Freight rates to determine fate of Federal Valley Line
The Athens Chamber of Commerce reports two Interstate Commerce Commission hearings in Columbus on April 6 or 9. They address reasonable freight rates for the Federal Valley Railroad and a larger share of freight rate income, arguing the railroad’s operation serves about 9,500 people and supports 45 workers while sustaining a sizable coal field.
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Federal Valley Railroad Company
Federal Valley Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Columbus
C. H. Bryson
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Forum Junction
Athens County
Bryson
Federal Valley
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Commerce Commision
Mr. Bryson
New York Central
Glouster
Athens
U. S. Supreme Court
Federal Valley Road
Federal Railroad
Morgan Counties
Ohio
United States
Wilson Aims for a Comeback in Democratic Control
Dublin March 28 Ten thousand Irish Republican irregular prisoners are held in Free State jails serving intermediate sentences. President William Cosgrave told the Dail that raiding parties should show restraint and that progress toward order is being made. Irregulars attacked the Free State barracks at Ballina, but were repelled after a three hour fight with several Republicans wounded. An attempt to burn Senator Guinness's home at Fox Rock failed.
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Free State
Dublin
Mar
Free
Free State Darracks
Ballina
Senator Guinness
Pox Rock
Wilson backs Thompson for Colorado Senate seat
Former president Woodrow Wilson moves to influence the Colorado senate vacancy by urging Houston Thompson, a close ally, for the seat left by Senator Nicholson. The move aims to regain party lead and shows Wilson's renewed political activity. Senator Simmons welcomes Wilson's aid while McAdoo backs Morrison Shar roth, prompting cross-fire within the party. Republicans note potential effort to shape the next Democratic nomination.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Houston Thompson
Colorado
Nicholson
Thompson
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Simmons
Wilson
Curtis
Kansas
Dipper
William Gibbs McAdoo
Fear of blindness triggers death by own act in Hyde Park
George H. Hoelscher aged 50, secretary of a shoe firm for 30 years, killed himself at his Hyde Park home after fearing blindness. A note near the body read Angel Momsie you purest ray of God please forgive and forget.
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Cincinnati
George H. Hoelscher
Hyde Park
Charlies Metis Company
Angel Momsie
British and Belgian Vote Shape German Loan Stance
Paris report says the inter allied reparations commission will warn Germany not to float an internal loan without permission. Belgians joined British in opposing French Italian loan guarantees, while Reichsbank status was rejected as a state institution. Sir John Bradbury and M La Croix to draft the note as Britain re-enters Ruhr affairs.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Berlin
Germany
Reichsbank
John Bradbury
M. la Croix
Belgium
Great Britain
Ruhr
Holy Week Observed by Hundreds of Millions
J W Byrne discusses Holy Week as the Great Week from Palm Sunday to Easter, calling it the center of life for hundreds of millions and noting its impact on world history. He contrasts Christianity with other faiths and ends noting continuation on page five.
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J. Www
Byrne
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
God
Fiven
Ray Atwood Returns Home as Farmhand after Fortune
Raymond Atwood, a Ross county native and former millionaire, arrived home with four million marks converted to about one hundred dollars in American money. He and his wife, Elizabeth Dorn of Cologne, Germany, plan spring farm work to build a new fortune on their homeland soil.
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Chilticothe, O
Raymond Atwood
Ross County
Atwood
Elizabeth Dorn
Cologne
Germany
West Virginia Legislature Shifts To Routine Proceedings
Charleston March 28 with no third reading bills in the house and mostly local measures in the senate. Debate over a capital move or police abolition was sidetracked, while Senator Reynolds wins Senate approval to form a special committee to investigate the Parkersburg capital offer.
