Saturday, August 1, 1914
Due to the threat of war in Europe, passenger ships sailing from New York are suspended. The President Grant, which is on its way to Hamburg, has been recalled by wireless.
The latest addition to honor the 97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the first to arrive before the battle of Chickamauga, will be a new monument placed near Bragg’s Headquarters’ tower on Missionary Ridge. This will be the 67th marker placed in memory of the Buckeye soldiers.
Miss Helen Johnson left this morning for Tate Springs to visit her sister, Mrs. Samuel B. Allen.
Sunday, August 2
Mrs. O.L. Lockwood announces the engagement of her daughter, Margaret, to Mr. Ernest A. Andrews. The wedding is to take place in September. Mr. Andrews is connected with the Chattanooga Printing & Engraving Co.
Mrs. Emily Shepherd and daughters, Elsie and Eunice, are visiting in Atlanta.
Monday, August 3
Word has been received that Dr. Park McCallie and his mother, Mrs. T.H. McCallie, who have been traveling in the Orient, are due in Moscow and St. Petersburg this week en route to Hamburg to sail for home on the German liner Vaterland August 12. Concern is felt by their family and friends here about the possibility of their being able to sail for America.
Tuesday, August 4
Miss Jean Gillespie has returned from a visit with Mrs. L.J. Sharp on Walden’s Ridge.
There will be a moonlight excursion tonight on the Steamer Chattanooga and Barge. The boat will leave the wharf at 8 p.m. Shaffer’s orchestra will be aboard. The tickets are 50-cents for round trip.
Major W. J. Bass, Misses Louise Bass, Katherine Henderson, and Mildred Fort, and Jack Bass have returned from a motor trip to Rhea Springs.
Wednesday, August 5
No word has been received from Mrs. S.D. Lodor and daughters, Bessie and Susie, who have been in Paris for the past year. They had planned to be in Berlin in August.
Thursday, August 6
The death toll begins to come in from the War. Several thousand have been killed or wounded at Leige, Belgium. The Germans were repulsed by the Belgians although the village of Vise was burned. It is estimated that 8,000 have lost their lives.
Friday, August 7
Death claims Mrs. Woodrow Wilson after a lingering illness of Brights Disease, casting gloom over the nation. The president and other members of the family were at her bedside. This is the first death in the White House since 1892, when Mrs. Benjamin Harrison passed away.
The following successful candidates were elected Thursday: Sheriff, Nick Bush; County Court Clerk, Charles Watson; Registrar, Willard Springfield; Trustee, Joe W. Clift; Superintendent of Roads, R.H. Crox; Clerk of Road Commission, J.N. McCutcheon; Circuit Court Clerk, Charles L. Hayes; and Superintendent of Workhouse, Matt Godsey.