Nelsonville City Government Named Most Economical in Ohio
Nelsonville, with a 1931 population of 5,332, is cited as the most economically run city in Ohio. The Bureau of Inspection and Supervision notes per capita current expenses and debt at 2.49 and 1.16 dollars respectively, beating state averages and other towns like Delphos despite its larger population.
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Bartlett
Ohio
W. Hickman
Audi
Getn
Allen
Nelsonville
Washington
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices
Jackson
Wadsworth
Wapakoneta
East Palestine
Delphos
Funeral Held for Mrs J F Matthewson At Catholic Church
Funeral services for Mrs. J. F. Matthewson a Nelsonville native who died Tuesday in Columbus were held at St. Andrew's Catholic Church this morning at 9 o'clock. The Rev Father Kelly officiated. Burial followed at Greenlawn. She left three daughters two sons and several grandchildren. Her husband died nineteen years ago.
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Nelsonville
J. F. Matthewson
Columbus
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Kelly
Greenlawn
Berean Bible Class Music Featuring vocal selections
In Nelsonville the Berean Bible Class of the Christian Church will feature vocal selections during its Sunday morning meeting at 9:30. W. B. Evans will give the lesson and the public is invited.
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Nelsonville
Berean Bible Class
The
Christian Church
W. B. Evans
Coakley Family Visit to Columbus
Mr and Mrs B M Coakley and children Clarence and Mary spent today in Columbus likely touring local sights and visiting acquaintances.
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B. M. Coakley
Clarence
Mary
Columbus
Kpah Close Met At Mrs Dowler Home
The Kpah Close of the Methodist day met Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. Nelson Dowler on Jackson Street. Mrs Dowler led the devotional service and Mrs Burl Wallace read an original poem and conducted the business session. Refreshments were served to 11 members and two guests, Mrs Walter Green and Miss Nelle Dowler.
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Nelson Dowler
Jackson Street
Dowler
Burl Wallace
Walter Green
Nelle Dowler
W. B. A. Club Holds Meeting At Fayette Street Home
The W. B. A. Club met Thursday night at Fayette Street home of Mrs. Elizabeth Hallett with 17 members present. Hostesses included Mrs. Rebecca Nutter Mrs. Minnie Scott Mrs. Ella Linton and Mrs. Hallett who served a two course luncheon.
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W. B. A. Club
Elizabeth Hallett
Fayette Street
Rebecca Nutter
Minnie Scott
Ella Linton
Hallett
Mrs Lucy Hoodlet Improves After Fall Injuries
Nelsonville reports Mrs Lucy Hoodlet is improving from injuries suffered in a fall at her West Washington Street home several weeks ago.
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Nelsonville
Lucy Hoodlet
West Washington Street
Cage Tourney Set in Midwestern AAU February
The senior basketball championship of the Midwestern AAU will be held in Council Bluffs Indiana in February.
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Council Bluffs, In
First US Rowing Club Traces to Yale Students
The first rowing club in the United States formed in 183 by seven Yale students. Their shell was a dugout canoe crafted by the group, marking an early chapter in American rowing history.
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United States
Yale
Kerr to Teach at Lafayette Summer Coaching School
Andy Kerr, Colgate under he winner coach in 1932, will conduct the fourth annual Lafayette University summer coaching school at Easton Pennsylvania this year.
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Andy Kerr
Colgate
Lafayette University
Easton
Women golfers show surge in 1932 participation
The report notes a roughly fifteen percent rise in women’s participation in golf during 1932, based on figures from the P and A. The count reflects growing involvement in the sport among female players across clubs and events.
OSU Student Samuel W. Garrett Suicide Reported
Samuel W. Garrett, 28, an Ohio State University student, killed himself in Columbus by swallowing poison. He was a native of Selma, Alabama. The death was reported January 20.
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Columbus
Samuel W. Garrett
Ohio State University
Selma
Ala
Ohio Pen Held Too Small in Senate Report
The special Senate Committee on Penal and Welfare Administration urges sweeping changes in Ohio's penal and reformatories. It backs the parole system while criticizing pardons and paroles, calls for reducing penitentiary population by at least 1,000, and condemns guards as poorly trained and controlled. It also urges fire drills and improved sanitary conditions.
