Germans Yield to Allied Terms in Quick Cabinet Move
Germany fully yields to Allied demands after a coalition cabinet led by Chancellor Wirth forms from Social Democrats and centrists. Wirth presents a note to Allied ambassadors accepting terms to preserve Upper Silesia and avoid Ruhr occupation. Reichstag approves 221 to 175.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
Wirth
London
Paris
Rome
Reichstag
Upper Silesia
Ruhr
Athens Food Prices Hover Near Low in State Survey
A Chillicothe paper tracked prices in Athens and eight other towns. Athens offered some of the lowest figures for eggs 23 cents, milk 13 to 16 cents, creamery butter 35 to 45 cents, and potatoes with various grades while other markets showed higher rates on steaks roasts and pork chops.
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Chillicothe
Greenfield
Circleville
Wilmington
Lancaster
Athens
Jackson
Portsmouth
Waverly
Washington
Chalicothe
Breach Healed In North Ohio Trike Settlement Akron
The car men's strike in the Northern Ohio Traction system ended with a settlement. An arbitration panel will set wage scale after five days of talks. The company will take back all strikers and resume service Thursday morning. A third arbitrator may be appointed by Governor Davis and Judge Henry S Harter of Canton if needed.
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Akron. O
A. C. Blinn
Davis
Henry 8. Harter
Canton
French Army Ready Paris in Wake of Ruhr Failure
Paris reports France awaiting Germany final note on surrender after a failed Ruhr seizure. Quai d Orsay says invasion will be delayed if Germany’s reply is sweeping, though troop orders stay in place. Paris credits American pressure and Secretary Hughes for Berlin’s move.
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Paris
Ruhr
France
Germany
Quai d’Orsay
Berlin
Hughes
Survey Planned for Canaan Township Schools
Canaanville May 11 The Parent-Teacher Association meeting was postponed to May 26 due to farm work. A survey of all Canaan township schools will assess needed repairs, with the committee joining the township board on May 21 and reports due at the May 26 meeting.
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Canaanville
Parent
Township Board of Education
Canaan Township
Plain Drunk Arrest Leads to Fine for Alva Pierce
Alva Pierce of Sugar Creek was arrested Sunday night for plain drunk. Sheriff Herfy Parker filed the charge and Pierce was fined five dollars plus costs by Justice P. W. Helwig.
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Alva Pierce
Sugar Creek
Waas
Herfy Parker
Pierce
Ip of the Peace
P. W. Helwig
Harding posts face opposition over Far East picks
United Press reports tentative selection of David James Hill as Ambassador to Japan and strong opposition to Jacob Gould Schurman as minister to China. Critics claim the two nominees hold pro-Japanese sympathies, challenging Harding’s diplomacy in the Far East.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
David James Hill
Japan
Harding
Jacob Gould Schurman
China
Far East
Attorney General Rejects Referendum Petition
In Columbus on May 11 Attorney General Price refused to approve the referendum petition for the administrations re organization act. The refusal cited the bill carried an emergent measure and was not saleable as a referendum.
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Columbus
Price
Clean Up Campaign Extended by Athens Mayor
The Athens Clean-Up Campaign is extended to May 20 by Mayor T. B. Roush. Despite bad weather, residents cleaned, painted and planted across the city, but many corners remain neglected and all citizens are urged to participate to keep the city clean healthy safe and beautiful.
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Athens
T. B. Roush
Athens Women Urged to Lead City Cleanup Campaign
The Athens city federation urges every woman to join a general cleanup campaign led by Mayor Roush and the city council. Captains and lieutenants across streets have been named to organize volunteers, with a first meeting set in the chamber of commerce rooms Friday at 7.00 P M to discuss plans for civic improvements.
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Athens
City Federation
Roush
Federation
Chamber of Commerce
T. N. Hoover
Elmwood
John Roach
Geo. Kyle
Waldo Baird
C. L. Culver
Elson Hedges
Melvin Grubb
Fred McKay
S. E. G. Pedigo
Ed Lockhart
W. W. Coe
C. M. Gill
Maplewood
N. E. Mills
Isaac Ash
John Milar
C. M. Copeland
Morris Avenue
W. H. Bechtold
C. W. Gross
John Sprague
Pearl Drake
W. B. Bentley
Morris
H. T. Lee
Anderson Carpenter
John Swanson
Alex Root
Stimpson
P. H. McKinley
H. H. Kinsel
E. D. Crane
L. L. Deissle
East Street
John Cooley
Hal Murphy
C. H. Harris
Henry Conner
East State
Maurice Gross
Alice Cline
Amy Weiher
Marvey Porter
Sam Warren
H. W. Grover
Frank Clutts
Carl Fuller
Franklin Avenue
Harvey Ramsey
William Williams
O. C. Leadinghouse
Ella Cooley
Frank Lowry
Grosvenor Street
D. M. Murphy
Harry Kelley
Herbert Brooks
Carpenter Street
Charles de Molet Jr
Charles Pickering
John Woods
City market planned in Athens to open in June
Mrs. Woodworth of the City Federation announced a new city market to be set on East Mill Street off Court Street, operating Wednesdays and Saturdays at eight in the morning. Farmers pay five dollars for prime spaces, with monthly options for part time sellers, aiming to give producers a better price and locals fresher goods.
