Nelsonville social notes and deaths
R. E. Swope spent Sunday in Zanesville. James Grant and others visited from Columbus. Methodist church reception Tuesday at 7 honoring Rev. George E. Tifft. Samuel S. Evans, 86, dies. funeral Tuesday at 2 at his son’s home with burial at Greenlawn. John Carter, colored, to have hearing Monday on quarrel and fighting charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
George E. Tifft
Aid Society
John Carter
McCune
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Howe’s Home
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society gathered 25 members at Mrs Retta Howe’s Fort Street residence with Mrs Harriet Freer leading devotionals. Bertha Barker gave the first chapter of the study book as Mrs Thomas Spencer sang a solo. refreshments were served by the hostess. Robert S Thompson 74 of South Bloomfield died Friday night at his son George Thompson’s home on Boehm Pike near New Albany after years as a general store operator. Burial at South Bloomfield Cemetery. He leaves a widow Mrs Michael Thompson and was brother to Ben James and Dr Hugh James. Funeral 10 30 Monday at George Thompson’s home. Return from motor trip: John L Wilson and wife traveled east to Philadelphia Baltimore Washington DC and New York City. Mrs Herman Harrison of Columbus is visiting the Shafer home.
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The
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Retta Howe
Fort St
Harriet Freer
Bertha Barker
Thomas Spencer
Robert S. Thompson
South Bloomfield
Geo. Thompson
Boehm Pike
New Albany
Michael Thompson
J. F. Margarum
Columbus
Thompson
Ben James
Hugh James
McArthur
Mission Study Circle of Ruth Meeting This Evening
The Mission Study class of the Circle of Ruth will meet tonight with Mrs. BE. B. Acomb at 7 o'clock. Refreshments will be served and a good attendance is desired. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pavey and granddaughter Louise Pavey of Columbus were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Circle of Ruth
BE. B. Acomb
Charles Pavey
Louise Pavey
Columbus
Julius Fischer
Arrests in Brick Plant Row Prompt Court Action
P B Burns organizer for United Brick and Clay Workers of America Hiram Minnis John Mc Kee and Mose Kveig were arrested Saturday by Chief Pearson on assault charges connected to the Thursday plant row at Nelson ville Brick company. At arraignment before Mayor McCune all pled not guilty, preliminary exam waived, and they were bound over to the grand jury in bonds of 200 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Burns
United Brick and Clay Workers of American
Hiram Minnis
John McKee
Mose Kveig
Chief Pearson
Nelsonville Brick Company
McCune
Love Letters Found in Clergy Murder Case
New Brunswick New Jersey Oct 16 detectives reveal love letters between Rev Edward Hall and Mrs James Mills found after their murder on Sept 14. Private detective Julius Braun says letters show a warm attachment and secret meetings, overlooked by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Edward Hail
Episcopal Church
James Mills
Julius J. Braun
Braun
Somerset
Middlesex
Two alleged thieves flee in gun battle on Dixie Highway
A running gun battle on the Dixie highway this morning involved two alleged automobile thieves who escaped police pursuit in Toledo.
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Toledo
Dixie Highway
Deaths and Funerals Mrs R D Mason
Athens relatives report the death of Mrs. R D Mason at her Long Beach California home after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Dr E M Bean of Pleasanton. The Mason family has lived in California for two years with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs R C Swanson.
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Athens
R. D. Mason
Longbeach
Cal
Fire Aboard City of Honolulu Tests Honolulu Voyage
Passengers recount a cargo fire that broke out on the City of Honolulu while 670 miles from home, spreading from Hatch No 6 and prompting a full crew response. Captain Lester ordered a deck fire drill to calm fears as 14 boats launched for the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parker
Los Angeles
Calif
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Thomas
Gus Lachman
San Francisco
International News Service
Lester
City of
H. R. Lester
Marmola Prescription Tablets Offer Easy Obesity Reductions
An article extols Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless, effective obesity remedy now in tablet form. It notes availability at drug stores worldwide for one dollar per case or direct from Marmola Co. in Detroit Michigan, promising weight loss without dieting or strenuous exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmola Co
Woodward Ave
Detoit
Mich
Americans urged to drink wine in Paris ads
In Paris a French wine lobby runs English language ads praising rouge and blanc to Americans. They claim soldiers and civilians drank wine with meals, calling it nourishing, healthy, and harmless, and say champagne connotes happy family gatherings across the wine growing regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faris
Paris
Associated Wine Producers
France
Faith healer Dr. Benson to organize Galilean cure crusade in England
In London, Dr. Samuel Benson plans a large faith healing campaign using the Physic of the Galilean to cure bodily and mental sickness. He aims to challenge ministers to heal both body and soul and cites his own pneumonia cure in the Arizona desert as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Samuel Benson
American Bible Society
Dr. Benson
Ree
Benson
Arizona Desert
Weird marital case opens in Hammond court over alleged twin deaths
In Hammond Indiana Frank McNalty 55 faces a preliminary hearing after he arrested his wife Hazel on charges of murdering their twin babies born last December. McNalty says he never saw the children though living in the same house. Hazel denies she gave birth to twins. The case aims to uncover the odd circumstances surrounding the alleged infant deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Edgar Allen Poe
Hammond City Court
Frank McNalty
Hazel
McNally
Hammond
Liberty Mayor Plans $100,000 Suit Over Klan Beating
Theodore Schierlman mayor of Liberty Kansas said he will sue the city for 100000 damages after a flogging by men described as Ku Klux Klan members on Saturday night. The move comes as Kansas joins an official probe into Klan activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty, Kas
State of
Kansas
Theodore Schierlman
Liberty
Making Another Attack Upon Anti Beer Bill
Washington October 16 The Supreme Court heard a fresh challenge to liquor laws as Piel brothers New York brewers filed suit to strike down the Willis Campbell anti beer bill as unconstitutional In this action the plaintiffs seek to overturn a provision upheld by earlier rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Piel Brothers
New York
Willis-Campbell
French Lodge First Protest on Liquor Rule
Count Charles de Chambrun, charge d affaires at the French embassy, lodged the first foreign protest against the Daugherty bone dry seas policy with the state department. He informed Washington of the French viewpoint in Jusserand absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Charles de Chambrun
Jusserand
Dixon 82 Is Fatally Injured In Viaduct Plunge
G H Dixon 82 a Napoleon Ohio brakeman on the D T I railroad is hospitalized in Lima with fatal injuries after stepping from a freight train and falling 50 feet to the bottom of a viaduct on October 16.
