World Parley 09 Armament Near at Hand
Washington has word that President Coolidge may push for a second world arms conference to extend the Washington goals. Britain backs a foreign venue. France remains a barrier, with Russia complicating land armament talks and a cautious U S stance on location.
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Washington
Coolidge
Harding
London
England
Stanley Baldwin
Ruhr
Great Britain
United States
France
America
Europe
Russia
Britain
Bride and Bridegroom Waive Rights in Prenuptial Pact
Mrs. Alice Young aged 74 of Brandon marries Benjamin H. Henry 35 of St. Augustine Florida in Edar Rapids Iowa. They sign a prenuptial agreement waiving all claims to each other’s property and real estate. Mrs. Henry is wealthy and the groom is well to do. They met in Florida.
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Edar Rapids
Yowa
Alice Young
Brandon
Benjamin H. Henry
St. Augustine
Fla
Henry
Florida
Booze Runners of East Invasions West Center to Share Profits
Chicago police probe a gangland theory explaining the death of Dean O Bannon as a revenge shooting by Eastern liquor runners who allegedly hijacked cargo from New York and sent it to Chicago. Investigators note no arrests and say names of suspects remain unknown amid gangland secrecy.
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New York
Chicago
O'Bannion
East
Rural Athens County school office costs drop sharply
The Athens County office assessments for rural districts fall from 15000 last year to 2942 this year as economy cuts staff and dog tax funds become available. In 1923 districts ranged from Mineral Ridge 79.13 to Dover Township 1104.27. 1924-25 figures show Mineral 20.50, Dover 298.38, Athens township rural 154.34, Chauncey village 113.18.
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H. Kh. McVay
McVay
Athens County
Mineral Ridge
Dover Township
Athens Township
Chauncey Village
Mineral
Weather Clears After Snow On Nock Springs Mountains
After 24 hours of intermittent snow that left mountain roads impassable from huge drifts, Nock Springs Wyoming reports clearing skies and turning intensely cold with a heavy northwest wind.
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Nock Springs
Wyo
Navy
Spain Faces Record Revolt Under Directory Crackdown
Paris reports Spain’s Directory intensifies actions against radicals. Madrid detains eighty militants and raids radical strongholds in Catalina province. Fourteen suspects held by a Pamplona tribunal are kept at Alfonso Doces Castle. Military mobilization for 1921 is postponed while 1925 conscripts are called to service amid emergency.
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Paris
Madrid
Spain
Catalina
Pampliona
Alfonso Doces
Stock Market Cheer as Prosperity Rises After Election
Money booms on the New York Stock Exchange with ten million shares sold since President Coolidge’s election and 2,500,000 shares traded yesterday. The mood is upbeat though brokers face the pressures of ongoing prosperity.
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Coolidge
New York Stock Exchange
Home brews challenged by court ruling sparks liquor debate
Judge Soper’s decision in the Hill case opens the question of what counts as intoxicating liquor. Home brew may exceed 0.5 percent alcohol if not in fact intoxicating, prompting Prohibition officials to question policy and anticipate possible Supreme Court action.
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Washington
Judge Soper
Baltimore
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Soper
NEW Life Lease
Jedewe Soper
Prohibition
Janet
Prohibition Department
Congressman Hill
England waits call to Penge for disarmament talks
London reports Britain eager for an American invitation to a new disarmament conference. Prime Minister Baldwin’s government favors US leadership against the Geneva protocol, amid Tory opposition to the pact and editorials urging renewed talks.
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England
Penge
David M. Church
London
Coolidge
Sir Auckland Geddes
Great Britain
United States
United Humanitarian
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Daily Telegraph
Repington
Europe
W. B. M. Pringle
Washington
Admiralty
Police Probe Possible Chicago Gun Purchases Tied to O’Bannon
Denver police reported they are investigating claims that Dean O Bannon a Chicago underworld reader and liquor runner who was shot and killed in a Chicago florist shop Monday recently bought wholesale guns and ammunition in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Dean O’bannion
Chicago
Judge rules home produced beverages exempt from Volstead limit
United States District Judge Morris Soper ruled that the Volstead Law's one half of one percent limit does not apply to beverage made in the home for personal use. The burn of proof falls on the government in proving a home made drink is intoxicating during the trial of Maryland congressman John Philip 4, active in the wet faction, accused of making cider and light wines at his residence.
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Baltimore
United States
Morris Soper
John Philip 4
Maryland
Countywide relief chest endorsed by Athens clubs
Rotary and Kiwanis of Athens approved a countywide community chest to fund Red Cross Salvation Army Boy Scouts and emergency relief with a target of about ten thousand dollars. A general committee will administer and private funds will cover publicity while the Athens High football team may receive transportation to the Ohio State Michigan game.
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Athens County
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs of
Athens
Hotel Berry
Fred Alderman
Felvie
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Women's Federation of Clubs
Aes
Aeneas
Era
Tila
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Harshman
Columbus
Athens High
Lancaster
Canaanville State Institute Draws Strong Attendance
In Canaanville on November 12 the state aid farmers institute held at the First MEF church posted an average turnout of 159 across five sessions. Displays featured corn potatoes apples and pears, with state leaders Mrs Walter Pierce and George Lentz guiding discussions on child training and school home relations. County Agent T H Johnson spoke on club work and other locals covered various topics.
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Canaanville
Farmers’ Institute
Walter Pierce
Troy
George Lentz
St. Clairsville
T. H. Johnson
Communists Attack Cavalla. Officer Killed in Clash
An officer was killed and sixteen soldiers wounded when striking communists attacked police and military forces at Cavalla, in a response communique issued today.
