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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1920

Page

8

Rail unions seek old boards reestablishment

Leaders of rail unions appeared before the United States Labor Board to press for reestablishment of old boards in the effort to interpret a national agreement between the government and railroad employees. The hearing noted the pending return of roads to their owners and the need to adjudicate unsettled issues.

Mnohicago Railroaderg National Gov Railroad Inployes Ly United States Labor Board

Miss Mauk Building New Home in Logan Glenview Heights

Miss Piezza Mauk has started a seven room two story frame house on Cherry avenue in Logan. The foundation is finished and carpenters began the superstructure yesterday. The modern home sits in a fine location and this is her second house this year and the third in Glenview Heights.

Logan, O

Logan Pottery Secures Own Gas From Local Wells

Logan Pottery Company now taps five Berea wells drilled on Warren Smith and Clifford Les farms two miles northeast of town. The wells produce about a quarter of a million cubic feet of natural gas every day, ensuring ample fuel for the pottery operation. Miss Gladys West of Westerville visited relatives for Thanksgiving then returned home. Mr. and Mrs. J A Stoops and son James of Dayton visited relatives before returning Sunday evening. Mrs. Garfield Adcock and children attended a funeral near Nelsonville for a paternal relative who spent his life in Hocking County.

Logan Pottery Company Berea Warren Smith Clifford Les Gladys West Westerville John Collins J. A. Stoops James Dayton Ed Beck Garfield Adcock Nelsonville Hocking County Logan

Funeral and burial of Mrs. Mary Nixon

Mrs. Mary Nixon apoplexy victim of Columbus died at home of her daughter Mrs. Will Brandt. Funeral from Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. C B Beckes. Interment in Oakgrove cemetery. She was 78, widow of Azariah Nixon, farmer of Falls township, mother of Mrs. Brandt and Mrs. Anna Bowles. Stricken on a High Street street car.

Mary Nixon Columbus C. B. Beckes Oakgrove Nixon Azariah Nixon Falls Township Will Brandt Anna Bowles Lancaster

Thanksgiving News and County Reappraisal Notes

Thanksgiving events include Walter Nixon overseeing the fire department truck from Logan and relatives visiting. Hocking county to undergo re appraisal of real property per state tax commission orders, with immediate start and extensive countywide work. Also mentions illnesses, visits, and a accidental injury from a gun cartridge mishap to a boy, with hospital treatment.

Walter Nixon Logan Hocking County Henry T. Leach

Death of Retta Forrest in Scipio Township

Carpenter Miss Retta Forrest died at her home in Scipio township on Monday November 22 burial set for Wednesday November 24 at White Oak cemetery. She was an aged and respected citizen with local notices including Mrs Wilson Weyand sick and a protracted meeting at Temple M E church. Local residents visiting and travel notes are listed among the community events and personal visits.

Retta Forrest Scipio Township White Oak Miss Forrest Wilson Weyand Temple M. E Rosa Dudgeon John Jewell Zaleski Marion Swett Columbus David Farmer Mr. Sherman Middleport D. M. Sisson Pearley McCann J. S. McCann Desxter A. B. Rupe Walter Ward Nelsonville C. M. Whitlatch Earl Jewell

Thanksgiving Visitors and School Reopen in Columbia Township

Residents in Columbus and Columbia Township gathered with relatives for Thanksgiving. The schools of Columbia Township resumed Monday after the Thanksgiving vacation. Emmett Hull and family were recent guests of S. F. Harvey and family.

Ter Columbus Columbia Township Emmett Hull S. F. Harvey

Pythian convention to convene in Athens December 16

The seventeenth district Pythian convention for Athens Gallia Meigs and Vinton counties will be held in Athens on Thursday December 16. A Kanawha and Michigan rail road special will return visitors the same evening with departures from Middleport Rutland Dyesville and Hobson connections. Grand officials from Cleveland Toledo and Middleport will attend with Fides Lodge and Glee Club participation and a parade to the Athens Opera House.

