Society Notes Highlight Visits and Christmas Music
Mrs Elizabeth Kern and Mrs D Hi Moore were Monday visitors in Columbus. Mrs Harry Bartlett of Toledo will arrive Thursday to visit her mother Mrs F L Preston at 34 South College Street. Mr Bartlett in Florida will join his wife here for a visit. Mrs W R Phillips will host the Woman's Music club at 7 30 Thursday with a Christmas music program.
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Elizabeth Kern
D. Hi. Moore
Columbus
Harry Bartlett
Toledo
F. L. Preston
South College Street
Bartlett
Florida
W. R. Phillips
Woman's Music Club
Local outings and hospital visits in Columbus scene
Mrs L V Brown and Miss Grace Slickney drove to Columbus today to see Topsy and Eva at the Hartman theatre and will return Wednesday. Mrs O TD Dailey of Albany left Sunday for Wellston to attend her niece Mrs George Martindill and was followed by Mr Martindill and Mrs Igailey to a Columbus hospital, where reports are cautiously hopeful.
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O. TD. Dailey
Albany
Wellston
George Martindill
Alena Lyons
Igailey
Martindill
Columbus
Burt Leaves for Wapakoneta After Family Visit
Mr. Don Burt departed this morning for his home in Wapakoneta following a visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J H Burt at 23 Elliott street.
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Don Burt
Wapakoneta
J.H. Burt
Elliott Street
Local residents attend play in Columbus to see Duncan sisters
Mr and Mrs Clarence C Rob inson Mrs I M Hutchinson and Mr William Transgtreet returned Monday night from Columbus where they motored to see the Duncan sisters in Topsy and Eva last night.
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Lrof
Clarence C. Robinson
I. M. Hutchinson
William Transgtreet
Columbus
Duncan Sisters
Topsy
Eva
Christmas Dance Lights Up Men’s Union With 75 Couples
The Men’s Union hosted a Christmas dance on Saturday with 75 couples from Zeta Tau Alpha and visiting alumnae. Large trees framed the hall as smaller trees decorated the walls, and festive mistletoe favors were distributed by a Santa Claus.
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Zeta Tau Alpha
Needlework Class at Athens State Hospital Plans December Bazaar
The Athens State Hospital needlework class with 27 members earns over 100 dollars monthly for the hospital. They make embroidered pieces, rugs, and yarn crafts under an instructor. Finished items sell in the visitors’ room and on order, funding the recreation fund and hospital films. The program aids patient well being and contrasts with less successful wards.
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Athens State Hospital
Athens
Annual Christmas Party by YWCA at Athens Gym
The YWCA hosts its annual Christmas party for Athens children at the Women's gymnasium at 7 PM on Wednesday. Activities include games, storytelling, and Christmas carols with Santa Claus giving gifts from a tree along with candy nuts and fruit. Residents are invited to attend.
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Athens
Santa Claus
Good Month Scored by Stock Shippers
Athens county joined five Ohio counties with no losses among cooperative livestock shippers in November. Athens had 62 shippers, sent 4 mixed carloads totaling 79,900 pounds worth 3137.88, mainly to Pittsburgh, including 25 hogs 81 cattle 57 calves and 25 sheep. State totals show 6893 shippers 354 straight and 582 mixed carloads 54118 hogs 2957 cattle 216 calves 18277 sheep 14318783 pounds 1269740.30 dollars.
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Athens County
Ohio
N. E. Mills
Athens County Live Stock Co
Pittsburgh
State of
Holmes Divorce Granted After Twenty Nine Years
Rhoda E. Holmes was granted a divorce from Albert Holmes in Common Pleas court on Monday after twenty nine years of marriage. She charged adultery in her petition.
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Rhoda E. Holmes
Albert Holmes
Common Pleas
Judgment confessed in cognovit note case
John Easterling confessed judgment on a cognovit note for 245.12 dollars to Arthur R. Phillips in Common Pleas court.
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John Easterling
Arthur R. Phillips
Common Pleas Court
Equally Divided Estate Case Ordered by Judge Worstell
Common Pleas Judge L G Worstell orders the estate of Herbert Byard to be divided equally among I N Key Eamily A Coop Israel Walker and J H Walker in the suit of Eugene R Walker executor of the estate.
