Liquor Raids Stir Athens County as Offenders Fined
Athens County officers staged a third raid series this year in Buchtel Glouster Nelsonville Lathrop and Floodwood. Eight men were charged with possession and sale of liquor and seven were fined from 25 to 1000 dollars. James Gibbs of Glouster got the largest fine of 1000 dollars plus costs for alleged sale to informants. Deputies found stills coils mash and gallons of liquor during the raids and cases were heard before Magistrate Helwig.
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Theortheastern
Athens Coun
Baynham
Cas
McKinley
Mariner
Barns
Buchtel
Glouster
Nelsonville
Lathrop
Floodwood
Helwig
James Gibbs
Gibbs
Athens County
Steve Gibbs
Fred Deer, Jr
Deer
Fred Deer
William Badwell
Badwell
Badnell
M. D. Hall
Arch
Markins
Carpenter
William Carsey
Athens-Albany
Hall
Vas
Tathrop
Ella Hill
Hill
Harley Worden
Worden
Mop Factory Strike Sparks Rioting Torches in Constantinople
Workers in a Constantinople mop factory went on strike and poured kerosene over bundles for torches, setting them alight and burning the factory as police could not intervene. The blaze rapidly consumed the area.
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Constantinople
Istrike
Manikin Sues Paris Fashion Shop For Damages
A mannikin who suffered a critical illness from pneumonia after posing in thin outfits on a cold day sues a Paris fashion shop for damages. She claims she was forced to wear inadequately heated outfits in a poorly heated room.
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SUE Fashion K&ng
Paris
Bus Hits City Lamp Post on Coral Court Corner
City Service Director Ro mine's crew replaced a fallen lamp post on Coral Court and Washington reefs after a bus from the Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Co. struck it in a single impact while parked.
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Romine
Coral Court
Washington Reefs
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Co
Man claims discovery of hidden Spanish mine in Arizona
Western ranchman Lee G Turner told President Coolidge in Washington that he unearthed an eight year quest into Arizona mountains seeking a Spanish gold mine said to lie near Winkleman and Tucson. He described a buried roadway graveyards and maps, claimed aid from H S Corbett and Dean Jutler, and said Geronimo knew the mine’s secret.
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Harry Ward
Washington
Coolidge
Lee G. Turner
Arizona
Turner
Cibola
H. S. Corbett
Republican National Committeeman
Dean Jutler
University of Arizona
Catalina Mountains
Winkleman
Ariz
Tucson
Ofen
Swan James Reynolds
Turney
Geronimo
Turner Geronimo
United States
Terari
Camo
White House
Old Fort Lowell
San Xavier Mission
Famous Evangelistic Team to Visit Athens Church for Three Weeks
The Edwards Walker Evangelistic Company of Kansas City will begin a three weeks engagement at Athens Christian Church starting Sunday morning with services at 7. Evan. Ben M Edwards, a noted expository preacher, led Paris Texas church before turning to evangelism. Owen Walker directs music and seeks a chorus of seventy five. Mrs Walker assists and directs youth work. The church calls this a fortunate arrival of a premier Christian evangelistic company.
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Edwards-Walker Evangeelistic Company
Kansas City
Athens Christian Church
Ben M. Eewards
Texas Christian University
Great Church
Paris
Texas
Owen Walker
Christian Church
Boy M. Edwards
Edwards-Walker Evangelistic Company
Athens Sunda
Edwards
Begging Scheme In Paris Ends With Arrest
A Paris panhandler once living off street begging for haircuts was arrested by police after growing his hair long and ragged and asking strangers for funds to “spruce up.” The man had become moderately well-off through the ruse.
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Paris
Public School Yell Leader Breaks Wrist in Somersault
Paris reports Henri Durges, a yell leader for a public school, broke a wrist performing a somersault. He was removed from the field, while the crowd cheered as loudly as for any injured athlete.
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Paris
Henri Durges
Yearly thanks for crops and opportunities abroad
The passage notes abundant crops and favorable weather, claims vast wealth and opportunities for all 112,000,000 people, and mentions honest inhabitants and strong business outlook with good neighbors to the north and south and oceans on both coasts.
Honest public servant praised in united nations view
A portrayal of a capable leader in the White House devoted to serving the people and building a strong reputation. The text notes forty eight nations united in a single union, promoting free trade among members with protections for workers.
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White House
Worken
Flying machines to guard country against attack
The passage argues that developing flying machines is essential to national safety and that by staying out of European affairs the country will have reason to be thankful. The note indicates continuation on another page.
Chicago Husbands Save More Money Than Bachelors
Cook County Treasurer analyzes 700000 tax returns showing early years favor bachelors in property and bank holdings. By age 28 husbands gain 8 percent ahead, 38 they lead by 17 percent, and by 48 the gap widens to 20 percent due to longer earning and savings.
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Chicago
Cook County
Couple in divorce claim cruelty and stolen shoes tale
Clara Saylor accuses Henry E. Saylor in Common Pleas court of cruelty and an ungovernable temper. She says he beat her during a telephone visit to ill child, humiliated her publicly, and that he owns a $12,000 Lee township farm. She seeks divorce and both temporary and permanent alimony.
