City Primary Sets Names For Election
A city primary will list Democratic and Republican candidates on August through a split field. Republican nominees include Holland unopposed for mayor and D. Allen for council, with several others vying for council seats in wards 1 3 and 4. Voting occurs at four precincts including Crawford's Store and Klotz's Garage.
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Sidney Cook
Holland
E. Thompson
Plicans
Jeff Adamson
C. W. Campbell
D. Allen
W. E. Allen
Joseph Barrows
Johnson
Claude Republicans
Lucius 1
Nomin Nelson
Ton
William Hilleary Stewart
Klotz's
Crawford's
South Team Secures Narrow City League Victory
In City League play on Aug 7 the South team edged the North 6 to 5 after a Friday evening matchup. The game showed solid pitching and defense, with no runs by any single North or South member. A separate note mentions a family picnic at Rising Park and a band concert planned for Sunday evening.
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Y City
and Reeves
Rodney Reeves
Jeanette
Joe
Fred
Gean
Rising Park
Former Nelsonville Resident Gladys Steenrod Moore Dies in Cleveland
Gladys Steenrod Moore 42 died Sunday at her Cleveland home after several weeks illness. She was the daughter of Eugene Steenrod of Nelsonville a Nelsonville High School graduate class of 1919 and wife of a Cleveland resident. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Nelsonville
Gladys Steenrod Moore
Cleveland
Nelsonville Christian Church
World’s Fair travel fills Athens social notes
Miss Virginia Lumberle attended a breakfast in Athens with Helen Jones honoring Betty Bryan granddaughter of E B Bryan. Several families planned trips to Chicago for the World’s Fair and many visitors lingered here from Columbus Steubenville and Logan as they visited relatives and attended events.
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Virginia L Umberle
Athens
Helen Jones
Betty Bryan
E. B. Bryan
Charlies Glenn
Martin Hale
Chicago
E. J. Arnold
Gene
John Mooney
Carl Coakley
Clarence Ray
Walter Floto
Martha
Steubenville
Vern H. Vorhes
Vorhes
Dorothy
Blair Adams
Worthington
Howard Miner
Walter Mechem
Ann Arbor
Mich
Robert Kinney
Columbus
C. E. Washburn
Helen
Earl
Cleveland
Akron
Wadsworth
L. A. Davis
Sunbury
Jacob Smith
Beatrice Schaefer
Raymond
Imelda Smith
Jane Ryan
Pryor
Okio
Frank Dalton
Pleasantview Avenue
Merchants Fall 5 to 2 to Silver Bridge at Kanauga
Nelsonville Merchants lost to Silver Bridge nine 5 to 2 Sunday afternoon in Kanauga. Jake Carlin pitched well for Nelsonville while Davis matched him for Silver Bridge in a low hit duel. Pierce collected two hits for Silver Bridge. Smith made five putouts in the field for Nelsonville.
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Silver Bridge
Kanauga
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Merchants
Jake” Carlin
Merchants
Davis
Smith
Pierce
NELS
Abrhpoa A
E. Galvin
Tolbert
Hilleary
Odenthal
Columber
Silver Bridge AB
Hpoa O. Patrick
Guinther
E. Patrick
J. Smith
AL Cai
Carlin
H. Grim
NRA statements sought from Nelsonville employers
Aug 7. O S calls have gone from the local post office to store owners and employers of Nelsonville to turn in their NRA statements at once. Postmaster Jackson is eager to obtain a full list as quickly as possible.
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Nelsonville
Jackson
Opening of Cleveland Home Loan Bank Office Set
Final plans for the Cleveland office of the United States Home Loan Bank were completed by Ohio director Henry G. Brunner and Dr. Walter F. McCaleb. The office opens August 11 with 40 staffers to aid hard pressed homeowners. Priority goes to owners of distressed property and those most in need. Others with less urgent need should wait for the initial rush to pass.
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Cleveland
U.P
United States Home Loan Bank
Henry G. Brunner
Ohio
The
Home Loan Corporation
Walter F. McCaleb
McCaleb
Dr. McCaleb
Students To Live in Ohio State Stadium
Ohio State University will use the stadium tower this fall as a dormitory for men the first undergraduate men's dorm in about 30 years Admission will be limited to 50 freshmen and 2 upperclassmen with strong scholarship records and promise of good college work Charges set at a minimum to aid promising students who otherwise could not attend the university.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Stadium
Threshers Open War With Dynamite Bomb
Sheriff Howard Duff said a threshing outfit was dynamited in a district fight to control threshing business. The blast wrecked the outfit and damaged a barn on Roy Ballard’s farm near Bethesda. No injuries reported.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Howard Duff
Roy Ballard
Bethesda
Bonifield Baby Born in Nelsonville Sunday
Mr and Mrs Frank Bonifield announce the birth of a daughter Bonnie Lu at Cherrington Hospital on Sunday Aug 6 in Nelsonville. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs A B Johnson of Nelsonville and great grandparents include Mr and Mrs Frank Minner and Mrs Eli Johnson of Nelsonville plus Mrs Frank Grones of Athens and Mrs R Bonifield of Asbury Park N J.
