Logan Day by Day features turn of the century shopfront
An old photograph from E. E. Bright, Logan blacksmith and former mayor, recalls early Logan life. The image shows Bright at his shop door on the site of today’s Eichel bakery, with a mud-splattered rural free delivery wagon and first Logan carriers John Sterling Cy Wilson Charles Stiers and Sam Moore nearby. Also visible are onlookers Billy Woods and Carl Coakley. The frame shop displays Bull Durham Sub Rosa ads and a Gotham Katie hats sign.
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Daily News
E. E. Bright
Logan
Bright
Eichel Bakery
John Sterling
Cy Wilson
Charles Stiers
Sam Moore
Billy Woods
Carl Coakley
Nocturnal Marksman Fires on Bronze Squirrel at Home
Vinton Carpenter of Enterprise fired at a bronze squirrel ornament on his dining room buffet during a restless night practice session. The statue was destroyed in the incident. Carpenter, described as a crack shot, was involved in the unexpected shooting at his residence.
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Vinton Carpenter
Enterprise
Carpenter
School Heads Inspect New Pittsburg School
County Superintendent S. H. Dillon joined Dick Smith and R. R. Rohe to inspect the New Pittsburg school at the patrons' request. Children were reassigned to Murray City schools, and officials weighed pleas from parents who kept children home due to inadequate clothing. Action on the issue may come soon.
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S. H. Dillon
Dick Smith
R. R. Rohe
Pittsburg
Murray City
Constitution Topic At Kiwanis Meet With Logan Leader
Logan High School principal Fred Burchfield spoke on The Constitution at Logan Kiwanis. He defined liberty and contrasted it with dictatorship. Three Lancaster guests attended the session, with arrangements possible for Burchfield and Lanning.
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Kiwanis
Fred B. Burchfield
Logan Highchool
Logan Kiwanians
White House
Burchfield
Lancaster
Lanning
Quickening in business pulse boosts relief cuts in Ohio
Ohio's business activity is rising due to seasonal industrial gains and wartime orders from Europe. Factory and railroad staffing increased across cities like Cleveland Cincinnati and Columbus with up to 100 percent gains, reducing poor relief and WPA rolls as orders from abroad fuel production and rail transport.
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Columbus
Ohio
Europe
Cleveland Tool Making
Automatic Machine Co
Warner and Swasey
National Acme
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Steel Mills
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing’ Co
New York Central Lines
Collinwood
J. G. Caldwell
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
O. W. Wiswell
The
Ohio Coal Conference, Inc
Oreville Bonded Debt Discussed At Joint Meeting
A joint Oreville and New Straitsville board meeting with Ohio Industrial Commission members discussed refunding Oreville School District bonds. The commission agreed to dispose of interest, reducing indebtedness from about 26 000 to 16 250 dollars. Kinsley will consult patrons on refunding the principal. about 45 Oreville students attend New Straitsville School.
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Oreville
New Straitsville
Boards of Education
Ohio Industrial Commission
Clarence Kinsley
S. H. Dillon
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Perry County
Willard Mason
O. E. Hearing
Kinsley
Oroville
Council Takes Steps To Enlarge Burial Ground
The city council moved to enlarge Oak Grove Cemetery with a new section of 362 lots at 20 by 22 feet costing about 576.93. This would use remaining cemetery funds to repair rapidly crumbling retaining walls and fund gravel drives and grading. A bid process was authorized for wall repairs and a traffic ordinance change to prohibit right turns on red was discussed.
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan
Roy Loomis
Joe Walburn
Council
Walburn
Parker Sniffen
Ohio Conservation Leaders Convene
The Ohio Conservation and Natural Resources Council met in Sandusky and discussed swift decisions on a proposed dam on the Hocking River near Falls Mill and lands for wildlife cultivation. Three sites Magee Marshes Mars lands Castalia lands were inspected. The council approved $1,000 repairs on the 40 acre pond west bank near St. Marys and $1,000 each for Jackson Lake near Oak Hill and Kiser Lake near Urbana plus $500 for shelter houses at Van Buren Lake Hancock County.
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Magee
Toledo
Marslands
Castalia
St. Marys
Jackson Lake
Oak Hill
Kiser Lake
Urbana
van Buren Lake
Hancock County
Steel to Call 125000 Men by Thanksgiving
Pittsburgh reports a surge in domestic orders that could bring back as many as 125 000 steel workers before Thanksgiving. Industry leaders say output may reach 85 to 90 percent of capacity in 30 to 60 days with payroll around 60 million dollars, as mills move to meet rising demand and limit production.
