Nelsonville Twilight League to Open May 1 Season
Nelsonville hosts the twilight baseball league season opener May 1 at city playgrounds with Central facing Athena. Five teams are signed: Central Athena Glazed Brick Eddie's Barbers West and Kimberly mines. Schedule runs Tuesdays to Thursdays through June with multiple matchups listed. Mrs Lulu Smith earns life teaching certificate after Ohio University program. Political interest in presidential primary is light. Hoover dominates precinct results.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Twilight Baseball League
City Playgrounds
Central
Athena
Athena Glazed Brick Company
Eddie's Barbers
West and Kimberly Mines
Athenas
Barbers
West
Kimberly
Berly
Ath
Athensas
Lulu Smith
Carbon HW
State Education Department
Ohio University
Smith
M. Buffington
the Plains
Rotarians Elect New Board Of Directors At Meeting
Nelsonville Rotary Club members Ralph Parks C I Bennett W H Badger P C Morris and C H Bartlett were elected to the board of directors. The new board will organize next week selecting a president vice president secretary and treasurer for the coming year. New officers will be installed at the last June meeting. De A B Lippert Columbus health education chief spoke on preschool round up noting it originated with Parent Teacher groups and grew after World War I to identify defects in army recruits. About 60 percent of children age 2 to 10 have remediable defects and the round up urges physician exams before school entry. The system aims to involve Parent Teacher associations boards of health and civic clubs in continued efforts.
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Nelsonville
Columbus
Bureau of Health Education
Ohio Department of Health
Doctor Lippert
Lippert
Boards of Health
Clean Up Week Progress Noted in Nelsonville
In Nelsonville on April 25 volunteers and residents mark Clean-Up Week. The Boy Scouts raised a banner on the square and Charles Maffin’s Poplar street yard draws attention for its many trees freshly white-washed creating a tidy, fresh curb appeal.
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Nelsonville
Charles Maffin
Poplar Street
New Boy Scout Troop Formed in Nelsonville
Nelsonville April 25. W W Whitlatch has organized a new Boy Scout troop from M E church boys. The group will meet Thursday evenings. A special meeting is held tonight for examinations.
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Nelsonville
W. W. Whitlatch
M. E. Church
Marines in Nicaragua Open New Air Pathways in War
NEA report from Managua details Major Rowell's Marine Corps squadron of 12 planes in the Sandino conflict. Over 11 months they logged 6,000 flight hours, fired 90,000 rounds, dropped 300 bombs, and engaged 61 times while losing one aircraft and two men. They pioneered aerial support for ground troops and supply drops, transforming transport and medical evacuation, with pay and supplies dropped from planes and messages picked up by ground crews via aerial hooks.
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NEA
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
Marine Corps
R. E. Rowell
Major Rowell
Sandino
Earl Thomas
Frank E. Dowdell
Commencement Exercises at Carbon Hill High School
Carbon Hill high school holds its annual commencement at the Carbon Hill Christian church this evening. The program lists Logan K. of P. band and Rev. Howard Householder as the invocation, performances by the Girls' Glee club, and the Mountain Climbers of 1928. Attendees will hear the salutu tory by Byron Hughes, the class poem by Lena Evans, a non stop flight in The 1928, and the valedictory by Ivaniae Justice. Carrie Harris, Aralee Bartow, and Delbert Nutter perform music and a duet Smiling Through. W H Jewett delivers the address and J W Coleman presents diplomas. Benediction by Rev Householder.
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Nelsonville
Carbon Hill High School
Carbon Hill
Carrie Harris
Ivaniae Justice
Delbert Nutter
Logan K
P. Band
Aralee Bartow
W. H. Jewett
J. W. Coleman
Rev. Householder
Clarence Decides presented by Buchtel seniors
Buchtel high school senior class stages the three act farce Clarence Decides at the village opera house Saturday night April 28 at 8. The cast includes Mrs Davenport Aunt Susan Gretchen Swartz Mary Ann Lee a niece Helen Shepherd Sarah Maude Lee a niece Lucille Glover Julia Mae Lee a niece Mary Newman John Smith first gardener at Fillermont Bernard Colbert John Smith second gardener Walter Whitmore John Smith third gardener Theodore Carlin Clarence Moore Paul McConnell Mrs Dix by Moore his mother Forrest Locke Lizette the maid Elizabeth Schenz. Also noted are Miss Gladys Tignor Zanesville who visited near Nelsonville with her parents and Mr. and Mrs. W C Tignor. Mrs Daniel Smith Zanesville visiting near Nelsonville with her parents and Mrs W C Tignor. Mrs Glenn Oliver and two Columbus children guest of her parents Mr and Mrs R R Stalter.
