Ravenswood High Band to Play at Marshalls Show
Ravenswood High School band of 52 from Ravenswood West Virginia will perform at Pythian park in Middleport this week as guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Marshall. The free concert runs from 7 to 7 39 p m in the park grandstand under director G M Whetstone. The band will also play on the ferris wheel as part of show features.
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Ravenswood High School
The
Marshalls
Middleport
Frank Marshall
Marshall Brothers
Pythian Park
Ravenswood
W. Va
G. M. Whetstone
Ohio Valley
Pomeroy Evening Notices of Home Robbery and Marriages
Mrs. Harry Swisher found her Pomeroy home ransacked with a broken window at Addison after a Columbus visit. Hobart Cozart and Blanche Nesselroad wed at Dead Man's curve after a Murray bridge incident. The Stansbury family notes a throat operation recovery and a Christian Women’s board of missions planning a membership drive in Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Harry Swisher
Addison
Columbus
Middleport
Christian Women's Board of Missions of the Christian Church
Susie Taylor
Hobart Cozart
Portland
Blanche Nesselroad
Bell Telephone Company
Murray Bridge
Dead Man's Curve
Thomas Albert Young
Pomeroy Fork
Leonard Ed
Werner
Mintruck
Neapolis
Wer
Iisner
Main Street
Proposed Towboat With Odd Design Draws Interest
Pomeroy reports river men await Jones & Laughlin Steel plans for a 154 foot triple screw towboat with a tapered stern and two flanking rudders behind three 500 HP Diesel engines. The craft carries skegs to protect props and rudders and aims for easy landing and backing on inland rivers.
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Pomeroy
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Phil C. Elsey
Vesta Coal Company
Pittsburgh
W. B. Horton
Condor
Legion Selects Its Delegates
The American Legion auxiliary at Middleport on July 13 elected first delegate Emily Barnes and first alternate Wilma Davis, with second delegate Lillian Steiff and second alternate Flora Beaver. The state convention assembles at the Neil House in Columbus in August 1921. The group plans to attend the meeting and the next auxiliary session is set for August 13.
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Middleport
American Legion Auxiliary
Emily Barnes
Wilma Davis
Lillian Steiff
Flora Beaver
Neil House
Columbus
Ausliary
Auxiliary
Brick garage near completion in Middleport
The July 13 report notes the brick work on the new garage by O. H. Stewart is finished, and the building is ready for carpenters.
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Middleport
O. H. Stewart
Bonds Chart Shows Athens County Debts And 1929 Dues
A September 4 1928 county auditor chart lists total outstanding bonds at 555780 with 13156575 due in 1929. It itemizes road improvements inter county highways Marshfield Carthage Gap and more with amounts outstanding and due plus interest.
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Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
Letter Golf Puzzle Teaches Word Changes For Readers
A puzzle feature explains letter golf with a hot summer theme and a par 1% challenge. Readers are shown how to change one word at a time through valid words, with rules about letter order and common usage, and a solution printed on the last page.
Local residents and visitors frequent Cheshire list
Mr and Mrs Will McCarty visited Mrs fr Parsons in town on Wednesday after staying with relatives in Cheshire. Mr and Mrs J S Farmer returned from a ten day motor trip to Columbus and other locations. George Steward moved with his children to Coalport to live in Frank Gloeckner’s house with Thelma as housekeeper. Clifford Steele left for Akron after his father’s injury from a fall. Mr and Mrs Arthur Haddox of Wellsville and Mr and Mrs Emory Haddox of East Liverpool, visiting Herman Haddox’s family, returned home Thursday.
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Will McCarty
Cheshire
Par‘son
S. Farmer
Columbus
Varous Points
George Steward
Frank Gloeckner
Coalport
Thelma
Dark Hollow
Clifford Steele
Ed Steele
Akron
Arthur H H Hatdox
Wellsville
Emory Haddox
East Liverpool
Cnring
Herman Haddox
Inter-county Highway Project Totals Reported Deficiencies
A compiled accounting lists multiple inter-county highway projects by number and section with allocated funds and remaining deficiencies. Items include highways 518 4518 160 157 155 and related surface costs plus a house bill 527 totaling 555 780 in funds and 192 260 in expenditures with 25 305 75 and 131 565 75 as subtotals.
