New Water Line Extends Athens Service to Richland Ave
Construction starts on an eight inch main from South Bridge to beyond Higgins Feed Store and a three inch line to Mechanicsburg School. WPA project with $3100 in contributions from Ohio University township school board and locals. City taps planned. stadium and hospital facilities seek reliable pressure and fire protection.
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Athens City Water
Richland Ave
Higgins Feed
Mechanicsburg
WPA
Cc. W. Gross
Ohio University
Township School Board
Woodland Ave
University
Township
Athens State Hospital
Amy Bell 81 Dies at Son’s Home in Athens Ohio
Mrs. Amy Bell aged 81 died Wednesday at 4 PM at her son Charles Bell’s home on S Lancaster Street. Born in Nelsonville she was among the first Black residents there. Survived by son Otis of Ypsilanti and aunt Angie Cooper. Funeral Friday 2 PM at Jagers Funeral Home with burial in W State Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Amy Bell
Charles Bell
S. Lancaster St
Jagers Funeral Home
W. State St
Morrison to report on veterans laws at DAR meeting
At the Conrath Bean Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans the meeting in the Armory club room tonight at 7 30 features M C Morrison presenting the new veterans laws and benefits. The Southeast Zone conference is set for Middleport on Sunday November 28 with local members planning attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrath Bean
Armory Club
M. C. Morrison
Middleport
West Is Sentenced to Year in County Jail
Joe West of Glouster received a year in the Athens County Jail and a $250 fine plus costs after pleading guilty in Athens County Probate Court to contributing to the delinquency of minors. Indictments on a sodomy charge in common pleas court were not tried and remain pending.
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Athens County
Joe West
Glouster
Tyroler
Common Pleas
Fire damages curtain and chair cushion in front room
Fire crews were called to 13 Van Vorhes Street at 12 15 p m Wednesday where children playing in the front room started a blaze. The curtain and chair cushion were damaged and the fire was quickly extinguished. Athens Motorcycle Club members are to meet tonight at the motorcycle shop on Shafer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Frank Ayers
van Vorhes St
Athens Motorcycle Club
Shafer St
Stubborn Rheumatism Told by Local Pharmacist Ad
A drug advertisement touts Allenru Capsules as a swift remedy for stubborn rheumatism gout and related pains caused by uric acid and circulating poisons. It claims relief within 48 hours and urges readers to ask local druggists about the product priced at 6.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pheasant Captured Alive After Farm Hunt
Ira Quick returned from a hunting trip near Fisher with a live cock pheasant. He carried the bird in a hunting coat, its head and legs protruding from separate pockets, and managed to bring it home uninjured after forcing it into the coat as a prisoner.
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Court St
Ira Quick
Ira
Francis Lavelle
Fisher
Quick
Taylor's Store Opens Large Modern Basement Shop
The $10,000 Taylor's Store expansion at 21-23 S. Court St Athens is ready for public use with a 900 foot counter area, 70 percent more floor space, and a doubled sales staff of 35 to 40 workers. The self service setup features 32 ceiling lights and new mahogany veneered walls, transforming a former cellar into a bright, modern shopping space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor’s Store, Inc
S. Court St
Athens
Ralph Kassing
Taylor's
Birth announced for Edward Sprague family
Dr and Mrs Edward H Sprague of 99 Franklin Avenue announce the birth of a son at the Sheltering Arms Hospital Wednesday night. Esther Schilling from Zanesville and Margaret Jones of Minersville underwent major surgical operations at the hospital Wednesday afternoon.
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Edward H. Sprague
Franklin Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Esther Schilling
Ohio University
Zanesville
Margaret Jones
Minersville
FDR Slips With intestinal disturbance and tooth infection
The White House reports President Roosevelt is suffering a slight intestinal disturbance in addition to an infected tooth. For a third straight day he remains confined to his White House bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
Millfield Father Pleads Not Guilty in Family Dependency Case
Carl Six of Millfield denied guilt in Athens County Probate Court on a charge of contributing toward the dependency of his three children aged four years two years and three months. Trial scheduled for next Thursday. Six was arrested by Deputy Sheriff B C Day as the family, living in a tumble-down home, is quarantined due to scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Six
Millfield
Athens County
B. C. Day
Carnival at Grange Hall Nov 20
A carnival is planned at Canaan Grange Hall Saturday evening November 20 featuring dancing a fish pond fortune telling bean bag contests and other amusements and contests for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan Grange Hall
Veterans to Meet at Armory Club Room
Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at the Armory club room Friday night November 19 at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bolin Post
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Armory Club
East Side School to Face Rufus Putnam in Friday Football clash
East Side School football meets Rufus Putnam School Friday at 3 45 p m on the high school field with Mr Carl J House from the physical welfare department as referee.
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East Side School
Rufus Putnam
Carl J. House
Physical Welfare Department
Albany Methodist Ladies Aid Meeting Preview
Albany Methodist Church Ladies Aid group will hold a Friday 2 p.m. meeting. A stray note recalls the potato beetle appearing in Germany before World War I and being promptly exterminated.
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Albany Ladies Aid Ladies Aid of the
Albany Methodist Church
Germany
Athens University Observatory to Open with Historic Lens
Ohio University will open its new observatory on Columbia Ave to students and townspeople with a 20 inch hand ground lens from the World’s Fair. The lens, donated by A H Carpenter in memory of his relatives, will be aluminized before public viewing begins. Beginning February, astronomy classes will be offered to students.
