Society notes highlight dances, trips, and club meetings
Harry Holcombe returns to join Stuart Walker Stock Company in Cincinnati after summer touring with a chautauqua troupe. Sayre Study Circle discusses immigration and race. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets for devotions and dues. Other items cover Greek Tragedy Club, Current Events, and Alpha Delta Pi rushing events with dinners, costumes, and alumni guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Holcombe
H. J. Holcombe
Morris Avenue
Stuart Walker
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church
John Gillette
W. W. Keene
Rhoda Johnson
Joys and Sorrows of Life Told by Telegraph Messengers
Western Union messenger boys in Athens balance duties of delivering grief and joy across town. The Athens pair handle letters for travelers, assist in births and weddings, and deliver flowers and pets. They average 20 to 35 miles daily, earn pay by trips and distance, and may leave at 19 after about five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph Company
Western Union Messenger
Athens
Western Union
Jack Frost
Knight Denunciation Moves In Columbus Gubernatorial Bid
Columbus Republicans leveled sharp attacks after a Buckeye Republican Club banquet where former Congressman Charles L. Knight of Akron criticized prohibition, denounced the party leadership, blamed the primary system, faulted the Democratic Party, and urged personal freedom as he campaigns for governor in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Buckeye
Republican Club
Charles L. Knight
Akron
Knight
Even an Insane Man Must Wear Clothing
Columbus report states that an insane man cannot be without clothes in public or near the state hospital. Bettman argues taxpayers should cover clothing expenses when probate courts commit individuals to the asylum, charging the county of origin. The Attorney General announced this ruling to the Bureau of Inspection of Public Offices.
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Columbus
Bettman R
Bureau of Inspection of Public Offices
Bettman
Nero Executed in City Street Before Large Crowd
Nero was executed in the midst of a city street as a crowd of several hundred people watched for the first time, witnessing a hunt like nothing they had seen before.
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Nero
Methodist Church Plans Four Meetups Across District
Ministers and laymen of the Athens District Ohio Conference will hold annual programs October 8 to 11 at Carroll Athens Racine and Rockland. Prof. KE Tetrean will speak on A Project for the Year and discuss Rural vitality migration living standards and moral traits during day sessions and public evening lectures.
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First Methodist Church
Athens Fair
Athens
Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Carroll
Racine
Rockland
KE. Tetrean
Chloe Wealexson University
Professor Tetrean
Tetrean
Textbook case ends in quick order by court
Frankfort Kentucky October 3 Exonerated of the charge of unlawfully accepting gifts while a member of the State Textbook Commission Governor Flem D Sampson was acquitted by directed verdict and given a standing ovation. The trial followed political turmoil as opponents claimed grounds for impeachment and accused the governor of political interference.
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Frankfort
State Textbook Commission
Flem D. Sampson
Hia
Sampson
Motion for directed verdict and textbook graft case
Brief progress notes show judge Ben G Williams urged jurors toward acquitting five defendants. The governor, as ex-officio chairman of the State Textbook Commission, faced charges with others over accepting gifts of textbooks from publishers seeking state sales.
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Ben G Williams
State Textbook Mission
Ite
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Sayre Study Circle
W. H. Jewett
West State Street
P. G. Huffman
America
E.G. Campbell
Foreign Society
Woman's Relief Corps
Red Men's Hall
Leta V. McLaughlin
Staunton
Washingston
D. C
R. L. Morton
Grosvenor Street
Fred MM. McKay
Clu
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
A. KR. Woodgerd
Jacksonville
Ohio
Miasima Woodgerd
Mrs. Woodgerd
Mr Earl Woodgerd
Cheyenne
Wyoming
James I. Woodworth
Franklin Avenue
Ffairs
Alpha
Delta Pi
Hillcrest Inn
Alpha Delta Pt
Albert Gubitz
W. J. Trautwein
Margaret Benedict
C. @. Millikan
Hoge Mason
Alpha Delta Pi
Billie Martin
Mabel Brown
Logan
W. J
Chiame
Selby Arch Preserver
Woodworths
S. Court St
Hague
Holland
International Association For the Prevention
Methodist Church
Ohio Wesleyan
Fairfield
Hocking Counties
Central Avenue Church
Athens County
Meigs County
General Electric
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Nelsonville
Middleport
Phoenix Bloomers
Preston
Big Daylight
Children’s All Wool
Jersey
Pickford
Lord Rochester
Selz
New Fall
Oxfords
Lord Speaker
Arch
Knox
Fifth Ave
Gimbal
F.J Preston Co
Kentucky
Moore
Cross Bros
W. Union Street
Athens, Ohio
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