Four Chesterhill youths fined for rioting in Morgan county
Four prominent young men from Chesterhill were tried in McConnelsville for rioting and disturbing the peace. Harvey Murphey had Glouster miners arrested for hunting out of season, triggering unrest. The quartet pleaded guilty and received the minimum sentence of 10 dollars and costs, then returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Chesterhill
Athens County
Morgan County
McConnellville
Harvey Murphey
Will T. Smith
Murphey
Mr. Murphey
William Rowland
Richard Mains
Harvey John
Elwood Hiatt
Howard Pratt
Guy Grandstaff
McConnelsville
Court of Common Pleas
Doctor Thomas Electric Oil Relief Claim For Child Croup
A historic ad claims Dr Thomas Electric Oil can instantly relieve a baby with croup, promising quick dramatic relief and calling its effect magical.
Proposed Real Estate Deal Sparks Lawsuit
Clayton Starr sues Sarah and Isaac Smith near Athens over a broken contract tied to a Dec 28 1908 agreement. Starr alleges he conveyed property and paid 500 then tendered a deed and payment but the Smiths refused to deliver deed for Verity property. Starr seeks court enforcement of the contract terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Starr
Sarah
Isaac Smith
Athens
L. A. Koons
Smiths
Verity
Putnam
Marietta
Good Chance For a Young Man to Enter Navy
The Navy secretary seeks a principal and three alternates from Ohio's 11th district for an examination to fill a vacant midshipman seat at the United States Naval Academy. Nominations must include eligible youths, minimum age sixteen, maximum twenty, with the next exam on the third Tuesday in April. Albert Douglas, representative, submits the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the
United States Navy
United States Naval Academy
Ohio
Albert Douglas
Lastriet
Farmers push to ban quail hunting in Ohio state law
Ohio State Farmers' Institute endorses radical action to remove quail from game birds and place them as protected insects. If lawmakers adopt the resolution, hunters would be barred from shooting quail in Ohio forever. The move cites a US Department of Agriculture report showing quail diets are dominated by noxious insects and notes crop damage costs at $128 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Farmers’ Institute
Ohio
Board of Trade
Columbus
United States Department of Agriculture
Local Man Is Again Honored in Odd Fellows Rank
From District No. 69 Athens County is represented as BE. T. Rose receives election as representative to the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He has served before and will attend Toledo meetings in June with the next venue to be chosen during that session. District 69 covers eleven Athens county lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. T. Rose
Serene Lodge No
Athens
Grand Lodge
Rose
H. Layman
Columbus
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Grand Lodge of
Toledo
Athens County
Athens Lodge
Local Notes from Coolville and Vicinity
COOLVILLE and nearby towns report several items. O Smith and Mr Bentz visited Parkersburg Monday. Mies Maloy of Marietta visits aunt Mrs Cowen. B Chevalier sought a sales post in Columbus for a computing scales company. Rosco Worthen recovers from illness. Congregational church ladies held a social at the parsonage. proceeds 7.56 dollars go to the church. Char Jones formerly of Troy township dies in a sand bank collapse. Wells may be drilled to Gordot area. Nelson Baker en route to a fort in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
O. Smith
Bentz
Parkersburg
Mies Maloy
Marietta
Cowen
B. Chevalier
Columbus
Rosco Worthen
Congregational Church
Dell Frame
Felix Tanborey
P. O. Smith
Char. Jones
Troy Township
Nelson Baker
Probate Court Reports Low Nationwide Marriage Licenses
Athens county probate court issued 4702 licenses in the past year with five to colored people, about one percent. Susie P Freer, 39, of Nelsonville, was committed to Athens State Hospital after a lunacy hearing. Drs McVay and Biddle examined her. She had prior asylum confinement and was brought by carriage after care. Miss Freer was once a teacher with a fine mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Susie P. Freer
Nelsonville
Athens
Fire Dangers Legislation Education Expands In Ohio
Fire Marshal explains Reed law requiring weekly fire danger lessons for ages six to fourteen. Distribution issues followed. 16 lessons issued before Christmas, 24 more prepared. Teachers report good reception and several states planning similar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
W. 8
Rogers
Local Visits and Falls in Nelsonville Columbus and Athens
In Nelsonville Miss Panny Milligan visits sister in Columbus for weeks. Miss Grace McDonald, Miss Ulla Davis, and Miss Blanche Chapman travel to Columbus to stay with relatives or friends. Ed Vorhes and Mr. Charles Poston are business or leisure visitors in Columbus. Mrs. Knox hosts a baby party for her daughter Frances Stuart in Columbus street residence. A two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lemon Haydenville dies at home from coffee poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace McDonald
Columbus
Ulla Davis
Athens
Ed Vorhes
Raby Spencer
Carbondale
Joshua Spencer
Charles Poston
Lemon
Haydenville
Blanche Chapman
May Beatty
Will Morgan
Knox
Columbus Street
Frances Stuart
Eilzana Fyn
Katherine
Mystery Unveiled in Grand Jury Probe of Press Publishing
New York January 20 The two day secret grand jury examination into alleged libel concerning U S Canal purchase narrows. The first public document names both complainant and defendant and orders William J Dempsey head of the New York World mailing department to testify in the United States against the Press Publishing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Panama Canal Company
Doe
Wiliam J. Dempsey
New York World
Press Publishing Company
the World
Goldman Still In Jail on Riot Conspiracy Charge
Emma Goldman and Ben J. Reitmann remain in custody in San Francisco after arrest on conspiracy to incite riot charges. Goldman’s bail was cut from 4,000 to 2,000 dollars and Reitmann’s from 4,000 to 8,000. District attorney aims to push a test case defining incendiary meetings as a crime.
