Plan to slash army and navy funds sparks tax relief hope
United Press reports that Congress may trim 300 million dollars from next year’s army and navy appropriations. The move aims to save about 3 dollars per person or 12 to 15 dollars per family, reflecting a steep reduction from the budget request. House Republicans back the cut to ease taxpayers amid arms talks, with the deferred army bill set for a January House committee review in secret session.
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Laurence Benedict
United Press
Washington
Congress
House
United States
Christmas Quiet in Sharpsburg Casts Local Echoes
Rural notes report a peaceful Christmas with no church or school exercises. Mt Hermon and Mt Carmel hosted gatherings and a Mt Hermon Sunday school reorganization elected Joe as superintendent. In nearby Plainsville revelry and a charity entertainment were held. A local issue concerns J W Pinkerton’s two children and school transportation amid bond disputes and truancy fines.
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Mt. Hermon
Plainsville
Gan County
Mt. Carmel
Dan White
Iowa
Here
Elijah White
Bartlett
John
Frank White
Joe
George W. Hanson
Clarence Kern
Doh
Levi Jompson
Joe Beard
Rob Grimes
Chesterhill
Louwilda Glover
Colum 8
Harry Glover
Selbyte
Earl Carpenne
Floyd Palmer
Corner of the Woods
J. W. Pinkerton
Washington County
Pinkert
Washington
Athens County
Trishman
State elevates health service to cabinet level
Governor Davis announces the Ohio health system is now a major state function under direct gubernatorial supervision. A unified department oversees health work in all 58 counties, backed by an emergency fund for epidemics. Diphtheria and tuberculosis efforts expand into rural areas with new clinics and cost savings through shared lab services.
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Ohio
State Department of Health
National Guard
Department of
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Public Welfare
Local Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and Birth
Hollister Miss Mable Hatfield of Jackson county visits grandmother Mrs. David Loomis. Mr and Mrs Chris Bailey welcome a son born on Christmas Day. Forest Warehime visits brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Isaac Ha of Nelsonville. Protracted meeting begins at the U B church led by Rev. Gibson tonight. Miss Lillian Slisher travels to Murray city for vacation with Mr and Mrs Wm Slisher. Mrs Martha Mason and Geo and son of Logan visit Mr and Mrs Matthew Davis. Marshall Lattimer and grandson Iph Anderson visit Newark with son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Mack Coakley.
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Mable Hatfield
Jackson County
David Loomis
Chris Bailey
Forest Warehime
Isaac Ha
Nelsonville
U. B
Gibson
Lillian Slisher
Murray City
Wm. Slisher
Martha Mason
Geo
Logan
Matthew Davis
Marshall Lattimer
Iph Anderson
Newark
Mack Coakley
McCune Tire Co Debuts Est Speed Gasoline
McCune Tire Co announces its Est Speed Gasoline launched in 1967. The promotional note highlights a new fuel option and urges customers to try it at local stations.
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McCune Tire Co
Rutland and Area People News Briefs
Rutland Denver Smith leaves Tuesday to spend winter with his uncle John Perkins in Florida. Miss Edith and Miss Ethel Winn from Cincinnati Missionary Training School are home for two weeks with their parents at Side Hill. Don Wood of Grass Run moves to Pomeroy to take duties as an R F D carrier. Gladys Boggess turns eleven on December 28 and friends host a surprise party despite heavy rain. The Dunbar recital at the auditorium Tuesday evening was a success with praise for the performers. Fr W Winn, Rutland rural mail carrier, is laid up with cold and rheumatism.
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Denver Smith
John Perkins
Florida
Edith and
Ethel Winn
Cincinnati Missionary Training School
Side Hill
Don Wood
Grass Run
Pomeroy
Gladys Boggess
Mrs. Boggess
Gladys
Little Miss
Dunbar
Fr. W. Winn
Rutland
Obituary of Earl LeRoy Seipel
Earl LeRoy Seipel born Athens Ohio January 21 1921 died December 22 1921 aged 11 months and 1 day. He is mourned by father mother and many relatives and friends. The family recalls his sunny disposition and patience in illness and looks to heaven for reunion beyond parting.
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Earl LeRoy Seipel
Harry Seipel
Athens
Ohio
Ohio 100-Bushel Corn Club Adds Two Members
The Ohio State University department of farm crops announces two more farmers joining the 100 bushel per acre club. John Gleason of Sabina in Clinton county yielded 118.1 bushels per acre on ten acres, and J Elmer Drake of Yellow Springs in Clark county averaged 105.8 bushels per acre. The 1921 club now lists eight members, with expectations these eight will complete the year’s roster. In 1920 eighteen farmers qualified on a more favorable season.
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Ohio
Department of Farm Crops
Ohio State University
John Gleason
Sabina
Clinton County
J. Elmer Drake
Yellow Springs
Clark County
Second sled victim dies in Cleveland hill crash
Dec 29 report says a second boy was crushed to death as he slid down a hill under the wheels of an automobile truck while city officials tried to rope off streets under police protection for coasting. A boy had died Monday in a similar accident.
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Cleveland
Peeper Catcher Worked Too Well
Detroit police report an automatic peeping Tom catcher invented by Robert A. Vander Pyl failed its test when a garbage can near a residence triggered a bell after an electric iron was toppled from a window. The device, meant to deter spying, inadvertently caused an alarm and police response.