W. C C T U Plans August Meeting in Nelsonville
Nelsonville August 7 The W. C. T. U. will hold its regular business meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30 with Mrs. Bertha Barker as program leader on Chestnut Street
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Eastern Star
Nelsonville
Bertha Barker
Chestnut Street
Barker
Man Held on Federal Warrant for Selling NRA Emblems
Harlan French aged 20 was jailed in St. Louis after being named in a federal warrant accusing him of selling NRA Blue Eagle emblems to unauthorized buyers.
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ST. Louis
Harlan French
NRA
Hit Run Killers Caught After Fatal Damascus Collision
Alliance Aug 7 Three Canton youths aged 18 to 22 were captured shortly after their stolen car struck and killed Frank Krantz 19 at Damascus and fled the scene.
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Alliance
Canton
Frank Krantz
Damascus
Unknown Man Found Dead Near Cincinnati Water Works
Police found the body of an unidentified man on the city water works property. A bloodstained brick lay nearby, and the victim appeared to have been struck from behind before the death.
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Cincinnati
City Waterworks
Indifference Threatens Religion, Says Rev. Coulter
The Athens Methodist Church heard Rev. C. M. Coulter warn that religious indifference is the era's deadly foe. In a sermon series on How the Gods Arrive he argued old gods crumble before new ones and urged open mindedness paired with loyalty to past convictions. He urged deeper spiritual searching to discover permanent values and God’s presence beyond borrowed experience.
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C. M. Coulter
Athens Methodist Episcopal Church
Coulter
God
Rug Price Inquiry Highlights Tough Market Fray
Readers chase the cost of hard and rigorous rugs, seeking frank pricing amid fluctuating trends. Market chatter centers on availability and value as buyers compare options and durability for steady use.
New York Central reports 19,341 workers since June 1
President F E Williamson announced that New York Central has employed 19,341 men since June 1. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad also returned 2,900 part time workers to full time.
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New York
New York Central
F. FE. Williamson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Beer Cap Law Being Evaded
Reports of evasion of the new two cent beer cap tax reached the Ohio Liquor Control Commission. Retailers raised bottled beer prices after the tax took effect. Beer priced at 10 cents moved to 15 cents and 15 cents to 20 cents in many places. Tax stamps wash off when immersed in water, and multiple uses of stamps were reported.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Liquor Control Commission
Looting for Cricket Skulls Shocks British Guiana
Report from George Town says natives of British Guiana loot graveyards to obtain human skulls used as cricket balls, inspired by the West Indies tour of England. The practice alarmed local authorities and prompted calls for restraint.
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Port OF
Spain
Trinidad
West Indies
England
British Guiana
Georgetown
Ohio beer tax receipts reach nearly two million in fourteenth quarter
Columbus reports a fourth allotment of beer taxes from the first quarter of legalized beer sales totals 607,180 with township and municipal districts receiving 561,641.50 and the state liquor control commission 45,538.50. Cumulative beer tax income to July 16 stands at 1,964,576.22, with prior distributions totaling 1,635,880 and an extra 229,196.22 from the one dollar per barrel levy.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Tracy
Tracy
Mulhall Faces Battery Charge Over Beach Home Inquiry
Hollywood Aug 7 Former film star Jack Mulhall remains free on bond as a jury trial is set for August 31 on battery charges. He and Charles E Frederick were taken into custody after Morris Fine accused them of invading his beach home and provoking a confrontation. Frederick says they entered by mistake, thinking it the home of a friend.
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Hollywood
U.P
Jack Mulhall
Liberty
Mulhall
Charles E. Frederick
Morris Fine
Frederick
Mulhal
Arizona to Vote on Repeal Tuesday
Arizona voters will ballot on prohibition repeal and nominate a Democrat to succeed Lewis Douglas who left the state's lone congressional seat to direct the Federal budget. The state may be the second to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment amid an absence of convention delegates on the ballot.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Aug. T
U.rh
Arizona
Lewis Douglas
Sky Convention
Poison Suspected in Death of Grocer
Steubenville Aug 7 The U P Coroner Charlies Wells investigates the death of Benjamin Del Vecchio a 52 year old grocer from Ragland who collapsed and died after returning from a wedding in Titonville The coroner believes he was poisoned by enemies who had sent him ransom letters which he then turned over to postal authorities after he refused to meet the demands.
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Steubenville
U.pcoroner
Charlies Wells Today
Benjamin del Vecchio
Ragland
Here
Tiitonville
de Vecchio
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Denny” Shute
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