Death probe in Belle of the Old South case in Mississippi
Bloodstained clues and fingerprints tie Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery to the murder of 72 year old Jane Merrill, famed Belle of the Old South. Neighbors recount a 40 year feud over goats and estates near Glenn Burnie in Natchez. Dozens questioned, bodies discovered, investigations ongoing.
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Natchez
Miss
U.P
Charles A. Dana
Jane Suret Merrill
South
New Orleans
Mississippi
J. E. Chancellor
Richard Dana
Panist
Glenn Burnie
Merrill
Octavia Dockery
General Dockery
Dick Dana
Dana
Jane Merril
Ayres Merrill
Grant
Belgium
St. James
Duncan Minor
Minor
Ins
Miss Merrill
Miss Dockery
Maul Dockery
Miss Mer
Community Notes and Club Activities in Kipton
Mrs Emma Morgan visited Oberlin friends. Mrs St. Davidson home from Allen Hospital improving. 4-H Club head Mrs Prosser attended the Camden Demonstra tion at the Hujma M C A with Eloise Davidson and Edith Hudson in the Style Review. Ethel Prosser visited Elyria with cousins Paul and Huth. Gleisner and Lena of Henrietta visited Lucy Waterhouse. Perkins and daughter Frances and others visited Burrows in Florence. Brumby sisters attended from Ashland to see Ray Baker’s family. West End Birthday Club met with 57 attendees. Camden High Band performed. Ollie Edwards sang Red River Valley. Out-of-town guests included Holden, Buckley, Acker man, Marion and Orin Lee. September meeting to be at Thomas Lee’s. Blaine Hurst and daughter Lois visited Buffalo. Adrian Betts and Shirley Ann in Elyria and Oberlin. Marian Graves visiting Geist and Barber households. Blaine and relatives from Dayton hosted a gathering. Willis Franklin also mentioned.
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Kipton
Emma Morgan
R. W. Alen
Oberlin
Ethel Prosser
Paul Huth
Elyria
Charles Gleisner
Lena
Henrietta
Lucy Waterhouse
M. EL. Perkins
Frances
Lloyd Davidson
Orpha Jane
Ray Brumby
Duane Burrows
Florence
Margaret Brumby
Ruth Morgan
Ray Baker
Ashland
West End
Annie Ingersoll
Ray Rowland
Wellington
Camden High School
Ollie Edwards
Red River Valley
Everett Holden
Lloyd Buckley, Jr
Berlin Heights
Fred Ackerman
Ivy
Amherst
Marion
Orin Lee
Thomas Lee
Blaine Hurst
Lois
Buffalo
New York
Adrian Betts
Shirley Ann
Marian Graves
Fremont
Michigan
0. T. Geist
Glen Barber
Blame Hurst
Dayton
Willis Franklin
Football Dominates Ohio State Athletic Receipts
Ohio State University reports intercollegiate football provides half of all athletic receipts. Total gross receipts declined by 119,049.92 to 608,878.35, aided by a 173,500 loan for the Natatorium. Football brought in about 350,000, with other costs covering schedules, intramurals, and PE.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio State
Sullivan B W Hileman Dies at 14 in Sullivan
Sullivan B W Hileman, lifelong resident, died August 1 at home at age 14. Wife died last February. Survived by daughter Mrs Clarence Hakes, Mrs El Mira Smith, and Mrs H F Thudhum. several grandchildren. Funeral at Congregational church with Rev J A Schmink. burial in Sullivan Southview Cemetery.
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B. W
Congregational Church
J. A. Schmink
Sullivan Southview Cemetery
Sullivan Homecoming Weekend music and parade plans
Three day Sullivan Homecoming from August 19 to 21 promises entertainment and surprises. Registration opens Friday at 3 pm at the school, with A. B. Richards in charge. Friday features a welcome by Q. C. Arndt and address by Guy Finley on Happy Days used and unused, plus North Ashland County Men's Chorus. Saturday offers a parade at 10 am with 60 organizations, a 4 H and F F A display at 1 pm, and a program at 2 pm including music, an invocation by Rev John Schmink, and a Homerville vs Nova baseball game. Lodging will be provided free of charge for homecomings upon notifying the secretary.
