Harding and bankers discuss US business revival at White House
President Harding and 21 bankers dined at the White House into the early hours to map a plan to lift the economy. Treasury Secretary Mellon and Secretary Hoover joined, with Dawes among the guests, as ideas flowed on railroad rescue, cotton financing, and farmer aid.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Harding
White House
Treasury Mellon
Hoover
Mellon
United States
Europe
Sveah
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Whistler Guided Her Hand to Create Dream Picture
Mrs. William Hawley Smith, author artist, says Whistler guided her hand in a dream to paint the Dream Picture, now on display for the first time in Peoria. The work is described as spirit driven with Whistler’s influence attributed to the creation.
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Whistler
William Hawley Smith
Peoria
County road gangs active on multiple projects
Athens county commissioners report several road gangs at work across the county. They finished stabilizing the Sharpsburg flood area to keep roads open, with further permanent reconstruction planned. Gangs operate on Stewart, New Marshfield road, Trimble township, Gloucester road, and preparations begin in York township.
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Athens County
Sharpsburg
Porter
Stewart
New Marshfield
Trimble Township
Te Highway Department
Glouster
York Township
Trained Nurse Saves Child After Electric Shock
Dayton Ohio June 24 Phyllis Sheets three owes her life to nurse Dora Beachler who pumped air into the child's lungs after the heart stopped following an electric shock from a live wire. The mother Mrs Kenneth Sheets fainted during the rescue but recovered with the baby also surviving though with both hands badly burned.
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Dayton, O
Phyllis Sheets
Dora Beachler
Kenneth Sheets
Athens Central Labor Union Meeting Notice
Athens labor group will meet at Red Men's Hall on June 26 at 2 p m to elect officers for the coming year and address other business. John Clark presiding Thurman Knox secretary notices appear.
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Athens Central Labor Union
Red Men‘s Hall
John Clark
Thurman Knox
Properly listed in the semi annual telephone directory
Athens residents and business people are urged to update listings for the upcoming six months. The information operator should be contacted promptly to avoid missed calls and ensure accurate numbers and street addresses. The Telephone Company spends $1,000 annually to keep listings current.
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Athens
THE
Home Telephone Company
Sinn Fein attack derails troop train killing and injuring soldiers
In Belfast on June 24, Sinn Fein rioters derailed a troop train by mining tracks. Two British soldiers were reported killed and thirty eight injured as wires were cut and the scene isolated during a mass return from guards to camps.
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Belfast
Here
Sinn
Injured Logan Youth Hurt Diving From River Box
Harry Wendell Vancurren 18 a summer student at Ohio University staying at 73 East Mulberry street Logan resident and son of Hocking County Commissioner Isaac Vancurren was badly cut while diving from a makeshift platform in the Hocking river under South Bridge. His head and shoulder wounds required nine stitches at Dr B Larch's office.
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Harry Wendell Vancurren
Ohio University
East Mulberry Street
Logan
Isaac Vancurren
Hocking County
Hocking River
South Bridge
Vancurren
Loganite
Admiral Sims to Meet Denby on London Speech Fallout
Washington reports say Rear Admiral Sims will meet Secretary of the Navy Denby to discuss possible action over the London Jackass speech in which he criticized Irish sympathizers here. Two conferences followed Sims arrival. Sims submitted a report explaining his remarks amid questions about accuracy.
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Washington
Sims
Denby
Kiwanis Convention Opens In Cleveland For 1922 Actions
The International Kiwanis Club convention underway in Cleveland on June 23 was to adopt its platform for the coming year elect international officers and select the 1922 convention city.
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Kiwanis
Cleveland
International Kiwanis Club
Thrown off weed ends long tobacco habit
Kingston Ontario William Thompson aged 101 quits smoking after a fire started when he fell asleep while smoking his tobacco. He credits his lifelong habit with his longevity and says he will not resume.
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Kingston
Wm. Thompson
Masons Attention in Athens Chapter R A M Tonight
Special communication of Athens Chapter R A M convenes this evening. Work planned in the B A degree. J R Morton to preside. A Palmer serves as secretary.