Expenditure Plan Supervises Highway Program Leader
Cleveland reports the expenditure of 60 million dollars for a decade long county highway program will be supervised by J Gordon McKay head of the division of highway economics U S bureau of public roads. He will accept chairmanship of the Cleveland bureau of highway research whose organization was authorized yesterday.
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Cleveland
U.R
J. Gordon McKay
McKay
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Cleveland Bureau of Highway Research
Boy Prefers Singing to Work While Processed for Home
A Portland area boy, William Jones son of Pearl Jones a World War veteran who recently died, was taken to the Children's Home. He was singing in the probate office while his case papers were prepared, expressing a strong preference for singing over work.
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Pomeroy
Portland
William Jones
Pearl Jones
Co-Operate System Adopted by Pomeroy Merchants
Pomeroy merchants adopt a cooperative model to form Serv-A-Well stores with low prices and free delivery. Eight members join including Ewing's Cash Grocery Rosenbaum's Grocery Guth Whitlock Fugate's Cash Grocery Epple's Grocery Nease Cash Grocery Massard's Grocery and Schwegman Rodel.
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Pomeroy
Therr
Ewing's Cash
Rosenbaum’s
Guth & Whitlock
Fugate’s Cash
Epple’s
Nease Cash
Contested Condemnation Case Against Metcalf Presses On
In Pomeroy the county commissioners condemnation suit against Fletcher Metcalf continued through the third day in probate court. A Wednesday effort at compromise at the Metcalf farm failed, with parties unable to agree and the case to proceed to a finish as the jury returned to the box.
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Pomeroy
Fletcher Metcalf
Metcalf
Cement Work Starts on Route 62 Link in Pt Pleasant
Lace Foreman and crew begin cement paving for the connecting link of Route No 62 between Twenty Second and Twelfth streets along the old Mason City turnpike in Pt Pleasant. The county plans a concrete surface on Route No 42 this summer. A Beech Grove road surfacing project starts with bone coal hauled from Blackstone mine to the road under Trustee George Miller.
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Pomeroy
Twenty- Second Street
Twelfth Street
Mason City
Pt. Pleasant
Mason County
Rutland
Beech Grove
Blackstone
Doctor Parker
George Miller
Poli Negri to Seek Divorce in Paris Court
Hollywood reports say film star Poli Negri will seek a divorce in Paris from husband Prince Midivani. She reportedly renewed her chateau near Paris and cited lingering Valentino affection and incompatibility as reasons for estrangement.
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Hollwood
Calif
Polo Negri
Paris
Prince Midivani
Hollywood
Miss Negri
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
High School Group Presents Two One Act Plays
The Athens Presbyterian church dining room hosts two one act plays by the Christian Endeavor high school society on Friday night July 20. The plays are Twas Ever Thus and The Awakening of Spring directed by Harold Evans of Ohio University.
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Athens Presbyterian Church
High School Society of the
Christian Endeavor
Harold Evans
Ohio University
Rain postpones tri-state tennis championships in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on July 18 rain forced the postponement of matches at the twenty-sixth annual tri-state tennis championships hosted by the Cincinnati Tennis Club for the third time this week.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Peacock Former Carnegie Partner Dies in New York
Alexander R. Peacock, once a partner in Carnegie steel interests, died yesterday in New York. His funeral was held a few hours later.
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New York
U.R
Alexander R. Peacock
Carnegie Steel
Tribute at Columbus plant for late JAC Phillips burial
Workers at the Columbus plant of the American Rolling Mill company will pause for five minutes at 4 30 p m today in silent tribute to JAC Phillips secretary of that game who will be buried at Middletown.
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Columbus
U.P
American Rolling Mill Company
Jac, Phillips
Middletown
Seeks Republican Nomination for County Commissioner
Charles Levering of Nelsonville seeks the Republican nomination for county commissioner in the August 14 primaries. Born September 25, 1890 in Nelsonville, he attended common school, worked as a miner in the Hocking valley for years and lost a leg in Starr Hocking Mine in 1910. He now works at McGovern Shoe factory and served as York township trustee for 10 years. His wife is Catherine Gaspers Levering, with two children Charles Jr. and Florette.
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Charles Levering
Nelsonville
Nominaton
Hocking Valley
Starr Hocking
Mc Govern
York Township
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