Editor Holt Speech Sparks War Talk and League Debate
Athens audience hears famous editor deride war as collective murder and critique Allied and US policy. He notes Lodge Hitchcock and Taft amendments to the Monroe Doctrine, contrasts Republican and Democrat positions, and affirms Article Ten as Thou Shalt Not Steal. Continued on Page Seven.
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Holt
Lodge
League of Nations
Wilson
Mr. Harding
United States
Congress
Feu
Hughes
Root
Taft
Hitchcock
Prominent Editor Holt Speaks in Athens on Founger Day
Athens citizens heard Hamilton Holt editor of The New York Independent share insights from Europe and the Peace Conference. He described war experiences, the Twenty sixth Division, and impressions of Paris Versalles and the League of Nations.
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Athens
Hamilton Holt
New York Independent
Ewing Hall
United States
Holt
I. J. Jones
Ohio Alumni Association
Jones
Yale University
Columbia
Europe
New York
England
Marshall Douglass Hair
Paris
France
Capitol
Italy
America
New
Versalles
League of Nations
Hatfield admits killing three Baldwin-Felts detectives
W Va trial testimony describes Sid Hatfield confessing to killing three detectives after the Matewan battle. Witnesses recount Hatfield roughing bodies and detailing the deaths of Albert Felts, Lee Felts, and Cunningham, while others place him at the scene with a gun after the exchange of gunfire.
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J. F. Beaman
United Press
Williamson
W. Va
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Baldwin-Felts
Harry Staten
Staten
Hatfield
Albert Felts
Lee Felts
Cunningham
Bertha Hamilton
J. C. Ferguson
Felts
Mary Duty
Ferguson
Duty
Anthony Starr
Bowman
Starr
Chambers Hardware
van Clay
Colder Weather to Hit Nation Next Week Says Weather Bureau
The weather bureau announced that the coldest weather of the winter is expected across the country in the coming week. The cold extends southward into the Gulf and south Atlantic states, bringing freezing temperatures to the coast in the early part of the week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf
South Atlantic States
City Manager Form Approved for Nelsonville
A Nelsonville chamber of commerce meeting unanimous ly approved the city manager form of government after board study. If residents vote for change in a special election, five at large commissioners would form the council and appoint a city manager to run municipal operations. The plan, already used in Dayton and other Ohio cities, aims to reduce politics and improve efficiency.
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Nelsonville
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Dayton
Akron
Springfield
Xenia
G ‘li_olig
Painesville
Youngstown
Leading business men picked for state board jobs
Governor Davis plans to confirm E. C. Shaw president of the Second National Bank Akron and Marshall Sheppy head of Berdan & Company Toledo wholesale grocers to a state administration board. Both are Republicans drafted after a state “best minds” conference. The panel also urged William Graves Sharp former ambassador to France to take a Democratic seat. a fourth member will be chosen by the board after consulting medical men.
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Columbus
Davis
Senate
E. C. Shaw
Second National Bank of
Akron
Marshall Sheppy
Berdan & Company
Toledo
William Graves Sharp
Elyria
France
Will Dawson Weeps in Police Cell After Fatal Shooting
Cincinnati February 18 Will Carr Dawson a 25 year old paymaster cried in a police station cell for his wife Alice 24 whom he shot and killed yesterday after she sued him for divorce.
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Cincinnati
Will Carr Dawson
Alice
Sugar Creek Man Surrenders to County Sheriff
Dan Tolliver, once sought by Athens county officers, walked into the courthouse area and surrendered to Sheriff Herb Parker. He faces arraignment before Justice Helwig for bootlegging and manufacturing liquor.
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Dan Tolliver
Sugar Creek
Herb Parker
Tolliver
Athens County
Parker
Justice Helwig
County Jail Rebars Strengthened After Escape Attempt
Inmates failed to escape when two men from the Athens Foundry reinforced bars with steel plates over sawed-off areas. Sheriff Herb Parker reports the jail is now strengthened to hold resourceful criminals who plan escapes. Nine bars were previously sawed off during the incident.
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Herb Parker
Athens
Fonday
Public Dance at Junior Hall Saturday Evening
Social event announced for Saturday February 19 in Junior Hall. Admission for gents is 75 cents and for ladies 25 cents.
