Nelsonville Accident Injures Billy Farnum Aged 3
Nelsonville Aug 19 Billy Farnum three son of Mr and Mrs Roy Farnum Coll ins was seriously hurt in an automobile accident yesterday per messages to relatives in Nelsonville. Grandmother Mrs J W Williams and others left for Columbus this morning. Van Pettit fractured left wrist after a fall at home. He is in the section crew of the Hocking Valley R R teachers moving from the city. Covers laid for fifteen. Silver spoons presented to Mrs Gorsuch and Mrs Cox.
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Nelsonville
Billy Farnum
Roy Farnum
Cleo Williams
Collins
J. W. Williams
Gilbert Smith
Orville Steenrod
Columbus
Gorsuch
Cox
Stratton announce birth of son in Nelsonville
Mr and Mrs Carl Stratton announce the arrival of a son this morning at their home on Fayette street in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Carl Stratton
Fayette Street
Mrs Homer Wareheim Undergoes Surgery at Radium Hospital
Mrs Homer Wareheim underwent a surgical operation at Radium Hospital in Columbus on Thursday. Her condition is reported as favorable.
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Homer Wareheim
Radium Hospital
Columbus
Central square blooms praised by visitors this season
Nelsonville observers describe the public square’s central grass plots and flower beds as at their greenest and fullest bloom. Tourists note the area’s beauty, tended each evening this summer by Street Commissioner Ed Dewhurst.
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Nelsonville
Ed Dewhurst
Athena Factory Mills Past West Enders In Twilight League
Athena Factory defeated the West Enders 6 to 4 in a Twilight league game. West errors fueled several Factory runs while Hoover of West faces grand larceny charges after the season. he stole second twice, third once and home once, scoring three West runs. Chesher contributed a single and a double with two RBIs for Factory. Longley pitched for West, collecting two singles.
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Nelsonville
Athena Factory
West Enders
Hoover
West
Chesher
Factory
Longley
Oliver
Owens to Move Billiard Room and Alleys to Hyde Building
W.8 Owens announces relocation of his billiard room and bowling alleys from West Washington street to the basement of the Hyde building on the public square. The basement is being redecorated and Owens plans opening this Saturday.
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Nelsonville
Owens
West Washington Street
Hyde
Public Square
Ed. Owens
Social notes recap two community events and illness news
Sunday school members enjoyed the annual picnic at the Grotto grounds near Haydenville with about 300 attendees and several games. Relatives report serious illness of Will Conaway of Montgomery West Virginia after an appendectomy in Charleston. Kathleen Keating celebrated her fifty birthday with a party hosted by her mother and attended by numerous guests.
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The
Christian Church
Haydenville
Will Conaway
Montgomery
West Virginia
Conaway
Charleston
Walter Keating
Kentner Street
Kathleen
Keating
Richard ‘Tittle
Berley ‘Blair
Eloise Badger
Martha Pooley
Marjorie Blair
Jean Dilcitt
Ruth and
Lenora Hannas
Ar Barron
Jeanette Kinney
Eben Keating
Evelyn Tennihill
Esther Hawk
Mary Virginia Thomas
Shirley Knight
Virginia
Mary Jo
Kathn Keating
Wiener Roast at Katzenbach Home Aids Peca tontas Degree
Mrs John Katzenbach hosted a Wiener roast at her county home Tuesday evening with assistance from Mrs Joe Hawk. Members of the degree of Peca tontas attended the event and enjoyed the informal gathering.
Teachers Meet at Dinner for D N Forsuch and Cox
The Junior department teachers of the Methodist Sunday school hosted a Thursday evening dinner at Mrs. Donald Betts home. Guests included Mrs. D N Forsuch and Mrs. Lee Cox and other members of the group.
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Methodist Sunday School
Donald Betts
D. N. Forsuch
Lee Cox
Local residents noted on visits and travels across Kentucky and Ohio
A string of social and business visits spans Kentucky and Ohio. Names include John Lawson, Mrs. Ed Healy, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith, Jimmy Smith, Mrs. David Quick, Irvin Quick, Mrs. Gail Bronson, Dr. and Mrs. BE. B. Acomb, Mrs. Charles Bayles, Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Mara and daughter Beryl, and Rosemary Smith among others in Columbus Mt. Vernon Buckeye Lake Columbus and nearby areas. Travel includes a ten day western motor trip with Chicago hosts and visits to Buckeye Lake and Charleston W Va.
