Nelsonville Man Dies at Brother's Home After Hunting Accident
A Nelsonville man died at his brother's home from a hunting accident when a shotgun carried by a companion discharged and bullet lodged in his brain. He had lived with parents until their deaths and was cared for by his brother and his niece Hannah Svave. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2:20 PM at the residence, led by Rev Howearth of the Christian church, with burial in Gargeniawn.
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Evans
Lece
Hannah
Svave
Howearth
The
Christian Church
Gargeniawn
Tracks in Snow Point to Liquor Cache in Nelsonville
Tracks in snow led police to a liquor cache at a residence on Jackson Street in Nelsonville where five and a half pints of corn liquor were found. Bizer admitted the footprints from his back door to the oat shed were his. He pleaded guilty to possession and was fined $130 plus costs by Mayor Everle. The search party included Chief Jack Pearson State Officer H A Sines and George Bateman.
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Nelsonville
Gimer ‘Kiger
Jackson Street
Jack Pearson
H. A. Sines
George Bateman
Elty Night Patrol
Roan
VY Has Annual Open House Party
Nelsonville held its annual open house and watch party at the VY M CoA. The event featured stunts and contests arranged by the athletic department with the community orchestra providing music.
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Nelsonville
Jan
M. Coa
Ber
Local Nelsonville Quartet to Broadcast Monday Night
A Nelsonville quartet including Mrs Morreil Mrs Ralph Paris Jack Bobo and Ralph Parks will broadcast from WAIL Columbus Monday night between 6 and 12 o'clock. Mr Charles Poston will accompany on piano. The program features solos duets and group numbers.
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Nelsonville
Nelletville
Morreil
Ralph Paris
Jack Bobo
Ralph Parks
Wail
Columbus
Charles Poston
Arrests at Imperial Mine Prompt Prohibition Case
State officers H A Lines and Joel Jonas arrested William Sheppard and James Campbell near the old Imperial mine. Sheppard pleaded guilty to possessing liquor and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Campbell pleaded not guilty and awaits a hearing. A $60 gallon still, about 30 gallons of whisky and five barrels of mash were found in the mine.
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Nelsonville
H. A. Lines
Joel Jonas
Wiliam Sheppard
Imperial
James Campbell
Jobs
Beanville
Squire Tucker
Chauncey
Sheppard
Campbell
Nelsonville Welcomes New Year With Quiet Dusk
Nelsonville marked the new year with a quiet midnight as the town clock sounded in the moment of arrival. A few autos roared by with horns and bells briefly ringing while residents reflected on the night’s subdued celebration.
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Nelsonville
Mayor asks resignation of longtime Nelsonville water lineman
Nelsonville January 1 Mayor I J Eberle requests the resignation of Nick Hawk a veteran water works department lineman. No charges are shown and a hearing before the civil service commission may be sought. Details on compliance were not learned.
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Nelsonville
I J. Eberle
Nick Hawk
Water’ Works Department
Ham
Divil Ser 1Ice Commisasion
Diminutive Bandit Makes Tenth Break In Police Seek Suspect
Franklin police and sheriff posses search for Ramon Lee a small framed jailbreaker who claimed a New Year’s escape. He is wanted for the murder of Adner Peek in Indianapolis and is awaiting trial. Authorities report he has already broken out of multiple facilities.
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Police
Franklin
Jon
Police Aquada
Sheriff
Rarpn Lee
Lom Prisae Lee
Ifor Tha
Adner Peek
Indianapolis
Groger
Sheritt
Hedein County
Reports Good Year for the Bankers and Firms
The report highlights a strong year with total industry profits reaching a record level and all major institutions showing growth. Secretary James Jak Daving notes dividend distributions and stockholder value rising as lenders predict continued prosperity into 2007.
Chief cites license check and tag tally for cars
The report notes a strict drive for license compliance with about 400 tags issued yesterday and roughly 1,000 obtained for the season at the job office. Personal mentions list Evans Hudson returning to Philadelphia to study at Jefferson Medical School and several acquaintances visiting relatives in various towns.
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Jobal
Social Notes Highlight Home Watch Party and Bridge Gatherings
A Nelsonville area group attended a watch party at the Davideson home in Athlanta Friday night. Other events include a three table bridge evening hosted by Mrs. Stanley Dew featuring Miss Flo Hutchins and Miss Elizabeth Inman, with high scores to Hutchins and second to Shaf er. A separate bridge and watch party honored Mrs. Eugene Shafer with Cecil Shafer and Miss Elizabeth Inman receiving trophies. The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met with devotions led by Leona Seattlebean and study notes on The History of Missions.
