Arm injuries and fatality in Glouster train collision
Mrs. Fred Guthrie, 87, was instantly killed when a southbound passenger train struck the wagon she and her husband rode in near the city light plant. Her husband, Fred Guthrie, suffered a broken right arm. The accident occurred about 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday as they traveled from Stocklein Red Apple farm toward Liberty Hill. Mrs. Guthrie’s head was crushed. the body was taken to Andrews and Wallace mortuary, with an inquest held by Coroner Sanders. Fred Guthrie, born in Athens, was hospitalized at Grant hospital after an X-ray showed a serious arm fracture. The couple had two sons, James and Albert. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Glouster
Fred Guthrie
City Light Plant
Guthrie
Front Street
Jiggs to Spend Day Alone on Christmas
Cleveland December 24. At midnight Thursday George Jiggs Losteiner the murderer and bandit will serve solitary confinement for Christmas day in a cell alone. The judge sentenced him to life for the murder of Patrolman Gaffney who died on Christmas Day.
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Cleveland
George “Jiggs” Losteiner
Noturus
Gaffney
Frank A. Munsey Dead After Distinguished Newspaper Career
ARTHUR BRISBANE notes Frank A. Munsey, dead at seventy one, as a powerful and controversial figure in American journalism. He owned eighteen papers at times, later reduced to two, selling or merging others to reshape the industry. A benefactor of the field, he spoke of stock losses with characteristic steadiness and left behind a substantial fortune and influence.
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Frank A. Munsey
Spinsterhood serial debuts with Barbara Hawley and Bruce Reynolds
Bruce Reynolds the man in the case leads Spinsterhood a serial tale in the Athens Messenger. Barbara Hawley the ambitious young newspaper woman faces love and career choices as the story unfolds over weeks. Subscriptions must continue to follow Barbara's struggle for happiness against societal expectations.
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Bruce Reynolds
The
Messenger
Barbara Hawley
Barbara
Virginia Swain
Athens Messenger
Carrier Boys of the Messenger
Ohio workmen fund audit clash widens in Columbus
Rose Moriarity a member of the industrial commission challenges chairman Joe Duffy and member J. D. Clark to audit the 48.5 million workmen's compensation fund. She vows to press Legislature for action and to create a public service division for fair treatment of 35,000 subscribers amid charges of discrimination and inefficiency.
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Columbus
Industrial Commission
Rose Moriarity
Joe Duffy
J. D. Clark
Miss Moriarity
Nathan Wigran
Cincinnati
E. I. Evans
Actuary
Duffy
Clark
Commission
Donaheys Rejoice At Christmas In Doing Good Deeds
Governor Donahey and Mrs Donahey spend Christmas Eve visiting state wards and charity institutions in Columbus. They distributed candy nuts and apples to children at several homes and schools and planned Christmas dinner in the executive mansion.
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Donaheys
Columbus
Donahey
Santa Claus
State Division of Charities
Ohio Avenue Day Nursery
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Executive Mansion
Balloon Heights Reach 22 Miles in Tests
The record height achieved by sounding balloons stands at about 22 miles, marking the greatest altitude reached in these experiments.
Cal Coolidge Abdicates For Santa Amid Christmas Cheer
Washington December 24 Calvin Coolidge director general of federal workers abdicated temporarily for Christmas. Mrs Coolidge and son John decorate the White House with holly wreaths and a small black cedar from Wisconsin. Christmas will be a quiet family affair with a tree in the living room and gifts tomorrow morning marking a contrast to two years ago.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Santa Claus
Yuletide
Uncle Sam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wisconsin
Coolidges
Calvin
Blue Room
Holy Year Ends Officially at St Peters Rome
The Holy Year ends officially as the sacred doors of St Peters are walled up with the Pope present at the ceremony. The rite, marked by Catholic pageantry, signals the Jubilee year’s concluding phase and features the doorway ritual familiar to American pilgrims.
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Rome
St. Peters
Bootleg profits slashed in government drive
Washington reported that bootleggers lost over 50 million dollars in two months as the rain trust crackdown intensified. In a single district 1,163,200 gallons of whisky were seized, costing bootleggers about 30 million dollars, per general L. C. Andrews, prohibition czar.
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Washington
Rain Trust
Treasury
L. C. Andrews
Prohibition
Three Die In Fire In Okemee Oklahoma
Three people died and three others were injured and burned when a three story rooming house burned down in Okemee Oklahoma. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours as the building collapsed and residents were displaced.
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Okmagee
Okla
Weeks shaken in rail wreck near Monks Corner
Ex Secretary of War John W Weeks and wife Mrs Weeks were slightly shaken in a head on collision between the West Indian Limited and the Havana Special on the Atlantic coast line railroad near Monks Corner South Carolina. They were in the last car of the northbound train returning from a trip to South America.
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Charleston
8. C
John W. Weeks
West Indian Limited
Atlantic Coast Line
Monks Corner
South Carolina
Weeks
South America
Elks Deliver 81 Christmas Food Baskets to Athens Needy
Elks Club members plan to deliver 81 baskets on Christmas Eve to families in Athens and 10 nearby towns including The Plains Sugar Creek Lathrop Amesville Tablertown Canaanville Luhrig Mineral Albany Chauncey. Each basket includes meat bread fruit sugar coffee and canned goods coordinated by Dave Johnson and Miss Marie Jewett with Athens high school students contributing and delivering baskets.
