Local Personal News From Athens and Nearby Areas
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS. Don Latz of Glouster was in Athens on business. Mr. T. Tedrick of Chauncey visited the county seat today. Mrs. H B Pickering is ill at home with pneumonia feared. Harold Cherrington returned from Welleton. Perry Riley came back to Athens after a week near Guynsville. Walter Allen, a university student, spent Sunday in Vinton county. Will Sheldon and others from Nelsonville were visitors Sunday evening. County Commissioners Biddle Howard and Wolf are in Athens on official business. Mrs. John Pickett dislocated her wrist pulling a curtain. R C Bolin spends a week at Racine. Dean Vare takes his place. Mrs. Lena Slattery and Mrs. Frank Logan head to Ft. Leavenworth to see Lt. Slattery. Mr. and Mrs. G Kern of Middleport guest of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Roush. they plan a Fisher visit. Manager S Williams of The Arrival of Kitty company and Mrs. Williams arrive from Norwalk to stay with Mrs. Lash for the week. The company rests during Holy Week and resumes tour at Fos toria next Monday.
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Williams
Kitty” Company
Nyal's Cherry Syrup Compound Promoted for Cough Relief
A dealer urges readers to try Nyal's Cherry Syrup Compound claiming quick relief for dry hacking coughs. The advertisement emphasizes rapid soothing of throat irritation and cough symptoms.
Report finds no evidence Roosevelt coerced federal officers
A National Civil Service Reform League committee reports no proof that Roosevelt coerced federal officeholders into backing Taft for nomination. It faults unclassified government departments as hotbeds of pernicious activity and calls for reforms based on documents and correspondence reviewed.
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Roosevelt
Taft
New York
National Civil Service Reform League
Commitiee
Becaitea
Roosevelt Civil Service Reforms Face Senate Inquiry
A Senate committee inquiry into the circumstances finds that most charges are sustained though an exception concerns coercion of federal officeholders by Roosevelt for Taft. It credits Roosevelt with civil service reform advances and notes over 300,000 federal officeholders, a third outside civil service, posing a political menace. It urges extending classified competitive service.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Census bill sparks debate in senate committee hearing
Washington April 5 Senate committee on census held a hearing on the house census bill. President Black of the civil service commission argues all new employees should come from civil service examinations while Director North of the census bureau contends some classes must be chosen for proven adaptability. The measure, passed by the house, trims objectionable features that prompted Roosevelt’s veto and is not expected to face floor opposition. It cites a $10,000,000 need to carry out provisions, though no appropriation is in the bill.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Census
President Black
Civil Service Commission
Director North
Census Bureau
House
Roosevelt
Daughter Burned in Historic Virginia House Fire
Miss Virginia Carter, daughter of Reese B. Carter, died in a fire that destroyed the Rest home known as Yellow House in Winchester. Both parents were badly burned trying to rescue her but are expected to recover.
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Winchester
Virginia Carter
Reese B. Carter
Carter
Man Jumped to Death at Niagara Falls Luna Island
An unknown man about 38 leapt from Luna Island into the Niagara River in sight of a large crowd. He weighed about 180 pounds, had black hair and a mustache, and was described as unusually handsome. He was swept over the falls.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Luna Island
Police deny Boyle Richards link in Columbus
Chief O Connor says Columbus police did not identify Mrs Helen Boyle in jail at Obaron Pa as Mrs Helen Richards. Reports tied the Boyles to the Whitla kidnapping and alleged arrest after leaving St Louis a year ago, but city records fail to confirm the connection.
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Columbus
Columbua
O'Connor
Mra
Helen Boyle
Obaron
Helen Richards
Whitla
Boyles
St. Louis
Admiral Cervera Buried in Madrid
Vice Admiral Cer vera was buried in Madrid in a simple black coffin carried by soldiers and bluejackets. A salute of two volleys marked the funeral as the body was laid to rest.
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Admiral Cervera
Madrid
Cervera
Program seat at concert hall quoted oddly
A countryman visiting London asks for concert prices. Front seats cost 2 shillings, back 1 shilling, programs a penny. He remarks, I’ll take a program seat, delivering a dry punchline about buying the cheapest option.
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London
Big Suit Nears Its End in Sherman Act Case
State, St. Louis April 5 The government begins argument in the United States circuit court against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey marking a terminal phase of its long antitrust effort. Rockefeller and other executives testified about the firm's history. Nineteen typewritten volumes with 25 000 pages of testimony and 1500 exhibits were prepared for judges Adams Vandeventer Hook and Sanborn. Government counsel Frank B Kellogg CC B Morrison and J Harrison Graves argued the case with Standard Oil lawyers John S Miller Moritz Rosenthal and Judge Henry Priest of St Louis.
