Mrs Thompson Dies in Detroit taxi crash
Chauncey telegram reports Jessie Staffinger Thompson died Sunday night at City Hospital Detroit aged 33. She was daughter of J H Staffinger Detroit and granddaughter of Henry Staffinger Chauncey. Survived by a four year old son and her parents and grandfather. Funeral and burial likely in Detroit. She lived in Chauncey before marriage and attended Chauncey schools.
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Chauncey
Henry F. Staffinger
Jessie Staffinger Thompson
City Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Thompson
J. H. Staffinger
Henry Staffinger
Staffinger
King George III in Critical Condition Amid Lung Infection
London reports show King George VI's condition worsening as a lung infection spreads, with the official bulletin noting high temperature but no loss of strength yet admitting critical status. Officials at Buckingham Palace describe the night as a period of disquieting anxiety.
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London
U.R
King George
Buckingham Palace
George
Open Way for Train Carrying the Prince
The Prince of Wales sped toward his father in Europe, with barriers at frontiers opened by orders from three governments. The special train carried him from London toward Italy and Switzerland, six hours ahead of fastest express time, expected to reach by tomorrow.
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Europe
Prince of Wales
George
Italy
Switzerland
Alps
Chauncey Grade School Festival Tonight
Chauncey teachers and pupils present a festival in the High School Gymnasium featuring music recitations plays and songs. Booths sell sandwiches pie cake ice cream and home made candies with a fish pond and fortune teller. Proceeds support grade school work. Ladies Aid to hold all day quilting at the Methodist Church with a pot luck dinner.
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Chauncey
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Ladies’ Aid Society
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Methodist Church
Local Families Gather for Sunday Visits in Chauncey
List of visitors from Murray City Lewisburg Athens and Columbus spend Sunday with Chauncey residents including Mr and Mrs C S Bradfield and family. Teachers and relatives from Coolville Lancaster and other towns stop by homes of James McCollam Mary Keasey and Henry Morgan.
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Leonard Koenig
Robert A. Surtees
Charles Robinson
Murray City
Norma Wallace
Lewisburg
W. Va
Leslie Bradfield
Dorotha Ann
Athens
George Williamson
Jo Ann
G. B. Courtney
City
C. 8. Bradfield
Richard Keasey
Columbus
Chauncey
Mary Keasey
Smith Family Plans Move Within Chauncey Area
Mr and Mrs Cap Smith and their children prepare to move from Lexington Avenue to the G W Nye house on Converse Street in Chauncey. The Nye home has been remodeled and the Nye family has already moved from the old Nye house near Sunday Creek.
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Chauncey
Cap Smith
Lexington Avenue
G. W. Nye
Converse Street
Smith
Chauncey Mine
Nye
Sunday Creek
Gun-girl in Fearn murder believed captured in Canton
Federal authorities and Sheriff Edward Gibson reported the gun-girl who killed Bernard Fearn, a young Waco coal dealer, was believed captured near Canton. He said she gave her name and destination before fleeing from Canton last Thursday.
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Bernard Fearn
Waco
Edward Gibson
Fearn
Longtime Athens church elder honored at session dinner
Dr W L Gard presided as toastmaster at a session dinner honoring James D Brown for years of service to the Presbyterian Church. Prof A A Atkinson praised Brown while Brown recalled his 53 years with the church and its evolving governance. The session members and wives attended with pastors Dr Abbott Wilcox and Mrs Wilcox.
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T. Merwin
O. E. McClure
W. L. Gard
Gard
Brown
A. A. Atkinson
Jenor
Ffa
Athens
Abbott Y. Wilcox
Wilcox
L. J. Addicott
W. H. Cooper
N. K. Mills
C. H. Wyatt
S. M. Haffey
Clark Williams
P. H. Druggan
O. BE. Mca Clure
James D. Brown
Murder motive tied to Pennsylvania tip and girl fugitive
Police believe the girl fugitive will confess upon capture as eight persons identify her as the killer. The motive in Fearn's death remains veiled but a tipped lead from Mrs. Fearn and her nine year old daughter Kathryn points to a past incident linking Fearn to the gun girl.
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Gibson
Fearn
Pennsylvania
Mary
Kathryn
James D Brown Honored At Athens First Presbyterian Dinner
Members of the Athens First Presbyterian Church Session honored James D Brown, a banker, with a complimentary turkey dinner at the church manse on College Street for over fifty years of continuous service on the board. Twelve attendees participated in the event.
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Athens
Kellogg's All-Bran advertised to relieve constipation
An advertisement claims constipation causes many health problems and promises relief with Kellogg's All Bran. It urges two tablespoons daily and suggests serving ideas with milk fruit or soup. The Kellogg product is described as healthful and wholesome and produced in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg
Battle Creek
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