Real Job to Enforce the Traffic Law in Athens
Police face stretched resources as auto traffic in Athens overwhelms weekends. Careless driving at intersections, open mufflers, and speeding prompt calls for reporting, since officers cannot be everywhere. Saturday nights are chaotic on Court Street with many out‑of‑town cars and activity. More than twenty jitneys operate from Court Street, linking the county seat to towns within fifteen miles.
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Athens
Court Street
Fisherman Finds Bucket Riches In Devols Dam
Marietta July 12 A fisherman William Kavuf snagged a tin bucket at Devols Dam. Inside he found two silver forks, dollar bills, and silver coins totaling $50. The catch turned from a misstrike to a treasure, changing the day’s mood.
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Marietta
William Kavuf
Kauf
Devol’s Dam
Legion Record Goes to Print
The K. T. Croasen Post No. 21 American Legion prepares a fifty page World War record. Miles Cagg, historian, compiled the booklet with over twenty half tones. It covers the Athens post and sketches members and their roles in the war.
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K. T. Croasen Post No. 21
American Legion
Miles Cagg
Athens Post
Surprise at Hollister Honors George Mason on Birthday
In Hollister the Mason home hosted a pleasant belated birthday surprise for George Mason. Guests from Glouster Nelsonville and Hollister joined an old fashioned chicken dinner. Afterward Mrs Mason Ben Mason and Pete McGlaughlin's families drove to Weston for a few days.
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Hollister
Mason
George Mason
B. C.’ Morris
Bernice
Jacob Hamm
Harry Hamm
Thea
Enid
Glouster
Pete Mee Glaughlin
Sylvia Grace
Mary Elizabeth
Nelsonville
John Cooper
Lyndell
Elizabeth
Joe Mason
Soft Coal Output Shows decrease
Bituminous coal production in the United States from January 1 to July 4 totalled 262,272,000 tons, up 44,173,000 from 1919 but below 1918 and 1917 levels. The Geological Survey cites lower Great Lakes shipments for the northwest and compares 4,130,000 tons shipped this season with higher prior years.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Geological Survey
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Great Lakes
Northwest
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Peter Thompson
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Chilren
Taupe
Georgette Voile
Henderson and
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