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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
1
Major W. W. Inglis of the operators' committee denounces the suspension order as costly and counterproductive, warning wages losses of over 1 million dollars daily. He calls for arbitration to end recurring suspensions and notes 28 mines across 185 companies would be affected, with 3,264 pumps needed to prevent flooding.
Readers see a brief note about junior students seeking a trade to Columba University with mention of a fair club and state university guests. The item hints at campus activity and upcoming events involving students and administrators.
A National Life Insurance spokesman warns that fat is the most dangerous killer in the U S. He cites fatty degeneration of the heart and obesity among men of aging as major risks, noting fat is hard to shed in old age and that the heart does not exercise itself.
A terse item notes an accident activity involving a cabin and hurried actions. Details are fragmentary and identities not provided. Further readable facts are needed to identify location, people, or outcomes.
London reports sayDruse tribesmen may have captured Damascus and inflicted heavy French casualties though officials dispute the claim. European evacuations were noted as Druse forces advance, while peace talks between French HQ in Damascus and Druse Sultan Pasha el Atrash at Sucida end.
Reports from Hong Kong say Whampoa cadets from Sun Yat Sen’s academy opened fire in Canton as anti Bolshevik gendarmes resist their takeover of the city. Cadets and anti Bolshevik troops clash amid ongoing fighting with arms drawn.
In Cincinnati on August 23 a prominent Democrat, Dur a, is reported dead in Clermont County near Norwood. Details are unclear but health issues or accident are suspected. Gov. has appointed a replacement.
At midnight Monday 158000 coal miners in the anthracite region will walk off. The suspension order from John L. Lewis and other officials lands today with 326 local unions. The conciliation board meets to decide how many miners stay for maintenance duties amid a deadlock over staffing during the stoppage.
The state highway department aims to fix the ridge detour on the Athens Pomeroy road this week. Contractor R F Wright in charge of the Athens McArthur road grading reports progress as he moves southwest toward Albany.
Washington county officials plan an intensive survey to study dissolving many rural special districts and returning schools to township control in a bid to reduce overhead. Local townships including Adams Aurelius Belpre Fearing Independence Muskingum Newport Warren Waterford Watertown Salem and Marietta host these districts.
Aug 26 report states plans to establish a permanent Ohio group to prevent acid waste from steel plants from polluting rivers. A conference brought together Health Tea Monger and 25 plant representatives. D Waddell of Niles chairs a seven member panel drawn from Canton Youngstown Mansfield and Western Ohio plants.
Monroe residents recall elopement day as couples once wed quickly. New law requires five day wait after application for a marriage certificate and publication of names and addresses, altering the town’s elopement customs.
Logan Aug 8 health officials launched a joint investigation with state and county health departments to find the cause of a sore throat and tonsillitis outbreak spreading through Logan. Dr C P Robins from the state department arrived to assist. Early findings point to possible contamination from the milk supply and pasteurization urged where milk is available. Specimens were sent to the state for analysis with results expected by Friday. A number of intestinal influenza cases complicate the illness.
Caillaux will not take the full French debt commission to Washington for the September 16 talks. He arrives with M Barnaud and Baron D Eetournelles D Constant for private talks with Treasury Secretary Mellon and debt commission members to gauge if the Washington atmosphere favors negotiations.
A garbled diary fragment from 1612 references 1918 events and mentions Mr Almeric on Waterstone Street. The text notes a Lord organizing a meeting to decide whether the United States should send Mr Bryan as an ambassador to the Court. The passage is incomplete and hard to interpret.
A Toledo hotel was gutted by a blaze that forced eighty guests to flee in their night clothes. Fire Chief Trepenakie said the fire started in refuse in an air shaft and rose to the roof, but did not spread to the adjacent Toledo Blade building.
Seven armed bandits wearing stocking masks seized the Pennsylvania Rapid Transit payroll car in central Philadelphia. They grabbed about 60,000 dollars but apparently missed most of the money after restraining the motorman, conductor, and guard with sawed off shotguns and revolvers. The gang fled by train cars as police pursued.
Official army air service investigators probe the deaths of two aviators in a crash over Maywood. Captain William Meptig, a reserve officer, and First Lieutenant Talcott Smith of Chanute Field were aboard a large De Havilland. Lieutenant W. Douglas piloted the Curtiss pursuit plane.
Aug 28 report from Moscow states an American millionaire faced pressure from Moscow to fund a project. The article notes demands tied to financing and asserts political agitation across parts of the world.
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