Ohio University reports record enrollment as term opens
Ohio University welcomes 1704 students for fall term, a gain of about 200 from last year. President E B Bryan attributes the rise mainly to the education and physical education schools and the commerce program. Male enrollment increases offset female numbers, with old students returning steadily and lodging largely adequate.
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Ohio University
E .B. Bryan
Southern Ohio
Bryan
Bryan. the Marked Success of the School of Physical Education
School of Commerce
Aso
School of Physical Education
Studes
Lec
Star Witness in Holycross Trial Under New Fire
Glouster proceedings center on Sheriff Frank Holycross case in Franklin county common pleas court. Deputy Walter D. Hamilton, main witness, admits issuing a $59 check to Ambrose Gibbs for a debt two years old while claiming later cash settled the overdraft. Bond set at $500. hearing scheduled for Friday.
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Glouster
Frank Holycross
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Walter D. Hamilton
Holycross
Ambrose Gibbs
Tom Mavin
S. A. Park
King
C .D. Saviers
Saviers
Warner
Hamilton
Gibbs
Rain of peaches nets minor crash on Fast State Street
A clear Wednesday morning rain of peaches occurred after a triangular collision between a heavy car driven by a young Athens woman and a parked car and a wagon full of peaches. Crumpled fenders and minor wagon damage were reported. no injuries.
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State Street
Athens
Gasoline war erupts in Omaha as price drops to 80 cents
Omaha October 1 report shows H O Churchill of Peoples Gas driving a new price war by selling gasoline at 80 cents a gallon under a Southern Refinery contract. He claims the rate is rock bottom fuel buyers buy to a daily peak of thirteen workers and 13 000 gallons sold first day.
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Omaha
H. O. Churchill
People’s Gas Company
Southern Refinery Company
Churchill
H. R. Michael
Adil
New York Flood Toll Rises Amid Four Day Rainfall
Three people are dead and property losses run into hundreds of thousands as four days of heavy rain batter central and northern New York. A train washout caused wreckage, and rescues continued as bridges failed and wires caused electrocution fears.
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New York State
Syracuse
N. Y
Central
New York
Visitors Tour County Home Beautiful Display at Athens
About 1,500 visitors from across the county toured the Messenger sponsored Home Beautiful display at 135 Morris Avenue, a six room two story house loaned by J. W. Dixon. The event ran three days amid rain and showcased practical furnishing ideas with guides assisting visitors from Athens Nelsonville Chauncey Glouster and surrounding areas.
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Athens
Home Beautiful
The
Messenger
Swanson Furniture Co
J. W. Dixon
Morris Avenue
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Glouster
Swanson Co
Wisconsin Solon Attacked by Business Leader at Bankers Meet
At the American Bankers association convention in Chicago, Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette faced fierce criticism from business figures. John E. Edgerton, head of the National Association of Manufacturers, called him the nation’s greatest liability and an arch demagogue while denouncing his progressive platform and alleged demagogic tactics.
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Chicago
Cure Tank Blast Devastates Mohican Rubber Plant
An explosion in the cure room at the Mohican Rubber company plant in Ashland Ohio caused a $50,000 loss, with partial insurance coverage. Fire confined to the cure room and no other areas reported damaged.
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Ashland
Mohican Rubber Company
Japan presses league to authorize war on immigration control
The article reports Japan demanding League of Nations powers to declare war and intervene over immigration controls, threatening to attack the United States if its fleet is ready, and insisting that membership grants rights to interfere with domestic sovereignty.
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League of Nations
Japan
League
League of Nation
United States
Virginia woman awarded damages in jail flood case
Mrs Leona Kelly of Virginia won 100 in a circuit court verdict against Jailer Joe Kelly over damp jail conditions after women inmates flooded the facility. The suit sought 10000 with the claim that poor jail conditions harmed her health following a prior liquor charge dismissal.
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Charleston
W. VA
Leona Kelly
Virginia
Joe Kelly
Kelly
Five Cities Compete to Host 1925 International Air Races
Dayton O oct 1 five cities St Paul Minneapolis Detroit Atlantic City and Denver vie to host the 1925 International Air Races. The National Aeronautic Association opens in Miami Hotel and will decide Friday or Saturday. Restive housing strains and a one mile grandstand at Wilbur Wright Field frame the event. Major General Mason M Patrick and Mrs Patrick travel from Washington while General Mitchell is expected to fly in as the president reaches the session.
