Administrator Appointments Made for Athens County Estates
The probate court yesterday appointed an administrator for an Athens county estate, with another application filed today. Carl Porter was named administrator for the estate of W. Snyder, bond set at $2,000 with sureties R Porter and D. O. Chappell. Love, Herman Fierbaugh, and John Chadwell were appointed to appraise. James Fulton sought appointment for the estate of Louisa Fulton, bond set at $700.
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Athens County
Carl Porter
W. Snyder
R Porter
D. O. Chappell
Love
Herman Fierbaugh
John Chadwell
James Fulton
Louisa Fulton
Nelsonville Bay Star Crabtree Sold To Oklahoma City Club
Nelsonville outfielder Estle Crabtree of the Dubuque team in the Mississippi Valley League is sold to Oklahoma City in the Western League. He will join next spring. Crabtree batted .358 and was among the league’s top outfielders. Also, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Jonas announce the birth of a son on August 16 at their Nelsonville home.
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Nelsonville Bay
Oklahoma City Club
Nelsonville
Estle Crabtree
Dubuque Ton
Oklahoma City’ Club
Crabtree
Wilbur Jonas
Know Ohio Program Delights Rotary Club in Nelsonville Meeting
Fred Johnson chaired the Know Ohio program at the Rotary club meeting in Nelsonville on August 17 to spur interest in the home state. Guests included Fred Robinson and Morris Town, N J. Two men from The Plains were arrested for drunken driving after a highway stop by Chief Jack Pearson, lodged overnight, with a half pint of liquor seized. Dunn and Hartman to be arraigned before Justice Mayor H E Donley.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
Rotary
Fred Johnson
Community Service Committee
Fred Robinson
Morristown
N. J
George Dunn
Deanville
Ralph Hartman
the Plains
Jack Pearson
Dunn
Hartman
H. E. Donley
Justice
Donley Appointed Acting Justice Mayor in Nelsonville
Squire H. E. Donley will preside over city court at the Nelsonville city building during Mayor L. J. Eberle's absence. The appointment lasts until the mayor's return upon leave from duties.
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Nelsonville
Squire H. E. Donley
L. J. Eberle
Nelsonville youth returns from harvest fields trip
Evans Hudson son of Mr and Mrs W L Hudson has come back home to Nelsonville after seven weeks in the southwest harvest fields. He left Nelsonville June 30 and worked his way west. his cousin Tom Hudson of Bethany Til joined him for a visit.
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Nelsonville
Evans Hudson
W. L. Hudson
Tom Hudson
Bethany
Til
Surprise party unites neighbors and club for Mrs Gorsuch
Neighbors and friends gathered Tuesday evening at Mrs D N Gorsuch's West Washington home to honor her with a joint surprise from the W B A social club. Forty guests attended as she prepares to move Saturday to Huntington W Va. A magazine rack and two silver spoons were given by the club and several local women and children participated.
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D. N. Gorsuch
Gorsuch
West Washington Street
W. B. A. Club
Family and travel notices from local column dating travel and visits
The column lists dozens of local residents visiting or traveling to and from Columbus Athens Pomeroy Morristown and Middleport with relatives and friends. Names include Fred Holycross Ed Love Jr Donald Johnson Wilbur Martin Howard Longstaff and many others with trips by motor or staying at camps and hosts across Ohio and Indiana.
