Daring Hold Up Trio Rob Grocery Store
Three men robbed the Merrit Wonn grocery on West Hunter Street in Logan, escaping with about 50 dollars. Clerk Ray Roberts identified entry by two suspects while a third waited in a running car. Police pursued a maroon coupe seen nearby and later a similar car was found abandoned near Laurelville. Police report several clues and expect arrests.
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Logan
Merrit Wonn
West Hunter Street
Ray Roberts
Wenn
Roberts
Lewis Hkeynolds
Laurelville
TWO OFFICERS REMAIN ON DUTY IN LOGAN
Logan October 3 officers John Bell deposed chief and Lewis Reynolds acting chief stayed on duty patrolling Main Street to boost daytime police protection. Mayor Bright told Bell not to arrest. Bell will remain on duty until Civil Service Commission charges and ruling. City officials say action was for the good of the service.
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Logan
John Bell
Lewis Reynolds
Main Street
Elias Bright
Bell
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Car Reacts to Hill Crash Spares Funk Family
In Logan on North Spring Street a Funk family car veered toward a 15 foot embankment and struck a tree. Mr Funk chose to hit the tree to save all occupants including a seven month old baby who was thrown to the hood but rescued by the father. The mother had a small cut and a child kept a chicken bone in its mouth with no other injuries reported.
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Logan
John Funk
Spring Street
Charles Huffman
Funk
Junk
Cigaret Stub Startled Logan Fire Alarm at Pharmacy
Logan, Oct 3. A smoke filled basement at Grooms Pharmacy triggered a false alarm after a lighted cigarette stub dropped through a floor grate. Sigma Phi Gamma sorority sisters near the front raised the alarm. No damage occurred as firefighters found no blaze and returned to the station.
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Logan
Grooms Pharmacy
Walter Nixon
Market Street
Sigma Phi Gamma
Main Street
Wardwell Field Dedicated in Casper in Memory of Major Wardwell
Casper citizens dedicate a new flying field named Wardwell Field on Sept. 22 in memory of Major D. P. Wardwell a former Logan resident who died in a crash near Casper while piloting a plane with two passengers. Lieut. Russell Maughan gave the keynote address praising Wardwell's service with Lafayette Escadrille and Western Front duty.
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Logan
Casper
Wyo
D. P. Wardwell
Wardwell
Russell Maughan
Major Wardwell
Lafayette
Mrs Ohmer Dies at 80 in Union Furnace Home
Logan Oct. 3 Mrs William Ohmer 80 widow died at her Union Furnace home Thursday after months of declining health. She was sister to James Myers Shedrick Myers and Henry Myers all of nearby towns. Funeral plans set for Presbyterian Church with burial at Miller's Chapel.
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Logan
William Ohmer
Union Furnace
Ohmer
James Myers
Shedrick Myers
New Plymouth
Henry Myers
Presbyterian Church
Miller’s Chapel
Bishop Hobson to Visit Hocking Valley Church
Bishop Hobson and Archdeacon Heinheimer of the Southern Ohio Diocese will attend Holy Eucharist at St. Paul Church Logan Sunday at 5 p.m. Visitors welcome. It is Hobson’s first visit to the Hocking Valley since becoming head of the diocese, with plans to visit Athens Nelsonville and Lancaster as well.
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Logan
Hobson
Heinheimer
Southern Ohio
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Paul Church
Hocking Valley
Athens
Nelsonville
Lancaster
Graham family returns to Columbus for winter from farm
Mr and Mrs M M Graham and daughter Sheila have left a farm near Logan and returned to Columbus for the winter. Mr Graham is an instructor at Ohio State University.
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Logan
M. M. Graham
Sheila
Columbus
Graham
Ohio State University
Schmitters to Attend American Legion Convention in Boston
Logan residents Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Schmitter will travel to Boston for the American Legion Convention. Schmitter serves as an alternate from the Eighth District of the American Legion.
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Logan
Ewald Schmitter
American Legion
Boston
Schmitter
Local Exhibit Features Hand-Carved Miniature House
At the Logan Festival Gus Judy of Logan Manufacturing Company built a fully furnished miniature house. He noted the furniture required extensive hand carving and visitors are stopping at the booth to admire the handiwork.
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Logan
Gus Judy
Logan Manufacturing Company
Harden returns home after hospital stay
Mrs. HH. W. Harden, treated at a Columbus hospital for two weeks, was able to return to her South Logan home Thursday. Accompanied by Mr. Harden and Mrs. Frank W. Harden, she is reported much improved.
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Logan
HH. W. Harden
Columbus
South Logan
Harden
Frank W. Harden
Elks Initiation Event Promised For Monday
Logan report notes a committee led by Joe Farbearn plans an old fashioned initiation feed and entertainment for the Elks meeting on Monday evening. Farbearn declines specifics but warns absentees will miss a good time.
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Logan
Elks
Joe Farbearn
Grooms Druggists and Lohr's Barbers Win Bowling Matches
In Logan on Wednesday evening Grooms Druggists and Lohr's Barbers each won three straight games over Ben Wellman Boot Shop and Pre Ford Gas. Low scores marked the early season with J. P. Miller leading at 593 across three games, while no other bowler topped 560.
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LOGAN
Grooms Druggists
Lohr’s
Ben Wellman Boot Shop
Pre Ford Gas
J. P. Miller
Boot Shop
Explorer Andree Surmised to Die by Gases
Chicago October 3 The physician treating the Andree expedition proposes a new cause of death for Salomon August Andrée and his two companions. He believes they died not from starvation poisoning or freezing but from a lethal mix of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases inside their balloon craft.
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Chicago
Andree
North Pole
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