Athens Ohio Approves Street Improvement Ordinance 1919
City council of Athens Ohio approves High Street and Carpenter Street improvements from Carpenter Street to West State and North Congress with grading draining curbing brick or bituminous filling. Plans specifications and profiles filed. assessments set to be paid in ten installments with six percent interest. bonds issued in anticipation of collection. ordinance takes effect after legal delay.
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High Street
Carpenter Street
Kee State Street
Congresstreet
Lancaster Treet
City of Athens
State of
Seid High Street
Orth High Street
Carpenter Feet
Said Street
West State Street
Cater Street
Congress
Lancaster Street
Public Rvice
Sehction
Athens
Ohio
East State Street
Sand Street
Director of Public Service
Athens, State of
Erecting Bay View Park Arena in Toledo for Championship Fight
A vast wooden arena at Bay View Park Toledo rises to host a heavyweight championship crowd. Thousands of feet of lumber arrive hourly and trucks move materials to the site. From the ring to the rear seats the distance is 232 feet, with no posts to obstruct views, near the Toledo Yacht Club on a field once hosting a baseball diamond.
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Army OF Men
Forest OF Lumber
Toledo
Bay View Park
Unan
Strand
James L. McLaughlin
General View
Mammoth Arena
Graduates Receiving Degrees and Diplomas at State Schools
Graduation lists show College of Liberal Arts awarding A B degrees to 46 males and 25 females, State Normal College awarding B S in Ed to 45, with many other diplomas without degrees. The list includes names from Athens, Xenia, Pomeroy, Newark, and Coshocton among others with extensive two year and one year teacher training programs.
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College of Liberal Arts
State Normal College
College of Liberal Bes
Ntecdu
State
Elem
Howard Curtis Bobo
Athens
Robert Stanley Bone
Xenia
Robert G. Bowden
Jacksonville
Julia Luella Cable
Everett Sidney Cassady
Clarence Orton Chapman
Dexter
Mary Jennette Coen
Bowling Green
Olive Blanche Crim
Uhrichsville
Marie Romaine Downing
Middleport
Margaret Matilda Durrett
Circleville
Russell
Bristolville
Lindsay Curtis Martin
Proctorville
Ethel Lydia Moore
Findlay
Blodwen
Jane Morgan
Martins Ferry
Stanley Lewis
Gallipolis
Grace Grosvenor McKee
Anne J. McNaughten
Pleasantville
James Ambrose Malone
Helen Mullineux Mauck
Peryl
Rebecca Moler
Elizabeth
Napoleon Flora Lake Shepard
Grace Lucile Sherman Buckeye
Cits
Elmer Edwin Snyder
Barberton
Anna Belle Speyer
Helen Edith Stocklin
Everett McKinley Stowe
Highland
Mabel L. Taylor
Pennsboro
Marie Louise Voigt
Athen
Smithfield
William Rumer Yaw
Glouster
John Franklin Alford
Bremen
Margaret Smedley Allen
Isabella Elizabeth Bacon
Walter Everett Barnhill
James Lewis Beck
Coshocton
Eva Mabelle Bork
Gibsonbure
Mary Anna Buchanan
Waterford
Otis Austin Burton
Leesburg
Naomi Caldwell
Urbana
Dae Cunningham
Mr. Blanchard
Bessie Arzula Darling
Warsaw
Merrill la Rue Dennis
Jewett
Ethel Mae Dicken
Newark
Howard Clifton Drake
Richwood
Arthur Hodges Dumaree
John William Flood
Rushville
James Lloyd Fri
Creola Sarah Cox Greene
Chillicothe
Brandon Tad Grover
Daisy Irene Herrold
Nelsonville
Bertha Opal Hurd
Laings
Patience Sectad Bremen
George Wayne Lutz
Effie Jeannette McKee
Prohibiting Food Profiteering at Centenary Celebration
Officials at the Methodist Centenary in Columbus moved to curb profiteering for the expected 500000 visitors. Fred B. Fisher and Dr Earle Faylor met with hotel and restaurant heads to prevent over charging and price boosts. Gates, tickets, and policing plans were outlined with 300 police to manage crowds amid daily attendance projected from 10000 to 100000.
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Fred B. Fisher
National Campaign Committee
Earle Faylor
Columbus
Deshler Hotel
Taylor
Secrrtary
O.W. Ragan
Army Chaplin
Louiaville
Fisher
Sure of Outcome in Telegraphers Conference
Striking telegraphers in Chicago express strong confidence in the conference between Deputy International President Percy Thomas and Samuel Gompers of the AFL. President J Konenkamp reports encouraging notices from across the country as talks proceed to adjust the situation.
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Chicago
Ills
International
Percy Thomas
Samuel Gompers
A. Fr. of L
J. Konenkamp
Athens to Proceed with East State Street Improvement
Ordinance 225 directs the city of Athens Ohio to grade drain curb and pave East State Street from Sand Street to the east corporation line using bituminous filled macadam brick or block. It sets assessment of costs by front footage with bonds to cover unassessed totals and authorizes bids for construction.
Haircut Haunting Mystery in Ambler Case
In Ambler Pennsylvania nineteen year old Pretty Sarah Paladine lost much of her hair after a masked intruder entered at midnight. The assailant tied her gagged her and scratched her arms with a needle before escaping upon hearing a household noise. Police suspect an old Italian love superstition tied to hair and seized power.
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Ambler
Sarah Paladine
Largest Miami houseboat under construction by Huffstetler
The 100 foot long craft will house 82 rooms and serve ocean trips. It features a 40 000 gallon water tank electric and refrigerating systems and steam heating. The Miami Anglers' club will use it next season and it will carry 30 small fishing boats.
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Miami
Fla
W. I. Huffstetler
Miami Anglers’ Club
California phone girls strike ties up service statewide
In San Francisco on June 18 the union claimed 8,000 girls and wire workers on strike paralyzing central and southern California telephone service. The company said employees broke their word and walked out before a planned meeting could take place, while other unions offered financial aid to the strikers.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
Deaths and Funeral of Athens Pioneer Charles Morris
Mr. Charles Morris, longtime Athens resident aged 95, died at 5 a m at his home after a ten day illness following a staircase fall. Survived by two daughters Mrs A R Frame of Piqua and Mrs Harriet Morris Welch of Columbus, with two sons predeceased. Funeral at 10 a m Friday at the residence, burial in West Union street cemetery family lot.
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Athens
West
Washington Street
Morris
A. R. Frame
Piqua
A. R. Welch
Harriet Morris
Columbus
Cavalry Morris
Cleveland
Leonidas Morris
Whistler
Ala
West Union Street
Ohio grain dealers urge rail lines back to private control
At the Ohio Grain Dealers Association convention in Cleveland on June 18 resolutions urged restoring private control of railway lines and improving rural roads. An editorial line cautions that adversity shapes fate, noting a kick can alter its course.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Grain Dealers’ Association
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