Hocking Valley Prepare One of Best Christmases in Years
The Hocking valley plans a big Christmas celebration with a 7 o'clock tree lighting in Athens. Santa clauses will distribute treats, and a program at First M Church includes a parade, choir selections, and a gift presentation. Community groups aid needy families. post office lines and shop hours reflect holiday hustle amid improving but cold weather.
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Hocking
Athens
Athy High Acout
Ailienes
Mayr
Tex M. Soares
HH. Siig
A. D. Ginuque
Ohio University
Hark
Angela
Wnien
Santa Claus
Herald Angels
Church of the Good Shepherd
Athens Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Ems
The
Elks' Lodge
Middle
Postoffice
Ino Sane
Hocking Valley
Pomeroy
Ced
No Messenger to be Printed for Sunday Christmas Night
Notice to readers that there will be no Athens Messenger editions on Sunday December 26 due to Christmas Day observance. The paper will resume with the next edition on Monday December 7.
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Athens
Hocking Valey
Messenger
Christmas Shopping Boom Sweeps Nation
Across the country record toy orders rise by 26 percent from 1925 figures as department stores report strong gains. Post offices brace for heavy mail, rail terminals handle crowds, and charities see receipts matching or exceeding prior years. Wall Street boosts morale with large dividends and gifts to workers.
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New York
U.P
Boston
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Atlanta
United Press
Alice
Seward C. Simons
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
New York Post Office
Organized Charities
Wall Street
Auto Driver Sought After Dayton Party Tragedy
Police search for the car driver who killed Mrs. J. E. Reed and injured a girl at a Dayton Power and Light Christmas party. The vehicle plowed through a safety zone where guests waited for a streetcar and then sped away as a woman companion fled. In Westernville Dr. Edmund Jones, 84, former state school commissioner, died at home.
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Dayton
Ohio
Aittle
Dayton Power and Light Company
J. E. Reed
Layona Harris
Westernville
Edmund { \. Jones
Kierbeth University
Jingle Bells Travel Surge Strains New York Rail Terminals
Unprecedented Christmas travel hits New York stations as more than 3,000,908 are expected to pass through local terminals by week’s end. In a separate note, Mr and Mrs Cornelius Bolater are cited as raising the city’s largest family of sixteen, honored by the Hotel Roosevelt.
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New York
Cornelius Bolater
Rooseevelt
Senate emissaries rush to urge delay on Smith seat
Senate leaders dispatched messages to Frank L. Smith urging delay of credentials amid dispute over possible expulsion after seating. Illinois Republican Deneen joins push as national power balance for March 4 likely hinges on Smith case and party strategy.
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Paul Ke Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
Ilinois
Frank L. Smith
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
Chicago
Smith
Len Small
McKinley
South
Pdemocrats
Reed
Pennsylvania
Watson
Indiana
Jury Expected to Get McDermott Case Late Today
Testimony in the Pat McDermott trial concluded with the defense and state outlining rebuttals. Jurors were told not to expect a Christmas adjournment as they prepare for a possible verdict tomorrow.
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McDermott
Canton
Pat McDermott
Denis, Mellett
Canton Daily News
State Today
Steve Kascholk
Don R. Mellett
Kascholk
Eveland
Hin Teatimany
Knacholk
Nanty Glo.Pa. Eee
Only a Babe in the Manger and the King of Kings
Poetic meditation on the nativity and the crucifixion presents Mary’s child as a humble babe who is also the destined king. It contrasts the tender scene of the manger with the future suffering, crown of thorns, and the enduring faith of believers in divine love and truth.
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Croga
Mary
Miner at Redtown Killed by Coal Fall
Fred Ivers, 29, machine man at mine No 24 in Redtown, was killed instantly by a top fall Thursday afternoon around 2 30. Otto Leadinghaus, who worked with him, survived when the coal machine shielded him from the mass. he suffered severe bruising and minor head cuts.
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Fred Ivers
Otto Keadingheus
W. A. Craft
Messenger
Glouster
Redtown
Otto Leadinghaus
Trimble
Forces Expand Role in Nicaragua as Navy Eyes Policy
United States forces were deployed further in Nicaragua with Bluejackets arriving at Bluefields after a store break in. A suspect named John Adams, age unknown, was arrested by Patrolman Jesse Henry and jailed for arraignment. The State Department may provide more details as Admiral Latimer’s command monitors the situation.
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Washington
John
Rio Grand
Bar
Nicaragua
Jesse Henry
Cray & Reading
Court’ Street
Henry
Adama
State Department
Latimer
Nicaraguan
Central America
Child Dies After Swallowing Wire Staple
Phyllis June Mott two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Nott of Oakdale died in Grant hospital after an operation to remove a wire staple swallowed by the child. Dr Hugh Baldwin performed the abdominal surgery and the body was taken to Oakdale for funeral and burial.