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Athens
Ohio University Astronomical Observatory
Acturus
Ohio University
A. H. Carpenter
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Franklin H. Carpenter
D. J. Evans
F. H. Carpenter
Dr. Evans
Carpenter
Columbia Ave
W. F. Reed
Campaign Chest Near Goal As Athens Agencies Eye Funds
The 1937 Community Chest stood at 12 357 noon today with 803 dollars needed to reach 13 160 and fund social and charitable budgets for the year. Campaign officials voiced pessimism saying final gains depend on solicitors as plans for a final dinner were cancelled to spur more contributions.
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Athens
Chest Figures Campaign Near Goal in City Drive
The Chest reports $13 160 raised to date with $12 357 to give and $803 more needed to reach the fund goal. Officials may receive reports today from teams and house to house canvassers to close the gap, with last clean up and Dutch treat luncheons as needed. No campaign expense has been charged to solicitors, who cover their own meals and clerical work. Over 100 firms show employees pledging to the Community Chest per cent club with honor roll published on Page Two.
Freeze Gives Athens Icicles as Temps Dip to 29
Icicles hung from many caves today after a freeze in Athens with the thermometer dropping to 29 degrees. By noon the temperature rose to 38, the day’s high and the highest level reached on Wednesday.
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Athens
Rail Time Card and Air Service Schedules
A listing of Baltimore and Ohio train routings with arrival and departure times for several local and long distance trains, plus Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central services. Athens Municipal Airport air taxi schedule shows sunrise to sunset operations and through airline connections.
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Athens Municipal Airport
Airtaxi
A. A
Athens
Guard To Launch Drill Contest For Battery C
Ohio National Guard unit Battery C of the 154th Field Artillery will start a new eight week drill contest with six squads. Each Tuesday the teams perform 15 minutes of close order drill ending with a public review and prize awards.
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154Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Elbert Carmichael
Carmichael
Set
Charles Barnhart
Douglas Hall
James Stewart
William Green
Ivan Brown
Donald M. Sams
Charles Bennett
National Guard
Charles FE. Burton
Elda Calloway
Albert J. Dyar
Hugh H. Hanson
Howard Schumacher
Vern F. Andrews
Mansfield Court Orders Reform School Transfer for Juvenile Offender
Ira Corwin, 17, of Millfield, attacked younger boys in Millfield injuring one nose and tearing ligaments. Judge Louis Tyroler of Athens County Juvenile Court ordered Corwin sent to the Mansfield Reformatory after Lancaster Boys Industrial School refused re admission. Officials testified Corwin had been cruel to 12 and 13 year olds.
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Ira Corwin
Millfield
Louis Tyroler
Athens County Juvenile Court
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Corwin
Tyroler
Mansfield Reformatory
AHS Pupils Preview Play Over the Rainbow Fractions
Athens High students watched sketches from the Sophomore and Junior dramatic comedy Over the Rainbow. The Friday 8 pm performance at the high school will feature nine actors in varied costumes with director A A Nellis guiding the scenes and remarks by Bill Root.
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Athens
Bill Root
Walter Erwin Selected President of 4-H Club
Twenty two members of the Athens Senior 4 H Club met at the Athens Grange Hall for the monthly meeting. Officers elected for 1938 include Walter Erwin as president Helen Sheridan vice president Marilynn Davis secretary and John Sheridan treasurer. A new program committee of James Woods Anna Mae Ross and Agnes Terrill was chosen. A dinner serving demonstration was presented by Dorothy Frank Carlo Frische Walter Erwin and Louise Blackburn.
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Athens
Walter Erwin
Helen Sheridan
Marilynn Davis
John Sheridan
James Woods
Anna Mae Ross
Agnes Terrill
Nazarene revival to run nightly through Nov 28
The Nazarene revival continues each night this week and through November 28 at the church on W State and Walker Streets. Evangelist Rev. T. M. Anderson has been detained but will preach Friday night November 19 to conclude the campaign.
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Nazarene Revival
T. M. Anderson
W. State and
Walker Sts
Lost ground and strength restored by 8.8.8. Tonic
A friend recommended 8.8.8. Tonic after a period of listlessness weight loss and low energy. The ad claims the tonic rebuilds red blood cells restores weight and boosts energy with a larger size sold at a savings.
Hunt Man and Girl Arson? Missing Pair Sought by Police
Athens County officers broadcast notices to arrest Sidney Cuckler 32 of Glouster Route 1 and Evelyn Maxwell 16 of Glouster who reportedly left the county with Cuckler. Cuckler is married. A letter from the girl in Brazil, Indiana was received.
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Sidney Cuckler
Glouster
Evelyn Maxwell
Cuckler
Brazil
Ind
Poisoned Kidneys Stop Getting Up Nights
An old advertisement promises relief from kidney and bladder irritation with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims to flush poisons and acids, reduce nocturnal urination, and ease backache and burning sensations. The copy highlights a 35 cent package and directed use.
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Athens Messenger
Ohto
Son
Morrison
West
Taylor’s
Edward Spragues
Athens Stars
Baltimore & Ohio
Diplomat
National Limited
Daecnniameneana
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central
South Vo
North
Mansfield
Ebecke
AHS
A. A. Nellis
Norma Gibson
Dorothy Roads
Dan Rardin
Hamilton Oldfeld
Bob Covert
Humpert
Jeanette Landis
Virginia Bardin
Benton Miller
Hamilton Oldfield
Dan Bardin
Wheaton
Ohio
Sohio
Standard Oil
Allen Bros. Furniture
Allen Bros
Columbus Street
Nelsonville, Ohio
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