Nelsonville High marks 42nd commencement with 41 diplomas
Nelsonville High held its 42nd annual commencement in the school auditorium. Dean J. V. McMillan of Marietta College delivered the commencement address. Superintendent D. A. Ferree presided over diplomas and the program featured music, a class memorial presentation, and various speakers. The alumni banquet followed as attendance looked set for a record turnout.
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Nelsonville High School
J. V. McMillan
Marietta College
Ferree
Luke Webb
A. M. Mann
William Smith
Lee E. Gutridge
Japan
Mi-Mo-San
Owen
D.A. Ferree
Board of Education
Leon Arpee
Geraldine
Lodge
K. of P. Hall
Don Chris
George Humberstone
Toledo
O. Edwin
Carson Sanders
Akron
Hazel Cline
Albany
Eva Cotton
Walter Wilson
Athens
Harriet Pensyle
Columbus
Howard Redd
Lon Redd
Billy Redd
J. D. Bass
Mildred Vorkes
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Charles W. Smith
Kansas City
Ida Heashy
Charleston
W. Va
Elgin Haynes
Nelsonville Blacksmith Shop Opens Old Haybrow Stand
Sam Minkin announces a new blacksmith shop in the old W. J. Haybrow stand offering horseshoeing woodwork and wagon repair with 25 years’ experience. Prices for horseshoeing listed from 1.50 to 2.50. Also offers painting varnishing paper hanging and carpenter work with estimates by calling 437 Bell phone. Includes hat cleaning and shoe shining by John Jin at 45 W. Columbus St.
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W. J. Haybrow
Sam Minkin
Bell
John Jin
Columbus St
Litter Cases Overwhelm Athens Train En Route Home
Ten coach hospital train arriving in Athens at 10 am carried troops from Ohio Texas Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Six medical beds and four khaki ready coaches housed 78th and 8th Division casualties returning from Camp Merritt. Most ill soldiers suffered homesickness with few locals greeting the arrivals at Union Depot.
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Athens
Ohio
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Camp Sherman
New York
Camp Merritt
Altho
Red Cross
Union Depot
Pension demands rise among Railroad Trainmen in Columbus
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen discussed pensions paid from insurance funds amid wage disputes. President Lee said pay lags behind skilled labor. wage scales will be set and applied, possibly on Canadian routes. Columbus is favored for the 1922 triennial convention, with Detroit Minneapolis and Columbus as mentioned sites. Lee and officers expected to face re election.
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Columbus
Brotherhood of Railroad
Lee
High Tariff Plan Mapped by House Republicans
Washington May 23 The House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee stated a high protective tariff will roughly double existing customs rates. Members described the proposed rate as a major policy shift in trade protection.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Graduation photos to accompany Athens high school address
Supt Morgan will announce the local high school graduation on June 6. H T Wise has taken photographs of Athens schools activities including assembly commercial department manual training gymnasium and playground. Slides from these images will be shown during an illustrated lecture for parents and patrons to see their children at work and hear about school work.
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H. T. Wise
Athens
Cincinnati Markets Report and Liberty Bond Quotes
Today in Cincinnati markets eggs steady with firsts at 44 cents a dozen and ordinary firsts at 42 14 cents, live poultry steady with fowls around 33 cents a pound and broilers 50 cents. Liberty bond quotations show various maturities around 95 dollars with minor shifts. Cattle receipts 1300, market weak. hogs 9500 receipts, price down 25 to 50 cents. sheep and lambs steady with higher quotes for extras.
Pittsburg Livestock Market Report Highlights Prices
Cattle receipts light and market steady with prime calves and beef at 15 to 17 dollars and veal calves 17 to 17.50. Sheep and lambs show light demand with primes around 10 to 11, good or mixed grades 7 to 10, and a wide range for fair mixes. Hogs firming down with double deck volume and primes near 21 dollars, mediums and heavies near 21, light yorkers up to 29.75, pigs 20, roughs 17 to 19, stags 13 to 14.
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Pittsburg
Toledo Grain Market Prices Include Corn and Seeds
Market notes from Toledo show corn prices for yellow corn at 1 dollar 83 and 4 cents a bushel, oats at 73 to 74 cents, barley at 1 dollar 21, clover seed cash 28 dollars, Timothy strong at 5.27 cash and May, rye at 1 dollar 46, with Sept and Oct futures listed for certain entries.
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Toledo
Germany's Responsibility for War Losses and Future Prospects
The text argues Germany should bear calamity not as deserved punishment but as consequence of its aggression. It says allied losses dwarfed by Germany's initiative, yet Germany could recover with stability and prosperity in Europe. Future penalties should reflect provocation and prolongation of the war by those responsible.
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Germany
Europe
Grime Docket Starts Monday In Common Pleas Court
Next week in common pleas court several May grand jury indicted prisoners will be tried. Charles Rizer faces a larceny charge Monday followed by James Pyles on Tuesday, the Ohio Hotel case with Mrs. Delia Bean on Wednesday, and Wash Bircher on Thursday. The week after will bring remaining defendants to trial except William Perkins Jr for first degree murder. Milan switches street lighting from gas to electric sourcing power from Alpine waterfalls about 100 miles away.
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Common Pleas Court
Charles Rizer
James Pyles
Ohio Hotel
Delia Bean
Wash Bircher
County Board faces suit over road land dispute
A suit against the county commissioners seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent using a land strip for road work. Judge Worstell denied the order. a final hearing may occur next week. The case traces to a 16 year old land sale to Wabash Railway via Amanda J. Selby and involves possible title reverting if unused for ten years. The outcome will decide title and may lead to condemnation to secure road use.
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Common Pleas Court
Worstell
Wabash
Amanda J. Selby
Sharpsburg
Elliott
Sharpsburg-Joy Road
Attack on South American Legation in Costa Rica Reported
Washington May 23 An attempt to destroy the American legation at San Jose Costa Rica by a bomb was reported to the state department today. The blast only broke glass in the legation windows.
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Washington
San Jose
Costa Rica
State Department
Legation
Harrisburg Arrives with 1600 Men of Key Engineer Units
New York dispatch reports the Harrisburg arriving with 1600 personnel from the 108th engineers of the 33rd Division, the 108th engineers train, and the 314th engineers train of the 89th Division. Japan has shifted from importer to exporter of refined zinc.
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New York
Harrisburg
108Th Engineers
Japan
Ohio Girls Back New York on Kasserine Return
More than 190 nurses from scattered units returned on the Kasserine which arrived today. Names include Elizabeth Sharkey of Lancaster Mary Redmond of Cincinnati Ivy Lauizenhizer Barberton May Hoosan Zanesville Kathrine Reid Cincinnati and Clara M Bagnet Akron. Ice tongs with a single handle invented to seize blocks of ice almost automatically.
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Ohio
New York
Elizabeth Sharkey
Lancaster
Mary Redmond
Cincinnati
Ivy Lauizenhizer
Barberton
May Hoosan
Zanesville
Kathrine Reid
Clara M. Bagnet
Akron
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Norway
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Denmark
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J. W. Byrne
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G. W. Hopkins & Co
O. E. F. Martin
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Milan
Crystal Restaurant
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