All At Sea to Start in Athens Messenger Next Sunday
The Athens Messenger announces the serial All At Sea by Miss Carolyn Wells starts next Sunday January 30. It follows the ending of Threads on January 26 and will appear in newspaper form before book publication. Wells, famed for The Vanity Case, writes this first novel to appear serially in the paper.
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ALL AT Sea
Athens
Athens Messenger
Carolyn America
The
Messenger
Fearful Ohio Flood Threat Grips Pomeroy Schools
The Ohio river rise spurred fears of a flood reaching 1913 levels as eastern tributaries release waters. Four feet of water flooded Main Street offices and basements with schools closed by Superintendent Wayne Lutz until heating and safety could be restored. Kerr's Run Central and Sugar Run failed to convene while doors remained shut.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Wayne Lutz
Kerr
Luts
Jealousy Ties Hotel Death to Ill Fated Steamer Plan
In Marshalltown Iowa 198 year old Veda Bellefeuille created imaginary suitors and shared letters with fiancé Charles L. Elrod. Elrod was found dead in a hotel room amid suspicions of jealousy. Report notes a planned steamer venture costing 175000 that never occurred and insurance not carried. A nearby barge filled with water but undamaged supports a forceful blast explanation. The Golden Rod, ready for operation, has not been used since purchase two years ago.
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Veda Bellefeuille
Marshalltown
Charles L. Elrod
Elrod
Ground slides threaten home on Union avenue
Rats warned George Batey after basement rats hinted at subsidence. He and his family fled Saturday when a section of Union avenue slid, toppling porch pillars and pushing the front of the house from its foundation. The street commissioner directs filling as a rescue team clears a three foot ravine pass. horses and buggies could pass, hope for cars tonight.
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Pomeroy
George Batey
Union Avenue
Pomeroy Street
Flood Wrecks Main Street Businesses and Sinks Steamer Golden Rod
Four feet of water floodest Main Street lower stores. Horwitz and Keiser clothing firms submerged. A O Tracy home inundated. telephones out. river rising hourly. Middleport tracks flooded. 1918 court house stairs reached. $100000 plus losses anticipated. Steam er Golden Rod sinks at Middleport ice pier. vessel valued over 106000. hull iron. cabin released. no salvage planned.
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Main Street
Horwitz Clothing Company
Keiser Clothing Company
A. O. Tracy
Second Street
Dam No. 24
Middleport
Court House
Pomeroy
John Lyons
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio River Flood Swells Across Several Cities
Floodwaters overwhelmed towns from East Liverpool to Cincinnati as the Ohio River rose above flood stage. Police patrolled Marietta by boat while rail and telegraph lines failed. Pomeroy and Portsmouth faced rising waters and presses suspended at Pomeroy Daily Tribune.
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Columbus
Ohio River
Liverpool
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marietta
Portsmouth
Pomeroy
Central Union
Charles Carsey Death Notices in Athens and Columbus
Charles Carsey formerly of Athens died at his Columbus home Sunday night. The body will be returned to Athens with time yet to be announced. He was a brother of Mrs. William Bartlett of Elliott street.
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Charlies Carsey
Athens
Columbus
William Bartlett
Elliott Street
Calm Is Ominous as Cantonese Advance Reaches Shanghai
Foreign residents endure barbed wire en tanglements as Cantonese troops approach Shanghai after victory at Lanchi near Mingo. Marines guard 4,000 Americans and thousands of refugees stream to consulates while foreign demol strations unfold and consulates tighten protections.
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Shanghai
Paris
Far East
Sun Chuan Fang
Lanchi
Mingo
Swatow
Yangtze River
British To Send 5,000 Men Into Service in China
The war office concentrates 13,000 troops with 5,000 ordered to sail immediately for the far east to protect British citizens in China. The first 1,600 marines depart from Portsmouth today, with four battalions and the marines rapidly set for immediate sailing.
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London
U.P
China
War Office
Far East
Portsmouth
England
Madison student W. Casyels Noe kills self for afterlife secrets
Wisconsin university student W Casyels Noe shot himself to prove grim theories of life after death. He left a note on psychology notebook paper promising to communicate from the beyond to a fraternity brother. Noe believed there is no God and that the spirit wanders after death.
