Family Reunion Celebrates 78th Birthday in Nelsonville
Descendants of Allen A. and Mary H. Devol gathered at the country home of their daughter Mrs. Frank Lehman west of Carbon Hill for a 78th birthday anniversary and reunion. The group enjoyed visiting, music, games, and a noon basket dinner with many Devol family members listed as attendees. Later in the day relatives from Elkins and Athens stopped by for a short visit. Mrs. W H Weigand hosted dinner in Nelsonville for Mrs. R E Dove of Boulder Colorado with guests Mrs. Fred Brown and Mrs. Edith Stiers.
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Nelsonville
Allen A
Mary H. Devol
Frank Lehman
Carbon Hill
Allen Devol
Inez Lehman
Lorn
Jess
Will
Charles
John
Phil Devol
Lorn Devol
Melvin
Harley Devol
Wess Devol
Pomeroy
Murray City
Will Devol
Robert Warren
Jess Devol
Charles Devol
John Devol and
Fordly
John Spence
Eva Devol Smith
Gerald Devon
Margie Clark
W. H. Weigand
R. E. Dove
Boulder
Colo
Fred Brown
Edith Stiers
Mulligan family ties noted in local updates
Miss Florence Mulligan returns to Cincinnati after illness and death of her father. Mrs. Lewis Dresher visits her daughter in Fostoria. Mrs. Thomas Mulligan and daughter visit Col umbus with Mr. Anthony Stedem. Julia Casey of Zanesville visits Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ball. Glen Mulligan and three Columbus sons join Mrs. Thomas Mulligan for a Sunday visit. Will Powell visits Columbus. Helen McAfee returns to Newark New Jersey after weeks with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huenefeld and Bob visit Raceland with Bill Rhodes in Columbus. Huenefeld family later guests. Mrs. R E Dove and two children depart for Logan en route to Boulder Colorado after a death in the family. They plan stops at Mt. Vernon and Cleveland and in Iowa.
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Florence Mulligan
Cincinnati
Lewis Dresher
Fostoria
Thomas Mulligan
Anthony Stedem
Columbus
Julia Casey
Zanesville
Harry Ball
Glen Mulligan
Will Powell
Helen McAfee
Newark
N. J
William McAfee
Robert Huenefeld
Bob
This City
Bill Rhodes
Raceland By
Huenefeld
R. E. Dove
Logan
Boulder Col
Homer
Mt. Ver
Cleveland
Iowa
Prayer Meetings Resume at M E Church
Regular prayer meetings at the M E Church will resume Wednesday evening at 7 30 announced by Rev C W Hoffman pastor An important Sunday School Board meeting will follow at 8 15
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Nelsonville
M. E. Church
C. W. Hoffman
American captive freed after ransom paid to Mexican bandits
Edward J. Bumstead of Los Angeles, general manager of the Humboldt Mines in Nayarit, told of his three week captivity near Ixtlan. He described his captors as devout rebels fighting for the Catholic church and demanding 20 000 pesos for his release after an initial 30 000 peso demand.
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Mexico City
U.R
Edward J. Bumstead
Los Angeles
Humboldt Mines
Nayarit
Ixtlan
Bumstead
Marietta Names Henry Sullivan New School Superintendent
Henry Sullivan, elected Marietta public schools superintendent, will assume duties in the second week of October and bring his family as soon as a suitable house is found. He has nine years as Van Wert superintendent and earlier teaching experience in Ohio schools. He graduated from Ohio University and earned a master's degree at Columbia University and has been active in state teacher organizations.
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Marietta
Henry Z, Sullivan
Athens
Columbia University
New York
Ohio Teache
Mayor Eberle Quits Race for Congress
Nelsonville Ohio September 25 Mayor L J Eberle announces withdrawal as Democratic nominee for member of Congress from the tenth district. He cites time demands of private business and mayoral duties and says he owes the city his best effort for the remainder of his term.