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Charleston
W. VA
House
Senate
Reynolds
Parkersburg
Miners Walk Out At Sugar Creek Mines Amid Dispute
A new walkout hit the Sugar Creek mines of the Ohio Collieries company on Wednesday. Workers at mine 210 refused to work over 209 not being reported for duty, despite a prior peace pipe agreement. Company officials tie 209 work to car supply and orders. 209 and 211 had worked Tuesday.
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Sugar Creek
Ohio Collieries Company
Pipe of Peace
Norris Wins License To Wed Debra Angell Heiress
Los Angeles March 29 Ter Norris a Chicago newspaper cartoonist obtained a license to marry Debra Angell heiress to John W. Gates estate reputed to be the richest heiress in America.
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Los Angeles
Lester Norris
Chicago
Today
Debra Angell
John W. Gates
America
Aviators Escape Terrible Death Near Smithfield
Captain W. J. Henry of the bombing section and Lieutenant Harold Webster Beaton of the U S Army narrowly escaped death when a bombing plane they were aboard crashed in a nose dive near Smithfield Pennsylvania en route from Bollingfield to Dayton. The aircraft caught fire and was destroyed.
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Uniontown
W. J. Henry
Ordnance Department
Washington
Harold Webster Beaton
U. S. Army
Smithfield
Bollingfield
Dayton
Widow Helen Lawrence Injured in Street Crossing Accident
Mrs. Helen Lawrence widow of Charles Lawrence living with her sister at 79 Central Ave sustained a broken left collar bone and bruises when she stepped in front of a car driven by Frank Moler of Fast State Street at Carpenter and Lancaster streets. Moler swerved to avoid her, she was taken to Sheltering Arms hospital, and returned to Mrs. Pratt’s home the next morning.
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Helen Lawrence
Charles Lawrence
W. A. Pratt
Central Avenue
Frank Moler
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mill Worker Murdered in Weirton Store Basement
John Opoltoddis a 45 year old mill worker was found foully murdered in the basement of a grocery store operated by his brother in law at Weirton West Virginia. Police say the crime was likely committed last night and two arrests have been made. No motive has been learned.
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Steubenville, O
John Opoltoddis
Weirton
W. Va
Three Children Perish in Orchard Blaze At Andover
March 28. The bodies of three young children Arleigh White six Shirley White three Berton White one were being prepared for burial as their mother Mrs Charles White lay prostrate at a neighbor's home. A neighbor reported she had left the children alone and returned to a house engulfed in flames. The charred remains of the babies were recovered later.
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Andover
Arleigh White
iShirely
Berton White
Charles White
Enrollment Grows at Sherman Tech in Chillicothe
Enrollment at Sherman Tech surpassed 500, making it the largest under U S V B control in Washington. A second section opens April 1, boosting total enrollment to 700.
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Chillicotehs. O
Sherman Tech
Washington
Watch Your Step While Out Stepping
A brief public safety note reminds pedestrians to watch footing while outdoors to prevent trips and falls. It emphasizes maintaining awareness of uneven surfaces, weather hazards, and crowded sidewalks for safer outings.
Toledo Men Held for Having Dope
Dr J A Clark and six others were arrested in Toledo after a raid seized over 2000 grains of dope. They were charged with violating the Harrison drug act by federal authorities.
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Toledo
Mar
J. A. Clark
Gould Improves Slightly Despite Serious Illness at Mentone
Mentone report notes financier George Jay Gould Sr. , renowned railway magnate, is seriously ill with heart trouble at his villa near Mentone but shows slight improvement today.
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Mentone
Geo. Jay Gould, Sr
Haring Will Defend Tariff
President Harding orders an immediate inquiry by the United States tariff commission into the sugar situation. Officials say his aims are to curb rising prices and blunt political use of tariffs by opponents. The administration argues sugar tariffs are not driving current prices despite Democratic and anti Fordney McCumber critiques.