Debt of France Tops Armistice Level by Half Again
France now carries a national debt fifty per cent higher than at the armistice signing. The government cites postwar costs and reconstruction expenditures as key factors.
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France
Caruso Shows Distinct Improvement In Health News
New York reports say Enrico Caruso is distinctly improved after a good night. Dr. Murray notes he is sleeping and resting comfortably with reduced tension in his Vanderbilt apartment. family members and secretary Bruno Sirato are seen at ease as a favorable bulletin cites improved chances to pull through.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Singer
Buletin
Caruso
Francis J. Murray
Murray
Vanderbilt
Dr. Murray
Bruno Sirato
Brother’s alleged kidnapping of bride shocks Cincinnati case
James Morgan of Winchester Ohio obtained warrants in municipal court charging Earl and Hal Hare with kidnapping his 17 year old bride Bernice Hare Morgan two months married. Mrs Morgan vanished from Winchester a week ago and is said to be traced to another city.
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Cincinnati
James Morgan
Winchester
Ohio
Earl
Hal Hare
Bernice Hare Morgan
Judge Cleared in Cleveland Slaying Case
Judge William H. MacGannon of Cleveland's municipal court was found not guilty in the Harold Kagy murder case after three trials. The jury did not establish a motive for the slaying of the garage proprietor who was fatally shot on May 7 after an argument with Kagy. John W. Joyce, a saloon keeper, was previously tried and acquitted.
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Cleveland
eFb
William H. MacGannon
Harold
Kagy
McGannon
John W. Joyce
Joyce
MccGannon
Interview Not Denied By German Chief
Berlin reports confirm Kaiser interview conducted by Heinrich Petermeyer in the garden at Amerongen Castle. General Von Gontard Telegram from Doorn notes the Kaiser made statements as described and that no denial was issued. Petermeyer, then a tutor, later published the interview as a journalist.
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Carl D. Groat
Berlin
Kaiser
Heinrich Petermeyer
America
United Press
Germany
General von Gontard
Doorn
Petermeyer
Amerongen Castle
von Gontard
Judge Incourt Fines Bean For Intoxicated Operation And Concealed Gun
This morning in police court Branch Bean former restaurant proprietor was fined 100 dollars for operating a machine while intoxicated and another 100 dollars for carrying concealed weapons. Police said Bean crashed to the Carpenter street sidewalk after midnight, dropping a Colt automatic from his pocket. Sheriff Herb Parker arrested him and recovered the loaded gun. A quart of hard cider was found in the car.
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Bean
Carpenter Street
Herb Parker
Red Forces Rushed to Halt New Caucasus Outbreaks
Hellingfors report: Soviet troops rushed into the Caucasus as Moscow dispatches claim serious insurrections have broken out in Kowban.
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Hellingfors
Caucasus
Moscow
Kouwban
Senate Ok's Air Mail Funding 1.6 Million for Route
The Senate adopted an amendment to the post office appropriation bill providing 1.6 million dollars for air mail service between New York and San Francisco via Chicago and Omaha.
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Washington
Post Office
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Omaha
Senate
Dancing 18 Worth A Lot
In Cleveland on February 18 a jury awarded Tango Johnson $15,000 in damages from the Cleveland Railway Company. Johnson claimed a car accident injury left him unable to dance for life, and his attorney argued no amount could compensate. The verdict set damages at 15 thousand dollars.
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Cleveland, O
Tango Johnson
Cleveland Railway Company
Johnson
Food Prices Fall Sharply Since 1920 Peak in Athens Report
A leading Athens grocer reports a broad decline in food costs since mid 1920. Eggs down about 60 percent, sugar near 6.5 cents, potatoes 80 percent lower, rice and beans around half, creamery butter 33 percent cheaper, lard 50 percent lower, beef steaks 25 percent cheaper, pork 50 percent drop, ham 16 percent cheaper. Overall average price decrease about 42 percent.
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Athens
New York
Ian
Offers to Make Good the Damage Done by Blaze
A former Cincinnati resident now living in Loveland Ohio writes to Mayor Galvin admitting he set a fire in the East End in 1902 but says the fire department arrived quickly to prevent heavy damage. He offers to send a check covering the loss if a bill is sent.
