Woman known as “Bluebeard” returned to prison
Clara Carl, famed as the “woman Bluebeard,” was recaptured in Columbus after escaping Indiana state penitentiary about a week earlier. She had been convicted of poisoning two husbands and a father in law, and was born in Carbon Hill with first husband Robert Gibson formerly of Nelsonville.
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Belsonville
Clara Carl
Thendiana State Penitentiary
Columbus
Carl
Bluebeard
Carbon Hill
Robert Gibon
Nelsonville
Monthly class meeting held in Nesonville
NESONVILLE Oct 12 The members of Class No 8 of the M E Sunday school met with their teacher Mrs Thomas Spencer at her Chestnut Street home. Mrs Willard Bartoe led the devotional service with a business session and social time with refreshments. The class plans an annual Halloween party at Mrs John Murphy's on Friday evening October 30.
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Rged
Relief Corps to Meet Nelsonville Tonight
The W. R. C. holds its regular meeting at their hall in Nelsonville this evening with initiation and refreshments planned for attendees.
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Relief Corps
Nelsonville
The
Circle of Ruth to Begin Mission Study Classes
Nelsonville October 13 Circle of Ruth and the Presbyterian Missionary society start study classes at 7 pm tonight in the Presbyterian church parlors.
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Nelsonville
Circle of Ruth
The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Presbyterian Church
W C T U Meeting Set For Tuesday in Nelsonville
The W C T U will meet at 7 oclock Tuesday evening with Mr E W Allen on Poplar street. A good attendance is desired.
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Nelsonville
W. Cc. Ff. U
E. W. Allen
Poplar Street
Services Held For Three Month Old Lester Collins
Services were held this afternoon at the residence on High street for Les ter Collins aged three months who died Saturday evening. Burial was made at Greenlawn.
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High Street
Lester Collins
Greenlawn
Methodist church group to meet in Nelsonville
Senior Home Guards of the Methodist church will meet Miss Bertha Nixon and Mrs Julius Fis at 6 30 this evening on West Franklin street. Special music highlighted Sunday sessions as the congregation observes sacrificial week. Sunday school board meets tonight in church parlors. all teachers urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Mises Elda Crouse
West Franklin Treet
Bertha Nixon
Julius Fis
O U Denison Football Fans Travel From Elsonville
John Wood the Rev Lloyd Evans Evans Hudson Clarence Reich and Orland McLaughlin drove to Granville Saturday to attend the O U Denison football game.
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O. U.-Denison
Elsonville
John Wood
Lloyd Evans
Evans Hudson
Clarence Reich
Orlando McLaughlin
Granville
O. U. —Denison
Banker J V Wood Attends Portsmouth Convention
Attending bankers in Nelsonville report J V Wood of the bank is in Portsmouth attending a bankers convention.
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Nelsonville
J. V. Wood
Es Bank
Portsmouth
Local residents host family visitors from Columbus and beyond
Mr and Mrs Leighton Aumiller and their son return from Cleveland. Several Columbus guests visit Caldwell and area families including Miss Betty Mechem and Mrs Sadie Saylor. Others spend weekends with relatives in Carbondale, Columbus, Sugar Grove and Indianapolis.
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Leighton Aumiller
Gay Aumiller
Cleveland
Sadie Saylor
Columbia
Gail
Wyetlle Blackburn
Carbondale
Elzie Hellyer
Columbus
Joe B. Davis
Indianapolis
Arthur Burgess
Lancaster
Chas. Pensyle
Walter Laff
Raymond Kreppel
E. B. Acomb
Edith Stires
Caldwell
Clayton Murphy
William Sharp
Ohio State University
C. C
Earl Snook
Sugar Grove
Army and Navy Store Robbed on West Columbus Street
Robbers entered the Army and Navy store by a rear door transom on West Columbus Street early yesterday morning. They seized $14.76 in cash from the register, eight pairs of shoes, one pair wool coats, and other small articles. No suspects identified.
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Army and Navy
West Columbus Street
Oil industry loses persist in drilling boom
Chicago reports the American Research Foundation such that since oil exploration began, 12 billion dollars has been spent on drilling while 7.5 billion dollars of oil has been found. The industry shows a net loss of 4.6 billion dollars with dry holes causing about 90 million dollars in annual losses for operators in recent years.
