Santa Claus to Bring Harding Christmas at Home
President elect Harding and Mrs. Harding plan a quiet Christmas at home with gifts arriving at the doorstep via express deliveries. Inez the cook helps Santa Claus prepare a simple holiday, and friends visit in the afternoon while no Christmas tree is set up.
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Harion
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Harding
Santa Claus
Express
Santa
Mr. Harding
Inez
Virginna
Hardings
United States
Auto license sale opens in Athens Chamber of Commerce
The 1921 auto tags went on sale at 8:30 AM in the Athens Chamber of Commerce rooms at the Athens National Bank building Court Street. First licenses issued to E. R. Raymond A. A. Blackburn and Berg Johnson, numbers 157001 157002 157003. Expected rise in total licenses with 2500 sold in 1919 and about 3000 last year, with higher figures anticipated. Office hours 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Tags cannot be attached before January 1 1921.
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Chamber of Commerce
Athens National Bank
Court Street
E. R. Raymond
A. A. Blackburn
Coolville
Secon
Berg Johnson
Chauncey
Athens County
Masons Ames Ville Lodge 278 Meet December 25
Regular communication Ames ville lodge No. 278 Saturday December 25 at 1 PM with Work in E A F C and M M degrees Oysters served 5 30 to 7 PM Officers H H Henry and R V King seal 12 18 3e0d
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Masons
Amesville Lodge No
E. A
F. C
M. M
H. H. Henry
The School Child Health Bulletin Offer
A health bulletin from the American School Hygiene Association and American Red Cross explains how to protect children from injuries and diseases and how to recognize emergencies. It offers a free copy via the Washington Information Bureau and requests two cents for return postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American School Hygiene Association
American Red Cross
Washington
Dayton Receives 27 Acres Gift for Parks
Dayton, December 23. John H. Patterson of the National Cash Register Company donated 27 acres to the city for park use. This brings his total gifts for park land to 321 acres with a valuation exceeding 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Allied reps wrap up session on German repatriation credits
In Brussels a final session of the financial conference discussed the meeting's achievements on repatriations. German representatives said four billion marks of U S confiscated property could be used as credit if released, noted at yesterday's meeting.
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Brussels
United States
Huge government loan aids Ohio railroads network
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 26,775,000 government loan for Ohio railroads to buy new equipment and fund betterments totaling 56,625,000. Carriers contribute 30,000,000. Beneficiaries include Michigan Central, Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis, Cincinnati Northern, Toledo and Ohio Central, Zanesville and Western, Kanawha and Michigan, and Lake Erie and Western, all NY Central subsidiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Railroads
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Company
The
Zanesville and Western Railroad Company
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad Company
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company
New York Central System
Strawberries From Own Patch Brighten Cullumber Christmas
Carroll O Dec 23. Strawberries from their own patch will be part of the Christmas dinner of C A Cullumber's family this year. Recent snows have not injured the crop Cullumber claimed.
