Margaret Creek Oil & Gas Co seeks subscribers in Ohio field
An Ohio corporation named Margaret Creek Oil & Gas Co with $50 000 capital offers 600 shares at 25 each. Leases cover 2004 acres in Athens and Meigs counties near Hebbardsville. The venture cites the Cooley gas well drilled in 1896, notes high gas pressures, and urges subscriptions with 10 percent down and balance in 30 days to Athens, Columbus, or via local agents.
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Ohio
Athens
Meigs Counties
Hebbardsville
Cooley
Bradley
Olean
Athens Oil & Gas Developing Company
Margaret Creek
Berea
Clinton
Bremen
Ohio River
Margaret Creek Oil & Gas Company
P. E. Hixson
T. EE. Burnside
Columbus Savings & Trust Building
Columbus
Charles Seidenfield
Infant Rachel Buck Dies at Garden Home
Mrs. Rachel Buck aged 2 years died Sunday at her Garden area home of paralysis. Funeral services were held at 10:30 this morning from the residence conducted by Rev Alkire with interment in Garden Cemetery. She was an aunt of Mrs Jesse Warren of this city and is survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Rachel Buck
Garden
Alkire
Child Injured After Fall From Wall at Cemetery Street Home
Helen Edgar, daughter of Mr and Mrs Addison Edgar of Cemetery Street, fell from a wall Monday afternoon and suffered severe bruising to head and shoulder. She was found unconscious but doctors hope for no serious injuries.
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Helen
Addison Edgar
Cemetery Street
Kaler Loses to Lanks in Lancaster Pitch Game
Athena fans traveled to Lancaster Monday to watch Kaler face the Lanks. Krum was defeated 2 to 0 though the contest was competitive, with errors and timely hits deciding the outcome.
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Kaler
Lanks
Athena
Lancaster
Krum
Clean-Up At Corning Sweepstakes Shooters Sweep Events
Wil Hines and Amen Hooper of the Athens Gym club dominated the Corning sweepstakes, placing in all but one event. Hines earned three firsts, one second, and one third while Hooper took one first, three seconds, and one third. L W Cumberland, for U M C shells, scored 98 of 100 with a Remington pump. Cumberland will shoot with the Athens club.
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Wil Hines
Amen Hooper
Athens
Corning
Hines
Hooper
L W. Cumberland
Mr. Cumberland
Convention Closes After Week of Y M H L Meetings
The Y M H L convention meetings began at the mission Tuesday of last week and closed Sunday night. Thomas Henderson, president, will remain through next week with Rev. William R. Stewart to continue revival services. An offering of about $40 was taken to cover convention expenses. Henderson preached on love and fear, noting fear and love evolve together with many illustrations. Rev. William H. Covert left yesterday to join Rev. Kinder in a revival near Gallipolis.
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Thomas ©. Henderson
League
William R. Stewart
Henderson
William H. Covert
Kinder
Gallipolis
Moore
A. C. Roach
T. A. Cotton
Peverage
Lewis Kelley
Nd. K
U. A.M
Woodmen
Glee Club
Eldvens
Jasper Carsey
Athens
Speakers’ Street
View Cemeery
Swinehart
University Glee Club
Lincoln
Malcolm Douglas
David Putnam
Charlee H. Grosvenor
Hhis
Grosvenor
General Strike Threatens Stiff Philadelphia Transit
Philadelphia reporters describe a looming general strike as strikers refuse to yield to imported strikebreakers. Car service remains erratic with lines cut after hours, and police arrest protesters at transit barns. Mayor Keyburn vows 19000 extra officers to keep city lines running if needed.
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Philadelphia
Keyburn
John J. Murphy
Central Labor Union
Broad Street
Leslie Snow
Sixteenth and
Snyder Avenue
Snow
Aged onion eater dies at 115 in Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine Ohio May 31 Rebecca Burns died at 115 claiming visions of George Washington in childhood. She attributed longevity to eating onions twice daily from her own garden, a staple of her long diet for scores of years.
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Bellefontaine, O
Rebecca Burns
George Washington
Run Out of Coffins After Zephyr Tornado Tragedy
Late reports from Zephyr Texas say 30 to 40 persons were killed by the tornado. The town lacks coffins and gravesites as bodies including Mrs Hicks and Ruth Campbell lie unburied in the morgue. Relief funds total $25,009.
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Brownwood
Téx
Zephyr
Hicks
Ger 5 Ware
Ruth Campbell
Murphy loses prize as Confederate bill field find fails
William Murphy of Snyder Oklahoma unearthed twenty two thousand dollars in paper money but it proved to be Confederate currency, ending his prize claim and triggering a local dispute over the finding.
