Triple murder shocks farm near Geneva
Wealthy farmer Charles Anderson his wife and their 18 year old son were found slain in their burning farm home three miles west of Geneva. All three victims showed brutal blows and axe injuries with the mattress set ablaze. Authorities began a routine investigation into motive as neighbors reported dense smoke. Willis Anderson aged 18 was found dying in a burning room.
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Charles &. Anderson
Andeveen
Here
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Maxe
Mroved
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Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Budget Review
Two copies of the tentative budget for Mey Nelsonville in Athens County are on file for public inspection. The city auditor of Nelsonville, Ohio, will consider the budget on a specified date in August 1939. Millard Poster has been appointed executor of the will of Mandryiste of Athens County.
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Mey
Nelsonville
Ather
Omc
Ohio
Millard
Athens
Wm. Lighthitz
Orie
le H. Lighee
Athens County
Drowning of Theodore Huston Near Rock Bridge
Theodore Huston 17, son of Mr and Mrs William Huston of near Rockbridge, drowned Sunday in the Hock ime River near Carpenter Bridge at 2 45 pm while swimming with three companions. The body was recovered at 3 25 pm by Charles Lyke and others assisting with grappling gear. Coroner J P Miller was notified. funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Charles Lye
Elmer Liff
Divine
Huston
Lioyd
Boyd Hester
Bord Reddick
Logan Fire Department
Charlie Lyke
Scenie
Joe Purbeam
Luke
Dr. Cherrington
Andrew Helber
Rockbridge
Marcus Grashares
Carl Miller
J. P. Miller
Charles Carpenter
City Improves Water Use as Wastage Drops Urgently
Logan officials report winter water consumption to the city remained high with 2,416,675 gallons used by Friday. Notices are being sent to excessive users to curb waste and conserve for emergencies.
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Logan
Helber Sentenced in Ohio Penitentiary Case
Logan July 12 11 After overruled a motion for a new trial Fudge Harley M Whitcraft sentenced John Helber to 15 months in the Ohio Penitentiary and fined 590 He was convicted by a jury last week of manufacturing intoxicating liquor in a raid by state and county officers Arch Canfield is serving a similar sentence Earl Harmon and Dewey Laker face charges but their trials are not set Canfield testified for the defense and prosecutors say the men sought liquor.
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Logan
Fudge Harley M. Whitcraf
John Helder
Ohio
Sazardsz
Mabnenaa
Hebber
Arch Canfield
Herber
Atll
Canfield
Earl Harmon
Dewey Laker
Dedication Planned for Ewing Grange Hall
July 2 report from Ewing states arrangements are under way for the dedication of the Ewing Grange Hall on August 14 with an all day program. Statemaster Harry Kirk is expected to attend. A basket dinner will be featured. The Grange bought and remodeled the Methodist Episcopal Church Building as headquarters, and membership is rising with a class of 20 to be initiated.
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Logan
Ewing Grange
Ewing
Harry Kirk
The
Grange
Methodist Episcopal Church
PUPILS TO MEET AT REUNION FOR Cox VETERAN TEACHER
Charles W. Cox a Greem Township teacher with forty five years in public schools plans a reunion on August 14 at the Horking County Fair grounds. He hopes former pupils and associate teachers attend and has already heard from about fifty. He mentions well filled baskets will cover admission costs.
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Logan
Charles W. Cox
Greem Township
Horking County Fairgrounds
Cox
Serge Citthe
Popiis Outaie
Citizens oppose merger of Perry precinct polling place
About 25 residents from South Perry gathered in Logan Saturday to oppose moving Perry No. 2 polling place after the Perry No. 1 and No. 2 precinct merger. The Election Board planned an inspection trip next week to select the new voting location.
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South Perry
Election Board
Logan
Tn Logan
Haocking
Perry No. 2
Heat Record Strains City As Thermometers Soar
Mercury at 104 Logan reports extreme heat with temperatures from 9 to 144 across the city on Sunday. Residents sought shade and relief at bathing pools and the Hocking River while Main Street appeared deserted in the afternoon heat and water pressure fell due to heavy demand.
