Logan and Hocking County Oddfellows Meet at Fairgrounds
Preparations for the Oddfellows reunion set for August 20 at the fairgrounds advance under Lon Holzschuh. Four counties join in a public program featuring state grand master and other lodgemen, with a parade and a boys band from Springfield. Club rooms on East Main Street will be dedicated as part of the day’s events.
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Logan
Oddfellows
Fairgrounds
Lon Holzschuh
OGS Fellows
Springfield
Oddfellowsing
East Main Street
Child Fatally Ill After Panel Infestation in Logan
Bernice Walters nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Walters of New Straitsville, is in critical condition at Cherrington hospital after a panel infestation incident Sunday.
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Logan
Bernice Walters
George Walters
New Straitsville
Cherrington Hospital
Living cost climbs as food prices rise in July
Washington reports the cost of living increased in July with the Department of Labor finding a 1.107 percent rise across twenty two representative cities. Increases ranged from 1 percent in Louisville Kentucky to 7 percent in Boston.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Louisville
Boston
Warren man uses horn to ram police station entry
In Youngstown on August 10 John Rignia of Warren honked his way into a police station to force a motor police officer Moore out of the way. Moore commandeered a passing car and captured the honker.
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Youngstown
John Rignia
Warren
Himsel
Moore
Army Planes Open to Washington Golf Team Trip
Washington golfers may use Army planes to travel to Fort Leavenworth Kansas for a September golf tournament after the War Department granted permission due to lack of transportation funds.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
No Bristles in Paris Plays as Hair Styles Change
Paris theatre gossip notes a shift away from the long kiss on a woman’s neck due to bobbed hair and shaved necks. Actors recall bristly skin of shaved necks and press lips with less enthusiasm, prompting substitutions for the familiar dramatic moment in French plays.
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Paris
University of Minnesota Student Sells Ice in Summer
Miss Marie Gross, an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, has become an ice vendor for the summer at Hazel Park near St. Paul and carries ice around each day.
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Reé
Strike Ends as Carpenters Accept $10.24 Day Offer
Over 100 carpenters in Liverpool return to work after accepting a contract offer of 10.24 pounds per day for an 11 day period, ending a lengthy strike.
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Liverpool
Lawmakers to Decide Site for New State Office Building
In Columbus on Aug 10 a special legislative committee plans to meet to choose a site for the proposed 86 million dollar state office building with action expected at today’s session. The committee is tasked with advising on the project and location.
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Esay
Columbue
Hocking Klan Konklave to be Held at Fairgrounds
Hocking county's Klan Konklave will meet at the fairgrounds Wednesday evening with a street parade preceding the ceremonies. Officials say the Grand Dragon of Ohio will be among the speakers and the public is welcome to attend.
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Logan
Hocking County
Fairgrounds
Ohio
Auction Sells All 78 Lots in Harlop Subdivision
In Logan on August 10 78 lots in the Harlop subdivision along the New Straitaville pike were sold to 17 buyers after rain delayed the morning start.
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Logan
Harlop
Straitaville Pike
Second excursion to Detroit announced for August 29
Logan announces a second excursion to Detroit on Saturday August 29 following a previous trip two weeks earlier that carried thirteen coach loads over the Hocking Valley.
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Logan
Detroit
Hocking Valley
Columbus Visitor Returns After Week With Cousin
Miss Margaret McCormick of Columbus visited her cousin Miss Florence Bort this past week and returned home Monday morning. Local families Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bell with sons Earl and Merl, and Mr. and Mrs. C W Zeigler with family spent Sunday picnicking at Black Jack and touring Big Pine and Laurelville. Dozens of Logan residents motored south to Athens then toward Pomeroy, Middleport and other Ohio river cities on a preferred Sunday drive.
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Margaret McCormick
Columbus
Florence Bort
Carl Bell
Earl
Merl
C. W. Zeigler
Black Jack
Big Pine
Laurelville
Logan
Athens
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio River
Logan Youth Dies of Typhoid at 19 in Front Street Home
Leonard Summers aged 19 died in Logan on Front street after a three week bout with typhoid fever. He lived with parents Nathan and his wife. Summers predicted a short life and requested burial in Logan, not returned to Vinton county. He was to be married soon. Funeral at Fairview church Tuesday with Harden company handling burial.
