April brings anniversaries and tragedy in Sharpsburg report
The column recalls April as a month of birthdays and accidents in the Sharpsburg area, noting drownings and lightning deaths, interments, and funeral attendances. It also covers illness, local marches on schooling and transportation costs, and remarks on the life of a local newspaper man. It mentions Miss Martha Thompson leaving for Amesville, copperhead snake stories, and remarks on road conditions for schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Melissa Brooks
Mt. Rmon
A. Vernon
Glouster and Son
Williamson
Columbus
Ringgold
Pickaway Minty
Ion
Little Frank
Circleville
George Brooks
Maria Grimes
He Burns
Iso
Frank Gorham
Fictson
Joe Quinn
Joe Beard
Clarence Kern
Roy Love
Martha Thompson
Howard
Qamesville
Charles Lawrence
teleBern
Pana
Henry
Bern
Tes
Bartlett School
Gaskell
Mt. Hermon
Athens Shoppers and Moves Highlight Monday Outings
The Plains residents and Athens neighbors visited Monday with families including the Graves Meads Brown and Shields. Move news notes Herman Gilson and family shifting to St Nichols property, Shields head to Pittsburg farm, while Bayless McGranor couples visit Zine Courtney. Earnest McGranor buys a Dodge car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Graves
Matheney
James Mead
J. K. Brown
Coon
Bob Howard
Athens
Herman Gilson
St Nichols Jperty
Clark Powell
Roscoe Shields
Pittsburg
Tom.Bayless
Elza McGranor
Ofhens
Zine Courtney
Liz Guess
Virgene Jehidas
Orla Shreves
Fred Slater
Joe Barstow
Roy Gabriel
Grant Micheals
Earnest McGranor
Easter Supper Planned at Jer Ridge School House
An Easter supper is planned for Saturday evening April 15 at the Jer Ridge school house. Proceeds benefit the school and church. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jer Ridge
Movie Cleanup Demanded by Probes of Big Church Body
Pittsburgh April 12 A Presbyterian board seeks federal and state censorship to clean up the motion picture industry. Dr Charles Scanion says he will meet Will Hays in New York to urge action as agents sweep Hollywood and other centers studying vice and social welfare. He notes 18 million daily viewers including many children and says Hays wishes to clean up the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States
Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare
Presbyterian Church In America
Charles Scanion
New York
Will H. Hays
Presbyterian Organization
Mak
Hollywood
Scanion
International News Service
Hays
New Tariff Move Starts in Senate By Business Interests
The Southern Tariff association joined with the Republican agricultural tariff bloc to push higher rates on agricultural products not covered by the Senate finance committee. John Kirby, Texas oil and lumber magnate, backed the move as Senator Gooding claimed southern voters favor protective tariffs on agriculture and charged southern Democratic senators with misrepresenting constituents. Kirby’s role signals efforts to energize tariff sentiment in the South and pressure dissenting Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Southern Tariff Association
Senate Finance Committee
John Kirby
Texas Oil and Lumberman
Senator Gooding
Idaho
South
Kirby
Amesville News Sketches and Community Notes
Amesville reports county commissioner Johnson recovering after a road mishap then ordering stonework on Will Phillips farm. Local birthdays, surgeries, visits from Athens relatives, church services, cleanup day, and sports results from high school basketball and upcoming games with Floodwood and The Plains are summarized.
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Link Johnson
Dean Farm
Godfreys
Geo. Fleming
Will Phillips
A. P. Potter
C. M. Lovell
Conker
Toledo
Lovell
Fannie Wells
A. A. Boileau
H. C. Joy
G. O. Linscott
A. P. Walker
Dick LaFollett
Trimble Road
Columbus
George Wagoner
Manly Ford Agency
McConnelsville
G. M. Tolliver
E. K. Drury
Glouster
G. L. Fleming
Florida
Linscott Run
Floodwood
New Marshfield
Stewart
Gum Consumption in England Surges Prewar to Postwar Era
Before the war chewing gum was practically unknown in England. Now the sales amount to over a million dollars a year.
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England
Ohio miners march on Beulan Coal plant in strike action
Five hundred striking Ohio miners led by a brass band marched on the Beulan Coal Company near Smithfield Jefferson County, protesting continued stripping operations. The group was driven from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Beulan Coal Company
Smithfield
Jefferson County
Children of Arctic Explorer Unveil Arlington Memorial
Mrs. Edward Stafford and Robert E. Peary unveiled the Peary monument in Arlington National Cemetery. President and Mrs. Harding attended with Chief Justice Taft and their spouses among other notables. Ambassador Jusserand and his wife also joined the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stafford
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Peary
Arlington National Cemetery
Harding
William H. Taft
Jusserand
Strike clash fears prompt sheriff appeal near Steubenville
Company workers camped adjacent to the site while continuing demonstrations. Supt. decried potential trouble and appealed to Sheriff Lucas of Steubenville to deploy deputies to defuse a clash. The company has about thirty men and has been producing a large tonnage during the strike.
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Roland
Lucas
Steubenville
Dismissals at Michigan Normal College Over Social Indiscretions
At Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti 17 women were dismissed and 13 placed on rigid probation for social indiscretions. President Charles McKenny outlined offenses including late hours, unauthorised absences, and close contact with men, with dean Bessie Priddy warning landladies that the school will not retain those known for such behavior.
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Yipsilanti
Mich
Michigan State Normal College
Charles McKenny
Bessie Leach Priddy
Chatfield Declares Candidacy For Lieutenant Governor
State Senator William 4H Chatfield Jr of Cincinnati announces plans to seek the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor after a non partisan Athens Chamber of Commerce address. He noted expected formal announcement soon and praised chambers of commerce for uniting industries and promoting the merchant marine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Chamber of Commerce
William
Chatfield, Jr
Cincinnati
Friends
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Chatfield
Cincinnati Chamber of Com
Merce
Oth Chambers of Commerce
United States
Chambers of Commerce
David H. Moore
Hamilton County
Athens
Moore
Daugherty Seeks More Coal Strike Details in Columbus
Attorney General Daugherty, in Columbus, said the nationwide coal strike shows no violence and plans to depart for Washington that night. The visit pursued further information on the strike and related issues amid national labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Columbus
Daugherty
Washington
Senator Crow Near Death At Mercy Hospital
United States Senator William E. Crow was reported this afternoon to be at the point of death at Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
William E. Crow
Mercy Hospital
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J. D. Haskins Chiropractor
Athens Nat'l Bank
Amesville
F. W. Gibson
Clyde
S. G. Linscott
Basil
Luther Smith
Thomas Day
Plains
Bk. C. McDaniel
East Liberty
Ind
McDaniel
Onio Universits
Rome
Chesterfield
Myers Tobacco Co
Sita
Usco
U. S
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C. E. Norris
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