Savings company talk energizes Athens Kiwanis meeting
W B Lawrence outlined establishing a savings company under the Ohio building and loan department to address Athens building needs. Adrian Newens entertained, Prof S K Mardis set for next meeting on building and loan questions. The cavalry unit and rent disputes with the Athens County Agricultural Society were discussed, with a committee named to negotiate fair ground rent.
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Kiwanis Club
O. U
Adrian Newens
Athens
W. B. Lawrence
Ohio Building and Loan Department
Lawrence
S. K. Mardis
Athens County Agricultural Society
Florence
Invalid Woman Shoots Husband in Columbus
In Columbus on January 28 Mrs. Ellis, 397 South Sixth Street, an invalid, shot her husband William Ellis, 35, in the shoulder after he allegedly forced entry by breaking the door glass. She claimed she aimed to fire in the air to frighten him and said she did not intend to shoot. She had previously sued for divorce.
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Columbus
William Ellis
Civil Service Examinations See Low Applicant Turnout
The civil service commission notes fewer than desired applicants in recent exams for assistant observer weather bureau junior physicist junior technologist junior engineer bureau of standards in Athens and other cities. The assistant observer test is set for February 15 and the others on March 8.
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Civil Service Commission
Athens
United States
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Missing Heir Sought in Athens County For Thrasher Fortune
Authorities conduct search in Athens county for heirs of David Thrasher who died leaving a large estate. A W C Cox & Co letter to Chief of Police Graham details Thrasher who left Pennsylvania for southeastern Ohio and a possible son born to his wife. no contact since. If the child is alive, the wife or descendants may inherit.
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Athens County
David Thrasher
Graham
W. C. Cox & Co
South Dearnborn Street
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Thrasher
Union Leader Had Bunch of Jewels Stolen by Thieves
Burglars believed to be a man and a woman broke into John Watson’s West Side home in Cleveland early today and escaped with diamonds and pearls set in jewelry valued at more than 4000 dollars. Watson is a business agent for the cement makers’ union.
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Cleveland
John Watson
West Side
Watson
Wolon
Laws Without Teeth Make Coal Regulation Futile
In Charleston on January 28 D. J. Kennedy of the Kanawha Coal Operators Association condemned Senator Kenyon's proposed industrial board for coal regulation as useless without penalties. He said law and order rulings without penalties cannot be enforced. District 17 UMW officials, including Frank Keeney, were unavailable, under inactive status amid trial related to last summer’s miners march.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kenyon
D. ©. Kennedy
Kanawha Coal Operators’ Association
District 17
United Mine Workers
Frank Keeney
Governor considers troops to curb disruption in Nebraska City
Lincoln Neb Jan 28 Governor S R McKelvie and Adjutant H J Padi review a request for state troops to halt strike disorder in Nebraska City. The action under study aims to restore order and ensure public safety during labor unrest.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska City
S. R. McKelvie
H.J. Padi
Harding seeks escape from Genoa invitation with no offense
President Harding and advisers seek a method to avoid attending the Genoa economic conference without displeasing Italy or Britain. Semi official aides say the administration delays in replying aim to balance invitations with sponsors. White House pressure for and against participation grows as letters flood in from supporters and opponents. Cabinet members reportedly lean toward declining attendance.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Harding
Genoa
Parker's Famous Five Piece Orchestra at Dalton's Tonight
Columbus act Parker's famous five piece orchestra plays at Dalton's tonight from 7 to 11 30. Admission is 1 50 a couple with an extra fifty cents for additional ladies.
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Dalton’s Parker
Orchestra of
Columbus
Crank Faces Scrunched Up Like Monkey-Wrench Work
A vivid, rough commented line describing a crank with a face shaped as if bent by a monkey wrench. The remark blends humor and a sharp visual image without extra context or attribution.
Ohiobank opens in Cincinnati in 1817
Chronology items note key dates in Ohio history including the 1817 opening of a United States Bank branch in Cincinnati, the birth of Ohio Supreme Court judge William White in England, Meigs death in Georgia, Findlay College incorporation in 1882, and Oberlin College president Balentine elected in 1891.
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United States Bank
Cincinnati
William White
Ohio Supreme Court
England
Return J. Meigs
Marietta
Georgia
Middletown
Conn
Findlay College
William Gay Ballentine
Oberlin College
Blaze Wipes Out City Block In Wellston
A midnight fire in Wellston wipes out a business district block, destroys ten stores, leaves eight families homeless, and injures a telephone operator as gas explosions threaten firefighters. The Lincoln Hotel is among the structures lost.