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Eugene R. Walker
Herbert Byard
Isaac Nathaniel Key
Common Pleas
L. G. Worstell
I. N. Key
Eamily A. Coop
Israel Walker
J. H. Walker
Rift tribesmen revolt near Tangier denied threat
The Foreign Office stated Britain has no agreement with France on concerted action regarding the Rift tribesmen revolt near Tangier and that British interests are not yet threatened.
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London
Foreign Office
Tangier
England
France
Postal measure offered in Senate widens rate war
Washington December 16 Senator James A Reed Democrat Missouri opened a new postal rate war by attacking the administration plan to finance the postal salary bill through sharp increases in second third and fourth class mail rates. Senator Sterling said hearings would begin within ten days with newspaper publishers to air views.
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Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Sterling
Mob Kills 15-Year-Old Black Boy in Nashville Hospital Ward
Samuel Smith, 15, was dragged from a hospital cot by ten men and hanged near an Eastwood grocer’s store after an earlier confrontation with police. Authorities report multiple gunshots fired into his body as the mob carried out the killing shortly after midnight in Nashville Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Samuel Smith
Eastwood
Unidentified Man Killed in Cleveland Traffic Death
In Cleveland an unknown man was struck and killed today by a passing car. The driver was held for questioning as authorities investigate the fatal incident.
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Cleveland
Five Hurt After Poison Booze Kills Five Over Weekend
Five men and a woman were hospitalized in New York after drinking tainted liquor that recently caused five deaths. One victim, Margaret McDermott, age sixty, died over the weekend.
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New York
Margaret McDermott
Paris Denies Plan to Cede South Sea Islands
Paris Foreign Office rejects Washington reports that France would surrender its South Sea Islands to the United States to settle its debt.
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Paris
Foreign Office Today
Washington
South Sea
United States
Ohio exhibitors to discuss public service film campaigns
Columbus officials report that the Ohio Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association will meet to consider service which may be rendered to the public, especially in connection with educational campaigns. The session takes place in Columbus on December 16.
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Columbus
Ohio Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Association
Depositors to Receive Dividends from Two Banks
Depositors in two defunct Belmont county banks will get Christmas dividends. The Commercial and Savings Bank at Bethesda will pay an initial 20 percent dividend, with 15 percent checks to Barnesville National Bank depositors once signed by Treasury officials. Barnesville bank had already paid 35 percent. Both banks collapsed due to cashiers' defalcations.
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ST. Clairsville, CO
Belmont County
Commercial and Savings Bank
Bethesda
Treasury Department
National Bank of
Barnesville
Woman Vanishes Then Found Working In Town Store
Mrs. Elsie Hager twenty two vanished Sunday leaving a note claiming she would be found dead on a lonely road to scare her husband. She was located in Canton Ohio working at a five and ten cent store saying she left the note to frighten her husband amid domestic quarrels.
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Canton, CO
Elsie Hager
Meyer’s Lake
Hagers
Businessman Edward Rind Dies in Cincinnati
Edward Rind sixty, head of Pas Real Fruit Co of Cuba and owner of La Vedas Cigar Co in Cincinnati, died at his home on Sunday after a long illness.
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Cincinnati, O
Edward Rind
Pas Real Fruit Co
Cuba
la Vedas Cigar Co
Cincinnati
First Offering of Elks This Evening at College
The Elk’s Frolic of 1924 opens this evening in the college auditorium with a $15 price for two and a half hours of mirth and melody. The production promises to surpass past shows with elaborate scenic and electrical effects and a metropolitan look. A few choice seats remained available at noon for all three performances.
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College
the Elks
Kid McCoy Considers Testimony in Murder Trial
Attorneys for former boxer Kid McCoy meet to decide if he will testify in the murder trial of Teresa Mors in Los Angeles. The case centers on the death of Mrs. Teresa Mors and the courtroom action proceeds with defense and prosecution arguments.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Kid” McCoy
Teresa Mors
Inaugural Ceremonies Set for Governor Donahey
Columbus dispatch reports simple inaugural ceremonies planned for Governor Vic Donahey on January 12 with minimal events and observances.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Fisher Oil Field Fire Destroys Three Tanks
A morning blaze at the Ramshoussen and Salisbury lease in the Fisher oil field badly damaged three tanks and destroyed their contents. The fire started when a tank overflowed during water evaporation, with a fire under the tank and the pump left running. By noon damage was estimated as small but flames could spread.
