Glouster High Creates Two Literary Clubs Names Adelphian
Phila mathena as the Glouster High School literary club name under Miss Merlé Danford with a full slate of officers including Una Zimmer as president and Ruth Anna Kittle in charge of music and art. A second club Adelphian organized under Mrs Grace Rowan with Leroy Stedman as president and Mary Ley as secretary treasurer. William Robinson, formerly of Trimble and Columbus resident, has recovered from battle injuries and returned home with his parents visiting him in Columbus.
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Glouster
Philamathena
Glouster High School
Merlé Danford
Una Zimmer
Harper Williams
Anna Marie Wolf
Frances Taylor
Elbert Blower
Ralph Stedman
Beulah Bennett
Ruth Anna Kittle
Grace Rowan
Leroy Stedman
Mary Ley
Jenkins Seeks Change in Federal Road Route Through Southeast Ohio
Representative T A Jenkins proposes rerouting Federal Road No 60 to run along the Ohio River from Belpre to Portsmouth and Cincinnati, adding about 100 miles. The plan, backed by Ohio River bridge interests, aims to route more traffic via Belpre Coolville Pomeroy Gallipolis Ironton and Portsmouth. Local residents seek details from Jenkins and the South East Ohio Motor Club.
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Athens
McArthur
Chillicothe
Washington
T. A. Jenkins
Cincinnati Times Star
South East Ohio Motor Club
Ohio River
Belpre
Coolville
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Ironton
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Masons Hear Talk By Zanesville Man
Attorney A. A. George of Zanesville spoke on ancient Masonic history at Gloucester Lodge No. 607. He has visited countries worldwide tied to Masonic history and delivered one of the most interesting talks. Large attendance and refreshments followed the meeting.
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Glouster
A. A. George
Zanesville
Glouster Lodge
George
Washington Birthday Party Noted By Pris Lilla Class
The Pris lilla Class of the M. E. Sunday School will mark Washington's Birthday with a class party at E. H. Taylor's home on Fairlawn Avenue Friday night. A program themed to the occasion will be presented.
City and State Snow Crews Clear Streets
City and state road crews worked Thursday to remove heavy snow from city streets and sidewalks. City workers focused on intersections and business districts while state crews used motor snow plows to clear routes to main highways.
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State Road
Atreeta
City Service Department
State Department
Harris Speaks at Journalism Meeting
In a Wednesday Athena office gathering of Sigma Rho, Mrs. Cecile Guthrie led a program committee selection. Esther Harris, Eleanor Sullivan, and Eleanor Haz eltine were chosen to plan future activities as women journalists discussed job prejudice and progress at the Athens Messenger.
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Sigma Rho
Athena
C. H. Harris
Athens Messenger
Harris
The
Messenger
Cecile Guthrie
Esther Harris
Eleanor Sullivan
Eleanor Hazeltine
Jury pool named for county commissioners case
J L Kincaid of Homer Township is among Morgan County residents chosen to be considered for the jury in the damages suit Dewey Garrison vs Athens County Commissioners. Other Morgan jurors listed include Nellie Morris Center Alice Rutledge Alma Wells Viola Noyes C R Murray Blanche Wickershaw Meigsville George E Sewall Elsie Maler Bloom Scott Clements J A Wood Goldie Carr Elizabeth Cowan Malta Alice Phelps Mattie Edgerton Marion L E Stanberry Lyman Mealick Charles Eye York John H Bird Bristol Nellie Ross Windsor.
Unrequited love ends in Newark double tragedy
Miss Eliza Campbell aged 21 was shot five times by Burt F. Johnson 27 who then killed himself after a police chase. Campbell, a bookkeeper from Hemlock County, was with friend Norma Coffman near Knights of Pythias Hall when Johnson opened fire. Johnson, an automobile mechanic, had pursued by police before shooting himself. Several Nelsonville residents plan to attend the funeral in Newark Friday afternoon.
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Newark
Eliza Campbell
Burt F. Johnson
Knights of Pythias Hall
Miss Campbell
Norma Coffman
Johnson
Hemlock County
Locomotive Collision Claims Baltimore Crossing Watchman
Hamilton Feb 21 Valgrau ler a Baltimore and Ohio crossing watchman was killed when struck by one locomotive and knocked beneath the wheels of another engine.
