Second Letter From Wellington Woman On Paris Trip
Violet Curtice of Wellington writes from aboard the steamship Celtic about the American Legion convention in Paris. The letter describes the crew and passengers saluting as the Legion band from Sioux City Iowa plays the Star Spangled Banner and the Ohio unit waves goodbye during the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Paris
American Legion
Violet Curtice
American Legion Convention
Celtic
Sioux City
Iowa
Ohio
Legionnaires
France
Salute to Liberty as American Legion ship greets guests
Journal aboard the ship recounts dinners with French war brides returning home after eight years, a lively Iowa band, and a playful exchange with Ohio. Delegates from Iowa sing, while Ohio retorts with a humorous chant. Passengers total 834 with Ohio leading at 15 aboard. stowaways from Connecticut join the voyage, and church services and Soldiers French booklets entertain crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gers
Godess of Liberty
American Legion
Iowa
Ohio
O-H-I-0
Leo Cunningham
Fifth Street
Lorain
Thew Shovel Company
Johnson
Smith
Joneses
Lorain County
Ourist
J. T. Acceo
Lorrain
Earnhardt
Ely‘ria
Madamoiselle
Connecticut
Legionnaire
N.Y
Legionnaires
The
S. S
Passege
A. B. Fe
West Ridge Community Notes and Social Visits
Sept. 29 report from West Ridge lists visitors and guests in July neighborhood social life. Names include John Hardy Traverse City Michigan John Scott Kipton Maurice Scott Cleveland Clara Jackson family hosting and many local callings and dinners. A Pythian Sisters meeting at the P. B. club featured new officers and a luncheon.
Local residents visit relatives and farm work continues
Mrs. Caroline Sells of Detroit and Mrs. Durand Pierse with son Al fred Jr of Lorain were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Johnston on Sunday. Mrs. John Simms visits daughter Gertrude in Elyria while Gertrude spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vietzen. Farmers busy filling silos and starting digging as spring work begins. The Wagner family and daughters Jean and Thelma spent Sunday at Venice Drive. Mrs. Fred Vietzen and son W. spent Monday evening with Wis Maurer on Murray Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Sells
Detroit
Durand Pierse
Alfred, Jr
Lorain
A. M. Johnston
John Simms
Gertrude
Elyria
Fred Vietzen
Wm. Wagner
Jean
Thelma
Venice Drive
W. Son
Wis
Local Social Notes From Avon Irene Gough Area
Avon Irene Gough section reports Mr and Mrs John Terveen entertaining J Terveen’s father Mr Rudd of Bellevue. Mrs Lizzie Barrett and Mildred visited Le Rayin. Mrs Wilton Dawler and May Cole of Oberlin hosted Mrs H M Norton. Miss Helen Barr visited Elyria over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
John Terveen
Rudd
Bellevue
Lizzie Barrett
Mildred
le Rain
Wilton Dawler
May Cole
Oberlin
H. M. Norton
Helen Barr
Elyria
Local families host gatherings and visitors Sunday
Mr and Mrs Ira Gough and Doris spent Sunday in Cleveland. Several from here attended the funeral of Albion Stickney in Elyria Monday. I C Baughman of LaGrange was an Avon visitor. A Tuttle family reunion brought members from Toledo St Louis and Styria. Miss Edna Reeves and Miss Sarah Reeves visited friends in town Sunday. Town fathers shown as gods on monument in Helsingborg Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Gough
Doris
Cleveland
Holiday
Chicago
Vina Wiardon
Floyd Hollister
California
Susan Jameson
Eugene Bliss
Oberlin
Louis Hoffman
Jacob Hoffman
Henry Kriebel
Avon
A. A. Tuttle
Tuttle
Toledo
St. Louis
Styria
Chas, Hansen
Bay Village
Mary Brooks
B. V. Beiner
Helsinborg
Sweden
Helsingborg
McCoy's Tablets Promise Weight Gain For Thinner Men
An old advertisement urges thin readers to try McCoy's Tablets to gain at least five pounds. It offers an ironclad money back guarantee after four boxes or two dollars if no weight gain or health improvement is felt. Readers are asked to request McCoy's Tablets at any drug store in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
America
Ady
Monument to Tycho Brahe Unveiled With Local Figures
A monument in the town commemorating the 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe features a fountain globe and portraits of local figures named as the Bear Driver G W Widmark editor Perseus Board of Alderman Wagoneer sculptress Astrid M Aagesen portraying herself as the Virgin. Other townspeople are depicted as mythic figures like Centaur and Hercules. The city physician C B Hallengren, once opposed to the project, is shown among the stars with a favorable likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tycho Brahe
G. W. Widmark
Perseus
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Broad St
Jones Dairy Farm
Reublin Bros
Victor
Victor Symphony Orchestra
Pilgrim's Song of Hope Wiebestraum
Paul Robeson
Ziegfield Follies
J Whiteman
Broadway
Manhattan
Mary Whiteman
Paradise Isle
Mae
Proupdadors
New Red Seal Records
Bori
Tibbett
Chaliapin
Jeritze
Kreisler
McCormack
Rachmaninoff
Schipa
Flonzaley
Quartette
Daysies Store
Victaglas
West Ridge
B. O. Pote
John Hardy
Traverse City
Michigan
John Scott
Kipton
Maurice Scott
Clara Jackson
Wilson
Citas
Dehn
Dehn Road
Charles Hahn
Lake Shore
Charles Schaible
Albert Seely
Albert, Jr
Norwalk
E. J Burrer
Edith Flemming
Virginia
Fred Vietzgen
P. B
Jean Wagner
H. M. Tapperta
Newark
Grand Temple
Pythian Sisters
J. Lang
Wm. Hunger
Lakewood
C. H. Munger
Zimmermans
Brownhelm
J. Simms
Schramm Road
Dick Johnson
B .O. Pope
Samuel Grrlis
Horace
Canton
A. M Johnston
Sherman Mason
Clover Leaf Club
Carl Fowl
Kenneth
Patricia Anna
Frank Bals
South Ridge
Etta Brown
Harvey Brown
Wednesay
Julia Hart
Cora Fowl
Edith Boughton
Nora Braun
W. H. Hall
Klady
Theodore
Hall Thora
Avon Irene Gough
Chiri
Charis
Brice
Lorain County Bank
Philadelphia
Joseph Wild
Wild
Broad Street
Pone
Wulench
Mtiistin
Wei
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