Mystery Grave In Nelsonville Ends In Grim Discovery
In Nelsonville a hillside grave is unearthed by Glen Smith and his brother with Chief of Police John Pearson. They uncover a bloodstained sack and hair, finding a body buried head downhill, prompting shock and whispered theories about a dog or crime.
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Nelsonville
John Pearson
Glen Smith
Brooks Hollow
Madison Street
Police
Animal Kingdom
Mr. Smith
No Services Sunday In Nelsonville Church
The Christian Church in Nelsonville will not hold public services Sunday January 6 in line with a Board of Health ruling. If the ban lifts Monday, a business meeting of the church will be held Wednesday January 9 at 7 PM. The Saturday American Legion dance is canceled due to flu concerns.
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Nelsonville
Christian Church
Board of Health
Ana
Arch
American Legion
Socials and Visits Move Through Columbus Observers
Mrs Grace Sheppard and daughter Elizabeth are in Columbus as guests of Dr and Mrs E B Junkerman Mrs C D Shafer was a visitor in Columbus today Mrs M M Fieck returned to Pittsburgh after visiting her parents Irvin Nanna Herman Ruble was in Columbus on business Mrs Guy Evans and daughter were in Columbus as guests of relatives P W Hickman was in Columbus Dr C G Dew spent Thursday in Columbus Edwin Holland has gone to Columbus to enter Manns Business College Mrs George Acker of Logan was guest this week of Mrs Orville Young Fred Powell of Detroit spent the holidays here and returned to Detroit accompanied by Miss Lucille Powell who will seek work there Mrs H D Krieg spent Thursday in Columbus with Mrs R S Weitzell patient influenza Miss Agnes Raden and Miss Blanche Moorehead were in Columbus Thursday Miss Orr Smith returned from a visit with Rev and Mrs John Orrand in Proctorville
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Grace Sheppard
Elizabeth
Columbus
E. B. Junkerman
C. D. Shafer
M. M. Fieck
Pittsburgh
Irvin Nanna
Herman Ruble
Guy Evans
P. W. Hickman
C. G. Dew
Edwin Holland
Mann's Business College
George Acker
Logan
Orville Young
Fred Powell
Detroit
Lucille Powell
H. D. Krieg
R. 8. Weitzell
Agnes Raden
Blanche Moorehead
Orr Smith
John Orrand
Proctorville
Call for bank condition reports from state banks
Columbus January 4 call for reports of the condition of all state banks as of December 31 1928 was issued by State Banking Superintendent E H Bac. The request seeks detailed financial data from banks to assess stability and reserve positions.
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Columbus
EB. HM. Bac
Oil waste theft prompts arrests in Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Railroad detectives Price and Donahue arrested John Coleman Ode Warran and George Warran Deanville after oil waste vanished from journal boxes. All pleaded guilty in Mayor Eberle's court and were fined 25 dollars plus costs and given 30 days in jail, suspended on costs.
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Nelsonville
W. L. Price
Bill Donahue
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Journal
John Coleman
Ode Warran
George Warran
Deanville
Eberle
Boxing
Widow Belle Keplar Dies After Week Long Illness
Belle Keplar of Nelsonville died at home after a week with paralysis. She was widow of John W. Keplar killed two weeks earlier in a hit and run on the Nelsonville Athens Road. She leaves six daughters Edith Hardy Ethel Moore Maude Evans Goldie Courtney Jessie Barker Emma Keplar and three sons Stanley Cleve land Guy Don. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
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Nelsonville
Belle Keplar
John W. Keplar
Nelsonville- Athens
Keplar
Edith Hardy
Ethel Moore
Maude Evans
This City
Goldie Courtney
Columbus
Jessie Barker
Newark
Emma Keplar
Pontiac
Michigan
Stanley
Cleveland
Guy
Zanesville
Don
Walbridge
Coal production and car shipments in Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys
Miners in Nelsonville report yesterday's total coal output from the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys at about 16 620 tons. Corning yards loaded 174 cars on Thursday while Nelsonville yards received 103 cars for the same period.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Corning Yards
Mrs Sylvia Hill Dies In Nelsonville At 33
Mrs Sylvia Hill 33 wife of Howard Hill died this morning at about 8 oclock at the Chestnut Street home after several months illness. She leaves her husband one son Pearl her parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Kep lar two sisters and two brothers. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Nelsonville
Sylvia Hill
Howard Hill
Chestnut Street
Pearl
Jacob Keplar
Sanity hearing sought for Leboeuf and Dreher in hanging case
In Franklin Louisiana defense lawyers seek a sanity hearing today to determine if Ada Leboeuf and her partner Dr Thomas Dreher are sane. A grant would stay the execution. a denial could lead to appeals and a halt to the hanging. If Leboeuf is found sane she would be the first white woman executed in the state.
