Exciting contests loom in Hocking Valley municipalities
Nelsonville dispatch reports Loganward debating a $75,000 water works bond issue with a special election due next Saturday. Athens faces a fierce fight over a $165,000 city hall and theatre building proposal with a head to head vote looming. Also noted is a juvenile court continuation in Deanville involving Grace Williams and her husband with separate actions and bonds.
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Nelsonville
Hock-Hocking
Loganward
Athens
Grace Williams
Williams
Deanville
I. W. Helwig
Mrs J C McCarty Hosts I J Minnark Guests
Mrs J C McCarty entertained last weekend with Mr I J Minnark and Mr and Mrs W BD as guests in a social gathering likely at her home.
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J. C. McCarty
I. J. Minnark
Mrs. W. BD
Local Families Visit Relatives Across Counties
McCarty and son Billy of Columbus visit family, joined by Mr and Mrs C D Walker and their baby from Corning. Mrs Donald Shafer and her young son are guests of her parents in Akron.
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McCarty
Billy
Columbus
C. D. Walker
Corning
Donald Shafer
Akron
Central P T A Meeting In NelsonvilleFriday
CENTRAL P T A of Central school will hold a meeting at 3 o clock Friday afternoon in Nelsonville. The gathering aims to discuss school activities and parental involvement.
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Central P. T. A
Bertillon Expert Tells Experiences At Kiwanis Club
Nelsonville April 16 Robert Miles of Columbus secretary of the National Detective agency entertained Kiwanis members with stories from the underworld. Miles, former chief Bertillon officer at the Ohio State penitentiary, detailed finger print work and classification methods with a projection lecture. He cited four million Washington fingerprints and a six minute retrieval time, noting the near impossibility of two prints being identical.
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Nelsonville
Robert Miles
Columbus
National Detective Agency
Kiwanis Club
Miles
Ohio State Penitentiary
Washington
Interclub program led by Mellovern Ohlinger and Stuart
The lecture diverged from the usual program as Harry Mellovern M L Ohlinger and R B Stuart chaired the interclub relations committee. Attendance totaled forty one.
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Harry Mellovern
M. L. Ohlinger
R. B. Stuart
Committee On Interclub Relations
Coal Production Still Declining in Southern Ohio Field
Coal year 1925-26 starts with soft coal output down 11 percent to 7,412,000 net tons for the week ended April 4. Geological Survey reports 163 mines in the Southern Ohio field with 272,000 ton capacity and 57,000 tons produced. Abandonment of large Pittsburgh district mines continues, with Sugar Creek mines 209 and 211 permanently closed by Ohio Collieries Co leaving mine No. 210.
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Nelsonville
Southern
Ohio
Geological Survey
Pittsburgh
Sugar Creek
Ohio Collieries Co
Masonic Exemplar DegreeEvent Slated for April 23
Officers of Haybrow Connell No 119 R and S&S M rehearse for the annual exemplification of the Super Excellent Master's degree to be conferred at the Masonic temple on Thursday evening April 23.
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Nelsonville
Haybrow Connell
Masonic Temple
High School Receipts Error Corrected
In Nelsonville on April 16 supervisors clarified a tax club address error showing $299 in receipts for the high school athletic department. The correct total to date exceeds $2000, not the published amount.
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Nelsonville
Crawford
Totarys Club
Sugar smugglers on Irish border profit from tax dodge
Dublin April 16 The Free State Government loses thousands monthly to a gang of sugar smugglers on the Sister Free State border. Many young Irishmen join the traffic transporting sugar from Ulster where costs are about three dollars per hundredweight cheaper than in the Free State avoiding heavy tax. Smugglers sell to Free State dealers at a handsome profit while dealers undersell.
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Dublin
Free State
Ulster
Restless Sleep Linked to Gas and Digestive Toxins
Adlerika advertised as fast gas relief and intestinal evacuation. It claims ten minute action and removal of old waste matter. A parental neglect charge involves Gibson's Pharmacy in Murray selling to Raymond Williams, filed by Polings Drug Store.
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Gibson's Pharmacy
Murray
Raymond Williams
Polings Drug Store
Smuggling Route Keeps Sugar Tax Evasion Alive
Across the Monaghan border smugglers evade the Free State sugar tax by stockpiling in border clearing houses near shops just inside the Northern frontier. Drivers use unscheduled roads to move contraband, while scheduled routes with depots remain open but unchecked as authorities tolerate the flow.
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Free State
Reindeer Breeding Push to Double Weight in Alaska
Scientists plan crossbreeding Alaska wild reindeer with woodland cari bou stock to increase weight. The program aims to accelerate growth and yield, leveraging hybrid vigor and selective pairing under controlled conditions.
Record Heat Reaches 138 Degrees in Samarra
During the summer of 5917 T P Hayes notes a shade temperature of 138 degrees at a Mesopotamian railway station in Samarra. He reports the heat held around 138 degrees for about a fortnight, describing it as the hottest day on record.
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T. P. Hayes
Samarra
Mesopotamia
Legion Returns to Paris Plans 1927 Convention
The Legion to hold its 1927 convention in Paris marking the tenth anniversary of the U S entry into the war. Delegates expect a gathering in the capital to recall postwar service and honor veterans.
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Legion
Paris
Indianapolis
The
Interstate Commerce Board Sets Tentative Lorain Line Valuation
Washington report states the Interstate Commerce Commission on April 16 set a tentative valuation of 1,630,081 dollars on the Lorain Ashland and Southern railroad property in Ohio.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission & Day
Lorain
Ashland and Southern Raile
Ohio
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Nelsonville News Digest OF Today
Hocking Valley
Logan
Bertillon
Eero
Universal
Hanna
the Cable Hardware Company
C. Eddy Howe, Co
Glouster
O. W. M. Dixon
New Marshfield
O. Melvin Dunfee
Stewart
O. FE
W. Gibson
Amesville
O. W. M. Vorhees & Bro
Albany
O. F. W. Chapman
Coolville
En-Ar‘co Motor
Ieee, Oi
Auto Tire & Gas Co
Harper and Chestnut Sts
Rose Gasoline
National Rawinine CO
Cleveland
Southern Ohio
Lodge
Dimity
Customs Department
County
Monaghan
Alorost
Styleplus
Wilson Bros
Axminster
Armstrong
Allahabad
India
the Credit Guide of the
Chants’ Association
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