Public School Seeds Desire for Special Learning, Superintendent Says
Athens City schools superintendent W. W. Anienbrand argues that training through private schools and corporate programs complements public education. He cites aviation, masonry, building engineers, agriculture, coaching, and various employer based courses as expanding private and industry led training. He says these efforts create demand for further training and reflect a new focus in education.
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W. W. Anienbrand
Athens
Ankenbrand
Reguarly
Parkersburg Kiwanians Back Early WA Route Opening
Parkersburg Kiwanians join Rotary Club in endorsing opening the cutoff on WA Route South 50 from Nutter farm to Pike. The civic drive aims to force the governor and state highway commissioner to relocate the route and shorten the national highway from Ellenboro to Parkersburg.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Rotary Club
Unsolicited Letter Promotes Clabber Girl Baking Powder
A reader extols Clabber Girl Baking Powder as superior for sour milk biscuits. She claims it yields lighter, whiter bread without soda, noting a housewife she knew who succeeded reliably for years. The writer urges public awareness of this baking powder’s merit for all households.
College Annual 1890 Shows Unchanging Human Nature
An Ohio University Athena issue from 1890 reveals that human nature remains similar to today, with notes on clubs, jokes, campus rules, and ads. Bicycles replace buggies, chapels in Fine Arts Hall, and early campus life includes a phrenologist, carriage suppliers, and electric cars in Columbus. The 1890 annual lacks references to bootleggers and alcohol scenes seen in 1930.
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Ohio University Athena
George T. Dowling
Roadsters
O. U. Clubs
Beer and Wine Union
Fine Arts Hall
Cutler Hall
Hibbard Hardware Company
Athens officer hunts prime suspect in 1924 murder case
Peter Barrows, secret service agent, travels to Columbus to identify a man naming himself William Nelson as Jay Witham, sought for murdering his wife on June 11, 1924 in Sand Ridge. A head wound and past prison terms surface as authorities doubt the identification and plan to extradite if confirmed.
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Peter Barrows
Athens County
Secret Service
Columbus
William Nelson
Mt. Carmel
Jay Withartt
H. T. Oliver
George Doughty
Athens
Witham
Barrows
Sand Ridge
J. Reese Harvey
Harvey
Ohio State Penitentiary
Smitty
Minute Alvef
Scientists devise vacuum cleaner to remove cattle ox warbles
Scientists at the U S Department of Agriculture have created a device described as a vacuum cleaner to extract ox warbles from cows backs. The aim is to free cattle from this pest and improve health and productivity.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Safety First No August Fatal Accidents in Athens County
The Industrial Commission of Ohio reported no fatal industrial accidents in Athens County for August. nationwide, Ohio recorded 99 fatal accidents for the month. Other Southeastern Ohio counties also reported figures within the same period.
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Athens County
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Commission
Myrtle Hornsby Dies At Home Of Mother
Myrtle Hornsby 29 died at her mother Susan Hornsby’s home in Ireland, Ohio, Thursday afternoon of tuberculosis. She leaves two sisters Mildred and Mrs Mable Russell. Funeral services set for Sunday morning at the Ireland Congregational Church with Rev. M. J. Hertel officiating. Burial in Ireland Cemetery.
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Coolville
Myrtle Hornsby
Susan Hornsby
Ireland
Mildred
Mable Russell
Delaware
Ireland Congregational Church
M. J. Hertel
Ireland Cemetery
Eye Injury Sidelines Tarzinski at Ohio University
Charles Tarzinski a Dayton tackle returns to Athens after a week in a Columbus hospital for a ruptured eye blood vessel suffered in a football scrimmage. Officials say his eyesight will not be impaired as initially feared.
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Charles Tarzinski
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio University
Athens
Tarzinski
Unclear Accident Report From Ohio Regions
Fragmentary OCR notes show mentions of Gallia Hocking Meigs Winwa and Washington with numbers indicating counts or scores in mining or public employment contexts. No coherent narrative or dates present to specify an event or outcome.
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Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Winwa
Washington
Services at Athens County Infirmary near Chauncey
Services at the Athens County Infary near Chauncey will be held at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. Rev and Mrs V Ahlbrand conduct the services.
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Athens County Infary
Chauncey
Tr Rev
Mra. V. Ahlbrand
Farm Board Head Urges Farmers to “Qe ganize”
Federal Farm Board chief Alexander Legge offers one word of counsel to farmers after a year in operation. He urges farmers to organize, the term rendered as the key action for collective effort and policy influence.
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Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Legge
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