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Athens
Cavalla
Temperance worker weeps as two jailed for liquor sales
Mrs Laura Patten of Machias faces two months in jail for selling liquor. She pleads she will never return to the business and laments public disgrace. Her husband Lorenzo receives six months. District Attorney Dyer notes Mrs Patten's decisive role in a Washington county liquor conspiracy. Authorities may pursue conspiracy charges against other convicted men.
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Laura Patten
Arctic Ship Maud Free of Ice Near Spitzbergen
Lieu tenant Amundsen reports the Maud escaped ice four miles north of Spitzbergen and is safe after a minor leak. He has abandoned plans to drift across the Arctic circle and is proceeding with the voyage with his crew.
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Copenhagen
Amundsen
Maud
Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
Nine Elks Die in Virginia Home Poisoning Incident
Bedford Va Nov 12. Nine members of the Elks National Home at Bedford have died after a cider party. W H Hutchingon of Corry Pa died last night bringing the toll to nine. Nearly a score more are seriously ill but expected to recover. The deaths result from cider drawn from a barrel that held arsenic solution used for tree spraying.
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Bedford
Whysichns
Elks
B P.O. FE
W. H. Hutchingon
Corry
Condition Still Unchanged at Mrs. Harding’s Farm
At White Oaks Farm in Marion Ohio the widow of Warren G. Harding showed a modest improvement after taking more nourishment. A large crowd heard Judge Grant E. Mouser speak to the American Legion and observed ten seconds of silent prayer for her recovery.
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Marion, O
Warren G. Harding
White Oaks Farm
Grant E. Mouser
American Legion
Courts to Decide Upon a Fair Rate
Common Pleas Judge Kinkead granted a temporary injunction stopping the Federal Gas and Fuel Co from cutting service while awaiting a final rate settlement. The company sought a 60 cent rate per 1000 cubic feet pending resolution, replacing a 40 cent ordinance rate that took effect Monday night. The judge began hearings with experts from both sides to determine a fair temporary rate.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Kinkead Iate
Federal Gas & Fuel Co
Kinkead
New York observes two minute silence for World War dead
New York City paused in silence for two minutes to honor World War dead. During the tribute, city traffic slowed as metropolitan radio stations broadcast taps.
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New York
Carnegie Library Adds New Volumes
The Carnegie library lists over fifty new volumes added in the last two months. The selection covers general interests across fields including advertising education and journalism. Notable items include Andrew Carnegie Autobiography Conrad Rover New York Rural School Survey titles Mercer Tutankhamen Egyptology Matthew Arnold Theatre Nouveau Doumic The Living Age and The World’s Work.
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Carnegie Library
the Messenger
Andrew Carnegie
Conrad
Rover
New York Rural School Survey
Mercer
Matthew Arnold
Doumic
Theatre Nouveau
the Living Age
Lonely man joins his dead Canton man commits suicide
Oliver Brumbaugh, 62, part owner and superintendent of Louisville Brick and Tile Co and owner of Louisville Feed and Grain Co, killed himself at his Louisville area farm. He had lost his wife and daughter two years earlier, and loneliness is seen as a possible motive. A son, John Brumbaugh, a law student at Ohio State University, survives.
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Canton, O
Oliver Brumbaugh
Louisville Brick and Tile Com
Louisville Feed and Grain Co
Louisville
Brumbaugh
John Brumbaugh
Ohio State University
Fire destroys barn and silos at Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster reports a blaze at the Ohio Experiment Station last night consumed a large barn, a sheep barn, and two silos. Loss is estimated at $30,000 with no insurance on the structures. The fire started minutes after the workers finished evening chores.
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Wooster
Ohio Experiment Station
Free beer licenses held by six thousand one hundred ninety six
A British report states that 6196 individuals hold free licenses to brew beer across Great Britain. The figure highlights widespread access to homebrewing rights and reflects historical licensing practice.
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Great Britain
Higher Radio Power Set to Expand Stations Across Nation
Washington November 12 broadcaster officials say a 1500 watt power ceiling will be adopted nationwide. Applications from Cleveland San Francisco New York and Elgin IL indicate move to higher power will reduce station counts in major cities to two or three while super stations serve nationwide needs. Officials expect more allocations and possible withdrawal of some frequencies from rural areas to balance growth.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Cleveland
San Francisco
New York
Elgin
United States
Officimla
Department of Conferece
Ohio River Leaders Call for Coordinated Inland Waterways
Former North Carolina congressman John H. Small, president of the National Rivers and Markers Congress, addressed the Ohio Valley Improvement Association urging unified inland waterways development to create a complete network. Delegates from major Ohio River cities from Pittsburgh to Cairo attended the convention.
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Cincinnati
Formmer
John H. Small
North Carolina
National Rivers and Markers Couress
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Coke Vention
Falls to Death in Canton Plant
Joseph Romick 42 died after falling twenty feet to the floor from a gas producer he climbed to adjust at the United Alloys Steel plant in Canton Ohio. He died at Aultman hospital from injuries sustained in the fall.
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Canton
United Alloys Steel Corporation
Joseph Romick
Aultman Hospital
Nomick
Correctness in Everyday English Choices
This brief guide flags common errors such as acquired habit versus contracted habit and look alike versus look alike with proper phrasing. It notes contributors like among one another and obvious reasons, plus phrases like this is an actual fact, I am stopping with friends, and I am staying with friends.
Athens M pipe mar on two stamps return Word Booklet
Fragmentary note indicates a request for return of a Word Booklet from Athens and mentions Frederic J. Haskin as director. Details are garbled.
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Athens M Pipe Maron
Frederic J. Haskin
Essenger
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Dean O'Bannion
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Wyoming
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Dry Forces
State Institute
Arthur Meigan
Adam Notundo
Ernest Sehner
Long Island
N.Y
Machias
Virginia
Lonely Man
Robert S Ss. Thornburgh
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