Double Funeral Services Planned for Cook Sisters
Nelsonville set to host double funeral services for Miss Helen Cook and her sister Miss Florence Cook both of Hocking County aged 66 and noted locally for long residence in Carbon Dale and Ner Ve Road area. The sisters, daughters of the late Cyrus Cook, died within hours of each other at their home and arrangements were incomplete. Brother Ashley Cook survives with numerous nieces and nephews.
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Helena
Miss Cook
Nerve RD
Hocking County
Cyrus Cook
Carbon da
Lone District
Florence
Prac
Nelye
Ashley Cook
German discovery helps child incontinence cure marketed
A brief notice touts a method claimed to cure urinary incontinence in children. It states immediate relief after use and invites readers to contact Jottmann Method at 1064 B, Bidg., St. Paul, Minnesota, for a free union and liberal guarantee.
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Bidg
St. Paul, Minn
Guaran Dating Ave
Eex
Adv
Missionary Society Entertained Thursday in Nelsonville
The Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church met at Mrs. Bess Higgins’s home on Poplar Street with 20 members and guests. President Bertha Barker led a devotional on The True Light. reports from secretary Frank O’Mara and treasurer Thomas Spencer were given. The traveling apron project was introduced. the Sewing Circle will meet to work on a fan quilt. A Founders’ Day pageant is planned for March 1 at Mrs. Rothrock’s home.
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Harry Jackson
J. A. Dunlap
Higgins
Missionary Sewing Circle
Bertha Barker
H. A. Rothrock
Helen Largent
J. M. Hyde
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Cora Sharp in Nelsonville
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Blake Sharp widow of C C Sharp were held Friday at 10 30 am at the family residence Fort Street Nelsonville Reverend Liroyd Evans of Fleet Presbyterian Church conducted the service Two hymns were read Burial followed at Greenlawn beside her husband who died January 15.
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Nelsonville
Cora Blake Sharp
C. C. Sharp
Fort Street
Liroyd Evans
Fleet Presbyterian Church
Greenlawn
Meilly's Idea musical set for Feb two nights at high school
Melaonville reports the three act musical comedy Meilly's Idea sponsored by the Band Boosters Club will be staged February 16 and 17 in the high school auditorium starting at 7 o'clock. The coach arrived Saturday and cast assembly begins next week with citizen volunteers invited.
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Melaonville
Meilly
Band Boosters Club
Nelsonville Church Plans Evening Service on Germany Topic
Mellonville February 3 The Nelsonville Presbyterian Church will conduct its regular Sunday evening service at 7 30 PM. The Rev. Lloyd Evans will preach on Christianity in Germany Today. Evening services had been paused for two weeks due to the pastor's absence and will resume as usual.
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Germany
Mellonville
Nelsonville
Benefit Dance At Buchtel Opera House
A benefit dance for the local school will be held at the Buchtel Opera House on Wednesday night February 7. Music by Happy Harry's Ye Olde Time Fiddlers. The public is invited.
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Buchtel Buchtel
Opera House
Happy Harry
What He Thinks And Just Why By H Bartlett
A column musing on greed and moral decline within society and the home. The author laments domestic disintegration while defending the home’s spiritual role and the enduring value of family life against public criticism.
Greed as a Local Battlefield of Conscience
A reflective column denounces greed as a distant threat that rots cities beyond the reporter’s own circulation area. The piece argues greed flourishes elsewhere and is attacked by a chorus of citizens who condemn the rich while urging moral accountability.
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Bart
Home as rallying ground in community life
The text reflects on alarms about home safety fading into the background while home remains a central gathering place. It contrasts public noise with the enduring importance of the home as a core social unit and national influence. It ends with the call to "put another log on the fire" signaling lasting domestic warmth and unity.
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Papa
Mama
Portraits of Greed and Its Reach Across Society
The piece questions greed as a social force beyond elites, noting stories of CWA benefit abuse, workers leaving jobs for government pay, wage mispricing, fund misuse, and fraud. It asks whether greed touches all classes and warns of strangers spilling into piebelo land pastures.
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China
Wall Street
Passage on greed and trust in distant regions
The excerpt questions the reality of rumors and condemns human greed as a trait of unscrupulous capitalists, suggesting such talk may be distant and not applicable locally. It shifts to avoiding a discussion of greed this week.
The Home Described as Broken Down
A reflective piece laments the state of the home in American life. It contrasts moralizing voices with the worn condition of families and domestic space, signaling concern for values and stability in a changing society.
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Papa
Intramural Basketball Popular at Nelsonville Schools
In Nelsonville Ohio the junior and senior high school intramural basketball program draws strong interest after midyear exams. Girls Athletic Association sponsors weekly games between home room teams with captains like Joan Rider Edith Layman Cynthia Hammond and Vera Shafer. Almarine Johnson oversees the program.
