Social Notes Highlight Local Visits And Club Plans
Miss Irene Gross hosts Miss Helen Sharp of Nelsonville for a Sunday visit. Miss Ruth Davis entertaining Miss Bertha Higgins of Lancaster this week. Miss Athens Snyder returns from Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Je Brown drive to Columbus. Lyle Brown visits from Columbus. Athens Needle Club meeting at 141 Franklin Avenue Wednesday at 2. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron host relatives from Logan. Arthur Watkins visits from Camp Sherman. Edith Sweeney returns home from Akron due to mother’s illness. Mrs. Eliza Minear visits Beebe and sister-in-law Mrs. M W Cook. Ethel West leaves for Cincinnati to study piano. Ed Sutton visits daughter Ethel at Ohio University. Child’s Conservation League to meet Tuesday at 2:30 with Mrs. Rosser.
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Edith Sweeney
Akron
Michael Sweeney
Local Happenings and Military Moves Across States
Mrs. Ida F White returns from a four month absence visiting in New Mexico with Dr White’s mother and sister and travels through Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa. Mrs Phillips of New York arrives to visit her mother in law Mrs Rose. Major Rose expected mid week on a one week leave. J Haliday Cline back from Charleston West Virginia with Mrs Cline visiting in Coolville. Edna Sprague leaves for Cincinnati to resume drawing duties at Franklin School for Boys and may join navy soon. Roll Edgar of the Royal Flying Corps visits from Toronto then overseas duty. Chester Edgar from Great Lakes Training Station expected home today. Mrs Van Dyke receives word her son Fred J Van Dyke hospitalised in France with a wounded shoulder. Roll F Carpenter of Seattle arrives in Welch West Virginia for a brief visit before starting anew position with Crystal Ice and Coke Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida F. White
New Mexico
Dr. White
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
Phillips
New York City
E. T. Rose
Major Rose
Roll Edgar
Royal Flying Corps
Toronto
Canada
W. B. Edgar
President Street
Chester Edgar
Great Lakes
Roll F. Carpenter
Seattle
Ashington
Parker Carter
Welch
W. Va
Crystal Ice and Coke Co
Carpenter
Leslie Judge Publishing Co
Home of sister-in-law in War Eagle to host wedding
The sentence notes a woman visiting Mrs. C. L. Giddison at War Eagle West Virginia and plans to join her husband, indicating a household gathering or wedding context.
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C. L. Giddison
War Eagle, W. Va
Farm Week is Notable for War Work in Columbus
Columbus Ohio September 23 Gov Cox designates Thanksgiving week to rally farming forces and names a nine member advisory committee to aid the College of Agriculture in a new war food program for next season to feed four million men in France. The appointees include Alfred Vivian Columbus H Sams Hillsboro F C Croxton Columbus N E B Shaw Columbus C B Thorne Wooster W G Farnsworth Waterville John F Cunningham Cleveland John Begg Columbus Grove and L P Bailey Barnesville.
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Columbus
Cox
College of Agriculture
France
Alfred Vivian
Waterville
John F. Cunningham
Cleveland
John Begg
Columbua Grove
L. P. Bailey
Barnesville
Recruit Takes No Chances at Vancouver Barracks
A midnight patrol at Vancouver Barracks tests a rookie sentry who challenges the officer of the day. The rookie asks for the post number, cannot answer, and is escorted to the guardhouse by the wary sentry, illustrating vigilance against spies.
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Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Uncle Sam
Spirit of American forces lifts Allied morale overseas
Dr. E W Buckley of St Paul, supreme physician of the Knights of Columbus, reports high morale among allied troops after his Western Front tour. He cites contrasts with German prisoners, noting a boy as young as fifteen who said his mother told him to surrender at the first chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. W. Buckley
St. Paul
Minn
Knights of Columbus
Pershing
Mangin
Clemenceau
Buckley
Artist Now Paints Ships in Seattle Shipyards
Beattie Washington Edward Hill, a painter famed for fifty years, abandons canvases to decorate cargo carriers for Uncle Sam. Known in Boston as Fill the Artist, he studied in Paris Venice and Vienna and says artists should paint ships for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Edward Him
Seattle
Hill
Boston
Paris
Venice
Vienna
Uncle Sam
Farmer de Luxe chief farms for city budget
Police chief D. A. White nicknamed Farmer de Luxe runs a city farm on Mission and Ingleside police grounds to supply potatoes beans and Belgian hares and ducks to clear refuse and stock city prisons for five months.
