Missionary Society elects officers at September meeting
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs. Charles Hanning's home with Mrs. John Murphy and Mrs. Harriett Freer assisting. Retta Howe led a primer drill on missions. Officers elected for the year include Waldo Chute treasurer Shirley secretary Ledley corresponding secretary Barker and Spencer vice presidents. Howe named president. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Barker
Thomas Spencer
Retta Howe
Shirley
Class Party at Ed Humphrey’s Home A Sunday School Picnic
The Sunday school and Bible class guided by Mrs. A L Bark enjoyed an old-time picnic at Mrs. Ed Humphrey's home. The setting proved ideal for the occasion as guests engaged in wholesome sports and then shared a bounteous repast, returning to childhood diversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bark
Ed Humphrey Recenty
Knights of Pythias Valley Lodge 169 Meeting Notice
Valley Lodge 169 will hold a regular session Wednesday evening at 7 30 Important business. Committee on resolutions reported at this time. Meeting of endowment rank after regular session. C B Green, C C Henry Lancaster. K of R 8S.
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Valley Lodge
C. B. Green
C. Henry Lancaster
Dinner and Entertain for Brides by Circle of Ruth
The Circle of Ruth held its first fall meeting at the Presbyterian church with Mary Mathewson and Mrs. Thomas Mathewson as hostesses. Mrs. Donald Shafer led the business session and invited missionary society members to join a home mission study class. A two course dinner followed and gifts of silver and cut glass were given to two new brides, Harriet Pensyle Burgess and Margaret Schufer Raive, with Miss McNamara joining as the new Nelsonville high school commercial teacher. Lowell Burnelle planned fall classes at Ohio University after visiting Athens.
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Circle of Ruth
Thee Presbyterian Church
Mary Mathewson
Thomas Mathewson
Donald Shafer
Bartlett
The
Missionary Society
India
Mrs Julia Six Returns From Mt Carmel Hospital
Mrs Julia Six comes home Sunday from Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus after a serious operation six weeks ago. Her many friends will wish her well as she recovers.
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Julia
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Former resident visits Athens area and returns home
Mrs. Ella Hale Tuck, a former resident, spent the afternoon in Oberlin visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Berry and her brother Guy Hale. She was raised in Athens and toured friends during her stop, traveling from Columbus with the Berry couple who had been to Piqua for the funeral of Mrs. Martha Rogers, Mrs. Berry’s aunt.
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Ella Hale Tuck
Oberlin
E. C. Berry
Berry
Guy Hale
Tuck
Athens
Columbus
Mrs. Berry
Piqua
Martha Rogers
August 1922 Births in Nelsonville and York Township
Birth notices issued by Dr. C. C. Butt list August 1922 births in Nelsonville and York township. Boys to Figgins, Traugh, Travis, McManaway, Otis, Weiss, Green, Ward. Girls to Figgins, Smith, Emish, Robinett, Lama, Keating, Lenear, Hartley, Parry, Devyol.
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Nelsonville
York Township
C. C. Butt
Charles
Anna Figgins
Preston
Ella Traugh
Horace
Mary Travis
Jasper
Minnie McManaway
Harry
Ada Otis
Grace Weiss
Walter
Rulah Green
Melvin
Lillie Ward
Donald
Mabel Figgins
Julius
Flossie Smith
John
Kathryn Emish
Hiram
Eliza Robinett
Earl
Edyth Lama
Marjorie Keating
Loretta Kennedy
Bessie Lenear
Mary Hartley
Phil
Norma Parry
William and
Sylvia Devyol
Pearson Escorts Higgins to Dayton Work House
Chief Pearson accompanied Frank Higgins to the Dayton work house this morning where Higgins will work out a fine.
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Pearson
Frank Higgins
Dayton
Stories as to Strike Differ in Essentials
Charleston dispatch reports Libby Owens Glass Kansas City plant aims to fill openings as union claims 200 of 700 workers are on strike. T C McKimley says the plant has all the men it wants and some strikers are applying for their old jobs.