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William Murphy
Snyder
Okla
Eastern Star inspection praised by visiting officers
The annual Eastern Star inspection at the Masonic hall drew sixty six members and twenty three visitors. Attendees from Nelsonville Albany Amesville McArthur Guysville Indiana and West Virginia enjoyed refreshments and music from the Sunday school orchestra. Inspectors praised the chapter for exemplary work and orderly records with special commendation for Secretary Treasurer Emma Palmer.
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Masonic Hall
Nelsonville
Albany
Amesville
McArthur
Guysville
Indiana
West Virginia
M. EB
Icedore Kaufman
Attica
Ohio
Frances Graham
Lancaster
Emma Palmer
Athens
Ohio Postoffice Clerks Honor Dick and Goebel
The Ohio branch of the National Postoffice Clerks association met in Cincinnati at the Federal building. They passed a resolution praising Senator Dick and Congressman Goebel for their efforts on behalf of postoffice employees.
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Inderse
Cincinnati
Ohio
National Postoffice Clerks’ Association
Federal Building
Goebel
Postoffice
Record-Setting Ohio Varsity Nine Triumphs Over Wesleyan
Ohio University defeats Ohio Wesleyan at Athletic Field with twelve hits off Goddard and Baker, plus a run by every home player. Wesleyan led with two runs in each of the first two innings, while Ohio's offense exploded in the seventh and eighth. Goddard allowed twelve hits, while Baker aided on the mound. only four Ohio batters struck out against two Wesleyan pitchers.
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Ohio Wesleyan
Goddard
Baker
Ohio University
Athletic Field
Wesleyan
Grove
Methodists
Stanford
Methodist
Lombard
Wood
Delaware
D. U
Ohio
Lesoard
Mail Men Win In 10 Inning Clash Over Painters
The Post Office team beat the Painters 14 to 10 in ten innings Monday afternoon. A late-ninth error tied the game, but Strickland cleared the bases with a three-base hit in the tenth. The game featured plentiful errors and was marked by strong late offense.
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Post Office
Painters
Strickland
Frebault
Brickles
Hoffmeister
Hulse
Vorhes
Kelly
No Court Till Friday For Johnson Adultery Trial
Contrary to expectation common pleas court did not sit today. The trial of Joseph Johnson for adultery was scheduled but postponed. Court will convene on Friday.
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Common Pleas Court
Joseph Johnson
Installation of $10,000 Switchboard Arrives for Local Telephone Exchange
The Home Telephone company reports the new switchboard valued at $10,000 has arrived and is being installed by a crew of experts. Three carloads of material have arrived in recent days to support the setup.
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Home Telephone Company
Baccalaureate Service Features Music by Four Ohio University Musicians
Athens High School held its baccalaureate in Ewing Wall with a program led by four Ohio University musicians. A trombone solo, student vocal solos, and a sermon titled The Angel Face by Rev. H. Marshall Thurlow framed the evening. The service included readings, prayers, and congregational hymns as part of the observance.
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Rev. Thurlow
Ohio University
Athens High School
Ewing Wall
Harry Ridenour
Handel
Gigil. Alderman
Dugene Cowles
H. Marshall Thurlow
Havel Krapps
Ashford
F. M. Swinehart
Kay Spencer
Sheba
Last Student Recital Promises Fine Piano Program
Miss Bess Driggs presents the graduating piano recital at Ohio University Auditorium tonight marking the last student recital this college year before commencement week. The program features Kreisleriana op. 16 Leschetinsky Taran telle and Moszkowski Grand Valse Brillante in A flat. She is assisted by Miss Austa Speck soprano, soloist at the First Methodist Church choir and a principal in Il Trovatore.
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Bess Driggs
Ohio University
College of Music
Leschetigsky
Moszkowski
Austa Speck
First Methodist Church Choir
Minnemeyer Leaves State Hospital to Start Own Business
George Minnemeyer, after ten years as assistant basement superintendent at the state hospital, severed his connection yesterday to go into business for himself. He leaves voluntarily with warm regards from superiors who praise his conscientious, industrious service and deem him a trustworthy employee.
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George Minnemeyer
State Hospital
Hospital
Trustees to Choose New Steward at Ath ens State Hospital
Board of Trustees meets Wednesday to select a new steward and an assistant physician. Dr and Mrs O O Fordyce assume management of the Ath ens state hospital from Dr E H Rorick who resigns. Rorick plans farm life in Putton county after thanking Governor Harmon and the press. Walter J Remley of Mt Crab Brown Co seeks steward post. James W Carpenter another applicant. Assistant physician to be appointed. salary starts at 400 and rises to 1000 with tenure. American Laundry and Machine Co of Cincinnati wins a 6877.60 laundry installation bid.
