Sunflower Minstrels Bring Big Show to Middleport
The Sunflower Minstrels present a July 30 entertainment at the Central school grounds to aid the Middleport Parent Teachers Association. The original play The Coon Town death by own action Club stars Tom F. Lewis Ford Hunker Jed Hartinger Heritage Lewis and others with Hetzel and McMasters Orchestra providing music. Proceeds fund domestic science and manual training at Middleport High School.
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Middleport
Sunflower Minstrels
Parent-Teachers Association
Middleport High School
Coon Town Suicide Club
Sun Flower Minstrels
Tom F. Lewis
Ford Hunker
Jed Hartinger
Heritage Lewis
Jack Morgan
Laula Gibbs
Phil Gibbs
Harry R. Barnes
W. C. Newman
L. Z. Davis
Maurice Davis
Ralph Anderson
L. M. Fisk
Mr. Winefordner
Paul Hoffman
Hetzel
McMasters’ Orchestra
West Virginia presses ahead with federal highway plan bond votes
The state shows growing support for the Columbus Charleston federal highway and good roads bonds. Union district in Jackson county leads with a 19 to 1 majority. the Ripley district, covering 27 miles, is expected to back the issue on August 14. Construction starts in Wagoner district and will move to Graham after. The Mason to Charleston corridor remains bonded for the road project.
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West Virginia
Union
Jackson County
W. Va
Ripley
Columbus-Charleston
Wagoner District
Graham
Mason
Charleston
Federal aid roads push in Ohio via Washington meeting
A committee of state and local road officials travels to Washington to confer with J H McDonald head of the office of public roads and rural engineering. They seek to adjust county appropriations to cover rising costs and secure funds to begin grading culverts and bridge work this year so brick or stone road paving can start next spring.
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Ohio
Washington
J. H. McDonald
Office of
Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Danderine Claim Sparks Hair Growth Revival
A brief advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and dandruff after application. It promises every hair shows new life, vigor, brightness and thickness, with only a few cents needed to buy the product.
Babe Ruth poised for another home run plate stance
A battered captioned image sequence shows Babe Ruth stepping to the plate and preparing to swing. It follows his bat rising from shoulder height through the moment of contact, capturing the iconic swing in progress.
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Babe Ruth
Laxative ad and local notices fill Middleport column
The item combines an old California Syrup of Figs medical ad with a long list of local visits and travel notices. Names include Ruby Campbell, Joseph Ashley, Eleanor Bronosky, Mrs Joseph Withrow, and many residents visiting Cleveland Detroit Columbus Gallipolis Nelsonville Huntington and Middport. Multiple brief travel and guest entries indicate a busy community note page.
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Joseph Ashley
Charleston
Eleanor Bronosky
Detroit
Joseph Withrow
Minersville
C. M. Ashley
Cleveland
Letart Falls
Jacob Hobstetter
Lenora
Gallipolis
Stolzenburg
Columbus
Thomas Strickland
Bidwell
Laurel Cliff
Beatrice Roberts
Athens
Ward Hartley
Elsie Hart
Gaynelle Young
Nelsonville
Chester Hart
Ed Hite
Ray Eiselstein
Huntington
Norman McCallum
Point Pleasant
Webb Hall
Alfred
C. E. Stowe
Mary Garber
A. A. Garber
Pomeroy
Bertha Conde
Pittsburgh
John Crow
Kathleen Haymen
Joseph Haynen
Racine
Wendel Roos
Roy Tracy
Joseph Karr
Middleport
L. B. Bradbury
Asa Bradbury
Alice
Elsie Knoller
C. J. Rust
Elsie Knolter
Carl Munsford
Dickerson
Walter Branch
Galbronner
Homer
Toledo
Edwin Hull
Des Moines
Road arrangements seen as aid to speeding work
Arrangements can be brought about and should prove a considerable aid to speeding up work on Meigs and Athens county roads.
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Meigs
Athens County
Bashan Farmer Benjamin T. Trussell Dies at 82
Benjamin Taylor Trussell, longtime Bashan farmer, died Saturday evening at the advanced age of 82. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 10 AM at the Bashan Presbyterian Church with burial in the nearby cemetery. He was widely known and enjoyed strong ties in the community.
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Benjamin Taylor Trussell
Bashan
Remains of Clarence Smith Shipped to Nelsonville
The remains of Clarence Smith who died suddenly at the Essex mine Saturday were shipped to Nelsonville Sunday with burial to follow at that place Monday afternoon.
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Clarence Smith
Nelsonville
Essex
Couple Receives One Marriage License In Probate Court
G. A. McGrath a 22 year old Eaton merchant and Miss Alice Johnson 23 of Letart Falls obtained a license at Probate court on Monday. They plan to marry at the bride's home Monday evening.
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Probate
G. A. McGrath
Eaton
Ohio
Alice Johnson
Letart Falls
Mrs James Quivey Dies. Rites Held at Burlingham
Funeral services for Mrs. James Quivey were conducted at the family home in Burlingham on Monday afternoon. She died Saturday evening around 9 30.
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Callis Dawson
Ray O'Donnell
Columbus
Charles Dawson
W. G. Davis
Middleport
Katherine Chancellor
Wooster College
Elizabeth Jones
Robert John Jones
Greenfield
Sarah Jones
L. R. Wilson
Great Bend
Gladys Hamilton
Gallip
Pomeroy
Otto Nast
Charleston
W. Va
Clare Welsh
George W. Thompson
W. W. Thomposn
Kent, O
James Quivey
Burlingham
Make Your Own Bug Killer P. D. Q.
A home made bug killer claim offering a full quart for 85c to kill bedbugs roaches fleas and ants. It advertises ingredients from a druggist and Hospital size 2.50 making five gallons with a devil’s head logo and sells via Cline's Pharmacy Terre Haute Indiana Owl Chemical Co.
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P. D
Owl Chemeal Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Cline
Ex champion Jack Johnson begins prison training in Joliet
Ex heavyweight champion Jack Johnson starts training for a year in prison in Joliet Illinois. He faces a thirty day county jail stay due to Federal Judge Carpenter's illness and the refusal of Chicago judges to open the white slavery case pending against him.
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Pomeroy Salt Association CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Basil King
Milton Sills
Naomi Childers
Pnthe News and
Majestic Concert Orchestra
Elaine Hammerstein In
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James” Coiner” Curwood
Marge O’doone
James Oliver Curwood
Mr. Curwood
Rafael R. Johnson
G. O. Staneart
Messenger
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California
F. L. Johnson
Ruby Campbell
Town
Tom Davis
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Ferrstone Chemical CO
Council Bluffs
Laws
Pomeroy Bend
C. E. Westervelt
James Mitchel
Thomas Love
Bartel’s Grove
Harrisonville
Edna Johnson
Eatonic
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