Ohio units rally to challenge coal freight rates
John W. Bricker Columbus attorney for the Ohio Public Utilities Commission told Nelsonville Rotary Kiwanis and Commerce groups that community clubs and chambers of commerce must mobilize to stimulate public interest in government. He cited minority rule in elections and said Ohio is united in the current interstate freight rate hearing with a decision due next spring. The meeting featured a community orchestra set to appear at future events. Mrs Owens and daughter Lenore remain in Columbus with him after an elbow infection from river swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John W. Bricker
Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Commerce
Bricker
Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Eugene Mellinger
Berean Sunday School Aims Record Summer Crowd
Next Sunday the Berean class of the Christian church Sunday school plans a large turnout. Each member is expected to bring a guest. Music will be provided by the Berean Orchestra and Ed Wallace will teach the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berean
Christian Church Sunday School
Ed Wallace
Hit and Run Game Delayed As Darkness Falls
In Nelsonville last night the Westerners clashed with the Buckeyes in a rain postponed match up to six innings. West led 11 to dialect. Buckeyes 18 when called due to darkness with a decision pending on whether the game will be finished or the Westerners awarded the win. Raunders West McKee started for West. Rishon caught. Simpson Greon Brown worked in relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Westerners
Buckeyes
West
Raunders
McKee
Rishon
Simpson
Greon
Brown
Green
Evans family to move to Athens for new position
Nelsonville August 6 Charles W. Evans moves his family to Athens where he has accepted a job. They will make their home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Charles W. Evans
Electric iron starts small fire in Nelsonville home
An electric iron left plugged in at Charles Pritts residence on Pleasant View avenue ignited the ironing board at about 8 30 last night. Fire department responded. damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Charles Pritts
Pleasant View Avenue
Large Crowd Attends Grotto Pavilion Dance
Nelsonville reports one of the largest crowds for a dance at the Grotto pavilion by the Country club near Haydenville. Music was provided by the Musical Magpies from the Willows Pittsburgh, a nine piece colored orchestra. The program included a thirty minute concert of quartet arrangements before the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Country Club
Haydenville
Magpies
the Willows
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville man Suffering From Serious Blood Poisoning
Owens, a well known Nelsonville resident, is hospitalized at Mt. Carmel in Columbus with a severe blood poisoning condition.
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Nelsonville
John Owens
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Miss Hickman On Leave At Citizens Central Bank
Nelsonville August 6 Miss Marie Hickman bookkeeper at the Citizens Central bank is enjoying a two months vacation. The vacancy is being filled by Miss Lillian Barber.
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Nelsonville
Marie Hickman
Citizens Central Bank
Lillian Barber
Mrs Price Surprised by Friends in Nelsonville
Mrs Madison Price returns home with Florence Horton to a Jackson street gathering of neighbors and friends. An evening of social chat and games ends with a cafeteria luncheon of sandwiches salad cake fruit and iced tea for numerous attendees.
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Nelsonville
Florence Horton
Madison Price
Jackson Street
Mont Mills
California
Mary Frederick
Chester
A. J. Skiver
Clara Anders
Arthur Todd
Nora Skiver
Maxine ‘Todd
Cathryn ‘Todd
Haydenville
Thomas Evans
Helen Evans
Diamond
Alice Bean
Sarah Silcott
Martin Ohlinger
John Stocklin
James Mckee
Walter Wolf
John Williams
Sam Frank
John Horton
Charles Silcott
Rank Higgins
James Whyte
David Stewart
Retta Bagley
Maggie Evans
Eden Patton
N. L. Horton
Maria Evans
Clarence Stewart
Mary Hutchins
Otto Shirley
Elwood Reeves
Dora Moler
Will Hall
Joe Barber
Florence
Pythian Sisters Past Chiefs Meet at Fleck Home
The past chiefs of the Pythian Sisters gathered Thursday evening at Mrs Will N Fleck s West Columbus street home in Nelsonville for a social hour and a late delicious luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters
Will N. Fleck
West Columbus Street
Beem Couple Return From Vacation
Dr and Mrs Thomas G Beem return home to Nelsonville after a month visiting relatives in Williamsport and Pottsville Pennsylvania.
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Nelsonville
Thomas G. Beem
Williamsport
Pottsville
Local social notes from Lancaster and area this week
Miss Hannah Evans and Miss Margaret Scott visit Mrs G A Hamm in Lancaster this week. Annabelle Morrell spends the week with friends in Rutland. Harry Edington, a Columbus business visitor, came Thursday. Mrs D F Shafer and daughter Vesper of Columbus visit her parents, Mr and Mrs Marion Coakley. Mrs Phil Kelch spends Thursday in Columbus. Mrs Gard McLaughlin of Wales Mill visits son Orland McLaughlin. Lexington, Ky are guests of Lexington, Ky, and Mr and Mrs S S Lane. Will Jack of Columbus visits relatives in Nelsonville. Edith Stiers J H McCullough and Misses Ella Patton Lou Lane spend Thursday at Point Pleasant W Va. Emma Stowell Callie Carnes of Lebanon Ill and Warner Green Marie Hickman spend weeks at Lancaster camp grounds.
