Coal production active throughout country reports Bureau of Mines
Nelsonville June 14. Coal production remains active nationwide per Bureau of Mines reports. For 1926 up to June 5, 182 working days yield 233,895,000 net tons of bituminous coal. Earlier years show 1920 223.462 million, 1921 169.798 million, 1922 171.978 million, 1923 241.584 million, 1924 205.524 million, 1925 203.97 million. Only 1923 exceeded the current output to date.
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Nelsonville
Bureau of Mines
Death ends long illness in Nelsonville
Mrs. Alice McKee Wallace 69 wife of Edwin A Wallace died at home Sunday June 13 after a fifteen year illness. They moved from Glouster to Nelsonville 34 years ago. She was active in the Church of Christ and devoted to family. Funeral Tuesday June 15 at 2 pm at the church with burial at Greenlawn. She leaves husband three daughters Mrs Harley Mitchell Mrs A H Rudolph and Mrs Cyrus S James and ten grandchildren.
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Nelsonville
Alice McKee Wallace
Edwin A. Wallace
Wallace
Glouster
Church of Christ
Greenlawn
Harley Mitchell
A. H. Rudolph
Chicago
Cyrus S&s. James
Columbus
Hold Union Services Here In Nelsonville Churches Unite
On June 14 the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations worshiped together at the Methodist church due to repairs at the Presbyterian church. Special music featured solos by Mrs. B. E. LeFever and others. The Rev. Lloyd Evans read scripture and led prayers with sermons by Rev. Morrell in the morning and Rev. Evans in the evening.
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Nelsonville
Presbyterian
Methodist
Presbyterian Church
B. E. LeFever
E. L. Morrell
H. C. Bobo
Ralph Parks
Lloyd Evans
Morrell
Meeting Postponed for Methodist Church Board
The Sunday school board meeting scheduled for tonight in the Methodist church parlors has been postponed. An announcement states the meeting will be rescheduled.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Elks Lodge Attends Flag Day Program in Athens
About twenty members of the Nelsonville lodge of Elks attended Flag Day exercises arranged by the Athens lodge at the Majestic theater in that city Sunday evening. The Elks report an unusually splendid program.
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Nelsonville
Grotto Club Plans Fourth of July Family Picnic
At a Friday meeting the country club arranged a picnic and celebration for members and families on July 4. The Grotto has hosted several similar events in recent years and, after the business session, members enjoyed dancing.
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E Country Club
Pythians Go to Sunday Service
About sixty Valley Lodge No. 169 Knights of Pythias members attended morning services at the Christian church in Nelsonville. In the afternoon at Castlehall the annual memorial services for Knights and Pythian Sisters featured two solos, memorial address by Rev. Ed L. Morrell, and ritualistic services. Greenlawn Cemetery visit followed, with graves decorated.
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Nelsonville
Valley Lodge
No. 169
Knights of Pythias
Christian Church
O. J. Howearth
Castlehall
Knights and Pythian Sisters
Edith Stiers
Lou Rice
Mary Parry
Sigrid Love
Ed L. Morrell
H. Lancaster
Greenlawn Cemetery
Phi Sigma Chi challenges Grotto in five game series
Nelsonville reports that Phi Sigma Chi baseball team has issued a five game challenge to the Grotto team. Acknowledgment of soon acceptance is expected and the series is planned for the near future.
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Nelsonville
Phi Sigma Chi
Grotto
Local Grotto Secretary Heads to St Louis Sessions
Nelsonville June 14 Jack Pritchard secretary of El Karnak Grotto leaves this evening to represent the local Grotto at the supreme council annual sessions in St Louis this week.
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Nelsonville
Jack Pritchard
El-Karnak Grotto
St. Louis
Supreme Council
Aging Man Zephaniah Lanning Dies in New Pittsburgh
Zephaniah Lanning aged 76 died Sunday at his New Pittsburgh home. Funeral services set for 1 PM Tuesday at New Pittsburgh church with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by his wife and several children.
