First Lady Loves to Dance Shapes Coolidge Era
Society page notes contrasting tastes of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and President Coolidge. She enjoys nights out, dancing, sports, and social events, while he favors quiet evenings and avoids social life. The piece recounts their opposites and hints at a lively Washington season after mourning period. It also retells how Calvin and Grace Goodhue Coolidge met in Northampton and began a life together.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Coolidge
New England
Clark School
Northampton
Mass
Grace Goodhue
Clark
Goodhue
Grace
Mr. Goodhue
Calvin
Mr. Coolidge
Montreal
Athens Sides Storm Ravages Athens County
One of the era's greatest storms lashed Athens and Athens County Sunday afternoon, crippling power and telephone lines, flooding streets, and uprooting trees. Widespread damage closed rail lines, cut electricity, and left over 66 percent of Athens phones out of service as crews rush to repair the system.
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Athens
Hudson
Luhrie
Hocking Valley
Hocking
Columbus
Athens Electric Co
At & O
Athens County Home Telephone Co
Albany
Plains
New German government formed as Stresemann rises
Berlin reports a swift turnover as Gustav Stresemann of the German People’s party begins forming a new government after the Cuno cabinet’s resignation. Rioting has ended but Berlin faces food shortages, police guarded stores, and crippled utilities amid a general strike and economic collapse.
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Berlin
Germany
Gustav Stresemann
German People's Party
Cuno
Stresemann
Democrats To Test Coolidge With Reid Standard
Washington August 18 President Coolidge faces a busy week disposing of Harding era business and mapping economy cuts with Budget Director Herbert Lord. The Justice Department weighs the Southern Pacific Central Pacific merger while Cuba property fears prompt Atkins to urge intervention at the Willard hotel. The Democratic National Committee vows the acid test for the new president's reforms.
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Daugherty
Department of Justice
Department
Lkely
Iece Wise
State Department
Robert Atkins
New York
Willard Hotel
Coolidge
Cuba
Atkins
Secreturhes
General Crowder
Y M C A Faces Closure Over 5000 Shortfall
Elyria Ohio the Y M C A warned it may close unless a separate subscription drive covers a 5000 deficit caused by a Community Chest shortfall. Locals urged to participate in the appeal to wipe out the shortage.
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Elyria, O
Real Gas War Starts in West
Motorists in the middle west await a possible gasoline war with price cuts. South Dakota cut to 16 cents at the state depot after Governor McMaster denounced 26 cents as exorbitant, prompting Standard Oil of Indiana to match the 16 cent price in South Dakota from its Chicago office.
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Chicago
Til
Middlewest
South Dakota
Standard Oil Co
W. H. McMaster
Mitchell
St. D
Indiana
Chicago Olica
Chain of Hills Shielded Athens From Sunday Storm
The tornado cloudburst that struck the Athens district Sunday caused downed trees on West Union street cemetery and damage along South Cemetery street near the high school. Windows shattered. rain swept through homes. Hocking river rose as floodwaters crept through streets and Margarets Creek flooded roadways, prompting widespread cleanup Monday.
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Athens
Fair Grounds
West Union Street
South Cemetery Street
East State Street
Carpenter Street
Grosvenor Street
Hocking
Athens Country Club
Margarets Creek
Jackville
Cleveland Tragedy Elevates Weekend Murder Toll
Cleveland, Aug 13. First degree murder charged against Frank H. Ward 41 for the fatal shooting of Frank Schrieber 38 manager of the King Edward apartments. Ward captured with smoking revolver as Schrieber died en route to hospital. Schrieber reportedly said Frank got my roll. Earlier, Ben Lavelle 21 died from gunshot wounds after an altercation outside a dance. Two suspects were released after alibi checks.
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Cleveland, O
Frank H. Ward
Frank Schrieber
King Edward Apartments
East 19Th Street
Ward
George Swansugar
Schrieber
Frank
Ben Lavelle
St. John’ Hospital
Lavelle
Toledo
PARDON GRANTED AFTER REPEATED PAROLE TESTS
William Darnell of Athens County will be released September 15 from the Ohio State Penitentiary after 15 parole hearings. Sentenced a decade ago for a statutory offense, he pursued parol e aggressively, finally earning clemency from the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Columbus
William Darnell
Athens County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Darnell
Board For Parole
Insurance broker Sidney Wilcox suffers broken neck in lake dive
Sidney Wilcox, 28, a New York insurance broker, broke his neck diving into Lake Michigan 20 days ago. Dr. George Aste said in Evanston hospital Wilcox is healing well and likely to recover fully, since his spinal cord was not severed.
