Buyers Ignore Miner Welfare in Hocking Coal Fields
Cites Ohio Southern coal field where production lags national levels. Argues high standards of local miners plus quality and price drive buyers to the lowest delivered price. Notes under existing wages and conditions, many mines underutilized or idle, harming regional output. An analysis for individual towns is forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Hocking Field
United States
Hocking
Southern Nfo
Southern
Hocking District
Jealous Blonde Might Have Killed Movie Director
New York report cites French psychologist Andre Tridan asserting blondeness linked to lower nerve and violence. He claims a jealous woman killed director William Desmond Taylor and that a dark woman would shoot face to face, while a blonde would shoot from behind. He notes Taylor’s quiet nature and multiple affairs as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Morris
New York
William Desmond Taylor
Andre Tridan
Tridan
Taylor
Tridon
Miners Vote Planned on April 1 Shutdown if No New Rates
Anthracite and bituminous coal workers will vote within weeks on suspending operations April 1 if wage contracts are not negotiated. Leaders expect a turnout for a shutdown, arguing the plan could hinge on the scale committee’s recommendation and a forthcoming convention ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Williams
IL. N. S&s
Indianapolis
Miners’ National Convention
Otf
William Green
International Union
Green
Ieast
Chicago
First Woman Prohibition Agent Takes Oath in Washington
Miss Georgia Hopley, the first woman prohibition agent, takes the oath at prohibition headquarters in Washington. She has long worked for suffrage and supported the presidential campaign two years ago. Her home is Bucyrus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Hopley
Prohibition
Washington
Miss Hopley
Bucyrus, O
Priest Delorme Held on Criminal Responsibility Charge
Montreal reports Father Adelard Delorme, who led a town manhunt for Raoul De Delorme's killer, is indicted for criminally responsible for his brother's death. Prosecutors allege life insurance of 25 000 dollars favoring Delorme and a scheme to profit from the death, with evidence linking the priest to the motive and to the gun used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Adelard Delorme
Raoul Deelorme
Quebec
Father Delorme
Eight Blackhand suspects held after gun battle in Los Angeles
Police arrest eight foreigners tied to a Blackhand gang after a gun battle that left one wounded. The group is accused of extorting over a hundred thousand dollars from local businessmen, with $45,000 taken from one victim recently. Officials seek clues to director William Desmond Taylor's murder as investigations continue. Rewards totaling $4,500 are offered by The Famous Players-Lasky, a local paper, and the Screen Writers Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Los Anles
Woolwine
Taylor
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Screen Writers Guild
Blindness no handicap to Mrs Acker of Youngstown
Totally blind, Mrs M S Acker of Youngstown Ohio works for herself, makes clothes, and raises a family. Twelve years ago she had perfect sight but a faulty operation left her blind, yet she continues independent daily tasks and shows resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Acker
Youngstown
Woman Discovers Secret Of Regulating Sex Of Cattle
Mrs. Maud S. Hunter, a British woman farmer, claims to have found a method to determine the sex of calves by timing matings. She says the first calf cannot be controlled, but subsequent births follow a pattern based on delay between calving and mating. Her herd shows most calves being heifers except for the first three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
England
Maud S. Hunter
Planning for Harding Visit Looms in Marion Bucyrus
Marion and Bucyrus officials race to arrange events for President Harding in June. Marion aims for June 11 to 14 after Harding favors June while Bucyrus plans to host the annual state G A R encampment on June 12 with his father Dr George R Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Bucyrus
Harding
George R. Harding
State Department of Ohio
Bank Robbery at East Alton Bank
Four bandits robbed the Illinois State Bank in East Alton Illinois taking 1800 dollars. A posse pursued the robbers along the trail after the heist reported February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Ill
Illinois State Bank
Domestic quarrel ends in triple tragedy in Los Angeles
George A Boden, 45, an attorney, visited his separated wife’s home after a money dispute and shot dead his wife and her mother, 66, Julia Taylor, before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
George A. Boden
Wells to Assist at Pierson Trial
Attorney A B Wells will assist the state in the prosecution of Barney Pierson in Athens county common pleas court. Pierson faces a second degree murder charge in the December 7 shooting of Abe Six in Nelsonville. The state subpoenaed six witnesses for a hotly contested trial likely to raise self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Wells
Barney Pierson
Athens County
Change in Train Time Sunday Schedule Update
A schedule change affects all K and M passenger trains from Ames. Northbound No 1 now departs 6 23 am, No 3 9 50 am, No 6 1 57 pm. Southbound No 2 leaves 11 14 am, No 4 3 02 pm, No 6 7 58 pm. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Point Pleasant for Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Huntington
Oklahoma Governor Heads Puebla Mission for Mexico Relations
Governor J B A Robertson of Oklahoma led a group of 35 businessmen to Mexico City to urge recognition of the Mexican government by the United States. He argued Americans misunderstand Mexican conditions and that the visit aims to strengthen business ties with no political aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Mexico
United States
Robertson
Trial Delayed by Defense for Vinton McClain
The trial of Vinton McClain charged with automobile stealing in Athens common pleas court was indefinitely postponed at the request of his defense attorney E. J. Jones who was appointed to represent him. Jones asked the delay to prepare the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton McClain
Athens
Australian Waters See Giant Trout Grow Big in Planted Stock
Reports indicate trout introduced by stocking programs in Australian waters reach unprecedented sizes. Researchers note rapid growth in fresh ecosystems, with several specimens exceeding typical angling records and prompting calls for monitoring and management.