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Nelsonville
Girls Athletic Association
Almarine Johnson
Elma Robson
Carpenters
Agnes Burt
Joan Rider
Edith Layman
Cynthia Hammond
Bernardine White
Crula Ogg
Waverline Sampson
Mary Coope
Doris Frank
Vera Shafer
Dee Mathewson
Betty Howe
Elaine Nichols
S. D. Campbell Dies Funeral Is Monday
Nelsonville resident S. D. Campbell 66 died Friday night at his Madison Street home after a long heart illness. A former janitor at West and East buildings, he was born in Athens County and belonged to the M E Church and Masonic fraternity. Surviving are his wife and a daughter. Funeral at M E Church Monday at 2 pm conducted by Rev H M Rothrock with Masonic Lodge involvement. members meet at Masonic Temple at 1 pm.
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Nelsonville
D. Campbell
Madison Street
Campbell
West School
Athens County
M. FE. Church
Masonic Fraternity
M. E
HM. A. Rothrock
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
Past Grands Meet in Nelsonville With Chicken Dinner
Mrs Lena Port hosted the Past Noble Grands Club in Nelsonville on a Wednesday night. The business session was led by president Mrs Port. A three course chicken dinner was served with guests Mrs Emily Stephenson Mrs Gabriel and Raymond Henshaw and members including Mesdames Ida Auflick Martha Davie Linzie Austin Eliza Smith Ellen Erwin Flossie Crawford Bertha Willis Beatrice Shafer Lulu Sanders Ameidia Smith and Jennie Sanders. Mrs Mildred Kentner will host the next meeting.
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Nelsonville
Mra
Lena Port
Noble Grands Club
Mra. Port
Emily Stephenson
Gabriel
Raymond Henshaw
Mesdames
Ida Auflick
Martha Davie
Linzie Austin
Eliza Smith
Ellen Erwin
Flossie Crawford
Bertha Willis
Beatrice Shafer
Lulu Sanders
Ameidia Smith
Jennie Sanders
Mildred Kentner
Hoetese
Embroiderers Meet at Mrs Rayboulds Forest Rose Club
Nelsonville hosts Forest Rose Embroidery Club at Scott Street home of Mrs Malcolm Raybould Friday night. Guests included Mrs Beulah Green Mrs Hattie Joyce Mrs Bertha Evans Mrs Susie Wallace Mrs Nell Dower Miss Maggie Clark Miss Bessie Deer Miss Hazel Wallace and Mrs Hanne Parry attended after a sewing session and a two course luncheon.
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Nelsonville
Malcolm Raybould
Scott Street
Forest Rose Embroidery Club
Beulah Green
Hattie Joyce
Bertha Evans
Susie Wallace
Nell Dower
Maggie Clark
Bessie Deer
Hazel Wallace
Hanne Parry
Nelsonville Truck Miners Local to Meet Feb 6
Truck Miners Local Union No. 318 schedules a meeting on Tuesday night February 6 at 7 o'clock on the second floor of the Spray Building W Washington Street Nelsonville announced by secretary Charles Lent.
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Nelsonville
Truck Miners Local Union No
Spray
W. Washington Street
Charles Lent
Philadorian Lodge to Host Rabbit and Chicken Supper
Nelsonville reports Philadorian Lodge No. 157 F and A M will hold a rabbit and chicken supper for members at the Masonic Temple Monday night February 6 at 6 oclock. Eastern Star members will follow. Notables include Sidney Cook of Nelsonville as nephew and Mrs. James Francis and Mrs. Bernard Inman as nieces. Mrs. James Sharp, Mrs. L. D. Martin, and Vern H. Vorhes are cousins. sisters belonged to the Christian Church.
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Nelsonville
Philadorian Lodge
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Sidney Cook
James Francis
Bernard Inman
James Sharp
L. D. Martin
Vern H. Vorhes
The
Christian Church
Mrs Mae Joyce Returns From Bremen Visit
Mrs Mae Joyce has returned after spending the last two weeks at Bremen, where she was the guest of Miss Faye Trout.
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Mae Joyce
Bremen
Faye Trout
Degree of Pocahontas Installation Monday Night
The Degree of Pocahontas will hold their installation Monday night at 7 30. Great Pocahontas Clara Cunlte will be present. Lunch will be served following the ceremony.
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Pocahontas
Clara Cunlte
Processin tax puzzle in Prairie Farmer dialogue
A Prairie Farmer humor piece quotes a farmer and an elevator man discussing a so called processing tax. The talk covers hog slaughter rules, charity meals, paying tax on neighbor’s hogs, and filing breakfast pancake details to avoid penalties. The farmer finally decides to sell hogs to avoid jail.
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Prairie Farmer
Caster Bobo Unharmed In Bridge Crash
Caster Bobo of Athens escaped injury Saturday around 1 30 p m when his sedan was forced off the White's Mill bridge over the Hocking River by a passing car. The right front wheel dropped, and the radiator and right side were damaged.
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Caster Bobo
Athens
Hocking
White's Mill
Bobo
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