Route 33 To Get New Pavement
The Ohio State Highway Department opened bids for about three miles of 22 foot concrete pavement on U S Route 33 from Wapakoneta through St Marys to Celina. The low bid was 116382 dollars against a 129782 dollar estimate, with completion expected around October 15. The Blue and Gray Trail Association praised the project as boosting the highway’s importance and noted related improvements at Enterprise and Rockbridge.
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Wapakoneta
St. Marys
Celina
Columbus
State Highway Department
Compton
Highway Department
Enterprise
Rockbridge
Auglaize County
Blue and Gray Trail Association
Ohio
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Cheerful Recovery
A vintage ad reply promises to lift blues and low spirits with E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites widespread use by millions of women and urges readers to try the tonic to regain energy and enjoyment of life.
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Wwe E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Bonds and Letters At Athens Post Office Keeper
Mrs. Brigid Shannon, a longtime Athens post office clerk, works as a stenographer and bookkeeper. Since 1918 she has served in the registered letter and money order office, handling bonds and postal savings. Off duty she manages a home, gardens, and needlework, earning the playful nickname one of the office’s amiable workers.
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Brigid Shannon
Athens
Shannon
O. F. Peoples
Gallagher
W. J. Roberts Dies in West at Tucson Age 60
William J. Roberts a former Athens resident and Ohio University pitcher died in Tucson Arizona at age 60 after years of asthma. He had worked at Athens Lumber Co and Teachout Sash Door Glass Co and retired eight years ago. Funeral plans were expected to be announced in Athens.
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Athens
Tucson
Ariz
L. W
Charles Roberts
William Roberts
Wid
Ohio University
Athens Lumber Co
Teachout Sash Door & Glass Co
Columbus
Florida
Nancy
England
L. W. Roberts
Chinese laundryman drives dog team in Goldfields
Sask Mah Kee, a laundryman, drives a recently acquired dog team through Goldfields as he makes his rounds among miners wearing a parka and mukluks.
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Goldfields
Sask
Secretary Stimson urges using economic power to stop dictators
Henry L. Stimson, secretary of state under Hoover, today urged the United States to marshal economic resources to halt aggression by dictatorial nations.
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Washington
U.P
Henry L.stimson
Hoover
United States
Beat Horse Charge Says It Kicked Him
R L Glendenning was arrested Tuesday on a cruelty complaint filed by state trooper R L Doebel after deputies saw him beating a horse with a shovel on Route 33 near Athens. He pleaded guilty today in Magistrate T R Bennett’s court, was fined $10 and costs, and had been released on recognizance before changing his plea.
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R. L. Clendenning
Charles Evans
R. L. Doebel
T. R. Bennett
Glendenning
Athens
Evans
Harry Risley Named To State Road Job
Harry Risley of Athens has been appointed to a State Highway Department post overseeing sign painting in Athens Hocking Vinton and Meigs Counties. He reported for duty Monday in Columbus Ohio.
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Harry Risley
Athens
State Highway Department
Hocking
Vinton
Meigs
Plan to Organize New Youth Council
Darwin Bryan of the Ohio Farm Bureau will speak at Athens Grange Hall at 8 p m Friday to organize a county wide Youth Council. He leads the Farm Bureau education department youth council program statewide and invites all young people rural or not to join and discuss national and world issues. A recreation period follows the meeting under his direction.
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Darwin Bryan
Ohio Farm Bureau
Athens Grange Hall
Bryan
Education Department
The
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Social Security Questions Handled At Athens Chamber
Wage earners and employers are invited by the Athens Chamber of Commerce to consult with a Social Security Board representative at the Unemployment Compensation office 8 W State St Thursday from 1 to 3 p m. Postmaster Frebault notes many inquiries about lost account number cards missing numbers for tax returns and claims for old age insurance for those age 65 or families of deceased workers. Glenn H Pittenger Social Security Board manager in Zanesville will interview callers.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Social Security Board
State St
Francis Frebault
Glenn H. Pittenger
Zanesville
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Hosts County Recorder’s Home
Justice Roy Williams of the Ohio Supreme Court and Mrs. Williams were guests Saturday at the home of Mrs. Georgia Kilpatrick County Recorder located at 72 East Mulberry Street.
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Roy Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Williams
Georgia Kilpatrick
E. Mulberry St
Fire at Pitcock Byrd Pratt home Ends with Minimal Damage
A fire at the residence of John Pitcock Byrd and Pratt seniors was extinguished within minutes after an alarm was turned in at 7 15 p m Tuesday night. No appreciable damage was reported.
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John Pitcock
Byrd and Pratt Srs
Probation Officer A. J. James Arrives in Athens
Probation officer A. J. James from Ironton arrived in Athens today and will stay until Friday to contact paroled convicts and other probationers in his eight county southeastern Ohio district.
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A. J. James
Ironton
Athens
James
Ohio
Canary inspector eyed for Panama postings at UC
The University of California bureau of occupations announces about 20 jobs in Panama for graduates in engineering chemistry and metallurgy with the post of canary inspector as an official position.
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Joe Berkeley
Cal
Bureau of Occupations of the
University of California
Panama
White ants said to lay up to eighty thousand eggs daily
The claim states white ants can produce as many as 80 000 eggs each day for a month, indicating extraordinary reproductive capacity. The source does not provide additional verification or context for this figure.
Fails To Pay, Goes to Jail Ernest McConaha
Ernest McConaha, arrested in September 1937 for driving while intoxicated, was confined in the county jail today by Sheriff Charles Bayless on order of Judge O F Rowland after failing to pay a $50 fine. Placed on probation twice, he left the county after first probation and again on November 29, 1937, with a biweekly $5 payment plan. total paid so far was $4. He remains jailed until the fine and costs are fully paid.
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Ernest McConaha
Charles Bayless
O. F. Rowland
Common Pleas Court
McConaha
Rowland
Noted Ohio Doctor Advises Tip-Top Morning Liver Aid
Follow Dr Edwards' Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow and relieve constipation. The vegetable tablets, sold by Dr F M Edwards, are marketed as harmless and help digestion and elimination. Available at drugstores for 15 30 or 60 cents per box.
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Ohio
Is Epilepsy Inherited and Cure Possibilities
A booklet presenting doctors opinions on epilepsy as an inherited condition and its curability is offered free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 551 Fifth Avenue New York NY Dept A-434. The offer emphasizes available expert insights and seeks reader engagement.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Dept. A
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