Twilight league resumes as weather cooperates in Nelsonville
The Twilight league picks up play after rain delays with three postponed games played last week and plans for three or four more this week. The second half starts July 10 but may move due to continuing rains. Four teams are likely to finish the season, with absorption talks concerning Kimberly players among Athenes Central West Barbers. A managers meeting at the Y M C A is set for 7 30 p m to finalize plans. Local residents joined family and friends in Buchtel for the Fourth of July.
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Nelsonville
Kimberly
Athenes
Central West
Barbers
Negro man pleads guilty to wife assault in Nelsonville
Lucien Stevens of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his wife Marie Stevens during arraignment before Mayor L. J. Eberle. He was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Lucien Stevens
Marie Stevens
L. J. Eberle
Souvenir Hunters Strip Junkers Monoplane in Labrador Raid
Souvenir hunters have stripped the Junkers monoplane Bremen at Little Greenly Island after a sudden Atlantic flight landing. Fishermen and maritime officers report movable parts removed from the craft that carried Baron Gunther von Huenefeld Captain Hermann Koeht and Commandant James Fitzmaurice on its westward crossing.
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ST. Johns N. F
U.R
Junkers
Bremen
Gunther von Huenefeld
Hermann Koeht
James Fitzmaurice
Atlantic
Akeleton
Labrador
Little Greenley Island
Local postmasters explain new special delivery service rules
Postmasters distribute a notice clarifying the act of May 29 1928 creating a parcel post special delivery service. It details rates for parcels and the combination of special handling with delivery, effective July 1 1928, and notes mailers may choose in transit only special handling.
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Harry McKinstry
Partel Post
Seltzer Named Editor of Cleveland Press
Stepping up in Cleveland Louis B Seltzer associate editor of the Cleveland Press becomes editor succeeding Ted O Thackrey who moves to associate editor of the New York Telegram.
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Cleveland
Louis B. Seltzer
The
Cleveland Press
Press Today
Ted O. Thackrey
New York Telegram
Two Stills Found in New Pittsburgh Whisky Raid
State prohibition officers seized two operating stills in New Pittsburgh in a raid. A 150 gallon and a 50 gallon still were found, with 150 gallons of whisky recovered. An arrest warrant was issued for Tom Lanning Colgate, charged with manufacture. one operator escaped as raiders destroyed related equipment.
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Nelsonville
New Pittsburgh
Tom Lanning
Colgate
H. A. Lines
G. W. Davis
Walton
Baxter
Cleveland
Joe Farbean
L. F. Howell
Logan
J. C. Yates
Esther class meeting at Mrs Gilham home this evening
The Esther class of the Christian church meets at Mrs Sam Gilham's Chestnut Street home tonight at 8 o'clock. Members are asked to bring a silver offering.
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Loyal Woman's Class
The
Christian Sunday School
Sam Starkey
Ashton Avenue
Esther
Christian Church
Sam Gilham
Chestnut Street
Social News Highlights From Lancaster and Nearby
Mrs. O G Stover and Mrs Edward Backus hosted guests in Lancaster while Irene McDowell visited Columbus. Across towns, families hosted kin, travelers toured Jackson Michigan Port Clinton Ravenwood West Virginia and Sheridan Wyoming with varied trips to Cuyahoga Falls and Log an.
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O. G. Stover
Edward Backus
Lancaster
C. A. Stover
Irene McDowell
Columbus
Rachel Catherine Coakley
Logan
Alva Brown
L. P. Mooney
W. H. Heaton
Detroit
Michigan
A. G. Cotton
George Dowler
Jackson, Michigan
Carl Coakley
John Mooney
Alice Anderson
W. H. Barton
John Johnson
Circle Hill
Verna McConaha
Pete Shough
Jennie Buckley
Somerset
Elizabeth Patterson
H. H. Cowgill
Port Clinton
W. W. Whitlatch
Pauline
Ravenswood
W. Va
Harley Johnson
Jackson
Sheridan
Wyoming
Wyola
Montana
Helen McC
Lebanon
Mrs. Hudson
Recital by Lancaster Pupils Granted at Poston Studio
A recital at the Poston studio Saturday evening featured Mrs. Henry Lancaster's Courtright system of musical kindergarten. The program included songs games black board work a piano trio and a duo. Mothers and friends in attendance found the event interesting.