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Logan
Leonard Summers
Front Street
Nathan Summers
Summers
Vinton County
Fairview Church
Harden Company
Building on Main street to be replaced by Knights of Pythias lodge
Logan August 10 Work to remove the Gimble block two story building on Main street proceeds rapidly The wreckers expect completion by week end if weather allows The vacant lot will host a new three story Knights of Pythias lodge home and theater building Clifford Hes, who bought the old building, is moving materials to his farm on the New Straitsville pike
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Logan
Gimble
Main Street
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Clifford Hes
Straitsville Pike
Lovers to wed after ten-year jail terms
Helen Foster, 22, and Harry Herring, 21, pleaded guilty to robbing ten Kansas City gasoline stations. Judge Allen C. Southern sentenced each to ten years. He urged them to reform and they pledged to marry after release.
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Helen Foster
Harry Herring
Kansas City
Allen C. Southern
Harry
Courthouse Doings List Local Pairings
The column names pairs of couples or individuals from Lancaster Athens Nelsonville Glouster in court related listings. Gerald Thompson and Glenna Six stand out among others as residents and workers noted with ages and occupations.
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Gerald Hubert Thompson
Lancaster
Glenna Six
Athens
Franklin Dewey Shuler
Nelsonville
Mary Ellen Jacoby
Thomas Harold Blower
Glouster
Garnet Marie Leake
Suit Filed Over 180 Dollar Merchandise Debt
Peck and Hills Furniture Company sues Hocking Mining in Common Pleas court for 180 dollars alleged to be due on merchandise from SUE Mining company.
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SUE Mining Company
Common Pleas Court
Hocking Mining Company
Peck and Hills Furniture Company
Klan Special Derailed En Route to Cincinnati
Ku Klux Klan special car derailed at Clyffeside Park near Huntington West Virginia while traveling from Washington to Cincinnati. No injuries reported.
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Ironton
Ku Klux Klan
Cincinnati
Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio
Clyffeside Park
Huntington
W. Va
Drunken Father Kills Son in Illinois Farm Cell
George Drummong, 55, a Gray's Lake area farmer, confessed that moonshine drove him to shoot his 26-year-old son Ralph in a farm home near Gray's Lake. The murder occurred after a drunken dispute, with authorities noting the killer blamed homemade liquor.
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Chicago
Washington County
George Drummong
Gray’s Lake
Ralph
Roush Sees Close Mayoral Primary Battle Ahead
On the eve of the primary election T B Roush declares an even break and expects a close race against Mayor L A Koons. Koons remains confident of a heavy majority though warns a light turnout could shrink his edge. Courthouse fans note voter apathy surprising the scene.
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T. B. Roush
L. A. Koons
Koons
Thick Paris Fog Halts Traffic Across City
Heavy fog shrouds Paris causing widespread gridlock as drivers struggle to navigate. The obscure conditions hinder visibility and slow morning commutes for residents and visitors alike.
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Paris
Star Map For August Aligns Heavens Across United States
The August star map shows the sky at p m Aug 15 and 7 p m Aug 31 at 35 degrees north. Hercules dominates the late afternoon sky with Corona Borealis Bootes to its west and Lyra with Vega to its east. The Milky Way arcs from Cassiopeia to Scorpio with Scorpio and Sagittarius bright in the southern heavens. Antares marks Scorpio while Sagittarius is identified by a milk dipper motif. Jupiter shines in Sagittarius, Saturn sits southwest between Virgo and Libra, Venus appears west after sunset, and Mars is not visible due to proximity to the sun.
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United States
Hercules
Bootes
Arcturus
Lyra
Cassiopeia
Scorpio
Cygnus
Sagittarius
Antares
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Libra
Mars
Modernists to Establish Eleven Schools Nationwide
Dayton Tenn Aug 10. Modernists move to found eleven schools of modernism in the United States to counterfundamentalist efforts to fund a Bryan memorial university. Dr George W Apples tea, originator of the Scopes trial, says he is negotiating to buy Grandview Normal Institute at Grandview Tenn, twenty miles north of Dayton on Walden's Ridge.
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Dayton, Tenn
Bryan Memorial University
United
George W.appletea
Grandview Normal Institute
Grandview
Tenn
Dayton
Walden’s Ridge
Four Feared Drowned After Bridge Collision
Two men and two women are believed drowned after an auto crash on Long Bridge between Somers Point and Ocean City. The cars struck the heavy iron railing and toppled eighteen feet into Egg Harbor inlet. the other vehicle fled the scene.
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Ocean City
N. Y
Long Bridge
Egg Harbor Inlet
Somers Point
Drownings Reported Near Adrian In Evans Lake
Norman Balk, 21, of Toledo, drowned while swimming in Evans Lake near Adrian Michigan. He was seized with cramps during the swim on Sunday.
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Toledo
Norman Balk
Evans Lake
Mich
Adrian
Here
Balk
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FEAR
Stewart Toggery
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Lash
Mutual Home and Savings Association
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