Farmers seek equality not relief at 65th Ohio Grange session
In Cleveland on November 15 Harry A. Caton urged farmers to pursue equality with other businesses rather than relief. He laid out a program including productive economy, crop utilization, cooperation, tax relief, and agricultural equality through legislation and export debentures.
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Cleveland
U.P
Harry A. Caton
Coshocton
Ohio State Grange
Ben
Caton
Ohio
Aaa
Veteran dies near Clarks Chapel after long illness
Henry Phillips aged 78 Civil War veteran dies at his home near Clarks Chapel after years of illness. He enlisted with a younger brother David, served four years, and left a widow and six children. Survived by Mrs Wilbur Young Mrs Elza Graham Richard Phillips Frank Phillips Edward Phillips Mary Phillips. One sister Jane Phillips survives in Athens.
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Clarks Chapel
Henry Phillips
Here
Phillips
David
Wilbur Young
Elza Graham
Athens
Richard Phillips
Frank Phillips
Edward Phillips
Mary Phillips
Ohio
New Jersey
Jane Phillips
Who's Who in the Movies booklet offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a 40 page illustrated Who's Who in the Movies booklet with stars and industry facts. It covers motion picture history how feature films are made and other photoplay industry details. Available to readers for pennies. send six cents in stamps or coin with coupon to Frederic J. Haskin Information Bureau Washington DC.
Captain Gray Sets Balloon Altitude Record Dieing in Flight
Captain Hawthorne Gray, a Belleville Illinois balloonist, reportedly reached 42 470 feet in a balloon ascent before accidentally cutting his oxygen supply. He died in Sparta Tennessee after the flight. The new record surpasses the prior 58 542 foot German mark set by Soring and Berson on June 30 1902 by the U S Bureau of Standards.
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U.P
Hawthorne Gray
National Aeronautic Association
Belleville
Ill
Sparta
Tenn
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Association
Gray
Instrumenta
Soring
Berson
Ohio Grange convention opens with large attendance
Three thousand Ohio farmers, members of the Ohio Grange, gather in Cleveland for the annual two day convention with plans for national Grange sessions to push farm relief before Congress. Highlights include Harry M. Caton’s address and a reception for both state and national delegates.
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Cleveland
O.R
Ohio
Ohio Grange
America
National Grange
Harry M. Caton
State Grange
Watch Out Bunny Front Line Defense Periled This Morning
In Ohio this morning hundreds of invaders threatened Brier Rabbit as a siege began before dawn. T. S. Morgan, clerk of courts, issued 229 hunting licenses from early morning to late last night. Rabbit populations are plentiful statewide though hunters seek to reduce them. No hunting accidents reported at noon today.
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T. S. Morgan
Ohio
Remus Plans In Person Opening Defense in Murder Trial
In Cincinnati George Remus announced he will deliver the opening defense in person, claiming a vicious conspiracy led to his fortune collapse and that his wife Imogene sought his ruin. He described the events leading to October 6 when he shot her as she headed to a divorce hearing. Meanwhile in Canton, Clara Conrad Rhoads hanged herself at her mother's home using a petticoat.
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Cincinnati
U.P
George Remus
Imogene
Remus
Canton
Clara Conrad Rhoads
Three appointed to probe conspiracy trial case
Justice Siddons appoints a three member bar committee to investigate actions leading to the mistrial in the Fall Sinclair conspiracy trial. Members include Peyton Gordon John E Laskey and James B Easby Smith to determine criminal contempt and pursue prosecutions if warranted.
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Washington, D. C
F. L. Siddons
Bar
Sinclair
U. S
Peyton Gordon
Siddons
Gordon
John E. Las
Coolidge Praises Lindbergh Amid Awe of Aviators
President Coolidge lauded Charles Lindbergh while 15 oceanic aviators including Lindbergh and Huth Elder visited Washington. Miss Elder praised the flight as Lindbergh received the Hubbard Medal from the National Geographic Society for the first nonstop Atlantic crossing before about 6,000 cheering witnesses.