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Nelsonville
Clarence
Buchtel High School
Opera House
Mrs.Davenport
Susan
Gretchen Swartz
Mary Ann Lee
Helen Shepherd
Sarah Maude Lee
Lucille Glover
Julia Mae Lee
Mary Newman
John Smith
Gardner
Fillermont
Bernard Colbert
Walter Whitmore
Theodore Carlin
Clarence Moore
Paul McConnell
Dixby Moore
Forrest Locke
Lizette
Elizabeth Schenz
Mrs Sharp Hosts Bridge for Helen Sharp A May Wedding
Mrs James Sharp entertained at three bridge tables on Tuesday evening for her daughter Miss Helen. Guests included Miss Louise Kennard a bride next Monday who received a corsage. The wedding date May 7 for Helen and Frank Tedrow Jr was announced with high scores won by Miss Louise Johnson and Miss Mary Welch. Out of town guests were the Misses Mary Louise Leyshon and Margaret Vorhes from Columbus.
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James Sharp
Bridge
Miss Helen
Helen
Frank Tedrow, Jr
Louise Johnson
Mary Welch
Louise Kennard
Mary Louise Leyshon
Margaret Vorhes
Columbus
Elsie's new beauty shop opens with flowers and baskets
The opening at Elsie's on East Columbus Street drew many visitors on Tuesday as Frienda sent baskets of flowers and potted plants. Throughout the day a great number of people called to offer congratulations.
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Nelsonville
Elsie
Columbus Street
Vast Noble Grand Society Meets at Miss Imel da Smiths Home
The Vast Noble Grand society will gather at Miss Imel da Smith on Poplar Street Thursday evening April 26. Members are urged to attend. A brief wartime vignette notes Major Rowell near El Chipote and a dead fly found in a Managua carburetor. Marines in Nicaragua are credited with new aerial messaging feats. Major R E Rowell is shown as commander of marine fliers in Nicaragua.
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Noble Grand Society
Imelda Smith
Poplar Street
Major Rowell
el Chipote
Managua
Mrs. Peter Josten Dies at Dutch Ridge
Mrs. Peter Josten, 74, died at her Dutch Ridge home from asthma and complications. Funeral services will be held at St. Johns church at 10 oclock Friday morning. Burial is in the cemetery adjoining the church. She is survived by her husband, a son Arthur A. Rowan of Columbus, and a brother Joseph Mulligan of near Athens. Conrad Josten and Mrs. John A. Rowan of Athens are her brother and sister.
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Coolville
Peter Josten
Dutch Ridge
St. Johns Church
Arthur A. Rowan
Columbus
Joseph Mulligan
Athens
Conrad Josten
John A. Rowan
Wash Tubs and Cook Stoves Replacing Jail Cells
In St Clairsville 51 women held since last Saturday on rioting charges were released on bonds of 200 and 500 dollars. They walked home from Shadyside near the Mutton Hollow mine while neighbors cared for children and discussions of grand jury fate followed.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Mutton Hollow
Shadyside
Flood control bill before Coolidge today
The $325,000,000 flood control measure passed by the House yesterday faces White House scrutiny. Senate and House conferees will meet to reconcile differences with the Jones bill. The White House has issued objections to both measures, and final form may be more unacceptable to President Coolidge.
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House
White House
Senate
Coolidge
American Doctor Killed by Chinese Rebels in Tsining
SHANGHAI April 25 Dr Walter F Seymour an American and head of the Presbyterian Mission hospital at Tsining was shot and killed last Tuesday a Chefoo message said today confirmation and details of the incident were lacking he was reported to have been serving at the hospital during the present unrest.
