Nelsonville reports 16 city fires in 1928 causing 8200 loss
Fire Chief Dana Windon filed a 1928 city fire report noting 16 fires with 8200 total loss, including 4050 contents and 3800 structure. Major damages came from the Pastime Theater blaze and Lon Lewrey home fire, while three external calls went to Buchtel and Floodwood.
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Nelsonville
Jan
Dana Windon
State Department
Lon Lewrey
Harper Hollow
Window
Buchtel
Local residents host relatives during holidays in Columbus and nearby towns
Mrs Arthur Burgess visits with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Pensyle and other relatives in Columbus. Numerous locals, including Miss Marian Schwenke and Mrs Lynn Chapman, spend time with family across Lancaster Columbus Logan and New Lexington. Illness prompts family support as E B Beard improves. Evans Hudson returns to Jefferson Medical College after holidays.
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Arthur Burgess
Lancaster
Charles Pensyle
George Barrows
Max
Columbus
Monica Acker
Frank Tedrew
Akron
Stanley Briggs
Elizabeth Davis
Ellen Davis
Edwin Holland
Ray O'Dell
Marian Schwenke
Logan
Will Parry
John Saltz
Kathleen
Lynn Chapman
Charles Ervin
Mary Ellen
James Bartoe
Evans Hudson
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
W. L. Hudson
Hartman Injured Miner Transferred to White Cross Hospital
James Hartman of Nelsonville was taken to White Cross Hospital in Columbus for medical attention after a fall at Kimberley Mine No 2 last Saturday. Mrs Hartman accompanied him to the hospital.
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Nelsonville
James Hartman
Kimberly Mine No. 2
White Crosse Hospital
Columbus
Hartman
Ellis Turner Dead In Nelsonville
Ellis Turner 68 died yesterday at the family home in Buchtel. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1 30 at the residence. He leaves a wife three daughters and a son.
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Ellis Turner
Nelsonville
Ellis
Buchtel
Nelsonville Schools Close Over Flu Lockdown
Nelsonville city schools will stay closed at least until Monday after a joint board meeting. Health officials extend orders to Y M C A, churches, lodges, and dance halls urging no gatherings. High school band practice and a basketball game with South High Columbus are postponed or canceled.
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Nelsonville
Board of Education
Board of Health
Health Board
W. H. Hyde
South High
Columbus
Three Funerals Held in Nelsonville Area
Funeral services are announced for Lance Laslie at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Catholic Church in Murray City. John Snyder dies yesterday and services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Evelyn Gertrude Wade, two, will be laid to rest at Buchtel following services at Goose Run.
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Murray City
Nelsonville
Goose Run
Lance Laslie
Catholic Church
Father Gallerini
Buchtel
John Snyder
Pilgrim Holiness Church
C. P. Pridgen
Greenlawn
Evelyn Gertrude Wade
John Wade
Family Dinner Honors Steenrod Household on Madison Street
Mrs. G. L. Steenrod and daughter Naomi hosted a New Year’s Day family dinner at their Madison Street home. Attendees included Amos Steenrod and children Lulu Rachel and John, Jesse Shafer family Edna and Tom, Laura Spencer, Spencer Steenrod and Barbara, Landon Shafer family Marilyn and Dan, and Allard Hostetter.
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G. L. Steenrod
Naomi
Madison Street
Amos Steenrod
Lulu
Rachel
John
Jesse Shafer
Edna
Tom
Laura Spencer
Spencer Steenrod
Barbara
Landon Shafer
Marilyn
Dan
Allard Hostetter
Akron Resident Isaac Artis Dies of Pneumonia
News of the death from pneumonia of Isaac Artis at his Akron home reached Nelsonville. A former Buchtel resident, he was well known here and survived by his wife and several children. Daughter Mrs Donald Shafer traveled to Akron, and sister Mrs Lewis Gandee is from Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Isaac Artis
Akron
Artis
Buchtel
Donald Shafer
Lewis Gandee
Presbyterian Church Suspends Public Services
Nelsonville reports the Presbyterian Church will not hold public services due to Board of Health action and will await further notice before resuming.
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Nelsonville
The
Presbyterian Church
Board of Health Action
Retail Merchants to Meet at Y M C A This Evening
The Retail Merchants Association holds its monthly meeting at the Y M C A this evening at 7 30. The gathering also marks the annual election of officers.
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Nelsonville
Retail Merchants’ Association
Missionary Society to Meet Thursday Evening
The Missionary Society of the Christian Church will meet Thursday at 7 o clock with Miss Beth Verity of 431 Madison Street. Mrs. Stanley Mechem serves as program leader.
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Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Beth Verity
Madison Street
Stanley Mechem
New Year Bridge Party At Elk’s Club Held
A New Year's Eve bridge party took place in the Elk’s Club rooms. Mrs Earl Baker won high score and Mrs Sam Hanley of Columbus received the door prize.
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Elk’s Club
Earl Baker
Sam Hanley
Columbus
Postponed Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Meeting
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church postponed its Thursday 2 PM meeting due to influenza prevalence, with a later date to be announced.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Local Bridge Club Social At Jefferson Street Home
Mr and Mrs Harry Galvin of Jefferson Street hosted a bridge party with three tables. Miss Pauline Donley and Ralph Patton led in high scores, followed by a post game lunch.
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Harry Galvin
Jefferson Street
Pauline Donley
Ralph Patton
Two Columbus and Johnstown Teachers Return as Schools Close
Miss Lillian Wolford of Columbus and Miss Bessie Diehl of Johnstown, high school faculty, arrived yesterday to resume teaching after the holidays but left for home this morning as the schools close for the rest of the week.
