Royal wedding of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles in London
Princess Mary wed Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey in a grand royal ceremony unseen in nearly three decades. The event drew about 2250 guests as crowds cheered along a decorated route from Buckingham Palace to the abbey. After a lavish breakfast at the palace the couple departed for their honeymoon from Paddington Station.
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Edna Huber Church
London
Mary
Mny George
Viscount Lascelles
Earl of Harewood
Westminster Abbey
Prince of Wales
India
Buckingham Palace
Abbey
Sir Victor Audley Falconer Mackenzie
Scots Guards
Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
Palace
Mall
Admiralty Arch
Whitehall
Parliament Street
Parliament Square
Paddington Station
Dog saves life of Mary Horan in Toledo blaze
Miss Mary Horan owes her life to a faithful dog that awakened her as fire swept her Toledo home in the pre dawn hours. She escaped in night clothes before the house was destroyed.
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Toledo
Mary Horan
Petitions for naturalization due by March ninth in Athens
All candidates seeking final naturalization must file petitions with the Athens County Clerk of Courts by March 9 to be eligible for the June examination. Clerk T. L. Morgan reports 49 petitions filed so far and anticipates a large class for June exams.
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Athens County
First pastor serves on jury in New Castle
Rev A J Randles United Presbyterian pastor of New Castile Pa. reportedly becomes the first pastor to serve as a juror after comments declaring the jury box no place for women or a preacher.
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Commonwealth
A. J. Randles
United Presbyterian Astor of
New Castile
National Male Quartet to Donate Proceeds to Red Cross
The university auditorium event from the Lyceum course will donate all proceeds to Red Cross county relief work. Tickets are sold at McKee Drug Store Wednesday and Thursday, with every cent going to relief efforts. The plan shifts from promoting summer band concerts to supporting the Red Cross campaign.
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University Auditorium
Lyceum
Red Cross County
Athens
Red Cross
America
McKee Drug Store
Railroad actions author by ICC in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Mingo Valley Railroad to build a short line in Washington County West Virginia and permitted the Lehigh Valley Railroad to abandon a branch line in Sullivan and Wyoming counties Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Mingo Valley Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington County
West Virginia
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Sullivan
Wyoming Counties
Pennsylvania
Hays and Shipp Talked Over Movie Plans in Miami
The text notes Will Hays and Thomas R. Shipp met in Miami to discuss plans for the motion picture world. It hints at Hays’ leadership role and references their discussions as part of broader concerns about cinema governance.
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Will Hays
Thomas R. Shipp
Motion Picture World
Miami, Fla
Thomas F. Shipp
Wesh
Harding urges end to costly shipping venture and subsidy plan
President Harding told Congress the government should end its costly shipping experiment and grant subsidies to rebuild a strong American merchant marine as a second line of naval defense. He outlined a plan with a $125 million fund, a 10 percent customs revolving pool, and mail carriage rights until 10 percent returns are achieved.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Harding
Congress
America
United States
Dairy Plant Replaced After Fire Fireside Plant Rebuild
Wellington reports the Telling Belle Vernon Company replaces its Cleveland dairy plant destroyed by fire during a milk drivers strike. A new $100,000 facility in Wellington is nearing completion with machinery being installed and operations expected to begin this week.
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Wellington
Telling- Belle Vernon Company
Cleveland
Girl Freed on Bond Pending Her Trial
After a week of effort, a $2,000 bond was raised for Miss Mary Rose Boone of Owensboro Kentucky. She is charged with stealing a $1,000 note from Nicholas Bishop her former fiancé and is freed pending a trial expected in about a month.
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Elyria
Mary Rose Boone
Owensboro
Nicholas Bishop
Famous Speaker Here Wednesday at Presbyterian Church
Athens residents are invited to a Wednesday 7 pm lecture at the Presbyterian church on the Sunday School board work. Denver speaker Mr. Schuremann will present about sixty slides. No collection will be taken, and the event welcomes all, with emphasis on Presbyterians.