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Eberle
Congress
Nelsonville
L. J. Eberle
Democratic Party
Dave Johnson
Board of
State Supervisors of Elections
Frank Gross
Athens
Democra
Tic County Executive Committee
Car wreck at Myers Crossing destroys Hudson sedan
William Green of St Johns Street owned the new Hudson sedan that overturned and burned Monday morning at Myers Crossing. The car failed to make the turn while approaching Nelsonville, traveled up the bank sixty feet or more before overturning, and Green escaped with minor bruises and scratches.
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Nelsonville
William Green
St. Johns Street
Myers Crossing
Green
Pocahontas Degree Meets for Mrs. Herrold Funeral Arrangements
Nelsonville notices a meeting of the Degree of Pocahontas at their hall tonight at 7 o'clock to arrange Mrs. Fanny Herrold's funeral. All officers and members urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Degree of Pocahontas
Fanny Herrold
Women postpone quilting party due to Herrold funeral
The Christian Church women have postponed their quilting party from Tuesday with Mrs. Alice Pilcher on Fayette Street to Friday. Sewing will continue all day Friday as announced, following the Herrold funeral.
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Nelsonville
Women of the Christian Church
Alice Pilcher
Fayette_Street
Herrold
Woman shoots man as police arrive in Toledo
In front of two officers, Mrs. Marjorie Nye fired at Arthur Gingerich 35, alias the Frog, killing him. Nye held on suspicion and would not discuss motive as Gingerich gasped that he caused the quarrel before dying.
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Marjorie Nye
Arthur Gingerich
Frog
Gingericch
Cabinet to stay largely intact under Portes Gil
Mexico City September 25 The current cabinet will be retained with little change when Emilio Portes Gil is elected Provisional President. The news comes on strong authority today.
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Mexico City
U.R
Emilio Portes Gil
Nelsonville Teachers Meet at Senior High Auditorium
Nelsonville officials announce a one hour meeting for all city and nearby teachers at the Senior High School Auditorium on Wednesday evening September 26 at 7 o'clock. Superintendent H E Zuber urges full attendance and notes the session will end within an hour.
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Nelsonville
H. E. Zuber
Earthquakes Hit Storm-Ravaged Guadeloupe Island
Paris dispatch reports Guadeloupe, recently devastated by a West Indian hurricane, experienced earthquakes at 5 30 am yesterday. Point A Pitre, the island’s principal town, was described as badly shaken shortly after the governor visited storm-devastated areas.
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Paris
U.P
Guadeloupe
Ministry of Colonies
Point A Pitre
Mines Across Sub-district Report Higher Employment
In Nelsonville area on September 25 a sharp rise in the working force is reported as 2,229 miners are at work with 16 idle, totaling 2,245 employed. This compares to 2,167 employed yesterday with 96 not working, with increases noted at Luhrig and most mines in the Sunday Creek Valley.
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Nelsonville
Luhrig
Sunday Creek
Southeastern Ohio Athletic Association Meeting Held in Wellston
Nelsonville officials attended a Southeastern Ohio Athletic Association meeting in Wellston on Saturday. Portsmouth and Athens left the league while members Logan Nelsonville Pomeroy Jackson Wellston Gallipolis Ironton and New Boston were represented. New officers were elected with K R Vermillion of Gallipolis as president and Bernard S Higley of Wellston as secretary. Principal Buell said the schedule for the current season is being booked and will be announced soon.
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Nelsonville
H. IE. Zuber
Buell
George Marshall
Nelsonville High School
Wellston
Southeastern Ohio Athletic Association
Portsmouth
Athens
Logan
Pomeroy
Jackson
Gallipolis
Ironton
New Boston
K. R. Vermillion
Bernard
Demand for Wool Slows. Trade Steady at Prices
In Boston on September 25, demand for wool eased while trading remains steady. Better greases hold around 47 cents or higher. best Delaines at 86 to 75 cents for half blood combed wools. Three-eighths and quarter blood lines quoted at 55 cents grease. Territory fine wools show stability with half blood around 1.10, three-eighths blood 1.02 to 1.05, and scoured bases 0.98 to 1.00.
