New Year Dinner Hosts and Visiting Relatives in Murray City
Mr and Mrs Frank R Gross hosted a New Years Day dinner at 133 North Congress Street with their children and spouses. Guests included Fred Gross and family from Brooksville, Ernest Gross with children from Columbus, Carl Gross with children from New Lexington, C W Gross and family from Athens, plus Mrs Sherman Russell near Jacksonville. Visitors also arrived from Erie Pa Dr Charles S McDougall and Gilbert McDougall, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Zanesville natives visiting Joseph Bowen family. Mrs W Dale Gandee and Mrs Richard DeArment from Akron joined longtime Murray City relatives for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Gross
North
Congress Street
Fred Gross
Jack Lee
Brooksville
Ernest Gross
Charles Franklin
Ernest Bennard
Jane
Columbus
Carl Gross
Mary Louise
Carl Nelson
Frank Richard
New Lexington
C. W. Gross
Athens
Frank Grose
Sherman Russell
Jacksonville
Charles S. McDougall
Erie
Gilbert McDougall
C. Mcquaid
Indianapolis
Ind
C. R. Bowen
Pittsburgh, Pa
M. Springler
Zanesville
Joseph Bowen
Murray City
W. Dale Gandee
Richard DeArment
Akron
E. B. Slaughter
Smith Street
Local Visits Highlight Lancaster Athens Trip
John William and Betty Brown of Lancaster visit Athens. Mr and Mrs C D Roush return from a three day Akron trip with their son Rex Roush and daughter in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William and
Betty Brown
Lancaster
Athens
Mrs. C. D. Roush
Akron
Daaughter
Mrs
Rex Roush
Murder farm case heads to Riverside trial for life
Gordon Stewart Northcott, amid partial confessions, is to stand trial in Riverside for four boy murders including Walter Collins and the Winslow brothers. He cites graves found 36 miles east of Lancaster and implicates Mrs. Sarah Northcott who has pleaded guilty to the Collins death. A posse will search the desert site. Northcott vows to hang and take an alleged father with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
W.P
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Riverside
Northcott
Bright
Walter Collins
Louis
Nelson Winslow
Alvin Gothen
Water Fund Ends Year With 3630 In Bank
City figures show the Water Fund ended December 31 with cash of 3630. Statistics compiled by George Mason record monthly cash received and disbursed, payable accounts, and net cash available. December 1 balances were 10816.92 for Water, 307.01 for Public Services, and 70.92 for Automobile Registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Water Fund
Thens
George Mason
The
Water Board
Water Fund
Department of Public Services
Department of Automobile Registration
Condition of King Remains Unchanged
An official Buckingham Palace bulletin reports the king’s condition unchanged from last evening after a restless night. The statement is issued with signatories Sir Stanley Hewitt Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson of Penn. It was posted at 11:15 a.m. in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buckingham Palace
Stanley Hewitt
Hugh Rigby
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Minister W. W. Gillson Dies at 69
The Rev. W. W. Gillson, a Methodist minister for Kerr Station in Gajlia County, died at age 69 on January 2. The obituary notes his long service in the area and his role within the church community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Kerr Station
W. W. Gillson
Gajlia County
Carmichaels Return Home After Visit in Falls
Mr and Mrs Pearl Carmichael and Margaret Gorham returned to their home in Cuyahoga Falls today after visiting Mrs Carmichael s parents Mr and Mrs C E Gorham for several days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Carmichael
Margaret Gorham
Cuyahoga Falls
Miss Jennie Maxwell Returns From Holiday Break
Miss Jennie Maxwell, a Greens Run High School teacher, returns from Christmas recess spent in Shelby Iowa and Omaha Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Maxwell
Greens Run High School
Shelby
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
Mrs Wyatt Called Home as Mother in Critical Illness
Mrs Charles H Wyatt was summoned to Little Hocking today due to the critical illness of her mother Mrs Charles W Oakes who is suffering from heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Wyatt
Hocking
Charles W. Oakes
Delay in opening five county schools due to flu epidemic