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Wellston
Josie Robbins
Lincoln
United States
Alexander
Democratic plan for soldiers bonus payment presented
The Democratic plan for paying a soldiers bonus through direct treasury appropriation backed by government certificates of indebtedness was introduced in the House by Representative Garner of Texas on Friday.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Garner
Texas
Watson Attacks Glass Over Fed Reserve Board Defense
Senator Tom Watson of Georgia denounces Senator Carter Glass of Virginia in the Senate for defending the federal reserve board. Watson accuses Glass of using violent epithets against critics and calling dissenters demagogues from hell.
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Washington
Tom” Watson
Georgia
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Watson
Glass
Three Arrests Tied to Salt Rock Murder Case
Huntington West Virginia police expect arrests of two women and a man in the killing of Galley Bias age 61 of Salt Rock after Arthur Vernatter 19 confessed complicity. Vernatter implicated J E Vass a telegraph operator, whose wife and sister are sought. Bias was killed over alleged moonshine and robbery motive.
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Huntington
W. Va
Galley Bias
Salt Rock
Arthur Vernatter
Vernatter
J. E. Vass
Vass
Bias
Vernatier
Pontifical Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XV
In Washington at St Patrick's church a solemn high mass was held for the repose of Pope Benedict XV. Dignitaries from church and state attended as incense rose and the service opened the day’s solemn rites.
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Pope Washington
St. Patrick’s Church
Benedict XV
Bandits rob oil company worker and kidnap him
In Cleveland on January 28 an armed robbery at a Columbia Oil filling station saw J. E. Wise, an employee, robbed of 47 dollars. He was then abducted and kidnapped, driven for several miles in an automobile.
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Cleveland
J. E. Wise
Columbia Oil Company
Parkplatz Tragedy in Harpers Run Bridge Crash
Sam Price a 60 year old rooming house operator died in a Ford touring car crash at Harpers Run bridge one mile west of Logan Ohio Friday night at 7 10 price was submerged in water after the car went over a 15 foot embankment two revolvers were found on his person and his son Charles learned of the tragedy from bystanders who reported the burning wreckage the body was taken to the L C Yocum morgue for burial arrangements pending.
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Logan
Sam Price
Harpers Run Bridge
Lancaster
Harpers Run
Price
William McLaughlin
Charles
Mr. Price
L. C. Yocum
Burglary Arrests From Murray Store Theft
Three youths Homer Wyskiver 21 James Hurd 18 and Clif Ban field 18 were jailed after Sheriff Larimer and Deputy Huston detained them Friday night for burglarizing the Cressy and Atlas store at Murray early last week. Marshal Bob Surtees of Murray made the arrest and the trio is held in the county jail on one thousand dollar bond each.
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Homer Wyskiver
James Hurd
Clif Banfield
Logan
Larimer
Huston
Cressy and Atlas
Murray
Bob Surtees
Milk sales dispute leads to court for 41 Akron restaurants
In Akron on January 28 a group of 41 restaurant proprietors faced charges by inspectors alleging they sold a mixture resembling water as milk. One owner argued the practice involved letting cream rise and skimming the rest for sale as milk.
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Akron
Independent Offices Bill Amendment Targets Shipyard Repairs
Lawmakers adopted an amendment to the independent offices appropriation bill directing the shipping board to use navy yards for vessel repairs when cheaper than private firms. The provision aims to lower costs by shifting repair work to military facilities where feasible.
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Washington
House
Independent Offices
Shipping Board
Navy Yards
Monkey jacket fashion decree sets new styles this season
International News Service reports fashion authorities embrace the organ grinder’s monkey jacket as the season’s must have. Paris leads with coat suits and monkey jackets in bisque and gray, while skirts flair to four yards around at the hem.
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International News Service
New York
Jocko
Paris
Fashion Front
Senate clash over government crop price control in Ladd bill
In Washington on January 28 the agricultural bloc urged passage of the Ladd bill to avert farm bankruptcies, restore farmer confidence, and open crop markets, while opponents called it paternalistic and undemocratic. The proposal would fix prices with an eightieth guaranty for a first year and require an embargo on imports. In Akron Ohio Congressman Simeon Fess urged Europe to industrialize and cut waste, outlining a plan to stimulate production before Genoa conference talks.
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Washington
Agricultural “Bloc
Senate
Agriculture “Bloc
Akron
Europe
Simeon Fess
Yellow Springs
Ohio
State Bar Association
Genoa
Fess
Mary Anne
Uncle Sam
Sweden accepts Genoa conference invitation
Stockholm reports the Swedish government accepted an invitation to attend the international economic conference in Genoa scheduled for March. The move signals Sweden's participation in the global economic talks and its engagement with allied nations on economic policy.
