Governor seeks probe into road contract irregularities
Ohio Governor calls for a political inquiry into alleged irregularities in state highway contracts. He asks the Ohio Good Roads Association and engineers groups to form a committee to investigate location choices, grading quality, material cost, and contracting methods for roads in Knox Holmes and nearby counties. The move follows public charges by Walton and Pealer and requests attorney general input on the inquiry.
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Vis
Aries
Ohio Good Roads Wiation
State Society of Engineers
State Autore Association
Iton and Pealer
Columbus Eys
Walton and Pealer
Knox
Holmes
Dassistants
Notice on Veterans Bonus Blank Distribution at Zenner Store
A local notice states blanks will be given for veterans soldier compensation payments. Cornell indicated distribution may occur within a week at Zenner Store on Jourt Street, where ex sailors will collect blanks as they arrive. War veterans may receive them earlier according to the Messenger report.
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Iff
Cornell
Legion
Zenner’s
Jourt Street
Re. Blanks
Annual meeting of Ath County Agricultural Society elects officers
Officers elected at the annual meeting discussed general plans for a new building and improvements. A. was re elected president with idle and vice president C B kn as treasurer C M wy was also noted. The session focused on equipment and grounds to support hogs and fowl, with progress aimed for the coming year.
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Aig C. M. Wy
ISH START HOWAS OPENER BELFAST
A New Year opened with violence in Belfast as shooting and bomb-throwing continued overnight. One person was seriously wounded and two bombs were thrown at a house by unknown assailants, leaving residents shaken by the ongoing unrest.
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Belfast
United Press
Week's Weather Outlook for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Weather will be generally fair with rain or snow possible Tuesday or Wednesday. Temperatures near normal with a normal high of 39, low of 22, and an average of 30 degrees for the past week.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Tax cuts for beverages, apparel and luxury goods take effect in 1922
Collector Newton M. Miller announces repeal of nuisance and luxury taxes effective January 1 1922 under the 1921 Revenue Act. Taxes on beverages, apparel purchases over set amounts, and certain luxury items are reduced or shifted to manufacturers excise, with vendor and buyer implications outlined.
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Internal Revenue
Newton M. Miller
Columbus
Srs
Aiso
Athens Names New City Officers In Second Term
Mayor T. B. Roush starts his second term and appoints R. B. Williams and Rafael Johnson to key departments. Williams oversees water and light and sewers while Johnson runs police and fire. Council reorganizes Jan 9 with new members Ralph Dalton and W. H. McKee joining veterans. Griff Evans becomes city auditor. Herb Brooks remains treasurer. C. M. Gill begins second council term. R. W. Finterwald continues as city solicitor.
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T. B. Roush
City of
Athens
R. B. Wiliams
Rafeal Johnson
Williams
Johnson
Ralph Dalton
Beverage
W. H. McKee
W. 8. Blackwood
Fred Fenzel
Loring Connett
Sam Warren Jr
Griff Evans
Sid Sherrard
Clyde Edmundson
Herb Brooks
C. M. Gill
R. W. Finterwald
Sam Johnson
Sproul Mentioned as Possible U.S. Senator Pick
Philadelphia dateline reports Pennsylvania leaders weigh Governor Sproul as successor to the late U S Senator Penrose. Names cited include John A. Bell. Sproul would resign as governor to be appointed by the state’s Heat governor. Funeral plans for Penrose noted as private.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sproul
United States
Penrose
Washington
Heat
Knox
Crow
Pittsburg
John A. Bell
Republican National Committee
Perfect Score Tops Central States Tournament
In Layton Ohio on January 2 the minor events of the central states tournament featured a perfect 300 by George Jackson of Ft Wayne Indiana. The day also included the continuation of the doubles and singles rounds as the session progressed.
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Layton
Central States
George Jackson
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Huntington Suffers Bitter Cold and Blizzard Day
Huntington West Virginia recorded a low of six ten degrees above zero marking a three year low. A blizzard began the first winter weather of the season as service slowed by trolley breakdowns and travel delays.
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Huntington
W. Va
Strar
States to join joint mining meeting amid attendance dispute
Eastern Ohio and southern Ohio operators refuse to attend the central competitive district meeting while Indiana and Illinois operators will participate. The United Mine Workers secretary in Columbus said the conference is expected next Friday despite the split.
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Columbus
Pittsburg
Ohio
Wellston
United Mine Workers
G. W. Savinge
John L. Lewis
Indiana
Illinois
Savage
Holiday Traffic Toll in New York District
New York January 2 four deaths and eighteen injured three probably fatally marked the holiday traffic toll in the New York district.
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New York
Combs urges new year kindness over domestic abuse
In Kansas City a country club Christian church pastor Dr George Hamilton Combs urges couples to abandon violence and instead appreciate spouses. He frames the new year as a chance to choose peaceful, respectful behavior.
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Kansas City
George Hamilton Combs
Country Club Christian Church
Death of Senator Penrose Triggers Capital Shifts
The death of Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania prompts anticipated changes in the Senate leadership and committee chairs. Governor Sproul faces decisions on Penrose’s successor and the chair of the Finance Committee, with Porter J. McCumber presumed to take the finance post, potentially affecting the Foreign Relations chair if Lodge leaves.
