New Checkweighmen Elected For Mines No. 5 and No. 10-X
In Nelsonville on September 29 the election of new check weighmen at Mines No. 5 Murray City Coal and 10-X Western Fuel, Orbiston, followed by resumption of operations, reports show near full activity in the Hocking district. Basil Carsner won the 10-X post with 66 votes. Pete Azbell noted at the Murray City tipple. Elections were overseen by Col. John S. Shetler, Lieut. L. G. Windom, and Chief James Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Murray City
Western Fuel Company
Orbiston
Hocking District
Pete” Azbell
Basil
Bud) Carsner
John S. Shetler
L. G. Windom
Adjutant General’s Office
James Berry
Ohio Division of Mines
Rebekah Lodge District 58 Elects Officers in Glouster
The District 58 convention of the Rebekah Lodge met in Glouster on Saturday. Attendees from Nelsonville included Mrs. Cora Birge, Mrs. Martha Davis, Mrs. Eliza Smith, Mrs. Flossie Crawford, Mrs. Mary Reeves, Mrs. Ida Auflick, Mrs. Beatrice Schaeffer, Mrs. Bertha Willis, Mrs. Jennie Powell, Mrs. Lulu Sanders, Mrs. Ellen Ervin, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Mattie Weekley, Mrs. Golden Glenn, Mrs. Alice Bean, Mrs. Mary Beagle, Mrs. Viola Keplar, Mrs. Lenna Port, Mrs. Roma Riley, Imelda Smith, and Jennie Sanders. Jennie Powell elected president. Bertha Willis VP. Ellen Ervin chaplain. Beatrice Schafer musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Rebekah Lodge
Glouster
Cora Birge
Martha Davis
Eliza Smith
Flossie Crawford
Mary Reeves
Ida Auflick
Beatrice Schaeffer
Bertha Willis
Jennie Powell
Lulu Sanders
Ellen Ervin
Hale
Mattie Weekley
Golden Glenn
Alice Bean
Mary Beagle
Viola Keplar
Lenna Port
Roma Riley
Imelda Smith
Jennie Sanders
Birthday Party for Frances Hall Attracts Young Guests
Mrs. Fred Hall hosted Frances Hall's 12th birthday at 81 Mill Street with a bingo party. Prizes awarded to Carma Heffner Betty Pettit Vivian Beagle and Helen Gandee. Refreshments served to a long list of attendees including Helen Gandee Lenora Ruth Gertrude Hannas Jane Fisher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hall
Mill Street
Frances
Bingo
Carma Heffner
Betty Pettit
Vivian Beagle
Helen Gandee
Hall
Lessie Hannas
Lenora
Ruth
Gertrude Hannas
Jane Fisher
Betty
Jane Figgins
Betty Wend
Esther Dorst
Pearl Shaner
Jane Galvin
Jane Verity
Helen Stratton
Carma Heffener
Martha Sheppard
Margaret Bland
Edna Hall
Jane Powell
Harriet Davis
Garnet Midkiff
Mary Mulligan
Marjorie Holland
Katherine Duffy
Audrey
Marie Hall
Marjorie Simonton
Esther Class Meets at Fort Street Home
Esther Class of the Christian Sunday School met Monday evening at Mrs. Ralph Howe’s Fort Street home with 21 members and four guests. Miss Beth Verity, president, led a business session. Announcements: Mrs. A. L. Price of Glouster will host on Oct 7. Oct 21 plans to spend the day at Mrs. Harley Mitchell’s home in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Christian Sunday Schol
Ralph Howe
Fort Street
Orland Gandee
Frances Bennett
Dorothy
Margaret Howe
Beth Verity
A. L. Price
Glouster
Harley Mitchell
Columbus
Local residents visit relatives and travel in Ohio
Mrs Mildred Kentner visited Glouster on Saturday. Mr and Mrs S S Blackburn visited Ansley Blackburn at Torch Hill Sunday. Ed Knight traveled to Columbus Sunday to bring home Mrs Knight from Mt. Carmel Hospital. Miss Vivian Roscoe visited brother Ruhl Roscoe in Columbus. The Smiths Schaeffer and Imelda Smith visited Fostoria with relatives. E W Henshaw and daughter Emma Lou at the State School for the Deaf in Columbus. Ed Howard and sons Harvey and Martin spent two weeks in Union County visiting relatives. W L Cooley and daughters Martha and Jean visited Charles Knouff in Columbus. Helene Kouri left for St Marys of the Springs for a sophomore year. J B Preston and family to visit in Bowerstown. Tom Schenz and family from Wells ton visited here. Louis Leaman, son of Pearl and West Washington, has entered Ohio State University Columbus for dentistry. Mae Linton and Adeline visited Cincinnati Sunday. Leland Pierce and son Leland Jr spent Monday in Columbus.
