France nears test for Poincaré ministry
Paris dispatch reports Premier Raymond Poincaré présenter la politique du nouveau cabinet with the line Germany must pay as the key note. The session in the chamber of deputies will decide confidence in the government, with expectations of a vote near 400 in favor.
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Frank E. Mason
Paris
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Poincaire
Raymond Poincaire
Senate
Chamber Deputies
M. Poincaire
Chamber
Governor Davis urges Ohio utilities board to probe coal freight rates
Ohio Governor Davis urged the state utilities commission to immediately investigate intrastate railroad coal freight rates. He cited discriminatory increases after 1918 federal control, claiming short haul costs far exceed long shipments and coal mines face closure and unemployment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Davis
State Utilities Commission
Tetlow
United States
Arbuckle Manslaughter Trial Nearing Case Closure
The Arbuckle manslaughter trial progresses toward closing the state's case with three major witnesses left to testify. Show girl Zey Brevon is set to recount the party scene alleged to link Arbuckle to Virginia Rappe's death, while hotel maid Josephine Keza offers her keyhole version. Fingerprint expert FE Heinrichs will assert a handprint overlay on Rappe’s door.
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Ellis H. Martin
Ft. U. S
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Zey Brevon
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Miss Prevon
Alicea Blake
Josephine Keza
FE. O. Heinrichs
Arbuckie
Miss Rappe
Europe to Buy Over $100 Million in U.S. Grain
Washington reports government experts estimate American farmers will receive more than 100 million dollars from grain purchases by Europe to feed its population through next harvest. Europe faces shortages of wheat corn and other staples while Germany suffers drought reducing meat supplies and depressing prices.
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W. H. Atkins
Washington
Europe
United States
Commerce and Agricultural Department
Wallace
Germany
Public prayer for new Norwich cinema premise
Canon Merrick offered a public prayer for the success of a new cinema theatre in Norwich within his parish. He said all amusements should be under God’s consecrating hand and the cinema’s directors bear a great responsibility to unite with the local church in advancing the Kingdom of God.
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International News Service
London
Canon Meyrick
Norwich
Three-Cent Wage Cut Agreed In Dayton Transit
Dayton Ohio January 19 The People's Railway company and its workers have agreed on a three cent cut in hourly wages. The city will accept a new permanent ordinance fixing fares at five cents with a penny extra for transfers.
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Dayton, O
People’s Railway Company
Olson's Morning Class Resumes Monday
Athens business men will restart Thor Olson's morning class on a four month period after a one month rest. Olson schedules ten to fifteen minutes of exercise daily with much time devoted to developing volleyball teams. A large enrollment of prominent men is expected.
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Olson
Athens
Thor Olson
Cold Wave Approaches Chicago From Rocky Mountains
A blast of zero weather from the Rockies will hit Chicago tonight, the weather bureau warned. The temperature fell 20 degrees in four hours by noon, dropping to 12 above zero and still descending.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Ill-formed text fragment prompts unclear report
The provided OCR fragment is garbled and lacks discernible names places dates or events. It cannot yield a coherent newspaper item without readable facts to summarize.
Huge Sums Will Be Needed Quickly to Aid the Irish
Dublin reports the Irish provisional government will promptly apply a new government loan of 1,000,000 pounds to national needs. The loan, secured by Michael Collins from the Bank of Ireland, funds new governmental machinery nationwide amid high costs.
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Dublin
Ministry of Finance
Irish Provisional Government
Michael Collins
Bank of Ireland
Strikers attempt mob lynching of plant superintendent
A mob of about 300 strikers attacked the Mental Stamping Corporation factory gates in Stabhaton, UL. They nearly lynched G. C. Mason, superintendent, as a rope was placed around his neck before police arrived to rescue him.
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Stabhator
G. C. Mason
Mental Stamping Corporation
Mason
Ohio United Mine Workers Hold Thirty Third Convention
The opening day in Columbus featured reports from officers and committees. International Secretary Treasurer Green and Vice President Murray addressed Kansas mine troubles and union unity while Percy Tetlow discussed Ohio workmen’s compensation and freight rates favoring West Virginia coal.
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Columbus
Ohio United Mine Workers
International
William Green
Kansas
Phillip Murray
Percy Tetlow
Ohio
West Virginia
Ford Line 16 recalls Lima workers amid rising business
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad recalls a number of employees in and near Lima after layoffs. Lima agent Alfred Mulcahy says the recall stems from steady business growth and rumors place all workers back by month end. Good resolutions won't replace bad actions.