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The
Elks Club
Athens
Plains
Sugar Creek
Lathrop
Amesville
Tablertown
Canaanville
Luhrig
Mineral
Albany
Chauncey
the Elks Club
Marie Jewett
Athens High School
Athens Christmas Community Sing at Courthouse Lights Up A 6 30 Start
The Athens Christmas Community sing begins at 6 30 tonight in front of the courthouse with "America" and "Joy to the World" among the first songs led by Professor C D Giauque. Wenzel Burk and James Overmeyer from East Side Training School recite and read, while 1400 red stockings will be given to each child as the program closes with the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner.
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Athens
America
Herald Angels
C. D. Giauque
Wenzel Burk
East Side Training School
James Overmeyer
Mother Popper
John Patterson
Florida Real Estate Bird Dogs and the Holiday Hustle
Marian Bush Snyder reports from Florida on real estate sales where options are small cash bets, quick turnovers, and bus rides with free lunches. She notes heat and chummy culture, the absence of phone booths, and an army of attractive but wivesless salesmen luring northern visitors to developments.
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Marian ‘Bush Snyder
Florida
Aultman Hospital Row Nears Settlement
Canton December 24 The Aultman hospital dispute that crippled the institution for two months appears close to settlement. Canton physicians and resigned staff members propose arbitration terms while the board of trustees agrees to parley with modifications. Arbitration would be handled by Ohio State Medical Association leaders and address removal of Dr J R Belter and Ruth Woodring. Disagreement remains over hospital reorganization and board resignations.
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Canton
Aultman Hospital
Board of Trustees
Ohio State Medical Association
J. R. Belter
Ruth Woodring
Chicago Hit By Record Christmas-Eve Crime Wave
Chicago police reported 67 robberies in the twelve hours ending at 6 a m. One robber was wounded in a gun battle with a street clerk as panic-stricken shoppers filled a crowded street. A girl was beaten unconscious in her apartment hallway.
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Chicago
Athens County motorists wait for 1926 tags
Only 1125 automobile license tags issued for 1926 in Athens County. 8875 tags remain to be issued in five business days before January 1, requiring 1775 tags daily. The Athens County Automobile Club will run a long line at Hotel Berry as members collect new red white and blue emblems mailed to 600 tagholders.
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Athens County Automobile Club
Hotel Berry
American Automobile Association
National Motor Association
Congress Speeds Work Ahead of Christmas Recess
Washington report notes rapid progress in Congress during two weeks in session with the tax bill three appropriations measures and hearings on tax reform. Observers say hearings and the budget system helped accelerate action and could lead to prepared work before the opening of the next Congress.
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Gress
Congress
House
Treasury
Post Office
Ways and Leans
Athens to McArthur road opens after bridge completion
The Athens McArthur road will be open by December 29 as the Flat Run bridge is finished. Grading is complete and crushed stone lays on the surface, providing a passable winter route and eliminating the rainy season detour via the creek bottom. The Morrison Hill retaining wall will be completed in two weeks and all excavations are done.
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Flat Run
Dan Davis
Athens
McArthur
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Jackson
Nelsonville
Logan
Chillicothe
Morrison Hill
Davis
Welcome Vote Tests Prohibition Showdown in Senate
Washington leaders anticipate a direct vote early next year on the Edge 2 76 per beer bill as wets and dries mobilize for a high stakes Senate showdown. Both sides claim momentum and vow to press their enforcement and constitutional arguments in the fight over prohibition policy.
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Washington
Senate
Northeless
Yugoslav Slavia to Send Commission for Debt Talks
Washington December 24 Yugo Slavia formally notifies Secretary of the Treasury that it would send a commission to the United States in January to begin negotiations toward settling a $66,000,000 debt. Mellon expects no difficulty in reaching a funding agreement with Yugo Slavia.
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Washington
Yugo Slavia
Nots
Secretary of the Treasury
Unitedates
Mellon
Yugo-Slavia
Ohio Gas Tax Receipts Fall Short in November
Weather conditions cited for reduced state tax receipts totaling 925 437 14 during November. Gas tax revenue dropped 96 790 62 from October 1 022 227 66. November gasoline sales reached 46 331 850 gallons, down from October 111 883. The tax stood at two cents per gallon.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highways and Roads Funding Boosted by Major US Bill
Congress passes a sweeping infrastructure package totaling 1.5 billion dollars to repair and expand highways and roads across the nation. State and local governments will coordinate with federal funds to upgrade 21d street segments and improve critical transit corridors.
Concrete work in cold weather takes simple precautions
Guidance notes that dense concrete work is not difficult in cold weather and outlines a few simple precautions before pouring or finishing. It warns against delaying concrete tasks until spring and suggests ensuring proper around porch or area preparations with necessary instructions.
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Crete
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Frank Munsey
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Cal Coolidge
Santa
Spinkterhood
Flapper
Marian Bush Snyder
United Press Bureau
Edgar Mullins
Ford Wayne, Ind
Howard H. Smith
Aultman Hospital Row
Athens County
By David Lawrence
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