American Legion Post Holds Special Meeting and Armistice Plans
Nelsonville notes a special meeting of Glenford Dugan Post with about fifty members. G A R invited to use Legion club rooms. belts and rifles promised to veterans. Armistice Day plans near completion. Many ex service men head to Columbus then Kansas City for the Legion national convention. keys for club rooms available from Jeff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion News
Glenford Dugan
Legion
Chicago
Rock Island Arsenal
Chamber of Commerce
Red Men
Columbus
Kansas City
American Legion
Jeff
Diaz
Pershing
Marshall Foch
Attend Grand Chapter Sessions in Cleveland
Mrs. C. H. Bartlett and Mrs. Phil Kelch travel to Cleveland to attend the grand chapter sessions of the Order of the Eastern Star convening there this week.
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GRAND
C. H. Bartlett
Phil Kelch
Cleveland
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Gail Wilson Arraigned on Paternity Charge
Gail Wilson will be arraigned today before Mayor McCune on a paternity charge filed by Miss Martha Koon. The case centers on a dispute over paternal responsibility and is being processed in the city judicial system. The outcome awaits court action and potential further hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Wilson
McCune
Martha Koon
Miss Stratton Featured In Musical Classic
The November Musical Classic shows Miss Nelle Stratton of this city with a picture and notes her recent song Down Memory Lane With You. Stratton has several other compositions and the magazine praises the popularity of her newest work. Local residents take pride in her success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Stratton
Memory Lane
Miss Stratton
Masquerade Social Hosted by East Building PTA
The East building Parent-Teachers Association hosts a masquerade social on Thursday night October 27. All children must be accompanied by parents. Admission is ten cents for masked costumes and fifteen cents for unmasked. Bring pennies to have your fortune told. Refreshments served.
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Parent-Teachers Association of the East
Mrs Wilson Returned Home After Visit to Thybere
Mrs William Wilson and her two daughters Della and Billie return to Marion after a week with her mother Mrs James Auflick. Mrs Wilson was summoned by the illness of her sister Mrs Luther Burch.
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William Wilson
Della
Billie
Marion
James Auflick
Wilson
Luther Burch
Non resident pupils boost enrollments at Nelsonville High
Nelsonville's admission of non resident pupils has drawn seven to eight more students than usual from surrounding districts. The district pays five dollars monthly tuition covering about 90 percent of last year's cost. Law requires admittance when a proper grade is unavailable in their district. Ward township builds Johnson Hill school to house some West school enrollees, eight to ten at most.
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Nelsonville High School
Usua
Nelsonville
Ward Township
Hocking County
Johnson Hill
Bereans Boost Spirit With Booster Meeting
The Bereans show strong weekly gains as Canton climbs 25 points while Bereans add 34. A booster meeting is set for Thursday at the church to recruit all willing workers. The Christian church school reports 506 attendees Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bereans
Canton
Nelsonville
Christian Church School
Funeral for 13 month old Mary Louise Gibson
The funeral of Mary Louise Gibson, 13 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Gibson, was held at the family residence in Deanville this morning at 10 o'clock. conducted by local clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Gibson
Harry Gibson
Deanville
Past Chiefs Meeting Of Pythian Sisters
The Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters will meet at Mrs. Clarence Farrow’s home Wednesday at 7 o’clock in the evening.