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Madison
Wis
U.R
W. Casyels Noe
Wisconsin University
Noe
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Conflicting Flood Reports Shake Pomeroy Residents
In Pomeroy Ohio on January 24, merchants moved goods to upper ground as Ohio River water rose. Residents faced uncertainty as reports warned of four to twelve foot rises, with streets crowded and traffic diverted to higher routes. Local churches held few services amid cleanup and concern.
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Messenger
Pomeroy
Front Street
Ohio River
Second Street
Thomas Fork
Laurel
Athens-Pomeroy
Coal Hollow
Kenneth Reed
The
Christian Church
Hocking River Recedes Amid Flood Update
The Hocking River at Athens continues to fall with a reading of 17.65 feet this morning, down from 18.10 feet last night. Rain shower totals of .30 inch yesterday and overnight contributed to remaining high water and widespread road closures and isolation of Marietta by road.
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Hocking
Athens
Automobile Club
Dry agents seek padlock of 19 Columbus speakeasies
Government dry agents asked a federal court in Columbus to padlock nineteen alleged speakeasies and liquor outlets and to issue a restraining order against bootlegger Joe Larocco also known as Pete. Assistant U S Attorney William B Bartels said Larocco has six prior convictions in two years and paid $2000 in fines for dry statute violations.
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Columbus
United State District
William B. Bartels
Joe Larocco
Pete
Larocco
Price and wife vanish amid Illinois gang warfare flare
State Patrolman Lory L. Price and his wife from Marion Illinois have disappeared. Authorities suspect they may be victims in ongoing southern Illinois gang warfare. Price had testified at the coroner inquest into a cabin fire once linked to the Birger Gang.
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Lory L. Price
Marion, I
Price
Birger
War Lords Dominate China’s Crisis and Rise of Kuomintang
An analysis traces China’s turmoil to a multiplicity of warlords after the Manchu fall, with two main factions led by Marshal Chang Tso lin in the north and the Cantonese Nationalists under Chang Kai shek in the south. Foreign powers back rival regimes as the Kuomintang forms to unify and modernize China, challenging extraterritorial treaties.
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China
Chang Tso-lin
North
Chang Kai-shek
South
Yangtze River Valley
Weng Yuhsiang
Peking
Yunnan
Shansi
Kuomintang
Patriotics
Sun Yat-sen
Gold shipment to move through New York streets under guard
Twenty million dollars in gold was delivered on the French liner Rochambeau and will be moved through New York City in armored trucks with two machine guns mounted. The treasure, stored temporarily after arrival, will join a prior four million dollar shipment in vaults guarded by federal and city authorities.
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New York
United Press
Rochambeau
Federal Reserve Bank
Financial District
France
United States
Buld On
Rivalry Ends Tragedy As Husband Slays Wife In Michigan
In Lansing Michigan Mrs Mildred McQueen 32 mother of three and divorced was murdered today by Harold Durbin 35 who then fatally wounded himself. Police found the body in a car in front of her home with a revolver and three empty shells at Durbin's feet.
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Lansing
Mich
Mildred McQueen
Harold Durbin
Lewis Re-elected UMWA President in United States
John L. Lewis was re elected president of the United Mine Workers of America by a large margin. Phillip Murray was re elected vice president and Thomas Kennedy retained as secretary treasurer. The December 14 election results were announced by tellers to headquarters.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
John Brophy
Clearfield
Phillip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
Thomas Paske
L. Thomas Holliday
W. M. Young
Gravel roads collapse near Logan after heavy rainfall
In Logan on January 24 farmers report that gravel roads, previously repaired last summer, have collapsed and become nearly impassable due to days of constant rain. Local roads are cited as deteriorated with worsening travel conditions around town.
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Logan
Shanghai riots expand as foreigners evacuate and fleet gathers
United Press reports in Washington that anti foreign riots in Shanghai intensify as Admiral Williams notes many warships concentrate near the harbor and foreigners prepare wholesale evacuations. Americans fear renewed clashes but officials favor gradual treaty modification over a full extraterritorial change.
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Ludwell Denny
United Press
Washington
Shanghai
Admiral Williams
Hal
Miners Hold Delegates Convention in Indianapolis
Delegates from United States and Canada gather in Indianapolis for the United Mine Workers convention. John L. Lewis, inter president, says wage demands are not only conjecture until the scale committee reviews district recommendations.
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Indianapolis
Incc
U.R
Unin
United States
Canada
Cenver
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Inter
Ious
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