Unified county relief system organized in Athens County
Dr. S B Brewster announced a county wide relief plan to coordinate all local Red Cross and allied groups with a central headquarters in Athens to prevent duplication of aid. A secretary will run the clearing house, with offices on the fifth floor of the Athens National Bank Building, as local organizations pledge cooperation and a meeting is planned. He urged fighting preventable diseases and improving health certification before marriages.
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Athens County
Athens City
Athens Chamber of Commerce
S. B. Brewster
Lake Division
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Nelsonville
Athens National Bank
System of Relief Administration
Brewster
Red Cross Chapter
City Federation
Ohio
America
United States
Dangers of War Removed from the Pacific Zone
London notes that at a Washington conference the dangers of war in the Pacific were declared removed by Prime Minister Lloyd George in a luncheon speech honoring A. J. Balfour, who led the British delegation. The gathering included cabinet and coalition Commons members.
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London
Washington
Pacific
Lloyd George
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Coalition
Commons
Ohio Wheat Holdings Down as Winter Frost Hits
Ohio wheat condition is about 90 percent with around 10 percent damage from winter killing. Late sown wheat shows the most injury while snow cover in the north offers protection. Egg production trends lower with rising poultry interest. about half the reports indicate more chickens, with statewide egg output averaging 20 to 30 percent of hens.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. J. West
Notable Ohio anniversaries and births in 19th century
Events include 1816 Cincinnati's first iron foundry by William Green, 1845 birth of traveler and author George Kennan in Norwalk, 1852 mob attack on a Cleveland medical college over grave robbing fears, 1899 cornerstone for the Ohio State building in Columbus, and 1905 death of financier Jay Cooke at Ogontz born in Sandusky on August 10, 1821.
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Cincinati
William Green
George Kennan
Norwalk
Medical
Cleveland
State Building
Columbus
Jay Cooke
Ogontz
Sandusky
Harding favors sales tax for soldiers bonus plan
President Harding backs a sales tax to fund a soldiers’ bonus. A letter to Senator McCumber and Representative Fordney was released as Congress grapples with bonus options. Debate centered on financing schemes including foreign loan interest, land tax plans, and paid-up insurance proposals.
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A. O. Hayward
I. N
Sta
Washington
Harding
Congress
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
McFadden
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Oscar Keller
Minnesota
Ways and Means
Watson
Murder mystery deepens as Normand questioned
Los Angeles file notes reveal ongoing probes into the Norman murder. Miss Normand faces possible questioning after illness. sheriff and district attorney pursue a reported threatening letter and missing Taylor estate assets while a dozen film figures undergo a covert inquiry for clues.
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Ellis H. Martin
I, N
Los Angeles
Mabel Normand
William Bd. Taylor
Oll
Taylor
Officigidam
Normand IS
Ennow Wreck Delays Train Near Odenton
A Buffalo Washington express wreck at Odenton Maryland halted Pennsylvania railroad traffic for hours. Four people were injured two seriously while twenty seven passengers were bruised and panicked as three of five cars derailed due to a defective switch frog. Tracks were cleared and service resumed over the Pennyslvania lines after 4 AM.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo Washington Express
Odenton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pythians Plan Family Evening at Athenian Lodge
On Monday evening February 20 Athenian Lodge No 104 invites Pythians with families and friends for tunes readings and a general good time Refreshments and dancing will follow the program Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Athenian Lodge No. 104
Church Trial Proved a Very Trying Affair
In New York on February 16 the Madison Avenue Baptist Church voted confidence in Rev. Dr. George Caleb Moor after a lengthy trial. Mrs. Jessie W. Day, who charged the pastor, was expelled from the church by a 64 to 43 vote.
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New York
George Caleb Moor
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Jessie W. Day
EWI Wing a Hot Battle in Miners Meet
John I Lewis administration gains at United Mine Workers convention by seating twenty delegates via credentials committee report. Howat faction attempt to overturn fails as Harry Fishwick’s bid ends when convention endorses the panel and votes to accept its findings.
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EWI
The
United Mine Workers
John I. Lewis
Lewis
Kansas
Howat
Harry Fishwick
District 12
Kenyon to resign Senate for U.S. judgeship
Senator William S. Kenyon told Iowa Governor Kendall he would resign the Senate on February 24 to take a new post as United States judge for the eighth circuit. He will depart Washington to assume the judiciary role.
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Washington
Williams
Kenyon Today
Kendall
Iowa
Senate
United States
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Newport Officials Arrest Warrant Conspiracy Probe
Federal warrants issued for Mayor Joseph Hermann Newport Frank Bregel chief of police Campbell County Attorney Conrad Metz County Detective Ed Buck Hamilton and County Patrolmen James Sheehan and Charles Bullett on conspiracy to violate a federal law tied to the prohibition amendment Four hundred soldiers guard the courthouse in Newport Kentucky February 16.
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Newport
Joseph Hermann
Frank Bregel
Campbell County
Conrad Metz
Ed “Buck” Hamilton
James Sheehan
Charles Bullett
Court House
Queen Mary Sets February 28 for Daughter's Wedding
The queen fixed February 28 as the wedding day of her daughter and Viscount Lascelles citing a superstition that a sunny wedding brings happiness. Meteorologists and air ministry experts in Britain were consulted and agreed the date would yield a fine winter day.