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Stockholm
Genoa
Fewer College Students Today Seek Real Goals
Ohio University study shows students attend college mainly as a bread winner. Professors note less seriousness and more social life with cramming near exams. Dean McIntyre says demand for better trained teachers remains strong, many students pursuing teaching credentials postwar.
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Ohio University
W. W. McIntyre
Ohio
Denison Secretary to preach at Music Hall U
Rev. FG Boughton of Denison University Granville will preach at Music Hall U. He is described as a forceful scholar and speaker. All are welcome with students especially urged to attend.
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FG. Boughton
Denison University
Granville
Music Hall
Dr. Boughton
Drunken son shoots father in Baltimore murder case
Charles Koehler Jr. an 18 year old under the influence of liquor shot and killed his father Charles Koehler Sr. 45 in a North Charles street hotel. The youth confessed to police the slaying of his father, a famed race horse owner and financier. The elder Koehler was a well known nationwide figure in horse racing and real estate.
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Baltimore
Harles Koehler Jr
Charles Koehler Sr
North Charles Street
Koshler
Washington Braces as Blizzard Halts Traffic and Debts Vote
A severe northeast snowstorm paralyzed Washington with 2 to 3 foot drifts and halted all trains. Sixty states face heavy conditions while the Senate delays the 11 trillion foreign debt refinancing bill amid debates over commission powers and congressional authorization.
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Washington
J. Bart Campbell
The
Senate
Baltimore Faces Worst Blizzard in Fifty Years
Baltimore endures its severest blizzard in half a century with steady snowfall since last night and a fierce northeast gale. City streets and transit halts, suburban snow banks reach several feet, and Chesapeake Bay shipping suffers heavy disruption.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
State seeks to show Virginia Rappe healthy at life
In San Francisco on January 28 the state presented intimate friends to testify that Virginia Rappe was a healthy normal person and not subject to paroxysmal pain as Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle faces a second manslaughter trial over her death.
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San Fancsco
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers Meet Seeks Stable Prices
Cincinnati January 28 convention of the Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers Association drew 1500 delegates at the Gibson hotel. Stabilization of lumber prices emerged as the main topic, with talks noting price fluctuations hinder home building and predicting a spring rise in activity. Current prices stand about 50 percent below wartime levels. Officials said yellow pine supply in the South and Gulf states would last about fifteen years, after which fir lumber from the west coast would be sought.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Gibson Hotel
Gulf States
West Coast
Dark Horse May Decide On a Papal Compromise
Rome January 28 Cardinal Alessandro Swaldi archbishop of Palermo may be chosen as a compromise candidate if the papal election stalls at the Vatican next month. Negotiations between factions led by Cardinal Merry Del Val and Cardinal Gasparri have yielded no results and the irreconcilables oppose any Vatican Quirinal reconciliation.
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Rome
Alessandro Swaldi
Palermo
Vatican
Merry del Val
Gasparri
Quirinel
Cardinal Gaspari
Benedict XV
Weather outlook for week brings cold unsettled snow likely
The weather bureau announced the week ahead will feature unsettled cold conditions with occasional snow in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee regions, signaling wintry days ahead.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennesse
Stolen Money Recovered After Crafton Bank Robbery
Walter Joyce and Oren Graeme were named among five robbers from the Crafton First National Bank hold up. Ten suspects joined a morning stand up at Central Police Station. The loot totaled six dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Joyce
Oren Graeme
Marietta
Ohio
First National Bank
Crafton
Central Police Station
Joyce
Robbery at First National Bank Prompts Town Cleanup
Pittsburg reports police sweep across Crafton after yesterdays bank heist. Five bandits stole about 95000 dollars but authorities now say every cent is recovered. Investigators test several suspects though no link established to the holdup.
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Pittsburg
King’s State Barge Used by Ten Monarchs Over Two Centuries
The King’s State barge, now 230 years old, has served ten British monarchs, maintaining its ceremonial role through extensive royal events and decades of official duty.
Free Navy Calendar Second Edition Ready Soon
Due to a calendar shortage this year demand for the Navy calendar was high, prompting a second large edition prepared by the Information Bureau in Washington. If you already sent a coupon your order will be filled. if not, delays may occur. Readers may send questions to Frederic J. Haskin, director, Information Bureau, Washington, D.C., with two cents for return postage.
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Washington
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
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