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Pythian Sisters
Clarence Farrow
Grotto Members to Rehearse at Opera House Thursday
Grotto members taking part in the work will meet for rehearsal at the opera house Thursday evening this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Chapter meeting yields eight Mark Master candidates
At the St Bernard Chapter of R A M held at the Masonic temple last night eight candidates received the Mark Master degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Masonic Temple
Reynolds pleads not guilty to intoxication charge
William Reynolds of Monday pleaded not guilty to intoxication at arraignment before Mayor McCune yesterday. His preliminary hearing is set for Thursday. Reynolds was part of a party in an Essex car damaged in a collapse near Myers Crossing Sunday evening. police found the group dispersed. He was released on his own recognizance for Thursday’s hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reynolds
McCune
Reynolds
Essex
Myers Crossing
Candidates Coming in Upcoming Election Notices
Classified 42 in the want ads lists candidates for office and urges those who have not filed notices to contact Bartlett at the printing office. Read classification 42 daily for updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Local Notes From Athens and Nearby Towns
Connett Sam Dishong Darrell Figgins and C Ernest Hoskins were in Athens on Connett Sunday School business. Mr and Mrs John Malone Mrs Lou Figgins and daughter Julu visited Marshfield to see Mrs Huldah Minear. M E Porter has been very sick but is somewhat better. Wayne Bumgardner and family visited his parents Sunday. Foxhunters reported a vigorous chase last Saturday night with hounds heard until Sunday morning. Henry Wend of Adams street Nelsonville died last Saturday. burial Monday. Mr and Mrs Davis visited daughter Miss Wilda Levening last Sunday. Ladies of Connett organized a Ladies Aid Society. M E Carter elected President John Duskey Secretary Lou Figgins Treasurer. Thursday afternoon set as weekly meeting day. Initation fee 25 cents. Bring noodles of carpet rags.
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Sam Dishong
Darrell Figgins
C. Ernest Hoskins
Athens
Connett
John Malone
Lou Figgins
Julu
Marshfield
Huldah Minear
M. E. Porter
Wayne Bumgardner
Bumgardner
William Wend
Henry Wend
Adams Street
Nelsonville
Davis
Wilda Levening
Wilda Levening Last Sunday. the Ladies of
M. E. Carter
John Duskey
Hearing Restored by Chiropractic Plan
Mr Herbert Washburn of Coalinga recovered hearing after 12 chiropractic treatments following a measles illness 25 years earlier. The Yonkers Herald notes his case among many claiming cures, with his brother influenced him to seek treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Washburn
Coalinga
Washburn
Yonkers
N. Y
Herald
Secret meetings aim to avert Sunday railroad strike
In Chicago committees of railroad executives and U S rail labor met in secret to craft a peace plan before a public conference on Wednesday. The labor board seeks agreement between brotherhood chiefs and carriers to prevent the Sunday morning walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States Rail Labor
Brotherhoods
United Press
Labor Board
Blue Devil housecleaning tips frustrate staff
A note from October 24, 2016 references cleaning practices at Blue Devil facilities and expresses fatigue with routine housekeeping tasks. The maker urges streamlined methods and tighter procedures.
Ohio and Pennsylvania Open First Paved Highway Link
State officials from Ohio and Pennsylvania joined in the formal opening of the first paved road linking the two states. The celebration centered on the opening of the Ashtabula Erie's road segment on the Ohio side marking a new cross state connection.
William Curtis Griffin obituary and family relations
William Curtis Griffin born near Tuppers Plains on April 28 1865 died October 17 1921 aged 56 years 5 months and 27 days. Survived by three sisters Mrs Hattie Vancleave Denver Mrs Dora Curtis Little Hocking and Mrs Olive Hasley Zephyrhills Florida. Married Emma Basom April 19 1893 with four children Hazel Garner John and Dorothy and one grandson Charles. He was a longtime resident church member Masonry Modern Woodmen Maccabees and Grange. He died after a period of illness with faith in divine promises.