Vigilance Committee Urged to Cleanse Film Industry
Adolph Zukor proposed a secret vigilante committee to root out undesirables from Hollywood. He argued such a body could protect the good name of legitimate workers, ruling violators from the profession to prevent embarrassment to others. He pledged to push for its appointment and operate covertly within ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Adolph Zukor
William Desmond Taylor
Zukor
Harvester to Mobilize 700 in Tractor Plant Move
Chicago February 15 The International Harvester Company announced it will deploy a force of 700 workers at its tractor plant. The move is viewed as a challenge to Henry Ford who has pledged to put a tractor on every farm in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Henry Ford
United States
Ohio Newspaper Women's Association to hold convention in Columbus
In Springfield on February 15 officers of the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association decided to stage the annual convention in Columbus next November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Springfield
Ohio
Women’s Association
Asso
Columbus
Man accused of hypnotic control in Brockton case
Clair Beauclair reports to Brockton police that a 43 year old man uses hypnotic eyes to hold her under his power. She claims the influence causes a dual personality and prolonged sleeps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton, Mass
Clair Beauclair
Lewis reports threats to life over miners convention
John L. Lewis said he received scores of letters threatening his life if he presided at the miners convention. He spoke after Alex Howat, former leader of the outlaw miners, was allowed to present his case. Lewis did not name the letter sources and warned Howat against participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Alex Howat
Kansas
Beatrice Schlag Sues for Divorce Over Ghost Conversations
In Cincinnati on February 15, Beatrice Schlag filed for divorce from Charles Schlag alleging he talks of conversations with the ghost of his former wife. She says he refuses to reveal the content of these spectral discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Beatrice Schlag
Charles Schlag
Famine Deaths Stagnate Populations in Soviet Districts
A Moscow dispatch reports that 95 percent of Sara tov district inhabitants in Soviet Russia and 81 percent of Tartar republic residents are dying from famine, exposure, and hardship amid extreme famine conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Saratov
Soviet Russia
Tartar Republic
Moscow
Priest Killed in Minster as Man Held for Murder
Father Richard Schwiderman, a Catholic priest, is dead at his home in Minster after Charles Priening, a horse trader, opened fire while the priest and Priening’s brother visited to calm the crazed man. Priening surrendered after a posse formed, following a night of terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priening
Father Schwiderman
Belfast terror as mob violence claims seventh day death toll
Feb 15 Belfast records the twenty seventh mob violence death in four days. Five men were shot between midnight and 11am, two in Bloomfield and one in Springfield avenue, all by snipers. Sniping and bombing terrorized streets as hundreds barricaded homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Bloomfield District
Springfield Avenue
Robbery at Cherokee State Bank in St Paul
Two armed bandits robbed the Cherokee State Bank in St Paul of 2500 dollars in currency late Tuesday and escaped in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
ST. Paul
Minn
Cherokee State Bank
Old Dobbin Sells For Fifty Cents In South Greenwood
At a bankrupt sale of J. P. Stockman’s farm near South Greenwood Ohio on February 15 horses went for as low as 50 cents while others reached 1.50 and many animals including mules sold between 12 and 50 dollars. The crowd attributed prices to farmers’ desperate finances and limited cash.
Hawkeye State Fire Damages Boiler Room in Baltimore
Fire in the boiler room of the Matson line steamship Hawkeye State docked at a Baltimore harbor pier caused damage not believed severe. The blaze, blamed on back firing of a motor engine, broke out early today near the Bal timore and Ohio railroad pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Matson Line
Hawkeye State
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore Harbor
Bullet Is Fired Into Church of Father Banahan
In Titonville Ohio a bullet was found in St. Joseph's Catholic church by Miss Mary Banahan sister of Rev. J. T. Banahan a former Athens priest. Authorities suspect the shot came during rioting in Yorkville and police were notified as the state investigates the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiltonville
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Mary Banahan
J. T. Banahan
Athens
Yorkville
Father Banahan
Marriage age gap ban proposed in Asia Minor
London Feb 15 report says Turkey’s health ministry drafts a bill to prohibit marriages between persons of incompatible ages. Engaged partners must have an age affinity for robust offspring with elderly men barred from marrying young women and young men barred from marrying elderly women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Turkey
Asia Minor
Health Ministry
Evacuation of British Troops From Ireland Resumes Tonight
British troops will resume evacuation from Ireland tonight after a temporary suspension, according to a semi official source. The report comes during ongoing tense conditions and coordination with Irish authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ireland
Game Laws for 1921 Free Public Booklet Offered
Readers are urged to study federal and state game laws before hunting rabbits birds or mountain lions. The 1921 booklet summarizes provisions on licenses seasons possession sale and export and is available by mail for two cents postage. Directed by W J Haskin from Washington officials, readers should mail name and address to obtain a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coment
Ms Starmips
Game Law Bocket
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. C. Waltermire
Berand
U.S
Donaldine Cameron
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
West
Misa Georgia Hopley
Canada
By Ellis H. Martin
Bal
Ome
AEE Dean IK
Wells
Pierson
Ford
Pakat
Wrederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messengernformation Bureau
Washington, D. C
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!