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Dayton
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Detroit
Atlantic City
Denver
National Aeronautic Association
Miami
Frederick RB. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Air Race Committee On Housing
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wilbur Wright Field
Mason M. Patrick
Patrick
Washington
Mitchell
Coolidge
Kiwanis Dinner Showcases Floodwood Plant Power
The Athens Kiwanis Club dined at Southern Ohio Power Co. Floodwood plant to learn about local energy efforts. Warren Badger and Haffy explained coal-to-current production and service aims while plant operations shifted to Newark during dinner, with no power loss to the region.
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Southern Ohio Power Co
Athens Kiwanis Club
Athens Rotary Club
Carl Neff
Athens
Warren Badger
8. M. Haffy
Badger
Hocking
Haffy
Nelsonville
Glouster
Newark
Kiwanians
Narrow Escape After Car Drops From Bridge
In Elyria Ohio Champe and Coleman both from Oberlin escaped a 25 foot plunge when their car went through a bridge railing and hung over the precipice. Champe was fined 190 dollars for reckless driving and Coleman 20 dollars on an intoxication charge.
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Elyria
Panels for Grand and Petit Jurors Named This Fall
Sheriff McKinley issues summons for October term of Common Pleas Court convening Monday October 20. Grand jury panel lists residents from multiple townships including Lodi Athens Canaan Bern and York. Petit jury panel names numerous residents across Ames Car thage Tod and other townships with several repeated surnames.
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P. H. McKinley
Common Pleas Court
Charles Colburn
Atwood Grim
Lodi
Williams. Powers
Robert Cabeen
M. Higgins
Frank Hooper
Athens
M. S. Mansfield
P. N. Fagan
James Crawford
J. H. Grosvenor
Canaan
John Henshaw
Trimble
W. R. Goddard
Bern Township
E. P. Clark
Troy Township
W. E. Baughman
Lee Township
James C. Johnson
York Township
Petit Ventre
W. J. Martin
Pearl Woods
M. EF. Oxley
Ray Morrison
Alexander Township
George Love
Ben Maxwell
George F. Coe
Carlos James
Dover Township
C. O. Gifford
James Campbell
Bern
C. RB. Easler
Charles Wyatt
Riley Wolf
Edward Sayers
Ames
Jerome Hawk
John Archer
Carthage
Fred Nixon
York
T. G. Robison
John Atkinson
Troy
G. H. Williams
Tod Township
G. H. Hawk
Some Township
E. M. McVay
Two Ships Lost in Storms Off North Carolina Coast
The gale from the Florida peninsula likely sunk two vessels off the North Carolina coast. The Ringborg, 2675 gross tons, abandoned twenty miles off Frying Pan buoy, sails from New York to Cuba. crew aboard Ringborg's mate ship Enare bound for Charleston. The Perry Setzer, 1392 tons, abandoned off Beaufort, N C. crew rescued by life savers and landed at Fort Macon.
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Norfolk
Florida Peninsula
North Carolina
Ringborg
Cuba
New York
Enare
Charleston
Perry Setzer
Bridgeport
Conn
Beaufort
N. C
Fort Macon
Butler Sees La Follette Support Waning East
Chairman William Butler of the national Republican committee says La Follette’s candidacy shows a slowed Eastward trend, with some Middle West states still showing strength as the initial novelty wears off and the peak may have passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Butler
National Republican Committee
Robert M. la Follette
Middle West
Butler
la Follette
Butter Prices Jump Despite Large Stockpiles
In Chicago on October 1 prices show butter in storage more than double the prior year. Retailers are blamed for high costs as wholesale prices fall short of retail gains. Storefronts vary 50 to 65 cents, with chain stores sometimes under 50 cents.
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Chicago
George L. McKay
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
McKay
Sol Westerfield
Capital Folks Welcome Nationals Parade in Washington
President Coolidge leads a formal welcome for pennant winners the Nationals on October 1. A public parade down Pennsylvania Avenue ends at the Ellipse with a keynote speech and a city dinner. Gifts for players include a sedan for Walter Johnson. tickets for the first two games will go on sale as demand soars.
