Woman Admits Killing 8 Year Old Stepdaughter
Canton report says 40 year old Mrs. Caroline Evanvich confessed to pushing her 8 year old step daughter Dorothy into a ditch leading to death. Police say multiple bruises and years of cruelty preceded the fatal act and two insurance policies were taken out for the child shortly before she died. Prosecutors plan first degree murder charges with death penalty sought.
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Canton
U.P
Caroline Evanvich
Dorothy
Howevr
Brewster
Elton
Here
Mrs. Evanvich
Henry W. Harter
Evanvich
Corning to Vote on 72000 Waterworks Bonds in November
Corning will vote on issuing bonds totaling 72000 for a municipal water system at the November election. The issue, supported by a city resolution filed with the county auditor at New Lexington, aims to alleviate long standing shortages of good domestic water.
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Glouster
Corning
New Lexington
Vacation Safety Guide For Summer Travel
A brief summer safety booklet outlines common incidents and basic first aid. It covers sunburn bites stings cuts and minor injuries and provides steps for prompt remedial action. The guide emphasizes prevention and emergency readiness for families.
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Ashington
Sal Bee
Missing South Baptist funds may total one million
Atlanta officials disclosed a possible shortfall of up to one million dollars in the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board accounts. Treasurer Clinton S. Carnes is missing, and auditors must finish their work, with exact figures due in two to three months.
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Atlanta
U.P
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Clinton S. Carnes
Athens County Voters to Mark Five Ballots in November
Voters in Athens County will cast five ballots at each precinct in November, with Ames township issuing seven. Besides the usual tickets, a 2 mill road levy and an initiative to amend the state constitution appear. Ames township also faces a 3 mill school levy and a bond issue for a joint high school at Amesville, shared by Amesville, Ames Township, and Bern township, totaling 65 000 dollars. The constitution change would alter judge salary application to all judges once the law takes effect.
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Athens County
Johnson
Dave Johnson
Board of Elections
Ames Township
Amesville
Bern Township
Supreme
Appeals
Common Pleas
Detour Plans for Athens Route 26 Traffic Rejected
Officials rejected a North Hill detour for traffic entering Athens on State Route 26 yesterday at noon. All Route 31 and 26 traffic will be diverted via The Plains, with signs guiding travelers through Chauncey and The Plains road. Citizens may use the North Mill detour at their own risk.
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North Hill
Athens
State Highway Department
Plains
Columbia Avenue
Highland Avenue
Reservoir
Woodward Avenue
Congress Street
Columbus
Sugar Creek
Chauncey
Plains Road
North Mill
Amesville
Points
Canaanville
Ingersoll dies in Denver watchmaker originator of dollar watch
Robert Ingersoll, renowned watch manufacturer and creator of the famous dollar watch, died at a Denver sanitarium where he had been a patient since June 17.
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Ingersoll
Denver
Colo
Robert Ingersoll
Elliott Street Opens to Through Traffic After Rail Work
Elliott Street will reopen to through traffic tonight after the Baltimore and Ohio railroad completes a new switch. The street was closed about a week for repairs including new catch basins and iron pipe replacements. The change adds a separate siding to handle Athens Flooring company volume, improving rail service previously shared with Frankfort Lumber.
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Elliott Stret
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
City Service Department
Glen M. Romine
Mill Street
Stimson Avenue
Athens Flooring Company
Frankfort Lumber Company
Auto Makers Lead in Gifts to Campaigns
Washington dispatch notes Republican national committee receipts total $658 418 by Sept 1 with $346 202 in balance as 60 days remain. Ten donors from New York state including W C Durant Walter Chrysler and Alfred P Sloan each gave up to 25 000 while others from Chicago Philadelphia and Rochester contributed smaller sums.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
National Committee
Smith
W. C. Durant
Walter Chrysler
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
New York
George Eastman
Kodak
Rochester
N. Y
Jeremiah Milbank
Republican National Committee
E. F. Hutton
Earnest L Woodward
Mortimer Schiff
Walter H. Aldridge
Charles Hayden
New York State
Costs of Sharpsburg road total 195 337 83
The Sharpsburg section of the Athens Marietta road costs 195 337 83 dollars. State county Bern township and adjacent property owners share the expense. Contracts include Baker and company 61640 31, I F Stanbaugh 100166 42, Ebersbach 24583 15, Hi sy lvania Coal brick 8949 95. Other road costs pending.