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Masons
Athens
R. A.M
J. R. Morton
BF A. Palmer
Sec
Foster Is Active in Congress at Graduation Address
Congressman I. M. Foster delivered the commencement address at Washington City Business High School where over two hundred graduates attended. The Washington Post praised the exercises and Foster's address as the House passed a bill to make all pensions payable monthly by a 268 to 6 vote, a measure he had introduced previously and worked to pass on the first day of this Congress.
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I. M. Foster
Washington City Business High School
The
Washington Post
Foster
House of Representatives
Woman Attacked as Murderess in Zeigler Case
Mrs. Cora Orthwein faced insults and tears as she was labeled a scheming cold-blooded murderess in connection with Herbert Zeigler's case in Chicago notices.
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Chicago
Cora Orthwein
Herbert Zeigler
Ohio University Adds Faculty Amid Large Classes
Acting President Chubb announces new instructors including Dr. Meade Byron Reese and Letitia Walburn as Ohio University expands staff to ease crowded classes. Miss Hester P. South replaces Miss Faris at the Training School due to illness. classes are split into multiple sections. Registrar Cable reports 2015 registrations with expected final total near 2100.
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Ohio University Management
Chubb
Messenger
Dr. Meade
Ohio Wesleyan
Byron Reese
A. B
Elizabeth Beatty
B. F. Timmons
Letitia Walburn
A. L. Herr
A.M
Ford Strickland
B.S
Brains About to Replace Flappers in Cleveland Marriages
Cleveland reports a shift in brides as Frank Zizelman, marriage license clerk, says over 400 licenses issued reveal more than 75 brides wear horned rimmed glasses and low-heeled shoes. Most appear with hair brushed back and sensible clothing.
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Cleveland
Frank Zizelman
Zizelman
GLEW TO MISSING SHIP INVESTIGATION BEGINS
Government investigators track a colored Paris post card as potential evidence from a mother claiming it bears her son’s handwriting. The card clues the fate of a vanished vessel near Cape Hatteras. Officials withhold the crew member’s name and the ship’s identity for now.
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Russell Browning
United Press
Washington
Paris
Cape Hatteras
East
Aecae
England Labor Load Too Heavy for Workers and Nations
A Washington telegraph cites Republican Publicity Association figures to claim Britain’s unemployment hits five million after 600000 cotton operatives join strikes. It argues for American wages protection and opposes nationalization, criticizing importers aiding European wages while harming US labor and industry.
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Washington
Great Britain
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne Jr
London
Lloyd George
Eestoatul
Lenine
Russia
Europe
Wreck Variation Injures Dozens Near Shawville
Cleveland June 24 two score persons were shaken up in a collision between New York Central passenger train No 88 and an eastbound freight near Shawville 20 miles west of Cleveland Elyria police report two seriously hurt and 25 to 30 bruised Railroad officials say no one was injured two Pullmans buckled on a curve after the air let go derailing four freight cars and leaving two Pullmans off the rails the passenger train was likely about to pass the freight when a derailment blocked its path.
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Cleveland
New York Central
Shawville
Elyria
Pittsburg
Toledo
Republican leaders push restraint on congressional legislation
Washington June 23 Republican leaders in congress plan to curb the national legislative program. After conferences on the subject Senator Penrose Watson and Smoot urge Congress to do less and do it better. They call for economy in legislation and oppose sweeping or hurried measures to address business, taxes, and other major issues.
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L. C
Penrose
Watson
Smoot
Congress
Plot to revive hanged murderers thwarted in Chicago
Sailer Laurenz Meisterheim uncovered a plan to revive Grover Redding and Oscar McGavick after their execution for the murder of a sailor during riots. Jail officials held the bodies for two hours while hot blankets and pulsators were discussed, though revival was deemed unlikely if neck breakage occurred.