Shively Elected to United States Senate by Indiana Democrats
Indianapolis January 20 Democrats in both chambers met to elect Benjamin F. Shively as United States Senator from Indiana. With a joint majority of 16 for Democrats, Shively won the ballot, though the Senate Republican faction previously backed Hemenway. A South Bend lawyer and longtime party figure, Shively has served in the Forty-eighth through Fifty-second Congresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Senate
House of Representatives
Benjamin F. Shively
United States
Indiana
Shively
House
Senate
Hemenway
South Bend
Hopkins Lacks Votes In Joint Assembly Election
Springfield New Jersey January 20 Senator Albert J Hopkins led the senate for United States senator with 26 votes, a majority in the upper house, while the house failed to reach a majority. Joint assembly to continue today. In the separate houses Hopkins 87 Foss 25 Stringer 76 Mason 6 Shurtleff 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Springfield
Albert J. Hopkins
Senate of the General Assembly
United States
Ropkins
Foss
Stringer
Mason
Shurtleff
Smoot Re-elected to Senate for Second Term
Salt Lake City Jan 20 Reed Smoot one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon church was re elected for a second term in the United States Senate after a contest before the senate committee of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoot
Ealt Lake
Reed
Mormon Church
United States Senate
Senate Committee of Elections
Chamberlain Wins U.S. Senate Bid After Bloc Break
Salem Oregon January 20 reports Governor George W Chamberlain a Democrat won the United States Senate seat after influential senators could not unify to block his bid. The failed attempt by some senators to derail the chamberlain candidacy ended with his victory in the U S Senate race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Salem
Ore
Jan
George W. Chamberlain
United States
Three Persons Cremated in Brooklyn Fire
A fire in a one story house on Jen Street, Brooklyn, on January 20 resulted in the cremation of Mrs. Maria Dia and her two children. The blaze caused fatal burns to all three occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maria Dia
Brooklyn
President seeks to help Liberia in urgent appeal
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress urging approval of a $20,000 appropriation to fund a commission to Liberia. The commission would examine conditions, confer with Liberian officials and other governments in Monrovia, and report recommendations to aid Liberia's government under current crises. Root stresses seriousness of Liberia’s plight with 40,000 to 50,000 educated African Americans facing governance challenges amid native unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Liberia
Secretary Root
United States
Monrovia
Republic of Liberia
Root
Lee Birthday Observance Parade Across Savannah
In Savannah on January 20 the Lee birthday was observed despite raw weather. The main feature was a city military parade through the streets showcasing all local units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honor Lee
Savannah
Robert E. Lee
Taft Praises Southern Women At Tubman High
President elect Taft joked about northern men recognizing a good thing in southern young women before Tubman High School for Girls in Augusta Georgia on January 20. He spoke of a bouquet of bright and charming faces and offered a lighter note on the solid south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Taft
Tubman High School For Girls
Trade chief outlines hope for renewed prosperity
Hopes for a return of business confidence and renewed prosperity were the keynote of Frank D. LalLanne's address at the opening of the thirty ninth annual meeting of the National Board of Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank D. LalLanne
National Board of Trade
Entomologist Names Bug After Loyal Cook
In a whimsical note, Filegende Blatter confirms naming a recently discovered bug after his aged cook Regina as a reward for twenty five years of faithful service. The anecdote highlights a lighthearted honor within a scientific context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Want Thaw Order Rescinded In Sanity Trial
White Plains N Y Jan 20 Counsel for Harry K Thaw asked Justice Tompkins to rescind the order granting a sanity trial in New York County The move followed Mrs Mary C Thaws application which led Justice Tompkins to issue the order on Saturday The justice did not permit a jury trial Thaw sought a jury hearing in Dutchess County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Tompkins
Thaw
New York County
Mary C. Thaw
Harry
Dutchess County
Campaign Against Moonshiners in Three States
Atlanta reports a rise in moonshine seizures with 397 stills destroyed across Alabama Missouri and Georgia in six months and about 2099 gallons of whisky seized. Georgia accounts for 80 percent of the total stills destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Alabama
Moiorida
Georgia