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Sharpsburg
Athens-Marietta Road
State
R. P. Tompkins
County Board of Commissioners
Columbus
Bern Township
Co. A. Baker and Company
Hisylvania Coal Co
Sharpsburg Hill
I. F. Stanbaugh Company
Ada
Ebersbach Construction Company
Middleport
McConnelaville
Socialist Party Enters Field Here Led by Dr Ash
A petition signed by 28 Athens countians headed by Professor Isaac E. Ash of Ohio University has entered the Socialist party ticket at the county polls in November. Names on the petition include Harold McFadden H J Jeddeloh and A C Anderson. Candidates listed: President Norman Thomas. Governor Joseph W Shorts. Lieutenant Governor I Slusser. Secretary of State Edna Hastings. Treasurer Sidney Yellen. Attorney General Frank W Krehbiel. Campaign slogan Be American Vote for political and industrial democracy not for money lords. The Ohio platform calls for public ownership of coal mines unemployment relief by public works shorter hours old age pensions state insurance free speech free assembly and other reforms.
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Athens
Isaac E. Ash
Ohio University
County Board of Elections
Socialist Party
Professor Ash
Harold McFadden
North Hill
H. J. Jeddeloh
Sunnyside Drive
A. C. Anderson
Grosvenor Street
Norman Thomas
New York
James H. Maurer
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Joseph W. Shorts
Dayton
I. Slusser
Massillon
Edna Hastings
Cleveland
Sidney Yellen
Frank W. Krehbiel
August Busy Health Month in Athens County Report
The monthly report by supervising nurse Miss Viola M Fell shows thirty new communicable disease cases and ninety contacts in the Athens county general health district for August. It notes 170 new cases under care and 552 staff visits, with detailed breakdowns for prenatal, maternity, infants, school and tuberculosis services, plus 197 tuberculosis contacts and 114 social service visits. Additions include 19 water samples, 29 culture samples, two sputum samples, one child taken to Columbus specialists, and one crippled child to orthopedic surgeons.
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Athens County General Health
Viola M. Fell
Miss Fell
Columbus
Danish trip possible for Greater Rockford crew
Greenland reporters say Bert Hassell pilot and Parker Cramer navigator of the airplane Greater Rockford may travel to Denmark before returning to the United States. The information was indicated today in Greenland.
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Julianehaab
Greenland
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Greater Rockford
Denmark
United States
Edmundson Refuses Clark County Schooling Demand
Clark county and Athens county officials clash over funding for schooling of children at Springfield institutions. County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson says paying Clark county for several thousand dollars would strain Athens county school funds and vows to preserve local budgets while courts may settle residency questions of the lodge home children.
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Clark County
Athens County
Springfield
J. Clyde Edmundson
Edmundson
Great Airship Over East Coast Evades Chesapeake Storm
The navy dirigible Los Angeles left Lakehurst New Jersey and headed toward Langley Field Virginia to escape a storm on Chesapeake Bay. It wirelessed at 4 04 a m that it was off Coney Island New York flying northward and that landing at Langley must wait for better weather at dawn.
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Washington
Navy
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Langley Field
Chesapeake Bay
Coney Island
N. Y
Langley
Soviet Union Signs onto Kellogg Anti War Pact
Moscow announced the government will adhere officially to the Kellogg anti war treaty. The decision confirms the Soviet Union's commitment to a pact banning war as a tool of national policy.