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Charleston
W. VA
libby-Owens Glass Company
Kansas City
T. C. McKimley
Rescue Crew Advances In Kennedy Mine Drift
In Jackson California on September 12 the rescue team drilled ten feet overnight in the muck filled drift at the 3,600 foot level of Kennedy mine. They completed 32 feet for the 24 hours ending at 7 A M, leaving 79 feet to reach the entombed Argonaut men. Soft muck complicates progress and demands rapid timbering to prevent collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Cal
Kennedy
Ohio University Adds Noted Faculty Across Disciplines
Washington reports on the Ohio University faculty expansion as Thomas C. McCracken becomes Dean of Education while James P. Porter joins as psychology professor. C. C. Robinson leads the School of Music with Mrs. Robinson teaching piano, and Wilmer C. Harris fills history chair. New economics, geography, education, and engineering appointments strengthen the campus.
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Thomas C. McCracken
College of Education
McIntire
Dean McCracken
Monmouth
Harvard
Radcliffe
Harvard University
University of Utah
State Teachers’ College of Colorado
Ohio University
James P. Porter
Indiana University
Clark University
Clark
American Journal of Applied Psychology
C. C. Robinson
Penn State College
Michigan University
Chicago
Ohio State University
Butler College
Indianapolis
L. E. Crossman
University of Michigan
Marietta College
C. BE. Cooper
Ypsilanti Normal School of Michigan
State Normal School of Washington
State Normal School of Illinois
H. G. Good
University of Pennsylvania
Colgate
A. F. Myers
Father Denied Kidnapping Charge In Athens County Case
Ed Russell of New Marshfield is jailed in Athens County after being bound over to the grand jury on a kidnapping or coaxing charge involving Roy Marks, 14, son of Bishop Marks. Roy, claiming mistreatment, alleged his father beat him and fled with siblings to Hobson before being stopped at Albany.
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Ed Russell
New Marshfield
Athens County
Roy Marks
Bishop Marks
Daniel Hawk
Young Marks
Johnson
Hobson
Albany
Russell
Marks
Athens School Enrollment Surges Toward 1500 Headcount
Athens public schools show rapid growth with around 1450 students enrolled on Tuesday and a likely rise to over 1500 by week’s end. High school totals about 380 with potential near 400, Central 389, East 378, and Training School expected to reach 800.
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Athens
Hammonia Disaster Survivors Report Losses Off Spanish Coast
Survivors aboard the Kingfisher Castle report most of the 51 people lost when the German liner Hammonia sank off the Spanish coast Saturday were women and children.
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South Hampton
England
Hammonia
Athens County Handles Massive Monthly Check Volume
Athens County's auditor processes over six thousand checks yearly with high daily counts on month ends. In late summer, August 31 shows 93 checks and payments reach tens of thousands of dollars, including a single day total of 34,485.84 and other amounts like 13,231.81 and 12,796.86.
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Athens County
Local fraternal groups plan multi‑home complex in Elyria
Logoges lodge spends to buy a site for a $100,000 Moose home. Odd Fellows buy across the street for a $100,000 lodge. Adjacent property already holds a $150,000 Elks home.
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Logoges
Elyria
Moose Order
The
Odd Fellows
Moose
Elks
Bitter ballot fight in Boston primary vote
Boston voters faced a bitter primary with a tight race between Governor Channing Cox and Attorney General Weston Allen for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Polls opened as residents debated the outcome of one of the state’s most contested races.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Massachussetts
Michigan
Arizona
Vermont
Colorado
Louisiana
Far West
New England
Middle-West
Southwest
Massachusetts
Lodge
Poindexter
Townsend
Boston
Channing Cox
Weston Allen
Ohio River Bridge Project Advances to Benwood Link
The lower house in Washington granted a local company permission to span the Ohio River with a bridge between Bellaire Ohio and Benwood West Virginia. Construction will begin in October.
