Reed Is High Brien Wins Driving Con at Athens Country Club
Brien Reed of Gallipolis captured the driving contest at the Southeastern Ohio District Golf Association amateur tournament held at Athens Country Club. Butch Grover of Athens won the individual medal with 159, while Chillicothe led in team scoring 1043 as Portsmouth, Jackson, and Athens followed. Thirty six holes of medal play and eight clubs fielded teams from eight clubs amid a heavy afternoon storm.
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Southeastern Ohio District Golf Association
Athens Country Club
Lb. T
Butch” Grover
Athens
Chillicothe
Grover
E. G. Livesay
Portsmouth
Dutch” Reed
Chillicothe Country Club
Portsmouth Club
Jackson
BR. T. Grover
J. B. Swanson
Charlies Woodworth
Earl Beckley
Charles Openess
Sam Warren
Harmon O'brien
Gallipolis
Ohio River Boats Carry Passengers
Marietta July 10 Steamboat traffic on the upper Ohio grows as the palatial Queen City returns to the river trade. The Queen City will leave Cincinnati for Pittsburgh on Thursday and is expected to pass here Saturday afternoon. Other packets named include the General Wood bound for Charleston on Wednesday and the Senator Cordell, behind her Tuesday schedule, heading to Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
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Marietta
Upper
Ohio
Queen City
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Pittschurch
General Wood
Charleston
Cordill
Man Brought to Jail on Rum Charge in Hocking County
Belfred Rosser, sought on possession of intoxicating liquor charges, was arrested Tuesday near Nelsonville and brought to Athens. His home north of Nelsonville was raided June 11, and his wife Dorothy Rosser was arrested on the same charge. Rosser faces a third offense charge as deputies Wayne Wingett Harry Dalton and Guy Carpenter conducted the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Belfred Rosser
Athens
Rosser
Nelsonville
Doroosser
Wayne Wingett
Harry Dalton
Guy Carpenter
Grange Plans Friday Night New Member Initiation
The degree team of the Athens County Pomona Grange will welcome new members this Friday at 8 o'clock at Coolville Grange. The event is part of a countywide program to visit local organizations and initiate new members during the year.
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Athens County
Pomona Grange
Coolville
Watch theft suspect released as fraud action pending
John Powers of Rendville was released from custody under $100 bond after being accused in Perry County of theft of a watch. The case awaits grand jury action on possible fraud charges.
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New Lexington
John Powers
Rendville
Perry County
Dust Buster Calcium Chloride Used on Meigs County Roads
The Ohio State Highway Department plans to purchase thousands of tons of calcium chloride to dust lay gravel roads statewide. Made at Pomeroy Bend, the chemical draws moisture to suppress dust for a season and has long been used to dampen basements and flooded buildings. A recent application on the river road at Syracuse reportedly reduced dust effectively.
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Pomeroy
Ohio State Highway Department
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs County
Syracuse
Secret Marriage Revealed After Athens Athlete's Death
Ida Laura Bell's secret marriage to Donald Jell, a former Ohio University athlete, was disclosed after his fatal motorcycle crash near Portsmouth. The couple wed January 21, 1928 in Falmouth, Kentucky, while pursuing education plans at Ohio University. Jell, a Gamma Gamma Gamma member and football injury survivor, had been working in a steel mill in Portsmouth. Funeral services were held in Sabina and burial at Circleville. Mrs. Hope Morris, the bride’s mother, traveled home from the funeral when the news surfaced.
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Athens
Ohio University
Donald Bell
Ida Laura Morris
Donald Ell
Lortsmouth
Hope Morris
Mill Street
Ida Laura
Falmouth
Kentucky
Morris
Bell
Athens High School
Jell
Gamma Gamma Gamma Fraternity
Dartsmouth
Sabina
Circleville
David Ell
Tortsmouth
National City Bank Reclaims Top World Rank
The text notes National City Bank, once the largest in America, has again surpassed rivals to become the biggest bank in the world, trailing only Midland Bank and Lloyds Bank. It hints Mitchell may set sail to overtake those leaders.
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National City Bank
America
National City
The
Midland
Lloyds
CCBE
Mitchell
Nation faces sugar boom and tariff debate amid boom times
The article notes rising sugar consumption and a potential two cent per pound tariff cost of 266 million dollars while claiming a midsummer industrial boom across the country. It cites National City bank resources at 36 968 000 in 1870 and a stock at 206 dollars with a bonus, criticizing the Federal Reserve's impact on credit and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Prisoner Daniel Crane Recaptured After Escape at London Farm
Logan county report notes escape from the London prison farm and recapture of Daniel Crane, who had been sent from this county for manslaughter. The 1922 Starr Township case involving Clint Lewellyn and Drane is recalled, with details of the trial, jury trouble, and sentence of 16 to 20 years.
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Crane
Charles Larimer
Harley M. Whitcraft
Paris Reports Easy Money Rate Despite Heavy Half-Year Payments
The Paris money market shows a gentle easing from half-yearly payments with official rate at 3 percent and the outside rate quoted at 3.5 percent. This summary notes the steadier stance amid incoming payments and foreign exchange pressures.
