Ten Thousand Brave Rainy Day Athens Fair Soldier Rally
Ten thousand attended the Athens county Fair and soldier celebration under intermittent rain with an estimated eight hundred at night. Red Cross reports about one thousand county soldiers obtained smilage books while two hundred from other counties joined the event. The Rainbow Band provided concerts despite showers and a soldier picnic fed the guests. crowds used shelters between raindrops and about six hundred autos filled the center ring.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Rainbow
Rainbow Band
Vera Gray G.m
Wilson
Fred R. Ontine B. G
Allen
Harriet Up S. M
Boies
Fred R
Vera Gray
Enuf
Illinois Mine Workers Demand Six-Hour Day
Illinois mine workers announce at the state convention adjournment that they will press at Cleveland for a six hour day a wage increase the removal of penalty clauses and refund of all fines collected after June 30 1919 with plans to attend the national convention on September 9 in Cleveland.
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Springfield
Ills
Illinois
Cleveland
Wedding Bells Ring Out at Chicago Clothing Store
A Chicago clothing store offers a ten percent salary bonus to employees who marry and a $100 bonus for each baby, as part of a broad incentive program to boost staff loyalty and family growth.
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Chicago
Stylish burglars target Chicago fashion shop lingerie heist
Police sought a trio of stylish burglars who broke into a Chicago fashion shop last night and stole about 1500 dollars worth of lingerie.
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Chicago
Five Bakery Officials Indicted in Ohio Bread Conspiracy
Five Columbus baking executives A G Beck George Bollinger J W Carzdefner Sterling Donaldson and Hector Urquhart face joint indictment under the anti trust act for conspiring to raise bread prices The case stems from a state wide probe into high food prices and targets the Columbus Bread Company the Brenneman Baking Company Reynolds Baking Company and Occident Baking Company.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Baking Concerns
A. G. Beck
Columbus Bread Company
George Bollinger
Brenneman Baking Company
J. W. Carzdefner
Magner
Reynolds Baking Company
Sterling Donaldson
Schlessinger
Two More Birds Missing Along Mexican Border
Mexican and American civilians and soldiers began a border search for aviators Lieutenant C. H. Connolly of San Diego and Frederick B. Waterhouse of Weiser Idaho missing since Wednesday. Governor Cantu ordered troops to search the Mexican side and officials noted the difficult mountainous and desert terrain between Yuma and the coast.
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San Diego
Cal
Here
Arizona Line
C. H. Connolly
Frederick B. Waterhouse
Weiser
Idaho
California
Cantu
Peterson
Davis
Candelaria
Yuma
Arizona
North Island Field
DeHaveland
Objection in House to March as full general for life
Six members of the military affairs committee filed a minority report against the bill authorizing making Chief of Staff March a full general for life. The dispute arose in Washington as debate over the recommendation by President Wilson continued.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Military Affairs Committed
Wilson and Lansing Discuss Mexican Protest Response
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing conferred at the White House for over an hour regarding the Mexican government protest and the demand to withdraw the Eighth Cavalry troops pursuing bandits across the border.
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Wilson
Lansing
Washington
White House
Eighth Cavalry
Crooked Weights and Measures Probed in Cleveland Market
Cleveland August 22 City Market Master Linn reports 229 faulty measures have been confiscated. He warns crooked dealers push up living costs and urges more inspectors to curb the practice.
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Cleveland
Linn
Tragic suicide at Athens State hospital
Miss Anna M. Hall 55, an inmate, leaped from a hay wagon crossing the south bridge and died within minutes after landing on a rock by the Hocking river. Despondency was given as the cause. she had been confined since January. Funeral likely in McConnellsville. relatives sought.
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Anna M. Hall
Athens State Hospital
Hocking River
Hayrick
McConnellsville
Malta
Zanesville
Teachers Elect Officers at Athens County Institute
County Auditor W. E. Riley was elected president of the Athens County Teachers Association, with D. O. Chappel as vice president and Miss Alice Shannon as secretary. State Superintendent M. P. Shawkey spoke on postwar education reform, urging near abroad study and new science topics including home nursing and sanitation.
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W. E. Riley
Athens County Teachers’ Association
B. L. Pilcher
D. O. Chappel
Pearley Gaskill
Alice Shannon
Edytha Trickett
M. P. Shawkey
State Superintendent of
Wilson to Meet Pershing Upon Homecoming
Washington announces President Wilson may travel to New York to greet General Pershing arriving from overseas about September 8 or 9. A holiday is planned for the First Division parade in Washington on September 16, with possible absence from the capital if Wilson departs for the League of Nations tour. He is unlikely to review the Pacific fleet in San Francisco on September 3, opting to head directly to the coast and forego on-route speeches.
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Washington
Wilson
New York
General Pershing
White House
League of Nations
San Francisco
White Worker for Negroes Beaten by Southern Mob
J R Shilliday secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was attacked and beaten by whites in Austin Texas. He was taken to a railway station and placed on a train to St Louis after being warned to leave town by a citizen committee led by County Judge Pickle. Shilliday reportedly urged negroes to seek social equality with whites. A note adds that a small accurate machine records the collection of the war tax on retail sales.
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Austin
Texas
J. R. Shilliday
National Association For the Advancement of Negroes
Shilliday
St. Louis
Pickle
Sunshine Brot Out Huge Fair Crowd Last Day
Athens welcomed a large crowd for the county fair final day as hundreds of machines and thousands of visitors arrived Friday amid sun dressed grounds. Exhibits and concessions were to be open with Rainbow Band concerts and fireworks to close the event.