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Columbus
Nev
Phyllis June Mott
George Nott
Oakdale
Grant
Hugh Baldwin
Two Chicago Officers Suspended Over Slips At Saloons
Chief of Police Morgan A. Colling suspended two Chicago officers for failing to identify a saloon by its appearance and whisky by taste. Charges say they could not confiscate liquor in eight saloons while on duty at the time, spending parts of their shifts in those establishments.
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Chicago
U.P
Ohief
Morgan A. Colling
White House Christmas Changes From Old Days of Egg Nog
Tonight the White House will be undecorated and quiet with no Christmas tree lighting and no White House egg nog. President Coolidge plans to stay indoors with family, attend church services, and skip the traditional festive gatherings. The Egg nog tradition and decorations once tied to Grover Cleveland are described as a memory of earlier administration days.
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John Montgomery
United Press Star
White House
Washington
United States
Coolidge
Cool
Garfield
Pridge
John
Dally Madison
Grover Cleveland
Snow forecast changed to snow for Christmas Day
Washington reports weather officials say snow will replace rain across the Midwest and East on Christmas Day with snow tonight in the Midwest and flurries reaching West Virginia and western Pennsylvania and New York. In Cleveland a justice of the peace Fred Anthony and marshal John Mitchell are arrested on charges of transporting mining equipment and will be arraigned in federal court.
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Washington
U.2
Santa Claus
Midwest
Middlewest
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Fred Anthony
Dover
John Mitchell
Cleve Tona
Predict Snow in Middlewest for Christmas
A cold wave from the West is seen bringing a white Christmas to the Middlewestern states. Today will be clouded with some snow. tomorrow is expected to be fair but cold.
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Chicago
U.P
Far West
Middlewestern States
Heir to $250,000 Christmas Gift Shocks Stenographer
Mae C. Nagle a stenographer in Philadelphia learned she would inherit $250,000 from her Aunt Florence McCullough of Fleming Long Island. She resigned her office job after receiving the telegram, and planned to spend Christmas in Chicago with her parents.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Mae C. Nagle
Chicago
Arrest Expected Of Second Suspect In Brutal Murder
A second suspect was expected to be arrested in the brutal murder of Charles Halterman and his wife Carrie at their Blessing's Crossing farm. Sam Setterfield, a farm laborer, was questioned after Halterman and Carrie were killed with a hatchet and shotgun blasts. Authorities delayed the coroner's inquest pending the suspect's arrest as investigators searched for other evidence including a gun stock and a ratchet.
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Washington, D. HL
United Areay
Charles Halterman
Carrie
Dblessing
Uroasing
Sam Setterfield
Halleeman
Hare
Tracey
Bidetf
Batterman
Halterman
Haliterman
Holiday Liquor Gluts New York City Markets
New York reports a holiday liquor glut with 98 percent of stimulants deemed bad by bootleggers. Officials acknowledge aides failed to curb illicit supply as gin and speakeasies expect strong demand. Prices run about one third higher than last year despite plentiful stock.
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New York
P. Mills
Prahini[ton
Hia
Europe Braces as Snow and Icicles Hit Christmas Week
Europe faced a bitter Christmas Eve with snow and icicles as the cold snap strained heat supplies. Shivery winds worsened hardship in thousands of homes, notably in England where coal deliveries remained hampered by transport bottlenecks after a coal stoppage.
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London
Europe
England
Hunters Find Body With Bullet Hole Near Foundetown
The body of Charles R. Sutherland with a bullet hole in the head was found by two hunters on the state road near Foundetown. Officials believe Sutherland was killed accidentally in a nearby area.
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Foungetown
Charles R. Sutherland
Sutherland
Rail crash ruins holiday trains in Rockmart Georgia
Two fast passenger trains loaded with holiday crowds collided head on near Rockmart Georgia. The Ponce De Leon and the Royal Palm were involved. Death toll rose to sixteen with many injured. Identifications were slow as bodies were scattered and mangled. An injured prisoner, Bullis, was among those rescued. Authorities and townspeople rallied to aid victims as rescue crews worked through the wreckage.
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United Preys
Trina
Thal
Southern Railway
Chicago
Ido Resorts
Ponce de Leon
Jacksonville
Peres de Leor
Gurl
Bodica
Rockmart Atvaitin
Royal Palm
R. M. Pierce
Imleu
Heb Bullis
Fla
Lexington
Wiseman
Bullis
Hadds
a.Wwothan
Winde
William Hayes
Hia
Chet
Robert Richard
Memphis
Hayes
Atlanta
Miles
McPherson
KR. M. Pieree
Ve Bers Ware
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