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Paris
Tour Begins for Two Men in Second-Hand Car West
Eldon Faires and Darrell Gatchet left Glouster on Monday in a used touring car aiming for California as the objective. They stopped in Akron Monday night and, with Pete Piert, former Glouster resident, joined Tuesday morning for the crossing west. If they find work they expect to stay in California for an indefinite period.
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Glouster
Eldon Faires
Darrell Gatchet
California
Akron
Pete Piert
Far West
Pleasanton 4-H Club Holds Meeting At Mrs Cages Home
Thirteen members of the Pleasanton Willing Workers 4-H Club attended the regular meeting at Mrs Stella Cages home. A report from the county club leaders meeting in Athens on June 25 was presented. The next meeting will be held this afternoon at Mrs Blanche Malones home.
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Pleasanton Willing Workers 4-H
Stella Cages
Athens
Blanche Malones
Lake Erie May flies invade shore cities in 24 hour bloom
Brisk lake wind lifted millions of Canadian soldiers’ or May flies from Lake Erie to cover lake shore cities in a brief 24 hour adult life span.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Endurance Fliers Near 200 Hours In Angeleno Flight
Culver City July 10 The Angeleno crew led by Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart push toward 200 hours in the world endurance flight. The pair hold a 176 hour in the air record as spectators watch a Texas barn stormers duo attempt an unprecedented long stay aloft.
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Culver City
U.P
Loren Mendell
AR. M
Pete’ Reinhart
Byron Newcomb
Mitchell
Cleveland
Mendell
Reiohart
Anieleno
Texas
Damages Awarded in Mine Strike Violence Case against County
A Morgan County jury awarded James Hedrick $750 in Athens County Common Pleas Court for injuries during last summer’s strike riots near Greens Run Mine. Hedrick sought $1,000, claiming a union miner shot him on a friend’s porch. Other cases pending include Roy Hanson and Slansen seeking damages for mob assault near Greens Baw Picket Camp last July.
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Athens County
Greens Run
Roy Hanson
Vinton County
Slansen
Greens Baw
Shimp Presents Violin Solos at Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Violinist W Bennet Shimp, a graduate student, performs two Kreisler pieces with accompanist Marie Cowpe and student chorus led by C Robinson at Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday morning. The event includes multiple Ohio University songs.
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W. Bennet Shimp
Marie Cowpe
C. ©. Robinson
School of Music
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Money Display At Lash Drug Store Window
The Lash Drug Company showcases early paper money in its window as a new issue circulates. The display includes 3, 5, 19, 15, 25 and 60 cent bills and various dollar denominations, noting metal currency was not in circulation then.
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Lash Drug Company
British Sub's Crew All Believed Dead
London July 10. The submarine L-6, sister ship of L-12, dived for communication with the sunken H-47 in the Irish Sea. A bell and Morse code were used but no reply came. Twenty one men are prisoners believed dead.
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London
Irish Sea
Slippery Streets Trigger Car Collision on Lancaster Street
A touring car driven by Ailstock and a sedan belonging to Jon Winsterwald collided at the Carpenter Lan caster Street intersection Tuesday afternoon. The Winsterwald driver suffered a minor cut. the Aldstock car had its left front wheel and fender wrecked. Slippery pavement was cited as the cause.
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Ailstock
Jon Flnesterwald
John Cable
West Virginia
Carpenter and
Lancaster Street
Winsterwald
Allstock
Aldstock
Ohio State Appoints Local Professor Milo Kimball
Professor Milo Kimball resigns from Ohio University to join the College of Commerce and Administration at Ohio State University. He organized the banking and finance department at Ohio University and will continue similar work at Ohio State.
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Milo Kimball
Ohio University
College of Commerce and
Ohio State University
Kimball
School of Commerce
Boston University
Hocking County Jail Meals Report for June
Jail matron W. H. Lloyd reports 1289 meals served in June at Hocking County Jail, averaging 14 prisoners daily. Eight inmates were regulars serving long fines, including Albert Burchette, convicted slayer of Earl Behrens, not yet transferred to the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Earl Behrens
Ohio Penitentiary
Hexing Hint in Detroit Murders Home of Benny Evangeliatia
Detroit authorities found odd paraphernalia in the residence of Dr. Benny Evangeliatia tied to a murder case. The items suggest ritual or hex related activity and are being examined for possible linkage to the crime.
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Detroit
Benny Evangeliatia
Three Prisoners Indicted After Strangest Timely Misadventures
Three men from Meise County are jailed after odd actions leading to forgery and other charges. Harlow Shepard forged a nine dollar check, cashed it, bought cream, then notified police to arrest him. Oliver Mitch faced intoxication charges after grand jury testimony. Clifford Patterson, barefoot, kicked his mother in law, broke a toe, and awaits trial while living near Wortland.