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Athens
Presbyterian Church
Wilcox
Schuremann
Denver
Sudden Deaths Shock Athens Residents
Two men died of heart failure in Athens on Monday. William Brooks aged 49 collapsed in his car near Court and West Union streets after a theater outing with his wife and daughter Eva. He leaves a widow, a daughter Eva, a son Fred, and several stepchildren and siblings. Charles W. Daniels, 14, a deacon at Mt Zion Baptist Church, died on his South Depot street porch. He is survived by a widow, a son, and two brothers. Funeral plans await.
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Athens
William Brooks
Race Street
Court
West Union Streets
Brooks
Eva
Newsom-Walburn Undertaking
Athens County
Athens City
Fred
Robert Archer
Lester Brooks
Middleport
J. Kl. Jack
Nelsonville
Clarence Needles
Columbus
John L. Brooks
West Union Street
Charles W. Daniels
South Depot Street
Walter Daniels
James Daniels
Detroit
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
West State Street
Petticoat Thief Strikes Barberton Homes
Dr Otto Hillems is the latest victim in Barborton where a string of break ins has left 57 homes violated by a thief stealing ladies petticoats. A $100 reward remains offered but has not deterred the burglar who operates in the past weeks.
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Barberton, O
Otto Hillems
Weight cut in two Athens roads during moisture period
Reduction in vehicle weight limits in two Athens county routes is proposed after talks among E. C. Davis, FL R Baker, and Highway Commissioner Herrick. The 33 1 3 percent cut drops from 10 tons to 6 2 3 tons on the Athens McArthur and Athens Logan routes for the moistened period, with signs to mark the limits.
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Athens County
State Highway Department
E. C. Davis
FL R Baker
Herrick
State Department
Athens-McArthur Road
Athens-Logan Road
South Bridge
Fisher
White Hall School House
Athens- Logan Road
Hocking County
West Corporation
Nelsonville
Youth shoots father in Wheeling violence case
August Hanke, 14, shot and killed his father Henry Hanke, 39, after a quarrel sparked by a accusation about attendance at a dance. August confessed and is held at the county jail awaiting preliminary hearing. The family had previous divorce proceedings and reconciliation efforts last November.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Hanke
Henry Hanke
Hawke
Defiance College hears warning on cheap fiction and dating
Dr. Edith Swift of New York City urged Defiance college students to resist superficial romance and false appearances. She warned that early freshmen year pairings do not seal bargains and called for a strict code of sex standards amid perceived moral decline postwar.
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Defiance
Edith Swift
New York City
Defiance College
Dr. Swift
Griffith Censure Vote Fails in Dail Éireann
In Dublin on February 28 Sinn Fein lawmakers voted down a resolution to censure Arthur Griffith over his pick for agriculture minister. The measure failed by six votes as Griffith, president of the Dáil, faced opposition. In Leavenworth Texas a 63 year old woman Margaret Anderson described a futile trip to gain release for her son, an army deserter who once carried papers for the Marion Star. She previously walked to Washington to seek the president's help and then returned hoping for clemency.
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Daniel O’connelil
Dublin
Arthur Griffith
Dail Éireann
Sinn Fein
Griffith
Dail
Leavenworth
Tex
Joseph
Margaret Anderson
Marign
Ohio
Harding
Washington
Marion Star
Anderson
University students knighted at Athens K of P lodge meeting
About 100 members of the Athens K of P lodge attended Monday night as university students conferred the rank of knight. The ceremony highlighted the work of the student members during the gathering.
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Athens K. of P. Lodge
Building Trades Face Imminent Great Strike in Cleveland
In Cleveland on February 28, employers and unions plan a final talk to avert a work stoppage. Contractors announce a new wage scale effective tomorrow with cuts from 18 to 36 percent. A dispute over the expiration date of the current scale adds to tensions as workers claim the rate lasts to March 1 while unions say two months remain.
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Cleveland
Meigs County Man To Die For His Crime At Midnight
Harry M. Fields detained in Detroit tied to the murder of William Desmond Taylor confesses that a famous motion picture actress was among four plotters. He claims he drove a Chinaman a white man and a woman to the Taylor murder night and that the actress did not accompany the party.
