Man at Athens State Hospital Ends Life After Visit
J W Manning a 41 year old patient at Athens State Hospital was found hanged in the strong room early Tuesday morning. Coroner J J Lane ruled death a suicide placing no blame on staff. Manning, from Glen Roy, had violent spells requiring confinement at night and died after his wife visited on Monday. The inquest heard eyewitness testimony from ward staff and attendants, and the body was sent to the family home for burial.
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State Hospital
J. W. Manning
J. J. Lane
Nelsonville
Manning
Jackson
Glen Roy
J. D. Taylor
How Did You Get It Looting New York Rail Funds
Consternation grips New York and the Metropolitan railroad as the attorney general appoints receivers and demands a personal accounting for fraud and extravagance. The $798 000 described as Construction Funds is alleged to be a Yellow Dog Fund with only $20 000 of cancelled checks produced. nearly a million dollars paid to lawyers in 1902 for no clear purpose amid other shady transactions.
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New York
New York City
Metropolitan Railroad
May Pepper Vanderbilt Targeted by Arrest Warrant
New York dated Oct 2 reports a warrant issued for the arrest of Mrs. May Pepper Vanderbilt a Brooklyn spiritualist and figure in a suit with Miss Minerva Vanderbilt daughter of the "spook bishop" The media figure and her aged husband were mentioned as recently deemed incompetent to manage his own business.
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Associated Dailies Telegram
New York
May Pepper Vanderbilt
Brooklyn
Minerva Vanderbilt
Teachers Strike Over Legal Pay in Syracuse
Columbus Ohio Oct 2 the board of education of Syracuse Meigs county reported to State School Commissioner Jones that the teachers are on strike demanding the legal salary be paid. They claim they receive only part of the monthly wages while a portion remains unpaid.
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Associated Dailies Telegram
Columbus
Board of Education of
Syracuse
Meigscoun
Jones
High School Lads Schedule Notable Football Dates
The High school football team has lined up strong opponents across the state. Next Saturday they meet Logan, whom they beat last week, with Jackson and East High of Columbus also on the slate. Thanksgiving morning they face Marietta High on University field.
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Logan
Jackson
East High
Columbus
Marietta High
University Field
New Precincts Aim To Center Voting Places In Community Areas
The plan creates voting places in Carbondale Plains Johnsons mine Beau mont Circle Hill and Sugar Creek areas with centers in each community. A representative from each locality should meet the election board at Athens on Saturday October 12 to discuss.
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Athens
Dover
Waterloo
Carbondale
Plains
Johnson’s Mine
Beaumont
Circle Hill
Sugar Creek
Trustees Reach Road Agreement Over Power Plant Site
Three years more, the owner would have been debarred from closing it up, whereas now he probably will force the state to condemn and pay for it. A resolution drafted by Congressman Albert Douglas as peace plenipotentiary made the university agree to build a road around the power plant for hospital use, with each institution paying half. The 30 trustees drew mileage for coming to settle a matter that might have been handled by telephone.
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Albert Douglas
Ohio Speech Arts Assn Convention In Columbus
The Ohio Speech Arts association holds its annual convention at the Great Southern in Columbus Friday and Saturday with sessions for teachers of literature rhetoric physical culture dramatics elocution and oratory. Edmund A. Jones will give the welcome and Alston Ellis will respond.
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Columbus
Ohio Speech-Arts Association
Great Southern
Edmund A. Jones
Alston Ellis
C. E. Blanchard
Edwin W. Chubb
Ohio University
Minnie Anna Hatch
Hallie Q. Brown
Wilberforce
Grace Littleford
Cincinnati
Lucia May Wiant
Dayton
Montaville Flowers
Joseph O’meara
Edwin B. Evans
Otterbein University
Helen Merci Schuster
Athens
Frank 8. Fox
Robert I. Fulton
Delaware
Nellie Amber Crossen
Grace Emily Makepeace
Cleveland
Ladine M. Layton
Springfield
Emerson Venable
Robert Irving Fulton
Lenore E
Meeting Notice From Local 928 Retail Clerks Enicm
A notice announces a meeting of Local 928 Retail Clerks Union on Thursday evening, inviting all members to attend and discuss upcoming union matters and organizational details.
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Enicm
Athens trio makes fast Cadillac trip to Columbus
A quick trip by three prominent Athens men in a Cadillac covered the distance to Logan in one hour thirty minutes. C. E. Cameron B. L. Horn and C. H. Horn rode to visit Columbus, meeting with Journal-Gazette staff, and planned to continue to the capital city for business and sightseeing. B. L. Horn, Athens Messenger advertising man, noted for making a good impression. The Logan arrival was around 7 30 and they expected Columbus by 10 30.
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Athens
C. EB. Cameron
B. L. Horn
C. H. Horn
B. L Horn
Athens Messenger
Columbus
Logan
Journal- Gazete
Logan Gazette
Diphtheria Epidemic Closes Logan Schools
An outbreak of diphtheria sweeps Logan Ohio with about 45 to 50 cases. Two deaths occur in the past days. The board of health closed schools indefinitely. Ten cases are reported in one Riverdale addition building.
