Unpaid County Taxes Remain Amid Delinquencies in Logan
County Treasurer J. F. McGrady reports about 125000 dollars in personal taxes unpaid after a recent checkup. Five hundred notices went to delinquents countywide, with Ward Township showing the largest totals. Collections in the last year totaled about 695000 dollars, including 35000 in special assessments, still 50000 below the previous year despite higher assessable amounts. Also noted are local social visits and a church homecoming in Marion township and travel notes among Logan residents and relatives.
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Logan
J. F. McGrady
Ward Township
Sweazy seeks divorce in Sylva case on cruelty charges
Sylva Sweazy files for divorce from Bert Sweazy alleging cruel treatment since their 1905 marriage. She cites August 1926 whipping with switches causing bleeding and seeks temporary and permanent alimony, restraints on sale of property valued at 4600 dollars. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft granted the restraining order.
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Logan
Sylva Sweazy
Bert Sweazy
Harley M. Whitcraft
Hocking Resident Helen Bowen Dies at 77 in Logan Home
Helen Ambrose Bowen aged 77 died at 1:15 a m Sunday at her daughter's home on East Hunter street after a brief illness senility listed as the cause She came to Logan over forty years ago with her first husband Harry Ambrose of Lancaster They ran the Rempel House during the stagecoach era After her 1884 husband's death she married William M Bowen a county official She leaves a daughter a son two sisters and three siblings preceded in death Funeral services will be at St John Catholic church at 8:30 Tuesday with burial in Lancaster.
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Phelix Schroome
Billy
Lancaster
Logan
William Lyke
Sherman Lyke
Frank Lyke
Joe Rider
Harmony A. B
Marion Township
D. 8. Mills
H. O. Davis
Columbus
E. E. Harris
Dayton
A. P. Cohagen
Perne Wilder
Fort Benning
Willport
Porto Rico
Lieu. Wilder
Grace St. Clair
North Market Street
Buckeye Lake
George Stallsmith
William M. Bowen
Bowen
Fred Ambrose
A. H. Brooke
Anna Jeffries
St. John’s Catholic Church
True or False US History Quick Quiz
A list of ten historical facts is presented: Wu as first suffrage state, Wellington and Napoleon at Waterloo, Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, Mason and Dixon line, Powhatan father of Pocahontas, Columbus four voyages, Zanzibar East Africa, Thousand Islands in the St Lawrence, Scotland once called Caledonia.
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Wellington
Napoleon
Waterloo
Ethan Allen
Ticonderoga
Fort Sumter
Charleston
Harbor
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mason and Dixon Line
Powhatan
Columbus
America
Zanzibar
East Africa
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Secotland
Caledonia
Nelsonville Man Delivers Sermon in Local Church
The Rev. Lloyd Evans of the Nelsonville Presbyterian church led a Sunday service in Logan and presided over a congregational meeting that unanimously voted to extend a call to the Rev. Henry L. Geddes of Delphos. Geddes was in Logan on invitation by the church session and trustees. The pastorate has been vacant since last year’s resignation of Rev. C. R. Douglass, with Rev. John A. Stemen of Bremen supplying in the interim.
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C. R. Douglass
John A. Stemen
Bremen
Local oil worker Warren Scott arrested for unpaid fine
Logan report says Warren Scott, oil field worker, was arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond at the request of Nelsonville police. He had neglected to pay a $10 fine plus costs from three months earlier and arrangements were made to settle the amount.
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Logan
Warren Scott
L. F. Hammond
Nelsonville
Scott
Starr and Nixon Teens Wed in Oreville Marriage
Theodore Starr aged 19 a laborer of Oreville and Pauline Nixon aged 15 at home of Oreville were joined in marriage by Rev. A P Cohagen with both sets of parents named in Oreville.
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Theodore Starr
Oreville
Nathan Starr
Pauline Nixon
C. H. Nixon
Rev. A. P. Cohagen
Tampa Angler Nets 157-Pound Tarpon Near City Limits
"Lady" Solomson, a Tampa sportsman, poses with a 157-pound tarpon he landed near the city limits of Tampa Fila. The 6 feet 11 inches long fish is hailed as the biggest Florida catch of the year.
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Tampa
Fila
Solomson
Florida
Lowman Sworn as Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Seymour Lowman of Elmira New York takes the post in charge of prohibition customs and the coast guard and vows to curb both radical wets and radicals dries. He says temperance and sobriety are virtues and that the nation needs a sober America.
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Washington
U.P
Seymour Lowman
Elmira
New York
Robbers break into offices in two buildings Friday night
Thieves entered offices in the Majestic theater and Masonic buildings stealing about 10 in money and drugs from a dentist's office. A desk of Miss Imo Woodgerd yielded 5, while Finsterwald and Wells lost 5 75 and 50 from other desks. No entries to safes, but locks show tool marks and several rooms were left unsecured.
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Majestic Theater
Masonic
Imo Woodgerd
A. B. Wells
R. W. Finsterwald
Charles P. Kircher
H. 8. Siigley
J. M. Higgins
E. G. Pedigo
C. C. Millikan
Masonic Club
Planes to Be Aboard U S ships for Air Service
Washington reports that following Clarence Chamberlin's successful flight, Truman B. B. O'Connor of the shipping board said ships on both Pacific and Atlantic routes will be equipped with planes to establish a ship by air service.
