May Day play a success at the Children's Home lawn
The May Day play and poll Thursday afternoon at 4 o clock on the Children's Home lawn drew praise for the children and staff. Miss Victoria Wood substituted for Miss Duffee after an appendicitis operation. The program included drills, readings, songs, dances, a fairy court, and a May pole, with Lucy Evans as bride and Robert Hol dren as groom.
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Holdren
Mary Haning
Lucile Duffee
Eleanor Collins
Alice Coleman
Lucy Evans
Robert Holdren
Annual Current Events party delights guests with music and games
The Current Events club hosted a Thursday gymnasium party with 16 tables, a three course dinner at 6:30, and a Swedish dance. Entertainment featured a three piece orchestra, duets, readings, songs, humor, and a grand march. Special guests included Mrs F B Bryan, Mrs E D Sayre, and Mrs F W Bush.
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Current Events Club
Melba Woodworth
Melba White
Marion Morse
Maude Skidmore
Jannette Britton
Louise Kerr
Berdie Brown
Dorothy Drake
Marzuella Richards
Thor Olson
Wanda MeMahan
Pearl G. Drake
Everett Person
Mr. Person
Melba
Woodworth
Lila Lane
Mary Helen Lee
W. W. Lee
F. B. Bryan
E. D. Sayre
F. W. Bush
Missionary Society Meeting at Chatley Parsonage
The Christian church Missionary Society met Thursday afternoon at the parsonage 64 North Congress with 35 members and five guests. Rev M B Chatley Mrs Ollie Skidmore presided. talks on American Cities and a mission pledge were given. Mrs Skidmore elected delegate to the state convention in Columbus May 23 24 25. Social hour and refreshments followed with hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
M. B. Chatley
North Congress Street
Ollie BR. Skidmore
C. BE. Starr
Charles Cameron
M.E. Chatley
Roy Saylor
S. E. G. Pedigo
Skidmore
Columbus
W. L. Hottel
FE. D. Cooley
FE. H. Woodworth
Local Social Notes and Obituary Snippet
Mr and Mrs Clarence Wyckoff host the latter s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Harold Radekin of Toledo arriving tonight Rade kin convalescing from pneumonia Mrs Rade kin known as Nell Winters a graduate nurse Thursday motor visitors in Columbus Miss Callie King Walls of Cincinnati comes to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs L V Brown in University Terrace Pythian Sisters meet this evening at 7 30 The Home Guards meet Saturday at 2 at the First M E church Ida A Allison reports the death of a niece Mrs Floyd Hamlin daughter of J A McClure of Emporia Kansas after weeks of flu and brain paralysis Mrs McClure formerly Nellie M Allison a teacher of Athens county Mrs Claude B Parker of Gallipolis visits over Sun.
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Clarence Wyckoff
Harold Radekin
Toledo
Radekin
Callie King Walls
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ida A. Allison
Floyd Hamlin
J. A. McClure
Emporia
Kansas
Community Notices and Visits Highlight Local Life
Families visit Albany Martins Ferry and Buchtel with multiple guests and church flowers planned for Mothers Day. Deborah class at the Christian church invites bouquets for oldest and youngest mothers. Father Owen visits Rev E Berry at St Pauls rectory while Jesse Davis tours Ohio towns. Frank Lowry returns from Hollywood others undecided about returning.
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Deborah
The
Christian Church
Father Owen of
Buchtel
E. S. Berry
St. Pauls
North College Street
Health Commissioner Denies Tuberculosis Meat Rumors
Health Commissioner J M Higgins denies reports that packing plants slaughter cattle with tuberculosis and grind tainted meat for products. He states cattle are inspected, only TB-free meat is used, infected animals are condemned, and the F C Stedman Co plant is not responsible for the false claim.
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J. M. Higgins
the Messenger
Board of Health
Fc, Stedman Co
F. C. Stedman Company
Athens County
City Market Saturday扩大 weekly schedule on Mill Street
City officials announce Saturday market on Mill Street starting at 7 o clock with future runs twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, under city direction.
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Mill Street
Paris Translates Work and Play Into New Hats
French milliner blends pleasure and business into hats with tailored felt pieces and a fiat satin chapeau. Descriptive detail notes a tilted quill and a chain of large colorful leaves enhancing a sparkling tone.
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Paris
Steel merger eyed by steelmen sparks upper ofoalcasted body
Report from May 12 says Bethlehem and Lackawanna plan a giant merger including Youngstown Sheet and Tube Republic Iron and Steel Brier Hill Steel and others. Charles M. Schwab would head the organization, a potential challenge to U S Steel. Senate orders Justice Department and FTC probe into the proposed six firm merger with details sought on preventions and actions.
