Couple With 10 Children Reported Living in House With Only One Bed
Gillespie Lehman, recently moved from Virginia, was fined $50 for intoxication in Nelsonville. The mayor ordered Lehman to leave with his family and return to their former location after complaints from residents, the Board of Health, and others. The family, living in a hilltop Lancaster property, included 10 children sharing a single bed while others slept on the floor. Two of the sons worked in a mine at Carbon Hill.
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Nelsonville
L. J. Eberle
Gillespie Lehman
Virginia
Lehman
Eberle
Board of Health
George Bateman
Lancaster
Franklin Street
Carbon Hill
Akron Women Questioned in Wilbur Heldman Case
Canton December 29 Two Akron women described as mysterious figures in the life of Lorain furnace salesman Wilbur Heldman were to be questioned by detective Ore Slater today. Slater and Prosecutor Henry Harter pursue connections to Heldman and the death of his wife Margaret who confessed killing Vermard Fearn after indiscretions.
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Canton
U.F
Myrato
Akron
Wilbur Heldman
Lorain
Ore Glater
Heldman
Margaret
Vermard Fearn
Waco
T. v
Slater
Henry Harter
Sarteasaptns
Fearn
New Auto Tags May Be Placed On Cars Friday
Athens registrar Dave Johnson announced that the new 1929 motor license tags may be attached on and after Friday. Cars may be operated under the new tags from today. Only one local business has filed for 1929 truck licenses, and old tags will not be valid after the first of the year. Apply at the courthouse office, open 7 AM to 8 PM this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Johnson
Athens
Johnson
Court House
Girl Too Beautiful So Man Kills Self
Everett Mugier a prominent Buffalo paper merchant and clubman killed himself fearing his fiancee Elizabeth Abbott was too beautiful and good for him. He was to marry her today in a wedding that would have been a social season event, with Abbott from a wealthy local family.
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Buffalo
WN. Y
Everett Mugier
Mugier
Elizabeth Abbott
Buf
Aged Man Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Nelsonville
Nelsonville report states John W. Kepler 74 East End resident died four hours after being struck by a hit-skip motorist on the main highway near the Nelsonville Foundry. Concussion of the brain listed as cause. he left home briefly while an invalid and was found in the mud with torn clothing. He leaves a wife, six daughters, and three sons. Funeral plans pending.
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Nelsonville
John W. Kepler
East End
Fifth
Poplar
Nelsonville Foundry
Keplar
Roy Glenn
James Rizer
Stout
Ethel Moore
Maude Evans
This City
Goldie Courtney
Columbus
Jessie Barker
Newark
Emma Keplar
Pontia
Mich
Stanley
Cleveland
Guy
Zanesville
Don
Walbridge
Funeral services for Richard Williams in Nelsonville
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 PM at the Nelsonville M E Church for Richard Williams. The Rev Donley of Jacksonville will conduct the service with Rev Hoffman of Nelsonville assisting. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Richard Williams
M. E. Church
Nelsonville
Nelsonville M. E
Donley
Jacksonville
Hoffman
Greenlawn
Prisoner Pardoned for Aiding Recapture of Fugitives
Columbus reports Governor Vic Donahey pardoned E. W. Clark former Hamilton policeman serving life for murder effective January 5 He helped recapture thirteen convicts from the November 1926 prison break Clark a trusted driver for Warden Thomas previously convicted in a murder linked to a bootlegging dispute since 1921.
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Columbus
E. W. Clark
Hamilton
State Penitentiary
Vic Donahey
Clark
Thomas
Last Year Baseball Team Members to Receive Letters
Nelsonville high school will award letters to Boss Calamore Norman O Hartley West Galvin Howell Harper and Coakley at the Friday chapel. The event takes place in the school chapel with the names read aloud for the during the weekly service.
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Nelsonville
Boss
Calamore
Norman
O. Hartley
West
Galvin
Howell
Harper
Coakley
Henry Jackson Sanders Named 1929 Mustang Captain at SMU
Henry Jackson Sanders of Garland Texas Choctaw guard for Southern Methodist University was chosen as captain of the 1929 Mustang basketball team. He earned mention on several All American teams this season.
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Dallas
Ten
Henry Jackson Sanders
Garland
Tex
Southern Methodist University
Dilcher's Tramps to Meet Chillicothe Mecos Tonight
Nelsonville report notes a fast basketball tilt at the high school auditorium with Dilcher's Tramps facing the Chillicothe Mecos at 9 o'clock. A preliminary follows. The week offers no other local games.
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Dilcher
Chillicothe
Nelsonville
Love Pirates of Hawaii staged by Nelsonville juniors
In Nelsonville the Junior High School Music Department presented Love Pirates of Hawaii, an operetta in two acts, directed by Miss Margaret Williamson with Miss Louise Rice as accompanist. The production featured good acting and costumes, a cast of nine and choruses of 36, and was enjoyed by the audience.
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Nelsonville
King's Men to Elect Officers at Friday Meeting
Nelsonville reports the annual King's Men business meeting at the Christian Church study Friday evening December 21 at 7 o'clock. All members urged to attend as officers for the coming year will be elected.
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Nelsonville
King’s Men
Christian Church
Charles Bules Dies At Home In Marietta
Charles Jacob Bules aged 36 died at his home 315 Seventh Street Tuesday night after an extended illness. Funeral services will be at St. Luke's Lutheran Church Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. P O Weimer officiating. Interment in Oak Grove. Born October 13 1892 in Little Hocking he was a son of the late Charles and Sarah Heil Bules. He worked for the Safe Cabinet branch of Remington Rand Inc retiring last summer due to ill health.