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O. O. Fordyce
Athens State Hospital
E. H. Rorick
Harmon
Rorick
Putton County
Walter J. Remley
Mt. Crab
Brown County
Columbus
James W. Carpenter
Pennsylvania Railroad
O. O Fordyce
Harriman Predicts Prosperity Amid Inflation and Crop Surge
Edward Harriman says the country’s business is on a solid base and farmers should prepare for broader prosperity with favorable weather and large crops. He warns against funding fake projects, cites the 1907 panic as avoidable, and predicts a future panic from shrinking business before heading to Paris and Austrian resorts for health.
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New York
Edward H. Harriman
Europe
Mr. Harriman
Landis
Harriman
Paris
Attempted Murder of Mother in Cleveland
June 1 report says Fred Daniels, a Black man from Cleveland, threatened to kill his mother and then slashed her throat with a razor, causing a likely fatal wound. Police report no motive yet and Daniels was detained for questioning.
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Cleveland
Fred Daniels
Daniels
Kate Ferriter Dies in Minot North Dakota
Mrs. Frank Schloss received a telegram reporting the death of Kate Ferriter aged 88 at Minot North Dakota. She lived with sisters Mrs. Lewis King and Mrs. James Wilson last fall she went west seeking milder climate. Death followed lung trouble. Born and raised in Mineral she spent years in the city and was well known. funeral and burial were held in Minot on Monday.
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Frank Schloss
Kate Ferriter
Minot
N. D
Ferriter
Lewia King
James Wilson
Mineral
Boxwell Students Graduate in Athens Township
Thirteen Boxwell graduates met with Clerk J B Clayton in Athens to arrange the township commencement. The exercises will be held next Saturday at 9 o clock in the public school building with each graduate assigned a program part.
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Athens Township
J. B. Clayton
Arraignment in Glouster for Keeping Liquor House
Ed Turner, a Black resident of Glouster, was arraigned before Mayor Hedges on a charge of keeping a place where intoxicating liquor is sold. He pleaded not guilty. trial set for Saturday at 1 pm. Bond fixed at 250 dollars. Officers searched Hollister and mine No 10, finding 15 pints of whiskey and a beer keg. In a separate case, James Bobo was found guilty of maintaining a liquor-selling place. sentencing set for June 9.
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Ed Turner
Glouster
Hedges
Turner
Webster
Marabal Flasterwald
King
Law and Order League
James Bobo
Directors of Margaret Creek Oil & Gas Meet in Hebbardeville
The Margaret Creek Oil and Gas Company directors convened in Hebbardeville last Friday night to formalize stock changes and plan drilling. Officials expect drilling to start within six weeks at the latest, leveraging extensive leases in Athens and Meigs counties.
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Margaret Creek Oi & Gas Company
Athens
Meigs County
Hebbardeville
Sugar Creek Team Runs Away After Fright on Court Street
A team owned by H G Algoe of Sugar Creek startled by an automobile Monday morning and bolted to the porch of Prof J P McVey on South Court Street. One horse injured and wagon damaged. Earlier that morning Littier the baker also had a runaway team.
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H G. Algoe
Sugar Creek
J. P. McVey
South Court Street
Littier
Woman Drowns After Launch Explosion on Potomac
A gasoline launch carrying three young married couples exploded its oil tank and passengers jumped overboard. Mrs Mey Wood, 22, drowned. her husband Carl D Wood narrowly escaped and was rescued by another launch. Morgan Moore and wife and Arthur Wells and wife, all of Alexandria, Va., were saved.
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Washington
Potomac River
Mey Wood
Carl D. Wood
Morgan Moore
Arthur Wells
Alexandria
Snow latest record in Leadville as June snow falls
Snow blanketed Leadville Colorado on June 1 with two inches reported making it the latest snowfall ever recorded in the city. The unusual weather surprised residents and disrupted early summer plans.
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Leadville
Colo
Cornell Oarsmen Defeat Harvard In Two Varsity Wins
Cornell dominates Harvard on Cayuga Lake winning the big eight by a length and a half in 10 minutes 4 seconds and the freshmen by four lengths in 11 minutes. Cornell led wire to wire in both races on Ithaca’s river.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell Oavsmen
Harvard
Cayuga Lake
Cornell
Etert
Prizefighter Released in Savannah Preliminary Hearing
A Young Fv from New York charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Greek Jimmy Ryan, James Kueriazes of Terre Haute, Ind., had a preliminary hearing in Savannah recorder's court and was dismissed from custody. Ryan was buried in Savannah.
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Savannah
Young Fvans
New York
Jimmy Ryan
James Kueriazes
Terre Haute
Ind
Recorder’s Court
Ryan
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