Nelsonville church groups host meetings and social events
The Presbyterian Missionary Society will meet at the church at 4 PM with a 5 PM picnic supper hosted by fourteen ladies. The Hyperion club plans a picnic dinner at Dr. J M Hyde's home. The St Agnes Guild hosted a recent gathering with a lollypop party and lunch. Obituary honors Dorothy Johnson born 1916 died 1922.
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Hyperion Club
J. M. Hyde
Entertains Guild
Joe Barber
St. Agnes Guild
Ashton Avenue
John Hall
Harry Rodda
Clarence Shockley
Marie Powell
Ike Warner
Mamie Tedrow
John Warrington
Edna Hall
Jas. McKee
Fred Hall
Mary Evans
Lillian McKee
Mesdames John Stocklen
Will Weekley
Roy Sayers
Earnest Coalgrove
Elcie Barber
Namoi Lineington
Dorothy Maxine
Martin
Cecil Johnson
Jobs
Heaven
Prins
City Youth Baseball Leagues Start Dates Announced
The junior league for boys under 15 begins May 29 with a game at the city grounds. The under 18 intermediates start May 26 and will play Monday and Wednesday for the week at the same grounds.
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City
Knights of the Square Table Scout Show at Pastime
Three active Boy Scout troops stage a show at the Pastime theatre on June 6. The Knights of the Square Table promises a big day for scouts and a treat for all patrons.
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Boy Scouts
Knights of the Square
Harold Lee Morrow Remembered by Family and Legion Friends
The family thanks friends and relatives and Mr Stout and Rev Kemper and his American Legion comrades for kindness and services in honoring Harold Lee Morrow beloved son and husband Clinton C Morrow father Ruth Morrow wife.
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Stout
Kemper
American Legion l
Harold Lee Morrow
Clinton C., Morrow
Ruth Morrow
Commencement Week at Nelsonville High
Nelsonville High moves commencement to Stuart Opera House to seat all attendees. The class of forty four includes members from all city quarters and ranks. The program features the play The Charm School coached by Richard Murphy of Ohio University. Professor H R Wilson will deliver the address.
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Nelsonville High
High School
Leon Arpee
Stuart Opera House
Stuart ‘Opera House
Nelsonville
Samuel French
Richard Murphy
Ohio University
H. R. Wilson
Central PTA to Hold Final Regular Meeting Friday
The Central Parent Teacher Association will meet in regular session Friday at 2 p.m. at Central School. A good attendance is requested as this is the final meeting of the year.
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Central Parent-Teacher Association
Convent Endorses Father John's Medicine for Children
Sister Superior of the Sacred Heart Convent at Newport Vermont declares Father John's Medicine best for children appetites and illnesses. Over 100 institutions endorse the tonic for colds and body building, noting it is safe as it contains no drugs.
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Father John
Sacred Heart Convent
Newport
Marry Alexandring
Superior
Mevi‘cine
Benefit Show for Athens County Red Cross Raises String of Delights
A Monday evening benefit under the Athens Council Knights of Columbus supported the county Red Cross fund. The Ohio University quartet opened, with soloists Miss Mary T. Noss and Mrs. Frank X. Rauch drawing praise for voice and accompaniment. Dancers, skits, ventriloquism, and vaudeville turns by Daggett, Liggett, Overmyer, and the Roaches kept the audience delighted, ending on a festive note with Margaret Roach’s final numbers.
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Red Cross
Athens Council
Knights of Columbus
Ohio University Quartette
Fred Lee Tom
Frank X. Rauch
la Forge
Ball
Paul Curran
Mary T. Noss
Mother Machree
Rosary
Nellie Stratton
Nelsonville
Mr. Rosser
Margaret Rosser
Mary Louise McQuade
Jean Roach
Francis Roach
John Sprague
Lucille Overmyer
John Overmyer
Caroline
Ralph Bingham
Jimmy” Overmyer
Daggett
Liggett
E. H. Gallagher
Goldier Cross
Margaret Roach
Lauder
Widower Praises Mayr Remedy After Recovery
A widower credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with curing stomach and liver trouble after five years of suffering. He lost over 50 pounds and appeared yellow, but after six doses he regained weight and looked well. He says the simple preparation removes mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract and claims one dose convinces or money back.
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saStron
Mayr
County plans road improvements in May meeting
County commissioners held a May meeting to discuss Athens Albany road improvements from the brick surface end to Albany. A Albany delegation and Frank Goldsberry and Dr. Stanley were appointed to negotiate. Project may use limestone or slag with work starting this summer after material choice and estimates.
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Athens- Albany
Albany
Frank Goldsberry
Stanley
Trimble
Commission
Taylor Ridge
Accene
York
Waterloo
Haynes Denounces Critics in Prohibition Debate
Washington May 16 Prohibition Commissioner Haynes fired back at congressional critics who demand Secretary Mellon oust him saying mischievous and specious propaganda is used against him.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Mellon
Prohibition
Haynes
Mystery solved in Sistersville vaccination ruse
In Sistersville West Virginia on May 16 local doctors revealed the ruse behind rolled stockings. A recent epidemic prompted mass vaccination with women choosing to vaccinate on their knees to hide scars, while decollette gowns remain in vogue and roll top hose stay scarce.
Glouster Candidacy Filed By Local Attorney Rose
Glouster attorney George W. Rose announced his candidacy for representative subject to the Republican primary. Rose has served as city solicitor for many years and is well known across the county, expected to be a strong candidate.
