Nelsonville Woman Aurilla Mellinger Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Aurilla Mellinger 72, longtime Nelsonville resident, died Tuesday at her Springfield home after a lengthy illness. She leaves seven children including Mrs. Joe Porter and Frank and Eugene Mellinger. Funeral services will be held in Springfield then at Mrs. Porter’s home in Nelsonville. Burial at Greenlawn.
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Aurilla Mellinger
Springfield
Nelsonville
Ohio
Calvin Mellinger
Joe Porter
Frank
Eugene Mellinger
Porter
Creenlawn
Minister and Educator Talk to Rotary Club
Nelsonville rotary program featured Carson L Horton and Rev Lloyd Evans. Horton spoke on educational problems and the local plan unifying senior and junior high schools under a single administrator. Evans explained church government noting four forms of administration Catholic Episcopal Presbyterian and Congregational with their key features.
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Nelsonville
Carson L. Horton
Lloyd Evans
Rotary Club
Evans
Knights of Pythias members view Newark parade for 1928 convention
About eighteen members of the Knights of Pythias from Nelsonville attended the Newark parade and sessions of the state convention. Cities Logan Columbus and Cincinnati compete to entertain the 1928 gathering.
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Nelsonville
Knights of Pythias
Newark
Logan
Columbus
Cincinnati
Jane Bowers Returns Home After Injury
Jane Bowers daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Bowers has returned to Nelsonville from Cherrington Hospital Logan She fell from an apple tree on September 4 causing a compound fracture of the right elbow and is recovering satisfactorily according to reports
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Nelsonville
Jane Bowers
Will Bowers
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Hartley Couple Welcome Ten-Pound Son Jack Leroy
Nelsonville couple Mr and Mrs Oscar Hartley announce the birth of a ten pound son on September 26. He is named Jack Leroy.
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Oscar Hartley
Nelsonville
Jack Leroy
Stedem Accepts Supervising Nurse Post at St Ann's
Nelsonville, Sept 28 Miss Helen Stedem daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Stedem has accepted a position as supervising nurse at St Ann's Hospital Columbus.
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Nelsonville
Helen Stedem
J. A. Stedem
St. Ann’s Hospital
Columbus
Birthday Party Planned by Pythian Sisters in Nelsonville
At the regular Pythian Sisters meeting in Nelsonville a September birthday party will be held with a pot luck dinner. All members whose birthdays fall in September will be guests and participate in the program.
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Pythian Sisters
Loyal Woman's class of Christian church holds meeting
The Loyal Woman's class met Tuesday evening at Mrs. Mary Ray's home with Mrs. A G Mechem leading devotions. A letter from Africa by Mrs Johnston was read, and twenty members plus seven guests enjoyed a pot luck dinner and social hour. Mrs Clarence White to entertain October meeting.
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Loyal Woman's Class
The
Christian Church
Mary Ray
A. G. Mechem
Johnston
Living Link
Africa
Clarence White
Shafer Hosts Dinner for Huntington Guests
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shafer entertained at a 6 o'clock Tuesday dinner at their Fayette street home for the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moore of Huntington West Virginia. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Galvin, Elmer Dowler, and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Moore.
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C. D. Shafer
Fayette Street
J. B. Moore
Huntington
W. Va
Frank Moore
Harry Galvin
Elmer Dowler
L. B. Moore
Family Night Party in M. E. Sunday School Parlor
The M. E. Sunday school held a successful Family Night for adult members in the church parlors Monday evening with about 250 attendees. Dinner was served at 6, and Prof. O. O. Crawford chaired the program featuring a ladies quartet and Mellinger’s community orchestra.
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M. E
O. O. Crawford
Ladies
Mellinger
Supt. Crawford
Birthday Party for Marian Crawford Honors Ninth Year
Mrs. O O Crawford hosted a Saturday afternoon party from 2 30 to 4 00 to celebrate her daughter Marian’s ninth birthday. Ice cream wafers and chocolate bars were served. Guests included Billy Mechem Alice Mechem Betty Howe Rob Howe Mary Jane Howe Helen Pritchard Jack Pritchard Paul Pritchard George Edward Johnson June Huffman Elizabeth Monks Almarine Johnson Clarence Coakley Mary Ellen Coakley Robby Junior Harold Junior Lillian Campbell Anna Mae Voigt Elsie Matheny Mark Herrold Ralph Barber Kathleen Boss Majel Boss Elizabeth Maud Pierce Gladys Maud Pierce Marjorie Simonton and Phyllis Wend.
