Ohio lawmakers plan one day special session for relief act
Columbus January 5 Ohio legislators draft a one day special session call for January 15 to pass an emergency financial relief act for distressed municipalities counties and local taxing districts Three proposed methods include removing levies from limits with voter approval extending levies to pay unpaid bills and issuing refinancing notes Taft and Baxter lead the measure to meet Crabbe's request for sixteen counties to pay about 59000 for dependent wards care and maintenance
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W. K. Baxter
Allen County
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
House
Ohio
Baxter
Taft
Crabbe
Florida Mails Swamped By Holiday Traffic
O B Murphy and his wife report from Ft. Lauderdale that the local post office, serving a town of about 4 000, is overwhelmed with vacationers. They note a steady influx of tourists by train and car and remark that sea bathing on Christmas Day is common while Ohio endures zero weather.
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O. B. Murphy
Forest Lumber Stock Size in United States Revealed
The article reports that the original forest of the United States contained 56.2 trillion feet of lumber. This figure emphasizes the vast scale of preindustrial timber resources and sets a baseline for discussions of timber availability and historical forest stock.
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United States
Noted Judge Florence Allen Sees World Bias Against Women Careers
Cleveland January report on Judge Florence Allen first Ohio Supreme Court woman justice and possible U S Senate candidate. She argues both parents share duties, no fixed rule for balance, and a woman may pursue career while caring for children if possible. Her rise from Cleveland attorney to common pleas bench and then Supreme Court illustrates progress.
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Cleveland
Florence Allen
Ohio Supreme Court
United States Senate
Allen
Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Takes Shot At Lone Burglar In Morning Alarm
Nelsonville scene of a daytime break in as Swingle owner of the Midway filling station on Chestnut street fired twice at a would be intruder when a car pulled up about 2 am Two men were in the vehicle which sped toward Athens Swingle believes the second shot struck the robber in a spate of recent attempted robberies in the town.
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Nelsonville
Swingle
Midway
Chestnut — Street
Athens
Woman Serves as Best Man at St Louis Wedding
In St Louis a wedding featured an unusual twist as the best man was a woman, highlighting changing traditions and inclusive celebration within the ceremony.
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St. Louis
Professor McDuff Warns Eugenics Push Not To Raise IQ
British professor McDuff warns the Eugenics Congress against pushing higher education. He argues insufficient job availability for educated workers and says raising general intelligence by up to ten percent could be disastrous, urging more rough hands and fewer white collars.
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McDuff
Eugenics Congress
Education beyond white collar aims, not social ties
The speaker argues true education, beyond elite universities, should yield meaningful results rather than merely forging elite friendships or landing good jobs. Education, properly directed, benefits society more than securing a high paying, status driven position.
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Huxley
Aristotle’s early Athens journey and shaping of thought
At seventeen Aristotle left Macedonia with a fortune to seek knowledge in Athens. He found Plato, studied for about twenty years, then began teaching on his own. He tutored Alexander the Great for four years not for money, shaping a mind regarded as one of history’s most powerful.
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Aristotle
Athens
Nichomachus
Macedon
Plato
Alexander the Great
Stageira
French to build monument for Sarah Bernhardt
The article notes plans to erect a monument honoring Sarah Bernhardt and mentions monuments to Joan of Arc and other female figures who embodied fighting spirit. It indicates such tributes aim to challenge gender norms by honoring women as strong.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Joan of “Arc
Carol of Romania Abdicates Amid Hohenzollern Critics
Berlin reports observers describe Prince Carol of Romania as a mad Hohenzollern figure whose abdication follows a life of dissipation and violent passions. The commentary notes his mystical illusions and conflict with his father, highlighting a history of libertine escapades in Paris and defiance of heirly constraints.
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Berlin
C. P
Hohenzollern
House of Roumania
Carol
Paris
Famished miners loot ten more stores in Nova Scotia
Jan 5 Cape Breton miners without work for weeks loot ten more stores early today. They take about $200 at one location as authorities dispatch reinforcements to quell unrest across the mining towns. Estimated theft totals reach around $50,000 with little resistance from miners and sympathizers.