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Clara Saylor
Henry E. Saylor
Common Treal
Athens
Leeternship
Judge Asks Athens Scouts Help In Drive
Probate Judge S M Johnson, manager of the Community Chest drive, asks all Boy Scouts in Athens to assist Saturday morning. Scouts should meet at the Security Savings Bank at 9 o clock to distribute printed matter in support of the drive.
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S. M. Johnson
Athens
Security Savings Bank
Decoration for Valor Awards Moroccan Campaign Hero
General Primo Rivera decorated Sergeant Garcas Marcas of Engineers for valor in the Moroccan campaign. He drove an armored car and led a crew of eight to capture an enemy gun and kill fifty Moroccans during combat.
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Madrid
Primo Rivera
Garcas Marcas
Veterans bonus backlog prompts faster filing drive
War Department official statements show 4.5 million veterans eligible for adjusted compensation, but only about 1.6 million have applied. General Davis urges the remaining 3 million to file promptly as clerical staff process up to 30,000 applications daily and aim to complete within three months after year start.
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Davis
Davin
War Department
Veterans’ Bureau
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Three Night Party Members Die In Buckeye Lake Wreck
P J Spiegel Sidney Jones and Mrs Harvey Plummer all from Newark Ohio killed when their car left an embankment near Buckeye Lake. Mrs Katherine Davis of Dayton survived injuries. Spiegel was single Davis estranged from Orville Davis restaurant keeper. Plummer wife had left for a movie earlier.
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Newark, CO
P. J. Spiegel
Sdney Jones
Harvey Plunmer
Katherine Davis
Dayton
Spiegel
Buckeye “&Ke
Speiger
Jones
Plummer Visis
Plummer
Davis
Orville Davis
Sudanese Troops Mutiny Attack Khartoum Hospital
Two platoons of Sudanese troops mutinied at Khartoum and attacked the hospital, killing three doctors and two Syrian physicians. British forces fired on the mutineers, quelling the uprising. The mutineers, from the left wing of native forces, had caused recent disorders.
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London
Khartoum
Daily Express
Cairo
Harding fortune goes to children in will
Marion Ohio November 28 Mrs Warren G Harding's will is filed revealing the bulk of her fortune is left to two small grandchildren held in trust until they reach twenty eight. The bequests total about 50000 with additional valuables like jewelry and automobiles to niece Mrs Frank Longshore and others. distribution details unlikely to become public.
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Marion, O
Warren G. Harding
Forty Communists Given Life Imprisonment in Estonia
Esthonia authorities sentence forty Communists to life imprisonment at hard labor for conspiring to overthrow the government. The rulings reflect a broad crackdown on anti state activity amid political turmoil.
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Reyal
Esthonia
Backward Clock S either London timepiece and retiree
Thomas Rigby, a retired watchmaker in London, sits in his home reading a clock that runs backward. Its hands move in reverse from all standard clocks, and only at noon and midnight does Rigby’s time align with the central church clock down the street.
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London
Thomas Rigby
Rigby
Hair snipping lunatic causes spectacle at Empire Exhibition
A former barber ran wild at the British Empire Exhibition for two hours snipping hair from a woman's head after secretly concealing a long pair of scissors. Police captured him. witnesses described the chaos as onlookers fled.
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London
London mother jailed for whipping daughter over late hours
A London mother received a heavy sentence after it emerged she whipped her daughter who kept late hours. The motive was jealousy of the daughter's popularity and both had been love interests with the same man.
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London
County Clinic for Gripple to Aid Cripples Planned Here
Athens county crippled residents may learn what causes disease and how to seek treatment at a Friday clinic sponsored by Nelsonville and Athens Rotary clubs. The event at the First Methodist church runs all day with lunch, din ner at the Presbyterian church for physicians and county officials, and lectures by Drs Steinfeld Wilson Baldwin and others.
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Athens County
Etary
Frnay
Rotary Clubs
Nelsonville
Athens
First Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Steinfeld
Wilson
Oliver Baldwin
Baldwin
Reeder
Columbus
Public Welfare Board
Kilgore
Department of Civilian Rehabilitation
Perrin
State Board of Education
Hadley
J. M. Higgins
Pr. Higgins
Doctor Higgins
Engine Lease For Nelsonville Blocked
Nelsonville city council is restrained by Common Pleas Judge N G Worstel from leasing an engine to Fairbanks Morse Co for the municipal electric light plant. Citizen Cassius Dew filed suit claiming the lease equates to a purchase and that bids were improperly handled. The court granted the injunction.
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Nelsonville
Common Pleas
N. G. Worstel
Fairbanks Morse Co
Cassius Dew
Minister and family questioned in furnace death case
Columbus officials plan to question Rev. C Sheatsley and his 11yearold son Clarence in the furnace death of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley. Prosecution will decide whether to require the minister to appear at King's office as investigators pursue clues from pathologist and lab reports.
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Columbus
C. ¥. Sheatsley
Clarence
John Ry King
Addie Sheataley
Sheatsley
Bepsley
King
John R. Kisel
Bexley Furnace
Sseatsley Pa
Aheatsley
H. M.ace
I’. Long
Guincard
A.ungs
Leon
Kise
Vn al
Dea
Paris
Capital
Caen
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Earl Rossman
Arctic Scenes
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Otate
Sheatsley Case
Shearsley
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