Local Residents Attend Visits and Meetings
Mr and Mrs Fred Moorman visited Cleveland to see family. Charles McKinley of Columbus stayed with Mr and Mrs Harvey C Baker at 15 South High Street. Elmer Quick of Canaanville visited Carbon Dale with sisters in law Mrs C B Young and Mrs D W Arnold. Bertha Bridgman East Side principal goes to Rutland to organize a PTA. Mr and Mrs David Geary returned home at 441 East State Street. Mrs Geary left her job at Nelsonville Brick Co hotel due to her husband’s illness after Christmas pneumonia complications.
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Charles McKinley
Columbus
Harvey C. Baker
South High Street
Elmer Quick
Canaanville
Carbondale
C. B. Young
D. W. Arnold
David Geary
East State Street
Sorority Bid Farewell Party for Winifred Goff and Violet Rimour
Sigma Sigma Sigma honored Misses Winifred Goff and Violet Rimour with a Thursday farewell party in the sorority room. The event featured dancing a Tri-Sig song fest and concluded with a buffet luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Goff
Violet Rimour
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Willing Workers Elect Officers At Presbyterian Class
At Ruth Jones home 8 University Terrace last evening the Willing Workers Sunday school class elected Dorothy Woodworth president Mary Beulah Mohler vice president Annette Huff secretary and Ruth Jones treasurer Ruth Jones serves as teacher The group planned a social time and refreshments to end the evening The class meets biweekly and includes a congenial group of girls showing enthusiasm for the organization
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Jones
University Terrace
The
Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Woodworth
Mary Beulah Mohler
Annette Huff
Ruth Carson
Mrs L V Brown Hosts Graceful Bridge Tea
Admiring friends praise Mrs L V Brown for hosting a charming bridge tea at her home. South Charleston guest Mrs J C Jones attended as the house guest. Tables in the big living room displayed a colorful scene as guests in pretty gowns gathered for a tea finale after the bridge.
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L. V. Brown
Brown
J. C. Jones
South Charleston
Oii
Illiteracy Talk At Athens Council Of Women Welfare Workers
The Athens Council of Women Welfare Workers met at the Presbyterian church with a vocal solo by Miss Stephen son. Prof Mardis spoke on illiteracy focusing on Athens county and nearby counties. He noted 82 percent of illiterates are native born whites and a committee was formed to start adult schools with 42 volunteers offering transportation to centers.
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Athens Council of Women Welfare Workers
Presbyterian Church
Miss Stephenson
Prof
Mardis
Athens County
Ohio
To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Grove LAXATIVE
An advertising note urges taking Grove's LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to cure a cold in one day. It claims authenticity by the signature of E. W. Grove.
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Grove
E. W. Grove
Mrs. Bolin Dies at 76 in Athens Area
Mrs. William Bolin died last night at 8 o'clock at her home 23 Franklin avenue aged 76. Death caused by infirmities of advanced years. Funeral services Saturday at 2 PM at Church of God Hocking street with burial in West Union street cemetery. She was a lifelong resident of the Athens vicinity. Survived by foster daughter Mrs. Paul Porter and nieces Mrs. Hallie Hakins Columbus and Mrs. Ora Ayers Milwaukee.
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Bolin
William Bolin
Franklin Avenue
Church of God
Hocking Street
West Union Street
Athens
Paul Porter
Hallie Hakins
Columbus
Ora Ayers
Milwaukee
Hermit’s Shack Delays Railroad Work at Western Pacific
Hermit living in a shack near the Western Pacific railroad on the California line delays track laying. Legal action may be required to proceed. Bondini, long-time landowner, says the hermit is wealthy but chooses isolation.
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Cork
Western Pacific
Inex Cal
Ried On
Bondini
County Board Acts Under State Law On School Closures
The Athens County Board of Education met January 20 with Supt Alex Root and elected D C Porter president and EB L Wilson vice president. Carthage and Lee townships must close or be kept by the county. the board must maintain schools or face county intervention under Section 7610-1, with costs charged to the district and reimbursed from county funds. The board vowed to uphold duties, anticipate appeals in February, and urged state action to resolve the crisis.
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Athens County
Board of Education
County Board of Education
Ohio
Sach
Court of Appeals
Carthage
Lee Townships
General Assembly
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
A brief advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless remedy for indigestion and stomach distress. It claims relief within five minutes by neutralizing acidity and easing fermentation from spoiled meals, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Pape
Tea tasters meet Washington to set import rules
Professional tea testers paid by the U S government will meet in New York on Monday to determine regulations effective May 1 governing grades of tea allowed for import into the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New York
Child Abuse Trial Ended With Fines and Sentences
Frances Keck six was kept in a closet fed bread crusts and water and given only an old coat to sleep on testimony at the trial of Charles Keck and Francis Keck grandparents. Grandmother fined 500 father 200 and each jailed one year in the work house grandfather fined 100 all charged with cruelty and inhuman treatment.
Constipation relief with Chamberlain's Tablets praised
The advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation. It claims the proper dose yields a natural feel and emphasizes the treatment’s effectiveness without noticeable artificial effects.
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Chamberlain
Son Is Charged With Murder of Five Relatives
In Florence North Carolina Edmund Bigham is jailed on murder charges in the deaths of his mother, brother, sister and the sister’s two adopted sons at a Pamlico area home. A warrant by John W. McCracken cites the relation to the adopted boys and an affidavit accuses Bigham of threats tied to three signed blank deeds taken from his deceased brother L Bigham.
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Florence
Edmund Bigham
Pamlico
John W. McCracken
Marie Black
Bigham
Phillip H. Arrowsmith
Man on trial for killing son to save his soul
Frank Jr. was killed by his father Piano last March after the father said he acted to save his soul. He confessed to the police that he killed his son whom he found with young men and who he scolded for unlawful conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jr
Piano
Death Penalty Sought in Mrs Peete Slaying Case
Los Angeles January 31 The state will seek the death penalty for Mrs Lofie Louise Peete 37 charged with the slaying of Jacob Denton mining broker whose body was buried beneath quicklime in a basement last summer District Attorney Thomas Woolwine announced the jury was completed and preliminary witnesses were called.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lofie Louise Peete
Jacob den
Thomas Woolwine
Fragmentary 1920s accusations surface in court note
A damaged fragment describes a 1920 incident where a man and a woman lived together and faced threats and curses inclining toward immorality. It mentions dates July 1 1920 and December 35 1920, with a threat to kill implied in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Charles
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