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Ramshoussen & Salisbury
Fisher
Thompson Wins Legal Skirmish Against Board
Contempt of court proceedings against Bert Thompson for restraining order violation were dismissed. Athens County Board of Education was ordered to pay costs, marking Thompson’s first victory in his ongoing clashes with the board.
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Bert Thompson
Worsteil
Chauncey-Dover Oh
Athens County Board of Educaton
Thompson
Oou
State Officials Probe Ashland Deadly Liquor Raid
Attorney General C. C. Crabbe and Special Investigator Sherman Deaton of Indiana opened a preliminary inquiry into John Dalton’s death near Ashland Ohio on October Ty. Dalton was killed when officers during a liquor raid fired at him after they did not halt. Nine officers denied firing. A grand jury did not indict any raiding party member. Governor Donahey ordered a special investigation after petitions were filed locally and in surrounding towns.
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Aland, O
C. C. Crabbe
Sherman
Deaton
Lfbana
John Dalton
Here
Gotrnor Donahey
Specia
Adjinn
Cincinnati Eagles Plan New Home at Two Million Dollar Cost
Conrad H. Mann of Kansas City, financial director and past worthy president, announced Monday that the Cincinnati Eagles will build a new home at a price of 2,000,800 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Eagles
Conrad H. Mann
Kansas City
Water main breaks cause $15000 in Cincinnati damage
A 35 inch water main burst at Eighth and Walnut streets in Cincinnati on Monday night scattering automobiles and injuring no one. Property loss is estimated at $15000. Municipal crews rushed to shut the break and repair the line.
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Cintinnati
Dee
Eighth
Walnut
Lhss
Gompers Funeral Train Returns to Washington
In Cincinnati the Gompers funeral train halted in B and O yards for hundreds of unionists to view the bronze coffin in Daniel Willard’s former private car. Jeff Davis led a huge bouquet from labor, as crowds watched the casket, then the train departed for Washington with Auld Lang Syne playing.
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Cincinnati
Gompers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Daniel Willard
Jeff Davis
Sam Gompers
Davis
Washington
Shoals Clash to Come in Senate
Senate lines form for the Muscle Shoals fight over a $100 million project. Factions split over ownership with a test vote set for tomorrow on the Smith amendment to strike private leasing terms and push for temporary government operation.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Local Man Accused in Grand Larceny Case
M Parl Williams of Batavia New Jersey allegedly borrowed over 200000 from friends promising 25 to 40 percent interest on short term loans. After two weeks the principal and interest were not repaid and he awaits trial for grand larceny.
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M. Parl Williams
Batavia
N. J
Clerks’ Brotherhood Meets In Ohio Rising Charges Against President
In Cincinnati on December 16 a complaint joined with Charles A Herbat to Common Pleas court. Herbat last week leveled misconduct charges against Edward H Fitzgerald grand president as the grand executive board of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and related unions filed cross petitions.
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
The
Brotherhood Oft Railway and Steamship Clerks
Charlies A. Herbat
Order
Edward H. Fitzgerald
Rate Probe Opens on Eastern Rail Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a rate investigation into freight divisions among Eastern group lines excluding New England. The probe aims to determine if interline rate divisions are just, reasonable and equitable across the roads.
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Washington
Eastern
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Looting Reported in Kalgan Frontier Lootings Begin
Peking dispatches say Kalgan a prosperous frontier city 127 miles northwest of Peking is being systematically looted by bandits. The reports describe widespread theft and disorder as authorities struggle to restore order amid the unrest.
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Peking
Kalgan
Frontier City
Neuritis Relief Ad Promotes Joint Ease Cream
An advertisement claims neuritis can affect one nerve or many and promotes Joint-Ease for quick relief. It touts a rubbing method that quickly absorbs with no skin residue and notes widespread sales. The ad offers a free book, The Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism, from H. P. Clearswater box 800 Hallowell Maine.
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Cline Pharmacy Co
H. P. Clearswater
Hallowell
Maine
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