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Fred Holycross
Ed Love, Jr
Canada
Donald Johnson
Wilbur Martin
Howard Longstaff
Middleport
Fred Robinson
Morristown
N. J
G. R. Robinson
Frank O'Mara
Thomas Spencer
Columbus
Leoline Seibert
Athens
Will Bechtold
Warner Green
Florence and Marie Hickman
Marie Wetzell
Hyler Steenrod
South Bend
Indiana
Frank Jackson
E. S. McCune
Alice Bowen
Edith Stiers
Wiliam Morgan
T. J. Davis
Asan Goddard
Bartlett
Lloyd Burgess
Cutler
E. G. Trotter
Dayton Trotter
Eugene
Layman
Ohio
Don Davis
Vern Bennett
Buchtel Road
Fred Wilde
Akron
Bob Mills
William Dishon
Old Ploodwood
Ralph Bennett
James Evans
Jesse Matheny
George Wilde
Helen
Margery Mae
Walnut Street
Singing Mother Trains for Opera by Scrubbing at Her Links
The Bronx mother Mrs Mary Bair Grenier trains for opera while doing laundry and housework. She aims for the Metropolitan Opera House, cites motherhood as an asset, and notes lullabies and washboard work shape her voice. Trained on chorus stage before, she believes future success awaits.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Harrisburg
Aeolian Hall
Bronx
Mary Bair Grenier
Town U
Metropolitan
Madame Schumann-Heink
Madame Homer
Police chase ends in race car crash injuring officer and eight
In Cincinnati on August 17 a police officer and eight Black men were injured in a deliberate automobile collision as authorities say the driver Smith aimed the car at the pursuing officer after a speeding stop. The incident followed the officer catching up with the speeding vehicle.
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Cincinnati
UPR
Smith
Chaplin Divorce Talks Seen Near End as Trial Feared
Settlement of the Chaplin divorce case or trial postponement loomed after Lita Grey Chaplin’s lawyers failed to amend the complaint naming a film star as co respondent. Chaplin later returned to his Hollywood home and spent about thirty minutes playing with his two babies, unseen for eight months.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin
Hollywood Hill
May Demand Donahey To Oust Sheriff
Belmont county prosecutors threaten to seek removal of Sheriff Hardesty if Belmont roads near mines remain closed to lawful visitors. Prosecuting Attorney Paul V. Waddell said he will travel to Columbus with affidavits to present to Governor Donahey. Col. L. B. Conelly, the retiring governor’s representative, failed to mediate the breach between county officers at a late conference.
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ST./CLAIRSVILLE
Belmont County
Donahey
Paul V. Waddell
Waddell
Columbus
Hardesty
Col. L. 8. Conelly
Cleveland
King Ben Claims Troopers Failed to Identify Him
In ST JOSEPH Michigan on August 17 the state pressed its case against Benjamin Purnell’s religious colony. Rebuttal witnesses testified that troopers raided the colony in 1923 and did not recognize the “king” in bed. Purnell testified from a stretcher about a dimly lit room sighting. The trial could dissolve the colony as a public nuisance.
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St, Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
Purnell
She Thought It Was Love But Now She Wants Money
Leona Mountsteven Marsh filed a 100000 dollar suit against Sidney Ellis son of J G Ellis Co alleging injuries in 1926 including a bite surgery from a tumor removal a cigar burn scar knife wound a stair tumble and a hotel fall all linked to alleged abuse during a romance.
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New York
O.R
Leona Mountsteven Marsh
Sidney Ellis
J. G. Ellis and Co
Ellis
McAlpin
Miss Marsh
Ohio Daughters of America Elect New State Officers
At Columbus convention on August 17 Mrs Helen Kistner of Cincinnati was elected state councillor of the Daughters of America of Ohio. Mrs Aletha Vene of Loveland was named associate.
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Columbus
Helen Kistner
Cincinnati
Daughters of America of Ohio
Aletha Vene
Loveland
Three Soldiers Hurt After Sleepy Roadway Accident
Three soldiers who fell asleep in the road to Wheeler field were run over by an ambulance at daybreak while awaiting fliers. The injured were taken to hospital as roads to the field jammed with traffic and 30 000 waited at six a.m. James Dole spoke of fatigue yet remained hopeful for the arriving fliers.
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Wheeler Field
James Dole
Prohibition Agents Arrest Two In Ohio Bootlegging Ring
Federal agents arrested Eddie Couch of Newark and Frank Myers of Zanesville on conspiracy charges as part of a Southeast Ohio bootlegging crackdown. Ten gang members had already been seized, led by David Ungerfelder of Pittsburgh awaiting grand jury action. A 500 gallon still near Zanesville was raided two months ago with more arrests expected.
