Weekend visits and a burglary in Nelsonville
Howard Lewis of Pomeroy visited his parents in Nelsonville weekend. W L Hudson did business in Columbus Monday. Mrs Leighton Aumiller returned to Columbus after a ten day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Burnell. France was broken through a first floor window. Ed Cooley’s home on the same street was entered last night while the family watched a movie. Everything was ransacked. About 17 in cash a revolver a flash light and rings were taken with total value around 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton Aumiller
Columbus
Will Burnell
France
Ed Cooley
Notable visits pass through Nelsonville and Marion
Mr. R A Dean is spending a few days in Nelsonville. Mrs. Will Morgan has returned after a several days visit with her brother at Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Dean
Nelsonville
Will Morgan
Marion
Chamber of Commerce to Hold March Meeting
The second March meeting will be at the usual place Thursday evening March 16 with supper at 6 15. New features on the canal improvement plan will be discussed and clarified for all citizens. The brick plant road committee reports and other important matters are on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber OF Commerce
Nelsonville High to Present All Aboard Comedy
Nelsonville High School plans another John B. Rogers Producing Co. show titled All Aboard a fast snappy musical comedy. It will be staged at Stuart Opera House during the week of April 10 with the original New York scenery and costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville High School
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Rogers Co
New York
Stuart Opera House
East School Parent Teachers Meeting Discusses Playroom Plan
The March meeting of the East School Parent-Teachers Association covered relief work and a proposed health play. Miss Masters presented the play plans while Miss Pierce’s room received the traveling picture. The contract for a playroom was awarded to Mr. Summers and work will be completed soon.
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East School
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Knights of Pythias Lodge 169 Meets at Castle Hall
Valley lodge 169 holds a regular convention at Castle hall Wednesday night at seven o'clock. All degree team members are urged to attend due to significant work ahead. Guy Huffman, C. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights OF Pythias Valley Lodge 169
Castle Hall
Guy Huffman
C. C
Keep The Streets Clean Plan For Neat City
A city comparison links households to civic order urging residents to dispose of trash properly. The piece highlights scattered paper, bottles, cans and refuse on streets and urges use of baskets and proper disposal to keep streets tidy and avoid extra work for others.
Burglaries Strikes East Washington Home of W H Parks
Burglars entered the home of W H Parks on East Washington street Sunday between 6 and 8 pm, ransacked rooms, and stole trinkets rings and three strands of beads though no money was taken. Partial details follow the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Parks
Washington Street
Tolliver Acquitted After Liquor Sale Trial
Charles Tolliver of Mud Lock was charged with selling alcohol to Earl Barber on January 28 and was acquitted after an extended examination in Mayor McCune’s court. The hearing spanned yesterday afternoon, last evening, and part of this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tolliver
Mud Lock
Earl Barber
McCune
Officer captures Mauck with suitcase of liquor
Special Officer Walter Warner received a tip that Mauck was en route from Sand Run with a suitcase full of booze. In an alley Warner subdued Mauck after a struggle, handing the case to a bystander. a blunder during the scuffle resulted in the holder being sprayed. Mauck appeared before the mayor tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Warner
Mauck
Sand Run
Warner
Zlaneck
Glenford Dugan Post Forms New Unit
At a meeting held last evening at Glenford Dugan Post headquarters a unit was organized. Officers elected include President Mrs R es Jackson Vice President Mrs W S Rhodes Secretary Miss aa Wilson Treasurer Miss Fanny Mulligan Chaplain Mrs Anna Lowden Cola Bearer Miss Gladys Nelson. The group starts with nearly fifty members and will meet the second and fourth Mondays each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenford Dugan
R. Es Jackson
W. S. Rhodes
Aa Wilson
Fanny Mulligan
Anna Lowden
Gladys Nelson
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Ben Lewis Husband
Mrs. Ben Lewis hosted a Sunday twelve o'clock dinner for her husband's birthday anniversary. The surprise event featured many guests including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Lewis and family Mr. and Mrs. James Hayden and family Mrs. Mary Lewis Ambrose Gibbs of Columbus Ernest Vernon Mrs. Will Hayden Roy Wright of Buchtel Me Mrs. Oliver Hoskins and grandson Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis and family Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kidd and family Mr. and Mrs. Gus Millholland Ben Lewis Gilbert Gerrald and Howard Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Lewis