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Mildred Kentner
Glouster
S. S. Blackburn
Ansley Blackburn
Torch Hill
Ed Knight
Columbus
Knight
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Vivian Roscoe
Ruhl Roscoe
Jake Smith
Beatrice Schaeffer
Imelda Smith
Fostoria
E. W. Henshaw
Emma Lou
State School For the Deaf
W. L. Cooley
Martha
Jean
Charles Knouff
Helene Kouri
St. Mary's of the Springs
J. B. Preston
Ann
Jimmy
Bowerstown
Tom Schenz
Wellston
Louis Leaman
Pearl Leaman
West Washington Street
Ohio State University
School of Dentistry
Mae Linton
Adeline A
Cincinnati
Sunny
Classified Ads And Circulation Service Notice
Advertisement for classified ads and circulation services requests readers to call 412-W for an experienced representative.
Churches of Christ To Meet Wednesday in Nelsonville
A convention of the Churches of Christ in the Fourteenth Ohio District will convene at the First Church of Christ in Nelsonville on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The gathering includes Athens Meigs Morgan Hocking and Washington counties with a chicken dinner at 12:30 p.m. The program features devotions addresses by O. W. Williams Reed J. Downs Gaines M. Cook Miss Bertha Parks and Donald M. Salmon among others with sessions on vital church issues and missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Churches of Christ
Ohio
Athens
Meigs
Morgan
Hocking
Washington Counties
First Church of Christ
Charles K. Grammer
F. J. Gardner
Middleport
Paul J. Keckley
Marietta
Reed J. Downs
Gaines M. Cook
Cleveland
Miles E. Hoon
Glouster
M. S. Rogers
S. E. G. Pedigo
C. A. Pearce
Bertha Parks
Soviet Gas Arrives in Detroit by Ship
The S. S. Pendracke docks with 400000 gallons of Soviet gasoline destined for Sunny Service Oil in Detroit. Part of a 2700000 gallon shipment to Montreal from the USSR aboard the Lincoln Elsworth. Detroit market already glutting gasoline and price wars affect profits.
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Detroit
U.P
Detroit River
Russia
S. S. Pendracke
Sunny Service Oil Company
Montreal
State inspector visit to Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs Reeder state inspector of hospitals Columbus was in Athens Friday. She was accompanied by Miss Viola Fell Athens County health nurse and reported that everything was in the best of condition and according to all state regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
Columbus
Athens
Railroad To Abolish Married Women's Jobs
Norfolk and Western Railway abolishes employment of married women effective October 1 to reduce unemployment. Women currently employed will be kept unless they marry, at which point they will be discharged, while those already married will remain in position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Krieg couple announce birth of daughter in Logan
Mr and Mrs L I Krieg of 97 West Franklin Street announce the birth of a daughter at Cherrington Hospital Logan this morning. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs H D Krieg and Mr and Mrs E J Rosser of Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
L. I. Krieg
West Franklin Street
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
H. D. Krieg
E. J. Rosser
Otto Sanders Pleads Guilty in Intoxication Case
Nelsonville report Otto Sanders of Nelsonville was arraigned before Mayor Bill Hickman and pled guilty to intoxication. He received a $10 fine plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Otto Sanders
Bill Hickman
Masons Represent St Bernard Chapter at Ohio Conventions
Nelsonville Sept 29 Mr and Mrs D B Lowden and R C Cook are in Lima Ohio where Lowden and Cook represent St Bernard Chapter and Haybrow Council at the annual conventions of the Ohio Grand Chapter and Ohio Grand Council of Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
D. B. Lowden
R. C. Cook
Lima
Ohio
Mr. Lowden
Mr. Cook
St. Bernard
Ohio Grand Chapter
Ohio Grand Council of Masons
Miss Myrtle Camp Quarantined Patient Cleared
Miss Myrtle Camp formerly under diphtheria quarantine is released. Several residents including Elmer Gears Dan Bateman George Mordue and others worked on church repairs and visited relatives over the weekend.
