Two Nelsonville Brothers Set Long Railway Service Record
Liss and Henry McLaughlin, aged 70 and near 66, celebrate almost 90 years combined with Hocking Valley Railroad. Both have spent decades in Nelsonville yards, with no serious accidents, and hold over forty years in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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Nelsonville
Liss
Henry McLaughlin
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Liss McLaughlin
Henry
Diamond Clay
Floodwood
Deanville
McLaughlins
Brotherhood of Railroad
Garden Week Committee Meets at Mrs Hyde’s Home
The Garden Week committee of the Woman's Community club gathers at 8 pm Wednesday at the home of Mrs. J. M. Hyde in Nelsonville. Attendance is emphasized as important for all members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Woman's Community Club
J. M. Hyde
Dr Hyde Retires to Home in Nilsonville
Nilsonville report says Dr Hubert Hyde and Mrs. Hyde have retired to their East Columbus street home after Dr Hyde fell ill and was moved to his parents home on Fort street.
Amos Tigner Pleads Guilty in Mayor's Court
Amos Tigner pleaded guilty to intoxication in mayor's court on Monday in Nelsonville. He was fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Amos Tigner
Local social notes from Columbus and surrounding areas
Mrs William Reese spends the week in Columbus as a guest of cousin Mrs Marie Cheeseman. Mrs Conley is improving after an operation at Cherrington hospital Logan, after her Sunday visit. Mrs Bernice Richardson leaves for Fontana California following a visit with Mr and Mrs Frank West. Dr C H Hamil of Chillicothe was weekend guest of his son and wife. C H Roudebush visits Washington DC on business. Mrs Clara Johnson and daughter Emma spend a few days in Columbus on business. Mrs Henry Sayers visits Athens with sister Mrs Fred Chevalier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reese
Columbus
Marie Cheeseman
Ethel Conley
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Hamil
C. H. Roudebush
Washington, D. C
Clara Johnson
Emma
Henry Sayers
Athens
Fred Chevalier
Class Members Entertained in Esther and Gold Divisions
The Blige division of the Esther class and the Gold division of the same class held meetings at Mrs. Delbert Davis and Mrs. George Beagle respectively in Slonville. Plans were made to continue the membership contest as both groups enjoyed a social hour with refreshments after the business sessions.
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Slonville
Blige
Esther
Christian Sunday School
Delbert Davis
George Beagle
Cold snap hits Nelsonville with 22 degree low
Nelsonville reports a 22 degree low overnight as early flowers and plants suffer frost. brief light snow flurries drifted through city yesterday while freight cars from the north were dusted with flakes.
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Nelsonville
Faithful Martha class entertains members at Nelsonville
In Nelsonville on April 20 Mrs D N Gorsuch Mrs T J Davis Mrs Harry Davis and Mrs Lane Ely hosted the Faithful Martha class at the Methodist church parlors. Mrs Wesley Hawk led the business session and Mrs Henry Lancaster with Mrs Charles Vorhees supervised a program. The ladies finished with a quilt project and served refreshments to twenty five members.
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Nelsonville
D. N. Gorsuch
T. J. Davis
Harry Davis
Lane Ely
Martha
Methodist Church
Wesley Hawk
Henry Lancaste
Charles Vorhees
Zane Program Highlights Zanes of DAR Meeting
Eliza beth Zanes Dew chapter DAR held its regular Saturday meeting at Mrs. Webster W. Poston’s home. The program featured the Zane family history with a sketch by Mrs. Miles Sheppard and a poem recital by Mrs. W. H. Cann. Delegates and guests from nearby chapters attended.
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Nelsonville
Elizabeth Zanes
Dew
Daughters of the American Revolution
Webster W. Poston
Poston
Dean
Galvin
Rafferty
Keynes
Frank Poston
Zane
Zanes
Miles Sheppard
W. H. Cann
Betty Zane
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Elizabeth Zane
Cincinnati
Henry Poston
Clermont Graham
Marysville
John White
Logan
Elizabeth Sherman Reece
Dave Evans
Minnie Stoneburner Leeper
Columbus
Rev Lloyd Evans to Lead Four Sermons at New Plymouth Church
Nelsonville April 20. Starting Thursday evening the Rev. Lloyd Evans will conduct four special services at the church at New Plymouth. Services will be held each meeting.
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Nelsonville
Lloyd Evans
New Plymouth
Fischer Couple Return From European Trip
Mr and Mrs Julius Fischer arrive in Nelsonville after a three months trip to Europe They visited many points of interest including a Holy Land visit and a tour of ancient Egypt to conclude their travels.
