CANDIDATES THICK AS HOPS IN COUNTY ELECTIONS
A long list of candidates is filed for the April 6 election across Athens county towns and townships. Party lines vary by locale with independents common in Athens and many areas, while Lee and Albany show clear Republican and Democratic tickets. Nelsonville and Glouster mayoral races draw notable contest as petitions flow in for offices from mayor to council and school boards.
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Athens County
County Board of Elections
Athens
Corporation
Alexander
Ames
Bern
Canaan
Dover
Lodi
Troy
Rome
Carthage
Waterloo
Heath
Coolville
Troy Township
Lee Township
Corporation of Albany
Athens Corporation
Henry Logan
E. T.rose
Peter Finsterwald
E. C. Carskaden
W. B. Golden
Herbert W. Brooks
Board of Public Affairs
M. Hudson
Henry O’bleness
Winfield Scott
W. N. Alderman
G. H. Junod
J. H. Vore
James A. Palmer
J. J. Brooks
Griffin Lewis
P. E. Roush
L. Armstrong
Hudson
George W. Balls
Jesse Blakeley
Alexander Township
P. Sauters
M. A. Dixon
Bean
Greenfield Ten Years Under an Octopus in Municipal Power
The Greenfield article argues municipal electric and water works were controlled by a single financier who secured cheap lights, caused three plant upgrades in ten years, and left machinery worth thousands idle. Citizens debate Athens adopting similar bonds while two visitors recount Greenfield’s mismanagement and warn of repeating the same failures.
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Messenger & Herald
Athens
Foster
Greenfield
Messrs. Foster and Bryson
Pla
Citlizen
Athens couple wed in elegant Sugar Creek ceremony
Miss Carrie May Clester and Mr. Joseph D. Martin were married at the Clester home on Sugar Creek in Athens with Rev. W. D. Cherrington officiating. The couple, surrounded by fifty guests, received numerous gifts and plan to settle in Athens soon.
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Carrie May Clester
Joseph D. Martin
Charles P. Oclester
Sugar Creek
W. D. Cherrington
M. E. Church
Athens
Charles P. Clester
Athens Lumber Company
Martin
Mable Hoyt
Logan
L. ©. Tippett
N. W. Baker
Chauncey
Amos Pherson
Mary
Fultenham
William Newman
Zanesville
A. Hibbard
G. H. Junod
Grace
Carrie
Rosé Junod
Prominent Educators to Gather in Athens for Conference
Educators from Southeastern Ohio including superintendents principals and college men will meet at Ohio University Athens from Friday March 27 to Saturday March 28. A public lecture by Dr. Frank M McMurry of Teachers College Columbia University is set for Friday at eight o clock in the college auditorium. The event includes rail excursion rates within seventy five miles and features a free lecture aimed at the general public. President Roosevelt has presented Miss Rives with Strenuous Life and she has returned Hearts Courageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Southeastern Ohio
Ohio University
Frank M. McMurry
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
McMurry
Athena
Athens Debates Municipal Light Plant Reform
Readers discuss Greenfield's ten year report on light and waterworks. They question private consumption accountability and urge a city run system with a general manager and end to city selling and wiring of fixtures. They cite potential self sustenance and yearly surplus under prudent management.
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Greenfeld
Lee Light
Tmitte
Ite
Counseil
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Nelsonville
Giouster
John H. McPherson
Joseph Hudnall
James Johnson
Abe Jordan
Grant Bolin
Ames Township
John Morris
B. A. Ellis
G. KE. Clark
Amesville
F. W. Gibson
J. M. Lortz
R. McCune
T. E. Clark
J. G. Moore
F. J. Beasley
Heber H. Henry
G. R. Clark
A. L. Logan
FE. KE. Gillian
Bern Township
FE. E. Halbert
D. B. Webster
F. J. Hill
Dover Township
J. P. Wade
A. E. Watkins
J. A. McKee
Constable
S. E. Lahuga
Ira R. Fuller
Millfield
D. C. Dickson
W. H. Vorhes
W. E. Mohler
Justice of the Peace
E. D. Cross
Jesse Dangiman
F. L. Clark
R. G. Wells
Ed. Bailes
Alfred Bailes
Jasper Robinett
Albany Corporation
O. B. Murphy
F. B. Vorhes
R. Brown
J. H. Cline
B. C. Vorhes
W. B. Dailey
W. P. Wyatt
P. D. Morse
A. F. Holmes
John Lindley
Democrat
W. N. Higley
Ray Morris
L. D. Gill
Calvin Frost
Peter P. Lauer
Chas. Hawk
Burson
F.C. Riley
V. Dixon
Wm. Hawk
Geo. Watts
Herbert Oxley
Timothy Russell
S. M. Bingman
J. E. Hartnell
Arthur Watson
J. M. Tidd
T. W. Jones
Rome Township
Owen Beebe
M. J. Charlton
John Steinmetz
John Featherstone
J. T. Grubb
R. B. Cook
H. A. Hatch
Monahan
W. C. Higley
A. ©. Davis
C. E. White
Walden
D. W. Gunder
W. Gray
L. Taylor
D. Daulavey
Board of Education
A. C. Davis
Carthage Township
G. W. Sewall
John A. Pinell
D. A. Parker
E.M. Stont
E. A. Secoy
Thomas N. Chalfant
O. F. Larson
James Holland
Waterloo Township
R. R. Marquis
H. L. Allison
F. Beverage
Elmer Clark
Marshfield
J. W. Nichols
Martin Pidcock
J. S. Wilkes
Mineral
Parker Snuyder
Nelsonville Corporation
Republican
J. R. Hickman
Eben Wilson
John Lax
Oscar Miller
Department of Public Service
Evans
John T. Gray
J. Howe
John C. Baird
L. F. Carpenter
Morris Wilson
Fred W. Anmiller
C. E. Welsh
Harry Furniss
L. H. Price
Clark Higgins
C. E. Hillery
York Township
Daniel Bateman
George Bethel
A. K. Cruthers
J. A. Stephenson
Bacthel Floodwood
Frank Jolliver
Howard
Gersham Figgins
W. A. Woodard
James Verity
Clarence Coe
Leslie Balch
Kimberly
A. M. Moore
Demarcat Ticket
T. E. Wells
Frank Poston
W. I. Jones
Harry Ed
Greenfields
Octopus
Messrs. I. M. Foster
C. H. Bryson
Roosevelt
Miss Rives
Sun
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