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Lillian Wolford
Columbus
Bessie Diehl
Johnstown
Radio and Watch Party Becomes Pleasant Evening in Carbon Hill
Miss Mary Etta Atkinson entertained friends at her Carbon Hill home Monday evening for a radio and watch party. Guests included Ruth Horn Carrie Green Margaret Kammerling Blanche Smith Gladys Green Carrie Harris Stanley Spooner Detroit Donalan Hughes Columbus Roy Beal Rudolph Blosser Glen Atkinson Woodrow Devol Kay Blosser.
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Mary Etta Atkinson
Carbon Hill
Ruth Horn
Carrie Green
Margaret Kammerling
Blanche Smith
Gladys Green
Carrie Harris
Stanley Spooner
Detroit
Donalan Highes
Columbus
Roy Beal
Rudolph Blosser
Glen Atkinson
Woodrow Devol
Kay Blosser
Installation of Pocahontas officers postponed
Installation of officers of the Pocahontas order scheduled for this evening has been postponed to a later date.
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Pocahontas
Sand Ridge Man Sentenced for Rape
Homer Evener of Sand Ridge was sentenced to six months in the Athens County Jail plus costs of prosecution after a rape indictment in the Athens County Common Pleas Court. The charge stemmed from an alleged rape of a 14 year old girl, with evidence indicating consent and noting it as his first offense.
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Athens County
Homer Evener
Sand Ridge
L. J. Worstell
Hazel Harvey Hosts New Year Eve Party in Ellis Avenue
Miss Hazel Harvey entertained at her parents’ Ellis Avenue home on New Year’s Eve. A two course dinner preceded candy making and dancing. At midnight the group serenaded. Attendees included Alice Rankin Elsie Rankin Pauline Keck Jances Harvey Louise Dew Laura Fielder Eleanor Minister and Hazel Harvey.
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Chauncey
Hazel Harvey
Noah Sg. Harvey
Ellis Avenue
Misses Alice
Elsie Rankin
Pauline Keck
Jances Harvey
Louise Dew
Laura Fielder
Eleanor Minister
Chauncey Girls Defeat Corning in Local Basketball Game
Chauncey January 2 The Chauncey girls beat Corning High School 7 to 5 while the Chauncey boys fell 21 to 15. The Chauncey girls remain undefeated this season and the Chauncey boys have yet to win.
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Chauncey
Corning High School
Chauncey Girls
Chauncey- Dover High School
Tin Pan Orchestra Ushers In New Year In Chauncey
Bells whistles and gunfire welcomed the new year as a tin pan orchestra led a street parade in Chauncey on Monday night. Serenaders followed and young people rang in twelve oclock with singing and shouting. Local businesses closed all day for New Years.
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TIN Pan” Orchestra
Chauncey
Auto Skids Kill Driver Near Toledo
Raymond Kall quist, 25, was killed when his car slid off the road into a ditch near the city units this afternoon.
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Toledo
Raymond Kallquist
Child loses finger in accidental gun mishap
Wendell Eakman eight son of W Eakman is in a hospital after his finger was shot off while playing with a gun. The incident occurred in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Wendell Eakman
Eakman
New Year Dinner in Chauncey Honors Eleanor Minister
Mr and Mrs Edward Minister hosted a New Year dinner in Ellis Avenue Chauncey to honor their daughter Eleanor Minister visiting from Pittsburg. Mrs Minister and daughter Dorothy Goodson served a five course meal for guests Lauretta Fielder Mary Guerra Carolyn Guerra Mary Louise Fiske Sarah Thomas Joe Guerra Charles Minister Carroll Tippett and other Minister family members. The evening closed with a theatre party at the Globe in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Edward Minister
Ellis Avenue
Eleanor Minister
Pittsburg
Minister
Dorothy Goodson
Lauretta Fielder
Mary Guerra
Carolyn Guerra
Mary Louise Fiske
Sarah Thomas
Joe Guerra
Charles Minister
Carroll Tippett
Quilting Day Planned by Chauncey Methodist Ladies
The Ladies Aid Society of the Chauncey Methodist Church will hold an all day quilting event at the church on Thursday. The notice appears in local church activities for residents to participate or support.
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Chauncey
The
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Electors Meet to Name Hoover and Curtis for Offices
The 1928 electors gathered nationwide to formally elect Herbert Hoover as president and Charles Curtis as vice president. They cast 444 votes for Hoover and Curtis, 87 for Alfred E. Smith and Joe Robinson, with the count to be officially recorded in Congress. Swearing in is set for March 4 at high noon.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Alfred E. Smith
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
House
Post Office Robbery Convict Appeals Federal Circuit
URee Warry Holmes, convicted in the 1925 Lorain Post Office robbery, has appealed his sentence from Cleveland to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Holmes is sentenced to Atlanta after his conviction and now seeks relief on the appeal.
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NEA
Georgia Tech
Cleveland
New York
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Rose Bowl
Pasadeng
Los Angeles
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cincinnati
Uree Warry Holmes
Lorain
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
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University of California
Pasadena
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Lom
Golden Tornado
Thomason
Millfield
the Plains
Charles S.bradfield, Jr
Miss Hazel Harvey
Mrs
Jessie Lester
A. B. Lester
Mill Street
Thomas McHarg
Hughie
Grace
Portsmouth
West Gay ST
Sam
Johnson
Fidelity Building Loan End Savings Co
Hoover and
Sprague & Day Cab CO
Washington St
Bae As
Ponce DE Leon
West Palm Beach
Miami
Nme
Suwanee River
Bly
New Orta
G. C. Robson
J. D. Merriman & Co
Biembers
New York Stock Exchange
Isaac Wilson
the Auto Tire & Gas CO
Cor, Chestnut & Harper Sia
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