Ohio Agency Denies Rail Freight Rate Hike For Coal
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus voted not to consent to a railroad freight rate increase for coal. The ruling preserves a forty cent a ton differential to shield Ohio coal from out of state competition, safeguarding local dealers and residents.
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Ohio
I. M. Foster
Federated Boards of Trade
Athens Chamber of Commerce
United Mine
Public Utilities Commission
West Virginia
Kentucky
Foster
Judge Okey
United Mine Workers of Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utilities Commission
Four Tonsil and Adenoids Operations At Athens Hospital
Four procedures performed at Athens Eye Ear Nose and Throat hospital this morning. Florence Horton of Nelsonville had her tonsils removed. Joseph Griffin of Nelsonville, Charles Griffin of Nelsonville, and Charles Burley of Guysville all underwent tonsil and adenoids removal.
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Athens
Florence Horton
Nelsonville
Joseph and
Charles Griffin
Charles Burley
Guysville
Great Britain and France settle Wrangel issue in Crimea
Paris reports full settlement of differences over recognition of General Wrangel's anti-Bolshevik government in the Crimea. A formal note will be issued soon as British Ambassador Derby closes negotiations in Paris and receives authorization to depart temporarily.
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Paris
United Press
France
Great Britain
General Wrangel
Crimea
Derby
Twin babies burn in crib in Buffalo tragedy
In Buffalo New York on August 19 a mother left a light burning near two 11 month old twins. Clara Freedman died from the fire while Albert Freedman was severely burned. A passerby found the blaze after gauze over the crib blew against the light and caught fire.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Clara Freedman
Albert
Philip Freedman
North Carolina House Rejects Federal Woman Suffrage
Raleigh Aug 19 The lower house votes 71 to 41 to refuse ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment after a senate defeat. Antwerp Aug 19 American runners win all four heats in the 200 meter dash trials.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Senate
Antwerp
Official returns in Ohio governor and senator races delayed
Columbus Aug 19 Official returns in Ohio races were held by the secretary of state with Jefferson county missing due to tampered counts. Governor votes show Davis leading Cole and McCulloch, while Democrat Vic Donahey runs unopposed for governor. US Senate Democratic tally parts include Julian and ONeil. Republican totals feature Willis, Brown, Wanamaker, Walser, and Hoover. Campaign spending notes highlight Akron candidate and Davis for Governor Club expenditures and Cole campaign costs.
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Columbus
Jefferson
Peett Edaes
Davis
Cole
McCulloch
Wood
Vic Donahey
United States
W. A. Julian
A. F. O'Neil
Willis
Brown
Wanamaker Ao Walser
Walcot
William H. Hoover
Akron
Herbert Hoover
Summit
Parties Make Bids for Vote of the Women
In Columbus Ohio Democratic and Republican leaders race to court women voters after Tennessee style suffrage is expected to boost turnout in the fall election. Republicans cite more than fifty allied clubs as momentum while Democrats plan to place women on the central committee and seek advisory representation. The timing hinges on Friday meetings to decide women’s roles in the committees.
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Columbus
Cnio
Tennessee
Buckeye
New Democratic State Committee
Central Committee
Republican State Committee
Wrangel Gains Recognized Control Over Four Cossack Governments
United Press reports four Cossack governments north of the Crimea have sided with anti-Bolshevik leader General Wrangel. France recognizes Wrangel as head of the de facto Russian government and a treaty binds Don Kuban Terek and Astrakhan authorities to his leadership while Reds reportedly evacuate Vilna. Polish counteroffensive praised with Bolshevik lines under pressure near Warsaw.
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Washington
United Press
Crimea
Russia
General Wrangel
Wrangel
Don
Kuban
Terek
Astrakhan
London
Vilna
Poles Push Offensive as Reds Hold Reserve Front
From London Aug 19 Polish forces gain ground along a broad front opposing Bolshevik reserves. Warsaw reports women troopers in action and three main thrusts aim to cut through the Danzig corridor and push toward the Wieprz river and Brest-Litovsk region near Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Ciechanof
Sochocin
Visitula
Dunionk
Oezig
Miller
United
London
Sawencee Gy
Pilsudski
Weygend
Minsk
Danzig
Graudenz
Milava
Siedice
Siedlece
Wieprz
State Alumni Form for $1,000,000 Stadium Campaign
Ohio State University alumni met at Jones and Jones to organize a stadium drive starting in October. W. B. Sartels was elected chairman and H. W. August will lead publicity in Athens County. Several stadium pictures are displayed in Bartels office.
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Ohio State University
Jones and Jones
W. B. Sartels
H. W. August
Athens County
W. B. Bartels
Real fight begins for women’s equality after suffrage win
Miss Alice Paul, head of the National Woman’s party, says ratification is only preliminary. Suffragists plan to consolidate gains, educate indifferent women, and push laws for full economic and political equality. They also anticipate anti-suffrage opposition in the South and seek to defeat hostile senators like Brandegee and to mobilize support for candidates aligned with their agenda.
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Washington
Mins
Alice Paul
Nai Woman's Party
Tennessee Yestern
Paul
Congress
South
Senate
House
Brandegee
Connécticut
Homer
Cum
Turned the New York Aug twenty nineteenth vote by Harry Burn
A Tennessee legislator Harry Burn shifted his vote from no to yes enabling ratification of women’s suffrage. The piece notes the impact of Burn and the anticipated effect of the suffrage on voters next November. It highlights partisan reactions in Tennessee and the influence of Burn’s mother on his decision.