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O. O. Crawford
Marian
Billy
Alice Mechem
Betty
Rob
Mary Jane Howe
Helen
Jack
Paul Pritchard
George Edward Johnson
June Huffman
Elizabeth Monks
Almarine Johnson
Clarence
Mary Ellen Coakley
Robby
Harold Juniper
Lillian Campbell
Anna Mae Voigt
Elsie Matheny
Mark Herrold
Ralph Barber
Kathleen
Majel Boss
Elizabeth
Gladys Maud Pierce
Marjorie Simonton
Phyllis Wend
Social Notes From Nelsonville and Columbus Visit Verifications
Mr and Mrs J Eberle were in Columbus Tuesday. Post office inspector I V Kinney now in Rock Island Illinois visited friends here yesterday and today. Mrs Jennie McKinney left for Lisbon Ohio after a three weeks visit with her sister Mrs Will Burnell. Mrs Preston Minner and Mrs A B Johnson accompanied Mary to Columbus for treatment. Mrs Charles Wright Sr and Mrs John Wright of Logan were guests of Mrs L D Johnson Tuesday. Will Birtcher was called to Cleveland Tuesday for illness of her daughter. Mr and Mrs Earl Lowden of Columbus were guests in Nelsonville Monday and Tuesday. Dr G Sheppard was in Columbus today. Mrs Robert Lambert and daughter Bertha have returned to Huntington after visiting Mr and Mrs Sam Starkey.
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John Wright
Logan
L. D. Johnson
Will Birtcher
Cleveland
Earl Lowden
Columbus
Nelsonville
G. Sheppard
Robert Lambert
Bertha
Huntington
Sam Starkey
Education Should Train for Leisure, Says Dr Rodgers
Dr J E Rodgers of the National Physical Education association told Ohio University convocation that education should train for the living of a life rather than for earning a living. President E B Bryan opened the convocation marking the university's 124th year and spoke of the enduring spiritual value of the institution.
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J. E. Rodgers
National Physical Education Association
Washington, D. C
Ohio University
Ewing Auditorium
Rodgers
E. B. Bryan
Dr. Bryan
Bryan
Athens
Ohio Briefs: Dresden Fines Farmer for Liquor Charge and Squirrels
Roy McVickers of near Dresden was fined 250 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to two charges. He faced illegal liquor possession and shooting squirrels out of season, in a case before Mayor Guy Ryan.
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Zanesville
Roy McVickers
Dresden
Guy Ryan
Snyder to become Logan County deputy treasurer
Edward Snyder will assume the duties of deputy treasurer of Logan County on Monday, per an announcement by the county treasurer.
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Bellefontaine
Edward Snyder
Logan County
Miss Mary Mc Mulkin Dies In Zanesville
Miss Mary Mc Mulkin retired school teacher dies in Zanesville after teaching in local schools for 45 years in succession.
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Zanesville
Mary McMulkin
Woman's Relief Corps District Meeting Addresses
Mrs. Anna Leppeman, district president, spoke to delegates at the annual district meeting in Marysville. Other speakers included district installing officer Mrs. M A Hause and Mrs. Mabel Birdsall of Delaware.
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Marysville
Anna Leppeman
Woman's Relief Corps
M. A. Hause
Mabel Birdsell
Delaware
Turner Hunger Strike at Thomaston Prison May End Soon
Benjamin H. Turner serving a life sentence for murder enters fifth day of hunger strike at Thomaston Prison and says he may break his fast within the next few hours. The case draws attention to prison conditions and inmate protest.
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Thomaston
Benjamin H. Turner
Junior Highs in Ohio Face Overload and Change
Ohio state education director John L. Clifton says junior high schools are unsatisfactory and need improvements. He cites excessive class periods and activities for seventh and eighth graders and loss of daylight study. A conference for city and exempted village superintendents is set for October 11 and 12 to address organization, curricula, teacher load, and salaries.
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Columbus
Ohio
John L. Clifton
Clifton
Confessed killer Hanson linked to ten murders in st paul case
In St Paul Minnesota police press Hanson for answers on ten murders after he admits killing James Barrett. Barrett allegedly posed as a killer and is charged with murdering five men and five women over 18 months, while Hanson calls him a vicious criminal with a vast tally of victims.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
Arthur Hanson
James Barrett
Hanson
Barrett
Funeral services for George W Burson announced
Funeral services for George W. Burson who died yesterday in Holzer hospital Gallipolis will be held at 2 30 PM Thursday at the Jerseyville M E church. Short services will be held at 1 PM at his Pomeroy residence.