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Athens
Robert L. Woodworth
City Federation
East Mill Street
Court Street
Priestip
Woodworth
Red Men Elect Columbus Leaders at Ohio Meeting
In Columbus Dayton's E C Wilcox was named Great Junior Sagamore and Martins Ferry's Thomas J Cowan earned Great Chief of Records. Canton’s Emil J Kauffman was chosen Great Sachem at the sixty ninth annual session of the Improved Order of Red Men of Ohio.
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Columbus
E. C. Wilcox
Dayton
Sagamore
Improved Order of Red Men of
Ohio
Thomas J. Cowan
Martins Ferry
Emil J. Kauffman
Canton
Clark Creates $2500 Trust Fund for McKinley Medals
Canton board approves a trust fund of 2500 dollars established by W. H. Clark. Interest will be used annually to buy medals for McKinley High School pupils, recognizing scholastic achievement.
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Canton
W. H. Clark
McKinley High School
Flour prices to drop with wheat bounty in prospect
Chicago May 11 millers and grain experts anticipate lower flour prices as a bumper wheat crop enters the market. Cash wheat is expected to fall with new harvests, a drop reflected in flour prices, currently about four dollars a barrel below last September and $1.50 under early year levels. Pillsbury mills official John B Pillsbury confirms flour price movements track cash wheat.
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Chicago
John 8
Pillsbury
Minneapolis
United Press
Little Boy Injured In Maplewood Plage Crash
Joe Gill, young son of Mr and Mrs C M Gill of Maplewood Plage, was struck by a car driven by J.Robinson at May Avenue Tuesday around 430 pm. Separated from companions he ran in front of the vehicle but the wheels did not pass over him. He endured severe bruises and shock but is not believed to be badly hurt. Robinson stopped the car and assisted.
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Joe Gill
C. M. Gill
Maplewood Plage
J. ¥. Robinson
May Avenue
Robinson
O. O. F. Encampment Meeting Notice
Ath ens Encampment No. 175 invites members to a May 14 meeting at 5 P M to work all three degrees with a large class. Supper will be served. Visiting members welcome. F T Gooding C P.
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Athens
F. T. Gooding
C. P
Sheriff Bigelow Falls Back on Habit in Chicken House
Medina Ohio May 10 Sheriff P C Bigelow, accustomed to locking doors, found his chicken house door open and opened it by force of habit. His wife inside the house collecting eggs was taken prisoner in the incident.
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Medina
P. C. Bigelow
Mayor Grail weighs suspending officials after Olympia Hall smoker
Mayor W. F. Grail said he is studying conditions with a view to suspending officials who allowed a dance at Olympia Hall during a smoker event held in Lorain.
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Lorain
W. F. Grail
Olympia Hall
Ashland Man George Chapman Sentenced for Drunk and Disorderly Conduct
George Chapman was sentenced by Judge C. C. Chapman to two years in the workhouse for drunken and disorderly behavior. The case reflects local enforcement actions against public intoxication and disorderly conduct in Ashland.
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Ashland
George Chapman
C. C. Chapman
Bank Bidg Ad Briefly Lists Contact for Local Enterprise
A fragment lists a business address at Room 35 Bank Building with a phone number 2462 and references a coal trade context. The sparse OCR hints at a local enterprise with a contact line. No full event or name is clear.
Locomotive Engineers Hold Triennial Convention in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 11 the triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers opened with about 500 official delegates and additional alternates and visitors bringing total attendance to around 4000.
Foul Ball Ends Surgical Plans for Student
May 11 Findlay Ohio Miss Gretchen Todd a high school girl slipped headfirst down stairs and wrenched her neck. While watching a baseball game a foul ball struck her head causing a snap. The kink in her neck was removed by the operation she avoided for now.
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Findlay
Gretchen Todd
Gompers Criticized by West Virginia Labor Leaders
Huntington West Virginia May 11 The West Virginia State Federation of Labor at its fourteenth annual convention adopts a Ward local United Mine Workers resolution urging delegates to the national convention to prevent Samuel Gompers reelection labeling him dominated by prostitute politicians and a ship without a rudder after stormy debate led by President Riley.
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Huntington
W. Va
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Montreal
National Organization
West
Riley
Divorce Case Draws 26 Witnesses In Athens Court
In a Wednesday hearing Bertha Cox of Athens formerly of Carbondale sues Clar Cox for divorce. About 26 witnesses testified on Bertha Coxs general reputation while claims allege repeated cruelty. the defense says she has an ungovernable temper and profane language in front of three children now in a home. The defendant seeks continued custody of the children.