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Shanghai
U.R
Walter F. Seymour
Presbyterian Mission
Tsining
Seymour
Golden wedding anniversary at Glenwilde homestead
In Selma on April 24 three sisters and their husbands celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, the welkin rang with merriment at the Glenwilde homestead.
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Selma
U.R
Welkin
Glenwilde
Business of Banks In Ohio Increasing
Ohio banks show rising activity says state superintendent E H Blatt. Deposits grow from 1 97 095 982 to 1 926 508 242 between the last two calls. Net increase 29 412 280. Resources rise 35 876 338.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
E. H. Blatt
State Superintendent of Banks
Blair
Earthquake Devastates New Corinth City in Greece
In Athens and Corinth heavy shocks were felt last night as New Corinth crumbled under a major quake. A driving storm and rain intensified damage while thousands of refugees faced acute suffering from collapsed homes.
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Athens
Greece
New Corinth
Corinth
Noise of Airplanes Kills Fox Pups at Local Ranch
In Chillicothe on the Columbus pike the Scioto Valley Silver Fox ranch reports five litters of silver fox pups lost since Saturday when low-flying aircraft frightened expectant mothers. The deaths are attributed to the noise and disturbance from airplanes.
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Chillicothe
Scioto Valley
Columbus Pike
Jail Delivery Thwarted in New Lexington by Sheriff
New Lexington April 25 Sheriff Harley McNabb stopped a possible jail delivery after discovering inmates had secretly had laws passed into the jail.
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New Lexington
Harley McNabb
Miners Union Speakers to Address Chauncey Group
Frank J. Er Crooksville secretary treasurer and John Walker president sub district No 5 will speak at the weekly miners meeting Friday at Chauncey K of P hall. Special music planned with Mrs George Wend and sons yde and Ralph Wend and Mrs C Howard of Millfield visiting Lancaster residents Monday.
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Xancey
Frank J. Er
Crooksville
John Walker
George Wend
Yde
Ralph Wend
C. Howard
Millfield
Charley Ntz
Daniel Been
Lancaster
Funeral for Ruby Nelle Ogg in Chauncey
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Ruby Nelle Ogg age one, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogg of Chauncey. Rev. G B Courtney and Rev. Warren officiated. Burial in Chesterhill Cemetery. Flower and pallbearers named. Weekend visitors included Clyde Canter and daughter Virginia Lee of Columbus staying with A B Lester family.
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Chauncey
Ruby Nelle
Charles Ogg
G. B. Courtney
Warren
Church of Christ
Chesterhill
Ruth
Helen Leiber
Gresanthy Keasey
Martha Nye
Juanita Pendergrass
Lavina Rivers
Margaret Tippett
Ruth Smith
Clyde Canter
Virginia Lee
Columbus
A. B. Lester
Mill Street
Greens Run juniors to stage Go Slow Mary comedy
The Greens Run high junior class presents the farce Go Slow Mary at the auditorium on Saturday April 29 at 7 30 pm. The cast includes Billy Abbey Ernest Cartwright Mary Abbey Alma Clemons and several others. A Chauncy-Dover high junior senior banquet follows Friday evening in the gym with Mrs Cap Smith serving.
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Chauncey
Greens Run High School
Mary
Billy Abbey
Ernest Cartwright
Mary Abbey
Alma Clemons
Mrs. Birdon
Isabelle Bay
Sally Carter
Ida Kytta
Harry Stevens
Mabel Collins
Burt Childs
Matt Kytta
Bobby Birdon
Paul Welch
Holly Birdon
Deloris Clemons
Katie
Doris Fierbaugh
Harry Grubb
Henry Golding
Murphy
Henry Burke
Chauncey-Dover High
Cap Smith
Greens Run high set baccalaureate April 30 sermon
The Greens Run high school baccalaureate for the graduating class will be Sunday evening April 30 at the Church of Christ. Rev G B Courtney Chauncey will preach and discuss Essentials Leading to a Successful Life by request. Commencement is Monday evening with Rev D L Browning Gloucester delivering the address. The Plains personals mention Mr and Mrs S F Mains returning home to Cleveland after visiting Mr and Mrs C P Woods at The Plains.
