Increased Gas Rate Suspended 120 Days in Nel 1927
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio suspended for 120 days from October 12 1927 the proposed Ohio Fuel Gas Co rate increase for Nelsonville. A hearing is set for January 10 1928 in Columbus. Mayor Eberle and city council protested the plan at a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
L. J. Eberle
Commission
Columbus
Eberle
Nelsonville High Coach resigns amid eligibility controversy
Nelsonville high school athletic coach Floyd Stone tendered his resignation to Superintendent O G Crawford effective immediately amid an investigation into alleged ineligible player substitutions in two out of town games Marysville and Gallipolis. The local athletic board and state director of high school athletics will be advised. no action on the coach’s replacement has been taken yet.
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Nelsonville
Floyd Stone
Nelsonville High School
O. G. Crawford
Marysville
Gallipolis
Woodson
Norman
Forrard
Norhan
Area Sut Foundation
Ool
Board of Education
Nelsonville Missionary Group Meeting Noted
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet at the president Mrs. Wesley Hawk's home Thursday at 2 o'clock. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Jeanette Hartley and Mrs. Frank Neirk. Mrs. Thomas Spencer will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Wesley Hawk
Jeanette Hartley
Frank Neikirk
Thomas Spencer
Missionary Society Meets This Week at Lancaster Home
The Woman's Missionary society of the Christian church holds its regular meeting Friday night at Mrs. Hubert Lancaster's home instead of Thursday. Miss Hyla Herrold leads the program and Mrs. Mary Ray's division will be hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Hubert Lancaster
Hyla Herrold
Mary Ray
Esther class enjoys autumn Alpine Halloween party at Mrs Warner's
Mrs Walter Warner hosted the Esther class meeting at her home on Monday evening. Twenty five members attended with two visitors Mrs C M Smith and Miss Georgia Hickman. Members were roped together mountain fashion to the attic dubbed the Alps for Halloween games then unmasked and served a two course luncheon.
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Walter Warner
Esther
The
Christian Church
Alps
Hallowe'an
C. M. Smith
Georgia Hickman
Athens
Gay Hallowe'en Party at Allen Home Delights Guests
A Halloween party at the home of Dorothy Bertha and Mary K. Allen Monday night drew a mixed guest list including Ima Woodger Alyce Brandeberry Mary Edwards Rose Price Blanche Price Mrs O EB Starnes and Dorothy Mrs G D Gorham Mrs John Gazelle Mrs Roy Shirley Mrs Bill Lenhart of Athens and Helen McCarthy of Nelsonville. Dorothy Starnes performed a Charleston number and late hour lunch was served.
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Dorothy
Bertha
Mary K. Allen
Ima Woodger
Alyce Brandeberry
Mary Edwards
Rose Price
Blanche Price
O. EB
Starnes
G. D.e Gorham
John Gazelle
Roy Shirley
Bill Lenhart
Athens
Helen McCarthy
Nelsonville
Dorothy Starnes
Local Social Notes From Ohio Guests and Visits
Miss Bertha Warehime visits Columbus for a few days. Mrs. James Coleman spends Tuesday in Columbus and Mrs. James Knight is there today. Mrs. Bert Reeves stays with relatives in Toledo this week. Adda Thompson of South Point and Mary Johnson of North Kenova visit sister A. L. Pritchard. Dean Taylor of Murray City with Mrs. Sarah Stillwell at week’s end. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swink and daughter Edith of Wapakoneta attend the gathering.
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Bertha Warehime
Columbus
James Coleman
Ath
James Knight
Bert Reeves
Sarah Stillwell
Frank Swink
Edith
Wapakoneta
Russia Today Described to College Students by Miss Gates
Miss C Louise Gates secretary of the Toledo Y W C A spoke at the university about Russia The Land of Contrasts She noted Russia calls itself the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics but America would not join the communistic movement She described poverty among Moscow waifs and the royalist wealth repurposed as sanatoriums art museums and a Rembrandt collection She warned about communists and wage inequality and that Russians are largely atheists due to anti church sentiment
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Russia
C. Louise Gates
Toledo
Union of Socialists
Miss Gates
America
Moscow
Bliss Gates
Miss Gates to Speak at Ewing Mass Meeting Tonight
Miss Gates said church bells call villagers to worship while Lenine’s embalmed body is shown in Moscow, noting contrasts in religious devotion. She will speak at the November women's mass meeting in Ewing auditorium at 7 tonight, announced by Dean Voigt. The university string quartet performed two pieces.
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Moscow
Lenine
Miss Gates
Ewing Auditorium
Dean Voigt
University String Quartet
Professor Deforest Ingerham
Bennet Shimp
Martha Culp
Alice Holmen
Town Meeting Sets Election Issues Discussion for Thursday
An old fashioned town meeting is planned in the high school auditorium at 7 30 pm Thursday. The League of Women Voters invites all voters especially first time young voters. Mayor Alex Moore and candidate Charles Williams will speak, with fair discussion of the Marshall bill referendum and chiropractors initiative. A straw ballot will follow. An informal reception and leaflets will be available. Justices of the peace are invited.