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Stan
Pomeroy
Minatea
Meise County
Harlow Shepard
Grand
New Road
Durtylee Cream Company
Middleport
Oliver Mitch
Mine Officials Strive to Reach Griffith Body
MINE OFFICIALS TRY TO REACH GRIFFITH BODY. Deputy state mine inspectors work to pierce gas as they search the 189 foot shaft where George Griffith lay after a blast at a mine near Summit. Three other men were trapped but later accounted for. Canary birds sent down died before reaching the bottom.
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Barnesville
George Griffith
Griffith
Summit
Dobrin
Prizes Won in Izaak Walton League Casting Contest
Clyde Mansfield and E Mills won first and second prizes donated by a local ball concern in the casting tournament held by the Izaak Walton League of Athens on Ohio University’s college green Tuesday night.
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Clyde Mansfield
E. Mills
Izaak Walton
Landslide Destroys Kagoshima Village Killing 30
Tokyo dispatch reports a landslide swept a Kagoshima fishing village into the sea, killing about 30 persons. Rescue and recovery efforts follow as authorities confirm the toll.
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London
U.r-An Exchange
Tokio
Kagoshima
Police and Fire Drag Rocky River for Bailey Body
In Cleveland on July 10 police and fire crews combed the Rocky River below the Lorain Avenue bridge seeking the body of Harold M. Bailey an advertising salesman for the Weeklies who is believed to have died by suicide by leaping into the water near Route 10 1006 APA.
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Cleveland
Rocky River
Lorain Avenue Bridge
Harold M. Bailey
Tievirts
Ohio Briefs Toll of Heat Storms and Arrests
Columbus reports one death from sunstroke and four drownings plus two lightning deaths in yesterday's warm stormy weather. Toledo lists Mrs. Thelma Harris, 26, under arrest for allegedly driving a bandit car tied to a local candy-collector holdup. three men were arrested with her.
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Columbus
Stunatroke
Yeaterday
Oho
Toledo
Thelma Harris
Sam Reestham Named Attorney Examiner in Commerce Dept
Columbus July 10 Sam K Reestham son of the state prohibition commissioner has been appointed attorney examiner in the securities division of the State Department for Commerce.
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Columbus
Sam K. Reestham
Prohibition
Securities Division
State Department For Commerce
Roberts divorce suit filed in New Lexington
Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts files for divorce from Calvin Roberts on grounds of gross neglect. The couple were married in Athens, Ohio on October 27, 1913.
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New Lexington
Elizabeth Roberts
Calvin Roberts
Athens
Ohio
Auto license sale nets for June reported by auditor Quinn
County auditor J. W. Quinn reported the sale of auto licenses for June totaled 133 units, bringing in 809.11 dollars in revenue.
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New Lexington
J. W. Quinn
Rumors of Willys Overland Takeover Circulate in Wall Street
Rumors in the financial district say a group of Toledo men gained control of the Willys-Overland Company. John N. Willys reportedly sold his personal holdings and was said to be under consideration by President Hoover for a diplomatic post.
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New York
Toledo
Ohio
Willys-Overland Company
John N. Willys
Hoover
Pathfinders Flown From Santander To Rome Refuel Then Aim Home
American aviators Hower Williams and Lewis A. Yancey, flying the monoplane Pathfinder, left Santander Spain for Rome after refueling here. They had been forced down near Old Orchard Maine due to low fuel, then planned a nonstop Rome flight but paused to refuel. They expect to reach Rome in about seven hours and aim to fly direct home within months.
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Santander
Spain
Hower
Willams
Lewis A. Yancey
Here
Rome
Old Orchard
Italy
Yellow Bird
Paris
Willarce
Yancey
Tromeferos
Mediterranean
Marseilles
United Preas
Maine
Yancey Maid Williams
Williams
United Press
Crowda
United States
Three Men Enrich County Treasury After Liquor Pleas
Hocking County coffers gained over 1390 dollars when Fred Gee Elza Sapp and J Poe Deske paid all fines and costs after pleading guilty to liquor violation charges before Judge Harley M Whitcraft. Costs in each case were about 15 dollars. The men were arrested Saturday during a search conducted at Murray City by state and county officers.
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Logan
Hocking County
Fred Gee
Elza Sapp
J. Poedeske
Harley M. Whitcraft
Murray City
Accidental Death Verdict In Jacksonville Girl’s Death
A verdict of accidental killing was returned by Captain L. F. Jones of Athens in the death of six year old Victoria Serba of Jacksonville. She was struck by a car driven by Emmett Andreps of this city last Saturday night.
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Grange
Arthur Brisbane
King Peatures Incorporated
Amazon
Jung
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
James Hedrick
Morgan County
Jack Anderson
J. Clyde Edmundson
Shimp
Ohio State
Hocking County Bastile
Pivangelistia
York
Evangelistia
PDH
Justice Gilmore
Hia
Clifford Patterson
Wortland
Ile
Starret
TAG Sale
Overland
Fluo
Ocean
VALIN
Wester
Igs
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