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Greens Run High School
Church of Christ
G. B. Courtney
Chauncey
D. L. Browning
Glouster
Ashtabula Approves Sale of City Light Plant
Voters in Ashtabula approved selling the municipal light and power plant for at least 2 225 000 dollars. The measure directs the sale to raise funds for the city and set a minimum bid. The vote outcome marks a major shift in local utilities management.
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Ashtabula
Stroke of Paralysis Is Fatal to Man 81 in Canaanville
La fayette Reed, 81, died at his daughter’s home Mrs. H. O. Shirley in Canaanville Tuesday morning after a stroke on Friday. Funeral held at the Christian church in Tuppers Plains Meigs county with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He leaves six daughters and one son: Mrs. Lena Sutton of Marietta, Mrs. Rose Brechtel of Cheshire, Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley of Canaanville, Mrs. Vietta Springer of Tuppers Plains, Charles Reed of Chester, Callie Warner of Middleport, and Mrs. Mable Gaul of Canaanville.
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Canaanville
Christian Church
Tuppers Plains
Meigs County
Lena Sutton
Marietta
Rose Brechtel
Cheshire
Elizabeth Shirley
Vietta Springer
Charles Reed
Chester
Callie Warner
Middleport
Mable Gaul
Leader of White in Russia Dies in Brussels
General Wrangel former commander of the Russian White army and head of the Horse Guards regiment died in Brussels. He earned the Cross of Saint George for capturing two German guns and two enemy platoons during the 1914 East Prussia advance.
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Brussels
U.R
Wrangel
Horse Guards
East Prussia
Saint George
Bremen Flyers Halted by Snow and Wheels in Canada
The Bremen expedition led by Baron Gunther von Huenefeld Captain Hermann Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice faces heavy snow and strong winds in the St Lawrence region and wheels that fail at Greenly Island delaying the first westward Atlantic crossing. Montreal April 25. Local dispatches note reconnaissance and hopes to meet Mrs Bennett in Murray Bay or Quebec.
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Duke Schiller
Louis Cuisinier
Greenly Island
James Fitzmaurice
Montreal
Bremen
Gunther von Huenefeld
Hermann Koehl
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Greenly
Clarke City
Lloyd Bennett
Murray Bay
Quebec
Bay State Democrats Endorse Al Smith For President
Massachusetts Democrats overwhelmingly endorsed Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the party's presidential nomination in Tuesday's primary. Republican voters favored Herbert Hoover in the U P tabulations, with Smith taking all 36 Democratic delegates bound for Houston and Hoover winning 30 to 35 of the 39 Republican delegates.
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Boston
Mass
U.P
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
United Press
Smith
Houston
Hoover
Four Moros Electrocuted in Manila Penitentiary
Four Moros accused of murder were electrocuted at the provincial penitentiary in Manila today. They had requested the Mohammadans method of death, known as busbus, which Gov General Stinson refused.
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Manila
P. I
General Stinson
Boy 5 Burns From Bonfire Accident in Columbus
George Dellenbach aged five is today recovering from severe burns after falling into a bonfire in Columbus. Local authorities report the incident occurred yesterday and he is under care at a regional hospital.
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Columbus
George Dellenbach
War Department allocates 2 392 550 for Citizens Camps in nine corps areas
The War Department earmarks 2 392 550 for Citizens Military Training camps in nine corps areas. Fifth Corps receives 265 886 for Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia to train 4 000 cadets at Fort Thomas Camp Knox and Fort Benjamin Harrison. Transportation costs around 88 000 and food about 84 000 for 30 days.
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War Department
Fifth Corps Area Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
W. W. Lee
Athens
Fifth Corps
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Fort Thomas
Camp Knox
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Lee
Farmer Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
Vancouver news reports Tobias Senti a farmer killed his wife and two children with an axe and then blew himself up. A neighbor found the dismembered body in a swamp near the farm. Mrs Senti Ruth 11 and Alfred 3 were found in the barn kitchen and bed respectively. Dynamite behind the barn suggested the suicide device.
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Vancouver
Wash
Tobias Senti
Senti
Scott
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