Millfield Community News Highlights Quiet March Week
Mrs. C. E. Sanders recovers from illness as the Ladies Bible Class meets at Mrs. Clinton Daugherty’s home with papers by Mrs. Boudinot and Mrs. Fulwider. Ruth James, moved to her daughter’s home in Albany after a paralytic stroke, is listed as helpless. Various locals visit Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Dundas. new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. BE. A. Sayers weighs ten pounds. Several social visits and a wrestling match attendance noted. Miss Mae Withem and Miss Ruth Withem head to Dayton. A. P. Werner hosts a gathering for Ruth and Mae Withem. Bart Petit buys LeRoy Woodworth farm and plans spring move. Mrs. P. D. Hill hosts children in honor of the Withem sisters’ Dayton move. Mrs. Guy Pritchard nurses Adda Kempton, ill. R. S. Howard makes a Athens business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Sanders
William Hartley
Dan Fulton
Olive Brookins
Clinton Daugherty
Daugherty
F. E. Boudinot
Percy Fulwider
Mesdames P. D. Hill
J. R. Wade
Lewis Howard
Esta Gardner
Ruth James
Mrs. Johnson
Albany
A. Bell
Clara
Athens
William Anderson
Nelsonville
Maude Ward
C. E. Stack
John Phillips
George
Jess Werner
BE. A. Sayers
John Leake
Greens Run
A. P. Werner
O. C. Howard
Wm. Misner
E. S. Sayer
F. Ramer
Raymond Sayers
K. of P. Lodge
Chauncey
Allan Chadwell
Garfield Grimes
Glouster
Fremont Riley
Dundas
Eleanor Hill
Bart Petit
Hooper Ridge
LeRoy Woodworth
P. D. Hill
Mae
Ruth Withem
Dayton
Withem
Ruth Ogg
Emogene Adams
Ella Dennis
Myrtle Brown
Doris Cole
Ernestine Mingus
Virgene
Catherine Totman
Beatrice Fulton
Mary Wade
Alice Brewer
Esta Rankin
Mary Nida
Dwight Hill
Floyd Brookins
John Norris
Orris Boudinot
James Adams
Dale Downey
Harold Ogg
John Patterson
Jno. Brewer
Guy Pritchard
Columbus
Adda Kempton
R. S. Howard
Combing Won't Rid Hair Of Dandruff
A promotional medical Quack ad claims four ounces of liquid arvon dissolves dandruff overnight. It promises complete removal after several applications, stops itching, and leaves hair fluffy and glossy. The copy urges buying arvon at any drug store as inexpensive and effective.
ZEMO Introduces Liquid Treats Eczema
ZEMO stops itching and burning eczema with a first application. The ad claims rapid healing of itching and disfiguring skin, recommending a 35c trial size or a $1.00 extra large bottle, and notes ZEMO SOAP for aggravated cases.
Pie Social Planned at White Hall School for Benefit
White Hall announces a pie social at the White Hall schoolhouse next Friday evening January 28 to benefit the school. Various local residents visited relatives and spent time with friends, including the Lawsons, Moores, Tribes, and Higginss families during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Hall School
Mary
Frances
Nelle Lawson
Edna
Bertha Moore
George Tribe
Margaret Louise
Albany
Chauncey Lawson
Akron
M. Higgins
C. Glidden
Harry Tribe
D. E. Blackburn
Frank Hooper
C. S. Moore
Ada Parker
Hebbardsville
D. N. Higgins
Roy Radford
Guard children from colds with cough remedy advice
Parents can protect the community and their peace of mind by keeping children home when they have a cold. The piece promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for kids, claiming it contains no opium or narcotics and helps loosen mucus and relieve the lungs.
Police Rescued After Five Hour Siege At Drombane Barracks
Dublin dispatch reports police freed several comrades besieged in the Drombane barracks after a five hour battle with more than 200 raiders. Two officers were captured and later rescued from a barn as bombs were used and roads blocked. No police casualties.