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Haliman
Cape Breton
Bitter clash likely after liquor raid on Klan club
In Paris I I a liquor raid on the Klan club sparked anticipated warfare between the club members and opposing factions. The city government is described as pro Klan while the club is strongly anti Klan.
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Paris
Ku Klux Klan
Flk
Athens Joins GAO Battle Against Rates
The Athens city council voted unanimously to join Ohio cities in opposing Logan Gas Co rate increases. City Solicitor Hughes outlined that appraisal engineers will be used to contest valuations, with Athens paying $528.25 toward the cost based on meters, while overall city fears higher charges with a potential $1 million yearly rise for 92,000 customers.
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Athens
Ohio
Logan Gas Company
M. D. Hughes
E. ©. Woodworth
Roger J. Jones
Fred Fenzel
Frank #. Lowry
C. EK. Masura
W. H. Pratt
M. BP. Totman
W. N
Bert) Russell
C. EE. Starr
M. I. Totman
C. E. Starr
CC. H. Harris
Lowry
Commission
Hughes
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
United
Mr. Hughes
Utilities Commission
Woodworth
England Glad U S Is Coming to Geneva
London leaders welcomed President Coolidge joining the disarmament talks at Geneva saying his presence boosts the conference chances of success and signals strong American commitment to the process.
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England
U.S
London
Coolidge
Geneva
Oldest Confederate Father of Nelsonville Woman
Nelsonville January 5 Mr and Mrs Paul L Duncan left for Knoxville Tennessee called by death of Mrs Duncan s father Judge G W Brown He was said to be the oldest living ex Confederate past 103 years old and spent his life in eastern Tennessee A resume of his life appeared in yesterday s Messenger.
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Nelsonville
Paul L. Duncan
Knoxville
Tennessee
Duncan
G. W. Brown
Judge Brown
Delegates to Geneva Disarmament Talks Guided by Washington
American envoys to the Geneva conference opening February 15 will work under Washington's tight instructions. President Coolidge and advisers favor a limited set of goals, warning that broad universal disarmament talks face likely failure. Delegates will push a pattern modeled on the 1921-22 Washington conference.
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Washington
League of Nations
Coolidge
League
Coolidgse
United States
Irving Berlin Marries Heire ss Ellin MacKay
Irving Berlin and Ellin MacKay wed in a sudden ceremony. The couple, planning a European honeymoon, will sail on the Leviathan next Saturday. MacKay is the daughter of Clarence H. MacKay of Postal Telegraph. the bride is Roman Catholic and Berlin is Jewish.
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New York
Irving Berlin
Ellin MacKay
Clarence H. MacKay
Postal Telegraph Company
Broadway
Berlin
East Side
Athens men to drill for oil on hospital grounds
James Ginnan and F R Gross of Athens sign lease with Ohio welfare director John Harper to drill on about 1000 acres at the Athens state hospital. The state will receive one eighth of oil produced and sold, and the hospital will receive all gas needed plus one fourth of gas sold beyond that amount. Ginnan says the proposition is the best the state department has received and development will begin soon.
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James Ginnan
F. R. Gross
Athens
Athens State Hospital
John Harper
State Welfare
Ohio
Ginnan
Gross
State of
State Department
Operators approve coal strike talks stance in New York
Samuel D. Warriner led a 31 member conference of anthracite operators who unanimously backed the six man negotiating committee’s efforts to reach a peace with miners. The meeting occurred ahead of joint talks at the Union League club, with Warriner noted as a top operator who had previously stayed out of negotiations.
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New York
Samuel D. Warriner
New York City
Union League Club
Warriner
Anthracite talks resume as miners and operators weigh arbitration
In New York on January 6 the 168000 striking miners and anthracite operators plan a late afternoon peace meeting at the Union League club after a day of caucuses. Both sides show little new to offer and expect only discussions on arbitration as a path to settlement. John L. Lewis has cross party meetings and labor leaders seek presidential help while city officials have not yet acted.