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League of Women Voters
Alex Moore
Charles Williams
Athens
Justices of the Peace
H. Bing
Princess Schaumberg Lippe Wedding Postponed in Bonn
Bonn dispatch reports the 65 year old Princess Schaumberg Lippe sister of the ex Kaiser will wed Alexander Zoubkoff a young Russian but the ceremony is delayed to mid November to dodge publicity.
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Cologne
Germany
Bonn
of Schaumberg-Lippe
Alexander Zoubkoff
Ruth Elder Breaks Into Charleston at Versailles Chateau
Ruth Elder, the Lakeland flyer, breaks into a Charleston at the Versailles chateau mirroring a dramatic incident with Lazare Weiller. She and co pilot Captain George Haldeman plan a trans Atlantic flight next spring while meeting French aviation officials and attending social events in Paris.
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Ruth Elder
Charleston
Versailles
U.P
Lakeland
Wla
Atlantic
Paris Long
Mirrtors
Lazare Weiller
Van Sweringens Aim to Profit in Erie Pere Marquette Merger
Thomas Jr. Gay of Richmond charged before the Interstate Commerce Commission as the Van Sweringen brothers stand to gain over 10 million dollars from stock value enhancements tied to the Erie and Pere Marquette merger.
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Washington
No. 2
U.P
M. J. van
Sweringen
Cleveland Finance Wizards
Erie
Pere Marquette
van Sweringen
Thomas Jr. Gay
Richmond
Interstate Commerce Commission
Twenty Five Flying Forts Ordered by United States
Twenty five B-29 bombers were ordered for the U S air service at Wright Field. Each aircraft carries 2,000 pounds of explosives and mounts six machine guns. Built by Keystone Aircraft Corp at Bristol Pennsylvania after tests of an experimental bomber met government specs.
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Payton
U.P
United States Air Service
Wright Field
Keystone Aircraft Corporation
Bristol
Thompson targets pro British passages in Chicago schools
After pro-British Chicago, authorities marshal over a dozen new witnesses against William McAndrew, Chicago schools chief, as Mayor William Hale Thompson pushes to purge school histories of pro-British content to defend America from King George.
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Chicago
William McAndrew
William Hale Thompson
America
Nelsonville Man Denies Reckless Driving Charge
Gilbert Young of Nelsonville pleads not guilty to driving an automobile recklessly after arraignment before Justice Carl Porter. He is charged with killing a cow owned by Paul Kidney at The Plains on October 15 and was arrested by Constable Harry Dalton. He was bound over to common pleas court. Grant Antle near Amesville pleads guilty to intoxication before Magistrate Porter. fined 25 dollars plus costs totaling 42.95. He was arrested by Constable Dalton and traffic officer F. H. Heck, with William Baker. Nelsonville resident also pleads not guilty to intoxication, bound over to common pleas court, with Baker arresting alongside Deputy Wayne Wingett.
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Gilbert Young
Nelsonville
Carl Porter
Young
Paul Kidney
the Plains
Harry Dalton
Common Pleas Court
Grant Antle
Amesville
Porter
Antle
Dalton
F. H. Heck
William Baker
R. D. Williams
Baker
Wayne Wingett
Nov 2 Custody Fight Over Jean Price in Chicago
Zona Gale novelist and Matilda Fenberg attorney discussed custody of 6 year old Jean Price as a divorce case pits Gale and Juliette Price over who should adopt the child. Ellen Price, Jean’s paternal grandmother, cares for Gale II at Portage Wisconsin. Roscoe Price is estranged from Juliette Price, mother and chorus girl.
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Chicago
U.P
Zona Gale
Matilda Fenberg
Jean Price
Miss Gale
Roscoe Price
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Juliette Price
Ellen Price
Jean
Zona Gale II
Portage
Wis
Bonfante Brother to Face French Probe for Death
Pasquale Bonfante of the University restaurant in Columbus asked French authorities to question Lincon, Pa., native Victor Bonfante over his brother's death. The 41-year-old bachelor was en route to Turin to marry when he was found dead in his ship state room on August 27, gunshot wound to the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Victor Bonfante
Lincon
Pasquale Bonfante
Bonfante
Turino
Italy
Institute Leader Explains Points Of Salesmanship
J W Griest of the Athens Retail Merchants institute spoke to business executives and salespersons on how to guide a customer through attention interest desire and action. He emphasized showing merchandise, knowing details, and handling objections to build confidence and close sales. He planned to discuss closing the sale at 7 tonight.
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J. W. Griest
Athens Retail Merchants’ Institute
Griest
Niggemeyers Host Shade Social With Music and Dinner
Mr and Mrs Jacol Niggemeyer entertained friends at their home on Sunday with Victrola music. A noon dinner followed by afternoon ice cream and cake accompanied by a list of attendees from Canaanville Athens and area including Klingenbergs Bucks Hartleys Shular Hurley Niggemeyer Searles Weisenbach and Beatty.