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Detroit
Mich
Robert A. Vander Pyl
Vander Pyl
Iva Casey
Edna Stockley
South American Mothers on Strike Since Great War
Buenos Aires population rose by more than 300000 in seven years of war with 1,692,600 residents. Births fell to about 34000 annually from nearly 51000 in 1914, linked to higher living costs and a claimed strike of mothers amid rising prices.
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Buenos Ayres
United Press
Death notice for CHARLES R. KINKADE
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and flowers and expresses gratitude to Father Berry and Mr. Baughman the undertaker for compassionate assistance on their wife and mother CHARLES R. KINKADE.
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Father Berry
Mr. Baughman
Charles R. Kinkade
Arthur Keith
New England Social Visits Peak in Holiday Gatherings
New England residents hosted and visited relatives from Columbus and Washington. Miss Sadie Sutton of Columbus and Miss Lucile Copeland of Washington, D C, are noted guests. The Christian Endeavor Society plans a supper at Mr Hughes home on Saturday December 31 inviting all.
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Harve Starlin
Athens
Sadie Sutton
Columbus
Sarah Copeland
Annie Copeland
Will Morrison
Edgar Grosvenor
Arthur Copeland
Will Dodds
Orson Lewis
Tine Lewis
John Grosvenor
Escaped the chair murder defendant dies in jail
Thayer Eckert aged 25 who faced first degree murder charges for the November 25 death of his wife Ruth Eckert died today in Columbus from inflammation of the brain.
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Columbus
Thayer Eclert
Ruth Eckert
Pussyfoot Johnson Urges Global Prohibition Return
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, famed prohibition advocate, returns from Europe claiming the entire world will be dry in thirty years. He notes India will dry first, Denmark reducing wetness by local option, and his photo shows a cigar as his habit despite anti tobacco stance.
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Pussyfoot” Johnson
U. S
Europe
India
Denmark
Pussyfoot
Gallagher death may be accidental says police theory
Columbus police consider a theory that druggist Charles C. Gallagher was killed by accident. A witness described a man alone near Gallagher before he was struck by an interurban car. The report coincides with an unrelated note recalling early rubber usage a century ago.
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Columbus
Charles C. Gallagher
Gallagher
Ohio Teachers Plan Yearround Association in Columbus
The executive committee of the Ohio Teachers Association discussed establishing a Columbus headquarters with a year round executive in charge and outlined plans to assist Ohio in solving tax problems during the session.
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Columbus
Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ohio
State Teachers’ Association
Seansiarn
Body of Mrs England Found in Muskingum River
In Zanesville Ohio on December 29, the body of Mrs S Heber England, missing since Friday from her fashionable home, was recovered last night by her son Isaac H England and Thomas J Price just above the Muskingum River dam. Despondency followed a telegram from an East Coast contact declining a holiday visit.
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Zanesville
Debe
S. Heber England
Isaac H. England
Thomas J. Price
Muskingum River
Guard Team Wins Easy Victory Over Nelsonville YMCA
The O. N. G. Allstar team defeated Nelsonville YMCA five 58 to 24 at the armory. Ohio University alumni played notable roles with Davis netting 9 and Starr 4 for the Allstars while Lowden and Sharp led Nelsonville Athens with several baskets apiece.
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O. N. G. Allstar
Nelsonville Y. M. C. A
Armory
Ohio University
Nelsonville Athens
Steenrod
Raymond Davis
Valkinburg
K. Sharp
McLean
Twink Starr
Murphy
Dwight Williams
Nelsonville
McLain
Lowden
Sharp
N. G—Davis
Starr
Williams
Fearich
Pickering
Local Notices From Red Town And Surrounding Areas
New Floodwood residents visit Mrs. Charles Canter and son Russel while Mrs. Sarah Perry calls on Mrs. Charles Hardy in Red Town. Several ill or recovering residents are noted along with Christmas visits. The Arcade barber shop has a receiver due to poor work. Water damage lessens as Wendell returns home after evacuations.
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Charles Canter
Russel
Sarah Perry
Charles Hardy
Red Town
William Hammond
Emma McDonald
Sarah McDonald
John McDonald
Clary McDonald
Garnet Smith
Chauncey
Arcade
Arrella Hardy
Anna Reynolds
Flow Hayden
Henry Dolman
Thomas Hardy
Austin Stillwell
John Stillwell
Edward Berthold
Columbus
Palm skin Much thicker Than eyelid by seventy five fold
The statement notes that the skin on the human palm is about seventy five times thicker than the skin on the eyelid, highlighting a marked difference in skin thickness between these two body areas.
Time to Halt Halt Cleveland Drunk Arrests Rise
Eight times as many Yuletide drunks were arrested this year in Cleveland as police records show for 1920, indicating a sharp rise in holiday intoxication cases.
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Cleveland
Page Pussyfoot
Oyster yields rare pearl hoard in Shreveport find
Dan Schultz found 65 white pearls and one black pearl inside a single oyster in Shreveport Louisiana. Officials believe the pearls may fetch a substantial sum at sale.
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Shreveport
Dan Schultz
Yale Beaten by Wittenberg 30 to 12 in Springfield
Tila Sons of Eli suffered its second loss as Wittenberg's basketball team defeated them 30 to 12 in Springfield Ohio last night. The previous night they also fell to Ohio State.
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YALE
Springfield
Tila Sons of
Eli
Wittenburg
Basketmen
Ohio State
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