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Logan
Hocking
Main Street
Local families visit in Columbus and nearby cities
Mr and Mrs Joe Phillips and two children visited in Columbus on Sunday. J E Phillips and Kerwood Martin with daughter from Columbus were guests of Brom and Martin families. L E Willedge and Lucille Davia of Augusta Ga are in the city visiting Fred Willege. Willege hopes to join them soon. Lewis Sargent and Jesse Gilke of Athens County visited Logan with J M Cooley. H W Harden and Frank W Harden visited Lancaster. Anthony Toerner returned home after a week with relatives in Elmira and Olean N Y.
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Kerwood Martin
Columbus
Athens County
Logan
J. M. Cooley
H. W. Harden
Frank W. Harden
Lancaster
Anthony Toerner
Elmira
Olean
Slow Mover LAIGAN Lead Turtle Found Near Union Furnace
A lead turtle bearing the names M. and Floyd Pence and the year 1914 was found by Herbert Marshall near Union Furnace in the last week. Floyd Pence recalled carving the names in 191 when he found the turtle in a berry patch. The attic where found was a few hundred yards from the pass where he had been captured.
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Floyd Mr. Pence
Herbert Marshall
Union Furnace
Floyd Pennce
Marshall
Two Lancaster Men Fined for Intoxication Charges
Lancaster men Walter Hooker and Charles Kern were arrested near Hackbridge Friday evening by Deputy Sheriff Hammond on intoxication charges. Hooker was arraigned Saturday before Magistrate T Stephenson and fined 190 dollars with six months driving suspension. Kern was arraigned before Magistrate E E Bright and fined 3 dollars with costs.
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Logan
Walter Hooker
Charles Kern
Lancaster
Hackbridge
L. ©. Hammond
Hooker
T Stephenson
Amd
Kern
E. E. Bright
Officer Prevents Robbery of Store in Rockbridge
Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond stopped two youths Ralph Odes and Frank Smith trying store entry at Frank Hufford store in Rockbridge. The pair, escaped from Boys' Industrial School Lancaster, fled, Hammond fired twice but captured them after they slipped into a ditch. They were returned to the Lancaster institution.
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Hammond
Hufford
Injured in Fall Logan
C G Webb a well known stock man and farmer was injured while hauling hay near Webb Summit. He was thrown from a load of hay and suffered a fracture in a small bone of the right wrist plus a dislocation as he alighted.
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Logan
Webb Summit
C. G. Webb
Eye Injury Reported In Nelsonville Youth
Leonard Joyce a 15 year old from Nelsonville was brought to Cherrington Hospital for treatment after an incident Thursday when a wire struck his left eye while he pulled wire from beneath a hay pile. He was injured Saturday.
Nothing finer could have happened to the C. D. Shafer Co
Evans Dent of The Norge Electric Refrigerator Department announces Borg-Warner Corporation’s Neoree division joining as a key partner. The move promises broader opportunities through national dealers, with Borg-Warner’s 1929 earnings, diverse plants, and well known products backing a more efficient electric refrigerator priced 19% higher efficiency and 25% to 35% cheaper.
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Norge Electric Refrigerator Department
Neoree Corporation
Borg-Warner Corporation
Shafer
United States
Canada
Borg & Beck
Morse
Warner & Detroit
Mechanics Universal
Marvel
Schebler and Johnson
Borg-Warner
Dent
Are Up Again St Louis Air Endurance Attempt
Dale Jackson and Forest Brine in a Curtis Robin monoplane from Lambert Field at 7 12 a m CST attempt to fly 30 days to beat the Hunter Brothers Chicago record. The craft mirrors The St Louis Robin that logged 429 hours last year. Mrs Charities Rusk of Shawnee underwent surgery at Cherrington Hospital with improving condition. Mr and Mrs Phil Tschappat and son Dick visited relatives at Utica Sunday.
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Lambert-St. Louis Field
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Greater
St. Louis
Phil Tschappat
Gon Dick
Utica
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Extract Tablets Promised Health Boost
An advertising piece touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Extract Tablets as tasteless capsules delivering vitamins from Norwegian cod liver oil. It claims benefits for underweight children and adults, features a testimonial from Amnella Biggs, cites Good Housekeeping approval, and notes price and pharmacy guarantee.
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McCory
Good Housekeeping Bureau of Foods, Sanitation and Health
Cline’ Pharmacy Co
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