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New York
Union League Club
Waldorf-Astoria
Cadillac
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Scranton
J. J. Curran
Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
Lewis
al Smith
James J. Walker
New York City
John Sullivan
Wisecup in bad condition after Red town stabbing
Walter Wisecup, 24, remains seriously wounded after a stabbing in Red town following a quarrel over a dog. Cecil Smith is sought by Sheriff P. H. McKinley. Wisecup’s condition improved but not yet out of danger. Henry Stevenson died after Christmas Eve stabbing in Mineral.
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Walter Wisecup
Redtown
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cecil Smith
P. H. McKinley
Wisecup
Henry Stevenson
Mineral
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Feigns End of Troubled Career
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Broadway dancer and ex wife of Harry Thaw, was found unconscious in Chicago after drinking eight ounces of lysol. Her 17 year old son Russell and a maid tried to aid her as she was rushed to Ashland boulevard hospital with slim chances of recovery. The maid Gussie Accope said Thaw had been despondent, drank heavily after a party, and had recently returned from a sanitarium for drug addicts.
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Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Russell
Ashland Boulevard Hospital
Miss Nesbit
Moulin Rouge
Gussie Accove
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss Thaw
Miss Accope
Atlantic City
Union Men Hold Protest Meeting in Boonville
About a thousand coal miners gathered for a mass meeting in Boonville Indiana to protest non union mines. Walter Korff mine owner demanded state troops from Governor Ed Jackson to maintain order as Sheriff Earl Spradley reported no expected trouble.
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Boonville
Ind
Ed Jackson
Walter Korff
Earl Spradley
Ohio River Low Water Strains Gallipolis Water System
Gallipolis faces a water shortage as the Ohio River runs at its lowest level in twenty years. The city cannot draw water from wells at Gallipolis Island and relies on artesian wells at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics with limited pressure. Government orders have shut all Ohio River dams due to ice.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Island
Ohio River
Ohio Hospital
Carbondale Youth Killed Stretching Power Line Wire
Francis Howson 21 of Carbondale was instantly killed while a construction crew stretched copper wire for an Ohio Power line between Rutland and Kyger. He was hoisted toward the top of a 150 foot tower when a chain broke, dropped to the second cross arm, and he fell striking his head and shoulders. The body was sent to his family in Carbondale.
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Francis Howson
Ohio Power Company
Martha Foulk
Messenger
Pomeroy
Carbondale
Athens County
Rutland
Kyger
Howson
Rowland Howson
Mineral man dies after parlor stabbing in Ohio
Henry Stevenson 24 died at 8 07 p m after being stabbed in his father's Mineral Ohio soft drink parlor. Willard Jayjohn is jailed in Athens county awaiting charges from Prosecuting Attorney R W Finsterwald. A dying statement by Stevenson naming Jayjohn is to be admitted as evidence. Witnesses Everett Addis Lewis George Lowry and Thomas fall saw the fight. Stevenson leaves a widow and two children Harold and Arthur plus siblings and step relatives. Funeral at Mineral Methodist church Wednesday at 11 a m with burial New Marshfield cemetery.
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Henry Stevenson
Mineral
Willard Jayjohn
Athens County
Stevenson
R. W. Finseterwald
Steevenson
Jayjohn
Messenger
Everett Addis
Lewis
George Lowry
Thomas Fall
Harold
Arthur
Vid
Miner
Margaret Gibson
Robinette Bridge
Robert
Carbondale
Apethony
Anna Kizor
Coonville
J. H
Logan Gas wins first round in rate case push
Cities in seventy two Ohio municipalities won a procedural victory before the state utilities commission. The Logan Gas Company must file exact increases in each municipality since the new schedules took effect in June as the union favored the motion.
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Columbus
Logan Gas Company
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Loganpany
Well Balanced Meals for Young Children
A government bulletin outlines a wholesome food plan for young children. It details adequacy, variety, and cost, presenting ten recommended foods, proper proportions, and suggested menus for nourishment. The booklet urges mothers with children to obtain a copy and mail in for return postage.
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Bureau of Homenomics
Athens editor Freeric J. The Washington D.
Brief item noting Frederic J. The Athens reports on information from Washington D C. with emphasis on local interest and public affairs.
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Frederic J
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Athens Iee
Washington, D. Ha
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