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Bertha Cox
Athens
Carbondale
Clar- Cox
Clarence Cox
Husband haled into court on wife assault charge
Albert Taylor of Paris pleaded not guilty to assaulting his wife when arraigned before Justice P. W. Helwig. He waived examination and was bound over to the common pleas court. The charge was filed by Mrs. Albert Taylor who said her husband struck her. The Taylors have been separated once before.
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Albert Taylor
Paris
Justice of the Peace
P. W. Helwig
Common Pleas Court
Taylors
Wallpaper Price Cuts Told By Five Dealers
Five Columbus wallpaper dealers announced reductions in wallpaper prices. The move aims to boost sales amid market pressure and offers customers lower costs on home decorating materials.
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Columbus
Norwalk Huron County seeks motor patrol to curb truck violations
County commissioners authorize motorcycle police to raid violators under new auto truck law. The move aims to enforce trucking rules and improve road safety in Norwalk and surrounding areas.
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Norwalk
Hurlon County
Chiropractors May Stage Referendum In State
The seventh annual Ohio chiropractors convention opens in Columbus with delegates from across the state and over 400 chiropractors present. Plans to referendum the measure defeated in the general assembly to remove chiropractors from supervision of the state medical board were to be made at the business session.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
State Medical Board
Baseball fatality after ball strikes youth in Cincinnati
Henry Guntzelman, 17, a printer apprentice, died at a Cincinnati hospital from a skull fracture caused when a baseball struck him behind the left ear last Sunday. The death follows the injury during a local game and is reported from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Henry Guntzelman
McGannon Perjury Trial Postponed To Monday
In Cleveland on May 11 jurors learned William H. McGannon's perjury trial is delayed until next Monday to allow his attorneys to prepare the defense. Physicians say he is able to stand trial.
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Cleveland
William H. McGannon
McGannon
Half Holiday With Bank Hours Shifting In Athens
Beginning Thursday May 19 the Banks of Athens will close at 12 noon each Thursday through September 15 inclusive. The Athens Natl Bank and The Bank of Athens Natl Bank announce the seasonal adjustment. Security Savings peak likely referenced.
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Banks of
Athens
Bank of Athens Natl
Athens Natl
Security Savings
Bergdoll defies U S in Germany amid tense Italy Polish row
In Rome and Berlin the Bergdoll case dominates the day as he boasts of evading capture while the United States vows to retrieve him at any price. The article also reports rising Italian outrage over Italian soldiers killed by Polish insurgents in Upper Silesia and calls for direct action toward Warsaw.
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Germany
Bergdoll
United States
Washington
Berdell
Karlsruhe
Carl Neuff
Frank Zimmer
Baden
Neuff
Zimmer
Bergell
Myself
Stecher
Henry Wood
United Press
Rome
Upper Silesia
Italy
Kielitz
Allied Supreme Council
Warsaw
Taxation talks stall as conferees seek agreement
In Columbus on May 11 legislative conferees on taxation and the general appropriations bill made a romp effort toward agreement. The two committees must finish before tomorrow night when the general assembly returns from a vacation started April 30. First sessions failed to reach a compromise. Alternative taxation amendments were discussed and a vote on classification and uniform rule proposals was considered but not decided.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Civil Service To Play Part In Postmaster Selection
Congressman I M Foster, in Athens for a short stay, reports Washington has issued an official order on presidential postmasters. Harding will select postmasters from three eligible civil service candidates after exams, with current class one postmasters serving out their terms.
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I. M. Foster
Athens
Washington
Harding
Cox Says Let Them Alone For Now On Adams Act
James M. Cox expresses a cautious stance toward Republicans and the administration. He favors giving the current administration time, warns against abrupt cuts in armaments, and links U.S. prosperity to foreign trade and League of Nations membership.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press
New York
James M. Cox
United Press Today
Cox
Wilson
League of Nations
United States
Courts Asked to Annul Marriage of 13 Year Old Etta
Xenia reports judges have been asked to annul the union between Etta Shingledecker aged 13 and 24 year old Orville Jeffreys amid marriage dispute proceedings.
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Etta
Xenia
Etta Shingledecker
Orville Jeffreys
Mayor namesake Emmett Riley fined for intoxication
Emmett Riley was fined $19 and costs in Mayor Tom Roush's court yesterday after being charged with intoxication. He allegedly went to the sheriff’s residence to secure an arrest of noisy students near his home.
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Emmett Riley
Tom Roush
Riley
Seven Injured In Auto Accidents Here Last Night
Seven persons were injured in auto accidents in Columbus last night. Police report multiple crashes on city streets with varying injuries.
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Columbus
Athens stores to close Thursdays starting May 19
The Athens retail outlets will close on Thursday afternoons beginning May 19 and continuing through the fall, not starting tomorrow as some reports stated.
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Athens
Spring Is the Time To Set Out Roses
The article promotes planting roses and highlights a new illustrated book from the Department of Agriculture titled Roses for the Home. Readers are urged to mail a coupon, provide name and address clearly, and enclose two cents for postage to receive a free copy. Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
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Department of Agriculture
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Inforion Bureau
Washington, D. C
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