Ruth Foster to Wed in Fall in Washington
Ruth Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Israel Moore Foster of Washington Dc will wed William G Winstead of Washington early in the fall The groom is employed at the Metropolitan Bank Washington and comes from an old North Carolina family The engagement was announced at a Washington luncheon with Miss Anha Waring as hostess Ruth Foster teaches Home Economics in Washington schools Miss Foster is a graduate of George Washington University Pi Beta Phi Sorority
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Israel Moore Foster
Washington, Db. C
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William G. Winstead
Washington
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House of Representatives
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George Washington University
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
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Metropolitan Bank
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C. G. Hanning
Stimson Avenue
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Will Cline
Albany
Hebbardsville
Howard E. Warner
Blanche Hanning
J. T. Ogier
Hamden
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Athens-Jackson
George Parky
South Court Street
Doctor Ogier
Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Robert Ogier
Ruth Baker Taylor
Ruth Dalton Taylor
F. R. Baker
Fisher Station
Mrs. Taylor
Alexandria
Virginia
Mrs. Baker
Crew blamed for panic in sea collision tragedy
Passengers were credited with saving the Steamer Fairfax from fire after colliding with the Tanker Pinthis near Boston. The disaster cost 47 lives, with a Marine passenger arguing panic by certain crew members worsened the toll and that many jumped overboard without their clothes on fire.
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Boston
U.R
Harry E. Kipp
Minneapolis
Kipp
Athens Chick Hatchery praised by local customers
E. R. Murray and C. F. Gibbs commend Athens Chick Hatchery of Athens Ohio for reliable quality stock and high chick survivals. Murray reports 94 percent survival from 500 White Leghorn chicks and Gibbs notes 22 losses out of 513 in four weeks over six years of purchases. Moody of Connecticut also praised their broilers reaching New York markets in 1929.
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E. R. Murray
C. F. Gibbs
Athens Chick Hatchery
Athens
Ohio
Athens Hatchery
Mr. Murray
Mr. Gibbs
Mr. Moody
Connecticut
New York
Mrs. Seiple Hosts Shower For Bride In Athens
A series of bridal showers continues for Mrs. Cecil Cox with Mrs. Mildred Seiple hosting at Richland Avenue. Guests include Mrs. Cox Miss Ethel Collins and Mrs. Carl Cox of Allendale. The Cox couple wed June 7 in a ceremony by Rev. C M Coulter.
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Seiple
Cecil Cox
Rose Collins
Mildred Seiple
Richland Avenue
Cox
Ethel Collins
Carl Cox
Allendale
Illness May Cheat Gallows In Chicken Farm Murders Case
Gordon Stewart Northcott, dying from appendicitis in San Quentin, refuses surgery as his mother, serving a life sentence for complicity, pleads. Doctors warn death may follow if operation is not performed. Northcott and his mother are pictured.
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Los Angeles
Gordon Stewart Northcott
San Quentin Penitentiary
Northcott
Friday the 13th Friday in 1950 June Cited in Athens lore
Local readers note Friday the 13th falls on June 12 in 1950. Athens residents recall avoiding ladders and superstition while friends remind this is the only Friday the 13th that year and the superstition surrounds it.
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Athens
Court Street
Murderers Die Two Condemned Men Executed in Kentucky Penitentiary
Two condemned killers died in the electric chair at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville early Friday, June 13. The first, Earl Ratcliffe, faced reporters and witnesses about to watch him die at 12:17 a.m. He remarked that they looked more scared than he felt. The second execution was of Richard Edmonds, 36, described as a calm man who walked into the chamber with resignation.
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Eddyville
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Ballard
Friday the Thirteenth Brace of Doom Predicted
Chicago reports the National Safety Council estimates 27 871 people will suffer bad luck before midnight on Hoodoo Day. About 27 500 will be injured, 265 killed, 47 fall fatal, 35 drown, and 24 burned to death.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Widow of Stresemann to lecture on world peace at Columbia
The widow of German Foreign Minister Gustave Stresemann will bring a message of world peace to the United States this year. She is planned to lecture on international relations at Columbia University in New York.
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United States
Gustave Stresemann
Germany
Columbia University
New York
Mrs Mary Edwards Killed in Auto Crash Near Shawnee
Mrs Mary Edwards 60 wife of the late William Edwards was killed in a highway accident near Shawnee as relatives head from Shawnee to Fulton Missouri to claim the body. Her daughter Clara 36 a Shawnee teacher was probably fatally injured and Miss Elsie Edwards of Columbus a party member was slightly hurt. The group was returning from a trip to Columbia Missouri.
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New Lexington
Shawnee
Fulton
Mary Edwards
William Edwards
Clara
Elsie Edwards
Columbus
Columbia
Hoover Portraits Show Evolving Presidency Burden
The sequence contrasts Hoover as Commerce Secretary in November 1927 before his resignation to run for president, with a recent image showing the weight of the presidency on his face. The captions note the time gap and the changing public role.
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Hoover
Palmer Quits National Wool Group Over Operative Split
Lee B. Palmer resigns as president and director of the National Wool Marketing Corporation amid a rift with the Ohio Wool Growers' Co operative Association over operational methods. The Ohio group refused to join the national body, which was formed under the Federal Farm Board this year, prompting national operations in Ohio through a rival association.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio Wool Growers’ Co-operative Association
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Lee B. Palmer
National
Ohio
Federal Farm Board
Orange Brand Tonic Praised For Delicate Stomachs
Mrs. Mary Scott of Portsmouth Ohio endorses Orange Brand Tonic and Nuggets as a cure for long running stomach trouble. She reports improved appetite strength sleep and energy after using three bottles and notes the tonic combines bitters with iron and several herbs. Sold by Lash's Drug Store and other outlets.
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Mary Scott
Portsmouth
Ohio
Colombo
Lash
Ten Die In Plopsi Bridge Collapse Crowd Tragedy
Ten persons drowned when a bridge at Plopsi collapsed during a crowd's crossing after the bridge dedication in Bucharest. The incident occurred today as spectators gathered to view the new structure.
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Bucharest
Plopsi
Probate and Local Notices From Athens County Ohio
Probate notices list various guardians executors and administrators with first final and fourth accounts filed May 1930 and June 1930. Local public bids advertise coal delivery and boiler room fuel for Nelsonville City Water Works with bid bonds and contract conditions.
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Frankatthews
Marvin Linscott
Eats Prance
Clarence Wrank R. Murphey
F. Stanley Crooks
Oliver B. Murphey
Koen B. Gillespie
Minerva
Woodworth
Fiat
Theodore W. Lohse
Theodore P. Lohse
Neroia
Gasignee Mare
Bank of Athens
MBLA
Loretta Wines
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Woodyard
Gail
Guekiss
Mesey
Omled
Public Service
Nelsonville
Nelsonvi City Water Works
Sidney
Fuiblio T
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