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U.S
Washingston
Oceantc
Charles Lindbergh
Huth Elder
Lindbergh
Miss Elder
Lindbergh “Tans
Mr. Coolidge
National Geographic Society
Hubbard
Atlantic
Democrats Hold Council of War Over Party Rules
At Washington on November 15 Clem Shaver, chairman of the Democratic national committee, plans a council of war with party leaders to discuss moving the party toward a majority rule at national conventions. Gov. Al Smith of New York is a central figure with Southern delegates likely to veto any one candidate’s dominance. President Coolidge lauded Lindbergh’s aviation influence and predicted broader air travel and global connections in coming years as fliers began dispersing after a luncheon.
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Washington
U.P
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Shaver
National Committee
al Smith
New York
Smith
Lindbergh
National Aeronautic Association
Ohio Newspaper Association Conference in Norwalk Friday
Ohio Newspaper association members from Cuya hoga Lorain Sandusky Huron Erie and Ottawa counties will meet in Norwalk on Friday for a conference addressed by Clarence J Brown Ohio secretary of state and publisher News cooperatives moved 400 million dollars in livestock shipments in their first year for their members.
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Norwalk
Ohio Newspaper Association
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Sandusky
Huron
Erie
Ottawa
President Decides Old Court Battle Giving Land Grant
President Calvin Coolidge this week issued a new land grant ending a 115-year-old dispute over 161 acres near Steubenville. He granted Barnes heirs the full right to possess the land by patent, the first presidential land patent recorded since the Civil War in this territory.
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Clairsville
U.P
James J .Madison
Steubenville
James Barnes
Calvin Coolidge
Barnes
A. A. Davis
Kentucky River
Coolidge
United States
New Serial in Messenger Delights Readers
The Benson Murder Case concludes in next Sundays Messenger. the Blazing Horizon starts Monday. The Messenger chronicles a stark mystery and a Western tale by Ernest Lyon, based on Southwest pioneer days with drawings and photos. An entire page will run Monday November 21.
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Benson
Messenger
Messenger Fiction
Startling
Ernest Lyon
Southwest
Durants Rumored Auto Merger Involving Seven Firms
A Wall Street rumor alleged a merger of seven auto makers led by William C Durant of Durant Motors and the new General Motors, forming a $100 million organization. Durant was reportedly absent. no confirmation was available. Names tied to the potential deal included Moon, Chandler, Gardner, Hupmobile, Jordan, Peerless, and Star motors.
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U.P
William C. Durant
Durant Motors
General Motors Corporation
Wall Street
Durant
Durant Company
Moon Motor
Chandler Motor
Gardner Motor
Hupmobile
Jordan Motor
Peerless Motor
Star Motor
Fire at Coshocton infirmary destroys cars and crops
A fire at the Coshocton county infirmary destroyed three autos, fifty bushels of corn, one hundred bushels of wheat and a garage, causing an estimated loss of two thousand five hundred dollars.
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Coshocton
Coshocton County Infirmary
Remains Recovered as Rescue Efforts Continue in Pittsburgh
Rescuers in Pittsburgh face a grim task after a Monday explosion at two Equitable Gas storage tanks. Reported death toll may reach fifty as twenty one bodies are in the morgue and more are found in water and the basement of the Pittsburgh Clay Pot plant.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Company
Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company
Hos
Richard
Reland
Deadly Pittsburgh Clay Pot disaster claims many lives
Rescue crews worked amid twisted steel and mass debris at the Pittsburgh Clay Pot plant after a catastrophic explosion. About 100 workers remained missing or trapped as teams combed the wreckage, fearing dozens more bodies may be beneath the massive ruin.
Athens County Automobile Club to Issue License Tags
Captain H N Burgett announced license tags will be issued to club members from the club office and available December 1 for those who file applications now. A directors meeting was held in Nelsonville at Dr C A Welsh’s office, with Welsh and Burgett planning a Columbus trip Thursday to confer with the secretary of state on club business.
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Athens County Automobile Club
H. N. Burgett
Nelsonville
C. & Welsh
Welsh
Burgett
Columbus
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