Opening of City Schools Postponed to Next Week
Glouster, Dec 31. The city schools reopenings are delayed from Wednesday to next Monday due to influenza and unsafe walls of the central brick building wrecked by fire. Wrecking contract awarded to Russell Lent. Desks arrive to replace those lost, and temporary rooms are set up in Palmer School, Junior High, Methodist Church, and Baptist Church.
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Glouster
Board of Education
Russell Lent
Palmer
Baptist Church
Dillon
Don Wallace Leader in Sunday Creek Labor Dies at 74
Don W. Wallace 74 a longtime labor organizer in the Sunday Creek Valley died Sunday morning in Glouster after pneumonia following influenza. He leaves a widow and six children plus two brothers and a sister. For 40 years he worked with organized labor. 36 years near Hollister and four in Glouster. He was a check weighman at Mine No. 267 in Huntington for over 30 years. He belonged to the Foresters of America Glouster Lodge No 1197 and Loyal Order of Moose. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of distant children.
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Glouster
Don W. Wallace
Sunday Creek Valley
Ed. Vernon
Ada
Athens
W. EB. Wallace
Warren
Arn
A. J. Wallace
Cassville
W. Va
W. Ed. Tracy
Fremont
Levi Morris
Pontiac, Mich
Lawrence Wallace
Fostoria
William Wallace
Robert Wallace
Near Millfield
Rebecca Berigan
Proctorville
Wallace
Hollister
Hunterdon
The
Foresters of America
Glouster Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
New Year's Dance at Athens Country Club Tonight
Members of the Athens Country Club host the annual New Year’s dance tonight starting at 9 o’clock with a committee of Mr and Mrs Louis I Brown Mr and Mrs T W Craig Mr and Mrs Earl Beckley and Mr and Mrs R H White assisting. Mrs Millard F Gibson visits her mother Mrs O B Sloane on West Union Street.
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Country Club
Athens Country Club
Louis I. Brown
T. W. Craig
Earl Beckley
R. H. White
Bolivia Accepts Peace Arbitration Protocol
Bolivian government accepts with minor changes the Pan American arbitration protocol for the Chaco clashes between Paraguay and Bolivia. Pinto Escaer, Bolivian minister to Argentina, said the acceptance was received last night and the protocol was sent to Bolivia and Paraguay after they agreed to the conference's good offices in Washington.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Argentina
Pinto Escaer
Washington
Large family bible used in Ohio governor oath
A long treasured Cooper family Bible will be used when Ohio's 84th governor takes the oath of office on January 14 in Columbus. Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall will administer the oath, with Rev. J J Castleberry delivering the invocation and Dr. W O Thompson giving the benediction. An extensive military escort and guards from Cooper's hometown will participate in the parade and ceremony.
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Columbus
Cooper
Ohio
Carrington T. Marshall
J. J. Castleberry
Walnut Hills
Cincin- Cooper
Guard of Honor
Man Loses Arm in Cutting Machine at Dover Plant
Marietta dec 31 Chris Berents a former Reno and Lower Newport resident aged 68 lost an arm in a cutting machine at a Dover steel mill Friday afternoon. Telegram to his daughter Mrs Barker Stanley of Second Street confirms the accident. Berents had lived in New Philadelphia and worked at a steel plant since leaving here. He has relatives in Marietta and J F McIntire 9203 Sacra Vie listed as kin.
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Marietta
Chris
Reno
Newport
Dover
Barker Stanley
Second Street
Berents
New Philadelphia
J. F. Mcintire
Miss Dorothy Jones Leaves for Chardon Teaching Post
Miss Dorothy Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Jones of 31 Central Avenue, departs for Chardon to resume duties as Homely Economics teacher in the public schools there after Christmas vacation.
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Dorothy Jones
W. O. Jones
Central Avenue
Chardon
Murder Indicated By Bloody Garments Near Border
Blood soaked garments including a man shirt with two bullet holes a collar a sock and a tiny dress found near the New York Pennsylvania line between Sayre and Waverly New York point to a murder mystery police say William Clymer of River Rouge Michigan found the items along railroad tracks and a laundry mark B3 appeared on the clothing The items included children's trinkets suggesting a violent event involving an infant girl and a man.
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Towanda
U.pr
New York-Pennsylvania
Sayre
Waverly
N. Y
William Clymer
River Rouge
Mich
Paroled Ohio Writer Seen As New O. Henry
John L. Murphy recently released from the Ohio State penitentiary aims to continue writing a "new O. Henry" style. During two and a half years behind bars he earned about 7000 dollars writing war stories for New York magazines, impressing Governor Donahey. Murphy was in the same penitentiary where Sidney Porter wrote under the pen name O. Henry while serving an embezzlement sentence.
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Ohio
John L. Murphy
Ohio State Penitentiary
O. Henry
Murphy
New York
Donahey
Sidney Porter
Newark man drives to Athens and back with visitors
Mr. Fred Wolverton of Newark motored to Athens and accompanied home yesterday Mrs. Wolverton who has been visiting her mother Mrs. C. M. Pierce at 16 Poplar Avenue. He was joined at Carroll by Mrs. Emory Pierce and two girls Kathaleen Frum who also came to the Pierce home.