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St. Louis
United States
Standard Ol Company of
New Jersey
United States Circuit Court
Great Company
New York
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Adams, Vandeventer
Hook and Sanborn
Frank B. Kellogg
CC. B. Morrison
J. Harrison Graves
Johns. Miller and Moritz Rosenthal
Henry Priest
Nyal’s Stone Root Compound for Kidney Health
Good care of their liver. The kidneys need as much care. Everyone doesn’t do this, but they should. They perform the work of removing poisonous uric acid from the blood. If you are troubled with kidney complaint, better try Nyal's Stone Root Compound per bottle. Henderson-Crider Drug Co. 4-512.
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Nyal
Henderson-Crider Drug CO
Youth Tries Various Death Methods in Desperate Attempt
Indalecio Alarcon, 27, son of a Mexican plantation owner near Parral, attempted suicide by stabbing, throat cutting, ingesting carbolic acid with port wine, and leaping from a third story window. He survived the fall and regained consciousness at the hospital, but doctors fear he will die.
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Chicago
Indalecio Alarcon
Parral
Mexico
Dear Girl and Dear Friend Kiss Question
A fragment shows a character noting the dear girl blushing after a man asks for a kiss and a judge remark about cheek. The snippet contrasts intimate social dynamics with judgmental tones.
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Tor
Drys file petition for Ross local option election
In Ross Chillicothe Ohio April 5 the drys filed a petition for a local option election with 72 signatures and a 3900 fee. Officials expect some names may be eliminated during verification and the date may shift between April 24 or the prior Saturday as wets press for an earlier ballot.
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Ross
Chillicothe
Drys
Wets
Former Official Nearing Death at His Home
Sid NOP, ex probate official, lies at death’s door at his home Pewa. He has been a member of the Odd Fellows lodge, served as representative to the sovereign grand lodge, a Mason, and a member of the Pythian order and the Methodist church.
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Sid Nop
G. L.toss
Pewa
Odd Fellows’ Lodges
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Keighlet
Pythian
Hhe Methodist Cheren
Local residents noted in busy week of visits and schooling
Miss Gillogly of Albany teaches at the local school as the community reports a busy week. Several families share visits and social calls including Mr and Mrs J Rickey with son Edward near Airline, Mr and Mrs William Bean visiting the Whaleys, and Edna McVay returning home after a week in New Marshfield. Other notices include Orville McVay resuming teaching at King's Valley and P G Moler and Goldie Bailes seen in Athens, with Russell Van Dyke visiting relatives near Flat Run.
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P. G. Molter
Carpenter
Mt. Blanco
Wanda Shaffer
Fisher
Orville McVay
King’s Valley
P. G. Moler
Athens
Goldie Bailes
Russell van Dyke
Flat Run
Why He Was Popular
Quotation from the Washington Star notes a witty barb about approval among poker players. It recalls Mrs. Torkins praising her husband as unusually popular with fellow players, despite any skill at the table. The remark reflects social dynamics in informal gaming circles.
Governor Acts to Ease Overcrowding at Delaware Girls School
Governor Harmon orders temporary halt on new commitments to the Girls Industrial school at Delaware to relieve crowding. Trustees inform juvenile court judges that new delinquents will not be admitted until space is available. State considers emergency funds and cottages. legislature funded two new cottages but officials say more housing is needed.
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Columbus
Harmon
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
X ‘Por
State Emergency Board
Four Get State Jobs
Governor Harmon announces four appointments to state institution boards and examiners. Randolph Warner of Columbus will succeed himself at the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster. H. C. Matlack of Cincinnati, a Democrat, joins the state dental examiners to replace H. G. Brown. Edward T. Sprague of Cincinnati, a Democrat, will succeed himself at Longview Hospital. Karry Ferneding of Mayton, a Democrat, becomes his own successor at the Manfield Reformatory.