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Nelsonville
Julius Fischer
Old Country
Holy Land
Ancient
Egypt
Fire Destroys Connett Cottage Home and Contents
The cottage home of Mr. and Mrs. Ear nest Wackenschenz near Connett burned Sunday afternoon. The family of seven was away and found the house a smoldering ruin upon return. Authorities suspect a chicken brooder explosion in the kitchen. Friends collected funds in Nelsonville to help the family start anew.
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Nelsonville
Earnest Wackenschenz
Connett
Wackenschenz
Ralph Hardy jailed for intoxication in Nelsonville
Ralph Hardy was taken to the county jail yesterday morning after being committed by Mayor Eberle to pay a fine of 100 dollars plus costs for intoxication. He was arrested Saturday by Chief Pearson and owes the municipality 87 dollars on a prior charge.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Hardy
Eberle
Pearson
Hardy
Man Eats Rat Biscuit and Dies in Cleveland
Joseph Barnardo aged 26 collapsed after telling nurses he had eaten a rat biscuit containing arsenic. He was admitted to Mt. Sinai hospital in Cleveland in a dying condition and died today.
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Cleveland
Joseph Barnardo
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Bomb Placed Threat Prompts Police Probe in Cleveland
Police traced a threatening call received by Fred Schwartzenburg of a Cleveland fish market after a high power bomb was found on his roof last week. The caller warned of another bomb within a week if he did not move.
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Cleveland
Fred Schwartzenburg
Schwartzenburg
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Advocated for Indigestion Relief
An advertisement recommends using Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water for instant relief from indigestion sour or gassy stomach. It claims physicians have prescribed it for fifty years and that it neutralizes stomach acid more effectively than bicarbonate of soda and leaves the bowels gentle and sweet. Bottles cost twenty five cents at drug stores.
Inheritance taxes set on Athens county estates
Probate court fixed inheritance taxes this week on several Athens county estates. Notable figures include William F. Boden’s estate of 3156.38 with a 78.12 tax payable by Frederica Frey, Maude E. Hill’s 2902.47 with 402.47 tax to 2500 real estate, and Joseph Foster receiving 1017.55 after costs.
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Athens County
William F. Boden
Nelsonville
Frederica Frey
Boden
Maude E. Hill
Vina Lee
Athens
Elsie Bryant
Baptist Church
Mary Lockhart
Cecelia Morris
Mary Vorhes
Joseph Foster
John FP. Sheridan
Athens Township
Amanda Sheridan
Husband Fined for Failure to Support Wife in Orbiston
Homer Wyskiver pleads guilty to failing to support his wife Martha Wryskiver for two months. He is fined $25 plus costs by Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig.
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Homer Wyskiver
Orbiston
Pearl W. Helwig
Wryskiver
Martha Wryskiver
The Plains Woman Is Given Honor
On April 20 Miss Helen Gabriel hosted a birthday celebration for her mother at the Lower Plains home. An excellent dinner and pleasant afternoon followed with many gifts received by Mrs Gabriel. Attendees included Effie St John Fred Schmidt Nola Douglas James McHarg Fred Gabriel Ed Sickles Goldie Sewell Orla Ashcraft James Miller Roy Gabriel Hazel Sickles Leola Gabriel Angie Mae Douglas Fern Marie Sewell Bernadine Sewell Frances Dolores Sickles Eileen Ashcraft Carl Gabriel Clyde Gabriel Frank Douglas Russell Sewell Lester Gabriel Billy Joe Gabriel Sewell Ashcraft Reid Sewell.
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the Plains
Helen Gabriel
Lower Plains
Roy Gabriel
Hazel Sickles
Leola Gabriel
Angie-Mae Douglas
Fern-Marie Sewell
Bernadine Sewell
Frances Dolores Sickles
Eileen Ashcraft
Carl Gabriel
Clyde Gabriel
Frank Douglas
Russell Sewell
Lester Gabriel
Billy-Joe Gabriel
Sewell Ashcraft
Reid Sewell
Rev Ernest Moll to be arraigned on bad checks charges
Danville Virginia April 20 The Rev Dr Ernest B Moll former Methodist evangelist with the Mississippi conference will be formally arraigned today on charges of passing bad checks.
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Danville
Ernest B. Moll
Government wins another round against plumbing monopolies
In Washington on April 20 the government secured a consent decree in federal court at Richmond against thirteen plumbing supply companies as part of its antimonopoly enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
Supreme Court Reverses Hamilton County Ruling on Grounds
The Ohio Supreme Court rules imprisonment in the Mansfield state reformatory constitutes grounds for divorce, reversing the Hamilton County court decision issued earlier today.