Wild Man Nelson Captured After Long Chase Near Athens
Sheriff Herb Parker and Deputy P. W. McKinley arrested Herbert Nelson after a country chase. Nelson, described as a “wild man,” claimed a wish to marry and showed blood on his hands. Neighbors said he killed horse throats. he was arraigned for lunacy and sent to Athens Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Parker
P. W. McKinley
Herbert Nelson
Athens
Mexico
Nelson
H. T. Phillips
Athens Hospital
Christmas Dance Junior Hall Order 2 to 5
Saturday December 23 afternoon from 2 to 5 and Christmas night event at Dance Junior Hall details unclear notes indicate two time slots on Christmas eve weekend
Honest watch found and returned after six weeks
A Clyde, New York man lost his gold watch and chain six weeks ago while filling a barrel with apples. Mrs. W. B. Boyle of Massillon, Ohio recovered the watch from a barrel and returned it, proving there are honest people in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
A. E. Wood
Clyde
W. B. Boyle
Massillon
Ohio
New Bantam Champion Crowned in 15 Round Thriller
Joseph Aloysius Lynch of New York defeated Pete Herman by decision after 15 rounds to claim the world bantamweight title. Lynch earns a share of the purse with Herman paying a sizable deduction. Lynch, a soldier and truck driver nicknamed Little Erin on the West Side, becomes the sport’s top 118 pound fighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Aloysius Lynch
Little Erin
West Side
Pete Herman
Herman
Lynch
Cardinal Improves Resting Comfortably at Union Mills
Cardinal Gibbons who is ill at the home of Robert T. Shriver in Union Mills Md. is reported resting comfortably and much improved by his physicians today in a brief bulletin from Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal
Baltimore, Md
Cardinal Gibbons
Robert T. Shriver
Union Mills
Harding narrows cabinet plans as talks proceed
President-elect Harding held conferences in Marion with Republican treasurer Fred Upham and others, with cabinet possibilities and party matters dominating. He is narrowing his list with two portfolios likely decided in three weeks, names like Hughes for secretary of state and Hoover for commerce or interior high on the tentative list, while Knox and Root seem less likely. The South appears assured of cabinet representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper Marion
Fred Upham
Chicago
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Charles E. Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Interior
Knox
Elihu Root
Christmas Dance at K of P Hall Chauncey Ohio
A Christmas dance is held at the K of P Hall in Chauncey Ohio on Saturday night December 25 with music and orderly entertainment advertised for attendees from Glouster or Chestra.
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P. Hall Chauncey, O
New Angle in Coal Scandal Emerges in Senate Probe
Washington, Dec 23. Developments in the coal profiteering inquiry include possible prosecution of government officials after Attorney General Palmer is called before the senate reconstruction and production committee. George H. Cushing accuses officials of profiting $1.50 a ton on 450,000 tons via a pool, and says 600 wholesale dealers ignored an official probe with Palmer approving Cushing's advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
Palmer
Senate
Senate Committee On Reconstruction and Production
George H. Cushing
American Wholesale Coal Association
Wholesale Coal Association
Department of Justice
Cushing
Grand Jury Urged to Probe Court Officials in Jersey City
Judge Swayzee orders the county grand jury to start a gambling probe at the courthouse. He says the investigation should include court house officials and could encompass some grand jurors.
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Jersey City
N. J
Swayzee
Court House
Rebel Poet battles in Adriatic port city standoff
In Rome on December 23 troops clash as Fiume rebels defend the eastern Adriatic shore against Italian regulars. General Caviglia enforces a blockade while Commandant D Annunzio proclaims war and bars citizen movement. Fiume forces hold Zara with no casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camillo Ciafarra
United Press
Rome
Adriatic
Fiume
Caviglia
D’annunzio
Zara
D A R Plot Against Jugo Slavic Government Uncovered
Milan dispatches report a D Annunzio plot to wreck the Jugo Slavic government and threaten the Adriatic treaty. It aimed to desert Fiume with 6000 men and land in Dalmatia to trigger a Corpatin rebellion and overthrow the government. The force included 6000 legionnaires, five destroyers, two torpedo boats, eight tugs, five steamships and field guns.
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London
D’annunzio
Milan
Fiume
Dalmatia
Tom Vickery Hanged by Mob in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on December 23 a mob hanged 30 year old Tom Vickery from a tree where he once played as a child. He was charged with killing policeman Jeff C Couch on Monday night and, as his widow the mother of a man killed in 1917, awaits the death of her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Tom Vickery
Jeff C. Couch
Vickery
Lynching of Tom Vickery Date Noted Near Fort There
Tom Vickery a white man charged with murdering policeman Jeff C. Couch was taken from the county jail shortly after midnight by a mob and lynched. The mob suspended him and opened fire ending the perilous incident about a mile there between Fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Tom Vickery
Jeff C. Couch
Vickery
Fort
No Christmas Day issue of The Daily Messenger
The Daily Messenger will be dark on Saturday December 25 and all business offices closed to give employees a holiday after the Christmas rush. The paper extends best wishes for a happy Christmas to its patrons.