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Ohio
Senate
Columbus
U.P
Senate Committee On Penal and Welfare Administration
White
McSweeney
General Assembly
Arch-Schemer Is Being Held In Federal Court
Arthur Carter, 46, arrested in Columbus after an 18 month chase by U S Bureau of Investigation agents. Bond of 100000 was to be set. Carter fled a 17500 bond in 1931 after a New York City conviction for using the mails to defraud in schemes said to net over 1 million dollars. Three men and a woman held for investigation. police believe the group planned to operate locally.
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Columbus
U. S
Joseph Horner
Arthur Carter
United States Bureau of Investigation
Carter
New York City
Youths to Open Campaign by Salvation Army
The Salvation Army youth group launches a "Try Religion" campaign starting Sunday with nightly meetings at 7 30 p m. Special music and speakers accompany the program alongside the regular week schedule: Girl Guards Tuesday 8 p m Home League Wednesday 8 p m Men’s League and Scout Thursday p m and regular services Friday and Saturday evenings.
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The
Salvation Army
Girl Guards
Moran and Mack star Hearne to wed in Mexico
John P Hearne known as Moran of Moran and Mack will marry in Mexico next week to Mes Mami Harrison 19 of Dallas. He appears widely on stage screen and radio.
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Dallas
Tex
John John P. Hearne
Moran
Moran and Mack
Mexico
Mes Mami Harrison
Athens Senior Girls Defeat Freshmen in Basketball Series
The Athens High School Senior girls team beat the Freshmen 21 to 8 Thursday night. Senior scoring dominated in the second half after a close first half in which the Freshmen led by one. The game is part of a class series with Sophomores having won the opener 15 to 14 over the Juniors.
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Athens High School Girls’ Athletic Association
Ruth Lewis
Betty Higgins
Jo Barstow
Merna Riggles
Edna Carsey
Marjorie Wheaton
Freida Love
Jean Pickens
Martha McVay
Camille Cash
Eileen Decker
Lucille Swain
Pauline Reynolds
Janet Mackinnon
Bee Sanders
Agnes Kilpatrick
Frances Wilkes
Juanita Davidson
Davis Boggs
Dorothy Rose
Mildred Edmundson
Jersey Cattle Meets Set for Three Ohio Cities
Jersey cattle meetings are scheduled in Jackson on January 24 Cambridge on January 25 and Marietta on January 26 according to T H Johnson county extension agent A delegation of Athens County Jersey breeders will attend the Marietta meeting and those planning to go should contact Mrs Johnson.
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Jersey
Ohio
T. H. Johnson
Agen
Jackson
Cambridge
Marietta
Athens County
Athens Grange Hall to add dining area and kitchen
At a regular meeting Athens Grange discussed enclosing the lower part of the Hall to create a dining room and kitchen. A telephone installation was also considered. Sixty grangers were served by the committee of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Westfall J. E. Fultz and A. C. Barstow with Rome Grange to conduct degree work at the next session.
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Athens
Grange
T. H. Johnson
Hiram Westfall
J. E. Fultz
A. C. Barstow
Rome
Funds Exhaustion Warning From Reconstruction Finance Corp
U P funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for business and unemployment relief will be exhausted within six to eight months. Chairman Pomerene told a Senate Banking and Currency Committee hearing that new relief measures would require additional funds. He discussed extending relief loans to public educational institutions for maintenance.
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Washington
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pomerene
Senate
Congress
Banking and Currency Committee
Question Boys Follow Theft of Cookies at Bakery
Four boys questioned after the Richardson Bakery theft of over 1200 cookies on Main Street. Cookies were found with two youths who implicated older boys. disturbances included smashed plate glass and scattered packing paper.
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Richardson
North Street
Athens
Spring Street
Cross Street
Cross and
Spring Streets
Democrats Endorse Davey for Ag Post
Former Representative Martin L. Davey of Kent Ohio emerged as an active candidate for secretary of agriculture as President-elect Roosevelt reviewed him. Seven of Ohio's nine Democratic congressmen endorsed him at the Mayflower Hotel, underscoring support from the state party.
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Washington
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Davey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Mayflower Hotel
Blizzard Halts Japs In Drive in Jehol
Japanese troops seized Chinsi in Jehol Province after a four day battle in a blizzard with zero temperatures. The storm halted large troop movements, grounded planes, and limited air bombing along the Kailu District as North China faced widespread snowfall.
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Jehol
Peiping
U.P
Chinsi
Chinchow
North China
Great Wall
Kailu
Prisoners Escape by Digging Through Wall in Jail
Robert Wilson, 17, and Stanley Abbott fled Adams County Jail by digging through a brick wall. Ephraim Wilson tied to Warren Spencer murder case remained unnamed. two other prisoners raised the alarm as Sheriff Ogle searched for the pair, suspecting an automobile awaited them.
