Nixon Fire Chief Walter Nixon Suspended to Feb 1
Logan officials limit the suspension of Walter Nixon, fire chief, to February 1 1933 without pay after a Civil Service Commission hearing. Provisional chief Walter Barnes will oversee the department during the suspension as Nixon’s counsel indicated no appeal would be filed.
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Civil Service Group
Walter Nixon
Elias Bright
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Shively
Walter Barnes
Civil Service Commission
4-H Club Members To Assist in Program
Hocking County 4-H Club members will assist a program on WEAO Columbus on January 7. Enterprise girls present a model business meeting. Acme Light Orchestra from Washington Township will perform, with Miss Terrell Gore on piano and Miss Ruthing Mire from Union Furnace singing. State leaders provide the rest.
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Hocking County
WEAO
Columbus
Enterprise Girls
Acme Livestech Club
Washington Township
Terrell
Gore
Ruthingmire
Union Furnace
Public Health Officials Meet In Columbus District Session
Dr and Mrs W B Lacock Mrs Margaret Weaver and Miss Lucille Roberts traveled to Columbus for the Ohio Federation of Public Health Officials Central District meeting. Mrs Weaver presided as nurse division president for the first time since her selection.
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Logan
W. B. Lacock
Margaret Weaver
Lucille Roberts
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Public Health Officials
Central District
Home Remedy Promises Quick Cough Relief at Low Cost
Advertisement touts a DIY cough syrup costing about two cents and easy to make. Mix two cups sugar with one cup water to form syrup, add 21 ounces of pine resin extract from a druggist, bottle in a tincture, and use for soothing inflamed membranes, loosening mucus, and clearer airways with promised quick relief or money back.
Logan Legion Post Sees Membership Rise to 110
Logan Legion Post reports 110 members for the new year with a goal to reach or surpass last year’s 132. Charity efforts include distributing Christmas food baskets, aiding toy procurement for needy children, and supporting a Sunday dinner event. A minstrel show is planned for early next year as part of fundraising.
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LOGAN
Logan Post
American Legion
Kossie Kitchen
Cleveland
Jackson Post
Ewald Schmitter
Charity Committee
Superintendent Coleman Attends Ohio Education Meeting
Logan reports Supt J W Coleman traveled to Columbus for the Ohio Educational Association session. The gathering discussed the Dr Paul R Mort plan approved by the Ohio School Survey Commission and welcomed by the association as Hocking County remains a state aid district in arrears on salaries for much of the first half.
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Logan
J. W. Coleman
Columbus
Ohio Educational Association
Paul R. Mort
Ohio School Survey Commission
Hocking County
Ward Township Man Dies in Sorrowful Car Crash
Logan reports an investigation into the Sunday crash that killed Ellis Martin of Ward Township. Sheriff Sol Ellinger and Deputy Joe Farbearn inspected the New Pittsburgh Hollow wreck site and reviewed cause factors. Walter Sanborn was driving the car when it left the road and pinned Martin, who died Tuesday at Cherryington Hospital.
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Ellis Martin
Ward Township
Cherrington Hospital
New Pittsburgh Hollow
Walter Sanborn
Martin
Tot Hurt in Crash at Main Market Streets intersection
Two and a half year old Billy Goodlve suffered forehead and facial cuts when a car driven by his mother collided with a car driven by Sam Chilcote at Logan Main Market Streets. Billy’s head struck the windshield. Two women in the Chilcote car were not injured.
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Logan
Billy
Lavon Goodlve
Sam Chilcote
Haydenville
Market Streets
Chilcote
Mrs. Ida Rittgers Dies Widow in Logan
Ida Rittgers 62 widow of Ellen Rittgers died after a surgical operation at a Columbus hospital. Survived by mother Mrs. Ella Lif and brothers John Laff Logan Charles Liff Sugar Grove. brothers Mr. Lee Groves Lancaster and Mrs. Neilie Kauffman Chicago. Funeral 2 pm Friday at Methodist Be Church. Rev. W. Shank to preside. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Ida Rittgers
Ellen Rittgers
Columbus
Ella Lif
John Laff
Charlee Liff
Sugar Grove
Lee Groves
Lancaster
Neilie Kauffman
Chicago
Methodist Be
W. Shank
Tn Oak Grove Cemetery
Wreck 38 Years Ago Recalled by Magistrate
Logan remembers a December river division freight wreck on the Hocking Valley Rail road with two trains colliding head on. Magistrate C T Stephenson, a former brakeman, details a severely cold day and the damage to locomotives and freight cars. Engineers Shaffer Engler and conductors Moriarity McBride are noted employees.