Tom Lewis
Morgan Lewis
James Hayden
Mary Lewis
Ambrose Gibbs
Columbus
Ernest Vernon
Will Hayden
Roy Wright
Buchtel
Oliver Hoskins
Eugene
February 1922 births in Nelsonville and York Township
Dr. C C Butt announces multiple February 1922 births in Nelsonville and York Township. Boys include Lanning Staley Kern Carr Courtney Keplar Raybold Glenn Dishong Call Walker Green Allen MacCombs. Girls include Thompson Tennyhill West Thomas Davis Starkey Wend Wright. Mrs Lawrence visiting her parents Dewhurat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
York Township
C. C. Butt
James
Bertha Lanning
Benjamin
Bessie Staley
Elmer
Vesta Kern
Thomas
Sylvia Thomas
John and
Marie Carr
Fred
Bessie Courtney
Charles
Mary Keplar
Maud Raybold
Roy
Cecil Glenn
George
Mildred Dishong
Willard
Florence Dishong
Margaret Call
Pearl Walker
Robert
Nellie Green
John
Annie Allen
Ellen MacCombs
Mabel Thompson
Myrtle Tennyhill
Richard
Letha West
Newton
Vergie Thomas
Homer
Nancy Davis
Enos
Blanche Starkey
Carl
Margaret Wend
Galeard
Mayme May
William
Phyllas Wright
Corset Fitting School in Columbus Attended by Dowler
Miss Velma Dowler of Mechews Dry Goods Co. visits Columbus this week to attend a school for corset fitters, aiming to enhance stock and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Dowler
Mechews Dry Goods Co
Columbus
British air crew form union over pay and grievances
British airplane operators and mechanicians form a trade union to protect aerial tavi drivers. The present pay of pilots is sixty dollars a week.
Solomon Donned the Wrong Suit Faces Bond Change
Stephen Weinberg gained notoriety through escapades with prominent figures. He attached himself to Princess Fatima of Kabul as a naval lieutenant commander and arranged to take her to President Alarding. He is out on $5,000 bond awaiting grand jury action on impersonating a naval officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Weinberg
Fatima
Sultana
Kabul
Alarding
Is Hollywood Better or Worse Than the Average City
The article argues Hollywood California faces intense newspaper scrutiny after the William Desmond Taylor murder. It cites writers from east and west debating whether Los Angeles merits the label of a moral, average American city despite a population largely consisting of people in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
United States
Los Angeles
Why Athens County Must Protect The Traction Service
A reform essay argues Des Moines failed after switching from streetcars to motor buses and warns Athens County against a similar plan. It condemns overreliance on buses, stresses railroads as foundational, and urges regulated bus use while defending the traction line’s value for Nelsonville Athens and surrounding towns. The piece notes bus advocates’ claims, commuter losses, and broader transport policy tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Toledo
Bridgeport
Staten Island
Hocking-Sunday Creek Traction Co
Athens
Nelsonville
Athens County
Murray City
Glouster
Chauncey
League
Hocking Valley
West Virginia
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Claims New Life For Housewife
A housewife who was bedridden for 16 weeks and in severe pain credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with saving her life. The testimonial asserts the product removes catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. McKee Drug Co. Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville and druggists everywhere sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
McKee Drug Co
Athens
Gem Pharmacy
Nelsonville
McKee Drug Co Sells Hyomei with Money Back Guarantee
McKee Drug Co markets Hyomei a guaranteed treatment for catarrh offering a money back guarantee if it fails to relieve symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee Drug Co
Nicholson in Trouble Over Self-Published Criticism
Major Malcolm Wheeler Nichel at Fort Ethan Allen writes President Harding accusing the army of Prussianization and political favoritism in officer commissions. He did not route the letter through normal channels and now faces discipline for going over his superiors.
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Malcolm Wheeler Nichelson
Fort Ethan Allen
Harding
Nicholson
War department trims overseas dead program and army staffing
The article reports ongoing reinterment of overseas dead, with 44 194 study returns to the U S, and near completion. It notes civilian staff cuts at the New York depot and across the War Department to cut costs while maintaining educational and training programs. It covers National Guard unit organization, reserve officer deployment, and civilian component training plans. Also mentions local church ministers, weekend visitors in Columbus, a Trimble speeding fine, and a Hartman gambling case proceeding.