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C. D. Shafer
Ed Shafer
Ted, Katsenbach
Donald Warehimé
Nelsonvilles
Cole
Lewis Russell
Willard
Athens
Jane
Charles Daugherty
iBeaumont
Bart Davidesn
Ath‘ana
Stanley Dew
Gene Shafer
Flo Hutchins
Columbus
Elizabeth Inman
Mannington
W. Va
Hutchins
Cecil Shafer
Donald Shafer
Eugene Shafer
Bilizabeth Inman
Missionary Society
Mire
N. Hill
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Leona
Seattlebean
Ed Juniper
Confessed Killer Of Thirteen Seeks Electric Chair
Confessed murderer George J. Hassel, jailed in Plainview Texas, says he hopes to be in shape for execution after recovering from knife wounds. He told his doctor he does not want a long sentence or mob vengeance. Hassel, held for safe keeping after threats amid mob violence, confessed to killing his wife and three adopted children in California a decade earlier.
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Plainview
Texas
George J. Hassel
Hassel
Colorful Group Attends Reception At White House
Washington hosts the president's annual New Year reception with Cabinet officers Congress members military officials and diplomats. President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge greeted 2000 guests in the White House grounds as a brass quartet performed on the roof amid the celebrations.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Army and Navy Office
Coulddne
Coolidge
Feeling Against America in Europe Is Exaggerated
Louisville January 1. Dr Julius Klein director of the bureau of domestic and foreign commerce says European opposition to America is not as general as politicians claim. He notes last year Europe bought American goods worth over 2 billion dollars and European shoppers seek quality service and low cost with nationalism a secondary factor.
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Louisville
America
Europe
Julius Klein
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Comerce
Louisvilla
Kiein
Outlook Sees Bright Year Ahead
Postmaster General says 1927 starts with promise of greater prosperity as December money orders abroad rise by about 12 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
New. Said
New
Oldest estate case closed in federal trust settlement
Cincinnati report notes the oldest legal case concerning the settlement of an estate has closed in the federal court system. The trust settlement is valued around 500.90 dollars, with General Samuel involved, and the case has spanned across Athens and surrounding counties.
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Cincinnati
Samuel
Athens
Deaths Rise in Ohio as Births Fall in 1926
Ohio reports 71 429 deaths in the first eleven months of 1926, up from 66 639 in 1925, while births show a decrease of 2 820 for the first ten months, totaling 100 459 compared with 103 270 a year earlier. Infant deaths under one year reach 6 262 in the first nine months, with heart disease and cancer leading causes.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
T. R. Plummer
John &. Monger
Weath
Yeetor
Fanta
Plummer
Venus Dying in Los Angeles After Career as Americas Venus
Fragmentary account chronicles the decline of a once famed stage star known as the Venus of America. The dying actress, age about five, is described as penniless in Los Angeles. The piece notes her faded fame and references a full length picture taker, with lingering mentions of her theater career.
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Frankiy ‘Bailey
Log “Angeles
Theo
Conservatish As To Grop Acreage Farm Advice
Washington broadcasts 1926 New Year's report from the Department of Agriculture urges farmers to embrace conservatism in crop acreage. The 1926 outlook warns cotton belt risks despite earlier price gains, noting a fall in cotton grain and fruit prices and a weak season morale. Some winter wheat potatoes and livestock sectors performed well.
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Washington
U.A
General Conservatisn
Department’ of Agriculture
Pern Sma
Stith
Second Sentencing Of Willard Jayjohn For Murder
Willard Jayjohn is sentenced to five years and five months in the Ohio penitentiary for a second murder conviction of Henry fl Stephenson at Mineral, Year 6, £0. His prior six year term lasted about seven months. he is to be taken to state prison shortly.
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Willard Jayjohn
Henry Fl Stephenson
Ohio
Jayjohn
Blate
Ohio State Professor Honored by Accounting Association
Professor Howard Greet, head of the accounting department at Ohio State University, was reelected secretary treasurer of the American Association of the University Instructors in Accounting during the group’s annual meeting in Columbus.