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Nelsonville
Poston
Henry Lancaster
Courtright
Pocahontas Degree to Install Officers Wednesday
The Degree of Pocahontas will observe installation of officers at its meeting Wednesday night. A good attendance is being urged. An offering will be taken.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan
Pocahontas
Nelsonville Scouts Plan Reorganization and New Troops
Nelsonville community leaders discuss a full re organization of local Boy Scouts and the creation of new troops as part of an expansion program. G B H Sanford of Marietta spoke at the Y M C A Friday night to an interested group on behalf of the effort.
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Nelsonville
Boy Scouts
G. B. H. Sandford
Marietta
Mrs Eyota Harrison Dies In Ohio at 39
Mrs Eyota Harrison of The Plains dies at 39 while visiting her mother in Chillicothe. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at The Plains, with burial in Union Street Cemetery Athens. She had been an invalid for several years. She leaves her husband and one daughter.
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Nelsonville
Eyota Harrison
John Harrison
the Plains
Chillicothe
Union Street
Athens
Nelsonville cemetery works to curb nuisance drivers
Green Lawn Cemetery authorities will abate two nuisance groups, fast drivers in narrow drives and new drivers using the grounds as a practice field. Carey Powell asks extreme care in driving at all times. Nelsonville Boy Scouts planning summer camp at Lake Chute are asked to contact Louis Powell this week.
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Nelsonville
Greenlawn
Harry Powell
Lake Chute
Louis Powell
Mrs. M. Cooley Dies After Long Illness
Mary Cooley widow of Charles Cooley died Sunday at her Columbus home after a long illness. A former Nelsonville resident she was a Presbyterian church member. Her body will be brought to the church for a 2 PM funeral, burial at Greenlawn. She leaves son Ed C. Cooley deceased four years, two grandchildren Mac Cooley Alexandria and Hattie Cooley Adams Dublin, and brothers Dan and Joe McHone Detroit.
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Nelsonville
Mary Cooley
Charles Cooley
Columbus
Cooley
Presbyterian Church
Greenlawn
Ed C. Cooley
Mac Cooley
Alexandria
Hattie Cooley Adams
Dublin
Dan
Joe McHone
Detroit
Michigan
Save the Union movement calls for delegates to miners convention
Pat Toopey, leader of the Save the Union movement and secretary of the convention arrangements, announced 100000 copies of the call for the September miners convention have been sent to local unions. The call urges delegates to form a new national miners union and criticizes John L. Lewis for failing to organize non union men and for strikes losses.
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John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Pat Toopey
Save the Union
Tional Miners Union
United Mine Workers
Kansas
Nova Scotia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Nelsonville stores to close at noon Thursdays this summer
Nelsonville announces that starting July 12 and continuing through August 30 all stores affiliated with the Nelsonville Retail Merchant's association will close at noon each Thursday.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Retail Merchant's Association
Nelsonville Y pool plan proves satisfactory for community
Secretary W L Hudson reports the new swimming pool and Y privileges program met goals in one week. Thirty memberships and tickets were issued, while those without a ticket paid a dime. Girls classes varied in size but showed gains, though some young members were kept away by money or apathy.
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Nelsonville
W. L. Hudson
Hudson
Lovses
Santa Claus
Funk Family Heads to Youngstown and Detroit Trip
Mr and Mrs Earl L Funk Ruth Hall depart Nelsonville for two weeks visiting Youngstown with sister Mrs Fred Bailey before traveling to Detroit for the Knights Templar triennial conclave.
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Nelsonville
Earl L. Funk
Ruth Hall
Youngstown
Fred Bailey
Detroit
Funk
Knights Templar
Four Held For Court Hearings Before Justice Riley
Four individuals were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Felix Riley. Jean Rauch of Athens pleaded not guilty to speeding and was bound over to the grand jury on $400 bond. John Meredith of Glouster was arrested on reckless driving and to appear for a hearing. Jodie Rickey and Mollie Rickey of Central avenue were arrested on disturbing the peace with threats and profane language and will face a 7 o'clock hearing.
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Felix Riley
Justice of the Peace
Jean Rauch
Athens
Miss Rauch
W. C. Ator
East State Street
H. W. Biedel
J. A. Reasoner
Kenneth Ailstock
John Meredith
Glouster
Meredith
Jodie Rickey
Mollie Rickey
Central Avenue
Mrs. Kenney
Rickey
Homer Baird Dies Here After Illness at 78
Homer Baird aged 78, long blind, died at 9 p m Sunday at the home of his son H A Baird 36 Brown avenue He lived with his sons H A Baird Athens and Wilmer Baird Nelsonville Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at 36 Brown avenue Burial in Greenlawn cemetery He was born in Hocking county and was twice married His first wife died 18 years ago He survived by a widow two sons an adopted grandson Gerald Baird Nelsonville and a sister Mrs Lucy Tannahill Columbus.
