Coolidge Dominates Drafted 1924 Republican Platform
President Coolidge supervised a tentative 1924 GOP platform favoring budget restraint tax reform and debt reduction. It pledges economy says $2B in cuts and 50,000 jobs shed, supports tariff reform and world relations while opposing world league participation.
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Cleveland
Coolidge
Committee On
Charles Beecher Warren
Japan
Mexico
Congress
Senate
World Court
Harding-Hughes- Coolidge
United States
League of Nations
Notable reporters and peril at Sokotra Lighthouse
The article praises historic reporters James Creelman Nelly Bly Julian Ralph Stanley and Lord Macau ley, cites Cyrus H. K. Curtis of the Public Ledger, and notes a dangerous Sokotra lighthouse incident where cannibals ate keepers after supplies failed, leaving the light dark.
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James
Louis Seibold
Creelman
Nelly Bly
Julian Ralph Stanley
Lord Macau
Sokotra
Slayer's Nurse Claims Leopold's Egoism Fueled Murder Plot
Mrs Paule Van den Bosch of Martinez California testifies that Nathan Leopold Jr suppressed egoism drove him to join the murder of 14 year old Robert Franks in Chicago. She says he believed he had to find an outlet and this was the only way he knew.
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Nathan Leopold Jr
Robert Franks
Chicago
Paule van den Bosch
Martinez Calif
Fuss at Convention Over La Follette Platform
Wisconsin insurgent leader La Follette pushes for a strong anti official slate at the Republican convention in Cleveland. He instructs delegates to fight boldly to endorse his platform while President Coolidge and supporters aim to squelch the move. La Follette argues the party must uphold its traditional principles and representative government.
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Washington
President Coolidge
U. S
Robert M. LaFollette
Cleveland
Wisconsin
la Follette
Fall
Daugherty
Baline
Coolidge
la Vollette
Blaine
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Republican Party
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself at Middleport
John Miller 42 fatally shoots his wife at the mother in law’s Middleport home and then turns the revolver on himself dying instantly. The wife, Ada Elaine Jones Miller, is hospitalized with poor prospects. Miller, a former Essex No. 7 Mine boss motorman, had separated from his wife after jealousy sparked family turmoil.
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Middleport
Oliver Hartley
Pomeroy
John Miller
Otto Jones
Circle Hill
Athens County
Bradbury
Miller
Adelaine (Jones) Kelley
Thomas Fork
Sam Wiley
Kelley
Ed Powell Place
Rowley & Feed Hardware
Smith & Wesson
Reed
Philson
Mr. Reed
Jones Home
Jones
Red Anchor
Water Company
Essex No. 7
Liberal Cleveland Seeks Wet Plank On Volstead Act
Ralph B. Strassburger of Pennsylvania submits a wet plank to the resolutions committee asking for a liberal interpretation of the Volstead Act to legalize the sale of light wines and beer. Strassburger defeated Gifford Vinchot for delegate at large from Pennsylvania after a hard prohibition dispute.
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Cleveland
Resolutions Committee
Ralph B. Strassburger
Pennsylvania
Gifford Vinchot
Pay Schedule Announced for Ohio School Year
A tentative state aid salary schedule for Ohio teachers in Athens County districts lists elementary pay from 800 to 1000 dollars and high school pay from 900 to 1360 dollars. The schedule depends on years of training and experience with possible exceptions for exceptionally successful staff.
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Ohio
Athens County
H. R. McVay
Ideal Apple Search Sparks Bristol Dessert Quest
In Bristol England experts at the National Fruit and Die Research Station seek an ideal apple for dessert. They say the perfect variety remains undgrown with good keeping qualities scarce and fragile. Also reports a tiny crystal wireless set called The Butterfly, mounted on a finger ring, measuring one inch by three-quarters of an inch.
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Bristol
England
National Fruit and Die Research Station
Here
London
Miner Smothered by Falling Rock in Ohio Mine
Arthur McGaffick, 41, a coal miner at Beaver Coal and Clay Company mine in Coleman Station near Lisbon, died when a rock fell and pinned him face down. He leaves a widow and one daughter. A trailing sentence notes there are about 14,069 establishments in the carriage and wagon industry in the United States.
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Lisbon
Arthur McGaffick
Beaver Coal and Clay Company
Coleman Station
Here
The
United States
Ohio University Graduates 1924 Class Amid Varied Degrees
Graduation exercises at Ohio University ended with 109 two year degree candidates plus art teachers diplomas and supervisors. Four hundred degrees were awarded including Bachelors of Science in Education and Arts and Commerce. Dr Gordon J Laing of the University of Chicago urged education should develop all faculties through life.
