May term opens for Athens county court docket
The May term of common pleas court opened with Judge Wood and a large legal audience. The bar docket lists 210 civil cases and six left over criminal matters including alimony, divorce, and numerous money and injunctive actions. The grand jury was sworn in with 110 witnesses, and a Spanish operetta costume source provided by Kampman of Columbus.
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Common Pleas
Wood
Athens County
Civyil
Adolph Bentine
Mattie Bentine
Lucy Mosley
John T. Mosley
Frances C. Poston
Donald R. Poston
Mary Boyd
Lawrence Boyd
the New Pittsburg Coal Co
H. Baird
Angie Jackson
John J. Woolley
David H. Biddle
Elza Graham
Big Four Coal Co
The
Meeker Run Coal Co
Benjamin F. Beckler
Lostro Auto Sales Co
Tony Klum
Fish Rubber Co
A. K. Schenz Co
Sunnyside Lumber Co
Board of Education of
Marshfield
Hannah Hillis
Poston Consolidated Coal Co
The War Horse and Carmelita Café Dignity Amid Struggle
A narrator reflects on civilization and dignity in a city divided by the plaza. He describes Carmelita, a cafe owner’s daughter, who treats customers with grace regardless of wealth or foreign origins, embodying quiet pride and service. The piece contrasts upscale behavior with humble labor.
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Plaza
Russia
Carmelita
Image Store
Food at mic and bread recipe hint urges restraint
A fragment urges limiting family portions of bread and describes a barley and oat bread recipe. It lists ingredients such as milk fat syrup baking powder salt barley flour oats and optional raisins, plus steps to mix bake a loaf and prepare oats ground through a chopper.
Passenger Trains to West to Be Slashed
Chicago May 5 One third of the passenger trains between Chicago and the Pacific Coast will be eliminated after June 1. The cut aims to save about 12 million dollars annually and remove 11 728 000 miles of train haul. R H Alshton regional director Western railroads and assistant to W G McAdoo says passengers will have no choice of routes under the new traffic handling plan.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Washington
R. H. Alshton
Western Railroads
W. G. McAdoo
Watch Your Kidneys From Inhaling Paint Fumes Warns Ad
An old advertisement warns painters about kidney weakness from turpentine and white lead and suggests Dean's Kidney Pills. It cites W. S. Reynolds of Athens describing lumbago relief after using the product and notes price 60 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co.
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Dean
Athens
Reynolds
Union St
Cline
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfers
Buffalo
N.Y
Phosphated Iron Promoted As Nerve and Blood Booster
A national appeal touts Phosphated Iron as a cure for fatigue run down conditions from a harsh winter. It claims to purify blood and strengthen nerves, restoring appetite and energy, with endorsements from doctors and patients. Capsules are emphasized over pills and tablets, via McKee Drug Company and other druggists.
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McKee Drug Company
Gain Ground in Fight on Venereal Diseases
Columbus May 7 The joint battle of military and civilian health authorities upon general diseases is gaining ground says the Ohio Public Health Journal in its current issue. The surgeon general reports a great reduction in the venereal disease rate in the army with the lowest rate on record during the two months around Christmas furloughs. Civilian health authorities deserve credit for this improvement.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Health Journal
State Department of Health
Car Shortage Hits Ohio Mines in April
Car shortage in southeastern Ohio mining fields rose 44.07 percent in April. More than 1000 miners needed 22,183 cars but received 12,497, cutting production by 425,000 tons and labor shortages added a 63,000 ton loss, per D F Hurd, district rep for the federal fuel administration.
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Cleveland
Ohio
D. F. Hurd
Federal Fuel Administration
Mr. Hurd
Bootleggers Fight a War of Their Own in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee on May 7 bootleggers and whiskey runners have become dangerous as marshals warn that gunfire may erupt soon. Marshals now carry automatic shotguns to defend themselves amid rising violence in the bootlegging trade and threats to life.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Althout
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Crooks How Co
Mary L. Stratton
Mary E. Stratton
Lydia A. Clark
Wm. B. Balderson
James Allen
State of Ohio
Vance Webb
Porter H. Sweezy
John
Jacob McCormick
James McNamara
Samuel L. McCune
Frank H. Logan
Elton Mace
Ben Beckler
Wesley Barstow
Carbondale Coal Co
Kampman of
Satan
John Boise
C. P
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Illinois
Athens Electric Co
Moore
South Court St
Daniel A. Poling
France
Cincinnati Enquirer
American Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
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