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Youngstown
Bethlehem and Lackawanna Steel Corporation
Bethlehem and Lackawanna
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Republic Iron and Steel
Brier Hill Steel
Ail
Steel and Tube Company of America
Inland Steel
Chicago
Midvale Steel and Ordinance Company
Johnstown
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
United States Steel Corporation
Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Lafollette
Republican
Wisconsin
Son shoots father in Texas dairy dispute
In San Antonio on May 12 Hugh Stowe, 21, shot and killed his father George W. Stowe, 45, a dairy man. He reportedly feared for his mother's safety after an earlier confrontation in which the father allegedly attacked Mrs. Stowe. He was arrested following the incident.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hugh Stowe
George W. Stowe
Dairyman
Stowe
Speeders Given Works Sentence in Toledo
TOLEDO May 12 Gus Streicher and Carl Parry were the first autoists to feel the effects of the new anti speed ordinance in Toledo. Both were given workhouse sentences today and in addition were required to pay fine and refrain from driving their cars for thirty days. LOS ANGELES May 12 One man was killed and a man and a woman were seriously injured when a Southern Pacific gasoline propelled interurban car crashed into an automobile at a Southern Pacific crossing.
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Toledo
Gus Streicher
Carl Parry
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Frietas vows opposition to city employee pay cut
Mayor George F. Frietas said he will oppose to the very last a proposal from a city commission special session to cut city employee pay by five to ten percent. He spoke in Sandusky Ohio on May 12.
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Sandusky
George F. Frietas
Jish Plases Fair Sale Sign Seen in Morrow County
A weathered farm display in Morrow County shows a sign reading Jish Plases Fair Sale posted publicly. The odd phrasing suggests a mislabeled notice or OCR issue on the rural display.
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Morrow County
Eyeless Holstein Calf Born in Medina County Ohio
In Copley township Charles Wolf reports a calf born recently with no eyes. The eyeless calf is a perfect Holstein with eyebrows but no eye sockets. Oldtimers recall other bizarre births in Medina County, including calves with extra limbs or a three eyed animal.
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Ohio
Medna
Medina County
Charles Wolf
Copley Township
Carnival Proves Little Too Much for Slim Snyder Arrest
W T Slim Snyder a former Millicon restaurant employee was arrested after returning to the restaurant area from the carnival and charged with drunken and disorderly conduct. He was fined 18 20 by Mayor Roush. Irvin Brooks 19 of Hocking was bound over to the grand jury on assault and battery charges for the brick attack on Steve Sipos 6.
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W. T. “Slim” Snyder
Millicon
Roush
Irvin Brooks
Hocking
Mttle
Steve Sipos
Helwig
Dynamite found by boys at Packers Machinery
Police bomb experts rushed to the Packers Machinery and Equipment Co in Chicago after three neighborhood boys found a dynamite bomb in the rear of the building. The device had a percussion cap and fuse that had apparently failed to burn. The site was connected to millwrights under the Landis award.
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Chicago
Police Department
Packers Machinery and Equipment Company
Landis
Unemployment Drops as Commerce Survey Shrinks Job Seekers
Secretary Hoover announced a department of commerce survey covering 34 states in April showing unemployment on the wane and industry and business on the upward trend. The report notes a 23.3 percent decrease in men applying for work.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Wives United to Punish FM
In Wheeling West Virginia May 12 two wives, mothers of six and two children, confront former minstrel man John McAlear in county jail on a bigamy charge. First wife Lillian Stevens McAlear of Brooklyn says he deserted her and their six children four years ago and married second wife Isabella Ostra McAlear. The two wives have joined in the case.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John McAllear
al G. Fields
Lillian Stevens McAlear
Brooklyn
McAlear
Isabella Ostra McAlear
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Ida Steelman
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Preston
John H. Preston
East State Street
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F. L. Preston
Byron Wolfe
A. B Wells
W. H. McKee
Oscar Fulton
Evan J. Jones
Russia
M. E
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Gallipolis
Michaels-Stern Value
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Albany
Dr. Goldsberry
Frank E. Goldsberry
Roger J. Jones
Roger J. Jr
John Moore
Martins Ferry
E. J. Jones
Jesse Davis
Strand Theatre Orchestra
Frank Lowry
Hollywood
H. H. Haning
Stedman Company
Gomoine Steel
Schwab
Jacksonville
Palmer Street
M. KE
Gibson
U. R B
Main Street
Sullivan
Wives United
Moundsville
Joe Leckner
Joe
Cash Shoe Store
Pittsburgh
Newark
Athens Radio Co
Columbia Theatre
Ilogain
Athens
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Victor
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Rocker
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