Five county schools Chauncey Guysville Jerseyville Trimble and Troy Township will not reopen today after Christmas but wait until Monday because influenza is prevalent in those districts County Superintendent H McVay said this morning Other schools opened as scheduled though widespread illness was expected to cause many absences across the county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Guysville
Jerseyville
Trimble
Troy Township
H. &. McVay
Cooper To Complete Cabinet This Week
Governor-Elect Myers Y. Cooper will finish his administrative cabinet this week after arriving in Columbus. He plans to spend today and most of tomorrow here to complete the lineup and prepare for his inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Columbus
U.P
Myers Y. Cooper
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Eagles Meeting Scheduled
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Eagles will meet at 7 30 o'clock Thursday evening in Eagles Hall. Mr Lou F Jones returned the first of the week from Cincinnati where he went to see his sister Mrs Harry Fagan who is critically ill. Mrs Fagan was formerly Miss Sarah Jones of Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Lou F. Jones
Cincinnati
Harry Fagan
Fagan
Sarah Jones
Glouster
Meeting of L. L. E. Club Canceled Then Rescheduled
The L. L. E. Club meeting set for Thursday afternoon at Mrs. M. M. Thompson’s home was canceled. The next gathering will be January 17 with Mrs. B. M. Gibson hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. E. Club
M. M. Thompson
B. M. Gibson
Algeo Family Guests Spend New Year’s Day
Mr and Mrs John Algeo and their daughter Joanne from Zanesville visited the former’s parents Mr and Mrs A E Algeo at 133 Lancaster Street for New Year’s Day in a family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Algeo
Joanne
Zanesville
A E. Algeo
Lancaster Street
Temple Family Visits in Columbus
Mrs. M. M. Temple and her son Richard of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton at 34 Central Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Temple
Richard
Columbus
Frank Hamilton
Central Avenue
Mr Earl Finsterwald Ill With Pneumonia
Mr Earl Finsterwald son of Mr and Mrs W M Finsterwald is seriously ill with pneumonia at his home on West Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Finsterwald
Mrs
W. M. Finsterwald
West Union Street
Wolfe sells out interest in Swan Son Furniture
N. J. Wolfe sells his share to J. B. Swanson who becomes controlling owner of Swan Son Furniture Company. O. P. Bingman, formerly with Swanson, now runs a Nelsonville furniture business. Wolfe and brother A. A. Wolfe had joined in 1919, the firm incorporated in 1924, and Wolfe will stay in Athens store until March with no definite plans afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Wolfe
Swanson Furniture Company
J. B. Swanson
O. P. Bingman
Nelsonville
Swanson Company
Mr. Wolfe
A. A. Wolfe
N. J
Car Damaged After Overturn on Richland Avenue
Nearly 300 dollars in damage occurred to a Chevrolet landau owned by Cal M Murphy of Fisher Station when side swiped by a Ford coupe driven by Guy Wanless and overturned on Richland Avenue. The Murphy car was driven by Vercoe Murphy. both drivers escaped injury. The wrecked vehicle was towed to Athens by a wrecking crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal M. Murphy
Fisher Station
Guy Wanless
Richland Avenue
Murphy
Vercoe
Wanless
Athens
Aged Grocery Clerk Is Found Murdered
Mansfield report says 72 year old John Kissell, a grocery clerk, was fatally beaten near his home last night. Police offer $250 for information leading to the arrest of the slayer. robbery suspected as motive. A bloody bicycle fork found nearby is believed to be the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
O.R
John Kissell
Flu Epidemic Eases in Western and Southern States
U.S. Health Service reports influenza spread slowing in parts of the country with 90,000 new cases in the week ending December 29 across 26 states, down from 168,000 the prior week. A Packard coupe driven by Henry Davis burned and plunged over a 5 foot embankment near Albany. Davis escaped uninjured and resides temporarily in Athens at Hotel Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
U. S. Public Health Service
Henry Davis
Albany
Albany-Carpenter Road
Davis
Athens
Berry
Wilkesville
Peruvian Delegate Victor Mauriua Resting After Pneumonia
Washington January 2 The Peruvian delegate to the Pan American Conference Victor Mauriua was reported resting easily at the hospital where he was taken for pneumonia treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Victor Mauriua
Ohio University faculty member pays fee then gets refund after motor club aid