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West Union
U.P
Robert Wilson
Ephraim
Warren Spencer
Manchester
Adams County
Stanley Abbott
Blue Creek
Wilson
Harry Ogle
Abbott
Council meeting to convene at City Building tonight
Glouster residents are told the last regular January council meeting will be held at the City Building tonight starting at 7 o'clock.
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Glouster
Cincinnati Yearbook Ditches Beauty Section for Campus Leaders
University of Cincinnati editor says the 1933 yearbook will omit the portraits of campus beauties as the section is too provincial. It will be replaced by pictures of girls prominent in campus activities.
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Cincinnati
U.R
University of Cincinnati
Robert Galbraith
Galbraith
Arrest Made After Collide Near City
Fred Morris of Pleasant Hill held in Athena County Jail after a Route North collision at 6 30 last night. Morris’ sedan struck Fred Burch of Athens R D 4 in a wreck that damaged both cars. Burch and his wife were injured with two fractured ribs and a knee injury. their 18 month old baby uninjured. Frank Martin, also of Pleasant Hill, sustained minor cuts and bruises. The three injured were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Fred Morris
Pleasant Hill
Athena County
Morris
Fred Burch
Athens R. D
Burch
Frank Martin
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Red Cross Flour Distribution Planned in Athens
The Athens County Red Cross announces flour will be given at City Hall Athens tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon. Miss Pearl French says additional flour will be distributed in Glouster on Tuesday as part of relief efforts.
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Athens
Police guard entrances as diet reconvenes after Inukai murder
Rumors of new extremist plots behind Premier Inukai's 1932 murder prompted police to guard all entrances to the parliamentary building on the eve of the 64th Imperial Diet's reconvening in Tokyo.
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Tokio
U.R
Inukai
Parmint Offers Home Relief For Catarrhal Deafness
Catarrhal deafness and head noises caused by catarrh can often be treated at home with Parmint double strength from Cline's Pharmacy or Quick's Cut Rate Store. Dissolve one ounce in hot water with a bit of sugar and take a tablespoonful four times daily to relieve head noises, improve hearing, ease breathing, and dry mucous discharge. All catarrh sufferers need Parmint.
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Cline
Quick's
Cut Rate
Revival Meetings Start At Welsh Baptist Church
Elder J. W. Shultz of Logan will launch a four week revival series at the Welsh Baptist Church corner Front and Summit Streets. Sermons will cover The Signs of the Times and other bible subjects with services at 7 30 each night. The public is invited.
Local Union to Elect Delegates at Saturday Meeting
Jacksonsville note says Local Union No. 3955 holds a 1 o’clock Saturday session at the K of P Hall to elect delegates for the monthly committee meeting at the miners hall near Huntersdon Sunday at 1 30 in the afternoon.
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Jacksonville
K. of P. Hall
Miners’ Hall
Hunterdon
Evangelistic series planned by church leaders in Ironton
Rev. M S Rogers of Glouster will travel to Ironton Saturday and start a series of evangelistic meetings for theIronton Church of Christ. Rev. Gilbert Jones of Ironton will visit in March to conduct services for the local church. Rev Miles E Hoon of New Marshfield will preach at Wise Sunday after a Current Events Club and Bible School gathering.
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Glouster
M.S. Rogers
Church of Christ
Ironton
Miles FE. Hoon
New Marshfield
Wise
Current Events Club
Bible School
Aid Society Meeting At Trimble Church
The Ladies Aid Society of the Trimble M. E. Church met at Mrs. Lucille Joseph’s home with Mrs. Armel Rainey assisting. After the business session a program was enjoyed, refreshments were served, and a closing song service led by Mrs. Grace Sayre on piano. The next meeting will be at Mrs. John Wolie’s home.
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Trimble
Aid Society of the
Trimble M. KE
Lucille Joseph
Armel Rainey
Grace Sayre
John Wolie
Nervous Women Find Relief with Patent Remedy
Mrs Lety Crowry of Toledo Ohio and Mrs Maa C Rienanus of Brooklyn New York report relief from nerves using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They say it quieted nerves improved color appetite sleep strength and overall well being.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lety Crowry
131St Point Place
Toledo
Ohio
C. Rienanus
Coney Island Aves
Brooklyn, New York
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