Mother Goes on Trial For Daughters Murder
In Lebanon Indiana on September 29 Carrie Simmons a 61 year old farm wife went on trial on charges of murdering her two daughters at a family reunion last June 21. The state may seek the death penalty though Indiana has no execution facilities for women. Strychnine capsules were allegedly hidden in chicken sandwiches served at the reunion.
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Lebanon
Ind
Carrie Simmons
Indiana
Indiana State Prison
Michigan City
Simmons
Putnam Messenger Edition Published by Rufus Putnam School Pupils
The first issue of The Putnam Messenger, a weekly newspaper produced by Rufus Putnam School pupils, features articles on school topics, park impressions, vacations, new teachers, and other school features. Martha Jones is editor and Donald Stotts is manager. a copy is given to every student.
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Putnam Messenger
Rufus Putnam School
Rufus Putnam
New Park
Martha Jones
The
Donald Stotts
New Legion Head Denounces Charges After Detroit Vote
Henry L. Stevens new national commander of the American Legion denounces as undignified and inaccurate the charges leveled by Dr Clarence True Wilson after the Detroit Convention voted for a beer referendum. Stevens calls the Detroit gathering sober and representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stevens
The
American Legion
Legion
Clarence True Wilson
Prohibition
Detroit
Stevens
Fire at Sigma Chi Fraternity House Injures Student
A fast spreading blaze at the Sigma Chi Fraternity house in Hanover New Hampshire injury one Dartmouth student and forced fourteen others to escape through smoke filled halls and down blocked stairways. Some occupants leaped from windows to flee the flames.
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Sigma Chi Fraternity
Dartmouth
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Sigma Chi
Six policemen to serve as downtown goodwill ambassadors
In Cincinnati on September 20 six policemen with personality will be stationed in the Downtown District as information bureaus and goodwill ambassadors. They will assist visitors and citizens in any way possible.
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Cincinnati
Afraid To Tell: Woman Hurls Baby From Window
In Toledo a 19 year old mother Marguerite Larndinan testified at an inquest into her newborn daughter's death that she threw the infant from a bathroom window because she was afraid to tell her mother she had a baby. Coroner Frank G. Brett did not render a verdict and will forward her testimony transcript to the county prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Sept
Frank G. Brett
Marguerite Larndinan
Kreft
Child 8 Strangled by Dresser Tragedy in Dayton
Elizabeth Gross aged eight died when a dresser toppled as she tried to open it. The dresser pinned her neck against the bed railing in Dayton on September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Elizabeth Gross
French Leaders Return From Bertin Visit With Modest Gains
Premier Pierre Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand returned to Paris after a Bertin mission to ease Franco German tensions. They proposed a permanent economic committee to study mutual questions with global obligations. The body would alternate sections between France and Germany and be chaired by a French and a German minister, with business and labor representatives included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briand
Laval
Bertin
Paria
France
Germany
Annie Girl Bear Returns Home After Wandering
Five month old bear cub Annie Girl wandered through Cincinnati suburbs for several hours before returning to Walter Bobe son who located her after she peeped in the window of H. P. Burrell who fed her. The bear crossed about six busy thoroughfares on her trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Annie Girl
Walter Bobeson
H. P. Burrell
Annie Girt
Certificates To Be Given to Presidents
Each past president of the Athens Aerie No. 529 Fraternal Order of Eagles will receive certificates from the Grand Aerie at the Wednesday lodge meeting. A. A. Miller of Columbus will deliver the principal address and a prize display from the Grand Aerie. A luncheon and smoker will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Aerie No. 529
Order of Eagles
A. A. Miller
Columbus
Bomb hits Chicago ad firm in Loop blast
A bomb aimed at Big Four Advertising shook The Loop in Chicago causing shattered windows and hotel evacuations. About $300 damage occurred to the target building. The blast alarmed guests at the Stevens Blackstone Congress and Auditorium hotels. Last February the same site was bombed amid labor trouble claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Big Four
Stevens
Blackstone
Congress
Auditorium
Ralph L. Goodman
Lindberghs Return to Flood Relief Work in China
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh fly from Nanking to Hankow to resume relief efforts in flood districts. They conducted aerial surveys during their stay and will remain several days in Hankow continuing aid work with local authorities and relief groups.
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Nanking
China
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hankow
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Union County
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Elmer Gears
Dan Bateman
George Mordue
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Charles Powers
Lee Denny
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Pierre Laval
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Paris
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Garamourt
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