James Fleming Dies at Barlow Former County Official
James H Fleming age 68 of Barlow died Friday night after a long illness from stomach cancer. He was a former Washington County commissioner and longtime railroad locomotive engineer on the Marietta Mineral Railroad. Survived by widow Mercian Beach Fleming and two daughters Ruth and Margaret Fleming. siblings Edward A Fleming C FE Fleming Mrs C M Mee Og ld. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 pm in Barlow Cemetery burial followed at Barlow Cemetery.
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Washington County
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Mr. Fleming
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Margaret Breckenridge Fleming
Barlow Township
Janes Fleming
Glasgow
Scotland
Fleming
Sharpsburg
Athens County
Mercian Beach Fleming
Ruth
Margaret Fleming
Breithere
Edward A. Fleming
Lowell
C. FE. Fleming
Akron
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J. Jh. Smith
Dunham
Dora Fleming
Barlow Cemetery
Masonic Reunion Set for Thursday in Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports the annual reunion and inspection of St Bernard Chapter No 156 and Haybrow Council No 119 will be held at the Masonic Temple on Thursday Feb 19. The Royal Arch Degree opens at 2 30 pm with C Wood Bowen Logan presiding. turkey dinner follows at 5 45 pm and at 7 pm the Super-Excellent Degree is conferred on a class, Rolland Bright Logan inspe...
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Haybrow Council
Rolland Bright
Logan
K. C. Cook
St. Bernard Chapter
Fred H. Ervin
Glouster
Washington
Guild to Meet Program at Methodist Church in Nelsonville
An Elus program by the Methodist Guild, a young women's group, will be held tonight at the Nelsonville Methodist Church. Guests will attend and a chorus includes Mrs. Whitlatch, Mrs. Adamson, Mrs. Poling, and others. Mrs. Parks will accompany, Mrs. Sayre will read The Angelus, and Mrs. Davis will respond.
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W. W. Whitlatch
J. D. Adamson
William Poling
Charles Bayless
Blanche Moorehead
Florence Cook
Henry Lancaster
Jack Pritchard
Joe Barrows
Ralph Parks
State Health Survey Probes Drought Areas in Ohio
Dr. H G Southard reports completion of a statewide survey into drought impact in Ohio counties. Sanitary engineers doctors and nurses have surveyed water supplies milk sources malnutrition especially among school children preschoolers prenatal care and general housing needs. Three doctor engineer teams were dispatched back into the field. Waltonians to Meet at Athens Izaak Walton League Hears Fishing Films Tonight at City Hall with social hour and night lunch.
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U.R
H. G. Southard
Athens Izaak Waton League
Athens
Forty and Eight Initiation in Nelsonville gathering
Four local ex service men joined the Forty and Eight ma teries with a Lancaster degree staff presiding. About 175 visitors from Pomeroy Columbus Lancaster Chillicothe and nearby towns attended a street parade and initiatory ceremonies. Lunch and entertainment followed in the Spray Building West Washington Street. TO ELECT OFFICERS The Junior Home Guards will meet at the Methodist Church to elect officers with Miss Gladys McAfee leading. Sheriff E Maine and wife and Deputy Hobart Arthur and wife from Delaware visited Nelsonville for a dinner hosted by Fire Chief Dana Windon and hosts Mr. and Mrs. Windon.
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Delaware
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Hoover seeks to keep Legge from quitting farm board
President Hoover sent emissaries to Alexander Legge, head of the Federal Farm Board, to persuade him to delay retirement. Samuel McKelvie, a wheat member, announced he will resign June 15. The president hopes Legge stays to advance Farm Board plans amid Legge’s call to return to private life after March 4.
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U.R
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Federal Farm Board
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McKelvie
Nebraska
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International Harvester Company
Talks at School Highlight Anti-Saloon League Efforts
The Rev Will J Foster superintendent of the Columbus District of the Anti Saloon League spoke to Athens Senior and Junior High Schools at an assembly outlining the League work in Ohio He urged elimination of alcohol as a beverage noting the saloon evil was ended by the Eighteenth Amendment It was the first assembly presided over by George Merchant newly elected student body president.
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Will J. Foster
Columbus
Anti-Saloon League
Athens
Ohio
George Merchant
Funeral Mass Held for Xavier University President
Requiem low mass was celebrated at 10 a m for Rev. Hubert F. Brockman president of Xavier University who died Thursday night. Arch bishop John T. McNicholas and bishops Joseph H. Albers and Francis W. Howard attended. Burial was in the Cemetery at the Noviciate of the Jesuits.
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U.P
Hubert F. Brockman
Xavier University
St. Xavier Church
John T. McNicholas
Joseph H. Albers
Francis W. Howard
Covington
Harry F. Brockman
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Harry Trame
Forestville
Paul Gosiger
St. Louis
Jesuits
Legislature braces for last day flood of bills in Ohio
Members of the Ohio Legislature return to Columbus for the busy final week with Tuesday set as the cut-off for new bills. The 1929 precedent noted 228 last day introductions as officials ready hearings on the Safety Responsibility Bill, unemployment insurance measures, and Nippert Ackerman referendum resolutions before joint sessions.