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Chicago
United Press
Sailer Laurenz Meisterheim
Grover Redding
Oscar McGavick
Robert L. Rose
Oscar McGaveck
Rose
Meisterheim
Nick Bianchia
Biancha
Working Agreement Talks Move for Toledo & Ohio Central
Columbus O June 24 Employes and representatives of the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad conferred today on a working agreement ordered in the April ruling of the United States railroad labor board. The talks covered more than four minor points affecting telegraphers agents and station men and were forwarded to Washington authorities for decision.
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Columbus
Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
Rockie Valley Railroad
Washington
Wae
Ice Cream and Cake Supper at The Plains Ball Park
A big ice cream and cake supper is planned at The Plains ball park on Saturday evening June 26 with music by the Athens Ladies Band. Glouster plays The Plains on Sunday June 26.
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the Plains Ball Park
Satur Y
Athens
Glouster
the Plains
Return of Private Evans Body From Italy Reaches Hoboken
Telegram to W. A. Evans reports Pvt. William EB Evans of Company H 332nd Infantry died in Italy. His body arrived at Hoboken New Jersey on June 23. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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W. A. Evans
Pvt
William EB
Cleve) Evans
Co. H
Italy
Hoboken
N. J
Fashion Plate Show in Athens Weeks of June 20
A fashion plate show runs in Athens for six days starting June 20 near Richesee Park by the baseball grounds. The event features a merry-go-round and attractions described as clean, moral, and refined.
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Athens
Baseball Park
Firemen Save Harrisburg Village From Wide Fire
Canton Alliance and Louisville firemen answered alarms this morning saving Harrisburg, a village twelve miles from Canton, from destruction by fire. The swift response prevented a total loss as flames were contained quickly.
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Canton
Alliance
Louisville
Harrisburg
Archbishop Hayes Photographed During Peekskill Review
The Sixty-ninth regiment of the New York National Guard was reviewed at the state encampment in Peekskill New York by Archbishop Hayes head of the Archdiocese of New York. He posed for the cameraman in a recent nose shot captured at that occasion.
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New York National Guard
Peekskill
N. Y
Archbishop Hayes
Archdioces of New York
Seven Platon in Movie Show Tragedy at Barnsboro
Disaster during a Barnsboro cinema collapse kills seven people as excavations undermine the wall. Among the dead are H S Gorman, his 18 year old son, and his young daughter who had traveled to town to sell strawberries. A mother and another child escape when rescuers pull them free as the ruined structure caves in.
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Johnstown
Barnsboro
Rand
Gorman
Charles
Williams Hicks
Hicks
Metty
Seven Die as Barnsboro Theatre Collapses Amid Storm
Rescue teams toiled through debris at the Grand Theatre ruins in Barnsboro Pennsylvania after a collapse during a rainstorm. Seven are confirmed dead and many injured with fears of more victims beneath the wreckage.
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Barnsboro
Jane
Debria
Trial Nears Close In Toledo Journal Case
In Toledo Ohio on June 24 the trial nears its close. Prosecutors and defense counsel presented closing arguments as jurors prepare to deliberate.
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Toledo
Marie Galrirne Wins Colonial Dames Essay Medal
Marie Galrirne won the Colonial Dames medal for the best essay on realization. She arrived in the United States two years ago from an unspecified location.
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Marie
Chicago
Marie Galrirne
Colonial Dames Medal
States
Long Way From Home Car Sighted In Town
A dusty touring car with a pennant reading Council license from the state passed through town this morning. The noisy vehicle drew attention as residents noted its unusual appearance and movement.
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State ‘of Own
Dancing at Lamborn's partition on Saturday
A June 25 event features LeFavore’s five piece orchestra performing at Lamborn's partition venue. The listings note an invitation to attend with the promise of inebriating dance music and a memorable evening.
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Lamborn
LeFavore
Corn bread and Boston brown bread tips from government booklet
The Agriculture Department offers a free baking guide showing practical methods for making corn bread brown bread and other pastries. The Washington Bureau will send a copy to anyone who sends two cents in stamps for return postage.
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South
Boston
Department Agriculture
Washington
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger
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