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Nelsonville
Zephaniah Lanning
New Pittsburgh
New Pittsburgh Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Local residents return visits and gatherings noted
Mr and Mrs W J Evans returned to Lebanon after weeks with daughter Mrs W L Hudson. Don Davis and two children of Athens visited Mr and Mrs T J Davis and Mr and Mrs C H Martin. Miss Mary Anderson returned to Columbus after a week at home. R E Swope spent Sunday at Highland Ohio. Mrs R C Graham and two children Page and Clarissa of Marysville visited Mrs John Stephenson. Ruth Evans and Ernest Hite of Columbus visited their parents Mr and Mrs Chas W Evans. Mr and Mrs Frank Moore and Mr and Mrs Harry Galvin and families spent Sunday at Olentangy Park in Columbus. Louis Snyder of Richwood attended Florence Lax funeral at Longstreth residence.
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W. J. Evans
Lebanon
W. L. Hudson
Don Davis
Athens
T. J. Davis
C. H. Martin
Mary Anderson
Columbus
R. E. Swope
Highland
Ohio
R. C. Graham
Page
Clarissa
Marysville
John Stephenson
Ruth Evans
Ernest Hite
Chas. W. Evans
Frank Moore
Harry Galvin
Olentangy Park
Louis Snyder
Richwood
Florence Lax
Longstreth
Summer Work Enrolment At Training School Opens Tuesday
Fifty two students have applied to take summer work in the elementary grades at the Training school where three classes will be formed. The program opens at 7 40 Tuesday morning and instructors will be largely student teachers. Applications for summer positions have been full since February. Junior high students enroll today at the junior high building with student instructors also assigned.
Senate judiciary committee backs eight wet bills postponing action
The Senate judiciary committee unanimously reported eight wet bills with a recommendation to indefinitely postpone. A showdown vote on wet bills is possible as senators Borah and Glass push to rest the Senate's sentiments on these measures.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Glass
Virginia
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
William McColley 60 a farmer of Albany and Clara Fulwider 52 a housekeeper of Albany were married by Pearl Helwig justice of the peace. Burrell Luter Montgomery 22 a mechanic of Ostrander son of George Montgomery and Edith Marie Cranmer 21 of Athens were married by Rev. A Y Wilcox.
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Probate Court
William McColley
Albany
Clara Fulwider
Pearl Helwig
Burrell Luter Montgomery
Ostrander
George Montgomery
Edith Marie Cranmer
Athens
E. J. Cranmer
A. Y. Wilcox
Borah Denies 1928 Presidential Plans Amid Wet Debate
Senator Borah of Idaho denies using his anti wets advocacy to boost political aggrandizement. Yet Washington still sees him as a likely 1928 candidate with every move aimed at favoring a presidential run.
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Borah
Washington
Idaho
Baltimore
Ford receives honorary Doctor of Engineering from Michigan
Ann Arbor Michigan June 14 Henry Ford was awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Engineering by the University of Michigan in a ceremony marking a notable recognition of his contributions to industry and innovation.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Henry Ford
University of Michigan
Seniors Honor Former O. S. A. Proxy
Twelve hundred Ohio State University seniors observed class day as part of June commencement activities. A memorial fund of 10 000 dollars for a bronze statue of President Emeritus William Oxley Thompson was accepted by Dr. William McPherson on behalf of the university.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio State University
William Oxley Thompson
William McPherson
Donahey Will Not Campaign For renomination
Governor Vic Donahey announced he will not campaign during the August primary. He said he plans no speeches and will remain in office while critics choose a successor if they wish. He returned to Columbus from a Southern Ohio tour praising the Ohio River road work and denied political motives.
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Columbus
U.R
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Ohio River
Aged Rockbridge Resident Daniel Beougher Dies
Daniel Beougher, an elderly Rockbridge resident and longtime community figure, died at 7:30 am Sunday at his home one mile south of town near his birthplace. He leaves a widow and five children Alden, Edward, W A, Jennie Stuart, and Minnie Leuz, with funeral service Wednesday at the U B church where he had been a member for 61 years and trustee nearly as long.
