,000 prize after decades of testing and proving his sea chronometer, enabling accurate longitude calculation and safer navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
England
John Herrison
Harrison
Royal Commission
Lisbon
Jamaica
Barbados
Will Grow Potatoes for Home Gardeners and Nation
New York leaders promote the Woodcraft Potato clubs founded by Ernest Thompson Seton to boost home crops and ease freight congestion. Any child can join by planting at least 24 hills of potatoes, earn a woodcraft button, medals, and possibly a special certificate and gold medal for large crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodcraft Potato Clubs
Ernest Thompson Seton
New York
Potatriots
Mr. Seton
Woodcraft Potato Club
West Twenty- Ninth Street
Feld Home of Kaiser Found
Australian troops advancing on St. Quentin found a substantial house believed to have been prepared as the Kaiser’s field headquarters. The discovery shows how quickly German high hopes faded as positions shifted near the Somme. The report is dated Sept. 16 and filed by Lowell Mellett from the British front in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Mellett
France
St. Quentin
Somme
Inventor Proposes Grounding Smoke From Locomotives
An inventor suggests a cure for smoke by drawing locomotive exhaust below the engines and moistening it so soot and cinders fall to the ground.
Belgian Morale High Boost From Gifts to Soldiers
Senator Henri La Fontaine of Belgium announces that Clemenceau praised morale at the Belgian front after visiting the Yser trenches. The Gifts for Belgian Soldiers fund supplies comforts to men in the trenches for years, with the Guaranty Trust Company of New York acting as depository.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henri la Fontaine
Belgium
M. Clemenceau
France
Clemenceau
Yser
Guaranty Trust Company of
Somerville Man Rejected By Recruiting Mission
Albert Logan applied to a British-Canadian recruiting mission declaring a "professional nail eater and circus performer" as his occupation. The clerk doubted the claim, but the pen was the only tool available for the test. Logan failed the physical due to his unusual diet, ending his bid to bite the Kaiser's mailed fist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Albert Logan
Somerville
Logan
Bear Terrorizes Maryland Farming Community
In Puckum between Big Bear and Seaford, farmers report a large bear roaming the swamps. Residents fear losses of cattle and fowl as attempts to trap or sight it fail. the animal evades capture by hiding in swampy terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredersberg
Puckum
Seaford
New York Troops Report Low Casualties At St Mihiel
Secretary Baker stated American losses in the St Mihiel salient were surprisingly small and most wounded were only slightly hurt. He praised the morale of American troops as superb and noted prisoners are well and that surgeons and nurses are caring for the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNCED
London
Baker
St. Mihiel Salient
Tary
Acan
Blood Money to be Taken Back by Stamp Price Rules
Washington reports the War Industries Board moves to set fair retailer profits by stamping wholesale prices on all consumer goods. The plan, aided by the Federal Trade Commission, aims to show exact markups for each item, deter profiteering, and regulate resale maintenance through industrial classification and transportation control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Industries Board
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Ornk
Shortage of Red Cross Volunteers for Surgical Dressings
Persistent Red Cross workers urge more volunteers as only eight attended a recent sewing session where twenty five were needed. With more wounded and sick servicemen, production must not slacken and women are urged to answer duty and assist with dressings and garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Austrian note seeks secret belligerent peace conference
The Austrian note requesting a secret conference of belligerents to discuss peace negotiations arrived at the Swedish legation in Washington and will be submitted to Secretary of State Lansing this afternoon. It is reported to be identical to a version seen by newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Lansing
Little Soldier's Son Dies in France Near Circle Hill
In Circle Hill on September 16, Little Paul Garlinger, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Garlinger, died Friday morning at 4:00 at his grandparents home. His father serves with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Friends and local boys express condolences for the boy and his distant father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Hill
Paul Garlinger
Fred Garlinger
France
Phone moving fee set at 3 dollars within same exchange
Washington dispatch says Postmaster General Burleson ordered telephone companies to charge a flat 3 dollar fee to move a subscriber’s telephone set from one section to another within the same exchange. The action amends the August 8 regulation which tied the fee to cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postma
Ter General Burleson
Army Nurses To Receive Red Cross Support If Captured
Washington reports the American Red Cross will support nurses captured by the enemy during captivity. The move follows a War Department rule that nurses are not paid when captured as they are not technically on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
War Department
Frenchman invents sliding buffer that stops 200-ton train
A French inventor developed a sliding buffer for railroad ends that can stop a 200 ton train moving at seven miles an hour within 25 feet. The device absorbs impact by telescoping sections and dissipating energy, potentially reducing derailment risk and track damage.
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Elizabeth Zellar
Business College
Cathleen
Eleanor Scott
Newark
Elizabeth Inman
Charles Fiske
Eliza Seevers
Charles Byard
Harry Wince
Ervin Pidcock
Manhattan
Feld
Kaiser
Averts
Albert
Big Bear
Maryland
Rew
Boston and Albany
R. R
West Gringheld
Mass
Federal
Lostro Auto Sales CO
Aliens
Federal Motor Truck Co
Detroit
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