Final legal fight over Ohio dry law June after statewide prohibition
In Columbus Ohio wets and drys clash in the legislature for the last step before state prohibition takes effect at midnight. An enforcement bill passed both houses and the governor signed. the emergency clause failed so the law delays ninety days. Inspectors are sent to larger cities to curb unlicensed saloon openings tomorrow. Only 163 saloons remain in operation.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor License Board
Field meetings at Ohio farms scheduled in June
Dates for field meetings at county experiment farms in Ohio are announced for June. Locations include Hamilton Mt Healthy June 12 Clermont Owensville June 17 Belmont St Clairsville June 19 Trumbull Courtland June 21 Miami Troy June 18 and Madison London June 24. Substation field days follow June dates and a Wheatfield day at Wooster is set for June 27. The Eddystone lighthouse island is noted as the smallest year round inhabited land.
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Ohio
Hamilton
Mt. Healthy
Clermont
Owensville
Belmont
St. Clairsville
Trumbull
Courtland
Miami
Troy
Madison
London
Southeastern Test Farm
Carpenter
Southwestern Test Farm
Germantown
Northwestern Test Farm
Findlay
Wooster
Ohio National Guard plan after officers’ riot duty stance
Columbus May 26 Adjutant General Layton drafted plans for a new Ohio National Guard after a meeting with 100 discharged officers. The veterans opposed a militia for riot duty and backed a state constabulary. Former Adjutant General Geo H Wood was named head of a committee to track Guard legislation.
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Columbus
Layton
Ohio National Guard
Geo. H. Wood
Lecture Course Planned for Athens and Ohio University
An ash expected season features six top numbers from the Reo path Bureau. The course is run by a faculty committee led by Dean Riche son Professor I B Gullum and Professor T N Hoover. They guarantee attractions and assume losses, with profits reinvested in college activities to build a greater Ohio University and Athens.
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Athens
Reopath Bureau
Dean Richeson
I.’. B. Gullum
T. N. Hoover
Ohio University
Good Roads Crusade Guiding Missionary In Sept District
Sept F M Evans of the Methodist Centenary leads a district through a major church mission funding effort. He promotes good roads as essential to moral and spiritual progress, arguing roads and faith share equal importance for a hopeful future. Children are urged to balance play with worship as part of daily life.
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F. M. Evans
Hawker and Grieve Saved From Death at Sea
Harry Hawker and McKenzie Grieve reached British soil after a dramatic mid Atlantic rescue. A Danish steamer Mary lifted them after engine trouble forced a sea descent. They landed at Thurso and will likely be welcomed in London.
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Bulletin
London
Harry Hawker
McKenzie Grieve
British
New Foundland
Ireland
Thurso
Scotland
Revenge
Mary
Hawker
Grieve
Britain
Sopwith
Froxford
Surbiton
T. J. Wood
Pioneers of
Air
General Seely
Air Ministry
Atlantic
Admiralty
London Daily Mail
Scapa Mow
New Orleans
Denmark
Lloyds Signal
Butt of Lewis
Grive
Arive
Bryan Backs Compulsory Prohibition in Speech
William Jennings Bryan, addressing four thousand in Chicago on May 26, urged passage of a law mandating total abstinence in all Christian countries. He criticized President Wilson for seeking to spare beer and wine from the July 1 prohibition edict. He stated that diplomacy cannot equal the need to curb strong drink and called for full enforcement of the prohibition measure.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Wilson
Congress
United States
Columbus Men Hurt In Lancaster Car Crash
Four men from Columbus Thomas Y Tierman John Thomson William Rains and William Fairchilds were badly bruised when their automobile collided with an interurban car near Lancaster Ohio last night and were taken to city hospital.
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Columbus
Lancaster Hospital
Lancaster
Thomas Y. Tierman
John Thomson
William Rains
William Fairchilds
City Hospital, Lancaster
Masons Offer May 29 Reception and Banquet Tickets
Tickets for the reception and banquet honoring soldier and sailor members may be secured from committee members N. J. Wolfe Jas. A. Palmer Geo. Whipple F. M. Hutchinson C. H. Horn Wm. Bechtold W. Thos. Edmundson. No tickets will be sold after May 28.
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Masons
N. J. Wolfe
Jas. A. Palmer
Geo. Whipple
F. M. Hutchinson
C, H. Horn
Wm. Bechtold
W. Thos. Edmundson
Flower Garden Revue at Athens State Hospital
The Athens State Hospital plans a Tuesday evening benefit play to raise funds for instruments. The Flower Garden Revue will be staged in the hospital auditorium at 8 o clock with hospital employees and local talent including Prof. McCormick, Charles Schaeffler, Charles Woodworth, Fero Strickland, Marie Richter, Doris Nye, Blanche Riley and others. A large crowd is expected.