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Rockbridge
Daniel Beougher
Here
Alden
Edward
W. A
Detroit
Jennie Stuart
Minnie Leutz I
U. B
Bomb damages worker's Clifton home in Passaic area
A bomb damaged the home of Frank Esslinger in Clifton, Passaic County, with no injuries reported. Police suspect textile mill strikers aimed to intimidate him as he worked at the botany worsted mills.
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Passaic
N. J
U.P
Frank Esslinger
Clifton
Esslinger
Botany
Kirby Guilty of Jury Tampering Sentenced Today
Josiah Kirby former head of the Cleveland Dis count Company was found guilty of jury tampering and obstructing justice and sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison. Judge John M Killits imposed the term after reconsideration following his earlier guidance. The sentence runs separately from the seven and a half year mail fraud sentence.
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United Press
Cleveland
Josiah Hirby
Cleveland Discount Company
John M. Killits
Kirby
Killits
Kirby W
Chares
Oldest Ohio Editor W A Brown Dies at 84
W A Brown 84 longtime publisher of the Greenville Adv cate and the oldest active Ohio newspaperman died today at his home from heart disease. His career spanned seventy two years in journalism.
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Greenville
W. A. Brown
Ohio
Greenville Advcate
Izaak Walton League Forms Partridge Protection League
In Rhinelander Wisconsin a group of sportsmen from the Izaak Walton League formed a protective league to prevent partridge shooting this year. Members pledge to kill no partridge and to persuade others to do the same.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Izaak Walton League
Fasting Hiker Nears Goal After Long Chicago New York Walk
Salem reports George Hasler Johnson, the fasting hiker, continues from Salem toward Beaver Falls Pa on his water only trek from Chicago to New York. He passed a broiling sun day and has shed 27 1 2 pounds since leaving Chicago.
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Salem
U.P
George Hasler Johnson
Chicago
New York
Beaver Falls
Johnson
Illinois City Suffers Severe Storm Flooding
Rockford Illinois endured the brunt of a rapid storm with over four inches of rain in ninety minutes. Six feet of floodwater overwhelmed streets and up to 600 homes flooded. A bridge collapsed as two cars carrying seven people plunged into the river. all occupants were rescued. Four deaths reported in Iowa and Nebraska. crops damaged.
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Rockford
Ill
Iowa
Nebraska
Freckle Faced Star Wesley Barry Plans Newark Wedding
Wesley Barry the freckle faced film star, who has just turned 18, will wed 23 year old Julia Wood of Newark this Monday night. The couple met three years ago in Terre Haute where she played piano with a traveling women’s orchestra and have dated since. After the ceremony they will depart for Los Angeles.
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Newark
N. Dn
U.P
Wesley Barry
Wesley
Julia Wood
Wood
Terre Haute
Ind
Miss Wood
Charles E. Wood
Los Angeles
City to Collect for Storm Sewer Assessments
The board of equalization on the East Side storm sewer met to review complaints on assessments by the first estimating board. About twenty property owners, mainly in Hudson addition, objected among 800 parcels. A final report will determine the collection. nonpayment within thirty days goes to courthouse tax collections.
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Board of Equalization
East Side
Hudson Addition
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery touted by distinguished citizen
Dr. R. Pierce appears in a promotional piece praising his herbal remedies as best sellers. It claims Golden Medical Discovery clears skin, beautifies, increases the blood, and removes eruptions. The text urges readers to buy a trial package from their local druggist at 10 cents.
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R. Pierce
Pierce
Golden Medical
Dr. Pierce
Bufala
Foster speaks on The American Creed at Elks Flag Day service
I M Foster former congressman now of the United States court of claims was speaker at the Majestic theater Flag Day service. He urged upholding the constitution defending the flag and cited labor and judicial system contrasts with England. The ceremony included ritual readings organ accompaniment and a Methodist Sunday school chorus.