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Boston
U.P
Showers Expected to Bring Warmer Temps in Ohio
Northeastern Ohio Faces a cold snap threat but the U S Weather Bureau predicts showers and rising temperatures today. The forecast aims to protect crops as conditions warm.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
East Side School Adopts Student Council Standards
The East Side School student body adopted a new set of standards read by Richard Imes, president. The rules call for clean grounds, order in halls, obedience, and prompt class starts, replacing prior compulsory rules. The period ends with a pledge of honor and a campus assembly closing song.
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East Side School
Richard Imes
Leslie Fultz
Alice Bardin
Commission To Act On Gasoline Issue
State Weights and Measures Division cannot act on gasoline adulteration found in Cleveland. The State Tax Commission will proceed to examine gasoline content from a taxation viewpoint.
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Columbus
U.P
Cleveland
W. D. Leech
State Tax Commission
Smith and Hoover trade barbs in campaign speeches
Gov Alfred E Smith targets oil, veterans bureau and alien property scandals in Helena speech. Herbert Hoover prepares a Elizabethton address. Senator Borah endorses Hoover in Tulsa while attacking Smith on farm relief and Fall. Curtis criticizes Smith in Denver. Willebrandt attacks Smith as a Tammany wet in Warren Ohio.
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Alfred E. Smith
Helena, Mont
Oil, Veterans’ Bureau
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Denver
Smith
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Warren
Ohio
Gov. Smith
Tammany Hall
Federal aid sought to improve Ashtabula Harbor
A plan for demanding federal aid to upgrade Ashtabula Harbor was drafted in a meeting attended by Congressman John G. Cooper of Youngstown who agreed to present the request.
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Ashtabula
Ashtabula Harbor
John G. Cooper
Youngstown
Raskob defends Hoover over hypocrisy charge
John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he regretted Senator Bruce's charge that Herbert Hoover was a hypocrite for favoring prohibition yet drinking privately. He praised Hoover for not serving liquor in his home.
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John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Senator Bruce
Hoover
Raskob
Change Dates of Meeting to Promote Plays
The first of three conferences to encourage home talent plays in Athens County has moved to October 26 from October 12 due to Farmers Day. Delegates from Grange Farm Bureau 4 H Parent Teacher groups churches and schools will be nominated to learn directing acting stage work and play selection for community theaters with aims toward a county fair series next year.
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Athens County
T. H. Johnson
Nelsonville
Grange
Farm Bureau
Two Die In Truck Crash Near Warren
Two men were killed and a third injured when a truck heading to Cleveland collided with a fast freight at the Niles Road Crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Warren at midnight.
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Warren
Cleveland
Niles Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Queens Sewer graft case opens in Long Island City
The $30 million Queens Sewer scandal goes to trial in the Queens County Courtroom with former Borough President Maurice F. Connolly and engineer Frederick B. Seeley facing a special blue ribbon jury. They are charged with conspiracy to defraud thousands of taxpayers in a sewer construction program exceeding $29.5 million. The year since the scandal erupted has seen dramatic developments in New York City politics.
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New York
U.P
Queens
Queen County
Long Island City
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Maurice F. Connolly
Frederick B. Seeley
Mystery Politics Tangle in New York State Figure War
Elements that set it apart freeze the administrative scandals that surface yearly in many cities. Mystery death and a legal skirmish test Governor Alfred Smith and the New York State Legislature, weaving into the plot a web of political struggle.
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Alfred Smith
New
Wilcox Freed on Bond in Extortion Case
Louis Wilcox former deputy state prohibition inspector is free on 7500 bond as he awaits federal grand jury action on extortion charges. He entered a not guilty plea yesterday in Cleveland court.
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Cleveland
Louis Wilcox
Liberty
Wilcox
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