Blackburn Changes Plea and Other Court Actions
In common pleas court Judge Wood heard multiple matters including J W Johnson versus The Marietta Distilling Company over a cognovit note alleged signed under liquor influence. Floyd Graham versus Village of Athens on an ordinance banning bells for auction ads proceeded. William J Blackburn, former Athens State Hospital attendant, pleaded not guilty to assault and battery but then changed to guilty and was fined and jailed briefly before release. Decrees granted in divorce cases, and judgment by default awarded to Ohio Wood Fibre Plaster Company. Petit jury to return next Monday for continued trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Sarah Tucker
Lafayette Tucker
I. M. Foster
Tucker
John E. Martin
Lewis & Sayre
Ohio Wood Fibre Plaster Company
Hugh Gormley
Plaster Company
Wood & Wood
Endow Princeton Wealth and the Shape of Higher Education
President Woodrow Wilson signals a massive endowment for Princeton University, sparking debate on how vast gifts from unseen benefactors might reshape American higher education. The piece weighs potential donors like Carnegie or Rockefeller and questions whether huge wealth will affect academic independence and moral integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Princeton
Carnegie
Scot
Nassau
Jimmy” Mc.Cash
New Jersey
Rockefeller
America
Friends of Education
Washington notes Elkins law and farm shipping costs
Washington report highlights continued effectiveness of the Elkins anti rebate law amid new cases against the Great Northern and Northern Steam Ship Co. It also notes a forthcoming Agricultural Department bulletin detailing the cost of hauling farm products to shipping points with rates from seven to forty four cents per hundred pounds and urges better country roads to reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed
Congress
Elkins
Hepburn Railroad
Great Northern Railroad
Lowell M. Palmer
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Northern Steamship Company
Agricultural Department
Law for the Rich Faces Theater Stage and Courtroom
A Cleveland Leader reprint notes public distrust of courts and the rich. Recorder Stanton in Hoboken sentences Emanuel Rodriguez, from a wealthy family, to thirty days in jail and $1,000 bonds for assaulting a police officer, urging equal justice for rich and poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith's
Recorder Stanton
Hoboken
N. J
Emanuel Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Stanton
Cleveland
Colonial Tea Highlights DAR Event at Van Vorhes Home
The Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a Colonial Tea at Miss Van Vorhes’s University Terrace home with 120 guests. Attendees wore colonial costumes and a program included songs, solos, a Mozart minuet, and readings. The display featured Revolutionary relics and era artifacts from the local chapter and Van Vorhes family possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss van Vorhes
University Terrace
Athens Town
Nellie van Vorhes
George Washington
Lydia Lashevans
van Vorhes
General
Washington
Brown
Evans
Hopkins
Will
W. K. Scott
T. R. Biddle
Alston Ellis
Isaac Cox
A. P. Cox
Ellis
Ulster County
Sally Foster
Ebenezer Foster
Oklahoma
Mass
Athens
Nelson H. van Vorhes
Modoc
Custer
Ohio General Assembly
Salmon P. Chase
General Assembly
State House
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Athens Man’s Back Strength
In Athens Ohio a man suffering back pains and kidney trouble reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial from Mary B Beasley cites lifting heavy quarters of beef as the cause and says two boxes restored his health. Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as the remedy with Foster Milling Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Dean
Mary B. Beasley
South Congress Street
Ohio
Doan
Henderson's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Death at Chauncey Claims Hettie Huff at 73
Hettie Huff, 73, died at her Chauncey home late Monday night from pneumonia. The funeral will be at the M. E. church in Chauncey at 2 o clock on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie Huff
Chauncey
M. E
Mothers Push Daughters Toward Music Over Sewing
The article notes many mothers imagine daughters have musical talent and urge pursuit of that skill, often at the expense of simple sewing efforts. It reflects on parental expectations shaping early interests and potential talents.
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Blackburn
Princeton, University
Higher Education
A. C. Wilcox
Marietta
Dr. K. Tinker
Nina Pegg
Erma Talmage
Zanesville
Will Brooks
Henry O’bleness
East Union Street
Addine Morgan
Chillicothe
Xenia
Sophrina Johnson
Coolville
A. W. Morris
Eldridge & Higgins Company of
Sarah Patterson
Edaward
Race Street
James Boulger
District Attorney's Office
Charles Titley
University
Aaron Barnhill
H. G. Williams
H. W. Elson
Chicago
M. T. Totman
Broadwell
H. H. Wickham
College Street
Frank Bellows
H. 8. Beckler
A. C. McPherson
Albany
W. 8. Foutch
Viola
Lena
Springfield
J. J. Lane
Emett Keenan
Eliot Schrader
W. T. Warren
W. A. Carpenter
Columbus
Carpenter
San Toy
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Grace Jewell
Mrs. J. Jewell
Big Run
Marie Hyde
Trimble
Lenna Mason
Congress Street
Nancy Dew
Carrie Murphey
George L. Kurtz
Frank Goldsberry
H. L. Wheaton
Nellie van
Vorhes
Adda C. Hopkins
Wilson H. McKee
Rex
King
Rexall
King of
All
United Drug Company
Capitol
Standard Oil Company
Taylor &Shaw
Office Warren Building
Postoffice
Bell
the Bank of Athens
D. Brown
W.B. Golder
Tate Hne
J. S. Basom
D. D. S. Dentist
Souths Court Street
Anderson Bros. &Co
Roach
P. O
W. B. Dailey
Fulton Grocery
North Courts
Prites
Fire and Life Insurance
Athens, Ohio
H. H. Haning
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
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