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Pittsburgh
Nazarene Youth Rally Set in Logan Friday Night
About 300 members of the Nazarene Young Peoples Society will gather in Logan for the Athens Zone rally. Rev. L. K. Lutz of Wellston serves as president, with Rev. C. B. Clendenen of the local church as host pastor. Rev. Vernon Shafer will lead Thursday evening Naz arene Church prayers.
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Nazarene Young Peoples’ Society
Logan
Athens Zone
L. K. Lutz
Wellston
Wilkesville
C. B. Clendenen
Nazarene Church
Vernon Shafer
Highway Worker Dies After Refueling Tractor
Eugene Howard, 24, a highway construction worker, was burned when gasoline ignited as he refueled a tractor. He died today in a Chillicothe hospital.
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Chillicothe
Eugene Howard
Goldberg to Wed Marshall Goldberg and Miss Florence Deutelbaum
Pittsburgh All American football player Goldberg and 19 year old model Florence Deutelbaum will wed, announced by her parents. The couple is pictured together in her Pittsburgh home.
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Marshall
Biggie) Goldberg
Pittsburgh
Florence Deutelbaum
President Roosevelt. Support Builds for Arms Sales Plan
President Roosevelt wins broad backing in the Senate foreign relations committee for a form of arms sales to belligerents. Senator Van Nuys signals support for a cash and carry approach with safeguards, while avoiding American troop involvement. The issue heads to the forthcoming special session per the president’s favored lines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate
Europe
Hull
Marion pastor assigned to Methodist pulpit in Ohio
Rev. Stanley Wiant of Epworth Church in Marion is assigned to the Logan Methodist pastorate and will preach next Sunday at the local church. Rev. Charles W. Graham moves to Columbus to establish a new Goodwill Industry mission with a 1000-seat auditorium, health clinic, toy library, lectures, and community center.
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Marion
Graham
Stanley Wiant
Epworth
Logan
Wiant
Christian Advocate
Cincinnati
Charles W. Graham
Columbus
Methodist Church
Delaware
Logan Parsonage
Rev
America
Grahams
Boston
Buffalo
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Denmead
Mt. Vernon Avenues
Torrence Road
Clintonville
Hitlerism Ends? Allies in Poland Demand End
Roosevelt calls Congress for a special session on September 21. War talk dominates as Britain and France back Chamberlain's pledge to end Hitlerism, with reports of Polish and German offensives around Warsaw and Lwow.
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Poland
Rumania
Warsaw
FDR
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Chamberlain
Britain
France
Radom
Lwow
Paris
Saarbruecken
Reich
London
Daladier
England
Duke of Windsor
Pershing urges Congress to fund full peace strength
General John J. Pershing on his 79th birthday urged Congress to provide funds at a coming special session to raise the military establishment to its full peace strength of 280000 in the regular army and 24000 in the national guard. He warned the nation to avoid past failure to prepare, noting lessons from World War I. Pershing spoke from Walter Reed Hospital where he is confined for a periodic checkup.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Congress
National Guard
Europe
Roosevelt
Guard
A. E. FP
Walter Reed Hospital
Stolen Cars Recovered by Sheriff Report
Sheriff Joe Farbearn said two stolen cars were recovered. One owned by Robert Nixon of Oroville was found in Shawnee and another owned by Edwin B. Stemen of Bremen was found in Oreville. Both are believed linked to escapees from the Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School.
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Joe Farbearn
Robert Nixon
Oroville
Edwin B. Stemen
Bremen
Nixon
Shawnee
Stemen
Lancaster
Oreville
Last Rites Held for Former Logan Worker Leslie Pierce
Funeral services were held in Jerseyville Athens County for Leslie Pierce 37 a former Logan Pottery employee who died Monday in North Lima from a skull fracture after an automobile accident Burial followed with Logan Pottery workers as pallbearers He had left Logan over a decade ago and worked in steel mills near Youngstown He is survived by his mother Mia Anna Cooley North Lima and two sisters Pearl Pierce Logan and Mrs William J Goulding Glouster
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Jerseyville
Athens County
Leslie Pierce
Logan Pottery Company
North Lima
Mahoning County
Pierce
Logan
Youngstown
Mia
Anna Cooley
City Treasurer Schedules Street Assessment Collection
Mrs. Margaret Knapp announced she will be in the city auditor's office on September 14 22 and 2 percent from 1 PM to 4 PM to collect street assessments due. Telephone 2564 for details.
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Margaret Knapp
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By Marren Graham
Nazarene
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Deutelbaum
By Jack Bell
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Pershing
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