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Logan
River Division
Hocking Valley
C. T. Stephenson
Stephenson
Vinton 111
George Shaffer
Lawrence Engler
Daniel Moriarity
Frank McBride
Logan Post Office to Close for New Year
Logan officials and the Chamber of Commerce announce that stores will close all day Monday in observance of New Year. The Postal Department permits the Logan Post Office to close the next day with no city or carrier service. County officials, aided by State Examiner James S. Clifton, review the appropriation plan to cut spending to fit anticipated revenue.
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Aeron Merchants Division
Logan Chamber of Commerce
James 8
Clifton
State Examiner
Former Logan Mayor J Phil Rochester Laid To Rest
J Phil Rochester whose mayoralty of Logan is remembered for his service was brought to Logan for funeral services at the Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 pm. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery after residing in Columbus for the past three years.
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J. Phil Rochester
Methodist Episcopal Church
Burya
Oak Grove
Rochester
Columbus
Margaret Parker
Beedeville
Homer
Leslie Brough
Belpre
L. L. Keljer
Martha Beshara Granted Divorce From Pete Beshara
Logan reporter: Judge Harley M. Whitcraft grants divorce on grounds of neglect. Custody awarded to the mother of three minor children. Costs levied against the defendant. Beshara did not contest.
Fire destroys Dillon forge and nearby structures in Ohio
In early April 1925 a fire gutted the Dillon forge at Falls of Licking near Zanesville, destroying the forge barn and stable. The blast prompted concern for local workers and reliance on the forge’s output, while contemporaneous notes mention European temperate shifts and a canal update easing transport to Cincinnati and Middletown.
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Ohio
John Dillon
Falls of Licking
Zanesville
Miami Canal
Howell's Basin
Cincinnati
Middletown
Make This Model at Home Pattern 2188
The Athens Messenger presents a step by step instruction with diagrams for Pattern 2188 from the Daily Pattern Department. It guides matron readers through home craft model making with practical, illustrated directions.
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Athens Messenger Daily Pattern Department
Frock Details Highlight Flattering Suit for Matron
The piece describes a perfect frock for the matron no longer slim with a flattering reverse set off by a lace vestee. The bodice dominates the ensemble while the skirt features slimming seaming and an inverted pleat. A snug hip yoke completes the design.
The Anne Adams pattern and lodge notices headline
The entry lists pattern 248 sizes 36 to 50 with fabric needs and price, plus a catalog offer. It then reports Phans Lodge No. 53 officers elected for the year and a variety of local social notices, illnesses, visits, and Christmas events from Logan area, including obituary and flu reports.
Baker Opposes Liquor Control Plan Says It Feeds Bureaucracy
Washington December 2 U P reports Newton D Baker Democratic leader and Wilson cabinet member attacks government participation in liquor control as likely to create unendurable bureaucracy. In a letter to Rep Celler New York he opposes the proposed plan to be weeded in a repeal scenario.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Rep. Celler
New York
Baker
Government liquor business averted by public sentiment
The speaker argues personal permits are practicable and that government liquor ventures are unlikely. He cites anticipated bureaucratic burden and broad public revulsion at a partnership between government entities at any level and the liquor industry.
Public Forum Letter Urges Tax Support for Local High School
Carl W. Hayes of Greenville argues in a public forum that Rome Township should receive income and sales tax funds to sustain a high school. He notes the town has produced 75 graduates in ten years, while many residents move away to work in distant cities, and urges statewide tax support for the school.
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Rome Township
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