Red Cross Men Murdered by Reds Stir International Tensions
Report from Sebastopol says Captain Emmett Kilpatrick of Uniontown Pennsylvania and two other Red Cross workers were killed by Cossacks under General Budenny near Salvado Station. The raids threaten American-Bolshevik tensions and endanger remaining Red Cross staff along the Russian front. Albany’s Steven A. Venear and Baltimore’s J. D. Heddinger narrowly escaped. Names of the other two slain were not disclosed.
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London
United States
Emmett Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Red Cross
Salvado Station
Sebastopol
Baron von Wrangel
Kilpatrick
Budenny
Poland
New Plan to Relocate Immigrants by Labor Needs
New York November 10 Immigrant relief officials manufacturers and farmers endorse Commissioner Wal lis plan to shift arrivals from crowded cities to labor markets across the nation. The program aims to send skilled workers to farms and factories reduce unemployment and higher living costs. Next week Ellis Island will host tri weekly immigrant lectures guided by the Y M C A to inform on conditions and opportunities with motion pictures.
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Harold D. Jacobs
New York
Frederick A. Wallis
United Press
Wallis
Ellis Island
Congress
Smokers Replace Banquet for Armistice Day
A Chamber of Commerce smoker at the Athens National Bank building replaces the planned banquet at De Masonic Temple. Ex soldiers of the American Legion and others are invited to gather Thursday Armistice Day for a festive celebration and high enthusiasm.
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Chamber of Commerce
Athens National Bank
American Legion
de Masonic Temple
Legion
Mother Remains Hidden as Son Sees Her From Afar
Mrs. Clarence W. Russell widow of a noted Chicago University football player killed herself and was believed to have taken her own life to ensure her son remembered her as a beautiful woman. Her body was recovered from Lake Michigan. A cousin cared for the boy whom she never allowed to see her as she watched him from concealed spots. She disappeared Monday.
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Chicago
Clarence W. Russell
Chicago University
Lake Michigan
Ohio Good Roads Advocate Urges State Control of Main Market Roads
G I Rudisill of the Ohio Good Roads Federation urged greater state authority over main market roads at a Chamber of Commerce lunch. He argued for streamlined funding, higher salaries for engineers, and less politics in road construction, noting Ohio faces $55 million in road projects and wants more centralized maintenance and planning. A county council meeting followed in Athens County.
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G. I. Rudisill
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
State Highway Department
Rudisill
Good Roads Federation
State of
Congress
Athens County Good Roads Council
Athens County
Aftermath of Election Leaves Athens Quiet
Police report minimal activity as Athens returns to normal after the Republican drive’s final rumblings. Citizens go about business and leisure with no depredations or disturbances to note.
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Athens
Red Sox Pitcher Knocked Out by Cupid Marriage
White Sox pitcher Urban Red Faber was set to wed Miss Margaret I Walsh in Chicago today when a rookie named Dan Cupid intervened and knocked him out of the box. The ceremony proceeded despite the playful setback.
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Chicago
Urban
Red” Faber
White Sox
Dan Cupid
Faber
Margaret I. Walsh
Penrose to prepare tariff laws for new session
Philadelphia November 10 United States Senator Boise Penrose recently re elected for six years is reportedly in excellent health and will prepare the tariff bill in the upcoming session. Secretary L C Taylor returned from Washington with arrangements for Penrose and his suite at the Wardman Park Hotel. A private telephone switchboard to the Capitol has been installed.
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Philadelphia
United States
Boise Penrose
Washington
Penrose
L. C. Taylor
Wardman Park
Wardman
Capitol Building
Senate Finance Committee
Farmers to hear experts at county institutes
Athens county farmers are urged to attend Farmers Institutes this week at New Marshfield Coolville Amesville and Albany. Noted speakers include W D Zinn R F Taber and local farmer Strang addressing farm management and bureau projects in sessions aimed at clearer thinking on current agricultural issues.
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Athens County
New Marshfield
Coolville
Amesville
Albany
W. D. Zinn
Ohio
Farmers of America
Farmers’ Institute
Dean Voigt Read At Pomeroy Sunday School Program
Dean Irma Voigt read at a Pomeroy event hosted by Mrs. Scott's Sunday school class of the First Methodist church. The reading of The Terrible Meek by Charles Ram Kennedy drew strong appreciation. The item notes England’s invention of motorcycles under 100 pounds for women.
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Dean Voigt
Pomeroy
Armistice Night Dance at Albany Opera House
Albany Opera House hosts a Armistice Day event on Thursday November 11 with a dance and oyster supper. Peppy music marks last dance of the season in this hall.
Stay With Sheriff Will Be Lengthy
Charles Silvia of Lubrig Athens county awakened from dreams and arrested by Sheriff Parker and Constable Mariner on a charge of manufacturing and selling intoxicants. He was fined $500 and costs, vowed to board the fine with the sheriff, and was sent to the county jail to reconsider. If he boards at 60 cents daily, he faces two years three months and sixteen days in jail plus costs.
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Charles Silvia
Lubrig
Athens County
Herb Parker
Edgar Mariner
Silvia
Helwig
Via
Live Stock Men Face Disaster Threat as Export Plan Proposed
TOPEKA Kansas November 10 J H Mercer secretary of the Kansas Live Stock Association warns the livestock industry may collapse unless costs can be reduced. He proposes an export corporation under the Edge Act and has discussed financing to organize the venture.