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Columbus
State Reformatory
Mansfield
State Supreme Court
Hamilton
Piqua City Auditor Faces Misconduct and Discourtesy Charges
City Auditor J. Harrie Stein is charged with misconduct in office and discourtesy toward public officials after the mayor alleges he left Piqua for medical treatment without arranging payment of salaries for more than a hundred municipal officials and employees.
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PIQUA
J. Harrie Stein
W. G. Crozier
Stein
Bishop McDowell Warns Against Prohibition Change
Bishop William Fraser McDowell, speaking for the Methodist Episcopal Church before the Senate prohibition committee, denounced a “law defying minority” seeking to modify the prohibition law, calling it a threat to the constitution and urging stricter enforcement to prevent anarchy.
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Washington
William Fraser McDowell
Senate
Methodist Episcopal Church
McDowell
Congress
Canton Mayor Swarts Fined for Traffic Violation
Canton April 20 Mayor Stan ford M Swarts was fined five dollars and costs for violating traffic laws. Patrolman Homer Moore arrested the mayor yesterday afternoon after he failed to halt at a stop sign in the city’s northern section.
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Canton
Stanford M. Swarts
Homer Moore
Cantonians Barred From Card Playing in Public Places
Canton ordinance bans card playing in bowling alleys poolrooms coffee houses and similar public gathering places for gain or otherwise. The measure takes effect today reflecting a new limit on social activity in town venues.
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Canton
Escapes at the Gates of Prison in Columbus
Columbus officials continued a search for Thomas J. School of Cleveland who escaped from Sheriff Fred Kohler in front of the state prison on Monday. School's escape occurred after he slipped from restraints while being moved between prisoners. he was convicted of auto theft and sentenced to five to twenty years.
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Columbus
Thomas J. School
Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Cuyahoga County
Scholl
Mercury Dips to Fourteen and a Half Below Freezing
The local mercury dropped to fourteen and a half degrees below freezing according to F W Gibson of the Amesville weather bureau. Last night the reading was eighteen degrees above, and this morning it stood at twenty four. A heavy frost covered lawns and shrubs but damage is not expected.
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F. W. Gibson
Amesville
Britain plans aid to U S in enforcing dry law
Britain agrees to cooperate with the United States to curb rum-running from British colonies. The semi official statement says British and American naval vessels will search for rum-runners in colonial waters. The surprise announcement notes public opposition to the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
United States
House Must Decide On Farm Relief
April 20 Washington the agriculture committee voted to let the House decide what form of farm relief legislation it wants this session. The committee reported both the Tinche and Haugen bills offering different approaches to solving the agrarian problem.
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Washington
Agriculture Committee
House
Tinche
Death of Chicago businessman in Gallipolis restaurant
Albert K. Livingston, 66, a former Chicago and Milwaukee businessman, collapsed and died in a Gallipolis restaurant today. He had worked in both cities before his death this April 20.
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Gallipolis
Albert KE. Livingston
Chicago
Milwaukee
American delegation sails for Geneva disarmament talks
The State department announced that the American delegation to the League of Nations preliminary disarmament conference in Geneva will sail for Europe on April 39, ahead of the meeting next month.
Bern steen to testify before Senate on liquor ring case
Cleveland April 26 United States District Attorney A. K. Bern steen who broke the largest liquor ring ever uncovered will travel to Washington to testify before the Senate committee probing prohibition.
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Cleveland
United States
A. KB. Bernsteen
Washington
Senate
Prohibition Foes Win in New York Assembly Vote
In Albany on April 20 the New York Assembly approved a referendum plan to ask voters this fall whether Congress should modify the Volstead Act. The 87 to 62 vote follows Senate approval. the bill heads to Governor Al Smith for signature, with expected approval.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Congress
Senate
al Smith
Outgro Claims Quick Relief for Ingrown Toenails
An advertisement describes Outgro as a harmless antiseptic used by chiropodists and sold in drug stores. A few drops in the nail crevice allegedly reduce inflammation and pain and cause the ingrown nail to turn outward overnight.
Stomach Recovery Reported After Dr Pierce Remedy
A Cincinnati man described severe stomach distress with bloating and sleep disruption. After four bottles of Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, he experienced immediate relief and improved health, attributing his recovery to the remedy.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
J. W. Powell
W. Sth
President Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Doanville Man Sent to Jail Over Liquor Fine
John Green of Doanville was jailed yesterday for failure to pay a court fine for liquor possession but released this morning after settling with the sheriff. Charles Palmer, linked to Ira Spencer’s transportation and possession case, was also jailed and not yet released.