An Ohio University faculty member traveling with two students paid a $20 fine after a deputy constable stopped their car near Cleveland for speeding. He had the club card and sought immediate trial. attorneys arranged a swift hearing and a $0.16 refund was issued to the Athens man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Cleveland
Cleveland Sabers
South East Ohio Motor Club
Cleveland Auto Club
Cleveland Club
Girl Flier Aims to Shatter Records in West Coast Flight
18 year old Los Angeles aviatrix Bobby Trout took off from Metropolitan Airport at 6 26 03 am in a Golden Eagle monoplane to attempt sustained flight records for women. She begins a circuit of Los Angeles and other Southern California cities with fuel for about 15 hours of flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
U.R
Bobby Trout
Grange Installation Postponed to January 19 in Canaga Hall
The Athens County Grange and its Subordinate Granges installation in Canaga Hall has been postponed to Saturday night January 19 at 7 30 o'clock due to illness among officers and installation teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ona
Aan
Canaga Hall
Army Plane Seeks Endurance Record Over Los Angeles
The Army's Question Mark aircraft flew over Los Angeles aiming to set a new endurance record. The craft had 24 hours aloft at 7:25 a.m. with four of five crew members taking night watches. Captain Baker was slated to pilot on contact with a service plane, while Sergeant Roy W. Hode declined night duty and would face a risky walkout if engine trouble arose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Baker
Roy W. Hode
Officers to depart Wright Field for France Field
Lieutenants George McDonald Dwight Canfield and Major Paul Bock will leave Wright Field Dayton Ohio January 8 in an army transport plane en route to France Field Panama Canal Zone War Department announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
George McDonald
Dwight Canfield
Paul Bock
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
France Field
Panama Canal Zone
War Department
Baakmann's Gas Tablets Promised Relief
An advertisement claims Baakmann's Gas Tablets cure gas in the stomach and bowels, easing gnawing stomach pain heart palpitations and nervous tension, restoring appetite, warmth in limbs, and better breathing. It urges buying the genuine yellow package at Cline Pharmacy for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baakmann
Baalmann
Cline Pharmacy
Steubenville Youth Held for Killing Father
Darrel Kernohan, 17, was held for the murder of his father Abraham Kernohan, 45, after a quarrel at the Pineyfork home. He obtained his father's gun, shot him in the head, then phoned Doctor H L Thompson and Smithfield police saying, I just killed the old man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
U.P
Darrel Kernohan
Abraham Kernohan
Pineyfork
Jess K. George
Darrel
H. L. Thompson
Smithfield
Funeral Car Crash Kills Mrs Binau in Mansfield
Mrs Elizabeth Binau aged 74 died in Mansfield when a car carrying a funeral party skidded and struck a street car. She was en route to a relative's funeral in Upper Sandusky. the skull fracture was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Elizabeth Binau
Buildings and Loans Paid Sixty Million
Dividends and interest totaling 60 million dollars were paid in 1928 to 1,200,000 stockholders of building and loan associations in Ohio. The total exceeds the previous year by 10 million dollars, said J A Devine executive secretary of the Ohio Building Association League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jan
Ohio
J. A. Devine
Ohio Building Association League
Devine
Thousands of Men Storm Ford Plant
Detroit January 2 Thousands of men braved cold to storm the Fordson plant as Ford Motor hires 30 000 new workers. Employment chief A J Wilson initially counted 12 000 then estimated about 30 000 awaiting work with a limit of 600 hires per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Detroit
U.R
Fordson
Ford Motor Company
A. E. Wilson
Tragic Toledo Car Wreck Claims Life of Ray Kallquist
In Toledo on January 1 Ray Kallquist aged 25 died when his car skidded into a ditch and overturned. The UP report notes it occurred yesterday with Kallquist the sole casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ray Kallquist
Marmola Pills Promised For Weight Loss
An old advertising fragment touts Marmola tablets as a modern weight loss aid. It claims 20 years of use and millions of boxes sold, noting a gland element in Marmola that supposedly turns food into energy and urges readers to take four tablets to reach a normal weight.