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Hannah Evans
Margaret Scott
G. A. Hamm
Lancaster
Annabelle Morrell
Rutland
Harry Edington
Columbus
D. F. Shafer
Miss Vesper
Marion Coakley
Phil Kelch
Gard McLaughlin
Wales Mill
Orland McLaughlin
Warner Green
Marie Hickman
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Farm Bureau Rallies Draw Strong Attendance
Campaign Manager H. P. Dutton reports good turnout and interest at farm bureau rallies this week. N. BE Mills spoke on The County farm Bureau in Mt. Hermon and Hebbardsville, with C. P. Nuetzel of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation addressing feeds and service. A rally at Jackville Grange Hall in Athens township followed.
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Farm Bureau
H. P. Dutton
Mt. Hermon
N. BE. Mills
County
Hebbardsville
C. P. Nuetzel
Service Company
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Service
Jackville
Athens Township
Aged Civil War Vet Stricken by Heat On Court House Corner
Frank Shamel an 80 year old Civil War veteran collapsed from heat on the courthouse corner this morning. He was carried to his Franklin Avenue home by Walburn ambulance and is reported resting well at noon.
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Frank Shamel
Franklin Avenue
Walburn
Mr. Shamel
Athens County
Charity trick used on tourist in London hoax
London reports warn of the charity trick, a long‑running confidence game. An American tourist lost 500 pounds as two engaging men posed as lonely visitors, claiming a wealthy Chicago relative left funds to charity, then swapped purses and vanished. Scotland Yard probes possible revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago
England
Scotland Yard
Gasoline Shortage Warned by Noted Scientist
Oxford August 5. Professor J Fr Thorpe of Imperial College warns the world faces a gasoline famine as wasteful methods grow in popularity. He urged the British Association for the Advancement of Science to heed the risk and consider more efficient use of fuel.
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Oxford
Eng
U.P
J. Fr. Thorpe
Imperial Colleges of Science and Technology
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Thorpe
Extended ban on corn pest reaches three counties
Washington Aug 6 The Department of Agriculture extended the quarantine area due to the European corn borer. The new zones include Williams Defiance and Paulding counties and four townships each in Franklin Henry and Putnam counties. Roads from this area run through Indiana into Illinois where the pest has not appeared. Some townships named are not known to be infested.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Williams
Defiance
Paulding
Franklin, Henry
Putnam
Indiana
Illinois
Merger Set for 5 Million Dollar Sugar Firms
Decatur Indiana reports the proposed 5 million dollar merger of the Holland St Louis Sugar Company of Holland Michigan and the Continental Sugar Company of Toledo Ohio is assured according to a received dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Ind
U.P
Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company
Holland Mich
Continental Sugar Company
Toledo
Ohio
Coolidge Takes A Vermont Trout In Plymouth
President Coolidge opened his Plymouth fishing season by casting a fly in a six foot brook near his house. After an hour he caught a small trout while wearing a sack suit and straw sailor hat. Mrs Coolidge picked blue berries nearby as he fished.
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Plymouth
U.P
Coolidge
Spooning Banned in Parts of Chicago Parks Reopened at Lincoln Park
In Chicago in the 1910s a ban on spooning is lifted at Lincoln Park with Superintendent E A Johnson praising the activity as wholesome romance. South Park aligns with him while West Side officials oppose allowing spooning in parks.
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Chicago
E. A. Johnson
Lincoln Park
South Park
Johnson
West Side
Religion's future debated by Ohio professor at university talk
Dr. W S Gamertsfelder told Ohio University listeners that the need for religion is not waning and urged an intelligent faith capable of shaping the future. He outlined a future religion embracing scientific knowledge, broader tolerance among Protestant groups and with Catholics, and religion as both purpose and social utility. Monroe Vermillion presided.
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W. S. Gamertsfelder
Fine Arts
Ohio University
H. G. Wells
Dr. Gamertsfelder
Gamertsfelder
Monroe Vermillion
Typhoid cases down in county this July says nurse
County Health Nurse Miss Alice Haviland reports July visits by county nurses show typhoid cases fewer than in similar recent Julys. She credits vaccine and water purification efforts alongside general carefulness, noting improvements in infant welfare and school nursing totals.