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Athens State Hospital
Gien
Prof. McCormick
Charles Schaeffler
Charles Woodworth
Fero Strickland
Marie Richter
Doris Nye
Blanche Riley
Death of J Barleycorn and Athens liquor roundups
In Athens county a Saturday night scene ended with J Barleycorn dead and a spree of liquor shipments across Glouster Nelsonville and Chauncey. Three arrests were made in Athens as officers seized barrels and kegs while reports described collisions near Chauncey and heavy trucks delivering liquor to homes and cafes.
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J. Barleycorn
Athens County
Athens
Glouster
Ford
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Frank Perry
Luhrig
Perry
Russell
William Schull
William Lyons
Lyons
Ernest Murray
Bolin
Jodie Rickey
Porter
Bill Miller
Sheriff Parker
McKinley
Sugar Creek
Courtney Hill
State May Not Buy Coal Land in Vinton County
In Columbus on May 26 members of the legislative finance committees touring 7000 acres of coal land in Vinton county differed on the wisdom of a state purchase. Senator Davis favored the plan, while others hesitated, though the state board of administration backs acquiring the land to secure coal for state institutions.
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Columbus
Legislative
Vinton County
Davis
Senate
State Board of Administration
Ireland's Stand Explained by Justice Cohalan
Justice Daniel F Cohalan of the New York Supreme Court explains that the Irish people seek no relief from English misrule but protest unanimously against any form of English rule in Ireland, good or bad government.
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Daniel F. Cohalan
Supreme Court of New York
Ireland
England
Rebate Checks Mailed From War Chest Headquarters
The first batch of rebate checks went out from War Chest headquarters last Saturday afternoon covering Albany Shade Pratts Fork and Hebbardsville post offices. Checks will be mailed by a schedule to ease bank congestion with dates ranging May 26 to June 6 for multiple towns. Rebates go only to those who paid more than three quarters of pledged amounts. recipients should contact headquarters if overdue or for corrections, bringing signed receipts.
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War Chest
Torch
Beebe
Amesville
Sharpsburg
Broadwell
Latrop
Athens City
Athens
Athens State Hospital
Canaanville
the Plains
Guysville
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Hollister
Millfield
Nelsonville
Buechtel
Chauncey
Big Ruling in Ford Case Soon
In Mt Clemens Michigan on May 26 the trial of Henry Ford’s libel suit against the Chicago Tribune entered its third week as the plaintiff’s attorneys begin presenting their case. Foremost is whether the court will limit defense evidence, a point Ford’s brief urges.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Ford
Bad Weather Delays NC-4 Transatlantic Flight
Weather over the Azores stalls the NC-4 leg to Lisbon. Admiral Jackson at Ponta Delgada reports Commander Read will not fly, delaying the trans Atlantic attempt.
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Washington
Azores
Lisbon
Admiral Jackson
Ponta del Gada
Navy Department
Read
Methodist drive targets vast church reconstruction funds
The Centenary drive in Athens and surrounding districts reports rapid progress with many churches over their five year quotas. Cincinnati area aims at three million annually, Marietta District shows strong gains, and First M E Church leads with near full annual target plus five year additions.
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Cincinnati
Marietta
IF. M. Evans
Methodist Churches of the World
M. E
Nigittah
L. G. Worstell
W. Alderman
Evans
Alderman
Central Avenue
R. G. Bowden
Nelsonville
Amesville
Jerseyville Circuit
Pomeroy
Middleport
Syracuse
Gallipolis
Gillman Ave
Norwood Marietta
First M. BE
Coolville
Guysville
Buchtel
Columbus
Volcano Eruption Kloet Wipes Out Java Villages
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Kloet volcano eruption in Java wiping out 31 villages with an estimated 15,000 deaths. The casualty figure and scope reflect a major natural disaster in the region.
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London
Amsterdam Today
Kloet
Java
Elks Notice Sets Tuesday Meeting on Kitchen Range
Regular Elks meeting announced for Tuesday night at 7 30. The agenda includes discussion of a new kitchen range designed for both summer and winter use and mentions fuels kerosene coal or wood.
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ELKS
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Paris
E. M. House
Edward M. House
Colonel House
Ilson
Solons Wagine
Tate Farm
Wala Key
John Barleycorn
Vinton
Justice Cohalan
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan
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