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Pomeroy
George W. Burson
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Jerseyville M. FE
Child Leo Schilling Killed by Truck in Zanesville
Leo Schilling six son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Schilling died after being struck by a truck driven by Henry Wilking of Marietta last night in Zanesville local accident.
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Zanesville
Leo Schilling
Ernest Schilling
Henry Wilking
Marietta
Court of Appeals Session Hears Six Appeals In Common Pleas
The Court of Appeals sat in the Common Pleas court room today to hear about six appeals. Judges Roscoe J. Mauck and John H. Middleton presided. Judge E. D. Sayre was absent due to illness.
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Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Roscoe J. Mauck
John H. Middleton
E. D. Sayre
Benefit chicken supper at Factory M. E. Church
A benefit chicken supper will be served at the Factory M. E. Church Friday evening beginning at 4 o'clock. Proceeds support church activities and community aid.
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M. E
Police Use Riot Guns On Amuck Squirrel in Columbus
Police were summoned in Columbus to stop a pet squirrel that ran loose and attacked three people. The animal was shot and killed to end the incident.
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Columbus
Weather report notes temperature fluctuations and rain forecast
The 12 o clock reading missed yesterday's high by 11 degrees with 85 degrees at 2 pm. Rain and cooler temperatures were forecast. Temperatures for Tuesday and Wednesday show a drop from 85 to mid 60s and 70s across day parts.
Tragic love token ring up for sale at Christies
A gold portrait ring once given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex is offered at Christie's. Legend says the queen promised pardon if he returned the pledge, but he died on the scaffold and the ring remained unseen. The tale traces through the Countess of Nottingham to Lady Frances Devereaux and ultimately to Louisa, Viscount Weymouth.
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Earl
London
U.R
Queen Elizabeth
Christie's
Elizabeth
Earl of Essex
Lord Essex
Essex
Countess of Nottingham
Frances Devereaux
Louisa
John
Earl of Granville
Thomas Thymne
Weymouth
Court suit over funeral services and supplies
In Athens County Common Pleas court yesterday administrators of L. K. Andrews estate sue Marvin P. Kierns for funeral bills and services totaling 522.50 after Andrews furnished funeral supplies for Kierns son and wife May Kierns and a promissory note.
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L. K. Andrews
Marvin P. Kierns
Athens County Common Pleas Court
D. W. Forres
R. G. Webber
Andrews Estate
Kierns
Mr. Andrews
May Kierns
Andrews
Suit on cognovit note filed in Common Pleas court
The F. J. Beasley Milling and Grocery Co. sued East End Store Co. P. L. Duncan and L. H. Price for 170.22 with interest from December 16 1926. The defendant confessed judgment via his attorney under a warranty attached to the note.
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F. J. Beasley Milling and Grocery Company
East End
P. L. Duncan
L. H. Price
Common Pleas Court
Not Guilty Plea Entered in Liquor Possession Case
Luther Burch of Nelsonville pleaded not guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor when arraigned before Athens County Common Pleas court. Bond set at $300, case to hear September 29. Judge Worstell reversed former judgment of Carl Porter JP after error petition by Earl Milliron, James Milliron, and William Statum, due to error apparent on the record.
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Luther Burch
Nelsonville
Athens
Three Pomeroy men arrested on suspicion by Athens police
Henry Landers Daniel Davis and Frank Wheeler were taken to Pomeroy by Pomeroy police chief after suspension arrest. Ralph Guthrie pleaded not guilty to shooting and threatening to kill on affidavit by his sister Lizzie Kinney and was bound over to Common Pleas on $500 bond but jailed for lack of bond. The Fields case was mis-stated as possession, actually intoxication.
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Pomeroy
Henry Landers
Daniel Davis
Frank Wheeler
Athens
Ralph Guthrie
Lizzie Kinney
Guthrie
Common Pleas Court
William (Toter) Fields
Official Roster of Ohio Fighters Sent to County Office
Ten volumes of the Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers Sailors and Marines from World War I have been received by county auditor J Clyde Edmundson for public use. The volumes cover veterans with last names A through L and include birth, residence, service details, discharge dates and awards.
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Ohio
J. Clyde Edmundson
Secretary of State
America
France
Edmundson
Eighty-Seventh General Assembly
the Assembly
Local Social News and Tragedies In Ohio Town
Pratt's work Mrs Sarah Goldsberry visits with her brother Mack Howard and family in Gallipolis. Chick Wills and Flossie Williams visited Leo Williams family in Middleport. Mrs Nona Steinmetz died suddenly after returning from Athens. Rev M E Chatley conducted funeral at Burlingham. George Burson died at Holzer hospital after four weeks with a mangled arm from a car crash.
