Distribution Not Industry Is Big Enterprise in Any City
J W Griest of the Merchants Retail Institute told Kiwanis members that distribution, not industry, drives city growth. He said stores precede banks and churches, with 43 of 88 Ohio counties losing population as distribution moved to metro centers. He urged advertising, display, and cooperative trade extension to restore local retail prominence.
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J. W. Griest
Chicago
Merchant's Retail Institute of Chicago
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Griest
Mr. Griest
Ohio
Iowa
Omaha
Two Automobiles And Barn Burned Tuesday Evening
A barn converted to a two car garage on North Lancaster street burned Tuesday evening destroying two autos and the structure. Carlos White owned a touring car valued at 700 dollars. Don Strawn owned a 200 dollar truck. Fire Chief Laughlin planned an afternoon origin check as insurance covered 500 dollars on the Junod estate building.
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Junod
Lancaster Street
Carlos White
Tinner
Don Strawn
E. H. Gallagher
E. R. Laughlin
Strawn
Junod Estate
William Chalfant Fatally Shot Near Goulds Station
Found dying at his home near Goulds Station 55 year old William Chalfant was discovered by Noah Webb after groans were heard. Webb alerted Sheriff William T. Allison and deputy Charles Gaffney who carried Chalfant a mile through woods to the sheriff s car and on to Ohio Valley hospital for treatment.
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Steubenville
Goulds Station
William Chalfant
Chalfant
Noah Webb
Noah
William T. Allison
Charles Gaffney
Sheriff's
Ohio Valley Hospital
Retail margins and turnover urged for small grocers
Mr Griest warned that 1926 retail grocery profits were a losing proposition with narrow margins. A survey of 107 families showed 47 quit due to indifferent clerks. He urged monthly department profit tracking and compared to Ford’s highly efficient operation as a model for small merchants.
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Griest
Ford
United States
Ohio Miners Union Faces 40 Rule Ultimatum From Operators
Columbus July 6 The United Mine Workers weigh potential actions after Ohio operators submit a 40 rule proposal. The plan creates a seven member arbitration board with two miners, two operators and three public representatives to resolve disputes under the November 1917 wage scale.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
The
Supreme Court
Woman Kennedy 47 Dies. Rites Thursday at Christian Church
Mrs John Kennedy formerly Alice Blosser of Carbon Hill died at her Rutland home. She was active in the Christian church and its Debor ah class will attend the funeral. Survived by husband, a daughter Mrs Leyman Burroughs of Columbus, and a son William Kennedy at home.
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John Kennedy
Athens
Rutland
Christian Church
Deborah
Kennedy
Alice Blosser
Carbon Hill
Leyman Burroughs
Columbus
William Kennedy
Woman in St Louis Cafe Runs Nude in Chase
Eva Stergin of Chicago known as the modern Lady Godiva dressed only in shoes and stockings ran through a St Louis cafe pursued by scores of men. She was fined 100 dollars for intoxication after failing to appear in court.
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ST. Louis
U.R
Eva Stergin
Chicago
Godiva
Stergin
St. Louie Hotel
Five Athens men jailed for Fourth of July intoxication
Five Athens county men were jailed after celebrations went late, all charged with intoxication. George Roberts, 34, faces counts of driving while intoxicated and property destruction after allegedly tearing a porch railing at a Black Diamond mine house. Elza Hill, 47, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined ten dollars plus costs. Isaac Van Dyke, 44, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined ten dollars plus costs and remains in jail for nonpayment.
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Athens County
George Roberts
Lathrop
J. P. Tucker
Roberts
Pearl W. Helwig
Bond
Common Pleas Court
Black Diamond Coal Company
Black Diamond
Elza Hill
Hill
Isaac van Dyke
Canaanville
van Dyke
Byrd Decorated Higher Than Lindbergh By Poincare in Paris
In Paris Byrd receives the Legion of Honor officers degree after aiding war veterans at Invalides. Commander Byrd walks with help for the first time in nine years, inspiring fellow aviators and earning praise from Premier Poincare. Plans to broadcast from the South Pole with a powerful onboard radio are announced.
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Paris
United Press
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
America
Historic Invalides
le Gendre
Raymond Poincare
Legion of Honor
Charles Lindbergh
Poincare
Lindbergh
North Pole
South Pole
Antarctic
New Zealand
Pole
Ohio Briefs Chronicle Local Fatalities and Probes
Cincinnati reports 14 year old John Niemann as the year's 58th Hamilton County auto victim after a fall from a running board on a curve. Tyler Meredith, 46, dies two weeks after a mule attack, jaw injuries cited. Coroner F C Swing orders inquest into Emma Loftus death. Galion notes Harry Zellick bound over on a $65,000 bank loot charge with $50,000 bond. Steubenville attorneys probe the Trepod Fra TinI murder indictment as prosecutor recuses and Judge Paisley orders review.