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Lima, O
G. H. Dixon
Napoleon
Ohio
Body found along Rock Island tracks in Lincoln
Lincoln police report a woman's body found early today with the head located nearby along the Rock Island right of way. The body is identified as Martha Luckhart and investigators believe she was beaten and placed on the tracks.
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Lincoln
Neb
Rock Island
Martha Luckhart
Thieves Steal Post Office Truck in Atlanta
A post office delivery truck with parcel post and special delivery mail was driven away in Atlanta today while a Black employee was making a delivery. Police search for suspects and the vehicle.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court Dismisses GE Patent Monopoly Suit
A suit against General Electric alleging illegal patent claims created a national monopoly on tungsten filaments for incandescent lights. The Supreme Court dismissed the case. Fire ranks third among accidental death causes in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Electric Co
Supreme Court
The
United States
Zemo Blemish Remover Promises Clear Healthy Skin
Zemo sold at drug stores for 35 cents or a large bottle for one dollar claims to remove pimples blackheads blotches eczema and ringworm. The antiseptic liquid is advertised as clean penetrating and easy to apply offering inexpensive daily use.
Unusual trespass suit tests air rights over farm
In Pases 1 AGH ARNT TO COURT at Pennsylvanian farm near Punxsutawney, aviators Harold QO Nevin and Jon Smith were fined $1 each for flying over P. Grube’s land while Cole was discharged. Grube’s lawyer argued the air space above his farm counts as property under a 1905 game act, prompting an appeal to the common pleas court and a challenge to the old principle that the tail goes with the hide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Hank’ Cole
Grube
Nevin
Smith
Cole
Corbett
Common Pleas Court
Simple plan to make shoes last ten years in Zion Illinois
Zion city Illinois police officer Isaac Parry reveals a shoe sole restoration method. Apply liquid glue to the sole, cover with sawdust, let dry overnight, and repeat as needed. If waterproof glue is used the shoes resist wet weather.
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Zion City
Isaac Parry
Zion
Illinois
Parry
Transfers of Property and Deeds Across Townships
Property transfers listed include Chauncey John W Mourn and Homer Cunningham exchanging inlot 405 and jot 32 for 2600 and 2000 dollars respectively. Daisy and Joseph Myers to Emma Russell in inlot 41 for 1600 dollars, among others with parcels in Lee Lodi Rome Trimble Coalville Glouster townships and Eb or BE Inlet 121.
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Chauncey John W. Mourn
Homer Cunningham
John W. Mourn
Daisy
Joseph Myers
Emma Russell
Elizabeth Myrtle
Hattie Karns
George Harvey Nye
Albert Platt
Stout
Lara W. Tucker
Guy E. Osborne
Lee
Charles G. Chesser
Reuben B. McGonagie
Lodi
Mary Carsey
Property Transfers and Considerations Noted in Inlets
Leski transfers to 685 and 688 inlets with consideration of 1475 dollars. Marie Wyatt sells to Lee and Alpha McGinn in lot T24 for 1000 dollars. William Parker conveys to Bryan and Annie Conway in lot 367 for 1 dollar.
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Leski
Marie Wyatt
Lee
Alpha McGinn
William Parker
Bryan
Annie Conway
Logan colonel meets Ohio veterans at Republican rally
Colonel Benson Hough of the Ohio supreme court visited Logan for a Republican rally and reconnected with Rainbow division veterans. He met Granville’s Silverthorn and Cambridge’s Flannery and noted many former 166th Infantry members in towns across the state.
