Sesqui Centennial notes two devices spark modern revolution
A retrospective urges that the 1876 Centennial introduced the typewriter and telephone and traces their impact on industry, communication, and social change. It highlights Sholes and Bell as pivotal inventors and notes the spread of these machines to global use and the rise of women’s economic independence.
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Philadelphia
Christopher Latham Sholes
Alexander Graham Bell
esqui-Centennial
San Francisco
New York
New Orleans
Toronto
North America
Globe
Couple charged with arson to stand trial May 19
Arthur and Roberta Frash of Amesville face Common Pleas court on an arson charge for burning their home to collect insurance. The trial date was reset to May 19. Floyd Butcher also has a reset, set for May 27, on third offense liquor possession. The May trial sheet lists multiple cases through June 9 including naturalization on June 9.
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Arthur
Roberta Frash
Amesville
Common Pleas Court
Frash
State of
Ohio
Floyd Butcher
George
John Lindi
R. E. Harrison
Commercial Credit Company
Robinson
Dyer
Cecil Smith
James Gabriel
Creswell
Cressiwell
Young
Williams
Nelsonville
Sherman Byers
Davis
Deval
Meade
Hankerson
Goodin
Brock
Brooks
Alexander Township
Townsend
Anula
Old Marshfield Bank
John R. Lostro
Lostro Auto Sales Company
S. E. G. Pedigo
James H. Boden
Charles Burt
E. B. Young
William Sturgill
G. W. Duffee
8. M. Johnson
Young, Duffee and Johnson
Lastro
Pedigo
Burt
Boden
Marshfield State Bank
Marshfield Bank
William Sturgell
Nolan H. Rice
Martin L. Jones
Tierschel E. Wethey
Two Young Men Fined for Riding Freight Train
Railroad detectives arrested James Stricklen and Mc Kinley Thompson, both of Charleston, for riding a New York Central freight. Each was fined $1 and costs by Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig and jailed until payment. Also arrested for trespassing were Isaac Palmer and Thomas Eber, of Hocking, warned by the officers to stop boarding trains and riding freights.
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Grant Horlocker
R. W. Murray
New York Central
James Stricklen
McKinley Thompson
Charleston
Pearl W. Helwig
Isaac Palmer
Thomas Evener
Hocking
Helwige
Drunks to be put to work on streets by city
Mayor Alex M Moore announced drunks unable to pay fines will be put to work on city streets under the city service director. Toter Fields, Athens, pleaded guilty to intoxication, fined $20 plus costs. this marks his third offense and mirrors prior janitorial service in lieu of payment.
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Alex M. Moore
Toter Fields
Negro
Athens
Field
Romine
Milk price adjustment ends haulage dispute for farmers
Under a six month agreement milk 4 ½ percent butterfat will fetch 2.36 per hundred pounds, an increase of 15 cents from the old rate. The dispute over a 25 cent hauling deduction is settled with dealers and farmers each satisfied. Representatives named include George Spring and Harold Liggett among others.
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George Spring
Albany
W. D. Kaley
Rank Biddle
Athens
Albany-Athens Committee
Harold Liggett
Till Potter
WD. Ly Keirns
Athens County milk strike leads to producers group formation
More than 120 farmers from all parts of Athens county joined a walkout after milk dealers restored a twenty five cent haulage fee in April, ending May 1 with no agreement. The episode sparked the creation of a local Milk Producer's Association led by figures like Frank Biddle.
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Amesville
Athens County
Frank Biddle
Athens
Will of Japanese Pineapple Contractor Prompts Village Feast
Tokyo reports Y Omura an elderly pineapple contractor hanged himself in his cottage. His will leaves about $1000 to fund a grand Juau feast for the village where he lived. The Japanese society has appointed committees to ensure the bequest is carried out.
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Tokyo
Y. Omura
Omura
First Lady Kisses Man At White House Courtesy Moment
Rudolph Aston presents a basket of May flowers to Mrs. Coolidge at the White House and receives a warm kiss of thanks in a light hearted moment captured by photographers.
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Rudolph Aston
White House
Land
Mrs. Coolidge
Junior High Marble Tournament Planned At Athens School
Athens Junior High announces a marble tournament open to any in good standing. R. H. Rupp says entry blanks are being distributed. rings and rules are specified. forfeited games score 13 to 0. Finals likely at the spring picnic with a trophy for the winner.
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Athens Junior High School
R. H. Rupp
Rupp
Stanford tests to be given in Athens city schools
Stanford achievement tests are administered in Athens city schools by Superintendent John R. Patterson and Dr. W L Gard of Ohio University. Tests run eight to twenty minutes each and cover reading paragraph meaning sentence meaning and word meaning arithmetic nature study science history and literature language usage and spelling. Results compare educational ages with chronological ages showing students slightly above their ages overall.
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Stanford
Athens City
John R. Patterson
W. L. Gard
Ohio University
Athens
Patterson
Nine Fined in Police Court in Municipal Session
Mayor Alex M. Moore fined nine defendants, four for intoxication and five for traffic code violations. Defendants include Henry Hayes and Midge Lockhart among others. Fields received the highest fine of 20 dollars and costs.
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Alex. M. Moore
Henry Hayes
Parkersburg
W. Va
Midge” Lockhart
Athens
Macy Hayes
Toter" Fields
Charles Maple
Howard Gilson
West Side
Lockhart
Mack Hayes
Fields
Dales Roscoe
Nelsonville
Court
Union Streets
Dana Connett
North Court Street
Walter Barker
Court and
George Fox
Lloyd Dalley
German Invention Rubber Collar Protects Sunburn and Drowning
An inventive rubber collar from Germany shields the neck and shoulders from sunburn when deflated and, when inflated, acts as a buoy supporting a swimmer’s head in the water.
Britain and Ireland Lead in Total Shipbuilding Tonnage
Britain and Ireland remain the top nations in total shipbuilding tonnage, maintaining a lead in the industry. The report highlights their sustained dominance amid worldwide output and capacity.
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Great Britain and Ireland
County Sheppard-Towner work shows progress in infant care
Dr H E Kleinschmidt and Dr J My Higgins with Athens county nurses reviewed Sheppard-Towner efforts led by Amy Cunningham over two years. The program reports 40 percent of calls handled locally and demonstrations on prenatal care, with infant mortality declining from about 120 per thousand in 1813 era to under 70 per thousand in most counties today.
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H. E. Kleinschmidt
Division of Child Hygiene
Department of Health
J. My Higgins
Athens County
Amy Cunningham
Health Office
Miss Cunnham
Sheppard
Aliceland
Home remedy claims to reduce varicose veins with Emerald Ott
An ad touts dangers of varicose veins and endorses applying a two ounce bottle of Moones Emerald Ott to enlarged veins. It promises veins shrink to normal size with nightly and morning use and claims quick absorption for piles as well. Drugstores allegedly stock the product widely.
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Christopher L. Sholes
Liberal Arts and Manufactures
Moore
Nature
Dottie
Canaanville
Earl Seel
Doris Dorr
Phyllis Channell
Stanley Dew
Austin C. Kontner
Old Marshfield Bank Partnership
Dolores Vane
Dolores
True Story Magazine
Rose
Rosie
Cynthia
Walter
Thrilling True Story
Drea
True Story
True Star
Bernarr Macfadden
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