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Lima
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Company
Alfred Mulcahy
Dayton Fights Move of McCook Field
Dayton protests a War Department plan to move McCook Field to an eastern site near water. The facility, with over 1,000 workers and a payroll around 2 million, conducts Army Air Service experimental work and honors the Wright brothers as pioneers of flight.
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Dayton
Department of War
McCook Field
United States
Army Air Service
Wright Brothers
Strike power may be taken from a local union
Columbus January 19. Delegates at the Ohio United Mine Workers convention debated amending the constitution to remove local unions from suspending work in case of direct violation of agreement. Proponents say it strengthens miners in wage talks and aligns with contracts, while opponents fear loss of home rule and excess power in head officials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio United Mine Workers
Committee On Constitution
Warmer Weather Promised in the West
Denver and the Rocky Mountain region expect rising temperatures today after a brutal cold snap. Readings ranged from 8 below zero in Denver to 36 below in Worland as the area endures the severest cold wave of the winter.
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Denver
Colo
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Worland
Wyoming
Relative of Athens Man Dies in Pennsylvania at 95
Richard N. Moffit, 95, died recently at his son T. P. Moffitt's home in Waynesburg Pa He was the town's oldest citizen and a Methodist church member He leaves a son and three grandchildren His lineage traces to George Moffitt and Martha Bayard of Bohemia Manor Maryland and includes Samuel Bayard and Martha Scott Elizabeth Wood became Samuel Bayard's second wife and the parents of eight children including Margaret Bayard mother of A W Ullom of Athens Ohio
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Athens
Pennsylvania
Waynesburg
Richard N. Moffit
T. P. Moffitt
Methodist Church
George Moffitt
Martha M. Bayard
Bohemia Manor
Maryland
Samuel Bayard
Martha Scott
Elizabeth Wood
Margaret Bayard
A. W. Ullom
Ohio
Trench Maps Repurposed as Tennis Shoe Insoles
Trench maps printed on durable canvas for military use are being repurposed in England to manufacture inner soles for tennis shoes. The shift uses archival maps to supply practical, long lasting insoles for athletic footwear.
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England
Senate Refuses Time to Pay Allied Debt
In Washington on January 19, Senate Republicans overwhelmingly opposed fixing a payment time for interest owed by foreign governments on 11 billion dollars in U S debt. A secret conference discussed linking debt payments to the soldiers bonus. The motion to defer interest beyond three years failed 40 to 2, with Senator Capper and Harreld voting for it.
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J. Bart Campbell
U. S
Washington
Jan
Senate
United States
Futher
Harreld
Oklahoma
Capper
Kansas
Porter Confesses Theft Of Mail Pouch In Elkhart
Dan Ingram a station porter confessed to Chief C F Northrup that he stole a pouch of registered mail from the New York Central depot in Elkhart Indiana clearing up the mystery surrounding yesterday's theft.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central
C.F. Northrup
Dan Ingram
Northrup
Elkhart Mail Truck Robbery Sparks Wide Police Dragnet
Police, detectives, and postal inspectors surround Elkhart as a massive search for a mail truck robbery unfolds. Loot is estimated up to 500000 dollars, with Dan Ingram held for investigation. A note signed Tommy O Connor draws Chicago bandit connections, while Ingram claims innocence and that the pouch disappeared while he left the truck briefly.
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Elkhart
Ind
Dan Ingram
Tommy O'Conner
Chicago
O’connor
Ingram
Porter
Clash Between Stinnes and Rathenau in Reichstag Debate
In Berlin on January 19, a heated exchange between Hugo Stinnes and Walter Rathenau dominated the Reichstag foreign relations committee reparations discussion. Rathenau detailed talks with allied experts in London and Cannes while Stinnes argued that Rathenau’s material purchases would not help Germany and could ruin exchange rates. Rathenau defended his policy amid party factions and praise from supporters.
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S. D. Weyer
I. N
Berlin
Hugo Stinnes
Walter Rathenau
Reichstag Foreign Relations Committee
Dr. Rathenau
London
Wisebaden
Cannes
Herr Stinnes
Genoa
Germany
Rahenau
Stinnes
Texas Blizzard Hits Fort Worth and Dallas
The winter storm crippled parts of Texas on Thursday with snow and sleet across the Panhandle. Low temperatures dipped to 19 degrees above zero around Fort Worth and Dallas, with no major damage reported so far.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Forth Worth
Dallas
Tno
New Irish Cabinet Under Griffith Faces Founding Duties
Arthur Griffith leads the Dail Eireann as president with a cabinet including Michael Collins and William T. Cosgrove from De Valera’s era. George Gavan Duffy and E J Duggan return from London duties as Sinn Fein delegates and signers of the peace treaty. O’Higgins becomes economics minister replacing Robert C Barton who says his signing was under duress. Cleahy, noted for roles in the IRA, gains popularity.