United States Internal Revenue Department
Robbers Dynamite Farm Bank Safe in Hadar Neb
Robbers dynamited the Farmers' State Bank of Hadar Nebraska and escaped with $2,000. There is no clue to the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadar
Neb
Farmers’ State Bank of
Notable Deaths and Legal Trouble From Early 20th Century
Cyrus H Baldwin longtime Dayton bar leader dies after stroke. Rockefeller makes another million dollar gift to the University of Chicago. John W Gates and wife bitten by a dog in Hi Paso Texas feared rabies. Joshua W Ashley longtime South Carolina legislator indicted on peonage charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus H. Baldwin
Nestor
Dayton (D
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
John W. Gates
Hi Paso
Tex
Joshua W. Ashley
South Carolina
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised For Relief
Athens Ohio reader Mrs Jennie Mills reports long standing kidney and rheumatic pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Henderson's drug store. She claims rapid relief after three boxes and endorses the remedy for kidney trouble. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Athens
Jennie Mills
Henderson
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Harmony Hill Visitors and River Traffic Detail Local Notes
Harmony Hill reports Richard Houston and Guy Crawford on business in Parkersburg Monday. Miss Edith Watson of Parkersburg returned sick with the grip Wednesday. Miss Angeline McNamee visited Susie Linscott Saturday and Sunday. Guy Crawford left on the towboat Henry Brown for Louisville Saturday. Towboats on the Ohio above the locks faced low water, but heavy snow and rain raised rivers allowing travel. Harry Yates of Fillmore called locally recently. Mr and Mrs Jones visited William Basom Sunday. H Noland sold cattle to William Pleasant recently. James Smith visited Harmony Hill school Wednesday. Richard Houston visited Sand Hill Sunday. Miss Iva Russell stays with sister Mrs Morrison at Sand Hill for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Houston
Guy Crawford
Parkersburg
Edith Watson
W. Va
Angeline McNamee
Susie Linscott
Henry Brown
Louiseville
Ohio
Harry Yates
Fillmore
R. Jones
William Basom
H. Noland
William Pleasant
James Smith
Harmony Hill
Sand Hill
Mise Iva Russell
Myrta Morrison
The Snoring Man and the Future of Sleep
The article explains how modern sleep environments cause snoring by open mouths and obstructed noses. It suggests snoring signals poor air warming and purification, linking snoring to broader health decay and predicting widespread future snoring.
The Mental Joy and the Listen Prefix
A New York business man laments a type of person who only understands speech when prefixed by a cue word. He cites stenographers and a telephone operator who respond to "Now, listen" or "Now, Asten" to comprehend and act on his words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Asten
Iim
New York Press
Bondsmen Released After County Treasury Shortage
ExTreasurer W G Hickman who faced about 24760 in a past shortage will cover the amount himself after bondsmen releases. W M Kurtz arranged the settlement, bondsmen notes dated 1906 were taken up and destroyed. Hickman owns coal lands leased for income to meet obligations. Bartlett estate and local figures listed among bond participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
Hielkman
Columbus
W. M. Kurta
Mr. Kur
Mr. Bartlett
Athens
Mr. Hickman
D. H. Moore
Henry O’blenness
N. Hobson
Bartlett
Nelsonville
Glouster
President Helps Orphans at Macon Georgia Home
The Indus trial and Orphan's Home in Macon Georgia reports the president aided hundreds of orphans. An administrator praises Electric Bitters as a superior medicine for stomach, liver and kidney troubles, saying it strengthens the body and builds up weak children and run-down adults. It is priced at 60 cents at McKee's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial and
Macon
McKee’s
Hockingport Notes Local Socials and Coal Arrival
Hockingport hosts visitors from Marietta Belpre Parkersburg and Athens as Rev Parkins holds a pro tracted meeting. Local students and families receive guests while Mrs Prank Christman guides the school. A barge carries 8000 bushels of coal up river at first rise in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A .Dutton
Laura Preston
Marietta
Mabel Curtis
Belpre
Frank Parkins
Stanley Seifreid
Parkersburg
Bertha Dunfee
Ethyl
Minnie Rogers
Hendershot
J. A. Grattin
Mary Dunfee
Esther Dunfee
Ettie Dunfee
David Maya
Athena
Prank Christman
Susie Gunnell
Charles Datton
Vassar
Mich
James Stewart
Grange
Coolville
Everett Rogers
Sherman, W. ‘S
W. Ross
H. ©. George
the Wooster Experiment Station
EK. A. Dattes
Hockingport
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Glouster Min
Isaae Smith
Ben ‘Emeta
Seilet
Vatelas
Watraned
Noah L Parton
State Farmers’ Institute
State of
E. T. Rose
W. S.S. Rogers
Panny Milligan
W. M. Kurtz
W. G. Hickman
Elmer G. Biddison
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