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Shade
Jacol Niggemeyer
John Klingenberg
Charles Klingenberg
Mary Catherine
Doris
Canaanville
Trose Klingenberg
Athens
Alden Buck
Anna
Lloyd Hartley
Foster and Paul
Joseph Shular
Helena
John Hurley
Henry Niggemeyer
Loren Searles
Joe Martin
Harry Niggemeyer
Blanch Beatty
James Weisenbach
Brown Accepts Joe Toledo to Commerce Post
Walter Brown a Northwestern Ohio Republican leader announced he accepted the position of assistant secretary of commerce under Herbert Hoover. The offer came from President Coolidge last week.
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Toledo
Walter Brown
Northwestern
Ohio
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Hair Bobbing Sparks Husband's Desertion Report
In Tottenham England Mrs William Smith had her husband arrested after she bobbed her hair. The incident centers on a domestic dispute triggered by the change in her appearance and the husband’s reaction to it.
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Tottenham
Eng
William Smith
Elinor Dorrance Hill On Honeymoon in Atlantic City
Elinor Dorrance Hill wife of Nat Hill is photographed on the Atlantic City boardwalk during their honeymoon. She is the daughter of the Campbell Soup Company head and last year worked briefly at her family plant in Camden to sample factory life.
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Nat Hill
Atlantic City
Boardwalk
Elinor Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company
Camden
West Virginia Detectives Stand Witness in Gallipolis Murder Trial
Ten West Virginia special detectives and state police arrived in Gallipolis to testify against Eddie Peppers who faces trial for the murder of Florence Buck the Grimms Landing postmistress. Sheriff Oscar Russell arranged police protection to curb any racial unrest during the proceedings. Peppers a longtime hotel bellhop confessed after lengthy questioning that he strangled Buck in her room on August fifteenth. The nude body was found by the hotel owner five hours later. Police traced the crime to Peppers through bloodstained pants sent for cleaning.
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Gallipolis
Urten
West Virginia
Eddie Peppers
Florence Buck
Grimms Landing
W. Va
Oscar Russell
Feitizens
Peppers
Park Central
Death coincidence in Leeds as husband dies in wreck
In Leeds England two years after his wife perished in a car crash Andrew R K Bennett died in a similar smashup. The incidents highlight a rare deadly run of auto accidents affecting the same family.
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Leeds
Eng
Andrew RK. Bennett
Musterole Cold Tablets Offer Quick Relief From Head Colds
An advertisement by The Musterole Company Cleveland promotes Masterole Laxative Cold Tabs to stop head colds with minimal after effects. It claims rapid relief if taken at the first warning signs and notes the product is prepared by makers of Musterole with muscular pain and chest cold uses. Available at all druggists for 35 cents.
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Musterole Company
Cleveland
Balchen Named Pilot for Dawn Atlantic Attempt
Berni Balchen, long associated with transatlantic flight, will pilot Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson Dawn on her next attempt to cross the Atlantic in a Sikorsky amphibian. Grayson had sought a pilot after Clarence Chamberlin declined. Balchen recently returned from Europe and has been testing aircraft for Anthony H. Fokker.
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New York
U.P
Berni Balchen
America
France
Frances
Wilson Grayson
Atlantic
Balchen
Clarence Chamberlin
Copenhagen
Chamberlin
Europe
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Guard Threat Looms Over Southern Colorado Coal Pickets
In Denver on November 2, striking miners planned renewed picketing despite Governor Adams orders. He recalled three National Guard airplanes from Pueblo to Walsenburg and recommended arrest of all picketers, warning the guard could be mobilized to stop demonstrations.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
National Guard
Colorado
William H. Adams
Adams
Pueblo
Walsenburg
Copper’s Kiss Costly in Worcester
Policeman John Dortes was fined and dismissed from the force after kissing a girl again without consent in Worcester England.
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Worcester
Eng
John Dortes
VINCO Herbal Medicine Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts VINCO as a harmless bowel regulator for chronic constipation unresponsive to salts calomel or harsh physics. It claims the formula is printed on the box and offers a 25c box from your druggist with a tablet to take tonight for next day energy.
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Public Utilities Commission
Elizabeth Swink
John Saltz
Kathleen
Huntington
Cory Heilman
Pearl Grace
Helen Weekley
Harry Lack
Helen
Harriett
Mary
William Powell
Pomeroy
Margaret Kempher
JA T
Chool
Missionary Meeting
Hallowe'en Party
Y. W. Worker
Sherwood Eddy
Arizona
Mesa
Ariz
Heber J. Grant
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Bois de Boulogne
Maurice Bokanowski
Bismarck
German Empire
Charees
van Swearingens
U. S. Air Service
Union Depot
Institute
Detroit
Jean Kreg
Niggemeyers
Brown
Joe
For All
RY Goods
ROB Erin Shoes
Elinor
Palchen
Es LL En-Ar-Co Motor Oil
Auto Tire & Gasco
National Refining Company
the Refining Co.cle
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