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Franklin, la
U.P
Ada Leboeuf
Thomas E. Dreher
Simon
State Supreme Court
Winter Storm in Europe Takes Lives Across France Italy
Paris reports a toll of more than 30 as Europe endures a second day of gales snow and freezing temperatures. Five deaths were recorded in France yesterday while Italy faces ongoing storms and overflowing rivers. Naples loses buildings in landslides along Posillipo Road but occupants survive.
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Paris
U.R
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Naples
Vomero
Capo di Monte
Posillipo Road
Prisoner Gardiner Attacks Night Captain at Ohio State Penitentiary
A.R. Gardiner alias Arthur Schroeder, a Cleveland inmate known as the tape ban dit, attacked Harold Whetstone, night captain, with an iron roller at Columbus prison. Whetstone avoided injury as fellow convict Alex Kish stepped in to aid. Gardiner, 20, had caused a disturbance before being moved to solitary confinement. Kish is serving life for a murder.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
A.r.aarthur Gardiner
Arthur Schroeder
Cleveland
Harold Whetstone
Whetstone
Gardiner
Alex Kish
West Loch
Local Chamber To Elect New Officers
Athens Chamber of Commerce will elect officers and a board of directors at its annual meeting in Hotel Berry at 12 oclock Wednesday January 9. The meeting was postponed one week due to repairs in the Hotel Berry dining room.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Berry
Minster Named Executive Secretary by Cooper in Columbus
Helen D. Minster of Columbus is appointed executive secretary by Governor Elect Myers Y. Cooper. She becomes the first woman to hold the role and the first non lawyer named to it. Minster has served as Cooper’s secretary since his campaign and held various political secretaryships since 1919.
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Columbus
Helen D. Minster
Myers Y. Cooper
Miss Minster
Cooper
Raids Net 60 Speakeasies in Whalen Campaign
New York police carried out raids on 60 speakeasy targets in a night operation led by Police Commissioner Grover Whalen. Officers from the new strong arm squad roamed from the Battery to Harlem River and from the East River to the Hudson, making arrests and seizing liquor as evidence. The drive aimed to deter gangsters and gunmen and to demonstrate police resolve.
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New York
U.P
Grover Whalen
Squade
Battery
Harlem River
East River
Hudson
Whalen
Kings Heralds Meeting Postponed to January 19
The regular meeting of the Kings Heralds of the First M. E. Church, formerly set for Saturday, has been postponed to Saturday January 19.
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Kings Heralds
M. E
MARKED RUBBERS PROMOTE FULL NAME LABELING FOR IDENTIFICATION
A reader urges that children's rubbers be labeled with full names inside before use. The suggestion favors complete names over initials to improve identification and safety.
Couple Wed in Nelsonville New Year Ceremony
Miss Freda Grimm daughter of Mr and Mrs William Grimm Canton formerly of Buchtel and Henry Garber son of Mr and Mrs Henry F Garber Columbus were married New Year’s Day by Rev Delbert Mills The bride a Buchtel High School 1927 graduate Garber works as a salesman for Fleischmann Yeast They will reside at 295 Avondale Avenue Columbus
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Nelsonville
Jani
Freda Grimm
William Grimm
Canton
Buchtel
Henry Garber
Henry F Garber
Columbus
Delbert Mills
Buchte High School
Garber
Fleischman Yeast Company
Avondale Avenue
Powell Family Dinner Honors Fred Powell of Detroit
Mrs. Maria Powell hosted a Sunday dinner in honor of Fred Powell from Detroit. Guests included Miss Lucille Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Powell, Calvin and Bobby Lancaster, and Leonard Powell.