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Sarah Goldsberry
Mack Howard
Gallipolis
Chick Wills
Flossie Williams
Leo Williams
Middleport
Nona Steinmetz
Athens
M. E.chatley
Burlingham
George Burson
Holzer Hospital
Union barbers in Athens adopt 8 AM opening in October
Beginning October 1, all union barber shops in Athens will open at 8 o'clock in the morning instead of an hour earlier. Shops close at 6 PM and will take Thursday afternoons as a half holiday year around.
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Athens
New Plays Debut in Marietta Scrimmage Session
Marietta's varsity added new formations and several lateral passes during today's field scrimmage. Freshmen practiced popular plays from Ohio Conference rivals in preparation for a postponed first scrimmage, rescheduled for later in the week.
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Marietta
Ohio
Local Sing Contest Opens in Athens County
A Friday night audition in the Athens music building will welcome entrants aged 18 to 25 from Athens and nearby towns Chauncey Jacksonville Glouster Nelsonville Amesville Corning and others. One man and one woman will advance to a Cincinnati radio event October 2 3 with top prizes totaling 17500 including a 5000 gold medal and two years of conservatory tuition.
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Athens
Music Building
Park Place
University Terrace
Joy Cutler
School of Music
Ohio University
Athens County
Cincinnati
Meister Wins Free Trip for Store Sales Gain
E P Meister manager of the State street A and P store 78 Grosvenor won a free trip to the World Series for achieving the greatest thirteen week sales increase among three A and P stores in the district Mansfield store also won a trip. Meister plans to leave Monday to see all games and expects Pittsburgh to win the pennant.
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E. P. Meister
State Street
Pittsburgh
Attorney General Launches Municipal Campaign Speech
Attorney General Edward Turner attacked lobbyists for the Anti Saloon League and public utilities in Marion urging simplification of government and a war on blocs as needs of the times during the opening phase of the municipal campaign.
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Marion
U.P
Edward Turner
Antii- Saloon League
Head on Lake Shore Electric Crash Injures Seven
Railroad authorities probe a head on collision between a steel coach and a wooden coach on the Lake Shore line near Clyde. Seven people were shaken up and bruised in the recent crash.
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Clyde
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Here
American Legionnaires Honor Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Two hundred American legionnaires visited Rome and placed wreaths of roses on the tomb of the unknown soldier marking a ceremonial tribute in the city.
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Rome
Cold Wave Promises Mild Relief for Midwest
The forecast from government weather officials says the cold wave from the Rockies will arrive in a modified form Wednesday. Near freezing readings were reported in parts of the Northwest as warmer weather is predicted for areas previously in the cold front.
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Chicago
Middle West
Northwest
Rocky Mountain Range
Canada
United States
Lorain and Dock mines to run non union in Belmont County
Belmont County miners face a non union operation as Lee Hall of the miners union rejects a proposed wage scale. Lorain and Dock Co claims about 80 percent of idle workers would return at six dollars per day. The firm currently employs about 2,000 miners.
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Columbus
U.P
Lorain and Dock Company
Belmont County
Lee Hall
Miners’ Union
Hall
Toledo cabaret owner shot to death in street
Frank LaFasso, a cabaret proprietor said to have incurred gangsters enmity, was found shot through the heart in the front seat of his car in Toledo. Two patrolmen heard the shots but police found no trace of the assailant.
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Toledo
U.P
Frank LaFasso
LaFasso
Dempsey Sees Path to Title in Tunney Rematch
Jack Dempsey told reporters he is more confident than ever he can defeat Gene Tunney. The former champion said he plans a tougher, more intensive title push and believes a three year ring absence would hinder him. He feels he has never felt better and expects another shot at the crown.
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New York
U.R
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Dempsey Secludes With Wife After Loss to Tunney
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey stays hidden at the Ambassador Hotel with Estelle Taylor after arriving from Chicago. A statement by manager Leo P. Flynn is prepared for publication tomorrow detailing Dempsey's defeat by Gene Tunney and future boxing plans.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Ambassador Hotel
Estelle Taylor
Chicago
Leo P. Flynn
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Steubenville Police Officials Free on Conspiracy Charges
Former Bellaire Chief of Police Clarence J. Corbett and Justice of the Peace Joseph McMahon were released today after being held on conspiracy charges filed by government agents.
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Steubenville
Clarence J. Corbett
Bellaire
Justice of the Peace
Joseph McMahon
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