Resurfacing of East State Street and city salary talks
City council approves resurfacing East State Street from Court to Park with cost shares at 65 percent city and 35 percent property owners. Bids will be asked for concrete brick on concrete amesite and sheet asphalt. Service director Romine cites a strong year and seeks raise. Water Works Clerk Mason requests 25 dollar monthly increase for extra duties.
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East State Street
Court Street
Park Street
Cite
G. M. Romine
Service Department
Service Funds
Repav Td
Lancaster Street
Fern Street
Lincoln Street
Stewart Street
Romine
R. D. Williams
George Mason
Council to hold executive session on salary increases
The council did not act on two salary increase requests and voted to meet in executive session on the first Monday night in January to consider both matters.
Thursday's Best Radio Features
Radio listings show Cecatoronto at 3579 p m and Maria Kurenko coloratura soprano on KDKA Pittsburgh. Excerpts from Handel Messiah on KGO Oklahoma at 8 p m Pacific. WGN Chicago hosts a dinner concert at 10 10 p m. Cheer Up! features KGP players. multiple New York and Philadelphia stations air Christmas party from Metropolitan Opera House Philadelphia.
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Toronto
S. T
Maria Kurenko
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Pittsburgh
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Hastings
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Chicago
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Oklahoma
Pacific
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Langley Leaves Federal Prison For Home Today
Former Kentucky Congressman John W Langley will be released on parole after eleven months of a two year sentence for conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. He will return to Kentucky for Christmas as his wife serves in Congress and he notes his prison career as a success.
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Atlanta
U.P
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Congress
Langley
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
McCray
Langley vows revenge after prison for conspiracy
Ex-congressman Langley claims persecutors sent him to prison for conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act and promises startling revelations in a forthcoming book Smoke Screens of the Cumberlands. He walked out of the prison after eleven months of a two year term and plans to finish the work in Pikeville Kentucky.
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Atlanta
United Press
The
Cumberlands
John W. Langley
Pikeville, Ky
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Annual Community Singing of Carols Tomorrow Night
The group will meet at the Fine Arts Hall at 8 oclock for rehearsal ahead of the annual community carol singing event tomorrow night.
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Fine Arts Hall
Athens Community Carols Rehearsal Open to All Adults
Residents of Athens urged to join a Wednesday 8 PM rehearsal at the university Fine Arts hall directed by Prof. C. D. Giauque. Adults join the usual younger participants this year, with sections assigned to cover city areas and assist shut-ins, including calling ministers with names and addresses or placing a candle in a window.
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Athens
Fine Arts
University
C. D. Giauque
Aspendines
Letter Carried From Columbus Returns After Three Years
A letter sent from Columbus to a Chicago recipient, posted in San Francisco on December 12, 1923, with a double return address, was returned to the Columbus post office after being missing for over three years.
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Columbus
Chicago
San Francisco
Detroit Photo Debut Captured from Distance
Detroit observers viewed a distant photo event using a new forty five pound lens described as nine inches thick. The account notes the unusual equipment and the surprising level of detail achieved from afar.
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Detroit
Panama Treaty Seeks Canal Protections Under War Clause
Washington dispatch notes Tronclad provisions for Panama Canal cooperation in a treaty awaiting ratification. Article XI states Panama will consider itself in a state of war if the United States is a belligerent in any conflict.
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Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Republic of Panama
Panama
Hickman Sentenced to Death for Murder of Officer Garret
John Hickman was sentenced to die in the electric chair after his trial for first degree murder in the killing of Officer Dan Garret on October 14. Judge P J Brosser overruled a motion for a new trial. Hickman showed no emotion during sentencing, appearing imperturbable and tearful only as he left for jail.
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Chillicothe
John Hickman
Dan Garrett
P. J. Brosser
Hickman
Columbus
Athens County
Common Pleas
Chesapeake & Ohio
Hens Fed Cod Liver Improve Egg Size and Quality
A Boston scientist reports feeding hens cod liver leads to larger eggs with better quality. The finding suggests dietary cod liver as a productive feed component for poultry.