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Dublin
Drombane
Passengers Still Aboard Disabled Ship Powhatan
A wireless message from Charlestown navy yard reports Powhatan passengers remain on board the disabled transport. The steamship Martha Washington is moving at full speed toward the Powhatan and expected to reach the vessel about four this afternoon.
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Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Powhatan
Navy Yard
Secretary Lansing seeks $450000 to curb alien revolutionists
Washington January 21 Secretary of State Lansing asked Congress for an extra 450000 for the 1920 fiscal year to keep alien revolutionists and other undesirables out of the country. This is in addition to 150000 already appropriated for enforcing wartime passport restrictions to March 4 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Lansing
Train engineer stricken with paralysis near Wheeling
Noah Stout, engineer on the Wheeling Terminal Railroad, suffered paralysis while steering a train from Martins Ferry, Ohio to Wheeling. He was rushed to a local hospital as his fireman stopped the train.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Noah Stout
Wheeling Terminal Railroad
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Marmola Tablets Promise Fat Loss Without Dieting
An old advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple harmless method to lose two to four pounds of fat per week without dieting. It claims users can eat and live freely while doctors and patients spread the technique, priced at one dollar for a large case and available through Marmola Company in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmola Company
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
Aspirin directions and Bayer Cross mark
The Bayer Company promotes Aspirin with directions to drink one or two glasses of water after use. Each Bayer package bears the Bayer Cross to verify genuineness and lists common uses from colds to rheumatism. Small tins contain twelve tablets and cost only a few cents.
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Bayer Company
Bayer
Reform in Athens Schools Sparks National Debate
John W. Talyor argues the Athens educational survey shows the modern school fails. He calls to roll back elective “play studies,” restore traditional subjects like Latin and Greek, and emphasize general training for life and citizenship. He notes gains in Iowa Latin, Greek in New Jersey and Nebraska, a Cincinnati classical high school, and Yale adding Greek or Latin to BA requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean West
Princeton University
Schwab
Iowa
New Jersey
Nebraska
Cincinnati
Yale University
Athens
Fire Explodes in Wash House Bleeding Archibald
Robert Archibald, 39, was seriously burned when a wash house near his home in Wellsburg West Virginia exploded after he struck a match. Gas had accumulated overnight from a leak and Archibald was rushed to a Wheeling hospital.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Robert Archibald
Here
Archibald
Wheeling
Amusing Budapest Escape Tale From Lloyd George Secretary
Sir William Sutherland, M. P., recounts a Budapest episode amid Bela Kun and bolshevists. After failed passport attempts he sat in a train and told bolshevists to buzz off. A misread notice later revealed the compartment was reserved for Count Buzzoff, prompting astonished reactions.
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London
William Sutherland
M. P
Lloyd Georges
Budapest
Bela Kun
Count Buzzoff
Labor Provisions Slated for Easing in Railroad Bills
House and Senate conferrees on the Esch and Cummins measures consider removing labor provisions to resolve differences. Abolishing the anti strike clause would return labor by arbitration before the presidents road takeover. Esch seeks further instructions as talks show little progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Esch
Fire at Toledo wholesale feed store destroys large stock
A three story wholesale feed store owned by Fred Adams and son burned early Tuesday destroying about three thousand barrels of flour and tons of hay and grain in a fire estimated at 75000 dollars. The blaze is blamed on an overheated furnace.
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Toledo
Fred Adams and Son
Massillon Father Relieved From Child Custody Support
In Canton on January 21 a court ordered Charles J. Steese to be relieved of further financial responsibility for his two minor children. The children, now with his former wife in Tulsa, Oklahoma, had been required to receive $135 monthly under the divorce decree.