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William Curtis Griffin
Henry
Harriet Griffin
Tuppers Plains
Hattie Vancleave
Denver
Col
Dora Curtis
Little Hocking
Olive Hasley
Zephyrhills
Florida
Emma Basom
Hazel Garner
John
Dorothy
Charles
M. EF. Church
Thanks for kindness during sickness and death
We, Emma Griffin and family, express gratitude to friends and neighbors for the sympathy shown during our husband and father's illness and passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Griffin
Cleveland Woman Demands 250000 In Marriage Suit
Miss Marie C. Kitt of Cleveland testifies in common pleas court that she married John C. Cromwell after meeting him eight years ago at parties described as wild. She says he promised to marry and she filed for 250000 when he failed. Cromwell unavailable in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Marie C. Kitt
Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
John C. Cromwell
Cromwell
Columbus
New York
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Cure for Ailments
A historical ad claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy can relieve severe stomach, liver and bowel trouble and catarrhal mucus. It quotes a user praising relief after a year and promotes a money back guarantee. Advertises McKee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville and others as outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
McKee Drug Co
Athens
Gem Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Buchtel Lodge to Host Homecoming and Degree Event
Buchtel Buchtel Lodge No. 712 I O O F will hold a homecoming on Saturday night October 29 at the hall with special degree work for Dr Pritchard of Nelsonville followed by a big oyster supper. Also notes visitations by H V Turner W T Williams Miss Ruth Spurgeon and Mrs C Spurgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel Lodge
Dr. Pritchard
Nelsonville
H. V. Turner
W. T Williams
Ruth Spurgeon
C. Spurgeon
Amesville
E. W. Palmer
Joe Ball
New York Coal Company
Echo Coal Company
Buchtel
A. K. Walker
M. E
Hocking Valley Railroad
Naval hydroplane search near Mississippi mouth amid storm
United States cruisers and steamers comb the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River mouth for a hydroplane missing with two passengers as a severe storm approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Pension Granted to Mrs Ruth Evans of Nelsonville
Mrs Ruth Evans of Nelsonville has been notified that her pension claim has been allowed. She is the widow of Civil War veteran Robert Evans who served in Company E 41st Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The claim was introduced by Congressman J M Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Evans
Nelsonville
Elmer E Dickson dies in Chillicothe aged 58
Elmer E Dickson a B and O railroad conductor and prominent fraternal member died at 9:00 PM Sunday after acute indigestion at his Carlisle Place home. He was born in Mineral Ohio 58 years ago and is survived by Julia his wife son Bernard brother Ulysses and seven sisters. Services will be held at his home Wednesday and in New Marshfield at 1 PM at the M P church with burial in New Marshfield cemetery conducted by Rev Dabritz.
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Chillicothe, CO
Elmer E. Dickson
Carlisle Place
Elmer Dickson
Mineral
Ohio
Julia Lawhead
Bernard
Ulysess Dickson
Idaho
Laura Davis
Chattanooga
Tenn
David Knight
Spokane
Washington
Diantha Hester
Amanda Todd
Mina D. Fry
Athens
Effie Kengle
Norwood
Armintha Hunter
Springfield
The
Eagles
New Marshfield
M. P
Dabritz
Death of Mrs. Sarah A. Linscott in Amesville
Mrs. Sarah A. Linscott died at her Columbus home on Sunday. The body will be brought to Amesville cemetery for burial about 11 o'clock Wednesday morning with brief services at the grave. She and her late husband were former Amesville residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville, CO
Sarah A. Linscott
Columbus
Amesville
Hamilton Cox Dies in Hamden at 76
Hamilton Cox formerly of New Marshfield died at his Hamden home on Monday night October 24 at age 76. He leaves a widow and six children Mrs. H. D. Nanna of New Marshfield Mrs. John Huffman of Hamden Mrs. J. P. Alexander Hugh Cox of Columbus Vaughn Cox of Nelsonville and Carl Cox of Athens.
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Hamden
Funeral services for A. C. Hill at New England church
Funeral services for A. C. Hill will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock at the New England church, followed by burial in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
A. C. Hill
Blue Boy sold for 170000 pounds to Duveen for U S display
Gainsborough's The Blue Boy, a costume portrait of John Buttall from Grosvenor House in Mayfair, has been sold to Messrs. Duveen of New York for 170000 pounds, about 663000 dollars, and will travel to the United States.
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Gainsborough
John Buttall
Grosvenor House
Mayfair
London
Duke of Westminster
Messrs. Duveen
New York
U. S
Government files anti trust suit against cement firms
The government opened suit in Kansas City on Tuesday charging the Norcross audit bureau of Kansas City and leading western cement manufacturers with violating the anti trust law. Attorney General Daugherty announced the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allege Cement Combine
Washington
Kansas City
Western Cement
Daugherty
Norcross Audit Bureau of
Convert Brewery Into Milk Condensing Plant
Defiance Dairy Products Company officials announced the Diehl brewery will be converted into a milk condensing factory in Defiance. About fifty men will be employed at the plant which will have equipment for producing condensed evaporated malted and powdered milk and will operate thirty truck routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Diehl
Defiance Dairy Products Company
Local Social Notes From The Plains And Nearby Towns
The Plain community reports visits among families with residents in Columbus Athens Conner Rutland and Logan. Several Friday and weekend gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Geisicke Wolfe Hutchins Guess Adams Parfitt McPherson Brown Whipple Michaels and Baughman families. A little girl died in Columbus hospital after an appendectomy.