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Boston
Restoration of Qld Convention System Questioned
Washington, Dec 21 United Press Dawes backs old convention nominating system for Senators and faces a Senate challenge from Senator Hiram Johnson California who argues the direct primary reduces corruption but has its own evils Advocates say convention systems curb costly widespread campaigning while critics note abuses in direct primaries and big election spending.
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Washington
United Press
Dawes
Senate
New York
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Speedway Toledo Planned for Altoona Track by 1927
A new automobile speedway to compete with any in the country will be erected in Toledo. George A. Long of Altoona PA announced the project and said the track should be completed by July 1927 under present plans.
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Speedway
Toledo
George A. Long
Altoona
Decrease Reported In Total Value Of 99 Principal Crops
The Agriculture Department shows fifty five principal crops valued at 7 01 313 000 this year, down 1 148 600 000 from 1925. Prices fell for cotton, corn, spring wheat, potatoes and apples despite strong production. Cotton value dropped to 1 016 346 000, down 581 824 000. all wheat valued at 997 599 000. corn at 1 708 439 000 versus 1 966 761 000 in 1925. spring wheat fell 125 899 000 while total wheat rose 39 682 000.
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Washington
United Press
Agriculture Department
Liver extract joins theft of weapons against cancer
A fragment notes liver extract as the latest addition amid a larger theft of weapons linked to medical science's fight against cancer, highlighting a controversial or uncertain claim.
Escapee Patients Nabbed After Columbus State Breach
Nellie Lamb aged 23 and Eva Morris aged 34, who fled Columbus State hospital Sunday night, were tracked down and captured in the city.
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Kenton
Nellie Lamb
Eva Morris
Columbus State Hospital
Rush for Auto Licenses Opens in Athens Area
The rush for automobile licenses began yesterday in Athens as over half of the Athens County Automobile Club renewals were reported. Many non members applied, and agreements allow next year’s tags to be honored in Athens Hocking Meigs and Gallia counties for the rest of 1926. The final day to use 1926 tags is December 31 at midnight.
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Athens
Athens County Automobile Club
Hocking
Meigs
Gallia
Captain Held for Negligence in Hudson Disaster
Captain John Rohweder, 29, was under arrest in New York on a technical charge of homicide and negligence after the launch Linseet Ming sank in the Hudson. At least thirty three laborers drowned in the icy waters. He was hospitalized with submersion and developing pneumonia and was to be arraigned later if released.
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New York
United Press
John Rohweder
Hudson
Young Captain Recovers After Sea Rescue Confusion
A guard escorted the young captain to hospital after a launch incident. He swam ashore denying the boat carried more than 69 aboard, while another survivor said the count reached 159.
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Pehanna
Old Clock Man Returns Home in Athens
W H Huston known as the old clock man returns to West Oak Street near the Messenger office after months in Columbus and Cincinnati. His stock of old clocks has been disposed of and his work has been noted by the Messenger in prior coverage.
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W. H. Huston
Athens
West Oak Street
Messenger Bulldhx
Columbus
Cincinnati
Messenger
Army to Survey Tonnage for Pittsburgh to Ashtabula Canal
United States Army engineers will conduct an economic survey to determine the tonnage available for the proposed Pittsburgh to Ashtabula via Youngstown canal connecting the Ohio river and Lake Erie. The study aims to assess feasibility and potential traffic.
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Washington
United States Army Engineers
Pittsburgh
Ashtabula
Youngstown Canal
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Toothy Attack Fatal in Glencoe Woman's Death
In Glencoe Illinois Mrs 8 R Moran died after a tooth broke off and strangled her when she collided with a door in the dark. Police describe the incident as a tragic accident with no foul play suspected.
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Glencoe
Ill
R. Moran
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