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Sullivan
A. B. Richards
Ashland County Men’s Chorus
E. G. Aubrey
Q. C. Arndt
Ira L. Landis
Guy Finley
York High School
Rey
John Schmink
Bertha Geanol
Homerville
Nova
Local residents visit. measles case noted and business moves
Marina Ludlam contracted measles as residents report family visits and casual gatherings. Richard Weeks visits Oberlin relatives before returning home. J W. Perkins resumes garage business after renting the site from Albert Arnold, who moves his building for a 60 year old blacksmith shop site reconfiguration. The Bayless family from Canton visits Cleveland relatives.
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J. W. Perkins
Albert Arnold
Harry Ludlam
Clarence Blackett and
Hier
Charles Bayless
Corinne Bayless
Evelyn
Marjorie Lou
Canton
Wendell Bayless
Cleveland
Homecoming events and committee named for community gathering
Evening program includes brief talks, community singing, music by H. M. Chase and family, and a reading by Mrs May Don Jey. Sunday services planned at Christian and Congregational churches, with a union service at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium featuring assistance from North Ash and County Men's Chorus. Committee members are QO. C. Arndt, president. Wallis Garver, vice president. Mrs Eva McAdoo, secretary. Amos Freeman, treasurer.
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Sion
H. M. Chase
May Don Jey
North Ashand County
QO. C. Arndt
Wallis Garver
Eva McAdoo
Amos Freman
Medina reunion and local social notes from early August
Mr and Mrs Harvey Amsbaugh and son Kent with friend Mil dred Reese attended the Auble reunion at Edwin Auble s Medina home on Saturday July 30. Congregational softball lost 7 to 4 to Nova M H on Wednesday August 3. Mr and Mrs BE G Aubrey with son Robert and daughter Judith attended an ice cream social at Polk Friday evening. Miss Cora Chamberlain hosted a gathering at her Fridy afternoon with the Missionary society present. Evelyn Sprague of Akron stayed overnight with her grandmother Nettie Sprague. Mrs Charity Gould remains the same at this writing. Rev and Mrs Hull and family of Ashland dined with Rev BE G Aubrey s family Sunday. Mr and Mrs Wm Beth and Mrs Frank Roache of Cleveland were desk-end guests at the Ben Fowler home. Mr and Mrs Polly and Mrs Ben Fowler shopped in Ashland Saturday.
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Harvey Amsbaugh
Kent
Mildred Reese
Auble
Edwin Auble
Medina
Nova M. H
BE G. Aubrey
Robert
Judith
Polk
Cora Chamberlain
The
Missionary Society
Evelyn Sprague
Akron
Nettie Sprague
Charity Gould
Hull
Ashland
BE. G. Aubrey
Wm. Beth
Frank Roache
Cleveland
Ben, Fowler
Polly
Ben Fowler
Third annual Lakenead picnic draws River Road group
Aug River Road residents Mr Julius Sheldon and Mrs Carrie Sheldon join Mrs Hermond Pudlick and son Walter Mrs Fred Tran and son Moris Mr Leland Howard Mrs Horace Howard and son Stanley at Lakenead for the third annual picnic on Sunday July 31 Loretta Westrick has returned from hospital after tonsil removal Helen Ziroio underwent appendicitis operation at Memorial hospital Tuesday morning Mrs Charles Lawson of Lakewood visited River Road friends Wednesday afternoon Mr Hubert Day and daughter and Miss Pearl Day of Madison Wisconsin visited the Seely home Monday evening Leon Mohler of Belden spent several days with his son John Mohler and family
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River Road
Julius Sheldon
Carrie Sheldon
Hermond Pudlick
Walter
Fred Tran
Moris
Leland Howard
Horace Howard
Stanley
Lakenead
Loretta Westrick
Helen Ziroio
Memorial Hospital
Charles Lawson
Lakewood
Hubert Day
Elyria
Miss Pearl Day
Madison
Wisconsin
Seely Home
Leon Mohler
Belden
John Mohler
Herrington Guest Visits Hathaway Kin in Columbia
In Columbia on August 8 Mrs. R Herrington of West Park visited her cousin Mrs. Willard Hathaway on Thursday. The item also notes Bert Rothel buying Barney Mack's store at North Eaton and several residents' visits to relatives in Seville Rochester and Cleveland during the week.