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Columbus
Aus
Prohibition
Ohio
Eddie Couch
Newark
Frank 8. Myers
Zanesville
David Ungerfelder
Pittsburgh
Franklin County
Three Are Killed Near Charleston in Logan County Ambush
In Logan county hunters were attacked at a Chauncey Hollow camp killing three men and injuring a fourth. Victims include Edward Hensley a state prohibition officer and his son Donald. Efforts to obtain bloodhounds proceed as relatives mourn. Nearby Mansfield faces a separate shooting case with three suspects held in connection to the slaying of a Mexican steel worker Rachel Saurez.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Edward Hensley
Donald Hensley
Ernest Marcum
Howard Tomlin
Logan
Chauncey Hollow
Island Creek
Mansfield
Rachel Saurez
Youth cyclist sets world non stop riding record
Milton Albert Smith age 16 from Washington awoke to fame as the bicycle sitter world champion after riding 250 miles in 24 hours 27 minutes last night. He beat the previous non stop record by 86.4 miles and 27 minutes. His police sergeant father helped him home showered him and put him to bed with orders to attempt a marathon sleeping championship as well.
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Washington
U.P
Milton Albert Smith
Auditors Meet in Athens to Discuss Tax Returns
Twenty one auditors and county board members from Southeastern Ohio counties met in Athens at the county courthouse with state tax commission officials led by Judge J. R. Cassidy. They discussed personal property returns and methods to resolve tax difficulties, with a luncheon at the Colonial and a brief afternoon session.
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Ohio
State Tax Commission
County Court House
Colonial
J. R. Cassidy
Bellefontaine
John
Johnstown
Anthony J. Kraus
Upper Sandusky
J. F. McGrady
Hocking County
Frank St. Clair
J. W. K. Hughes
Perry County
J. W. Quinn
David J. Lines
J. H. Flemming
Washington County
H. H. Meyers
George Knox
Vinton County
Vance O. Cox
H. W. Gordon
Morgan County
A. J. Frash
D. Melvin Heft
J. & Hartinbach
Meigs County
H. J. Blackmore
J. H. Grosvenor
R. R. Johnson
J. C. Edmundson
Athens County
Tax Commission
Drowning of 9 Year Old Howard King In Gravity Pit
In Lima, Aug 17, Howard William King 9 drowned in a gravity pit after falling from a raft while playing with his 8 year old brother Donald and Charles Bechdolt. The Bechdolt boy waited to tell his mother until last night. police and firemen found the body after a brief search.
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Lima
U.P
Howard William King
Howard
Donald
Charles Bechdolt
Bechdolt
Fayette County Fair Opens Under New Agricultural Society
Fayette county fair at Washington C H opens today under the management of the newly organized Fayette County Agricultural Society.
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Washington, C. H
Fayette County Fair
Fayette County Agricultural Society
Marriage License Granted in Probate Court
This morning in probate court a license was issued to L. J. Addicott 59 Athens a professor of civil engineering and Marguerite Apgar 43 Athens secretary with Rev. A Wilcox designated to officiate.
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L. J. Addicott
Athens
Profsor
Marguerite Apgar
A. ¥. Wilcox
Cubs Win Boost as Carlson Rule Keeps Pitcher
Chicago Cubs maintain a six game NL lead after U S baseball commissioner Judge K M Landis announces Hal Carlson will remain with the club following a trade with the Philadelphia Nationals. The ruling solidifies the Cubs pennant chances as of August 11.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
K M. Landis
Cubs
Hal Carlson
Delphia
May She Go Cleveland Visit Question Raised
In Cleveland a request arose from Safety Director Edwin D. Barry asking Warden P. E. Thomas whether the mother of crime figure "Jiggs" Loesteiner could visit her son while he serves a sentence in an Ohio penitentiary.
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Cleveland
Northern force GAIK captured near Ya tze river bombardment
Ni Chind troops captured NORTHERNERS GAIK of Pikow today on the southern Ya tze river bank as bombardment continued. The SHAT reports the Aug. 17 action in this brief wartime note.
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Pikow
Yatze
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