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Daily Messenger
Messenger
the Messenger
Long Fight Ended as Principal Westenberger Faces Jail
Alliance Ohio December 23 Artmen Westenberger longtime principal of Alliance public schools has an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary for an alleged attack on a schoolgirl pupil. Arrested three years ago, double trials ended in guilty verdicts that were upheld by the supreme court. He may be jailed late today unless a plea to spend Christmas with his wife and three children is granted.
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Wilson
White House
Henry P. Fairbanks
S Street
Northwest
Washington
du Pont Circle
Alliance, O
Artmen Westenberger
Westenberger
Supreme Court
Olive trees in Jerusalem Garden of Olives age noted
Eight olive trees in the historic Garden of Olives in Jerusalem are reported to be more than a millennium old indicating remarkable longevity and heritage value for the site and its visitors.
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Garden of Olives
Jerusalem
Tax classification reform urged in Ohio legislature
Columbus Ohio December 23 A new fight for the tax classification measure will begin in the General Assembly after its organization leaders said. The Ohio Board of Commerce will back the measure and favors an amendment to cap tax rates. The board also opposed more relief for cities until debt limits are set and endorsed exemptions for mortgage interests and property re appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio Board of Commerce
Railroads Seek Federal Transfer in Rate Increase Case
In Columbus attorneys for 41 railroads asked to transfer an injunction proceeding over rate increases from common pleas court to a federal court. The move follows the attorney general Price’s request for restraint of rate hikes.
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Columbus
Price
Common Pleas Court
Earthquake Kills Two Thousand in Kan-Su Province
UKE HCH SHANGHAI reports two thousand lives lost in the Kan-Su earthquake. The first shock struck December 16 with ongoing aftershocks. Pen Liang and nearby villages reported wrecked as rescue crews faced isolation and rugged terrain in a famine area.
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Shanghai
Kan-S
Pen Liang
Kan-Su
Daddy Makes Real Christmas For His Babies
A story of a father reuniting with his three children after illness reverses. He had just taken them from the Children's Home and bought new outfits for the two boys and a baby girl. The scene shows the family enjoying Christmas spirit as they gaze at toy windows and discuss Santa's gifts.
Hamon Woman Returns From Mexican City
Clara Smith Hamon, accused of shooting oil king Jake Hamon, arrived in El Paso from Chihuahua City and is to be arraigned in Ardmore on murder charges. She is held on a $10,000 bond, with details of custody by U S officials and pending defense arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Ardmore
Hamon
Chihuahua City
United States
Jaurez
Postoffice Crowded as Athens Shares Christmas Spirit
Long lines at the Athens post office show residents eager to send good wishes and spread cheer. Postmen’s heavy packs suggest many citizens are remembered by distant friends this holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Prewar Construction Costs Likely To Stay High
Senator Calder told the senate that four years of postwar building have fallen short of prewar activity. He cites doubled freight rates for building materials and coal prices up to five times the old levels. He warns that prices for construction may not return to prewar levels, urging new legislation to address housing shortages. He notes bituminous coal rising from $1.50 to $3.50 15 per ton and anthracite from $3.50 rising to $8 20 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calder
New York
Senate
Senate Committee On Reconstruction and Production
Curfew Enforced as Chicago Police Fight Crime
Chicago police Chief Fitzmorris orders a city curfew to curb crime. Pool rooms must close by 1 AM and anyone seen on the streets after 2 PM must justify themselves or face charges as a suspicious person. Jeweler Paul Loberg was mortally wounded in a gun battle with a bandit amid Christmas shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fitzmorris
Paul Loberg
Reeves Plant to Close in Dover for Two Months
The Reeves Manufacturing Company plant in Dover Ohio will shut down for two months after the new year. About 900 workers will lose their jobs with a few kept on to overhaul the facility while the firm awaits readjustment of the iron business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Reeves Manufacturing Company
French beauty Njoys bathing at Los Angeles
Mrs. Frank R Williams, acclaimed one of Paris beauties, appears among a group in a League of Art census of beautiful figures. She is pictured with a belief in Tess Eller mans, as shown.