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Chicago
American Research Foundation
Chauncey Mine No 25 to Resume Work Next Week
Chauncey Ohio Oct 12 About twenty day men were called out Sunday to Chauncey mine No 25 to clean up the mine and prepare for operation likely the first of next week. The mine has been idle six months and previously employed about 450 men. John B Smith is superintendent with W ar s Fouty inside. Other Bailey Run mines have employed several hundred men these past months. Nelsonville mourns Mrs W T Evans funeral held for former Orbiston resident.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Mine No
John B. Smith
Wars Fouty
Miss Linscott Hosts Dinner Guests in Chauncey
Miss Dorthy Linscott entertained guests Sunday at her parents home in Chauncey. Attendees included Barney Mercer and Jean Mercer of The Plains, Miss Pearl Linscott, Don Linscott, and Harold Agard of Hooper's Ridge.
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Chauncey
Dorothy Linscott
Harry Linscott
Barney Mercer
Jean Mercer
the Plains
Pearl Linscott
Don Linscott
Harold Agard
Hooper's Ridge
Chorus Practice Chauncey Friday Evening
The Young People chorus of the First Christian Sunday school will meet at the church at 7 o'clock Friday evening for practice.
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Chauncey
Young People’s Chorus
The
First Christian Sunday School
Weekend Visits and Notice of Deaths in Xenia Area
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Linecott of Xenia spent the weekend there at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weaver. Mrs. Charles Tipple of Chauncey was called to Wade near Parkersburg Sunday by the death of her Louis Canton and William Justus returned Sunday from a few days visit in Wellston. Mrs. Thomas Oliver of Columbus spent the weekend in Chauncey and will spend a week in that city. Avian Branham, working for Columbus, spent the weekend at Chauncey. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Fiske and Lower...
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Floyd Linecott
Xenia
Frank Weaver
Charles Tipple
Chauncey
Wade
Parkersburg
Louis Canton
William Justus
Wellston
Thomas Oliver
Columbus
Avian Branham
Tale
Paul R. Fiske
Lower
Biddle Bush Dinner Match Ends With Narrow Lead
The annual Biddle-Bush golf dinner match concluded with Bush ahead by one point. Final tallies show Biddle 80 and Bush 81 as scores were contested on ground points amid playful rivalries and lingering questions of who truly won.
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Biddle Bush
R. Finsterwald
Finsterw
Whipple
Lee
Swans
O'Fulton
Whaley
H. C. Clark Sherrard
T. BE. Clark Miller
McLaughlin
McLaughlin Woodw'h R.LO0/Sprague
T Rowland
O. F
White
Biddle
Bush
Elza Graham Found Guilty of Criminal Slander
Elza Graham of 4 Mi Street was found guilty in Mayor L A Koons court of criminal slander for making remarks about Alma Sama of 9 Mill Street amid a noise dispute over a phonograph. Sentence to be pronounced. maximum penalty is $500 and six months imprisonment.
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Elsa Graham
Alma Sama
Millstree
Athens
Graham
L. A. Koon
Mra
Geome
Christian minister urges building of character in sermon
The Rev. M. E. Chatley preached at the First Christian Church on I Wanted a Man, urging that character is formed by will and environment. He warned that reputation can fail while true character endures and urged striving for integrity, truthfulness, and self mastery.
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M. E. Chatley
First Christian Church
Chatley
Mr. Chatley
Chaney
Samsons
Get McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets for Gains
Advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as the best source of Vita mines, claiming sugar coated tablets add 10 to 20 pounds of healthy flesh. Priced at 60 cents for 66 tablets, with a money back guarantee if five pounds aren’t gained in 30 days.
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Cline Pharmacy Co
McKee Drug Co
Doctor promotes gentle bowel remedy for constipated children
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for chronically constipated children. It claims the syrup yields natural bowel movements for weeks and may prevent future doses, with praise for its harmless formula and easy use.
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Dwell
Ayrewell
Caldwell
Communists Clash With Police at Paris Suburb Factory
In Parisian suburb St Denis, communists tried to enter an auto factory to stop workers from laboring. Police intervened and a melee ensued in which the chief of St Denis police and two gendarmes were injured. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Paris
St. Denis
Athens Sunday car crash injures Parker family
Emmett Parker 11 and his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Parker were shaken up when their car was bumped off a road two miles above Canal Winchester while returning from Columbus. Emmett suffered a head cut requiring four stitches. Ernest Groos of Athens drove them to Canal Winchester for treatment.
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Emmett Parker
Stewart
Athena
Clarence A. Parker
Canal Winchester
Parkers
Columbus
Parker
Emmet
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