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Ohio Bridge
Bellaire
Congress
Washington
Ohio River
Here
Benwood
W. Va
Athens Board Looks to Cut Cost for New Senior High
Preliminary plans by architect William B Ittner of St. Louis for a new Athens senior high would cost about 200000 to 300000 and serve 754 students with 12 classrooms and two gymnasiums. The board seeks a lower figure and may seek a bond issue in November to fund construction and implement a 6 3 3 education plan.
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Board of Education
Athens
William B. {Ttner
St. Louis
Hecause
Ittner
Carpenter bill seeks 147000 to fund state fuel program
Representative Harry M. Carpenter of Steubenville introduced a bill to spend 147000 from the state treasury to back a plan authorizing Governor Davis to appoint a state fuel administrator and seize and operate Ohio mines if needed. The measure creates a 100000 rotary fund for uses and purposes with salary and maintenance limits, requiring state control board approval for any spending.
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Columbus
Harry M. Carpentoy
Steubenville
Davis
Ohio
House Finance Committee
Carpenter
State Control Board
Three More Gone Anderson Man Shoots Wife and Mother-in-Law
Walter Allen, 50, enraged after his wife refused to return home to Greenville, shot and killed his wife and mother-in-law Mrs. Alice McAllister, then killed himself by a gunshot to the head in an incident reported from Anderson.
Legion Day in Dayton Highlights Ball and Fireworks
The American Legion convention in Dayton featured a military ball and a magnificent fireworks display. Officers were chosen during yesterday's business session by two units of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
American Legion
Patent tonic claims malaria and bilious cures
A concise 19th century advertisement touts a tonic said to cure malaria, colds, constipation, biliousness, and headaches. It presents the product as a fine remedy for multiple ailments.
Admits Murder of Taxi Driver by Two Men
Charles Hanson and John Bowers were arrested in Zanesville on murder in the first degree charges related to the killing of a taxi driver in Plymouth Indiana. Hanson confessed to riding in the front seat while Bowers fired the fatal shot from the rear on September 2 during a Plymouth to South Bend taxi trip.
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Zanesville
Charles Hanson
John, Bowers
Mansfield
Plymouth
Ind
J. Lane
South Bend
Akson
Arter
Great men and small homes quote in reflection
A proverb-like line contrasts upbringing and achievement, noting that greatness can arise from modest origins while some humble individuals come from privileged beginnings. The remark frames class and potential as not fixed by birth.
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Mildred
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Charles Pensyle
Paul E. Kemper
First Methodist Church
Logan
Than Edington
Stanley Baker
L. G. Matheney
Leiland Kreig
Knights OF
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Lowell Burnelle
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Animal Peta
Anna Brown
Washington, D. C
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Bronx
New York
Morton Sachs
Adelaide Ehrlich
Monroe Hachmyer
Terest
Hays
Tors ! OH
F E. B. Bryan
Port Clinton
Columbia University
Raymer McQuiston
University of Kansas
A. C. Robinson
College of Liberal Arts
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Elsie Drugan
Mary Warnam
University of Wisconsin
Lake Forest
Louise Mekel
Edna Endly
Ida Patterson
Joy Cutler
Mary Henderson
Helen Hedden
A. S. Thompson
School of Music
Elizabeth Earhart
Margaret A. Benedict
Florence Hawkins
Nellie Dubois
Virginia Currier
Crossett
Waterloo
Pilis
Eade
Druggists
RE. Fougera & Co., Inc
Beekman
Athens County Buses
Office of Auditor
Solons
Lita
Igleheart Brothere Evanaville, Ind
Hannah Eldred
Baldwin, N
Columbian Building and Loan Company
Delver
Faultless Dry Cleaning Co
H. B. Byerly
Nolet Auto Sales
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