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Arthur Griffith
Dail Eireann
Irish Free State
GriMth
de Valera
Michael Collins
William T. Cosgrove
George Gavan Duffy
E. J. Duggan
Sinn Fein
Richard Mulcahy
Gavin Duffy
William Cosgrove
Eamon J. Duggan
Bryan O'Higgins
England Opposed to Wish of France In Versailles Debate
London January 19 Former Premier Asquith declared that the Versailles treaty cannot be carried out and emphasized interdependence of nations. His remarks came as French Premier Poincare urged Germany to fulfill the treaty in the French chamber.
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England
France
London
International News Service
Asquith
Germany
Poincaire
French Chamber of Deputies
Rules to Govern Ohio Soldiers Bonus Heirs
Columbus Jan 19 The state board of sinking fund commissioners rules that under Ohio law and the constitutional amendment, the adjusted break down of the soldiers bonus pays the legal heirs not the parents if brothers or sisters exist. About 10 000 cases will involve heirs special blanks printed delays with minor heirs and guardians likely before payments.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners
Coast Guard Captures Polly Laden With Liquor
Federal officers aboard the cutter Tybee and the launch Champ captured the yawl Polly in Savannah harbor. They seized 400 cases of fine liquors found on board. The Polly had been loaded in the Bahamas per its manifest.
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Savannah
Coast Guard
Tybee
Bahamas
Coal Mines Idle as Markets Slow Across Regions
The Lehigh Valley Coal company will suspend operations in the Lehigh, Schuylkill, Northumberland and Columbia fields for the balance of the week due to a weak car market. More than 25,000 men will be idled. Jeddo Highland Coal Company, the largest independent anthracite producer, shut down its collieries today, costing about 5,000 jobs.
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Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Columbia
Jeddo Highland Coal Company
Collision in stock room injuries at local traction company
Carl Gibson stepped on a loose board leaving the stock room of the Columbus Delaware and Marion Traction company in Marion Ohio. The board flew up as William Simpkins stepped on it causing Simpkins to fall and break a leg while Gibson escaped with no injuries.
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Marion, O
Carl Gibson
Columbus ‘Delaware & Marion Traction Company
William Simpkins
Gibson
Simpkins
Germs and Disease Linked to 17th Century German Doctor
A seventeenth century German scientist first wrote about microbes in relation to disease, marking an early step in germ theory and medical science.
Sherry Basim Delivers Hogs to Lite Hocking Leader
Sherry Basim delivered hogs Monday to Lon Clifton at Lite Hocking. The brief report notes the livestock move and identifies the involved individuals and business location.
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Sherry
Basim
Lon Clifton
Lite Hocking
Pope Benedict III Ill With Pneumonia In Rome
The Vatican says Pope Benedict is seriously ill with pneumonia and bronchial catarrh. His temperature reached 103 this morning after a cold began Tuesday and all audiences were canceled. Three days of prayers are offered in Catholic churches for his recovery.
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Rome
Benedict
Vatican
Man Girl Captured by Police in Cincinnati
Nine teen year old Anna Bragg dressed in male overalls and coat arrived by train from Charleston seeking work. A C O detective detained her as she attempted to smoke. Bragg, daughter of a Baptist minister who died in Cabin Creek, says she worked as a man in a Charleston barber shop until she was fired, after which she traveled to Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Anna Bragg
Charleston
W. Va
Miss Bragg
Cabin Creek
Printing firm head convicted in nationwide pool betting scheme
J L Mc Daniels of Indianapolis was found guilty by a federal court jury in Dayton Ohio of using the mails to defraud in connection with a suspected nationwide baseball pool betting operation.
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Dayton, O
J. L. McDaniels
Indianapolis
Masons Meet for Master Mason Degree Friday
Para Mathia Lodge No. 25 F and A M calls members to a special communication on Friday January 20 at 6 30 PM. Master Mason degree work to be performed. W W Lee W M and J A Palmer Secretary sign off with notice date.
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Paramathia Lodge No
W. W. Lee
W. M
J. A. Palmer
Sec’y
Your Milkman Travels 60 Miles
A wartime style public service item notes milk travels about 60 miles from cow to city table. It urges readers to request a free booklet on milk safety by mailing name address and two cents for postage to Frederic J. Haskin, Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
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Mix
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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