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Logan, O
Board of Health
Riverdale
Miss Minnie Duckler Faces Serious Eye Trouble
Miss Minnie Duckler has suffered a weeklong serious eye affection that has nearly deprived her of sight. She must wear darkened glasses constantly and the condition interferes with her work in the college of music.
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Minnie Duckler
The
College of Music
Mall Wreck Delays Northbound Train No 1 at Carpenter's Station
A minor freight wreck at Carpenter's station delayed the northbound Train No 1 of the T. O. C. this morning. Tree cars left the track but were cleared. the train arrived about thirty minutes late.
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K & My
Carpenter's Station
Trustees Meet and Fix Things in Joint Columbus Session
A joint meeting of the state hospital for the insane and Ohio University trustees in Columbus resolved a conflict over a hospital heating plant right of way. The university paid 2,600 dollars for the lot, granting the hospital the needed access without disturbing future construction. The plan calls for a 70 by 80 foot building soon to be completed, one third finished.
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The
State Hospital For the Insane
Ohio University
Columbus
Hodspitals
Messrs. Wood
Biddie
Athens
University
Hospital
Frank L. Packard
State Journal
Hargis
Athens County
Packard
Swallows Gather Over Jail as Court House Chimney Hosts Roost
Large flocks of chimney swallows fill the evening skies above the jail property, numbering perhaps a thousand. They swirl in circles and settle in the heated chimney of the courthouse heating plant, drawing notable attention from observers.
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Court House
Marriages Listed in Local Reporter
F H McCoy 22 barber of Athens wed Mary A Williams 19 telephone operator of Glouster. Lester Stanley 27 miner of Luhrig wed Frances Foster 19 of Marshfield. Adnah Brown 63 gardener of Little Hocking wed Lizzie Griffin 57 of Torch. Rev J D Lawrence 28 minister of Belpre wed Mabel Davis 24 teacher of Broadwell. Henry H Bartlett 22 miner wed Mrs Anna Schoonover 33 of Doanville.
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F. H. McCoy
Athens
Mary A. Williams
Glouster
Lester Stanley
Luhrig
Frances Foster
Marshfield
Adnah Brown
Gardner
Little Hocking
Lizzie Griffin
Torch
Rev. J. D. Lawrence
Minnister
Belpre
Maybel Davis
Broadwell
Henry H. Bartlett
Miner
Anna Schoonover
Doanville
Attorney General Wins Court Order Against Telegraph Firms
The New York attorney general secured a court order directing Western Union and Postal Telegraph to show cause why their charters should not be annulled. He accuses the firms of operating as a trust in a preliminary victory.
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Associated Dailies Telegram
New York
Jackson
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Supreme Court
Ante-mortem statement of ex Sheriff Brown
Baker City Oregon October 2.Business is suspended as excited men discuss the ante-mortem statement of ex Sheriff Brown badly hurt by a dynamite bomb Monday night. Brown said he was followed for three weeks and believed his would be attackers were tied to the Western Federation of Miners over his role in the Steunenberg and Adams cases. Brown died this morning.
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Baker City
Oregon
Brown
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Adams
Miss Frances Foster Weds Mr. Luster Stanley at Marshfield Parsonage
Miss Frances Foster and Mr. Luster Stanley were married at the Marshfield Methodist parsonage at 8 pm Tuesday with Rev. J G Tedrick officiating. The groom works in the Luhrig mines and the bride lived near Mineral. The couple are held in high esteem locally.
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Marshfield
Frances Foster
Luster Stanley
Marshfield M. E. Parsonage
J. G. Tedrick
Stanley
Luhrig
Mineral
Queen Esther Circle Formed by Athens Youth
A Queen Esther circle will be organized by the Athens society under the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M E Church. Miss Lizzie Cochram will lead the new group with male honorary members not having voting rights. A 3 45 p m meeting on Thursday invites all interested youths to Mrs M B Pond's home 77 South Court Street to finalize the organization.
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Athens
Woman's Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Lizzie Cochram
M. B. Pond
South Court Street
Ninety Day Millinery Opening in Athens
Mrs. Jesse Finsterwald presents a 90 day millinery opening featuring late Paris model hats and original work from her own rooms. Beginning Saturday October 4 the display runs continuously at Court Street opposite Court House inviting ladies of Athens and vicinity to view the new shapes colors and designs.
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Jesse Finsterwald
Paris
Finsterwald
Athens
Court Street
Court House
Emperor Francis Joseph Struck by Severe Cold
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph is seriously affected by a severe cold. Court physicians monitor his health as the sovereign rests in the Hofburg. Officials say no other royal matters are affected by the illness.
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Emperor
Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph
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A. &. Burder
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Charles Knowles
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Hockingport
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Francis Walker
Ripley
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Richardson
Coolville
Eb, L. Carlton
Canal Dover
Ezra Barrows
W. BE. McGee
Cutler
George B. Lima
James Campbell
Bartlett
James Chambers
William Coles
James Beebe
Ed Hinely
Samuel McCain
L. L. Smith
W. E. Paulk
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Savannah
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