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Maria Powell
Fred Powell
Detroit
Lucille Powell
Raymond Powell
Calvin
Bobby Lancaster
Leonard Powell
Bridge Dinner Hosts Club at Fayette Street Home
Mrs John Zeller Jr entertained her bridge club Thursday evening at Fayette Street home. Four tables were used for play after dinner. Guests included Mrs Floyd Rosser Detroit Mrs Otto Kaelin Cleveland Florence Wood Phyllis Mills Audrey Ailes Frances Bennett. Mrs Frank Jackson had high score and Mrs W H Hyde second. Mrs Otto Kaelin received the guest prize.
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John Zeller, Jr
Fayette Street
Floyd Rosser
Detroit
Otto Kealin
Cleveland
Florence Wood
Phyllis Mills
Audrey Ailes
Frances Bennett
Frank Jackson
W. H. Hyde
Otto Kaelin
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry E. Donley
Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Lacy Donley on Fort Street with Rev. K. H. McCorkle officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Harry E. Donley
Lacy Donley
Fort Street
K. H. McCorkle
The
Christian Church
Greenlawn
King's Condition Improves Quietly Amid Health Bulletin
London reports show the King’s health stabilizing with gradual improvement after a period of slow recovery. An official statement from Buckingham Palace notes the King remains in a stable condition with signs of progress as physicians monitor his progress.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Stanley Hewett
Hugh Rigby
Dawson
Penn
Central Ohio Guernsey Association Elects Officers
In Columbus on January 1 the Central Ohio Guernsey Association elected W Kitrich of aaa in D D G Backcaliel. Sy George Herr Lock tors Raymond Miller was named secretary treasurer.
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Columbus
Ohio Guernsey Association
W. Kitrich
Aaa
Sy George Herr
Locktors
Raymond Miller
Economy Group May Be Taught Lesson
Cleveland report says the joint legislative committee on economy in state government will ask for 25000 to cover study expenses but faces a counter move to block funding. The piece notes the session will be a test of fiscal restraint as opponents campaign against the appropriation.
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Cleveland
U.P
Joint Legislative Committee On
General Assembly
Corinne Griffith Signs First National Contract For Talking Films
Corinne Griffith receives a seven figure deal with First National to star four talking pictures. The agreement specifies she appears only in talking productions and increases her salary, with the initial project titled Prisoners based on Frank Molnar's work.
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NEA
Los Angeles
Corinne Griffith
First National
Miss Griffith
Audit Begins Of Buckley Office In Columbus
State Auditor Tracy started an audit of the State Treasurer Bert B Buckley’s office at Columbus. Buckley requested the review after his federal indictment for conspiring to offer a bribe. The five day audit follows Buckley’s claim voters deserve orderly accounts. He was indicted with Joseph Schrimpner and Joseph Sperber on bribery charges.
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Columbus
U.P
Tracy
Bert B. Buckley
Buckley
Joseph Schrimpner
Cincinnati
Joseph Sperber
Jackson Brewery
Prohibition
Education Department to be governed by governor-appointed board
Columbus January 4. A joint legislative committee on public economy plans to recommend placing the State Department of Education under a governor-appointed board of up to five members. The plan includes a constitutional amendment to let the board appoint the education director by removing the current provision that the director is appointed by the governor for a four year term.
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Columbus
State Department of Education
General Assembly
Joint Legislative Committee On Public Economy
Ended Cold Before It Began Says Doctor Advice
By following physician B H Harding’s timely guidance many people avoid severe colds. A severe case in which the nose was congested and throat inflamed improved within hours after taking Ayer's Pills. The patient recovered quickly and returned to work, illustrating the medicine’s quick relief.
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B. H. Harding
Mr. Harding
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