Thanksgiving Gatherings Around Athens and Nelsonville
Thanksgiving meals were shared by the Guess Shields Burson families and others in Athens Nelsonville and nearby areas. Guests included the Hawk Stauffer Hutchins Nash Hum phy families with multiple mentions of travel and a note on rough road conditions above Nelsonville. Also reported are Ohio River stage readings and a remark on a British shaving soap wooden bowl invention.
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Liz Guess
Virgene Shields
Lucius Burson
Athens
Tom Davis
Upper Plains
W. J. Hawk
Roy Hawk
Merwin Stauffer
Hocking
Mary Stauffer
Erwin
Joe Hutchins
Seth Robinson
Logan
Nelsonville
Port Dicken
Alfred Broughton
Alliance
Robert Hawk
Adam Nash
Joe Geisicke
Herman Humphry
Fletcher Hawk
Scott
Salem
Robert Howard
Orla Shreves
Mother dies rescuing children in Winnipeg gas blast
A Winnipeg mother, Ninah Finchan, reentered a gas filled home to save her children after a blast. She and three children died. her husband and another daughter were rescued. Five men recovered the mother’s body in the children's room. the other children perished.
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Winnipeg
Ninah Finehhan
Finchan
William
Fred
Bombs Exploded in Cork Cause Fire and Damage
Bomb explosions rocked the principal streets of Cork today. Several large shops caught fire afterward, with damage estimated at fifty thousand pounds. Witnesses said Black and Tan police prevented fire brigades from fighting the blazes.
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Cork
West Virginia Supreme Court Axes Gas Rate Plan
The West Virginia supreme court struck down part of a special rate on gas in Charleston. The ruling nullifies the challenged provision, affecting customers and the state's energy policy.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Supreme Court
West Virginia Tax Sparks Interstate Oil Pipelines Ruling
The court sustains a West Virginia oil and gas transportation tax as it extends to intrastate business, allowing oil and gas to cross state lines into Pennsylvania and Ohio without the special tax. The ruling centers on the reach of the tax after the legislature's last extraordinary session.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Brakeman Blamed for West Liberty Thanksgiving Wreck
Columbus reports inspectors for the public utilities commission blame Horace Johnson head brakeman Sharonville for the Big Four wreck near West Liberty on Thanksgiving Day. They state his switch throw caused No. 10 passenger train to collide with the freight, injuring 23.
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Columbus
West Liberty
Horace Johnson
Sharonville
W. F. Packard
O. F. McKunkin
Packard
Johnson
Retail pork price drop trims Kansas City retail costs
In Kansas City on November 27 retail pork prices fell by 10 to 15 percent following a wholesale decline. Retailers expect beef prices to decline more mildly.
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Kansas City
Bread Prices to Drop in Oreana Ad Fall
Cleveland notices bread and bakery item price reductions set for Monday following an agreement with Dr. R. C. Rouche former fair price commission chair. Bakers plan further cuts as flour supplies from high-cost stock are exhausted.
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Cleveland
R. C. Rouche
Fair Price Commission
Rouche
Market Report for Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Livestock
Cattle receipts light in Pittsburgh with steady markets. prime cattle 11.25 to 12.00, choice 13.00 to 13.50, veal calves 15.50 to 16.00. Hogs rise with double deck receipts. prime heavy 10.50, mediums 10.90 to 11.00, light 10.25 to 10.60. Cincinnati offers steady cattle and sheep. steers 10.00 to 12.09, calves 13.00 to 14.00, hogs 10.50, sheep 4.00 to 4.50, lambs 9.75 to 10.00.
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Pittssurg
Cincinnati
Union
Ill
Toledo grain and livestock prices report from Union Stock Yards
Wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds prices listed for cash and futures with November through March contracts. Hogs and cattle receipts at Union Stock Yards Illinois show market directions with price ranges for various classes and stock types.
Market Report: Calves and Sheep Receipts Mixed
Calves bring $12.00 to $12.50, wool lambs $11.50, ewes $32.00 to $35.00, with receipts around 2000 head and the market described as steady. Prices shown reflect agricultural market activity.
Poultry and Dairy Prices Stated in Oddly Spelled List
A fragmented price list shows Butter-creamery items and live poultry rates with figures like 42¢ and 17 Ye. The readable lines include entries such as Cheese-twins and young American, with various 59e 68¢ 70e markings, indicating old market pricing.
Cincinnati Produce Prices Reported for November 27
Cincinnati market notes show Beegs extra firsts at 77 cents, firsts at 75 cents, and ordinary eggs listed, reflecting daily price levels in the city.
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Cincinnati
Liberty and Victory Triumphs in Close Scoring Meet
In a tight meet Liberty 348 edged First 444 by narrow margins 92 to 86 while Second 4114 secured a win and Victory 3 posted 96 with close calls. Details read unclear but results show Liberty and Victory near top with multiple players contributing scores.
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Liberty
Victory
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
John W. Reinhart a Chillicothe fireman and Ella Miller of Jacksonville. John Popely a Hollister miner and Nellie Chaney a Glouster clerk. John Ralph Carter a Nelsonville miner and Theresa Luvurina Launners, also of Nelsonville.
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John W. Reinhart
Chillicothe
Ella Miller
Jacksonville
John Popely
Hollister
Nellie Chaney
Glouster
John Ralph Carter
Nelsonville
Theresa Luvurina Launnders
Searle Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner At Albany
Mr and Mrs S E Searle of Albany hosted a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Attending were Mr and Mrs H D Kalb and family of Steubenville Mr and Mrs L B Searle and family of Athens Mr and Mrs E H Carbaugh and son Leverette Max of Chase Mr and Mrs J N Tewksbury and daughter Stella of Albany.
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E. Searle
H. D. Kalb
Steubenville
L. 8. Searle
Athens
E. H. Carbaugh
Ieverette Max
Chase
J. N. Tewksbury
Stella
Twenty Killed In Great Crash
Rome dispatch reports twenty dead and missing after a series of airplane bomb explosions at an ammunition factory near Vergiate, forty miles from Milan, with explosions continuing.
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Rome
Vergiaate
Milan
Messagero
Report of Condition for The Coolville National Bank Wille Ohio 1920
Report of Condition of The Coolville National Bank Wille in Ohio at close of business. Details loans and discounts, securities, real estate, deposits, and capital with figures. Notary swears to truth. Bailey and directors listed. Athens County records.
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Ohio
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Wille
Eseus Eeeeres Capitéase Poyosies
U. S
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Coltion
ANB
United States
State of Ohio
County of
M. Walden
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