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Columbia
R Herrington
West Park
Willard Hathaway
Ernest Reisinger
Bert Rothel
Barney Mack
North Eaton
Hazel Rose
Seville
Harold
Marion Hales
Clarence Case
Rochester
N.Y
Cleveland
Velda Rabung
West View
Chigger Facts and Relieving Treatments by Dr Clendening
An article by Dr Logan Clendening explains the chigger Trombicula irritans larval attacks on humans. It covers where they occur, how bites cause itching and illness, a Japan related disease, and practical relief including baths, ammonia, alcohol, sulfur ointment, carbolic acid on the skin, and prevention with sulfur powder and treated clothing.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Japan
Store Robbed Sixteen Times in Kansas City
Kansas City druggist A. L. Shively reports his store has been robbed no less than 16 times, claiming a local record in a persistent crime pattern. The incidents reflect frequent daytime thefts and ongoing security concerns in the area.
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Kansas City
A. L. Shively
Penfield Church Societies Meet and Grange Trip
The Ladies' M E Church Society at Penfield will meet with Mrs F E Kleinhaus on Wednesday with each member bringing a guest. Miss Florence Starr of Wellington will lead a program and display Orient work. A circle will serve refreshments. Mrs Kellogg hosted the Ladies Society of the Congregational church with twenty ladies present and social time ending with refreshments. Pennfield Grange members toured to Penfield, with readings by Mrs Ralph Bowman and others, music by a seven piece orchestra, lunch by Huntington Grange, and accompanying trips by local residents.
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Penfield
M. E. Church Society
F. E. Kleinhaus
Florence Starr
Wellington
Huntington
Penfield Grange
Ralph Bowman
Fred Kellogg
Huntington Grange
Social News From Montrose and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Clarence Sooy entertain at Montrose with visits from Mrs Sarah Kinzler and daughter Elsie of Sheffield and from Mrs Elsie Wilson. Rev and Mrs Schott and children spent a week at a Burton Lake cottage in Michigan. Lucile Gregg earned a stenographic diploma August 5 from the Oberlin School of Commerce. Leonard Smith and two peers from the P H 32 graduating class plan to enter Ohio State University this fall. Lennert Woods plans to study at Ashland College.
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Clarence Sooy
Montrose
Sarah Kinzler
Elsie
Sheffield
Elsie Wison
Schott
Burton Lake
Michigan
Lucile Gregg
Oberlin School of Commerce
Leonard Smith
P. H
Ohio State University
Lennert Woods
Ashland College
Buckeye Kitchen Maids attend Elyria Y M C A event
Neva Carrick and Lois Youtzy represented the Buckeye Kitchen Maids 4 H club at the Demonstration and Style Review meeting in Elyria at the Y M C A. They demonstrated simple desserts made from fruits grown on the farm.
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Sheffield
Buckeye Kitchen
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Neva Carrick
Lois Youtzy
Entertain at Hamburg 2 hosts gather friends
Mr and Mrs Earle Johnson and family entertained a group of friends and relatives at their home Friday evening with a hamburg roast and picnic supper. Guests included Mr and Mrs Clarence Brush and daughters Dorothy Doris and Clarissa of Chestnut Ridge Mr and Mrs Lee Johnson and sons Robert and Lester and daughter Rush of Guilford and Mr and Mrs Arthur Whiton.
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Earle Johnson
Clarence Brush
Dorothy
Doris
Clarissa
Chestnut Ridge
Lee Johnson
Robert
Lester
Rush
Guiltroad
Arthur Whiton
Unclear Fragment Names in Family Notice
Fragmentary text lists several names and relations including Joesph and Amherst, Mr and Chambers with daughter Neve and My, Karla Johnseo and daughter Jaycee, suggesting a personal notice or obituary fragment with multiple individuals and kin.
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Joesph
Amherst
Chambers
Ope
Neve
Karla Johnseo End Seg
Jaycee
Bridge Finchers at Sheffield Lake Social
The Sheffield Lake Social will hold a bridge finchers session Tuesday afternoon at 1 PM August 10 at the Soda Grit Cleveland Beach. Miller is chairman, assisted by Mira M. Will Mra F Horn and Mrs. J Drom. Several from here will attend the potato tour Tuesday August sponsored by the Extension Service.
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Luncr&os
Sheffield Lake
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