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Chicago
Sidney Wilcox
New York
Lake Mich
Trainmen Die in Big Wreck Near Fowler Colorado
Denver reports a head on collision between Colorado and Southern No. 8 and Santa Fe No. 6 near Fowler at 4 39 this morning. Both trains were double headers at high speed. Crews suffer multiple deaths and many injuries with cars in flames.
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Denver
Colo
Fowler
Colorado & Southern
Santa Fe
Coolidge Makes First Official White House Visit
President Calvin Coolidge transacted official business at the White House today for the first time since becoming chief executive. He was accompanied by his secretary Edward T. Clark and former Massachusetts Republican official Charles N. Hatfield, and they traveled from the New Willard hotel to the executive offices at nine o'clock.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Edward T. Clark
Charles N. Hatfield
Newton
Mass
New Willard Hotel
Legality of Ruhr Occupation Defended by French Office
In Paris on August 13 the French foreign office defended the legality of the French occupation of the Ruhr. It cited Versailles treaty paragraph 18, article 7, as agreeing that both Germany and the Allies accepted Ruhr occupation, countering a critical British note.
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Paris
Ruhr
David Lloyd
Germany
Cuyahoga County Traffic Toll Grows Steadily
In Cleveland Ohio on August 13 the county toll rose to 86 for the year. Arthur Baker a retired merchant aged 83 died after being struck by a car last Wednesday. The body of the 85th victim, a peddler nicknamed Dan, lies in the county morgue uncleared. The driver of the Saturday night hit and run remains unidentified.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Arthur Baker
Dan
Heo
Storm uproots shade trees in Athens injuring diners
A storm in Athens toppled many large shade trees, mainly maples and locusts with some elms, and damaged Vic Pierce restaurant by shattering its plate glass window and tearing out rear windows causing near panic among Sunday diners.
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Athens
Vic Pierce
Malling trees cause damage in Athens
Trees blown by strong winds damaged Athens properties including fences and windows. Reports describe numerous cases of destruction with debris and impacted residences following a storm.
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Athens
French Press Bitter In Attack Upon Tone Of British Note
A falling tree crushed the west church entrance roof and another toppled the top of Robert Hodkins's car on Congress Street. County bridges washed away by high water heighten anxiety as commissioners face repeat storm damage. The Plains road bridge near Factory church washed out forcing detours to Chauncey to Athens.
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Christian Church
Robert Hodkins
Congress Street
Plains Road
Factory Church
Lower Plains
Chauncey
Athens
German chancery shift signals new coalition under Stresemann
Berlin reports a tentative ministerial list shows Germany moving to a coalition government under Gustav Stresemann, replacing Chancellor Cuno. Paris press attacks the British note on Ruhr occupation as illegal, praising Poineare’s stance while condemning English leadership. The press reacts with cautious judgment on Stresemann’s future policy and the end of Cuno’s passive resistance.
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Berlin
Destenate
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Paris
Ruhr
Poineare
Parisain
Premier Poineare
Stenny
Baldwin
Gunstav Stresemann
Cuno
Citywide Garden Damage From Storm Strikes Homes
Storm damaged nearly all city gardens as rain washed out vegetables and wind toppled sweetcorn. A retaining wall on Woodard Avenue also failed. The first storm phase brought rain while the second brought strong wind and heavier downpours. Firefighters responded to Floyd Barker’s home at 357 East State Street where lightning tore a roof hole. L N Davies led the run through rain and high water as alarms went unheard by others.
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Woodard Avenue
Floyd Barker
East State Street
L. N. Davies
Fair Grounds Suffer Storm Damage Sunday
A Sunday storm hit the Athens county fair grounds. The judging stand at the race track was moved about 40 feet, a large portion of the grandstand roof was blown away, and several large trees were toppled or damaged.
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Athens County Fair Ground
Former deputy collector fishes for worms in Bellaire
Julius Lubalsky, former deputy internal revenue collector, went to Bellaire Michigan to fish. He needed worm bait and asked locals for wigglers. Postmaster H. M. Snedeker sent him a fee n filled parcel post package.