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John Green
Doanville
Charles Palmer
Ira Spencer
Explosion incident injures crew of submarine S-49 at New London
At the New London submarine base an explosion in the S-49 battery room injured 11 men, four seriously and seven slightly. The accident occurred during routine diving tests in the sound area. It marks the fourth misfortune among the S-type submarines after the S-48, S-51, and S-39 incidents, with varying outcomes from sinking to salvageable damage.
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New London
Bridgeport
Block Island
Cape Cod
Herrin Election Guards Amid Violent Riot After Clash
On April 20 Herrin voters faced a tense aldermanic election as militiamen guarded polling places. Colonel Robert Davis reported clashes linked to a Ku Klux Klan anti Klan fight last Tuesday that left six dead.
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Herrin
Robert Davis
Miss Fern Robinson Brought Home After Surgery
Miss Fern Robinson was brought home yesterday to 134 Grosvenor Street in Gloucester by Wallace ambulance from Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus. She underwent a surgical operation and is rapidly convalescing.
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Miss Fern Robinson
Grosvenor Street
Wallace
Glouster
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Miss Robinson
Classified ad line urges readers to call for ad-taker help
The piece touts the classifieds as a remedy for renting or selling troubles and invites readers to call Athens, Nelsonville, Logan, or Pomeroy numbers to ask for an ad-taker. It frames readers as lotus eaters using the classified page for solutions.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
Pomeroy
Mother Thwarts Couple's Wedding in Ohio Courtroom
In New Lexington on April 20 Ralph Gruber 17 and Gillette Theissen 19 obtained a marriage license at probate court. Five minutes later Gruber’s mother in Columbus phoned to halt the ceremony. Judge Hammond had begun the rite but a probate officer stopped it delivering the court order. The youths claimed 21 as their ages and are being held for their parents.
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New Lexington
Ralph Gruber
D. H. Gruber
Columbus
Gillette Theissen
Frank Theissen
Corning
A. E. Hammond
J. W. Newberry
SUPER BANDIT TO TESTIFY TODAY IN NORWALK
The state rested its case against James Lyon of Huron county gunman for the slaying of Detective Frank McGrath. Lyon announced plans to testify in his own defense later today as prosecutors claim an airtight case against him.
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Norwalk
James Lyon
Huron
Frank McGrath
Lyon
Edgar Martin
Peking Stricken by Government Collapse After President Flees
Following Tuan Chi Jui’s resignation and flight to Tien-Tsin, Peking lacks a functioning government as Marshal Wu Pei Fu’s forces threaten arrest. The chief executive seeks refuge within the legation quarter amid rumors of an imminent capture.
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Peking
Tien-Tsin
Tuan Chi Jui
Legation
Wu Pei Fu
Tuan
Laborer Dies of Heart Attack Digging Grave
A. Snell aged 65 collapsed while leveling a grave at the German Protestant Cemetery in Walnut Hills Cincinnati. Death was due to a heart attack.
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Cincinnati
A. Snell
Walnut Hills
DAX Foot Medicine Promises Quick Foot Relief
A new squid foot medicine named DAX is advertised to relieve burning stinging and aching feet. It claims to soften corns and callouses remove tenderness and revive normal feet with a cooling soaking action. The product is promoted as used by a New York physician for twelve years and available at Cline's Pharmacy and other druggists.
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Dax
New York
Cline
Millionaire Ogden McClurg Stricken by Strange Malady
Chicago reports Ogden McClurg a 47 year old millionaire and explorer in critical condition after being found in a ditch near Elmhurst with his car nearby. He had just returned from a Yucatan yachting cruise and doctors suspect a tropical fever germ as the cause.
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Chicago
Ogden
McClurg
Lonely Road
Elmhurst
Yucatan
Inn sign carved on whale bone marks Haugton site
A whale bone blade bearing an inn sign is identified among the carioge sites at Haugton in Suffolk.
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Haugton
Suffolk
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National Banking Association
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P. G. Coe
Timothy
Super-Bandit
Woodie
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Lash
Sam Taviga
Pathe New Adm
Hanna Green Seal
Paine
Uae
the Sante Paint & Wallpaper Co
Chk
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Chige M. Verhees & Bros
Albeny
W. M. Dixon
Gleuster
Ohie
Fe Brothers
Ceel
Gibson
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