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Ohio Senate
House of Representatives
Ohio State Auto
Mobile Association
Insurance Committee
House
Labor Committee
Senate
Scouts Banquet Planned by Troop 45 in Nelsonville
Troop 45 Boy Scouts will host a father and son banquet on Friday at 7 pm in Nelsonville. Demonstrations of the troop’s work will be shown as scout tests progress toward badges at a Court of Honor later this month. Earl Hass is senior patrol leader with Paul Cook in charge of arrangements. active members include Barrows Barber Cook Denny Patton Huddy Lash Herrold Wolfe Rittemeyer Woodard.
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Boy Scouts
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Paul Cook
Troop 45
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Charles Barrows
Ralph Barber
Floyd Denny
Robert Patton
John Huddy
George Lash
Mark Herrold
Paul Wolfe
Jack Rittemeyer
Wayne Woodard
Funeral for F. E. Nagersney in Nelsonville
F. E. Nagersney aged 85 dies Sunday at his son in law and daughter’s home near Haydenville. Funeral 1 PM Wednesday at Hardgrove home with burial at Greenlawn. Survived by daughter Mrs. Louise Messe Hamden and another daughter. wife deceased four years ago.
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F. E. Nagersney
S. M. Harigrove
Haydenville
Hardgrove
Greenlawn
Louis Messe Hamden
Three Held As Man Dies From Knifing
Harold Wilson a 38 year old insurance company executive, son of attorney J. P. Wilson, was stabbed four times after a downtown collision with a car driven by Mert Jackson. Jackson, said to be a bootlegger, and an argument followed before the fatal stabbing. Three others were held by police in the investigation.
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Prtwo
Harold Wilson
Insurance Company
J. P. Wilson
Wilson
Thomas McDonald
Carnegie Steel
Mert Jackson
Jackson
Liberal leader Sanchez Guerra asked to form Madrid government
Jose Luis Sanchez Guerra the Liberal leader and former prime minister was dismissed by King Alfonso XIII and tasked with forming a government in Madrid on February 16, with the crisis in Spain prompting a political reshuffle.
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U.P
Jose Luis Sanchez Guerra
Alfonso XIII
Classified Bargains On Motors Homes And Trades
A 1929 Chevrolet sport coupe with low mileage and excellent condition is offered for 595 dollars. A tom turkey is for sale or trade. A four to six room house on East State Street is available to rent with electricity water garden and chicken house.
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Drivers Law Urged by Club Leader for Ohio
H N Burgett secretary of the South East Ohio Motor Club calls for a drivers license law with mandatory examinations to cut auto mobile accidents in Ohio by at least 25 percent. He cites 12 states and the District of Columbia where such laws reduced motor fatalities and notes 32 000 annual national deaths. He warns inexperienced drivers endanger others and argues it's as dangerous as unmanned trains or streetcars.
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H. N. Burgett
Ohio Motor Club
Burgett
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District of Columbia
AAA Club
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P. T. A. Talk on The Purpose of Parent-Teacher Associations
Mrs. Hamilton Shaffer of Dayton, president of the Ohio Congress of P T A s, will speak on The Purpose of Parent-Teacher Associations at Athens High School at 7 30 Tuesday night. The program honors P T A Founder's Day Feb 17 and invites county associations to attend. A reception in the gymnasium will follow, with Mrs. Ferr. Walker arranging.
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Dayton
Ohio Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations
Athens
P.T. A
Shaffer
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Tragic Self Inflicted Wound Ends Life of John Ware
In Cincinnati on February 16, railroad workers identified the deceased as John Ware, 20, of Bellefontaine. He was found with a pistol wound to the head by Henry Herter of Sharonville. Police say Ware, reportedly unemployed, died by his own action.
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Sharonville
Prosecution to Name Witness in Hymie Murder Case
Cleveland prosecutors will call a mystery woman to fix the exact hour of former Councilman William E. Potter type murder. John A. Fitzmartin travels to Harrisburg to seek extradition of Pittsburgh Hymie. A Harris extradition hearing and habeas corpus action in Pittsburgh are planned.
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William E. Potter
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Frank Celebrezze
Gifford Pinchottony
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Athens Elk Lodge Banquet and Inspection Planned
Several hundred members from Athens Elks Lodge and nearby towns attend the annual banquet and inspection Tuesday at 6. Judge H. M. Johnson will perform the lodge inspection. A degree team of past exalted rulers leads the initiation ceremony and nominations for next year's officers will be made.
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M. Johnson
Athena Lodge
Cattle Test Case Appeals to State Supreme Court
Butler County cattle owners Edward Eckhardt John Denson and W A Whipp asked the Ohio State Supreme Court to review lower court refusals to issue a writ restraining forcible tuberculin testing of cattle by county and state officials. They contend tests injure cattle and milk consumers.
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U.R
Edward Eckhardt
John Denson
W. A. Whipp
Butler County
State Supreme Court
Auto crash kills two women near Xenia Ohio
Two Negro women died and three Negro men were injured when their car skidded and struck a concrete bridge abutment in Osborne near Xenia early today. Police reported two men were seriously hurt in the collision. The victims and injured were residents of the area, and the tragedy prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Osborne
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