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Harry L. Rogers
I. N
Washington, D. C
War Department
United States
Weeks
New York
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Regular Army
Big Business Will Come Up At Noon Lunch
A Harris letter to Governor Davis signals statewide topics to be discussed at the Wednesday Chamber of Commerce luncheon starting 11 45 with adjournment at 1. Delegates from Nelsonville Gloucester Albany Amesville Guysville Coolville and other county towns will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Harris
Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Nelsonville
Glouster
Albany
Amesville
Guysville
Coolville
Men Held in Workhouse Over Liquor Fine Near Burr Oak
Glouster officials failed to collect 500 and costs from Mayor Johnson of Trimble Mitch Taylor Andrew West and Willard Morris of Santoy after liquor was seized near Burr Oak. The four men were sent to Dayton workhouse by Constable Orndorf and Deputy Jonas after a delay in payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Johnson
Trimble
Mitch Taylor
Andrew West
Willard Morris
Santoy
Burr Oak
Dayton
Johnson
Orndorf
Hollister
Joe Jonas
Pastors Group Forms in Sunday Creek Valley
The Sunday Creek Valley Pastors Association met at the M E church in Jacksonville yesterday to organize a new group open to valley pastors. H M Wilson of the Church of Christ was elected vice president and a program committee was named. Rev Landsittle delivered a sermon on Making the Mind of the World Christian.
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Sunday Creek Valley Pastors Association
M. E
Jacksonville
H. M. Wilson
Church of Christ
Landsittle
France decorates Anna Hyatt for Joan of Arc statue
France awards Miss Anna V Hyatt chevalier of the Legion of Honor for the New York Joan of Arc statue modeled by her. She is daughter of Alpheus Hyatt, former Harvard biology professor. Trial bond set at $200 for his appearance. J Baird of Trimble resumes assistant foreman role at Ohio Mining Co in Jacksonville after six week absence due to operation. Ladies Aid of Jacksonville First Baptist Church plans a benefit play Thursday at Pastime Theatre. Rosa Wells of Glouster visits Jacksonville with George Luther. William Gordon of Athens visiting grandmother in Jacksonville. Fred Woodhouse of Jacksonville buys a radio set.
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France
Anna V. Hyatt
Legion of Honor
Joan of Arc
New York
Alpheus Hyatt
Harvard
J. Baird
Trimble
Ohio Mining Co
Jacksonville
Jacksonville M. B. Church
Sey
Pastime Theatre
Rosa Wells
Glouster
George Luther
William Gordon
Athens
Fred Woodhouse
Father John's Medicine Endorsed To Fight Colds
Medical experts say colds pass between people but occur when vitality is lowered by fatigue or weakness. Father John’s Medicine is promoted as a pure food remedy that strengthens resistance and helps throw off colds and rebuild health. It claims over sixty five years of success for colds coughs and body building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
John
Miner John Rife Fined for Possessing Liquor Apparatus
John Rife of near Buehtel pleaded guilty in Athens county common pleas court to possessing equipment for making intoxicating liquor. He received a $500 fine plus costs and was sent to the Dayton workhouse until payment. Rife, who supported a wife and 12 children, was arrested after authorities found two stills and a 60 gallon barrel of corn mash on his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rife
Buehtel
Athens County
Con Mon Pleas Court
Dayton
Rife
Roicer
Mariner
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Nelsonville News
Howard Lewis
Pomeroy
W. L. Hudson
B. M. Covert
Cornwell
Dugan Post
Mrs. C. E. Lawrence
Mrs
Janes Dewhurat
Solomon
C. H. Bartlett
Iowa
Adam
Buncombe
G. A. Greem
Fifth Avenue Coach Co
Maleddlm Wheeler Nicholson
U. S
Sec
Bernadine Bryson
Mercedes Condon
Wallace School At
Miss Bryson
Mrs. W. W. Bryson
Robert Brunton
Bobbie
This City
Michael McGovern Jr
Corning
Frank Dorsey
Chas, Clinesmith
Gormley
John Hartman
Modoc
Pearl Orndorf
Hartman
Maggie Hartman
Rench
Cave Bond
Anna Vaughn Hyatt
Medica
Our Farm
Canaanville Pike
Jersey
Poland
Delaine
Plymouth Rock
W. E. Moler & Son
Geo. B. Allen
Buchtel Man
Kondon’s
Kondon
Innespolls
Mina
Harley-Davidson
A. D. Farrow
Nelsonville, Ohio
the Blues
John McCormick
Kaelin
Jewelry Store
Nelsonville, O
National Cash
McCaskey
H. Newton
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