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John Lawson
Kentucky
Ed Healy
Columbus
T. J. Smith
Camp St. Joseph
Jimmy
David Quick
Irvin Quick
Caldwell
Gail Bronson
Little Son
Florida
BE. B. Acomb
Charles Bayles
Frank O'Mara
Beryl
Chicago
O'Mara
Rosemary Smith
W. E. Edgell
Mt. Vernon
Irma Wilson
Lloyd Duncan
Will Matheny
St. Louis
L. P. Rice
Louise
Buckeye Lake
Ryna Newman
Detroit
Thomas Evans
R. H. Jackson
Helen
William Harbarger
G. W. Pearce
Tovise Pearce
R. H. Brown
Charleston
East Bank
Hanley
W. Va
Gus Pidcock
Ira Achauer
Haydenville
John Adams
Bob
Terre Haute
Indiana
J. L. Murphy
A. B. Johnson
D. BE. Evans
Union Miners Suspected in Pennsylvania Blast
Tracks on the Chartiers creek bridge were thrown out of line by a nitroglycerine charge set off early today. Traffic between Washington and Carnegie was disrupted for hours. Non union mines in the vicinity haul coal over this route and explosions damaged homes in West Elizabeth.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Chartiers Creek
Washington
Carnegie
West Elizabeth
Health officials plan Wheeling meeting on infantile paralysis
Columbus report says health officials from Ohio and West Virginia counties where infantile paralysis is prevalent will convene late today in Wheeling West Virginia to discuss the outbreak and protective measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio Briefs Highlight Election Cost and Local Appointments
The average cost of conducting the primary election in Jackson was 53 1 2 cents per vote, as reported by George Paffenbarger, clerk of the board of elections. J R Lower of Mansfield was named chemist for Bucyrus and Upper Sandusky water works. In Washington D C area dogs are raiding farms, with 116 chickens and several sheep killed.
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Bucyrus
J. R. Lower
Mansfield
Upper Sandusky
Washington D. H
Manila Chance for Carmi Thompson Governor General Post
Carmi Thompson, who traveled to the Philippines to survey for President Coolidge last year, may become governor general of the islands following the death of Leonard Wood. This is his latest photograph.
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Carmi Thompson
Philippines
President Coolidge
Leonard Wood
County Institute Opens September First at Ohio University
The Athens County Teachers Institute will begin Thursday September 1 at Ewing Auditorium Ohio University with 9 AM opening. H R McVay announces sessions include A P Sandles talk on The Mission and the Vision of the Teacher.
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Athens County
Teachers’ Institute
Ewing Auditorium
Ohio University
H. R. McVay
A. P. Sandles
Ewing Hall
Charles 8S. Meek
Toledo
Refusal urged to halt Hocking Valley passenger train closure
Columbus brief urges Public Utilities Commission to deny approval for abandoning trains 32 and 35 from Columbus to Athens and 132 and 135 from Logan to Pomeroy. Prosecutor Chester argues the railroad has not shown the trains lose money and notes no freight revenue data was presented.
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Columbus
U P
Public Utilities Commission
Hocking Valley Railroad
Athens
Logan
Pomeroy
John J.chester, Jr
Chester
Courage of Drugist Fends Off Whisky Bandits
In Lorain Carl Kubasic a druggist defended his store after awakening to intruders in the yard He shot at two men behind the prescription counter wounding one and saving the entire whisky stock from theft The incident occurred in the early hours today with Kubasic living next door.
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Lorain
U.R
Carl Kubasic
Kubasic
Salt Bill Owed by McGovern Nelsonville in Boston Court
The West End Thread Company seeks $307.63 from the McGovern Nelsonville company in common pleas court Boston. The sum covers an account with interest from April 30, 1927, as stated in the plaintiff's petition.
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West End Thread Company
Boston
McGovern - Nelsonville Company
Common Pleas Court
Hunting Geologist Missing in Cave Rescue
In Chattanooga Tennessee on August 19 a geologist Lawrence Asheley remained missing after three skeletons were found in the Nick A Jack cave at Shell Mound. Rescue parties pushed a mile and a half into the cave using boats along a subterranean river. Initials Asheley carved on a passage floor near the river were discovered late yesterday.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
U.P
Shell Mound
Lawrence Asheley
Asheley
Alabama lawmakers introduce satirical admiral title for Heflin
In Montgomery on August 19 the legislature considered a spoof measure by Rep Lee Edmundson to name Sen Tom Heflin an admiral in the navy to block a papal landing. The resolution came after Heflin’s anti Catholic Abbeville speech and is seen as satire.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Lee Edmundson
Jefferson County
Tom Heflin
United States
Heflin
Abbeville
Insurance totals peak as Sacco-Vanzetti case draws ire
Hartford report shows riot and civil commotion coverage about 200 million dollars written in Massachusetts since the case reached a crucial stage. Policies include 25 million on a Boston department store, 16 million on a South Boston factory, and 325 thousand on a Boston church.