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Meigs County
Harry M. Fields
Detroit
William Desmond Taylor
Will assigns all property to wife who was later widow
Cadiz dates a peculiar probate case where Coroner J M McConnell left his estate to Harriett Mansfield whom he later married. She remains administratrix as widow beneficiary, while the will stands unaltered ten years after his death in St Petersburg Florida.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
J. M. McConnell
St. Petersburg
Fila
Harriett Mansfield
Tax Return Deadline For 1921 Facing Fifteen Day Window
Taxpayers have fifteen days, not counting Sundays, to file 1921 tax returns. Returns must be in the hands of the collector or a deputy by March 15, with at least one quarter of the tax paid. Extensions up to 30 days may be granted for illness or absence subject to collector approval.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Post Office
Columbus
Ohio
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Athens Chamber Sends Auto License Funds to State
More than 35000 dollars from Athens county automobile license sales are sent to Secretary of State Harvey C. Smith. Of this amount over 17000 dollars will be returned to the county and municipalities for road and street work. Councils and county commissioners are urged to file for immediate release.
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Athens County
Harvey C. Smith
Athens Chamber of Commerce
County
Ite
Secretary of State
Athens Chamber of Commercce
Smith
Large attendance at Athens Sunday schools Sunday
Large turnout at First M. E. Sunday school with 839 attendees including 218 men and 291 women and 812 scholars. Class 6 led by Prof Copeland enrolled 214 men while Class 16 had 239 women. Total collection reached 31.37 with major gifts from Class 6 13.80 Class 16 9.74 Mrs Noss 1.89 and Mr Porter 1.17.
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Athens
M. E
Copeland
Noss
Porter
Miss Lauer
Club in Albany to Raise Red Cross Relief Funds
The Wednesday Club of Albany will collect food clothing and shoes for Red Cross services in Athens county. Donations should be left at Coe's hardware store for pickup and distribution.
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Albany
Wednesday Club of
Red Cross Service
Athens County
Coe’s
Dance at K P Hall Chauncey Ohio
Tuesday night February 28 at K P Hall Chauncey Ohio with good music and a park plan as advertised. The note dated 2 25 83 references a local social event.
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P. Hall
Chauncey
Ohio
Park Plan
Athens Chamber of Commerce Noon Meeting Hosts Percy Tetlow
Percy Tetlow state director of industrial relations will speak at the Athens Chamber of Commerce weekly noon meeting. A veteran in labor and industrial matters he knows labor union history and government activity, formerly UMW national executive member and statistician. His talk titled General Industrial Relations will cover freight rates and Hocking Valley coal concerns.
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Percy Tetlow
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Tetlow
United Mine Workers
Hocking Valley
Italy selects Signorina Burbiglio as world’s most beautiful lips
Italian artists declare Signorina Ina Burbiglio of Rome the most beautiful lips in the world. They compare her beauty to Rossetti’s fame and say she ranks among Europe’s prettiest women, praised by painters and sculptors globally.
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Italy
Signorina Burbiglio
Rome
Rossetti
Europe
Bland and Wright to die in electric chair after appeals fail
Governors refusal to reprieve both condemned men is disclosed as their mothers arrive at the state house. In Columbus and at the prison Bland and Wright insist they are ready to meet their maker, with Wright confessing and Bland expressing peace as executions are scheduled after midnight.
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Columbus
Davis
Wright
Bland
Harry L. Bland
Pomeroy
International News Service
Walter Wright
Wella»ville
Beagle
Cigara
Middleport
Harry Lee Bland
Fomeroy
Wellsville
Elizabeth McDowell
Blaine H
Harry Dean Cummins
Steubenville
George W. Beagle
Meigs County
Destroy the Rat: A Call for Scientific Pest Control
The piece urges a unified, scientific fight against rats rather than disorganized campaigns. It promotes a free government booklet on rats and mice, available through Frederico J. Haskin's Washington Information Bureau, with two cents to cover postage. It asks readers to supply name and address on a coupon to receive the Rat Booklet.
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Washington Information Bureau
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Miami
Chats
Hild
Taylor
Tela
Harry Bland
Frederico J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information
Washington, D. C
City
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