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ST. Augustine
Fila
Harding
United States Tariff Commission
Fordney-McCumber
Excused Delay in Filing Returns Cited by Inmate Letter
A letter received by Charles M. Dean, IRS collector for southern Ohio, quotes a prisoner crying for a reason to file late returns. The inmate claims the jailer prevented timely filing and blames a "wood excuse" as his justification after the inquiry about late submission.
Estate left to unknown husband of Lima widow
James Offner 87 Civil War veteran died Tuesday in Auglaize county infirmary. He refused to reveal his whereabouts or claim a bequest from his wife Mrs Sue Offner of Beaver Dam. He was known as James Grimes at the infirmary. A Lima newspaper clipping showed a $5,000 estate to the husband who was missing when Mrs Offner died three months earlier.
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Wapakoneta
James Offner
Auglaize County
Offner
Sue Offner
Beaver Dam
James Grimes
Lima
Sugar prices to spur Cuban production says Hoover
In Washington on March 28 Secretary of Commerce Hoover said high U S sugar prices will stimulate Cuban production where plantation profits are currently very large. The remark followed today’s market activity and policy discussions.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Judge Later Warned by Threatening Letters in Hansel Case
In Grand Rapids Michigan on March one Judge John E Later of Columbus Ohio received threatening letters during hearings on the Hansel suit against the House of David. The court announced the development from the bench.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
John E
Columbus
House of David
Fourteen Wives Accusation Sparks Arrest in Pa Case
Charles W. Davis also known as Taylor, 73, was arrested on a complaint by Mrs. Emma Seiger of Georgetown Pennsylvania alleging he proposed to her while already married and claiming to have 13 other wives.
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Charles W. Davis
Taylor
Emma Seiger
Georgetown
Ruthenberg Admits Favoring Red Route in Trial
Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the Workers' party, testifies in St. Joseph, Michigan, that he seeks the overthrow of the current government and installation of a communist regime in the Fos ter trial.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
EF. Ruthenberg
William Z. Foster
Prhuthenberg
Workers’ Party
Oberlin Receives Foundation Grant for Playground
Berlin Ohio residents report Oberlin will get $2006 from the William E E Harmon Foundation Society in New York to establish a perpetual year round sports playground. Local fund drive adds $859 toward the project.
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Berlin
Oberlin
Ohio
William EE. Harmon
From Wealth to Antioch College in Yellow Springs
Miss Plizahbeth Dennison, daughter of H. Dennison of Framingham, writes about funding her own education at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio. She describes balancing classroom study with seven weeks of skilled work in a Dayton motor factory to gain practical experience and find purpose through real employment. She emphasizes work as essential for happiness and the need to like one’s job from the morning onward.
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Plizahbeth Denison
Dennisc
Framingham
Mass
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Dayton
International No Service
T. N
Mar
Antioch
Judgmen
Klan Beaten in New Orleans as Brunot Wins Nomination
In New Orleans Louisiana March a political contest ended with Jud H Brunot of Baton Rouge securing the associate justice nomination on a platform opposing the Ku Klux Klan. He defeated two rival candidates in a clear victory signaling a shift in postwar reconstruction politics.
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New Orleans
Ku Klux KK
Jud H. K. Brunot
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Supreme Court
Gasoline Ignition Triggers Big Newark Fire
A blaze in East Newark caused by gasoline leaking from a tank on an auto track ignited and sprayed burning fuel over sparking electric wires. The fire destroyed lumber, two auto trucks, two horses, a frame business block with five stores and an office belonging to Wesley Montgomery, estimated at one hundred thousand dollars.
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Newark
Wesley Montgomery
Europe faces 20 million surplus women crisis after war
A 1923 New Service report from London argues nearly 20 million European women will die as old maids due to birth rate shifts, war losses, and famine. It claims political and social structures falter as men struggle with wages, housing, and work, while women face marriage scarcity, moral shifts, and rising divorce.
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New Service Inc
London
Europe
British Isles
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Cleveland
J. E. Thompson
Safe Drivers’ Club
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Haring
First Arkeity
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