Nelsonville Gridders Begin Practice Under New Coaches
Nelsonville prepares for the 1946 season as coaches George Abraham and Carl Campbell open the first football practice at the Stadium. About 50 players report, including captain Max Adkins and freshmen Richard Arnold Jim Freer Calvin Juniper and Jimmy Preston. Smoking is banned and players must be home by 9 pm during training.
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Nelsonville
George Abraham
Carl Campbell
Max “Jigger” Adkins
Bob Ghent
Bill Keaton
Bob Juniper
Junior Hitchings
Tom Rosser
Floyd Barber
Parry Bateman
Richard Arnold
Jim Freer
Calvin Juniper
Jimmy Preston
Keating Store Moves to Shell Station in Nelsonville
J. W. Keating relocates his grocery from 181 Fort Street to the Shell Service Station at the new highway Chestnut Street intersection. He has run the store for five years and now opens a combined grocery and filling station. Most American steel is consumed in the United States.
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Nelsonville
J. W. Keating
Fort St
Shell Service Station
Chestnut St
Keating
The
United States
Vendol Promised Relief For Constipation Alleged By Citizen
Mr John M Widmaier of Columbus describes daily misery from stomach issues and constipation and credits Vendol an alkaline herbal extract with rapid relief leading to improved health. The ad urges others with upset stomach gas belching heartburn bilious headaches and related symptoms to try Vendol.
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John M. Widmaier
East Starring Street
Columbus
Sportsmen To Work At Lake Sunday
Nelsonville residents will observe an other work day Sunday at Circle Hill lake. Members of the Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association have mapped activities and will provide refreshments. Last week workers started another spillway at the dam and it is believed leaks have been checked.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association
Circle Hill Lake
Trotsky Slavi By Agent of Soviet Police
Albert Goldman claims in Chicago that Trotsky's assailant admitted acting for the OGPU and was ordered to kill Trotsky or lose his mother in Russia. The piece recounts Trotsky’s exile, his clash with Stalin, and his long life of upheaval and writings.
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Albert Goldman
Leon Trotsky
Chicago
Trotsky
Goldman
OGPU
Russia
Leon ‘Trotsky
Nikolai Lenin
Bolsheviks
Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Mexico
Rio Grande
Stalin
Comintern
Lev Davydovich Bronstein
Ukraine
Finland
New York
Czar
Europe
St. Petersburg
Kerensky
Torpedo Drops on English Town Amid War News
Aerial torpedo struck a southeast coast town causing many casualties as eight workers cottages were wrecked in the blast. Romania plans to withdraw delegates from Transylvania talks with Hungary while aDobruja return to Bulgaria nears agreement. Washington passes a bill authorizing 500 million dollars in import export bank loans for Western Hemisphere surplus marketing.
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Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
Rumania
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Washington
Havana
House
Senate
Nelsonville Social Notes Busy gatherings and birthdays
Social notes recount visits, birthdays, and travels in Nelsonville and nearby towns. The Barber family attended Troop 66 at Old Man's Cave for Bill Barber's birthday with cake and ice cream. Imogene Dupler celebrated her seventh birthday with gifts and candles. Several residents are noted for trips to the Great Smokies and Pendleton Virginia, visits with relatives, and upcoming marriage announcements.
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Nelsonville
William Barber
Leslie Barber
Harry Barber
Boy Scouts
Old Man's Cave
Bill Barber
Morris Dupler
Jobs
Imogene
Willa Wooten
Ruth Brown
Shirley North
Robyn Shuttleworth
Glenroy
Willard Sorrell
James Bryan
Dora Dean
Garry Dean Huffman
Dickie
Anna Lu Johnson
Joyce Gears
Bobby Wooten
Charlene Wend
Charles Matheny
Foster Conner
Patty
Buchtel
Norma
Marilyn
Imogene Dupler
Bernice Huffman
Filipino Motorists Involved in Crash Near Nelsonville
Four Filipinos claiming Detroit origins were delayed in Nelsonville after a crash on US 33 at Dorr Run. Their car struck Arthur Green’s machine, demolishing Green’s vehicle. The visitors paid for damages, had their car repaired locally, then continued toward Washington, D. C.
