Copperhead den cleared as 23 snakes slain in culvert
In Glouster on September 8 a crew clearing trash from a Maplewood Blackwood culvert found a den of copperheads. Twenty three snakes were killed after a worker crawled in and reported snakes. three large adults and eighteen smaller ones followed. Townsfolk, Mr and Mrs T A Noon traveled to Columbus and Toledo with Mrs Noon's mother Mrs Booth joining to drive them.
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Glouster
Maplewood
Blackwood
T. A. Noon
Columbus
Toledo
Short circuit causes porch fire at Glouster State Bank building
A porch fire at the old Glouster State bank building near the post office was caused by an electrical short circuit in the upstairs wiring. The incident occurred about 6 pm Wednesday. damage was slight, and water was not drawn from the fire department. The building, owned by W. F. McCarty, houses McDonald's barber shop and the Gormley pressing establishment on the first floor, with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Campbell occupying the second-floor flat.
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Glouster State Bank
W. F. McCarty
McDonald’s
Gormley Pressing Establishment
H. W. Campbell
Signal at Madison Street Crossings Installed
The New York Central lines began installing a crossing signal system at Madison Street railroad crossing on Wednesday. The equipment matches the Front Street and Republic Avenue signals, under an agreement that included slag for Water Street improvements in exchange for permission to abandon a crossing near the city light plant. Also noted are visits by Mr and Mrs Charles Webb and daughter Charlene of Zanesville to Henry Williams and family.
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Glouster
Madison Street
New York Central Lines
Front Street
Republic Avenue
City
New York Tral
Water Street
Charles Webb
Charlene
Zanesville
Mrs. Webb
Henry Williams
Lunsford Family Reunion Set at Van Horn Home
The Lunsford family reunion will be hosted by Dan Van Horn near East Branch Church on Sunday September 18. It will be an all day event with a noon basket dinner and invites all friends and neighbors to attend.
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Glouster
Lunsford
Dan van Horn
East Branch
Trimmer Found Dead at Parents’ Home Near Murray City
The death of Leat Olin Trimmer was discovered by his mother and sister at his parents home near Murray City. The two women tried to remove the body but could not. Trimmer’s family residence is listed as 288 Carpenter Street, Columbus.
Woman Killed in Sideswipe Crash Near Bowling Green
Mrs. Gertrude Sullivan 61 of St. Louis was killed when a sedan carrying four people was struck by a hit and run vehicle. Three other occupants suffered bruises and cuts in the accident near Bowling Green on September.
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Sedan
Bowling Green
Sept
Urk
Gertrude Sullivan
St. Louis
Wreck Involves Mrs. Dordach, Baby and T K Sullivan
In a recent vehicle wreck an injured Mrs. Dordach and her baby were passengers alongside T K Sullivan in the damaged car. The article notes their involvement and condition.
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T. K. Sullivan
Dinner Dilemma for Mrs Townsend’s Social Orbit
In 1927 a narrator mulls inviting the mysterious young Mr Jackson to Saturday dinner, wary of introducing a stranger into her home. She notes entwined feelings among Eleanor Lincoln Noel Veritzen and Mary Harrison while weighing consequences and a curated social quartet under watchful control.
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Mary Harrison
Noel Veritzen
Jackson
Mary
Eleanor Lincoln
Philip Veritzen
Eleanor
Noel
George Logan Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Dicky
Miss Lincoln
Eleanor’ Lincoln
Nieek
Never Saw So Much Drinking at the Krinkly Bottle Club
A golf enthusiast jokes about rampant, but non alcoholic, Lime-Crush drinking among club members. The ad promotes Lime-Crush with lime juice zest, fruit acids, food color, carbonated water and cane sugar, served cold in a Krinkly Bottle.
Rev. Roberts and family due back from Pacific coast trip
The Rev. Roberts pastor of the Church of Christ and his wife and children are expected to arrive in Glouster on Saturday after a motor trip to the Pacific coast to visit his mother. A card mailed from Douglas Wyoming confirms the plans.
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Glouster
Roberts
Church of Christ
Infant Seriously Ill in Columbus Hospital
Infant of Mr and Mrs Robert Harris of Glouster is seriously ill and transported to Grant Hospital Columbus for treatment.
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Robert Harris
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Yaw Returns to Adrian After Family Visit
Virgil Yaw has returned to Adrian Michigan where he is employed after spending a few days with his family in the city.
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Virgil Yaw
Adrian, Mich
Man Takes Life by Hanging at Parents Home
Logan Sept 8 For an unknown cause to his family W Scott Trimmer 43 took his life by hanging at 6 o clock Wednesday night at his parents home including report of the tragedy from Logan.
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Man
Logan
W. Scott Trimmer
Mrs E G Haug Freed From Hay Fever After Five Years
Mrs E G Haug of Zanesville Ohio reports relief from hay fever after using Kerker's Asthma and Hay Fever Remedy. She says watering eyes and sneezing ceased and credits prompt treatment. The testimonial notes druggists in Zanesville and Athens as sellers.
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Kerker
E. G. Haug
Grant St
Zanesville
O. Kerker
McKee Drug Co
Athens
Fountain Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Don’t Squeeze Blackheads Dissolve Them
Squeezing out blackheads harms pores but a safe method is to dissolve them. Use Galonite powder from a drug store, apply with a hot wet cloth, and blackheads disappear quickly without squeezing.
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Old Glouster
Lunsford Reunion
Adele Garrison
E.G. Haug
Haney
Goodrich
Haney-Goodrich Co
St. Court St
Strengte
Oregon
F. J. Beasley Milling CO
Ohio
Chesterfield
Shanghai
Orient
London
Washington
Bombay
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