Local Men Strike a Producing Well in Perry County
Logan February reports Perry County sees a Coolridge Oil and Gas Company test well showing oil and gas and held for a meter before shooting. Drilling continues on the Kachel macher Estate well south of town with about 2500 feet reached. Another well on P C Campbell tract near Shaw School Building has reached 2600 feet. Will probate records name Phoebe Hoy as executrix and beneficiary with residue divided among Hoy children. dated January 31 1931.
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Logan
Perry County
Coolridge Oil and Gas Company
P. C. Campbell
Greene Township
Shaw
Phoebe Hoy
Sylvester ~E
Club Discusses Liquor Report in February Meeting
The Twice Five Club met at H. H. Wright’s East Main Street home with Supt. George E. Carr assisting. Debate centered on Wickersham Committee recommendations for enforcement of prohibition and the group showed varied views on continuing the eighteenth amendment.
Carriers Form Local Chapter in Logan
Rural mail carriers and their wives gathered at the Hansel home in Logan to organize a local chapter. Twenty eight attended and an auxiliary was formed with Della Hansel as president and a program of music and dancing planned by a committee.
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A. R. True
Misses Vaughn
Gladys
Carol
Kay Bart
Vivian Keyes
Betty Bartlow
Ned Barthlow
Roy Funk
Irvin Ball
Rugg Brandt
Conference concerned with school bus reforms
At a county superintendents conference in Columbus on February 19 J W Coleman joined discussions on schooling bills. The group went on record opposing two legislative proposals to alter school administration and supported uniform bus conveyances for pupil transport.
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Logan
Columbus
J. W. Coleman
Rolland Bright Leads Masons to Athens Inspection
Rolland Bright of Logan travels to Athens Tuesday with a local Masonic delegation to inspect the Athens Chapter. The trip includes Charles Kleinschmidt H H Sands and C A Allen. Local Masons plan a later inspection in Nelsonville with C Wood Bowen as Council inspector.
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Logan
Rolland Bright
Athens
Charles Kleinschmidt
H. H. Sands
C. A. Allen
Nelsonville
C. Wood Bowen
Factory Goes Into Receiver's Hands in Logan
Shaw Manufacturing Company, led by John E. Canty, was placed into receivership by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft after assets declined amid a weak market. The new South Logan plant employed about 35 workers. combined with Owens Manufacturing, roughly 150 jobs were affected.
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R. H. Shaw
Charlies H. Frasier
J. G. Shaw
A. W. Huffines
Clyde Goss
William Blum
Herman Blum
Robert Shaw
Owens Manufacturing Company
Benefit Card Party Aids Logan Relief Association
In Logan on February 19 a benefit card party drew 156 players to the Knights of Pythias Assembly room. Organized by a committee led by Mrs. C A Richey, proceeds support local needy work through the Logan Relief Association. Clubs arranged tables and organizers praised the response.
Helber Is Freed Acquitted In Second Liquor Trial
Logan February 19 acquittal voted by a Common Pleas Court jury in the case of John Helber who had been retried after an appeal. Helber faced a charge of possessing property designed for liquor making. Hospital notes report John Coakley surgery for arm infection with satisfactory condition. William Taylor recovering from appendicitis. Mrs. Sadie Stansbury admitted for treatment.
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G. Bowen
Barton A. Hall
John Helber
Edward Myers
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Helber
John Coakley
Nelsonville
Cherrington Hospital
William Taylor
Murray City
Sadie Stansbury
Prohibition Referendum Push In Ohio Legislature
Former Attorney General C. C. Crabbe testified before joint committees supporting Nippert Acker resolutions for a state wide referendum on prohibition. He urged letting voters decide the issue, citing changed public sentiment and potential enforcement impacts if the law stays as is. He warned against tolerating bootleggers and urged action to curb illicit drinking.
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Columbus
C. C. Crabbe
Ohio
Nippert
Crabbe
Onis
Widow pays steep price for Capone biography
In Chicago Mrs. Matthias B. Pittman, widow of a wealthy broker, bought a biography of Al Capone at a bookshop. A later incident, described as costing her $190, involved an unwelcome encounter in broad daylight as she left the shop and headed home.
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Chicago
Matthias B. Pittman
al Capone
Robbery in Gold Coast District Near The Loop
Mrs Pittman reports a robbery near The Loop in the Gold Coast District. A man carried her Cat biography copy and held her up taking cash and earrings valued at 150 dollars after she had removed 18,000 dollars in diamond rings before visiting a bookstore.
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Eeani
Gold Coast
Gall Stone Colic Operations and Home Treatment Mentioned
Fragmentary notes refer to gall stone colic operations and home remedies. Mentions a Masonic temple and medical prescriptions for liver trouble with vague years and uncertain outcomes.
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Es Canyons Way
Masonic Tem
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Clinton Webb
Coolridge Ol and Gas Company
Kachelmacher Estate
Pomerene Land
Wickersham Committee
Haydenville
Edward Leffler
Cuba Leffler
Lewis Pughline
Glouster
Mary Pughline
Rebecca Reeder
Cuba Pughline
Ernest Dowler
Edward Six
Mary
Cari
BeauTimer
Thomas Dackin
Good Hope Board of Education
Harley M. Whitcraft
Weltner
Sbeougher
H. L. Geddes
First Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Paul
Mark
Matthew
Luke
John
Shaw Manufacturing Company
Essex
Ford
Guthrie
Corner Court
Carpenter St
Biedel - Mead Company
Tame Tesco
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
OMIO
IHIO
Capone
Independent
Logan, Ohio
Ohio People
S.S.S
Haney
Goodrich
O’coats
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