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Cincinnati
John Niemann
Hamilton County
Tyler Meredith
Meredith
Cornoner F. C
Galion
Harry Zellick
Commercial Bank
Bucyrus
Miners to Decide on Operators Ultimatum Thursday
Columbus July 8 The Ohio coal operators threaten to open mines on a non union basis if idle miners do not return by July 15 at about five dollars a day. The decision will be considered by the miners at 2 p m tomorrow according to Hall the president of Gentile Gisbies 6 Whelton.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Law Erm
Gentile Gisbies
Whelton
Hall
Ohio Miss Valley forest station to be located in Columbus
Headquarters for the Ohio Mississipp i valley forest experiment station will be in Columbus with five men stationed there to cover eight-state area. E F McCarthy will be director with a $30 000 appropriation this year. The station operates under the U S forest service and links to Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. The goal is to promote farm forestry to boost local timber supply and reduce Ohio’s high lumber freight costs.
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Columbus
Ohio-Mississippi Valley Forest Experiment Station
Jardine
Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
E. F. McCarthy
Asheville
N. C
United States Forest Service
Ohio State University
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ito
Youth Nearly Saved From Penitentiary by False Age
Theodore Sharp was sentenced to the Ohio State Reformatory after county officials believed him underage. Judge L G Worstell handed down a sentence for stealing chickens from Athens State hospital grounds last March. He disclosed he was 32, born in 1895, and was recommitted for one to seven years at hard labor without solitary confinement.
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Theodore Sharp
Sharp
Ohio State Reformatory
L. G. Worstell
Athens State Hospital
Ohio State Penitentiary
Williams Named New President of Wilmington College
Dr. Henry G. Williams chosen as Wilmington college president for a one year term starting September 1. He succeeds J Edwin Jay who resigned effective June 6. Williams formerly led Ohio University Teachers College at Athens for twelve years and is editor publisher of the Ohio iTeacher.
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Wilmington
Henry G. Williams
Wilmington College
J. Edwin Jay
Williams
Teachers College of Ohio University At
Athens
Ohio iTeacher
Dog Follows His Master in Death After World War Service
Fort Sheridan reports the dog that followed Sergeant Michael Tierney through the first American troops arrival in France and all major battles died with him. Tierney, weakened by gas and facing death, asked his wife that the loyal pup accompany him to the end, and the dog fulfilled the wish.
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Fort Sheridan
Michael Tierney
Tierney
France
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Anna
Nation of a Is Vision of Army Officer in Service At Dayton Field
An army officer at Dayton Field Ohio emphasizes the significance of flight and readiness as the nation embraces aviation. He pledges to be among the first to avail himself of new opportunities in air service and defense.
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Nation of A
Vision of
Army
Dayton Field
Ohio
Planes for Ohio's airways and tri motor visions
General W. E. Gilmore told Ohio lawmakers that aviation will rapidly expand with municipal airports and a thriving air industry. He cited a Dayton plant with 400 planes and a businessman asking what planes to buy, asserting aviation is 98 percent safe with tri motor planes shaping the era.
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Gilmore
Ohio
Ives
Burial Held for George Merritt in Ohio Community
Funeral services for George ton Merritt were held at his home in Columbus with burial at Forest Rose Cemetery in Lancaster. A daughter, Mrs. John Preston of State Street, is manvel. The Merritt family formerly lived in Athens and Lancaster while he worked as a coal operator.
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John Johnson
Knoxville
Tenn
Archie
Kermit
Teddy
Georgeton Merritt
Elwood Avenue
Columbus
Forest Rosebery
Lancaster
John Preston
State Street
Merritt
Athens
Ville
Two patrolmen struck in Cincinnati by armed assailant
John Franken 48 and Yearson 24 patrolmen were struck by a drug crazed assailant in Cincinnati. Both are in serious condition, physicians reported tonight.
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Cincinnati
John Franken
Yearson
Train Wreck at Iona Island Claims Three Dead
A New York, Ontario and Western Railway train derailed at Iona Island on the Hudson, killing three and possibly more to be identified. Officials reported the wreck and began investigations as emergency crews worked the scene.
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New York
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
Iona Island
Hudson
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F. C. Swing
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James Fratini
Trepod
Jay Paisley
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