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Carl Geisicke
Columbus
Lon Humphrey
Zine Courtney
Athens
Cliff Wolfe
Connet
Liz Guess
Roscoe Shields
Joe Hutchins
Hi Baughman
New Marshfield
John Gabriel, Sr
Mary Parfitt
Rutland
Illinois
Bert Adams
Will Hamer
Harry Tipton
Ashcraft
Conner
Charles Brown
George Whipple
Frank Bellows
Ebry Michaels
J. K. Brown
Mort McPherson
Pleasant Hill
Seth Robinson
Logan
Alfred Broughton
Alliance
Lou Humphrey
Karl to Learn Soon Fate of Former Emperor
Paris Oct 25 The fate of former Emperor Karl of Austria Hungary was being decided today by the council of ambassadors as diplomats weigh his future and potential verdicts arrive from Allied powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl
Paris
Austria
Hungary
Council of Ambassadors
US Rejects Allied Debt Settlement at Armament Talks
Washington officials stated that the United States does not believe the $11 billion allied debt settlement should be taken up at the Washington armament conference. The position was communicated as authoritative today.
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Washington
United States
London and New York Money Quoted Wide apart
New York call money rose to six percent while London quoted one percent. A banker noted that with most world gold on deposit in the United States the divergence in money rates seems odd. He expects the discount rate to fall soon as lending funds remain ample and rates above five percent are temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
London
United States
Business trip by air from New York to Wichita
W. A. Aubert importer and Lieut. B. C. Weaver arrived in Zanesville on Tuesday by four passenger commercial airplane en route on a business trip from New York to Wichita Kansas.
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AIR
Zanesville, CO
New York
W. A. Aubert
Zanesville
B. C. Weaver
Wichita
Kansas
Begging in Egypt as legitimate as banking in America
A satirical quip asserts that begging in Egypt is as legitimate an occupation as banking in America, implying critique of economic systems and social norms. The line uses broad comparison to provoke thought on legality and legitimacy.
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Egypt
America
Nash Brothers sue Harris and Neiman Coal over Monkey Hollow mine
Dana H Nash and William Nash claim $7500 in damages plus $447.60 owed for coal. They allege a February agreement to operate Monkey Hollow mine, mine at least 500 tons weekly at $1.75 per ton, operated Feb 23 to Sep 28, but owners failed to provide cars, hindering sales. They seek judgment for the claimed amounts and lost profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana H. Nash
William Nash
Harris and Neiman Coal Co
Nash Brothers
Monkey Hollow
Harris and Neiman
Reward Offered for NYC Mail Robbers
Postmaster General Hays announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture of any of the robbers tied to the New York City mail hold-up. The offer applies to those delivering the culprits dead or alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hays
New York City
Juror Dies Halting Toledo Trial
The trial of Jesse McDowell, charged with defrauding Henry L. Doherty and City Service Companies, was halted today in Toledo when a juror died during proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Jesse McDowell
Henry L. Doherty
City Service Companies
Mi-O-Na Promises Fast Stomach Relief
An advertisement claims Mi-O-Na relieves stomach distress including belching and heartburn within minutes, with a money back guarantee from McKee Drug Co. The copy mentions Judge Taftic and a cigar motif as branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Taftic
McKee Drug Co
Three ex B and O workers indicted for payroll fraud
Charged with defrauding the United States railroad administration of 40000 dollars, three former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad section men face federal indictments returned by the grand jury on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
United States Railroad Administration
Bomb nest found in Paris tied to 18 year old communist
Paris police uncovered a bomb nest and a small explosive factory today during a search of Joseph Escure 18 a communist arrested after Sunday red demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joseph Escure
Ordinary man eats own weight in food in six weeks
A man reportedly eats about his body weight in food over roughly six weeks. The article notes how this unusual eating pattern unfolds and any health notes or anecdotal context provided by the source.
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