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New York
Harry Burn
Tennessee
San Francisco
Cox
Harding
Ennlessee
Two Fined in Helwig's Court
Stanley DeLong age 26 of Floodwood pleaded guilty to non support before Justice Helwig. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 60 days in the Columbus Workhouse. James McCoombs aged 18 of Flood pleaded guilty to threatening to strike Frank Barnhart and was fined 10 dollars and costs.
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Stanley DeLong
Filoodwood
John W. Hughes
Justice Helwig
Columbus
DeLong
James McCoombs
Flood
Frank Barnhart
County Fathers to Talk About Roads
A special meeting of the county commissioners is planned for Friday at 1 PM to discuss the final estimate of 42000 dollars for paving the strip of road between Nelsonville and Dori Run. The stretch runs about two thirds of a mile.
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Nélsonville
Dori Run
A Man of Real Merit Named Dean at Athens College
W. W. McIntire, former principal of Norwood High School Ohio, will arrive in Athens about September 1 to take duties as dean of the college. He has led Norwood for twenty years and was elected president of the Cincinnati Masters' Club. He has been chosen by the state to represent Ohio on the state pension board. McIntire is a Wooster University graduate.
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W. W. McIintire
Norwood
Ohio
Athens
McIntire
Cincinnati Masters’ Club
The
of Ohio
Ohio State Pension Board
Mclntire
Wooster University
Gebi An Uia
Harding Strong for the Ladies
Senator Warren G. Harding said women will be full partners in shaping national policies after ratification of woman’s suffrage. He noted they may divide politically but will inspire higher aims, ranking enfranchisement with independence, Union preservation, emancipation, and wartime service. The women won their own victory.
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Marion
Warren G. Harding
United Mine Workers Abolish Central District for Wage Talks
Cleveland August 19 The scale committee of the United Mine Workers abolishes the central competitive district as a basis for wage settlements after failure to secure coal miners raises. Wage talks shift to sub district negotiations under William Green and the committee aims to complete deals through local units.
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Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
Lewis
Green
Terre Haute
Ind
Portage
Frank Farrington
Illinois
Wilson
Culling Demonstrations Planned in Troy Saturday
Poultry project leader W. E. Bingman announced two culling demonstrations in Troy township on Saturday August 21. The first at 9 A M at Bath farm George Shields Ice Ridge three miles south of Ones the second at 1 6 P M at F L farm two miles west of Coolville County Farm Agent Ray will attend both events a dinner will follow and the day promises instruction and good company.
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Troy Township
W. E. Bingman
Arrose
Bath
George Shields
Ice Ridge
F. L
Coolville
Antici
Ray
Tiny animals from ashington presented to Smithsonian
Fragmentary OCR notes describe small antelopes sent to the Smithsonian Institution, mentioning a few details about their size and appearance but lacking clear dates or full context. The text references a brown animal and mentions teeth, but the meaning is incomplete.
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Ashington
Smithsonian Institution
Agatesa
War taxes and League of Nations blamed on Senate
The speech blames the Republican Senate for wage and cost issues and argues the League of Nations would have stabilized exchange and aided postwar rehabilitation if ratified earlier. Governor Cox criticizes the Senate as blocking progress and keeping taxes high.
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Ind
Cox
Coe
America
League of Nations
Senate
Coffee as whisky at Marietta establishments raided
Police raided four soft drink places in Marietta Tuesday night and found whisky served as coffee. When the pot was kicked over officers mopped the floor and secured evidence including several gallons of bonded whisky.
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Marietta
Ohio University chief to retire after 20 years in service
President Alston Ellis of Ohio University plans to retire from active university service at the end of the next regular session after twenty years in the role. Advancing age and ill health are cited. Ellis began teaching in Kentucky in 1863 earning $40 a month and later graduated from the University with two degrees from Ohio State.
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Alston Ellis
Ohio University
Ellis
Kentucky
Hhi
Ohio State
Foster Prepared for Women Suffrage Drive
Congressman I M Foster organized a list of over 1500 Republican women in his district to back a suffrage amendment. He planned to deliver this roster to party leaders to mobilize support.
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I. M. Foster
Debates on Suffrage and Political Alignments
A fragment discusses the 19th amendment ratification by states, noting twenty nine of thirty six were Republican. It contrasts Republican preference for Americanism against Wilson Cox Democrats internationalism, and criticizes Governor Cox’s record while praising Harding.
Tennessee House Adjourns on Suffrage Vote Controversy
Nashville Aug 19 The House adjourned until tomorrow at 10 am after a vote on the suffrage amendment. Representative Barry Burn explained his final vote for suffrage amid accusations of corruption without naming individuals. He cited honoring his party and East Tennessee as part of his remarks. A new apartment meal delivery pail uses a solidified alcohol burner to keep contents warm for two hours.
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Nashville
Tenn
House of Representatives
Barry Burn
Burn
East Tennessee
Milled Seed Totals Logged At Washington Market
Seed totals reported at Washington show 4,018,233 units received at mills with 4,008,880 in waning balance and 41,478,508 toes uly listed in the ledger.
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Washington
Ohio Senatorial Candidate Promises Reform Agenda
Julian, a Democratic candidate for the Ohio Senate, vowed to introduce a resolution addressing campaign and election practices after his election. He spoke in Cincinnati on August 19, outlining his plan to curb illegal campaign activity and promote fair elections.
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Newberry
Cincinnati
Senate
Truman
Julian
Ohio
Railroads Permit New Freight Rate Schedules
Columbus public utilities commission suspended its rules and allowed railroads to file new schedules matching interstate increases with five days notice. The ruling, announced by Chairman C, applies to freight rates including coal, passenger fares, milk, surcharges, and excess charges.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
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