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George W. Rose
Rose
Glouster
Bootleg air transport evidence surfaces in New York
Prohibition agents in New York City haul a dragnet for bootlegger routes. Exhibits include a wrecked plane near Croton-on-Hudson, fifty intact bottles of Scotch and Irish whiskey, and a hundred broken bottles with strong odor drawing curious onlookers to the crash site. A Canadian newspaper is noted in the report.
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New York
Prohibition
Crotanon-Hudson
Street car bandits shoot guard in bank holdup
In St Louis on May 16 two armed robbers halted a street car, shot and probably fatally wounded Henry Ahring, 43, a Bre men Bank guard, and fled with a $2,000 bale carried by bank messenger William H Goedeke who had just drawn it from a downtown bank.
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ST. Louis
Henry Ahring
Bremen
William H. Goedeke
City Receives Tax From an Estate in Athens
The city of Athens is credited $438.54 from the inheritance tax on the estate of the late Mrs Adda Johnson, who died March 17. The estate was valued at $28,148.18 with total inheritance tax $857.08, half payable to the state of Ohio.
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Athens
Adda Johnson
State of
Ohio
Inheritance Ends and Names Beneficiaries in Athens Area
The will distributes one half to the city of Athens with beneficiaries Howard Johnson Bess Graham Minnie B Hottel Lena Powers John Graham and Grover Graham. The probate court records an April inheritance tax of 17 68 from the Harvey V Cooley estate with Lovina Nesmith and Kate F P Cooley as equal beneficiaries. The estate net value was 505 dollars.
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Athens
Howard Johnson
Bess Graham
Minnie B. Hottel
Lena Powers
Wheeling
W. Va
John Graham
Murray City
Grover Graham
Wilmington
Del
Harvey V. Cooley
Coolville
Lovina Nesmith
Colejville
Kate FP
Cooley
Independent
Ath ens Ordinance authorizes $85 000 in bonds for street improvements
Athens Ohio city council approves issuing bonds to fund Court and Union Streets upgrades with grading drainage curbing brick paving or asphalt base. Bonds total 85 000 with 6 percent interest, first due Sep 1 1928. Proceeds fund project. taxes levied to cover interest. premiums used for sinking fund. Approval dated May 16 1922.
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Court Street
State Street
Union Street
High
Union Streets
City of
Athens
State of
Ohio
Cornei
State
Court
High Street
Sinking Fund
Board of Commissioners
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Ohio University Campuses Alumni Memorial Auditorium Drive
Ohio University students plan a campus campaign to raise twenty dollars per capita for an alumni memorial auditorium. Clarence C. Liggett of Cleveland leads the effort, with a campus organization to be formed and class representatives chosen for each class.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Clarence C. Liggett
Cleveland
Liggett
Lafayette College
Krrchbaum-Liggett Company
Athens
Fred H. Johnson
W. A. Kincaid
H. W. Roach
Sarah Fitton
Marion Bush
Franklin Scott
L. G. Worstell Jr
Open Shop Plan Defies Labor as Chamber Opens New HQ
The U S Chamber of Commerce announces its new 2.5 million dollar home in Washington will be built on an open shop basis, a direct challenge to organized labor. The cornerstone will be laid this afternoon, signaling a pull from union labor endorsements.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commercce
Organized Labor
Athens Ohio ordinance accepts Foster heirs addition
An ordinance approves the Foster heirs addition in the southwest part of out lot 1 in Athens Ohio. The addition includes lots 2187 to 2299 with streets and places shown. Officials Fritzker, Frankl Foster, Atkins and Bertha Gigo are authorized to enact and the measure takes effect as law after the approved date in May 2322.
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Charles Henry
Athens
Ohio
City of
Ohic
BR. Foster
R. Foster
Out
Athens County
le F. Atkins
Bertha Gigo
R. Poster
Coun
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E. J. Kissinger
Morman
Delia O'Connor
Presbyterian Church
Circle of
Ruth
Mormars
Lou Rice
Margaret Jonson
Mary Pensyle
Charles Weltzheimer
Ed. €. Cooley
Ida Walker
Montgomery, W. Va
George Evans
Columbus
Floyd Syx
Chester Reeves
Newark
Wilma Wilds
Circleville
Earth
Grandparents
Dorothy
Mother
Aliso
L. Stout
Rev. Kemper
Martin Johnson
Dug Butts
Chamber OF Commerce
Ohio Commercial Secretaries
BOY Scout
Niice
Harley-Davidson
A. D. Farrow
Nelsonville, Ohio
Kaelin’s
John McCormick
Kaelin’s Jewelry Store
Nelsonvillet Longstreth
Sarah Giffin
Ben Hillyer
Longstreth
Thomas Spencer
Greenlawn
Helen Butcher
Margaret Emish
Miss Emish
Ruth Masters
Tofhorrow
East Columbus Street
Roy Stewart
Florence Beach
Mt. Vernon
Bessie Hicks
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Albany Pike
Mystery
G. M. Tolliver
John Grannan
Mr. Grannan
Retail Merchants’ Institute
Chicago
Glouster Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Club
Elizabeth Parks
Thomas Parks
Miss Parks
James McKee
Pleasant Ridge
Hollister
Hugh Gormley
John M. Sweeney
Mra. Gormley
Mr. Gormley
Mary A. Davis
Ray Noon
Mrs. M. F. Noon
Carol Eddy
Bobby Tharp
Mrs. C. L. Eddy
East
Co. M. Gill
C. H. Harris
Cm. Gill
T. B. Roush
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Durant Ca
Lostro
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Florence
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