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Bellaire, O
Julius Lubalsky
Internal Revenue Collector
Bellaire
Mich
Lubalsky
H. M. Snedeker
Moonshine Roaches Die In Prohibition Raid
Police Chief C E Corbett finds a new use for moonshine during raids sprinkling liquor on roaches. The vermin die after contact.
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Bellaire
C. E. Corbett
Athens Sees Unusual Rainfall Figures Recorded
Miss Marjorie France of Mill View Place, named a government weather observer for Athens, reports Sunday rainfall of 3.4 inches with August totals at 7.81 inches. The average August rainfall is only two inches, marking a remarkable deviation.
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Marjorie France
Mill View Place
Athens
Boy Lavern Bickel Missing After Leaving Home
Local police join search for 14 year old Lavern Bickel grandson of Mrs Elizabeth Edinger who disappeared from his home. He was last seen at the Erle depot.
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Lima
Lavern Bickel
Elizabeth Edinger
Erle Depot
Typhoon Strikes Chinese Coastts Peitatho Resort devastated
A Yellow Sea typhoon battered the Peitatho coastal resort near Peking. Many Americans were injured and numerous summer houses were wrecked as the storm damaged the entire settlement.
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Peking
Peitatho
Elks to Dedicate New Cincinnati Temple This Fall
Local Elks plan a 15 day dedication of their new temple at Ninth and Elim streets in Cincinnati. The $500000 structure will involve about 2909 women assisting in the ceremonies and events.
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Cincinnati
Elks
Ninth
Elim Streets
Zanesville Struck by Same Storm as Athens
A Sunday afternoon cyclone swept Zanesville Ohio causing widespread damage. Residential areas suffered heavy loss with about 500 large shade trees uprooted in Putnam and the Terrace, and a cloudburst followed by damage to downtown business blocks.
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Zanesville
Athens
Putin
Legion official disavows Berg doll return motion
Lemuel Bolles national adjutant of the American Legion declares the movement to bring back the wartime slacker Grover Cleveland Berg doll has no backing from the Legion. He asserts the doll belongs behind bars in a U S penitentiary and distances the organization from the effort.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
Lemuel Bolles
American Legion
America
Florence soldier shoots carnival worker in Ohio camp
In Pomeroy Ohio on August 12 a 38 year old Florence man was shot by Marion Nease a soldier from Company C after a dispute over Nease's brother's attentions to Hillman's wife. Hillman died after five bullets. Nease faces first degree murder charges. The wife and a five year old child survive Hillman. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Pomeroy
Mr. Hillman
Florence
Marion Nease
Miller & Roberts Carnival Co
Hillman
Carnival
Mason
Nease
Orme
Point Pleasant Fail
Ewing
Beech Grove
Officials halt state truck near Grafton over Burke weight law
County officials stopped a state highway truck weighing 28 500 pounds near Grafton. The vehicle exceeded the Burke truck weight limit by 8 509 pounds and was recalled after state officials were informed the law was being broken.
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Elyria
State Highway Department
Grafton
Burke
Flannel sport costume described in brief
The outfit is often sleeveless with a pleated skirt and belted overblouse paired with a tailored silk blouse. This defines a practical yet stylish ensemble with a focus on movement and coordinated fabrics.
Crisis Threatens Ruhr Over Reparations Note
London reports Britain and France near a crisis after Britain publishes a note to France threatening independent action on Ruhr and reparations.
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Ruhr
London
Great Britain
France
Weather Outlook for August 13 18 1923
Weather outlook for the period ending August 18 1923 in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee shows generally fair conditions with occasional local thunder showers. Ropamal temperature readings are noted.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Gloria Swanson Recovering After Hospital Procedure
Chicago August 13 Gloria Swanson the screen star who underwent an operation was reported out of danger today. At Dr Twant s private hospital officials declined to discuss the op eration saying nobody s interest.
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Gloria
Chicago
Gloria Swanson
Frida
Twant
Mission
Woman Killed After Stepping Into Path of Car
Aug 13 report from Galen indicates Mia Fox died after stepping into the path of a moving vehicle to avoid being struck, local authorities say. The driver was unable to stop in time.
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Galen
Mia
I H. Fox
Nine Die in Roots Berlin Incident Near Halle
Nine persons are reported killed in a Berlin incident near Halle during a heat-related event. Details are scarce as authorities investigate the cause and identify victims.
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Berlin
Halle
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