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Washington
Cookridge
Nationals
National Capital
Tim Worite
Ball Park
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Walter Johnson
Aged man dies after auto collision near Thornville
Augustus Axline, 72, of Somerset, Ohio, was killed late last night when struck by a car driven by Thomas Moore, cashier of the Somerset Bank, as Axline crossed the road near Thornville. Axline had been driving his own car before the collision occurred.
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Lexington
Ohio
Augustus
Axline
Somerset
Thornville
Thomas Moore
Somerset Bank
Moore
Bear kills 3 year old in Durham neighborhood incident
In Chico California on October 1 a three year old girl named Georgia Pepper was struck and killed by a large bear seen by local children as a rat. The tragedy unfolded before her mother and shocked the community.
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Chico
Calif
Georgia Pepper
Durham
Inheritance Tax Fixed on Three Estates
Judge Johnson in Probate court fixed inheritance tax on three estates. William Smith of Dover township left personal property 5552.60 and real estate 7300 taxed 698.40 with 871 to Athens township and 237.39 to Chauncey village. Libbie Marshall of Athena left 2893.80 personal property and 1830 real estate taxed 72.70. Lucinda J. Putnam of Athens taxed 456.06 with 15348.63 personal property and 7000 real estate.
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Johnson
William Smith
Dover Township
Athens Township
Chauncey
Libbie Marshall
Athena
Lucinda J. Putnam
Athens
Pittsburgh Flood Forecast Warns 22 Foot Stage
After sixty hours of rain, a flood stage of twenty two feet is expected in local rivers by this afternoon. Rivers were rising slowly this morning in the district.
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Pittsburgh
Governor Donahey Refuses Pardon In Kuzcik Case
Ohio Governor Donahey declines to pardon 19 year old Kuzcik from Akron who faces electrocution for murder of 13 year old Elizabeth Huge. A stay of execution may be granted to allow an appeal to the state supreme court. Kuzcik is set for October 17. The governor says each case must stand on its own bottom, not guided by the Leopold Loeb decision.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Alexander Kugzcik
Akroniboy
State Supreme Court
Young
Kuzcik
Elizabeth Huge
Leopold-Loeb
Bold burglar cries at own blood in East Side jewel heist
In New York City on October 1 a hold up on Manhattan's fashionable Upper East Side ended when a thief bled from a minor thigh wound. The sight of blood made him faint, allowing victims to seize the pistol. The 18 year old suspect, Paul Doyle, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital and will be arraigned. jewels worth $25,000 were left behind.
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Lyons
Utica
Nail Creek
Owego
Sabatics
N. Y
New York Central
New York
Upper East Side
P. H. Higgins, Jr
East 62Nd Street
Casscape
Roosevelt Hospital
Paul Doyle
Ohio drives drive to spur voter registration across cities
Ohio launches its most intensive effort to register voters for the November 4 elections. In Cleveland and surrounding cities the Boy Scouts ring doors urging registration while civic groups press for turnout. Officials note about 275 000 in Cleveland are eligible but only 132 000 registered last year.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lakewood
East Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Cuyahoga County
Election Board
Robert M. la Follettee
Citizens League
Endurance Record Balloon Flight Under Way
Three giant balloons led by the Goodyear sail from Ohio in an attempt to break the world air endurance record. Takeoff was at 4 15 p m with the Detroit and Washington D C craft following as a strong southeasterly wind was expected to drive them toward Kentucky or Tennessee.
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Washington, C. H
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Goodyear
Detroit
Washington, D. C
Ohio State enrollment grows by 500 students
In Columbus, Ohio, OSU reports total enrollment reaching 8,374 students, an increase of 500 over the same period last year. The registrar announced the higher figure today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Free booklet lists 1000 authoritative books by subject
The American Library Association offers a free booklet listing 1000 authoritative books on subjects from household management and finance to ocean transportation and aviation. Clip the coupon, fill in name and address, and include two cents for return postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Library Association
Free Copy of One Thousand Books Requested
Frederic J. Haskin of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington requests a free copy of the booklet One Thousand Books, enclosing two cents for return postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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