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Topeka
Kan
J. H. Mercer
Kansas Live Stock Association
Pittsburgh to Curb Street Loiterers in Crime Wave Drive
Pittsburgh police launched a campaign against street loiterers, estimated at about 10 000, to curb a wave of crime. Officers say most loiterers are men once employed in Ohio industrial centers and discharged due to conditions there.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
U S Steel Reports Large Unfilled Tonnage Drop
New York November 10 United States Steel Corporation announced a drop in unfilled tonnage by 537 952 tons, signaling a tightening supply. The figures reflect current production and shipping backlogs as the industry adjusts.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Tinker Sells Interest in Columbus Club to Chicago Investor
Joe Tinker, half owner of the Columbus American Association team, announced he sold his stake to Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago a local Chicago Packers figure.
Fire destroys large hay barn at Jobs near Murray City
A Sunday fire at Jobs near Murray City consumed Blanchett's big storage barn containing ten tons of hay. Nelsonville and local neighbors fought the blaze, saving nearby houses Oscar Johnson and George Garner homes were scorched. Total loss estimated in thousands of dollars.
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Jobs
Murray City
Blanchett
Nelsonville
Oscar Johnson
George Garner
Not Bible This Time New York
Jacob Bergman a New York garage owner was shot at twice by a bandit. Bullets deflected by a memorandum book and a card case in his pocket prevented injury. The incident underscores a narrow escape and ongoing danger in the district.
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New York
Jacob Bergman
Baseball peace talks loom after owners' conference in Chicago
New York reports that five loyal American League club owners will join 11 National League owners in a peace conference in Chicago Friday. Garry Herrmann announced the move after addressing league owners, amid ongoing feuds and financial concerns over new clubs in New York, Chicago, and Boston.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Herrmann
Ban Johnson
Johnson
Iican League
New York
Boston
Federal League
Unionists Press for Higher Wages Amid Strike
Baltimore reported unions pressing wage hikes with the plasterers union striking for ten dollars a day for eight hours, while business agent Barnes denied a builders workforce salary refusal stories.
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Baltimore
Barnes
Steam Fitters Union
Plasterers Union
Shoddy Clothing Critique Dominates Wool Hearing
George M. Wilbur told the wool committee of the American Federation of Farm bureaus that 95 percent of Americans wear cast off garments. He urged tariff protections and a truth in fabrics bill to aid farm interests and cited a half million sheep industry workers and over half a billion dollars invested.
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Chicago
George M. Wilbur
American Federation of Farm Bureaus
Harding
Body of Tommy Buried With Greatest Honors
A nameless English mother’s son returned from Ypres for a Westminster Abbey burial with field marshal honors. The oak casket arrived from France aboard Verdun and was escorted by troops across England. The plate read A British warrior who fell in the great war 1914-1918 for King and Country.
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Tommy
Webb Miller
London
England
Ypres
Westminster Abbey
France
Verdun
Channel
Dover
Clothing price cuts sweep through national clothiers
Chicago November 10. Cuts from 10 to 50 percent in men's clothing appeared at a national clothiers convention due to weak demand. Shirts once at 45 a dozen dropped to 16.50 and suits from 45.70 to 16.50. The treasurer W. L. Mohr said the average cut would run about 25 percent.
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Chicago
United National Clothiers
W. L. Mohr
London papers applaud Lloyd George speech at banquet
London press largely praised Premier Lloyd George for saying things are coming right while criticizing only the Ireland section. The Telegraph supported firm policy on Ireland and praised wartime resolve, while others called Ireland the blackest spot in Europe and noted contrasts within the address.
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Lloyd George
England
London
Ireland
Great Britain
Daily Telegraph
Lloyed
George
Telegraph
Europe
Daily News
Lord Northclffe
Prem
Youth-offender charged in failed family murder plot
Carl Johnson, 17, allegedly accepted 200 dollars to kill an Almena family of five. The plan, devised by 18-year-old Elmer Eiserman to gain the estate, targeted victims at supper. Johnson fired six shots, wounding a daughter and grandmother before fleeing.
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Norton, Kas
Carl Johnson
Alamena
Johnson
Elmer E. Eiserman
Jacob Heiserman
Faye
Elmer
Almena
Elmer Heiserman
New York Rugs Sale Opens With Broad Price Reductions
New York on November 10 reports price reductions of 25 to 35 percent from October levels as 45 000 bales of rugs and carpets go on sale valued at several million dollars. Bidding starts strong and first day sales are considered excellent.
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New York
Flour Drops Under $10 a Barrel at Minneapolis Mills
In Minneapolis on November 10, flour sold under ten dollars per barrel for the first time in almost four years. Quotations on family patents ranged from 35 to 75 cents, setting Tuesday’s price at 9.65 to 10.00 a barrel. Monday’s wheat decline was cited as the cause.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Harding Fails To Reel Big Tarpon In Texas Bay
President-elect Harding returns to the bay after a forty minute tarpon struggle without a catch as Senator Elkins and other guests swap mosquito bite cures. Mrs Harding reads and naps while the group adapts to a roughing it lifestyle in Point Isabel.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Point Isabel
Texas
Harding
Senator Harding
Ohio
Daugherty
Cox
Calaboose
Brownaville
Knights of Templar Conclave Reports Two Candidates
Special Conclave of Athens Council No 15 K T meets Wednesday November 10 in the evening Knights must report in full uniform. The Order of Temple will be conferred on two candidates Charles E Cameron Commander James A Palmer Recorder
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Athens Council
K. T
Order of Temple
Chas. E. Cameron
James A. Palmer
The Mystery Beneath the Hood
Government issues a free practical primer on caring for gas engines. The Washington Information Bureau offers the booklet to readers, with simple guidance for ordinary operators and possible tips for seasoned motorists.
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United States
Washington Information Bureau
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