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Safe Cabinet
Remington Rand, Inc
Illinois basketball meets North Dakota touring cagers
Urbana Illinois is the site as the Illinois University hoop squad faces the North Dakota touring team. The visitors will travel 5200 miles before returning to Grand Forks after tonight's game.
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Urbana
Illinois University
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Grain Prices at Toledo Market Close
The Toledo grain market reports cash wheat No. 2 at 14.20 per bushel and corn No. 3 at 89 and one half cents, rye No. 2 at 1.15, oats No. 2 and barley No. 2 with mixed bid levels. Cash Clover priced around 10. fiscal figures show December and February futures quoted, including timothy at 16.25 and other old and new contract notes.
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Toledo
U. P
Sige peXte
Heiss
Dee. Dee
Imap
Timothy Cash
Miners Elect Sub-District Officers in Nelsonville vote
Sub-district auditors Isaac Jones H A Tipton and B F Johnson completed the official count for miners local elections in Nelsonville with Robert Bell as sub-district president on 647 votes John Wycoff 447. Seven candidates for vice president elected Herman Thiesen 75 Gail 210 Mingus 140 Lan ning 117 Curtis 55 McKee 124 Locke 133. Secretary treasurer Conrad Wein re-elected 732 to 253 for Jesse Smart. Auditors Jones 861 Tipton 626 Johnson 6381. Local participation 67 with about 1000 ballots cast.
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Nelsonville
Isaac Jones
H. A. Tipton
B. F. Johnson
United Mine Workers Organization
Robert Bell
John Wycoff
Herman Thiesen
Millfield
A. B. Ferguson
Administration sought for estate of T H Goodson in Athens county
Application to be administrator of the estate of T H Goodson who was killed in an automobile accident about a week ago was filed in Athens County Probate Court by B F Goodson. Letters of administration were granted and bond of $900 given with W D Robinson and Imo Woodgerd as sureties. Personal property value under $500, so appraisers waived.
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T. H. Goodson
Athens County
B. F. Goodson
Goodson
W. D. Robinson
Imo Woodgerd
RAF Plane Flies Over Kabul as British Legation Reports Safety
The British legation in Kabul announced all was well as a Royal Air Force plane flew over the Afghan capital. The legation, located about two miles from central Kabul, advised the aircraft not to land.
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New Delhi
India
Kabul
Royal Air Force
Afghanistan
Legation
Coolville Farm Institute To Open With Local Leaders
Prominent local men and state speakers gather for the Independent Farmers Institute in Coolville. Sessions begin at 8 tonight and run through Saturday evening with talks by Dr Horace T Houf Mrs Neal Kyle Floyd DeLashmutt and C S Hartman and Rev C S Thompson. An election of officers and a fruit and corn display highlight the three day event.
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Independent Farmers’ Institute
Coolville
Horace T. Houf
Ohio University
Neal Kyle
Somerset
Floyd DeLashmutt
Columbus
C. Hartman
Southeastern Ohio Test Farm
C. 8. Thompson
Kyle
Doctor Houf
Motor clubs aid arrests of hit and run drivers
Nearly 200 hit and run drivers have been arrested and about $12,000 in rewards paid since AA A motor clubs began the program. H N Burgett says 47 clubs have paid rewards with about $1,000 more pending, citing figures from the national body.
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A. A. A. Motor Clubs
H. N. Burgett
South East Motor Club
American Automobile Association
Burgett
A. A.A
One Western Motor Club
Detroit
Detroit Hit and Run Convictions Soar in Five Months
Detroit Automobile Club offered a $100 reward for evidence leading to the conviction of a hit and run driver within Detroit's corporate limits. Mr. Burgett announced that in the following five months the Detroit courts secured 38 such convictions, more than five times the number in 1926.
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Troit Automobile Club
Detroit
Burgett
Pearl Reed Leaves For Solicitor's Home
Athens photographer and Spanish-American War veteran Pearl Reed left for the Dayton Soldier's Home after a long battle to obtain a government pension. His disability stems from an operation in the Navy and required years of effort by Congressman TI A. Jenkins to locate the surgeon and secure the pension.
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Pearl Reed
Athens
Dayton
United States Navy
Reed
Navy
TI. A. Jenkins
Congressman Jenkins
Quiet in Chaco as Paraguay Rejects Bolivian Attack Claim
Elena Paraguay reports that Paraguay rejects Bolivia’s denial of attacking Paraguayan forts General Genes Vajois and Rivarola in the Dec 14 clashes. The War Ministry says the Chaco remains quiet after border skirmishes, while Congress met in secret and approved broad amnesty for recent revolutions. President Josenggiari sent a note to Pope Pius urging war avoidance.
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Elena
Paraguay
Bolivia
General Genes
Vajois
Rivarola
Chaco
Ministry of War
Congress
Josenggiari
Pius
Navy Physician Remains in Role Amid Legislative Push
The navy doctor continues in service as the bill gains passage in Congress, backed by the congressman's lobbying.
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Navy
Congress
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Dunhills Underboar Milano
Kaywoodie
CHE
LD Pharmacy CO
Charles Bules
Illinois
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Qillicy & Service
ROGET
Hacking Union
New
Coolville Farm
Solicitor
Livia
Boot Shop
Ucc
Gibson
East Side
Public
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Ohio
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