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Homer Baird
H. A. Baird
Brown Avenue
Athens
Wilmer Baird
Nelsonville
Greenlawn
Mr. Baird
Hocking County
Gerald Baird
Lucy Tannahill
Columbus
Youths Taken by Cincinnati Police in Auto Theft Case
Charles Lambecke and Russell Smith both 19 and from Wilmington were held in Hillsboro as Highland and Clinton counties weighed auto theft robbery or contributing to juvenile delinquency charges. A four day search ended when Cincinnati officers identified the couples Mildred Burton and Bethel Archer from nationwide descriptions.
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Hillsboro
U.P
Charles Lambecke
Russell Smith
Wilmington
Cincinnati
Highland
Clinton
Mildred Burton
Bethel Archer
Lynchburg
Food relief arrives for Ohio miners from Pittsburgh
Plans were made in Yorkville to distribute the largest eastern Ohio miners relief shipment yet. The national miners relief committee sent 173 sacks of potatoes 100 barrels of flour 100 sacks of sugar and 1000 pounds of bacon. Distribution is at the mine union hall held by the Save-the-Union faction ousted over opposing the Lewis strike policy.
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Yorkville
Ohio
National Miners’ Relief Committee of
Pittsburgh
Save-the-Union
Lewis
Rainbow Division Convention Lights Columbus in Grand Welcome
Columbus prepares for the Rainbow Division convention with flags and bunting as thousands from seven states gather. Ohio officials report 1928 first half corporation fees exceed last year, while Camp Perry hosts the 74th Infantry Brigade and 112th Medical Regiment in a training camp through July 28 under Adjutant General Henderson. Health Director Monger warns of poliomyelitis risk amid rising awareness and reporting.
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Columbus
Rainbow Division
Clarence J. Brown
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
74Th Infantry
112Th
74Th
Ohio
Frank D. Henderson
Harry H. Snively
John E. Monger
State Health Department
Health Department
Ohio National Guard
Polish veteran earns Crosses for typhoid fight
The story notes a Polish war veteran who served with the 37th Ohio Division sanitary train and later helped abolish a typhoid fever epidemic in Poland. He received the Cross of the Brave Memorial and War Crosses and was decorated by King Albert of Belgium.
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American Red Cross
Kiev
Russia
Khoi
37Th Ohio Division
Poland
Cross of the Brave
Albert
Athens County Man Accepts Post at Fostoria High
James Steed of Athens county resigns after seven years as instructor in general science and chemistry at Coshocton high school. He joins Fostoria high school as physics and chemistry instructor, starting duties in September and continues as athletic faculty manager.
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Coshocton
James Steed
Athens County
Coshocton High School
Steed
Fostoria High School
Athletica
Absentee Ballots Available After July 16 says Clerk
Election Clerk Dave Johnson announces absentee ballots may be obtained at the courthouse after July 16. Eligible voters who will be away from the county for the August 14 primaries may vote by absentee ballot.
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Dave Johnsson
Johnson
Treasurer of Union Held in Columbus
Edward Gotterdam, treasurer of the Columbus Plasterers' Union No. 49, is held in the city jail on charges he embezzled more than $6,000 from union funds between July 1926 and June 1928, with police alleging he gambled away the money.
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Columbus
Edward Gotterdam
Columbus Plasterers’ Union No. 49
City
Gateterdam
Mosquitoes doubly danger to bite and itch
Advertising copy states FLY-TOX kills disease carrying mosquitoes and relieves bites. It claims scientific development at Mellon Institute Rex Research Fellowship and guaranteed insect kill plus harmlessness to humans and animals with a clean fragrance.
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Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research Fellowship
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Boston
Twilight League
Buchtel
Hugh Shuttleworth
Dorthy
Richard Butterworth
Bob Evarts
Richard Richardson
Zanesville
William Giffin
James
Robert
Arthur
Dorris
Laura Waugh
Billy Joe
Bob Rife
Laurence
Daughters of Veterans
Homer Krieg
Fayette Street
Willard Simington
Kathleen
Paula Kentner
Daughman
Caretaker
Powell
Funks
Riley
Cincinnati Police
Coolidges
Gladys Coleman
Atlantic City
N. J
Harrisburg
Dominic Cartelli
New Orien Conn
Alfred Huey
Kenmore
Rainbow Men
Fostoria
Houston
Josephus Daniels
Led
William Jennings Bryan
Daniels
Bryan
Wilson
Buckeye and Safety
Etelent Corvins
Buckeye
Buckeye State
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