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Moscow
Snake Eggs Found Near Bishopville Garden
Miss Gladys Lewis found twenty five snake eggs while digging potatoes in a garden near the Bishopville tunnel. All eggs came from one potato hill and each contained a young eight inch snake when hatched.
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Bishopville
Glouster
Gladys Lewis
Bishopville Tunnel
Record number of transcripts filed in Athens County court
The Athens County Common Pleas court accepted 63 cases from the Justice of the Peace court of Capt Porter into the criminal docket yesterday. This raises pending indictments to 70 ahead of the October grand jury, with other justice courts required to file transcripts before October 8.
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Athens County
Athens County Common Pleas Court
T. L. Morgan
Court of Justice of the Peace
Porter
Logan Schools Open Tuesday
Logan opened for the new year with Superintendent C F Ridgely and staff setting classes and schedules. Junior high leads enrollment with 362 on day two, senior high 285, central building 216, East 219, West 166. first grade in East taxed, third grades heavy citywide as teachers shift to cover. Mary McCray remains home recovering from a fractured ankle. Mrs John Lee fills in as temporary substitute.
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Logan
C. F. Ridgely
East
West
Mary McCray
John Lee
Taxes Over Million in Athens County For One Year
County Treasurer R R Johnson reports December and June tax collections in Athens County totaling 1 120 362 97 for the year. Delinquent personal taxes amount to 13 173 99 from December and 239 42 from June. Unpaid general tax 124 171 69 and unpaid special assessments 50 391 78 form the remaining delinquent balance. Auditor Edmund son said settlement and distribution will take about three weeks.
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Athens County
R. R. Johnson
Johnson
J. Clyde Edmundson
Buchtel Child Dies After Car Collision
Arthur Giffin nearly five, son of Mr and Mrs William Giffin of Buchtel, died after being struck by a car Monday. He suffered a fractured skull and died at dawn. Funeral at grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Rife in Buchtel Saturday at 2 30. Burial in Buchtel. He leaves parents, grandparents, two brothers and a sister.
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Nelsonville
Arthur Giffin
William Giffin
Buchtel
Robert Rife
James Giffin
Jobs
Margaret Allman
Linscotts Will Meet Here Sunday
The Lin sco tt family reunion is planned at the Athens fair grounds this Sunday September 9. Members of this pioneer family are numerous in Athens and vicinity.
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Linscotts
Linscott
Athens Fair Grounds
Athens
Goundyak’, Bmijeinigg Wuntie
Plans for Ohio River bridge opening celebration progress
POMEROY Sept 1 Staff Special Members of the bridge opening celebration committee view the Mason Ripley route as the new road across from Mason City to Ripley and on to Charleston. Names for the road are still under discussion to honor the link between the north and south. The bridge is nearing completion and is to open in early November with paving and grading near the Ohio side to follow. Langsville No 34 work accelerates as crews rush to finish the approach and surface. Plans for governors of Ohio West Virginia and old Virginia to attend are reported.
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Pomeroy
Sept
Mason-Ripley
Ohio River
Mason City
Ripley
Sissonsville
Charleston
Southland
Ohio
West Virginia
Old Virginia
Sissonville
Mason Bridge
Langsville
No. 34
Farm Problem Is Most Pressing Crisis Say Church Leaders
In Springfield at the Ohio Conference meeting, Bishop H. Lester Chattanooga Tenn urged a solution to the farm problem, stating no lasting prosperity without addressing rural needs. He cited experiences in Montana Idaho and North Dakota.
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Springfield
Sept
H. Lester Chattanooga
Tenn
Ohio
Ype Od Episcopal Church
Smith
Helena
Th Methodist Church
Montana
Idaho
North Dakota
Train Collision Kills Two Near Columbia
Two men were killed when a Southern Railway passenger train from Greenville to Columbia ran into a washout three miles north of Columbia South Carolina on Sept. 6. The wreck halted travel and police investigated the cause.
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Columbia, &. C
Southern Railway
Columbia
Greenville
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