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Benson Hough
Ohio Supreme Court
Logan
Silverthorn
Granville
Flannery
Cambridge
166Th
Communion services and church membership at Presbyterian church
A Sunday service drew a large audience at the Presbyterian church. Rev. Douglas baptized five children and admitted six members. An evening young people society was organized and will meet weekly through winter with a monthly social planned.
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Presbyterian Church
Douglas
young peoples #9
Ciety
Will of Matilda Springer reads in probate court
The will of Matilda Springer, late of this city, was read in probate court Saturday. The document executed June 1922 with witnesses Allen R. McBroom and John W. Devore lists several minor bequests.
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Matilda Springer
Allen R. McBroom
John W. Devore
Blue Devil in Bath Tub Allegedly Steals Rings
A brief item reports a so called Blue Devil placed in a bathtub caused rings to vanish in a prompted act. The note dates October 16 2018 and 2020 indicating a recurring prank claim involving the creature.
Drillers begin well on Chapman farm near Carthage
The Carthage Drillers start a new well on the M. B. Chapman farm with hopes a squsher will serve as a truck this time. Sunday visits included Mrs. Thomason with the Amos Townsends, Bruce Robinson and family in Athens, J. I. Gaston and L. A. Townsend of Athena with Jon Archer, and J. A. Reasoner of Athens with Amos Townsend. Dalton Robinson visited friends in Athens before leaving for Akron for work. Chalmer Martin visited the county seat Saturday.
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M. B. Chapman
Thomason
Amos Townsend
Bruce Robinson
Athens
Gaston
L. A. Townsend
Athena
Jon Archer
J. A. Reasoner
Dalton Robinson
Akron
Chalmer Martin
Mosquitoes Eradicate Ancient Aleppo Disease
American physicians report near elimination of the Aleppo disease in North Syria after two years of study. The germ is carried by local mosquitoes, and an insect plague reduced mosquitoes leading to virtually no new cases in the past year. The illness once affected about 60,000 people annually with long lasting sores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Near East Relief Association
Aleppo
North
Syria
Sears
Steubenville Conductor Found Dead Aboard Train
Herbert I. Aikens, a 67 year old railroad conductor from Masaillon Ohio, was found dead aboard a Wig train in Steubenville. He had been missing for several hours and was discovered in the crew’s race car. cause of death is listed as heart failure.
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Steubenville
Herbert I. Aikens
Masaillon
Ohio
Aikens
Notice of Election in Lee Township School District
Notice pending resolution by the Lee Township School District Board of Education. Election set for November 7, 1939, between 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at rural school district voting places. Edward Ricky, Clerk.
Election Notice For Lee Township-Mares School District
Notice of election after September meeting to determine a three mill levy increase for two years. Election set for November 7 from 6:30 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. at voting places in Athens county Ohio. Deputy state supervisors of election order from W. J. Riley, Clerk. KA Anrews, Chief Deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esucaton
Lee Township
Mares
Athens County
Ohio
Plains Rural School District Election Notice of Levy Increase
Notice of election set for November 7 1922 to decide a levy increase of three mills above the maximum for the ensuing years. Voting hours 8 00 am to 4 30 pm at usual rural district polling places. By order of The Plains rural district board of education Harry A Tipton Clerk.
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Board of Education of
Plains Rurally District
Plains Rural Se
Board of Education
Harry A
Tipton
Cleriy
Education of
Albany Village
Athena County
Ohio
J. W, Lindley
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Zanesville
James Grant
Fanny Shields
Mary
Walter
William Hick
Samuel S. Evans
George Evans
Walnut St
Arthur M. Mann
Palaskala
Greenlawn
George
William
James Hannahs
Harvey Hannahs
Pomeroy
Chesternut St
Missionary Society
MR. Thompson
John L. Wilson
East
Philadephia
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
New York City
Herman Harrison
Harve Shafer
Berean
Orbiston
D. Farrow Nelson Ville, O
Ohlinger & Wolf
Chestnut and
Harper Streets
New Jersey
Joan of Arc
Maude Gonna MacBride
Sinn Fenners
Irish Parliament
BNE
Land of Liberty
City
French Lodge
Zemo
Farmer
Glouster Corporation
Male
Paul and Mary
Sky Clinton Wena
Springer
Ward Chase
Harold Mast
Amy Hasterling
Missea Frieda Kleinschmidt
Grace Shriner
Kathryn Koppe
Gladys Connor
Irma Hall
Martha Chase
Julia Kinger
Mesdames Chan Reynolds
Buell Eby
Frank Brown
Circleville
Logan Police
John Hill
William Lavey
Arthur Dollmatsch
Bremen
Rudisill
M. B
Barton Holl
Election Board
Holl
Carthage
Board Education
Lee Townshirit
Tee Township
Achaol District Board of
W. J. Riley
KA Anprews
Ile di
Hee Baers
Harry Graham
Red
Moler Auto Sales CO
Studebaker
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet
McA
Nelson
Ville
R. Mosse
Cincinnati
Mr. Mosse
F. Cook
Newport
Alfred Miller
el Paso
Theodore Barshute
Dayton
Mosse
Short Street
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