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Columbus
Howard €. Greet
Ohio State University
American Association of the University Instructors In
Shrike benefit gridiron classic ends 7 to 3
In Pasadene San Francisco the West defeated the East in the annual Shrike benefit gridiron classic. Stanford and Alabama were mentioned as rivals. the final score was West 7 East 3.
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Sanfrancisco
Stanford
Alabama
Pasadérey
Police Chief Shot by Own Gun in Canton Incident
Canton police captain and chief Bertitlon division head Ben Clark was accidentally shot when his pistol discharged after falling from his pocket. He lies in serious condition. The incident follows Clark's prior links to the Don R. Mellett murder case in Canton. PMID: MICHIGAN WINS. University of Michigan defeats Syracuse 34 to 25 in an intersectional basketball game in Ann Arbor. A report from Pueblo notes James Murray severed a poison-ruined finger to free his hand at the AMP station. Mrs Elizabeth Fraser is jailed in London for teaching children to steal. A Coventry jury convicts a woman of beating her husband.
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Evans Hudson
Philadelphia
Jefferson* Medical School
Hudson
W. WY. Kelly
John Pearson
Columbus
Mable Tullis
Rachel Bulburt
Painesville
Hickman
Angie Arbor
Michigan
University
Mrev
Charles Chapman
Walbridge
George Stack
Aga
Res
Ray. Castell
Robert Ross Loran
Mra
Tom Davis
Harry. Rose
Buchtel
Gene Shafer
Herman Harrison
Jumbua
Elizabeth Inman
Mannington
W. Va
Gore
Cecil
William Mills
Mt. Glemens
Mich
J H
Gantox
U.R
Ben ‘Clark
Bertitlon
Ann Arbor
MURL
University of Michigan
Syracuse
National Student Conference Called Most Successful
Milwaukee Wis January meeting described as highly successful by AWB Curry New York. The conference discussed foreign debt youth problems on American campuses and other matters. A resolution opposing U S imperialistic policy and military training was tabled, with leaders stating the conference did not aim to pass such a resolution.
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Milwaukee
Wis
AWB Curry
New York
Ufe
America
United States
Senray
Mire accident hurts Chauncey woman on Montes Avenue
A Chauncey resident was seriously hurt Thursday when she slipped on Montes Avenue and fell injuring her hips and back. She likely faces several days of confinement at home as a result of the accident.
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William’ Lock
Montes Avenue
Ingurt
Ripe Tomatoes Raise Dinner Surprise in Channes Home
Mrs. Robert Hixson of Channes served ripe tomatoes at New Year dinner on Ellis Avenue. She had picked green tomatoes last fall and stored them in the cellar. Weeks later the tomatoes ripened perfectly and were delicious.
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Challancey
Robert Hixson
Channes
Ellis Avenue
Old Fashioned Mush Milk Party Held at Chauncey
An old fashioned mush and milk party gathered Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pendergrass Chauncey. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gardner and family Athl ens Mr. and Mrs. Johns D HM and son Millford Mr. and Mrs Herbert Wyatt and others.
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Chauncey
Peter Pendergrass
Iray -c. Gardner
Ath
Lens
Johns D
HM and Son
Millford
Mira i Herbert
Wyatt
Pater Pendergrass
George F. Pendergrass
Christian Endeavor Holds New Year Party at Nyw Home
Chauncey January 1 Christian Endeavor members of the First Christian church hosted a New Year’s watch-night party at Mr and Mrs Harvey Nyw on High street. Games music and a potluck supper followed with thirty five attendees.
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Chauncey
Christian Endeavor Society
First’ Christian Church
New Years Aid
SURPRISE PARTY FOR BIRTHDAY AT MILFIELD HOME
Holiday guests and locals attend a surprise party at the Millfield home of Mrs Pyles with families and friends including Chauncey Forest Allen Akron and others. A list of attendees from the area follows with names and relations as the event unfolds.
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Pyles
Beth Phillips
Eado
Mra Pyles
Chauncey
Forest
Allens
AkYor
Atatér
Mrz
Minnte Toh
Amd
Ira
Roy
Patteraon
Millfield
Mra
Bimep
Patterton
Dicksonville
John ’ Patterson
Phillips
Dirs
ALLS
Hineade
Two Babies Born in Chauncey on Friday
Chauncey residents welcomed two newborns Friday as births increased the city population. The report notes the births occurred at local homes and adds brief citywide population details.
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Chauncey
Jan
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