Governor Norman Case Inaugurated Governor Of Rhode Island
Norman 8 Case was inaugurated in his own right today as governor of Rhode Island after serving the past year as the successor to the late Gov Aram J Pothier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Norman
Case
Rhode Island
Aram J. Pothier
Olive Tablets Promote Clear Skin and Appetite
An old ad promotes Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetarian substitute for calomel. It claims the olive color and claims to improve yellow pallor, tongue coating, appetite, and a pale complexion. The copy touts 20 years of study and usefulness for bile and constipated systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
Bartlett Grange Plans All Day Meet With Oyster Dinner
Bartlett Grange will host an all day meeting on Saturday January 6 with an oyster dinner at noon. New officers will be installed by Past Master Albert Bowman followed by programs including performances by Nell a Gage Zoe Ellis Alma Gribble Theilma Cox Carol Dickson L E Goddard Bea Dike A B Rowland Nellie Goddard Martha Colerick and more. The grange hall recently обновил renovations enhance its appearance and officers urge every member to attend the year’s first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Bartlett Grange
Albert Bowman
Nella Gage
Zoe Ellis
Alma Gribble
Theilma Cox
Carol Dickson
L. E. Goddard
Bea Dike
A. B. Rowland
Nellie Goddard
Martha Colerick
Grange
Medical Society Cancels January Meeting
The Medical Society will not meet in Nelsonville on January 7 due to influenza in Athens County. The next gathering is set for the first Monday in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society
Athens County
Nelsonville
Robert Wolfe Dies in Hospital After Op
Robert Wolfe died in a hospital this morning after surgery for sinus trouble. The body will be taken to Athens to the home of his aunt Mrs. Rhea McLeod in West Union. Funeral planned for Friday with burial in New Cemetery. Sister Leola Wolfe of Athens was recently summoned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wolfe
Bicknell
Ind
Rbe¢ McLeod
West Union Ste
H. M. Downard
Leola Wolfe
Athens
Athens County
Body of Girl Recovered From Lake Erie Near Clittom Park
Miss Elizabeth Bosworth 21 of Lakewood whose body was found in the waters of Lake Erie at the west end of Cittom Park Beach will have funeral services tomorrow. She disappeared from her aunt’s Lakewood home where she was staying under a physician’s care. Her father is attorney F. C. Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hizabeth Bosworth
Lakewood
Erie
Clittom Park Beach
F. C. Bosworth
Flyer Hits Auto Near Columbus Kills Griffith
Lawrence K. Griffith, 20, of hards, died last night when his car collided with a Pennsylvania flyer on the road to his home. The crash occurred as Griffith was en route home after leaving another location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lawrence K. Griffith
A. Griffith
Pleasant home remedy to ward off pneumonia from colds
Physicians warn that untreated colds can lead to pneumonia and endorse Ayer's Pectoral as a home remedy. In Athens Mrs. L R Snyder used double strength doses after a doctor prescribed it and felt relief within hours with feverish feelings subsiding and full recovery by the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
L. R. Snyder
Ayer
Rellef
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Cornwells
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B. M. Covert
Bartlett Group
Woodworth’s
Trertinew Cer
Fred R. Beasley
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