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Athens
Marietta
McArthur
Chillicothe
Columbus
Parkersburg
Middleport
Pomeroy
Ohio
Union Street
Rainbow Band
Gill
Salesman Hurt in Auto Crash West of City
Chance W Clark an American Tobacco salesman of Marietta was badly injured when his Ford roadster plunged down an embankment after hitting a rut in a storm. He sustained hip and arm injuries and will return home to Marietta to recuperate. He was found by passing motorists and taken to the city. the car was towed to a local garage for repairs.
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Chance W. Clark
Marietta
Clark
Enormous Food Hoard Found by Firemen in Manhattan
Firemen inspecting storage warehouses reported vast hoards in New York including half a billion eggs five million pounds of butter eight million pounds of sugar seven million pounds of flour and forty five million pounds of coffee. They also found millions of pounds of fresh meat poultry fish pork beans rice and peas tea lard canned vegetables and milk. Federal authorities will determine hoarding and profiteering.
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New York
Hylan
Paboo Summaries Wilsons Senate Testimony Provokes League Debate
The Guardian and Daily Graphic weigh Wilsons senate testimony on secret treaties and the League of Nations as a test of concessions to keep the peace conference alive. They question why America should not share in allied sacrifices given the enduring Monroe Doctrine and allied efforts.
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London
League of Nations
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Daily Graphic
America
Germany
Chicken supper at No 10 Hill hosted by A L Howard
Saturday night at No 10 Hill Hocking A L Howard will serve a chicken supper with all the trimmings and ice cream and cake. Everybody invited.
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No. 10
Hill, Hocking
A. L. Howard
Akron Strike Halts City Industries Except Harvesters
Akron Ohio August 22 two thousand machinists walked out at nine am delaying every major plant except International Harvesters Company. About 2 000 union members demand a 44 hour week on 48 pay, 20 percent wage rise, tools makers seek $1 and general machinists 85 cents. Immediate plant closures expected. some operate through Saturday. By week start widespread shutdowns loom without a settlement.
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Akron
Ohiq
International Harvesters Company
Akron, O
International Harvester Company
Gasoline Whatsit Leads to Arrest Request in Cleveland
Maurice Kessler asked police to arrest the boy who sold him five gallons of gas that smelled and tasted like water but proved to be gasoline mixed with water.
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Cleveland
Maurice Kessler
Whiskey raid ends with four victims and cash loss
Charles Calabrese, 27, was arrested after a robbery that saw four men from Cleveland and Akron lose eight thousand dollars in cash. The victims lured to an abandoned house cellar were held by five armed bandits and relieved of valuables before escaping after hours. Police expect rest of the gang soon.
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Cleveland, O
Charles Calabrese
Cleveland
Akron
Frank Moskovitz
Joseph Furtos
Ernest Mueller
Ladroslaw Polya
Coke Region Is Swept by Storm
A cloudburst in the Connellsville coke region caused more than 100000 dollars in damage flooding mines sweeping away buildings and destroying street and railroad tracks. Several persons are reported missing at Herbert several miles north of Uniontown Pennsylvania.
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Uniontown
Connellsville
Herbert
Four truckloads of high powered beer escape near Chicago
Deputy sheriffs near Chicago seized twelve people in a raid that released four truckloads of high powered beer onto the road, creating a startling scene as bystanders looked on.
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Chicago
Ammonia Pipe Break Prompts Office Repair in Dallas
A broken ammonia pipe in a large Dallas office building triggers an emergency response as G T Gregory borrows a gas mask and conducts repairs to stop the leak.
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Dallas
Tex
G. T. Gregory
Was Too Greedy Dol lar Arrest in Chicago
Chicago police arrested C. C. Warner for non support after he appeared at his wife's home seeking money she had promised. The incident stems from his greed and the pursuit of funds.
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Chicago
Ill
C. C. Warner
The Booth Theater Walkout Ends The Better Ole Run
Stage hands and musicians at the Booth Theater walked out ending The Better Ole. The action raises New York dark houses to twenty one with Winter Garden and another house remaining open by Producing Managers Association. No meeting reported with the Actors Equity. playwrights push for unionization.
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New York
Booth Theater
Winter Garden
Playhouse
Producing Managers’ Association
Actor’s Equity Association
Poles Slain by German Troops in Upper Silesia
Polish War Secretary Yorfanti accused Germany of massacres in Upper Silesia ahead of the plebiscite and urged the Allies to send a commission to restore order. He cited executions at Gleiwitz and killings of civilians and striking workers, calling for entente troops to quell the unrest and prevent German-Polish agitation. The Polish delegation plans to depart for Warsaw.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Berlin
Germany
Upper Silesia
Vorianti
Forrant
Gleiwits
Oon Dae
Mystowits
Yorfanti
Zales
Halembie
Silesia
Entente
Warsaw
Five Wexigan Bandits Slain Near Adobe Fortress
In San Antonio Texas on a recent date Captain Leonard Matlack led the Eighth Cavalry in a pursuit of Mexican bandits led by Rentario. Five bandits were killed, four yesterday during the fortress assault, with three identified as Jesus co Jancs Francis co Jancs and Jose Fuentes. No trace of the remaining attackers was found.
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San Antonio
Texas
Leonard Matlack
Rentario
Eighth Cavalry
Jesus
Francisco Jancs
Jose Fuentes
Packers Would Prove Ori Four Laws Invalid
In Columbus Ohio Municipal Judge Osborne fined William Drake local for Morris & Company packers 500 dollars and costs for violating the Smith cold storage law. Drake was the second convict under the Smith law to receive the maximum penalty. Theodore Leonard Jr local poultry dealer was the first. Attorneys for Leonard and Drake will appeal, aiming to force higher courts to rule the Smith law unconstitutional and contend state food laws are superseded by federal ones.
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Columbus
Ohio
Osborne
Yeaterday
William Drake
Jocal
Morris & Company Packers
Drake
Theodore Leonard
Leonard
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