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Frank R. Williams
Paris
League of Art
Tess Eller Mans
Excess Expenditure Hurts Economy Says Treasury Head
Secretary of the Treasury Houston told the Senate Finance Committee that extra and unusual expenditures threaten taxes inflation and debt. He warned of a potential deficit of at least 1.6 billion dollars in 1923 as war savings certificates and victory bonds mature and revenue declines. He urged spending only on necessary activities and highlighted looming repayments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Martin
Washington
Congress
Houston
Senate Finance Committee
Germany
Treasury
Europe
Non-Union Workers to Share Governance at Peoples Gas
In Chicago on December 23 plans outline 2500 non union employees joining in company administration. A constitutional reserve drafts a working plan and forms an assembly with equal representation to address pay hours rules and conditions. Union workers with contracts may vote on joining once the arrangement stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Get Right in This New Athens Directory
Businessmen should anticipate telephone needs for the coming months and secure the new Athens directory now. Printing costs ended the City Directory during the war, replaced by a wartime free Home Telephone Co. directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
The
Home Telephone Co
Greek King plans Smyrna front move amid court gossip
Dec 23 Athens reports war news and a royal wedding rumor flaring at court. King Constantine aims to reach Smyrna with a mass detail and troops, while preparations unfold for Princess Helene to wed Crown Prince Carol of Romania in Bucharest.
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Athens
Constantine
Smyrna
Rhallis
W. Constantines
Greece
Helene
Carol
Romania
Bucharest
Ting
Famous “Dry” dies daytona Indiana golf club mourns
Solomon C. Dickey, noted prominent director of the Wine Lake Summer School and Fire Agency, died at home in Colley Michigan after spending an afternoon at golf. The event occurred in Daytona Fila on December 3854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona
Fila
Solomon C. Dickey
Wine Lake
Indiana
Fire Aganin
Py Colleyichigan
Unclear Weather Tragedy Reported
A fragment notes a deadly incident during a storm with ground conditions described as difficult. The text mentions an inch of snow or ice and fatalities but lacks complete details.
Democrats Plan Tariff Bill to Shield Farmers
Democratic senators in Washington announce a ramshackle tariff bill designed to raise duties on farm products to protect farmers. Supporters concede the levies are high and may hinder trade but insist the measure is necessary to save farmers.
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Washington
Pancho Villa to Play Santa at Canutillo Ranch
The famed Northern Mexico leader Pancho Villa will dress as Santa Claus at his Canutillo ranch to distribute gifts and bring joy to residents on Christmas Day. Villista history notes his famed bold acts, but this event focuses on holiday cheer and community happiness.
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Santa Claus
Fire at Newton Falls suspected arson injures owner
Fire destroyed a Newton Falls business causing about 10000 in damage. Firemen and police suspect arson after the building was set ablaze. The proprietor Miss Thelma Boyd was reportedly tied to her bed and robbed of 300 during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Falls
Ohio
Peta
Thelma Boyd
Indiana Citizens Form Vigilance Committee in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana a vigilance committee of 100 members was formed to prevent crime and curb criminal influx. Each member will be armed at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Spi
New Jersey militia possible mobilization to fight crime
Governor Edwards signals state action calling a conference of state and county officers and World War I veterans at the state house in Trenton to discuss mobilizing the militia to curb a rising crime wave. The meeting is set for December 38 pending official confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Edward I. Edwards
State House
Regular meeting of Central Labor Union pages
Delegates urged to attend the regular meeting at Red Men's Hall on Sunday December 26 at 2 PM. The order of business will be given by President John C Sherman Knox with recording secretary on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Red Men’s Hall
John C Sherman Knox
Babe Ruth Hits Another Home Run on West Coast Trip
Babe Ruth returns to Key West in a festive stopover after a Cuba demonstration. It is reported he will head to Maine in early January for a Christmas vacation and continued batting exploits.
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Babe
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