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Bar. Francisco
D. A. White
White
Mission
Ingleside
Government trains women for railroad positions training program
The government is seeking capable women to enter a training school to become passenger and freight agents and other roles currently held by men. Trainees are paid during study and receive posted positions on completion with starting pay from 150 dollars monthly. A photo shows a group undergoing instruction.
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cAdoo
Railroads
Washington
Parade Order Set for Athens Loyalty Day Pageant
The Loyalty Day parade committee issued the schedule for September 26 promising Athens will stage the largest parade yet with at least four thousand participants. The procession on College Street will form in three sections with specific units led from the Masonic Temple to Union Street and toward University Terrace, including military bands, veterans groups, scouts, Red Cross, and school contingents.
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Athens
College Street
Masonic Temple
I’nion Street
Howard Hall
K. of P
Athens Ladies
Pythian Sisters
Western Star
Rebekahs
Red Men
Daughters of America
Modern Woodmen
Macabees
Eagles
University Terrace
Mechanicsburg School
Training
Mife
Eastside
Central School
Athens High School
College
State Street
Union Wm University Terrace
M. W. W. Ackley
Mothers of Soldiers
Doctor Claims Pain Free Extraction At Athens Hotel
Miss Laura Wootton of Coolville sat in a rocking chair in room 48 at the Athens Hotel for a claimed painless dental operation. Dr. Frederick Blankner, M.D., is advertised as an expert in extracting teeth without pain, with multiple patients reportedly receiving many extractions and declaring satisfaction.
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Laura Wootton
Coolville
the Messenger
Frederick Blankner
Athens County
Athens Hotel
KB. Russell
Blankner
Edmund Laighty
Jas. Carley
R. D
R. D. No
Deedtor
Blankner Hee
East Side PTA opens year with first meeting Sept 25
The East Side Parent Teacher Association invites mothers to the first meeting of the school year on Wednesday at 3 p.m. in room 7. Morgan will discuss school topics, new district families are urged to join, and enrollment for state and national association dues is encouraged.
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East Side Parent Teacher Association
Morgan
Circuville
M. B. Copeland
Plum blossoms and raspberry sprig from Mound street man
Charley Brown of Mound street brought a small plum tree branch with blossoms and a sprig of red raspberry, full of fruit. If fair weather continues for several days he expects a second crop of berries, but maybe only a few plums.
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Charley Brown
Mound Street
Inventor’s Wristwatch Attachment Delivers Timed Heat
An inventor proposes a wristwatch accessory that, at a set moment, sends a hot electric current through a surrounding wire to awaken sleepers. The device aims to arouse users for training or alert purposes.
Savings Drive Promotes Bonds and Banking Plan
Public notices urge saving money for Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. Citizens are advised to start a savings account with The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at 22 West Gay Street Columbia O. The notice cites assets of 14 900 000 and five percent on bank deposits. A French firm has built a portable distillery to extract fragrances from flowers in its growing regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye State Building and Loan Company
Rankinuilding
West Gay St. Columbia
O. Asseta
Jail Visitors Not Welcome Says Officer
Deputy Parker while working around the jail on Saturday found a Smith and Wesson revolver lying on the floor under the bathtub. The gun contained one cartridge and more lay nearby. The deputy says visitors brought the shooting front and leaden into the jail. prisoners are described as a bad thieving group and from now on no visitors will be allowed.
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Parker
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Franklin Avenue
Athens Needle Club
Carios Cameron of
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Henry Cameron
Arthur Watkins
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
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Eliza Minear
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M. W. Cook
Ethel R. West
Cincinnati
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Ed Sutton
Pomeroy
Siiss Ethel
Ohio University
John Campbell
Child's Conservation League
W. Cc. T. OU
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Edna Sprague
Franklin School For
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N. T. van Dyke
Stimpson Avenue
Fred J. van Dyke
Farmer DE Luxe
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Knight Templar Lodge
Womens Relief Corps
Grand Army Veterans
State Hospital
Athens Girl Scouts
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