Pomeroy Pythian Athens Gallia Meigs Vinton Kanawha and Michigan Middleport Corner Race First Streets Racine Athens Opera House Fides Lodge No Knights of Pythias Pythian Glee Club K. of P. Band Pythian Quartet Pomeroy Lodge No Glee Club K. of P Nelsonville Ohio Fred E. Brum Cleveland William Beatty Toledo Ford G. Hunker Glouster Gallipolis

Dancer Mile Hoeltzer Killed Amid Counter Revolution Crackdown

In Moscow, Novy reports that sixty counter revolutionists were shot in small groups at multiple prisons before dawn. Mile Hoeltzer the dancer, known for benefiting gatherings with performances, was found strangled in a gutter, believed lured to aid the plotters.

Moscow Novy Mile Hoeltzer

Ohio Bread Prices Fall at Capital Dealers Cut Wholesale Rates

In Columbus on November 29 two more local bread firms cut wholesale prices by one to one and a half cents per loaf. New wholesale rates are nine cents for one pound loaves and thirteen cents for pound and a half loaves, down from ten and fourteen and a half cents. Retailers plan to follow with consumer price cuts from twelve and seventeen to ten and fifteen cents for small and large loaves.

Columbus

Capper to push tax plan to curb grain futures gambling

Senator Capper of Kansas plans a forthcoming anti grain gambling bill. He proposes a ten percent tax on the value of grain in all speculative deals to effectively prohibit such trades once Congress reconvenes.

Washington Senator Capper Kansas Congress Capper

Military Training Revival Motive for Congress Session

President plans to call a special session to revive the push for universal military training. The move comes amid ongoing debate in Washington as lawmakers discuss national service and preparedness.

Washington Congress

Uncertain Push for Universal Military Training Faces Congress

The report notes Representative Kahn of California as chair of the House military committee and allied supporters of universal military training hold limited optimism about presenting their proposal to Congress by March 4, marking a cautious outlook for the measure this session.

Harding Kahn California House Military Committee Friends of Universal Military Training Congress

Bonds Found Hidden in Toronto Attic Linked to Missing Millionaire

Police announced $105 000 in bonds found in John Doughty's attic in Toronto after he was brought from Oregon City, Oregon. Doughty, secretary to Ambrose Small who vanished a year ago, admitted the hiding place but said he does not know Small's fate.

Toronto John Doughty Doughty Oregon City Oregon Ambrose Small

Women Push for City Jobs in Municipal Elections

In Washington on November 29, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio, a prominent reform figure, said women will seek city offices across all cities in the coming spring and fall municipal elections. She cited growing interest and organized support for female candidates.

Washington Harriet Taylor Upton Ohio

Suffragist Urges Clean-Up in Cities as Campaign Chief

A suffragist and one of Senator Harding's campaign chiefs urged today that there is no better place to start clean-up proceedings than in the cities, signaling a push for reforms and discipline within urban political spheres.

Harding Mrs. Upton

Sinn Fein Warned Of British Press Mobilizes

London papers on November 29 warned that Sinn Fein actions threaten England as attacks in Liverpool and London prompt stiff responses. The Times said the climax of the struggle may near, while The Post argued Irish rebels are uncivilized and unfit to govern. Cabinet officials met to plan defenses with Hopwood and Thompson present.

London England Sinn Fein Liverpool Times Ris Telegraph Post Hopwood Police Basil Thompson Scotland Yard

Daugherty and Childs Discuss Western Political Matters

In Columbus on Monday Harry M. Daugherty Harding preconvention manager met W. R. Childs of Eldorado Kansas. They talked over political matters relative to Western states and leaked details surfaced.

Columbus Harry M. Daugherty Harding W. R. Childs Eldorado Kan

Gift-Things Attractively Priced Drawing Interest

The item listing highlights an array of Gift-Things with notably attractive prices, drawing consumer attention and curiosity about value and selection.

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