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Ohio University
Gordon J. Laing
The
Arts College of
University of Chicago
Special meeting called for union miners in Logan Ohio
The notice from Union Miners of America calls a special sub district convention of district 6 in Logan Ohio for June 18 1924 at 10 am. Delegates are to be elected locally and credentials sent to Conrad Wein Nelsonville Ohio. Signed by Robert Marshall president Fred Hemsley vice president and Conrad Wein secretary treasurer.
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Glouster. O
Nelsonville
Logan
Ohio
Conrad Wein
Robert Marshall
Fred Hemsley
Secy-Treas
Borah Declines VP Run After Cleveland Nomination Hint
U S Senator William E Borah of Idaho states he will not be a vice presidential candidate even if the Republican convention at Cleveland nominates him. The announcement comes on June 10 and clarifies Borahs presidential ticket intentions.
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Borah
Washington
U. S
Wm. E. Borah
Idaho
Cleveland
Coolidge Cabinet Meets Briefly Then Radio Concert
President Coolidge held a cabinet meeting with only the secretary of state and the secretary of commerce in attendance. Coolidge Hughes and Hoover discussed pending questions briefly before tuning in to a White House radio concert by Cleveland as delegates gathered.
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Washington
Coolidge
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Hughes
Hoover
White House
Cleveland
City council cuts salaries in economy drive
In Nelsonville the city council adopted a budget plan reducing pay for several appointive officers and service department staff. Mayor Lax plans vetoes, but council aims to uphold the two-thirds majority. Major cuts hit the service department, with pay reduced for the director and key linemen, and nights patrols cut in safety.
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Nelsonville
Tthe Finance Committee
Lax
Electric Light Division
Ridenour
Nick Hawk
Ed Mills
Price
Pete McLaughlin
Palmyra Islands Annexation Noted by Woman Leader
Mrs. C. Fullard Lee acts for the United States in annexing Palmyra Islands lying about 1000 miles south of Hawaii. The Palmyra Queen is described as the only woman ever to annex territory for the United States.
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Palmyra
Escape Term for Meigs Co Prison Inmate
Pomeroy Ohio June 10 Emory Lindsey a Thomas Fork resident pleaded guilty to placing boards with nails on the Thomas Fork pike to damage auto tires. He was given 60 days in jail with sentence suspended on condition of good behavior and compliance with court orders. If he violates, he will be jailed to serve the sentence.
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Pomeroy
Kemory Lindsey
Lindsey
Ohio to reach 920 miles of graveled roads this year
Ohio will have 920 miles of graveled highways after this year's program, state highway director L. A. Boulay said. The department now maintains 466.9 miles and plans 463.1 more miles this year, with at least some counties allowed hard surfaced construction if funds permit.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Ohio
L L. A. Boulay
Boulay
Highway Department
Advertising executives frame code for ethical ads in Columbus
In Columbus on June 10, members of the Association of Newspaper Advertising Executives and the Association of Newspaper Classified Advertising Managers began drafting a general code of ethics for handling newspaper advertising. St Pauls Cathedral in Cond on houses the Chapel of the Order of St Michael and St George used only once yearly.
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Columbus
Association of Newspaper Advertising Executives
Association of Newspaper
St. Paul's Cathedral
Condon
the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Free Automobile Road Book Offered By Rand McNally
A free Automobile Road Book of the United States is available from Rand McNally & Company. The booklet, prepared for motorists, details marked highways coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, with color illustrations and practical touring information including popular objectives and national parks. Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
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United States
Rand McNally & Company
Gulf of Mexico
Canada
Berkshires
Niagara Rete
Grand Canyon
Great Lakes
Florida Coast
National Parks
National Forests
Frederie J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Burea
Washington, D. C
Quiet Republican Convention Opens on Lake Erie
Cleveland dispatch reports the 1924 Republican National Convention opening quietly on Lake Erie with Calvaryldge to be nominated and a fight over the vice presidency centered on Hoover Lowden and Kenyon. The article notes factional tensions between eastern administration supporters and the Coolidge camp as candidates battle for influence.
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Lake Erie
Calviridge
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Frank O. Lowden
Bert Hoover
Yon
Curtis Sté Out
Coolidge
Hoover
Keny
Lowden
Cleveland
Washington
Comerce
James W
Iowa
Jame Kenyon
Federal
Senate Farm Bloc
Good
Mississippi
Rocky
California
Kenyon
LaFollette
Norris
Gressives
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WM. K. Hutchinson
Arthur Brisbane
Ley
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Public Ledger
Secur
Ekeur
Slayer
H. K. Reynolds
I. N.S
Bride
Dead Man
Liberal
OLD Ohio
DR. Laing
Ewing Hall
Vari
Meigs CO
Mark G
Roosevelt
George R. Holmes
1. N.S. Staff Corp
T. Adama
Republican National Tion
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