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Fred Wolverton
Newark
Athens
Wolverton
C. M. Pierce
Poplar Avenue
Carroll
Emory Pierce
Song
Kathaleen Frum
Pierce
Miss Fannie Bean Visited Columbus With Brother Doctor Been
Miss Fannie Bean spent Saturday in Columbus with her brother Dr. Harry Been. The pair enjoyed time together in the city, with no further details given.
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Miss Fannie Bean
Columbus
Harry Been
Battin Party Visits Marietta for Sunday Day Trip
Mr Clyde Battin and Mrs Emma Battin with Miss Blanche Howe from Middleport motor to Marietta to spend the day Sunday visiting.
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Clyde Battin
Middleport
Emma Battin
Blanche Howe
Marietta
Burns Family Plans Akron Move After Work Stay
Mr and Mrs L C Burns arrived from Akron the last of the week and are packing to ship their household goods back to Akron. Mr Burns has worked there for several weeks and the family intends to settle permanently in that city.
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Donald McKibben
J. G. McKibben
Zaleski
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
Ladies’ Glee Club
Jewish Hospital
McKibben
Parvin Titus
Alma Betscher
Hisister
Misa Helen McKibben
School of Music
Ohio University
Glouster
L. C. Burns
Akron
Prohibition Pledge Echoes as Chicago Prepares New Year
United States District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson promises Chicago will see liquor vanish after 1929 with enforcement of the Volstead Act. Two hundred dry agents will raid cafes, hotels, and cabarets tonight, some with women operatives, as the city braces for the last New Year’s Eve under prohibition.
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Chicago
U.R
Government
Prohibition Department
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
Johnson
Banfield Daughter Returns Home After Visit
Zoe Banfield of Columbus visits grandmother Mrs Zoe Stonecipher and Dr and Mrs L G Bean then returns home Sunday兴.
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Zoe Banfield
Raymond Banfield
Columbus
Zoe Stonecipher
L. G. Bean
Investigation of Utilities Bribe Charges Triggers Academic Probe
Chicago reports an inquiry into charges that college professors accepted money from public utilities interests to spread favorable doctrines and data. The American Political Science Association asked the AAUP to conduct the probe. Judson King urged immediate action, alleging long standing efforts to control education via subsidies and textbook oversight.
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Chicago
American Political Science Association
American Association of University Professors
Judson King
National Popular Government League
Coolidge Declines NBC and CBS New Year Greeting
President Coolidge refuses to broadcast a New Year's greeting over National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System networks. The invitation was extended by the two chains and announced tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coolidge
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting Chain
Unidentified Man Fished From Creek Near Floodwood
Authorities recovered a man who fell from a trestle into a creek near Floodwood. He could not communicate in English and appeared to be Polish. He was brought to Athens and held at the Athens County Jail while identification was sought.
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Athens
Athens County
Thirty for Jimmy Durkin World’s Greatest Copy Boy
In Chicago on December 21 the Chicago Tribune marked 30 for Jimmy Durkin, famed copy boy, after 33 years at the paper. The long obituary note fills the front page, detailing his career and the copy symbol “Thirty” that signals work finished.
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Chicago
Jimmy Durkin
Jimmy
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Clergy Roundly Criticize Barnes Over God Statement
New York clergymen, led by Cardinal Hayes, attacked Prof. Harry Elmer Barnes of Smith College for saying science doubts God's existence. Hayes called Barnes' remark an outrage and a shock, urging a rebuttal from Catholic and other churches after his AAAS address.
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New York
Harry Elmer Barnes
Smith College
Barnes
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Reinisters
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Catholic Church
Hayes
Cleveland Girl Searched Over Lake Erie by Air
Miss Elisabeth Bostworth, 21, daughter of Cleveland attorney F C Bostworth, disappeared from her aunt’s home Friday night and was to be searched by airplane over Lake Erie today. A police dog traced a scent to the lake shore. coast guard and Lakewood police searched the shoreline without results. Parents say she had a breakdown in October but was recovering.
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Cleveland
Elisabeth Bostworth
F. C. Bostworth
Lake Erie
College For Women
Western Reserve University
Lake Shore
Lakewood
Parenta
Actress Mackaye to be Freed from San Quentin
A Dorothy Mackaye stage actress to be released after serving a one year sentence for compounding after her husband Raymond Mackaye was killed in a fight with Paul Kelly. The sentence auto-reduces to ten months. term began March 1 and expires today. Kelly’s term was set at years. Mackaye plans to return to the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin State Calif
Dorothy Maskaye
Raymond
Paul Kelly
State Board of Prison
Miss Mackeye
Negro Apprehended After Great Search in New Jersey
David Ware a one year old Black man wanted for the murder of state trooper Peter Glayded was arrested in Carteret New Jersey after a record breaking search. Volunteers state troopers bloodhounds aircraft planes and an army dirigible joined the hunt in the night long operation ending with the capture.
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Trenton
N. J
David Ware
Peter Glayded
Carteret
New Jersey
Treasure Hunt Ends in Death
Kenosha Wisconsin December reports a deadly crossing incident during a treasure hunt operation. Six young participants, sons and daughters of local businessmen, were injured when an automobile was struck by a road train at a crossing. four died instantly and a sixth member remained near death in hospital.
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Kenosha
Wis
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