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Senator Penrose
Senate
Committee—Finance
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Knox
Penrose
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
McCumber
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Ohio milestones and tragic events in early state history
A condensed timeline notes Hamilton County’s 1796 creation by Gov St Clair named for Alexander Hamilton, the 1796 Big Bottoms Muskingum massacre, a 1896 Columbus natural gas explosion killing six, and 1920 federal raids in Cleveland targeting alleged Reds.
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Hamilton County
St. Clair
Alexander Hamilton
Big Bottoms
Muskingum
Columbus
Cleveland
Strike of New York harbor boatmen widens on wage cut plan
In New York on January 2 strike threats spread as crews from several towing and lighters firms refused wage cuts. Workers quit after the masters and pilots association announced a new wage scale that had become operative January 1.
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New York
New York Harbor
Masters and Pilots’ Association
Arrest Sheriff in Big Robbery in Panama Bank
Greenville Illinois January 2 Sheriff John L. Wilson Bond County was arrested today charged with participation in the robbery of the Panama Illinois bank where thirty six thousand dollars was stolen.
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Greenville
Fil
John Ll. Wilson
Bond County
Panama, Illinois
New Year Snow Delights Athenians Amid Cold Welcome
New Year's Day brings a fresh blanket of snow that leaves the ground white and new. Children hit the sledding hills as bells and a distant locomotive echo through a frosty city while some residents sleep through the holiday. Early morning thermometers show 14 to 16 degrees above zero in various districts.
Prohibition Fines Totals Near Half a Million
Columbus officials report that violations of state prohibition laws have yielded about 500000 dollars in fines since the Crabbe act took effect. Prohibition Commissioner Parker announced the figure on Saturday.
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Columbus
Parker
Debtors Persist Despite Memory Courses in Magazines
Despite various memory courses promoted by magazines, many men still fail to pay their debts. This cast doubt on the effectiveness of such programs and highlights ongoing financial laxity.
New York New Year Toll from Bad Liquor Rises
New York reports over New Year a holiday toll of bootleg liquor deaths reaching more than twenty. Two men and a woman died and many were injured in fights with knits and pistols while hospitals treated Hague poisoning cases. A well dressed unidentified woman died in a subway station from acute alcoholism after a gin bottle was found nearby.
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New York
Hague
Pre-primary convention plan for Longworth and Fess
Columbus January 2 plans are under way for a pre primary convention of Republican leaders to let Congressmen Longworth and Fess seek the senatorial nomination without harming their chances for reelection. Walter P Brown said there is nothing new about the idea, it has been considered by leaders of both parties since the primary law passed.
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Columbus
Jan
Longworth
Fess
Walter P. Brown
Bown
Otte
Jewish minister cites oath to expel son from Jewish community
London dispatch reports Leon Trotsky as the target of a radical Jewish leader who declares his son forsaken by Judaism and subject to eternal damnation. The account describes a charged ritual with seven prayers and curses, witnessed by Trotsky’s elderly ally who fainted.
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London
Leon
Berlin
Moses Broujstin
Heaven
Hell
Trotsky
Governor Davis weighs primary convention plan for 1922 ticket
In Columbus on January 2 Governor Davis is expected to outline support for a state Republican primary convention to shape the 1922 state and senatorial slate. Walter I. Brown of Toledo dismissed plans as a risk, noting Republican factions may oppose the move and threaten unified backing at the primaries.
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Columbus
Davis
Walter I. Brown
Toledo
Brown
United States Senate
Smith
Randolph Walton
New Orleans Jumps Into 1922 Amid Stabbings Shootings
In New Orleans on January 2 1922 one white man and two Black men were killed a white man drowned a police officer was fatally shot eleven people were shot and more than twenty Black residents stabbed during new year celebrations.
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New Orleans
Lousiana
Work 19 Best Wealth Route
Cincinnati on January 2 Julius Payton 40 ex saloon porter retires with a half million dollars He immigrated to the United States 24 years ago landing in New York then moving to Cincinnati He started as a saloon porter and by hard work expanded into a restaurant chain He sold the business to four former waiters for a large sum
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Cincinnati
Julius Payton
Payton
New York
Change and Rest in Medical Rethink Debate
A fragmented note discusses shifts in medical practice and patient care. It references change, rest, and responsibility in doctor patient relations, hinting at evolving roles and expectations without specific events or names.
Storm Delays of For Hours at New York Pier
After enduring a northwest gale that reached 120 miles per hour, the steamship Uraguaya of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company reached its New York pier safely. Sailing from Cherbourg and Southampton, it carried many passengers. Captain S. Gillard slowed to cut speed and lay to for eight hours. Warmer tonight follows a bitterly cold night with temperatures dropping to the lower point and the plumbers beginning harvest duties for the winter.
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New York
Uraguaya
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Cherbourg
Southampton
S. Gillard
Cupid Sends Three Marriages For Every Divorce In 1921
Cincinnati readers note that in 1921 divorces averaged just under 12 a day while marriages rose at a stronger rate with about three new weddings for each divorce. The brief reflects social trends in the city with Cupid described as especially active.
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Cupid
Cincinnati
The Messenger Calendar for 1922 Free Offer
The Messenger announces a free 1922 calendar printed in colors via its Washington Information Bureau. Readers may request a copy by sending two stamps and a plain address, or enclose this form with name street city state to receive one calendar.
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the Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Navy
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