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Washington
Clarence Chamberlin
Truman B. B. O'Connor
The
Shipping Board
Pacific
Atlantic
British Ambassador Howard Meets Kellogg On Geneva Naval Issues
Sir Esme Howard British ambassador discussed Geneva naval conference problems with Secretary Kellogg at the State Department for nearly two hours.
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Washington
U.P
Esme Howard
Secretary of
State Kellogg
State Department
Geneva
President Coolidge Eyes Farm Relief Bill Plan
President Coolidge focuses on a farm relief bill to create a 300 million dollar federal revolving fund for loans to cooperative marketing associations. Warehouses would be built to store crops until market prices rise. Senate leaders Capper Meyer and Fess are due for conferences this week to discuss feasibility.
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Rapid City
Geneva
Simeon D. Fess
Republican
Ohio
Coolidge
Jolly Stitchers 4-H Club Social Hike and Supper
Members of the Jolly Stitchers 4-H club met Thursday at assistant leader Mrs. Walter Hawk’s home for a social hike and gypsy supper. No business was transacted. Present were Mildred Hunter Caryle Whitlatch Florence Cline Bernice McLaid Leona Anderson Dorothy Frank Alice Dicken Maime Efaw Alma Tewksbury Hazel Reba Margaret McKibben and Mrs Hawk.
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Jolly Stitchers 4-H Club
Walter Hawk
Mildred Hunter
Caryle Whitlatch
Florence Cline
Bernice McLaid
Leona Anderson
Dorothy Frank
Alice Dicken
Maime Efaw
Alma Tewksbury
Hazel
Reba
Margaret McKibben
Hawk
Five Die After Mine Layer Tokiwa Explosion
Tokyo August 1 Navy department reports five men killed and several injured when a mine exploded in Bunpo channel during mine laying practice aboard the mine layer Tokiwa.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Tokiwa
Bunpo Channel
Trimble Township Education Board Contracts Awarded
Trimble Township Board of Education awarded pupil transport contracts to J. F. Chadwell Jr. for Burr Oak and Palos districts at 148.75 dollars per month and to E. E. Johnson for Clarence Hooper residence at Hollister for 480 dollars. Coal contracts went to Wm. McClelland Coal Co. at three and one dollars per ton for various schools, and to D. J. McKinley at 3.90 dollars per ton for Taylor Ridge Goose Run and Green's Run.
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Hollister
E. E. Johnson of
Trimble
Wm. McClelland Coal Co
Blackwood
Fierce Ridge
McLeish
Oakdale
D. J. McKinley
Jacksonville
Taylor Ridge
Goose Run
Green's Run
Personal News From Local Community Figures
Thomas Mavin, working in Greensboro Pa, spent Sunday at his city home with brother George Mavin who has lived in Greensboro for years. Mr and Mrs Thomas Pearsy and baby from Toronto visited Mrs Pearsys brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs James Golding on Taylor Ridge. Mr and Mrs P H McKinley of Athens joined Mr and Mrs C E Haskins of Trimble for a Sunday visit.
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Thomas Mavin
Greensboro
George Mavin
Thomas Pearsy
Baby
Toronto
Canada
Pearsy
James Golding
Taylor Ridge
P. H. McKinley
Athens
C. E. Haskins
Trimble
Tippie name mix up leads to arrest confusion
Aug 1 at Tippi e Glouster. Charles Tippie of Trimble is embarrassed by a Messenger article reporting his arrest for whipping a child. The piece did not specify county residence, causing many to assume the Trimble Tippie was the suspect. The arrested man is from Sugar Creek.
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Tippie
Charles Tippie
Trimble
the Messenger
Chamberlin Lands in United States After Transatlantic Flight
Clarence D. Chamberlin completed a flight demonstration landing at Curtiss Field in New York at 9:30 a m after taking off from the aircraft carrier Leviathan 150 miles from New York at 8:14 a m The event claimed to cut travel time between New York and Europe by two days and highlighted the Fokker aircraft used in the crossing.
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Curtis Field
N. Y
U.P
New York
Europe
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Pilot lands safely amid fog over Long Island field
An unknown pilot diverted from Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey due to poor visibility and chose a field nearby on Long Island for landing, avoiding the original destination.
Columbus Funeral for David C. Landis Scheduled
Post notes A. Ra will meet in their room at 1 30 o clock Thursday afternoon to attend the funeral of David C. Landis who died in Columbus yesterday. The service will be at 2 o'clock at the home of W E Landis on Ipseond Street.
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Columbus
Golden Post
A. Ra
Aremory
Thesday Aternoon
David C. Landis
W. E. Landis
Freeman Emerges as Front-Runner for Welterweight Title
Tommy Freeman, once a lumberjack, stands among the leading contenders for the welterweight crown, highlighting his rising profile in the circuit.
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Tommy Freeman
McCoy's Tablets Promised To Add Five Pounds In 30 Days
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a weight gain solution promising five pounds in thirty days. It claims energy and vigor for underweight men and women and features a money back guarantee if the target weight gain is not achieved.
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McCoy's
McCoy
Lang Drug Store
America
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Gery Cooper
Thomas Meighn, Gretta Nissen
Evalyn Brent
Greta Garbo
Pythian
Capper
Fess
Meyer
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Dry Cleaners
Logans
Book & News
Coolidges
Newcastle
Wyo
Dorothy Mondell
Alexander W. Gregg
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wyoming
House
Young Gregg
Glouster
Education Board
Sidha
Columbia
Edward Everett Horton
Marian Nixon
United States
Pathe
the Security Savings Bank
Athens County
Zenner
D. Zenner Co
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