New England Community Notes Include Shower and Supper
Miss Mary Poston visits near Canaanville while Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starlin host relatives in Athens. Robert Evener and daughter stay with the Showalters for an extended time. A New England school supper on Saturday September 27 offers hot dogs coffee ice cream and cake. The newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. G F Starlin receive a shower with gifts from sixty three guests. Muskmelon homemade candy cigars and an old fashioned belting greet the crowd.
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Mary Poston
Canaanville
Fred Starlin
Geo. Marquis
Athens
Robert Evener
Sharig
Charles Showalter
New England School
F. Starlin
Local visits and family notices span Lancaster to Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Isaac McHarg and daughter Lois and Mr and Mrs Clinton Oxley traveled to Lancaster for a uncle Alexander Howard birthday party. Cecil McClead and Misses Doris Gladys McHarg and Bessie Howard went to Parkersburg. Marvey Shaw of Akron visited aunt Effie Watkins Saturday. The Closters of Athens checked on Effie Watkins Sunday. Mrs Della Shaw and Ruth and Nettie Watkins visited Mrs John Radford Sunday. Phil Briley, who injured his eye at the mine, is improving. Mrs Charles Oxley, recently ill, is able to be about again. Mr and Mrs William Bower visited Mrs Fred White Sunday.
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Isaac McHarg
Lois
Clinton Oxley
Lancaster
Alexander Howard
Virgil Reeder
Cecil McClead
Doris
Gladys McHarg
Bessie Howard
Parkersburg
Marvey Shaw
Akron
Effie Watkins
Joseph Closter
Athens
Della Shaw
Ruth
Nettie Watkins
John Radford
Phil Briley
Charles Oxley
William Bower
Fred White
Science and the Movies Boost Weather Education on Screen
A Sorbonne demonstration shows animated weather maps guiding students through a storm’s path across Europe. The film method aids teaching atmospheric science, aerial navigation, and other disciplines, suggesting future dominance of instructional cinema over entertainment.
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Europe
Sorbonne
Paris
Prohibition Boosts Grapes as Juice Demand Rises
Ohio grape growers report a record crop selling at 120 dollars a ton, 40 more than last year. They shift to unfermented juice, jelly, and other grape products amid prohibition stir, arguing California and others can tap the national market for fresh juice and flavorings.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
California
Better English Week Promoted in Schools
The first week in October will be observed nationally as Better English Week with emphasis on correct English in speech and writing. Advocates urge starting now to discard careless speech and to promote beauty and clarity in the native tongue.
Pershing Warns US Must Stand Alone As Global Ties Falter
An opinion by Ryley Grannon for the Washington Post asserts that the league of nations cannot avert future wars. It argues the United States should prioritize its own security and honor returning soldiers over collective security, aligning with views attributed to General John J. Pershing and other American leaders.
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Ryley Grannon
Wasington Post
League of Nations
United States
John J. Pershing
Washington
Gen. Pershing
America
Secretary Lansing
Bliss
Weary of the Grind in the Immoral City
The speaker laments fatigue from endless labor and burdens, noting forty million others share the weariness. He describes sore backs and cold hearts as he rejects the mob’s dreary path and longs for meaning beyond tiring chores and harsh work.
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron on Relaxing
Ruth Cameron offers personal tips to relax by breathing deeply and letting go of tension. She cites methods like letting legs feel heavy and accepting trivial annoyances, and references a book on relaxation while sharing a motivating quote from Lulu Hunt Peters.
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Lulu Hunt Peters
Household Hints to Remove Stains and Clean Various Substances
Instructions list stain removal methods for tar grease and other substances. It advises rub with fat then soap and warm water or benzine or gasoline, scorch bleach in sun or Javelle water, and various cleaners for shoes wax Vaseline syrup and fabrics. It emphasizes using solvents and heat with absorbents and suggests alcohol for color fading.
Cottage Pie and Other Dishes From a Historic Recipe
A collection of simple kitchen recipes including Cottage Pie with meat, fat, flour, and milk bound with browned crumbs, and substitutes using bread crumbs. Also covers Stuffed Baked Peppers with ground steak mixture and Maple Nut Pudding with brown sugar, water, cornstarch, and nut meats, plus Glazed Sweet Potatoes with sugar syrup and butter.
Dinner Stories From a Sunday School Lesson Gone Wrong
A humorous reminiscence recalls Monroe Salisbury as a child in Sunday school where peers quoted Bible phrases for pennies. He improvised with a quip about fools and money parting, then a tale of a minister’s son debating words congregate and collect with his father.
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Monroe Salisbury
Rascal
Little Monroe
Monroe
Funeral Attended by Dixie Bridges in Washington Visit
Mrs Dixie Bridges of Washington Pennsylvania attended the funeral of Mabel Reeder held Friday at Orange church. Boyd Reeder who came last week also attended.
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Dixie Bridges
Washington, Pa
Mabel Reeder
Orange Church
Boyd Reeder
Mabel
Washington, D. C
Reeder
Naval Service
Bill Tedrow
Nelsonville
Karl Barth
George Humphrey
Lottie Goodwell
West
W. A. Alden
Warner, O
C. W. McDaniel
Sherm Self
Toledo
Frances Tidd
Cincinnati
Business
James Shanks
Ranger
Tex
Sadie McDaniel
W. C. Aiken
Raymond Walden
Campbell Addition
Death notices and visits fill community page
The column lists funeral travel for a sister of a local man heading to Washington to attend the funeral, military discharge, short visits between neighbors, and relatives returning home. Additional items include plans of Tokyo businessmen to invest about 25,000,000 dollars in a trans Pacific telegraph cable project.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Albany Resident Thomas Hinton Visits Relative
A fragment notes Thomas Hinton formerly living between Albany and Mineral now residing in Lancaster for eighteen years and visiting relatives. The text is incomplete but identifies a person and place connections.
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Thomas Hinton
Albany
Mineral
Lancaster
Rela
Local Notes On Residents Move And Visit
Mr Hinteg, a member of Company C of the Otteago Regiment, and C y Leegan of Athens Albany Yat, plan a first visit in years. Aaron Tewksbury of Pome lling the Stotts and Tery tae lies also appears. Herb McCarthy has gold hist erty on North Wilkes street to Snowden. Rev V Meccat Eee deen pastored Cauncey hle and The Plains. William Williams moved his family to a home on Rates, bought from Elza Bowers.
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Tives
Hinteg
C. Y. Leegan
Athens - Albany
Aaron Tewksbury
Elza Bowers
Piny Cincinnati Workers Vote On Board Representation
Cincinnati Sept 26 Procter and Gamble employees vote to elect a representative to the board of directors In a move toward equal suffrage women over eighteen and all men were invited to participate Similar ballots were held in other plants of the company for similar representation Candidates must be over thirty and have three years of service in the plant
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Cincinnati
Proetoy & Gamble
Denson
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