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Hartford
Conn
U.P
Massachusetts
Boston
South Boston
Governor Donahey Asked to Attend Campbell Primary Depositions
Clyde W. Osborne, former Youngstown law director and counsel for Joseph E. Julius, demanded that a representative of Governor Donahey be present at the deposition of witnesses related to fraud charges in the Campbell Ohio mayoral primary.
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Columbus
Donahey
Clyde W. Osborne
Youngstown
Joseph EB. Julius
Campbell
Mahoning County
Violence reported in Appanoose coal fields clash
Reports from Indianapolis say four non union workers were beaten by union miners in Appanoose county Iowa, as the United Mine Workers executive committee ends its conference amid bitter tensions between union and non union miners.
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Appanoose County
Indianapolis
The
United
Mine Workers of America
Towa
Flood waters recede in Salina as 250 blocks remain flooded
In Salina Kansas flood waters in residential districts were receding slowly. A newspaperman survey found about 250 city blocks still submerged as of today August 19.
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Salina
Kans
Investigating Fire Hints at Mine Troubles in Bellaire
In Bellaire on August 19 Sheriff C. C. Hardesty opened an inquiry into a warehouse fire belonging to Stewart and Ward wholesale grocers. Officials consider the blaze may be linked to mining troubles in Belt County as the firm had been supplying the Webb mine at Shadyside by truck and had trucks stopped en route.
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Bellaire
Stewart and Ward
C. C. Hardesty
Belt County
Webb
Shadyside
Standing Pat Daugherty Says Miners Will Win In Ohio
In New Lexington on August 19 1931 Oral Daugherty president of Sub District No 1 told 1200 miners at Corning that a solid front would win the miners in Ohio He declared there is no change and that they are standing pat 100 percent
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New Lexington
U.P
Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
Corning
Ohio
Negotiations For Sherman's Home Shrine By G A R
Negotiations are under way to buy General William T Sherman’s Lancaster home from a retired local merchant. The Grand Army of the Republic plans to convert the residence into a shrine honoring the Civil War general.
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Lancaster
William T. Sherman
Grand Army of the Republic
Moose Officials Prep for 39th Annual Convention in Philadelphia
Informal meetings of high Loyal Order of Moose officials including the supreme council Mooseheart governors and executive committees were set for today as a prelude to the formal opening of the thirty ninth annual convention in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Loyal Order of Moose
Supreme Council
Mooseheart
Order
Army NCOs Rebel Against New Coalition Cabinet
In Athens on August 19 soldiers not holding commissions rose up against the new coalition cabinet. Many were arrested as the rebels showed support for former Premier Pangalos.
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Athens
U.P
Pangalos
Sister of Bartolo Vanzetti Arrives From Rome
Miss Lingra Vanzetti sister of Bartolo Vanzetti arrived in New York from Rome to urge him to return to the Catholic faith and abandon atheism. She says she has not come to plead for liberty and his case.
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Lingra Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Boston
Rome
America
Saloon Wrecked in Northwest Philadelphia by Black Hand Bomb
A Black Hand bomb wrecked the saloon of James Tracey in northwest Philadelphia early today. The dwelling was damaged but a family of three inside was unharmed. Tracey, a former pugilist, has been active against the Black Hand gang and recently helped capture five gang members with three awaiting deportation.
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Philadelphia
U.P
James Tr
Tracey
Birthday celebration for Mary Louise Verity at Fisher
Mrs A C Verity and family hosted a birthday party at their Fisher country home on Wednesday afternoon honoring Mary Louise Verity of Columbus for her fifth birthday. Attendees included Alice Bligh Beth Virginia and Danel Bardin, Lois Clutterall of Athens, Joseph Rardin of Columbus and Vernie Castle of Fisher. Guests enjoyed music, games, ice cream and cake.
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A. C. Verity
Grace
Fisher
Mary Louise Verity
Columbus
Alice Blighbeth
Virginia
Danel Junior Bardin
Lois Virginia Clutterall
Athens
Joseph Rardin
Columbus Vernie Castle
Drew
Federal officer probes shooting during raid near Zanesville
Investigators opened a probe into the shooting of Brown, 30, of near Zanesville, by federal agent Don White during a raid on a still. Brown was listed in critical condition.
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Columbus
W. H. Walker
Prohibition
Brown
Zanesville
Don White
Railroad Probe Begins Into Costonia Curve Wreck
Pennsylvania railroad officials opened an investigation into last night’s wreck of the Pittsburgh Bellaire flyer at Cos tonia Curve near Steubenville. One killed and several injured as train derailed in Cos tonia Curve incident.
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Steubenville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Costonia Curve
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