Mr Silas Blackburn Dies at 75 Near Connetts
MR. SILAS BLACKBURN aged 75 years died Friday at his home near Connetts. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 p m. He leaves four sons and four daughters. AGED LADY CALLS Mrs Matilda Lyons aged 72 died Sunday evening at her home at Longstreth. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon and burial at Buchtel. She leaves husband two sons and two daughters.
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Silas Blackburn
Connetts
Blackburn
Matilda Lyons
Longstreth
Buchtel
Bacca laureate sermon marks senior class gathering
Last evening at the high school auditorium the bacca laureate sermon was delivered by Rev. C. L. Johnson. Miss Margaret Rosser presided at the piano as the 38 graduates in caps and gowns attended the service. Several locals, including Charles Maffin and Miss Mabel Poston, are noted as spending weekends with relatives and friends.
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Margaret Rosser
C. L. Johnson
Charles Maffin
Columbus
Belle Weymueller
Mabel Poston
South
Charles
Valdosta
Alice Mulligan
Agatha Connors
Bexley
Carolyne McElroy
Florence Hogan
Murray City
Cable Gibson
Hazel Hall
Cliff Sanders
Foster Juniper
Carl. Hanning
J. B. Hanning
Eli Johnson
Chillicothe
Opera House Plat for High School Play Opens Tuesday
The high school stage production of She Stoops to Conquer will be staged at the Chocolate Shop, with the opera house plat opening Tuesday morning for previews and ticketing.
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Opera
Nelsonville Chautauqua Dates Set for July 15 to 20
The Nelsonville chanutauqua dates are fixed July 15 through 20 as a Redpath Chautauqua. The contract promises guaranteed top attractions and a high quality series. Changes to venues and programming aim to boost popularity and provide a more entertaining event.
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Nelsonville
Redpath Ople
Don’t Let Catarrh Drag You into Consumption
A remedy advertises S. S. S. as a blood treatment for catarrh warning of progression to lung illness. It urges readers to stop relying on sprays and inhalers and to obtain a bottle from a druggist with free medical advice from a Medical Director in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Chautauqua Funding Urged As Committee Eyes June Prep
The committee on the sale of tickets should begin in June to prevent a deficit and ensure the chautauqua runs smoothly. A new tent location is likely. Chamber of Commerce week includes a board meeting Tuesday and a semi monthly gathering Friday at the Y rooms with a special attendance push to reach fifty members and visitors.
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Chamber OF Commerce
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Valley Lodge initiates seven teens as Knights of Pythias
Valley Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias initiates seven teens in the Rank of Knight this week. A regular convention is set for Wednesday evening and a special convention on Tuesday evening both beginning at 7 30.
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Valley Lodge No. 169
Knights of Pythias
Church Renewed Support for Living Link Missionary
The Christian Church renewed its pledge for Mrs. E. A. Johnston as "Living Link" missionary in Africa for another year. In under fifteen minutes between 60 and 70 members pledged 952 dollars, surpassing the goal by a handsome margin and lighting a path in dark heathen lands.
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The
Christian Church
E. A. Johnston
Heart of Africa
Local ladies attend district WHMS convention
Mrs Frances Locie Mrs Ed Crouse and Mrs Lulu Courtney returned from Marietta after attending the district convention of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church. Mrs Lyda Keating and daughter Alice of Columbus were weekend guests.
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Frances Locie
Ed Crouse
Lulu Courtney
Marietta
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Lyda Keating
Alice
Columbus
Leona McVickers
J. B. McCann
Bryan
Beverly
C. H. Bartlett
Charles Saylor
Anna Oakley
A. G. Cotton
Delaware
Nelsonville Sportsmen to Meet Tonight at Ellis Club
The Nelsonville Sportsmen Association will hold a 7 P M meeting in Ellis' club rooms. Chief Baxter will ship pheasant eggs to the group this week for hatching purposes.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Sportsmen Association
Ellis
Baxter
Missionary Meeting Hosted by Woman's Society
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Tuesday hosted by Mrs. T. J. Davis. Note the date change from Friday to Tuesday for the annual mite meeting. please bring or send your mite boxes.
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Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
T. J. Davis
Army surplus store to open at 61 Fulton Street
The room at 61 Fulton Street will house an army surplus supply store with 2000 wool blankets for sale at 4 dollars and 2000 reclaimed shoes at 3.50. Sale starts Thursday May 20. Also notice urges all Hocking Lodge No 339 I O F members to attend the May 20 meeting by order of trustees G D Evener Jap Anderson J T Spencer.
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Fulton Street
Hock
Hocking Lodge No
I. O
G. D. Evener
Jap Anderson
J. T. Spencer
Enterprising drafts and college admissions advertised in Columbus
An early notice invites ambitious men and women to qualify for drafting jobs earning 150 to 300 monthly, with home study or residence classes arranged by the chief draftsman. It also advertises bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, and secretarial training at Mann's Business College, Schultz Building, Columbus Ohio. Free booklet on request plus other local notices and sales listings follow.
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Mann's Business College
Schultz Building
Columbus
Ohio
N. Hight St
Love and Loss in a 14-Year-Old's Heartaches in Milwaukee
Viola Love at fourteen pursued a romance with a soldier from Camp Dodge. The affair ended in divorce with a promise to return home and not seek love again until she is old enough.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Viola Love
Camp Dodge
Pepto Mangan Promises Red Blood and Vitality
An advertisement promotes Pepto Mangan as a simple harmless tonic that builds red blood and restores energy. It claims rich blood improves thinking and sleep, while stress or illness can thin blood, and urges buyers to insist on the Gude's brand.
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Gude
Athens youths fill the Weiler residence high home party
Phi Kappa Tau’s local chapter expands to the Weiler house on East State street with over twenty members quartered. Arrested Breaker faced arraignment on auto theft charges with two vehicles recovered. Land purchases by Joseph Slingluff foretell a new home at State and Morris avenues. Road issues plague Athens Sugar Creek brick road and wage hikes raise bricklayers’ pay.
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Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Weiler
East State Street
Joseph Slingluff
Lawrence Block
Charles R. Cable
State Street
Morris Avenue
Mr. Cable
East End
Athens
Sugar Creek
State Highway Department
Athens county seeks War Savings Stamp honor in Ohio contest
Rural Carrier A O Sloane urges Athens county to top state sales in the War Savings Stamp drive and reports April figures show nearby counties ahead. He emphasizes reporting sales in his name and notes county pride rather than prizes as motivation.
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al O. Sloane
Athens County
Ohio
Licking County
Sloane
A. O. Sloane
South Court Street
Beauty Deals With Health Not Trickery, Ziegfeld Proclaims
An old saying links beauty to health and Cham berlain's Tablets are praised to cure biliousness and constipation. The piece notes a New York dispute with Flo Ziegfeld and his "Beauty Trust" banning home made beauty aids at the Amsterdam theatre.
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New York
Flo: Ziegfeld
Beauty Trust
Amsterdam Theatre
Free rupture appliance trial promises cure
An advertisement offers a free trial of a rupture support device. Readers are asked to send a name to receive a measurement blank and the product sample. After 20 days of wear, if unsatisfied, returns are accepted with no cost. The pitch claims relief from painful trusses and belts.
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Koch Bldg
Kansas City
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