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London
International News Service
Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Air Ministry
Great Britain
French Guns Arrive for Athens Battery E
Five carloads of equipment arrived for Battery E doubling Athens' readiness for emergencies. A French 75 artillery piece rolled through Court street amid 40,000 rounds of ammo, Browning guns, and support wagons. Captain Monty Campbell says drills will intensify as horses are quartered at the Fair Grounds.
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Athens
Court Street
Battery E
Monty Campbell
Campbell
Chicago Women Open Studio in Wrigley Building Tower
Three young Chicago women start careers by opening a studio on a Wrigley Building floor four hundred feet above Michigan Avenue. Mrs Clow is a writer Miss Swift a sculptor and Miss Rend a painter with views over the city and lake.
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Chicago
Wrigley Building
Oosworth
New York
Michigan Boulevard
Clow
Swift
Miss Rend
Foul play suspected in death of Mrs Mary J Burkett
The body of Mrs. Mary J. Burkett aged 61 of Crafton Pennsylvania was found in the Ohio River at Dam No. 8 below East Liverpool Ohio on Tuesday afternoon with foul play suspected. The death is under investigation by local authorities.
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East Liverpool
Mary J. Burkett
Crafton
Ohio River
Dam No
Slayer to Die as Day Breaks in Chicago
Harvey W. Church, condemned for slaying two men to steal a car, will be moved to the death cell for a dawn execution after Governor Small refused clemency. Church, on a over thirty day hunger strike, collapsed on learning of the denial.
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Chicago
Harvey W., Church
Len Small
Church
Chicago Ponzi inquiry widens as fugitive shown sought
Chicago police and United States secret service intensified a search for Leslie Harrington a self styled get rich quick wizard who fled Chicago Saturday morning leaving debtors allegedly defrauded of more than 1 000 000 during the Bischoff Ponzi affair authorities said.
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Chicago
Raymond J. Bischoff
United States Secret Service
Leslie Harrington
British Troops Move Into Belfast to Halt Riots
British reinforcements arrived in Belfast to support the garrison and curb unrest in Ulster. A Warwickshire battalion joined security efforts as shooting resumed and civilians including a priest, a woman, a policeman, and a pedestrian were wounded by a bomb in Searl Street. A police sergeant later died of wounds. A resident on Sherwood Street was shot at home while reading a newspaper. At least ten people have died since Wednesday morning amid the disturbances.
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Belfast
Ulster
Warwickshire
Father McGrath
Searl Street
Sherwood Street
Southern Ohio Faces Coal Wage Fight Behind Mine Delays
W D McKinney of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange warns that adoption of an Indianapolis scale with stricter working conditions could ruin Southern Ohio coal districts serving the Hocking Pomeroy Jackson and Crooksville fields. He argues the public fixes wages and that current terms would force mine closures as miners and operators clash over pay. The exchange notes losses from high costs and says the public will not pay above competitive prices.
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C. Wattermire
Columbus, O
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ohio
Hocking
Pomeroy
Jackson
Crooksville
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Southern
Mr. McKinney
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
United States
British send troops to guard the Ulster frontier
A Belfast dispatch reports British reinforcements in Ulster are being sent to the Free State border to maintain order. These are the first massed troops on the frontier with prior guards by Irish republican soldiers and Ulster volunteers. Troop redeployment is underway.
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London
Ulster
Ulster Free State Boarder
Belfast
Free State
Athens Council Banquet and Initiation Friday Evening
United Commercial Travelers banquet and initiation announced for Friday night February 17. Meet at Red Men’s hall at 6 P M.
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Athens Council
United Commercial Travelers
Red Men's
Senate panel probes secret terms of four power treaty
Senator Hitchcock leads push for full disclosure of secret negotiations behind the Pacific pact as the foreign relations committee resumes review. Other senators echo calls for minutes and details on how Harding and Hughes shaped the draft, including Japanese homeland elimination and private conventions.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Walsh
Montana
League of Nations
Woodsrow Wilson
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Admiral Kato
Arthur James Ball
Senate
Harding
Hughes
United State
Hitchock
Booth & Flynn Low Bid for Hudson Vehicular Tube
Booth and Flynn Limited of Pittsburg submitted the lowest bid for the proposed vehicular tube under the Hudson River. The project, estimated at 19.25 million dollars, follows their completion of six tunnels under the East River. They are expected to secure the contract on Monday.
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New York
Booth & Flynn, Limited
Pittsburg
der East River
Hudson River
Ohio man sentenced after workhouse escape
Columbus report says Municipal Judge Berry sentenced Fred McConaha of Athens to six months in the workhouse. McConaha previously escaped the workhouse on May 8, 1920, while being held on a non-support charge.
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Columbus
Berry
Fred McConaha
Athens
McConaha
First Verses Split in New Testament by Robert Stevens
The New Testament was first divided into verses by French printer Robert Stevens in 1561, marking a major structural change in how the text was read and referenced across Europe.
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Robert Stevens
Child Health Booklet Promotes School Health Program
An Athens Messenger notice urges parents to obtain a free authoritative booklet on child health, signs of disease, and preventive care. Frederic J. Haskin, Director, invites readers to mail a coupon with two cents for postage and provide name and address for a free copy.
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Padre
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Normand
Miss Normand
Sheriff's Office
William Davis
Davis
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