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Columbus
Harmon
Randolph Warner
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
H. CC. Matlack
Cincinnati
HH. G. Brown
Edward T. Sprague
Longview Hospital
Karry Ferneding
Mayton
Democrat
Manafield Reformatory
Hayes Family Donates 11 Acres to Ohio Park Honor Hayes Line
A deed from Colonel Webb Hayes transfers 11 acres of Spiegel grove to Ohio for Itarrison Trail State park. The site will be cared for by the Ohio Archaeological and Historical society and will house the graves of Former President Hayes and his wife in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Hayes
Fremont
Colonel Webb Hayes
Spiegel Grove
State of
Ohio
Woodland
Itarrison Trail State Park
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
President Hayes
Oakwood Cemetery
Drake Indictments Nolle Prossed In Cincinnati Drama
Cincinnati April 5 Judge Connell granted nolle prosequi in the cases of Rudolph Kleybolte and Henry Burkhold indicted in the Drake committee probe of municipal affairs. Prosecutor said the move clears dead wood clogging the office and aims to speed case resolution.
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Nolles Drake
Cincinnati
Thnt
Rudolph Kleybolte
Henry Burkhold
Drake Legislative Probe Committee
Connell
Portsmouth Strike Persists After Meeting Rally
Portsmouth reports union shoe workers idle for two months refuse to return to any plant. A general meeting keeps the strike going as 1000 people greet 16 strikebreakers from Lynchburg, Virginia arriving at the Norfolk and Western depot while manufacturers meet them with cars. No violence occurred.
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Portsmouth
Selby
Norfolk & Western
Lynchbure
Noted safeblowers escape from Greenville jail
Garber Moore known as Tennessee Dutch and George Barton called Chicago Army, two famed professional safeblowers, escaped the Greenville county jail by dynamiting a cell door. They drilled holes in the rock floor with an umbrella-handle drill, with suspected outside help while awaiting U.S. court trial on post office robbery charges.
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Greenville
D. C
Garber Moore
Tennessee Dutch
George Barton
Chicago
Greenville County
United States
Steamship Indiana Cast Aground in Fog Near Magdalena Bay
Advices from the Pacific Mail Steamship company report the Indiana bound Mazatlan to San Francisco ran ashore in Magdalena bay during a heavy fog. Passengers baggage and mail were saved by the cruiser Albany and tugs Fortune and Navajo, while the steamer remains on the rocks.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Indiana
Mazatlan
Magdalena Bay
Albany
Fortune
Navajo
Marathon Runner Frederick Rumeby Dies in Wemllerve
Hull, April 5. Marathon runner Frederick Rumeby collapsed during the Wemllerve race, was carried from the track unconscious, and died later.
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Marthon
Hull
Eng
Frederick Rumeby
Japanese commerce group to tour western states and East Coast
About fifty members of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Japan plus trade experts from Yokohama Kobe Osaka and Kyoto will visit Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland in September. They will travel by a special train visiting major industrial centers from the Pacific to the Gulf and spend 60 to 90 days on the trip to strengthen US Japan trade ties.
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Spokane
Wash
Associated Chambers of Commerce of Japan
Yokohama
Kobe
Opaka
Kyoto
Chambers of Commerce
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Pacific Ocean
Long Island Sound
International
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Japan
United States
Hadley to Revive Old Town History at 200th Anniversary
Hadley Massachusetts plans a summer commemoration of its 200th anniversary with a revived tale of 1676 Indian attack rescue by William Goffe, one of Charles I's regicide judges. The event recalls 1659 settlement from Hartford and Windham County in Connecticut and Weathersfield, with robes and a famed white beard reenacted.
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Hadley
Mass
New England
William Goffe
Charles I of England
Goffe
Hartford
Conn
Weathersfield
Demand Grows for American Pearls from Western Waters
Demand for American pearls rises as last season's Western waters harvest valued at about $500,000. The market shows increasing interest from buyers and traders.
Venezuela Drift of Power as Gomez Faces Exit
Rumors swirl in Caracas that President Gomez may resign temporarily to Vice President Valutini while the deposed leader, once backed Castro, contemplates his next move. Dispatches say Gomez is aboard a liner toward Venezuela with Caracas fearing arrest or death if he lands. The public expects Castro to relocate to Trinidad and plot a revival from abroad.
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Venezuela
Caracas
J. Vicente Gomez
J. A. Valutini
Gomez
Castro
Europe
Gomesov
la Guaira
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Humphreys Veterinary Specifics Promoted Cure All Diseases
A vintage advertisement touts Humphreys Veterinary Specifics curing horse cattle sheep dogs hogs and poultry ailments by acting directly on the sick part. It lists numerous conditions including colic colds pneumonia and skin diseases and offers a book mailed free from Humphreys House Medical Co New York.
