Dry Wave Wins Local Option In Athens County Ohio
Athens County voters approve local option under the Rose law by a total near 10 000, drying fourteen townships and most towns except Glouster and Buchtel. Nelsonville Jacksonville York Trimble and others switch to dry while Glouster and Buchtel stay wet by small margins. Fifty eight saloons close within 30 days as authorities report a dramatic countywide shift and festive reactions in Athens.
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Athens County
York
Trimble
Glouster
Buchtel
Athens
Jacksonville
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Amesville
Albany
Carbondale
Deanville
Marshfield
Mineral
Antti Shloon
Gilouster
York Township
Trimble Township
Green's Run
Hollister
Kimberley
Lee
Monday Creek Millfield
Seeteeve
Eee
the Plains
Rome
East
Village
Troy
Sugar Creek
Hockingport
East Luhrig
Luhrig
Clayton Gien
McLaurin Defends Campaign Funds from Carnegie Gifts
Former South Carolina senator John Lowndes McLaurin says he needed the money and has no apologies for his correspondence with John D. Archbold of Standard Oil. He argues the funds supported his anti-Bourbon political program and cites Carnegie gifts to churches and libraries as precedent.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
John Lowndes McLaurin
United States
South Carolina
John OD. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
W. R. Hearss
Carnegie
Tuesday Election Results Add 12 Counties to List
The report notes Tuesday election results adding twelve counties to the list. A separate university musicale at the auditorium featured Mies Spencer and Mies Theobald in duets and solos, praised for their refined technique and expressive singing worthy of student and town audiences.
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Mies Spencer
Mies Theobald
Schnecker
Sehnecker
Hedwig Theobald
Kay Spencer
Misa Theobald
Bemberg
Miss Spencer
Bent
Dry victory in Ohio as 12 counties vote saloons out
Twelve Ohio counties voted under the Rose law and went dry by majorities from a few hundred to over two thousand. Saloons affected totaled 289 with 16 of 88 counties reporting local option victories, including Scioto and Lawrence with urban populations in Portsmouth and Ironton.
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Columbus
Ohio
Scioto
Lawrence
Portsmouth
Ironton
Adame County
Fve
Athens County
Gallia County
Guernsey County
Hocking County
Jackson County
Lawrence County
Noble County
Pike County
Scioto County
Vinton County
van Wert County
Athens Negro Fined for On Train Disorder
Sam Hogan of Athens was fined ten days in Fairfield county jail and assessed 15 dollars after Hocking Valley detective C J Freeman filed charges for indecent language and kennel disorder on a Lancaster Valley train. The incident followed his removal to Lancaster city prison for drunken conduct and harassment of passengers.
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Gazette
Hocking Valley
Lancaster City
Sam Hogan
Athens
C. J. Freeman
Hocking Valley Railroad
Hogan
Lexafter
Fairfield County
Bam
Lancaster Gazette
Fatal stabbing follows election clash in Gallia County
In Gallipolis Ohio Dr Charles Parker president of the Gallia County Anti Saloon League fatally stabbed John North a saloonist during a dispute linked to the county focal option election. The assailant is identified as Parker an uncle of Dr Claud Parker who married Grace Gist of the city.
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Charles Parker
Claud Parker
Grace Gist
Death of Harry Glazier Takes Young Cincinnati Native
Telegrams report the death of Harry Glazier 22 in Cincinnati after a tuberculosis illness. A Athens High School alumnus of 1902, he formerly lived with his father L. H. Glazier and sister Edna Glazier Rouch in Amesville before moving to Cincinnati. The body will be transported to Amesville Thursday evening for burial.
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Athens High School
Amesville
Harry Glazier
Cincinnati
L. H. Glazier
Edna Glasier Rouch
Hillsboro
Harry
Ames Township
Haskell Plans Ohio Campaign Stop at Putnam County Fair
Governor Haskell announced a trip to Ohio with campaign speeches on the depositors law. He will speak in Guthrie on Sept. 30 and in Putnam County at the county fair on Oct. 5.
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Haskell
Ohio
Guthrie
Putnam County
Ed M. Gillette to address Bryan Club Thursday evening
Ed M. Gillette of Lancaster, candidate for state senator, will speak to the Bryan Club at its headquarters on the second floor of the Masonic Building Thursday evening at 7:30.
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Ed M. Gillette
Lancaster
Bryan Club
Masonic Building
Local Names and Ages From Athens and Amesville
Lawis Whetstone aged 2% teslor and Bessie Dean aged 18 both of Athens. Ralph Beasley aged 22 farmer and Flo Wilson aged 20 teacher both of Amesville.
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Lawis Whetstone
Teslor
Bessie Dean
Athens
Ralph Beasley
Farmer
Flo Wilson
Amesville
Glazier Glass Incident Leaves Man Uninjured
Arthur Wolfe slipped and fell through a heavy plate glass door at the Ster restaurant. He escaped without a scratch while a large shard injured Elga Salters, causing a small and painful cut.
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Arthur Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Ster
Wolfe
Elga Salters
Rabbits at Andras Hospital Report Stolen Radios
A Paris hospital notes a dozen radios stolen from rabbit hutches. Rabbits were inoculated and several examined as tuberculous and typhoid subjects. The report adds aquaint anecdote that men are more prone to madness in love than women.
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Paris
Andras Hospital
Post Election Orators Speak to Applauding Crowd
An attentive crowd gathered on Court House Square Tuesday night for impromptu speeches by bibulous gentlemen who remained hopeful. On the courthouse steps in front of the Bank of Athens Mr Polly Vernon spoke to the Old Guard and companions about the recent saloon closures and general affairs.
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Athens
Vernon
Love
Frank Roach
Bank of Athens
Fire department exhibition run and alarm test
The fire department plans an 7 o'clock exhibition run down East State street likely past Mayor Hedges' home. A test of the new fire alarms will be conducted during the event.
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East State Street
Hedges
New Corn Crop Arrives In Local Market At High Quality
The new corn crop began arriving last week in the local market. Shipments are high quality and sold for 70 cents a bushel from wagons. Grain dealers report Ohio corn will be large and of top quality, with early movement expected to start before October ends due to rapid maturation from hot dry weather.
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Ohio
Smith Dietrich Nuptials in Farmington Conn
Merbert Knoxsmith commissioner of corporations married Miss Gertrude Dietrich daughter of former Nebraska senator Charles H. Dietrich. Ceremony held at Congregational church with Rev Quipey Kely officiating. Bride given away by her father.
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Smith-Dietrich
Farmington, Conn
Merbert Knoxsmith
Gertrude Dietrich
Charles H. Dietrich
Nebraska
Quipey Kely
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Albert Love
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Athens Negro
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Cloud Parker
Gallipolis
The
Anti-Saloon League
John North
Loonist
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Youngstown Telegram
Ad “Papinet
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Oma
Liavoa Interests
Narais
Palr
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