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Alice Haviland
Postal receipts rise in 50 cities in July
Postal receipts in 50 selected cities totaled $26,783,420.45 in July, up 4.19 percent from July 1925. Fort Worth led with a 25.44 percent rise at $137,621.29, followed by Baltimore with 14.48 percent and Toledo at 13.92 percent.
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Washington
New
Fort Worth
Texas
Baltimore
Toledo
Ohio
Chauncey Feed Co product list excerpt
A short catalog entry lists Chauncey Feed Co products including Scratch Feed 100 lbs Cracked Corn Bran 100 lbs Middlings 100 lbs and Dairy Feed. The fragment suggests a ledger or advertisement without prices or neighborhoods.
Parties on Both Sides Prepare for Months of Combat in Mexico
Riots and violent deaths mark the church state clash as factions brace for extended conflict. A Guadala jara report notes police killed and dragged, while Catholics guard parish schools amid arrests and alleged executions. Diplomats expect no mediation and the church vows to press on.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Miners Leader Blames State and Owners for Strike
A J Cook argues in a United Press feature that relief for locked out miners is dire and meager. He says the rank and file control the strike, not leaders, and calls for fair conditions and pressure on mine owners, not only on miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Stanley Baldwin
A. J. Cook
British Miners’ Federation
London
Baldwin
Federation
Russell Square
Kanter Baldwin
Fine Man Stirred Up Disturbance Arrested for Intoxication
Jim Hail, colored, was arraigned before Justice Carl Porter on intoxication charges. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs totaling 34.45 dollars, unable to pay, and jailed. Witnesses say he caused a disturbance at the Messenger building around 7 pm Wednesday, threatening the janitor Homer Newell. Deputy Sheriff Howard Gilson arrested him.
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Justice of the Peace
Carl Porter
Jim Hail
Hail
Messenger
Homer Newell
Howard Gilson
Canoeists Set for All-Water Trip to New Orleans
Dayton residents W. K. Brandenberg and H. Roberts received letters of identification from City Manager Eichelberger and will begin an all-water voyage by canoe tomorrow. They plan to travel the Miami River to the Ohio and then down the Mississippi to New Orleans.
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Dayton
W. KE. Brandenberg
Roberts
Eichelberger
New Orleans
Miami
Ohio
Mississippi
Railroads Earning Record Profits in 1926
The New York report from the Bureau of Railway Economics predicts railroads will exceed 1.2 billion dollars in net operating revenue for 1926. For January to June the industry posted 494.9 million dollars, with the fall crop movement expected to lift later earnings.
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New York
U.R
Bureau of Railway Economics
Nurse Delivers Baby Care Talk to Pratts Fork Women
County health nurse Miss Alice Haviland spoke on baby care before eighteen women of the Pratts Fork neighborhood. Miss Anna Williams organized the session in the home of Mrs Fraley Fox in Jerseyville.
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Pratts Fork
Alice Haviland
Anna Williams
Jerseyville
Fraley Fox
Kerker Remedy Endorsed by Coshocton Man
Emanuel Arnold of 941 South Lawn Ave Coshocton Ohio reports relief from three to four years of hay fever after using Kerker's Asthma and Hay Fever Remedy. He endorses the product and notes it is produced by Kerker Medicine Co Zanesville Ohio and sold in Athens by McKee Drug Co Nelsonville by Fountain Pharmacy.
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Kerker
Emanuel Arnold
South Lawn Ave
Coshocton
Arnold
Ohio
Kerker Medicine Co
Zanesville, C
Athens
McKee Drug Co
Nelsonville
Fountain Pharmacy
Both Sides in Hawk Divorce Case Dismissed
In the case of Nettie Hawk versus Adam Hawk Chauncey the petition and cross petition were dismissed by Judge L G Worstell after hearing. The couple married September 30 1903 and have three children including ten year old Delbert. The wife claimed cruelty sought temporary alimony divorce and custody. The husband denied the charges and claimed the child custody.
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Nettie Hawk
Adam Hawk
Chauncey
L. G. Worstell
Mrs. Hawk
Chhildren
Delbert
Foster Mother Arrested Here for Whipping Adopted Daughter
Irene Rhodes of 9 Handlan avenue was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to whipping her adopted daughter Mary Louise Pyle, 10, with a stick for not obeying. Officers noted marks on the child’s face, neck, arms, and shoulders. Rhodes claimed the lashes were intended to discipline, not harm, and said complaints came from her enemies.
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Mary Louise Pyle
Irene Rhodes
Handlan Avenue
Pearl W. Helwig
Helwig
Rhodes
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Grotto
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Wales At Work
Prince of Wales
Chauncey Feed CO
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Acambaro
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Governouael
Pascual Diaz
Diaz
Congress
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