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CARES
Canton
Charles J. Steese
Massillon
Tulsa
Oklo
Steese
New Jersey Governor Seeks Laws on Living Conditions and Prohibition
Governor Edward I. Edwards in his inaugural address urged legislature to pass measures ensuring citizens live under satisfactory conditions and to refuse ratification of the federal prohibition amendment. He said he will pursue all lawful means to challenge current prohibition conditions and will ask the state attorney general to petition the U S Supreme Court for a swift ruling on the amendment's validity and ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Edward I. Edwards
Edwards
States Attorney General
Supreme Court of the United States
First Gun in Socialist Seats Battle in New York Assembly
Morris Hillquit led a bid to shift the hearing on five suspended Socialists from the judiciary to a legislature elected committee. Chairman Martin refused to recognize Charles E Hughes and five New York City Bar Association lawyers as public counsel. Hillquit criticized Speaker Sweet for bias. Martin overruled the motion and set Friday for responses.
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Albany
N. Y
Morris Hillquit
Judiciary Committee
Sweet
Martin
Charles E. Hughes
New York City Bar Association
Hillquit
United States
John B. Stanchfield
Congress
House
Ohio Good Roads Federation Holds 10th Annual Meeting
Several hundred delegates from nearly every county in Ohio gather at Columbus for the Ohio Good Roads Federation tenth annual meeting. The state council of pevats discusses county problems as part of a program running through Wednesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Good Roads Federation
State Council of Pevats
Ome
Legion Won't Fight Dempsey
The American Legion will not intervene in the Jack Dempsey war record controversy. National Commander Franklin I. Olier said it is not the Legion’s function to review government actions over military classification or exemptions. The stance follows calls from ex-soldiers and writers urging scrutiny of Dempsey’s war record and pay for a fight amid controversy.
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Ry Henry L. Farrell
United Press
New York
American Legion
Jack Dempsey
Jack Wearns
Champion
Franklin I. Olier
Kearns
Dempsey
William Fox
United States
Young folks party at Roy Clark home details names
A party for the youth was held at Roy Clark’s home on Wednesday evening with music and games. Attendees included Norma Keller Mildred Fitch Sylvia Cubbison Lela and Wilma Duntree Myrtle Mabel and Mildred Hornsby Mildred Shanks and Bernice Root and Delmer Cubbison Arthur Shanks Ivory Dunfee Floyd Russell Jesse Smith Ray Hersel Hornsby John Barnett Vern Bails Herman Dunfee Reece Dodd and Rodney Brandeberry. Mr and Mrs C L Petty and Ray Hornsby returned to Delaware after visiting relatives. Bernice and Clarice Root visited sister Mrs Emerson Daugherty. Mrs Alfred Rogers visited Parkersburg Saturday.
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Roy Clark
Norma Keller
Mildred Fitch
Sylvia Cubbison
Lela
Wilma Duntree
Myrtle
Mabel
Mildred Hornsby
Mildred Shanks
Bernice Root
Delmer Cubbison
Arthur Shanks
Ivory Dunfee
Floyd Russell
Jesse Smith
Ray
Hersel Hornsby
John Barnett
Vern Bails
Herman Dunfe
Automobile Bandits Hold Up John Schimola Cafe
Five men robbed cafe proprietor John Schimola of 2100 dollars in broad daylight in Cleveland. The bandits fired on bystanders as they escaped after the man fired five shots. two of the assailants returned fire but none hit anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Schimola
Meetings Near End at the Christian Church
A large audience attended evangelistic services at the Christian church with strong responses to the gospel. Sixty two new members joined. eighty eight joined in the last three months. The evangelist spoke on Christian Unity and the best of the series, urging acceptance of a divine plan for unity. The closing service may be extended if needed and a reception for new members follows the sermon. The evangelist will address the Unpardonable Sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
God
Son of God
Diamond Dyes Ad Promises Rich Fadeless Color for Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as the solution for dyeing wool, silk, linen, cotton, and blends. It claims guaranteed results and easy guidance in the instruction book, promising color mastery for dresses, blouses, stockings, and more.
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Zemo
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Shiloh
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Gary
Ind
Nassau County
John W. Talyor
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Oil City
Thompson
Calson
New York Assembly
Good Roads
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