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Humpurays Houeo, Medicine CO
Corner
Willian
Ann Streeta
New York
Pleasanton Social Notes Highlight Local Comes and Goings
Pleasanton residents share updates on guests and visits. Delph Parker of Trimble visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Parker last week. Rev. W Bush is able to move about again after illness. Center Stake school house hosted a well received exhibition Thursday evening. Lama Parker leaves for Guysville to resume millinery work. Mrs. William Gilkey recovers from illness and enjoys regained mobility. Miss Fae Elliott spends vacation at home. Miss Helen Mason from Athens visited Sheldon Parker’s family Sunday. Mrs. Sarah Divon shows slow but steady improvement after a period of illness.
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Delph Palker
Trimble
Sheldon Parker
Rev. W. Bush
Center Stake School House
Lama Parker
Guysville
William Gilkey
Cold cures sales soar in Henderson Crider Drug Co ad
The advertisement notes unprecedented demand for cold remedies in the past week. It lists products such as Taxacold Royal Cascara Quinine Ajax Laxative Bromo Quin ine and highlights Henderson-Crider Drug Co. at 4-512.
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Taxacold
Royal
Cascara
Ajax
Henderson-Crider Drug CO
Northern Europe Hydropower Totals and Capacity
Norway reports 28 million horsepower in total waterpower with Sweden at 10 million and Finland at 4 million. Plants currently in use or under construction total 500 thousand horsepower.
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Norway
Sweden
Finland
Mourning Woman Recalls Death at Zenith
At a Philadelphia corner two colored women talked in a dimly lit mood. One, wearing mourning attire, answered a question with a doleful shake and said in a somber tone that he died in the height of his zenith.
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Philadelphia
Saracen blades rival Sheffield steel in ancient ironwork
The passage notes that while Sheffield makes the finest steel, it cannot match the sword-blades the Saracens made and used centuries ago, praised as exceptionally crafted.
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Sheffield
Athens Markets corrected prices report
Ohio Produce Company issues a daily corrected wholesale price list for Athens markets. The fragment notes producers' price changes and percentage adjustments, mentioning an O16 item and a 14 percent figure, but lacks full details or context.
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Ohio Produce Company
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Don Latz
Glouster
Mr. T. Tedrick
Chauncey
B. Pickering
East State Street
Harold Cherrington
Welleton
O— Perry Riley
Guynsville
Walter
Si") Allen
University
Vinton County
Will Sheldon
Chester Fulton
Fred Gross
Frank Sheldon
Fred Kiltan
Nelsonville
N— County
Biddle
Alexander
Howard
Lodi
Wolf
York Townships
John Pickett
R. C. Bolin
Adams Express Company
Racine
Mr. Bolin
Dean Vare
Lena Slattery
Frank Logan
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan
Lieutenant Slattery
G. Kern
Middleport
Otto Roush
Mrs. Kern
Mr. Kern
Mrs
George Kern
Senate
Niagara
Vance
Vance ShoeCo
Wheeling, W. VA
Moritz Rosenthal
Ehieder
Efe
Pittsburg
Lambs Sea Eee O OG
Security
Pinartel
Athens On & Gas Exchange
Cress Ompany
Tm Asc
Alberta
Avelon
Baltimore
Rene
Blennerhassett
Blissfield
Blue Valley
Bremen
Brookville
Senel Buchtel
Bunker Hill
Canal
Clark
Clayton
Clear Creek
Clearport
Scons
Crescent Ridge
Crockett’s Run
Crossenville
Diamond
East Bremen
Ebenezer
Elder
Endwell
Erie
Eureka
Oebo
Falls
Fairfield
Wlagdale
Flint Ridge
Pragua
Geneva
Germantown
Cibisonville
Trarove Seececa
Tee Green Valley
Hamley Run
Harlan Eee
Kenyon
Vvener
Kochensparger O
Twurel Creek
Liberty” Roel
MaxWille
McGahan
Melamey
Middletown
Mt. Hope
Pickerington
Planet
Polk
Purvis-Martin
Purvis-Turner Co
Queen
Raccoon
Rushville
Rutland Mutual
Sattellee
Shamrock
Shawnee
Studertown
Sugar Grove
Tetecossles
Sunday Creek
Turkey Run
West Point
Windsor
Winegardner
Winona Oreee
Sheen
Doings
Buckeye State
Bluwwuu
America
C.C
P.p
E.f. Cough
Lofinensa
Imed
Neumonia
Ate
Farey
Pleasanton
Oliver F. Rowland John J. Woolley
Woolley & Rowland
Athens National Bank
Notary Public
The
Athens, Ohio
W. N. Alderman
H. D. Henry
Fred L. Alderman
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