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Nelsonville
Detroit
Mich
Washington, D. C
Dorr Run
West City
US 33
Michigan
City Waterworks Department
Arthur Green
Green
Nicholson Reunion Held at Athens County Fairground
The eleventh annual Nicholson reunion occurred at the Athens County Fairground on Sunday August 18. Officers for 1941 were President Mrs Lennah Chidester Marietta Vice President Mrs Edna Chidester Marietta Secretary Seth F Nicholson Rutland with an entertainment committee headed by Russell Chidester Marietta and Mrs Clara Gunn Sarahsville. Numerous Nicholson family members attended from Marietta Rutland Wellston Dexter Jackson Columbus and Chillicothe with visitors Leonard Epple Pomeroy Roy Holland Marietta and Clyde Davis Dexter.
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Rutland
Nicholson
Athens County Fairground
Lennah Chidester
Marietta
Edna Chidester
Seth F. Nicholson
J. P. Vorhies
Sarahsville
Clarence W. Nicholson
Wellston
Lucy Miller
Ravenswood
W. Va
C. P. Nicholson
E. B. McCumber
Russell Chidester
Clara Gunn
Ruth Nicholson
Dexter
Katherine
Naomi
Kenneth
Wayne
Tressie Gourley
Mary Lou
Albert
James
Herbert
Dana Epple
Hazel
Kermit
Pomeroy
Orville Gunn
Charles Nicholson
Jackson
Anna Florence
Mary Catherine
Donna
M. A. Nicholson
Ernest
Dale
Evelyn
Leonard Epple
Roy Holland
Clyde Davis
Backache Relief Through Kidney Health
An old advertising feature explains that tired kidneys cause backaches and other symptoms. It promotes Doan's Pills as a remedy, claiming long use and wide recognition for flushing waste from the blood and easing discomfort.
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Dean
Doan
Logan Beats Carbondale in Historic Showdown
Historical item notes Abraham Lincoln made only five autographed copies of his famous Gettysburg Address. The record highlights a rare assertion about Lincoln's autographs alongside a local matchup involving Logan and Carbondale.
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Abraham Lincoln
Donson Funeral to be Held at Murray City Methodist Church
Funeral services for Clifford Swede Donson will be at 2 p m Friday at Murray City Methodist Church conducted by Rev King with burial at Greenlawn. He died Tuesday and is survived by Magdaline his wife two daughters his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Donson two brothers Edward and Arthur and three sisters Mrs Anna Harris Esther Freda and Ruth Donson all of Murray City. GA Club to hold a benefit party at the Parish House tonight at 8 o clock.
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Nelsonville
Clifford
Donson
Murray City
King
Greenlawn
Magdaline
Fred Donson
Edward
Arthur
Anna Harris
Esther
Freda
Ruth Donson
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Lake Sunday
Trotsky Slavi
Nelsonville Social Notes
Rachel Upphole
Damon Call
Akron
Sanford Call
Floodwood
Barbara
Great Smokies
J. C. MecQuillen
Zanesville
Calvin Lancaster
Bob Jack
Clarence Jack
Pendleton
Mae Ford
Belle Lancaster
Lancaster
Jack
Mrs. Ford
Coats
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Poplar ST
Chambray
Frankfurters
Ohlinger
Wolfe Chestnut Street
Jack Frost
Lamb
Ian Gan
MOJOD
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Oxfords
Logan
Carbondale
City Playground
Dalers
Mingoes
Plains
Brooks
Stanley
Fritz BP
Tesla Ata
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Newman
Lowery
Ss B. Brooks
Cox
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Washington St
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