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Congress
I. M. Foster
United States Court of Claims
Elks
Majestic Theater
United States of America
Iester
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Foster
England
United States
Dorothy Larber
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Floods Threaten Midwest As Rain Persists
Chicago June 14 Flood threats rise in the Midwest as further rainfall is forecast. Forecasters warn of more rain today and tomorrow with rivers at flood stages and streets and basements submerged. Damages from accompanying wind and hail are expected to run into millions.
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Midwest
Chicago
U.P
Middlewest
Middlewestern
Speeding Car Leaves Road Near Chauncey
A Ford sedan driven by Mr. Culbertson of Columbus veered off a curve near Chauncey ball park on Sunday afternoon. The car rolled once, mashing a fender but causing no serious injuries to Mrs. Culbertson, the Maynards, or other occupants who were shaken but unharmed.
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Chauncey
Culbertson
Columbus
Chauncey Ball Park
Maynard
Athens
Loyal Woman's Society Meeting Set at First Christian Church
Chauncey, June 14. Mrs Sam Tippett hosts the Loyal Woman's Society gathering at the Main street home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Charles Sweeney leads the program while society president Mrs Guy M Brookins conducts the business session. A good membership turnout is urged.
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Chauncey
Sam Tippett
Main Street
Loyal Woman's Society
the First Christian Church
Charles Sweeney
Guy M. Brookins
Oliver Hosts Dinner Guests In Chauncey
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver of Chauncey entertained as their Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. E Carroll, Miss Ruth Zill, H Oliver and Miss Thelma Davis.
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Chauncey
Thomas Oliver
E. Carroll
Ruth Zill
H. Oliver
Thelma Davis
Gardner family notified of Mrs. Wallace death
Mrs. M. J. Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gardner of Chauncey were summoned to Nelsonville on Sunday by the death of Mrs. Edward Wallace. Mrs. M. J. Gardner is Mrs. Wallace's sister.
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Chauncey
M. J. Gardner
Karl Gardner
Guy Gardner
Nelsonville
Edward Wallace
Wallace
Men Return From Two Weeks Motor and Camp Trip
William Myers and John Blackford return home to Chauncey after a two weeks trip that included visits to Washington DC and the Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia.
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Chauncey
William Myers
John Blackford
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Chauncey Personal News Amid Weekend Visits
Mrs Noah 8 Harvey and daughters Hazel Frances and Mary Helen plus Miss Louise Dew journeyed to Lancaster Sunday to visit cousin Miss Moody. Allen Riley Jr and son of Nelsonville spent the weekend with Mrs Riley's parents Garfield and Mary Grimes. Clarence Stone, Columbus worker, returned to Chauncey for the weekend. Henry Meinhart of Pomeroy visited aunt Mary Meinhart in Chauncey, with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Reeves and son Robert of Nelsonville also in town.
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Chauncey
Noah
Harvey
Hazel
Frances
Mary Helen
Louise Dew
Lancaster
Miss Moody
Allen Riley, Jr
Nelsonville
Riley
Garfield Grimes
Clarence Stone
Columbus
Henry Meinhart
Pomeroy
Mary Meinhart
Lawrence Reeves
Robert
Chauncey Visitors Briefly Call on Ill Relative
June 14 Chauncey report: Mr and Mrs J E Lott and son Clyde visited in Chauncey to see in law Mr Barrows who is ill and to be taken to a bus hospital Monday. Mr and Mrs Clifford C of Corning were Sunday guests of relatives in Chauncey.
Missionary Will Speak At Plains Church Event
Mary Bell Oldridge of Japan will give an address at Pilatp KE church Tuesday evening. The Plains community is urged to attend to hear her message after successful talks in Albany and Guysville M E Church. Public invitation extended.
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Mary Bell Oldridge
Japan
Pilatp
Miss Oldridge
Plains
Albany
Guysville M. E
Classified pull results boost reader interest in Messenger ads
The Messenger ads attract a large, growing readership of potential buyers for used goods and rentals. A reader in Logan sold a car after using the A B C section, though one advertiser noted delays in responses. The paper serves Athens Nelsonville Logan Pomeroy and surrounding areas with classified opportunities.
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Messenger
Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
Pomeroy
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