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Hamilton
Valgrauler
Deaths and illness touch Glouster and Jacksonville
Columbus Whitlatch died at his Jacksonville home after a stroke aged 69. Survived by wife and six children. funeral Saturday at 2 at Jacksonville U B Church with Rev. Plummer. burial Maplewood. Also note: Mrs. G R Conway of Youngstown improving after pneumonia and flu. formerly Glouster resident. Roy Hall of Zanesville visited relatives.
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Glouster
Columbus Whitlatch
Jacksonville
Thomas
Harry
Columbus
Nelson Coffman
Maplewood
Mary Shepard
Muriel
Pearl
Jacksonville U. B
Plummer
Roy Hall
Zanesville
G. R. Conway
Youngstown
Court action filed by Wood County Bank in Athens court
Wood County Bank sues C C Anderson and Minnie Anderson in the Athens County Common Pleas Court for judgment on unpaid notes tied to a July 16 1926 deed to Waterloo Township real estate. The bank seeks an accounting of the debt, foreclosure of the vendor lien, and sale of the property to satisfy the amount due.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Wood County Bank
C. C. Anderson
Minnie Anderson
C. F. Steinhoff
Minnie Mae
Waterloo Township
Anderson
Edness
Lmeet
Jury selection set for $1000 damages suit in Athens County
Names drawn from a Morgan County pool of 20 jurors will be used to try Dewey Garrison’s suit against the Athens County Board of Commissioners for $1000 in damages. Trial is set for March 21 over injuries from a riot on the Modoc Buchtel Road during the coal strike. seven related suits total $10,500 with dates for other trials not announced.
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Morgan County
Dewey Garrison
Athens County
Modoc- Buchtel
Garrison
Ray Graham Arrest Not The Local Paperhanger
The Messenger notes the Salem arrest of a Ray Graham by Sheriff William Williams is not the Morrison Hill paperhanger named Ray Graham. The paperhanger says no other Ray Graham resident is known in the section, and the public should not confuse the two. Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas of Roanoke Virginia visits her parents Wes and Mrs. Collins of Trimble, formerly Glouster.
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Ray Graham
William Williams
Salem
Morrison Hill
Elizabeth Thomas
Roanoke, Va
Wes Collins
Trimble
Thomas
Glouster
Tragic Sledding Crash Kills 12-Year-Old Donald Wright
In Hamilton on February 21 a sledding accident claimed the life of 12 year old Donald Wright after his sled skidded into the path of a truck driven by 18 year old Adrian Barbour.
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Hamilton
Donald Wright
Adrian Barbour
Tribute to Melville E Stone Pioneer of Associated Press
After a brief illness Melville E Stone 80 died leaving 28 years as the guiding force of the Associated Press Leaders of world affairs paid tribute to a pioneering figure in modern journalism who helped build the enterprise and served as its counselor since retiring as general manager in 1921.
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Associated Press
Inter
Build
Fourth Convicts Recaptured After Bold Prison Escape
Four of the five escapees from the state penitentiary were recaptured by hunting officers near Columbus. William H. Young of Marietta, a life prisoner, was found near Shadesville by Constable John Guy and Deputy Sheriff Frank V. Martin. James Walton, a Cleveland robber, remained at large as of this report. Young had been whipped by cold and near starvation, wandering along a fence beside a field.
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U.P
State Penitentiary
William H. Young
Marietta Lifer
Shadesville
Here
John Guy
Frank V. Martin
James &. Walton
Cleveland
Young
Body of John Quinlisk Found Frozen in Hamilton
The 78 year old retired farmer John Quinlisk was found dead in Hamilton after freezing to death. His body was discovered today and covered in snow.
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Hamilton
John Quinlisk
Local Air Concern Plans Aircraft Purchase and Training Field
Local Air Concern H F Nicodemus of World Airpres Manufacturing travels to Colt to arrange a purchase of a plane for flight instruction. Plans include leasing a field at The Plains for training with a 2000 foot runway and a hangar erection. R F Humbert leads the company on a field trip to select students for courses. In Findlay Pastor Roy M Johnson of Church of Christ is fined after assault conviction by Judge William F Duncan.
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Trucl Airplane Engineering
Airpres Lturing
Coltbus
the Plains
Pany
Nicodemus
Athens
R. F. Humbert
Thepany
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