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Cincinnati
Dublin man hunt locks down north city with armored cars
Troops in armored cars sealed off a north Dublin district in a major man hunt. Rumors tied Sinn Fein leader General Michael Collins to the area as ambushes blocked communication and halted food supplies, causing distress among residents.
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Dublin
Sinn
Cork
Mr Bush Honored as Ohio Delegate to World Press Congress
Mr F W Bush has been chosen as the Ohio delegate to the Press Congress of the World to be held in Pyant from October 4 to 14, 1921.
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Bush
F. W. Bush
Ohio
Press Congress of the World
Pyant
Meeting of Local Union 389 at Circle Hill Moray
Local Union 389 holds a meeting at Circle Hill Moray on February 21 1921 at 1 p.m with C B McCafferty serving as secretary.
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Circle Hill
Moray
B. McCafferty
Railroad Labor Board Weighs Meeting With Executives
In Chicago the railroad labor board holds an executive session to consider inviting railroad executives to meet union heads to settle the rail controversy. Employers seek abrogation of national working agreements and wage cuts for labor. About 150 railroad officials are invited to a late meeting called by W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania lines to discuss the industry’s financial plight.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Frank P. Walsh
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Lines
Founder's Day Edition Highlights Ohio University
The Green and White, Ohio University's student publication, released a special Founder's Day edition on Friday. It features six pages of campus pictures and portraits of prominent individuals in honor of the occasion.
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Students of
Ohio University
Lifers' Club invites new members in Canton jail
In Canton Ohio seven charter members in the county jail issued an open invitation to men convicted under Ohio dry laws to join The Lifers' Club. The group, formed by those fined $1,000 or more, opts to serve prison time rather than pay the fines. Members are working out their fines at sixty cents daily.
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Canton
Lifers’ Club
Ohio
Lifers Club
New York Man Arrested in Brooklyn Factory Shooting
New York resident Febine T. Davis a Brooklyn factory owner was to be arraigned in police court on murder charges after detectives Bridgetts Glone and Horan were shot at his Bryn instrument plant. Witnesses say Davis claimed self defense as officers recovered the weapon and Davis directed the scene.
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New York
Febine T. Davis
Brooklyn
Joseph Bridgetts
Ing
Howard J. M
George W. Horan
Davis
Bryn
Davis and Geck
Bridgetts
Glone
Horan
Bridget
I Davis
Funeral for Bo of Orrville to be held in Orrville
Major Rafel Johnson received a telegram announcing the body of Bo from Orrville has arrived in the United States. The service will be held at Orrville Sunday afternoon at a listed time. Bo, an Ohio University student and Delta Theta member, served with Major Johnson in a machine gun unit during World War I and died in the Argonne drive during the war. The mother requests the commanding officer attend, and Major Johnson and his wife will travel to Orrville for the service.
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Rafel Johnson
Orrville
France
Cog
Ohio University
F Delta Theta Fraternity
Johnson Fm
Athens
Ithrucut
Argonne Drive
States
Johnson
Attention call for second degree work gathering
Notice invites members of the GEO. MINAMYER lodge to attend a 1 o clock work session in the second degree. Brothers and visitors welcome.
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Geo. Minamyer, N
Special Salvation Army Services Announced
The Salvation Army announces open air services at 6:30 with Captain C A Mer and wife of Marietta in charge. Comrade W M Johnston leads the meeting, indoors and out, as Iain Devol coordinates at the army station near Van Vorhes Street, where a family has relocated.
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Salvation Ars
Salvation Army
C. Amer
Marietta
W. M. Johnston
Iain Devol
van Vorhes Street
English Inventor Develops Wireless Telegraphic Typewriter
An English inventor unveiled an au typewriter that receives wireless messages at a speed of 100 words per minute. The device translates incoming signals into typed text, showing advances in machine communication and automation.
Learn to Protect the Family Food Supply
Public notice inviting readers to request a free copy of Care of Food in Home by enclosing two cents for return postage. The item promotes guidance on safeguarding household food from spoilage and contamination.
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Plares
Washington
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