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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
The
Inquirer
Athens Triumphs Over Wellston in Big Football Win
Athens high opened the season with a dominant 126 to 7 victory over Wellston at O U Field. Captain Oldfield led a powerful offense as multiple players including Wise Battin and Fetch starred, while Athens’ line and backs showed depth and speed in a record scoring performance.
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Athens High
Wellston High
Mackie
Athens
Oldfield
Wellston
Wise
Wilcox
Dew
Battin
Welston
A*‘hens
Fetch
Nelson
Hughes
Hale
Leonard
Baker
Sweeney
Cellent
Barnes
Fulton Oldfield
Kenneth Sharp
Bolin
Guthrie
Shaffer
Edleman
Muir
Rhodes
Gandee
Crow
Brooks
Beard
Worstell
Brown
Pedigo
Athens Wellston
G. Oldfield
Steward
Dom Bos
Vey Ec Cad Vedas
E. Sellers
E. Sharp
Bentine
Welch
Pra Geks Teat
Ah Ovis Campbell
Borg
Gullum
Roach
Collins
Local residents report corn whiskey activity and mine updates
Notes mention ongoing corn whiskey production in several areas. Mr and Mrs Alvin Bentley of Chauncey visited recently with Mr and Mrs Pete Miller. Mine 281 in the area shows daily work while neighboring mines run poorly.
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Tau Aey An
Alvin Bentley
Chauncey
Pete Miller
Supreme Court Meets Washington in First Post Prohibition Visit
The Supreme Court visits Washington for the first time since prohibition took effect last year. The group plans to go to the White House to pay respects to President Wilson as a modern washboard design is introduced replacing the old corrugated surface.
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High Court
Washington
Oct
United States Supreme Court
White House
Wilson
Birth rate debates and welfare teeth reform praised
An English eugenics authority warns of a world war lasting impact on population yet argues for balanced birth rates. The piece critiques pessimism, links higher birth rates to imperial struggles, and highlights welfare workers using false teeth programs to transform families and social behavior.
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National Birth Rate Commission of
Great Britain
Europe
Germany
Italy
Profitable Panama Canal reports delight American pride
Panama Government reports for 1919 and the 1920 fiscal year show rising canal commerce. Over six years ending Aug 14, 1920, 10 573 commercial vessels carried 24 540 266 tons, ~60 percent eastbound. Since July 1 1920 canal trade, tonnage and value exceed prior periods, signaling sustained growth and national pride in the canal's success.
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Panama Canal
United States
False Teeth and Welfare Workers Uncover Oddest Needs
A welfare worker in a large cosmopolitan city recalls an unusual client need. She notes that while many requests are surprising, one need stands out for its frequency and peculiarity, though she hesitates to specify it outright.
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Edith B. Moriarty
Opinions Reprinted AD cere ATONE ere PEACO MT BNE RANE
The senate committee investigation shows Governor Cox elusive in grass search for a lost ball and reveals White of the Democratic national committee unaware of facts while Marsh sees nothing wrong in the Republican fund. Cox’s sensational novelty collapses with little pressure and no public burst.
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NEW York Tribune
Senate Committee
Cox
White
Democratic National Committee
Marsh
Republican Fund
Messrs
Hays and Upham
After Dinner Stories and a San Francisco Riddle
A doctor visits a supposed smallpox case that is actually rheumatism because the word was mis-spelled. A San Franciscan quips that the moon is glorious, then Los Angeles retorts with a joke about Murray Hill and a steep Clay Street hill, contrasting urban ridicules.
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Los Angeles
New York
Murray Hill
Clay Street
New Yorker
Grant-Seymour race of 1868 presidential campaigns
Frederic J. Haskin recounts the 1868 election, detailing Hayes's controversial victory, the contested states Louisiana Florida and Oregon, the 8-7 electoral commission decision, and Hayes's subsequent restoration of civil government, removal of federal troops, and efforts to curb postwar chaos.
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Grant-Seymour
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Hayes
South
Democratic Party
Democratic Union
Agenta
Busicf
Tilden
Louisiana
South Carolina
Florida
Oregon
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Electoral Commission
Roscoe Conkling
Conkling
Kate Chase Sprague
Salmon P. Chase
Grant
Union
Pabers
Ade Hampton
Carolina Lina
Common questions and home remedies from a 1900s advice column
A series of brief Q A items covers galvanized pipe coating with zinc, the city nickname Spindles for Lowell Massachusetts, Spanish American War pension rules, prohibition laws in Honduras and Cuba, obligatory jumps in checkers, treating tent caterpillar infestations, birthplace of John McCormack, census results timing, definition of common law marriage, and tattoo removal methods using a salicylic acid glycerine paste.
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Lowell
Mass
United States
Pension Bureau
Honduras
Cuba
Hoyle
John McCormack
Athlone
Ireland
Census Bureau
Obituary for Ossie Alice Colburn
Ossie Alice Colburn born February 9 1888 in Meigs County died August 26 1920 aged 82 years 6 months and 17 days. She married Charles A Colburn February 9 1905 and had six children two predeceased her. Survived by husband mother sister Mrs Bessie Jones Burlingam Ohio and four children Ralph Florence Fred and others. She was valued for patience kindness and cheerful endurance amid suffering. Deeds thoughts and feelings define a life more than years. The family cites Tennyson and prays for comfort as she has crossed the bar into the spirit world.
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Ossie Alice Colburn
William
Florence Blackwell
Meigs County
Charles A. Colburn
Fletcher
Anna Grace
Bessie Jones
Burlingham
Ohio
Rank
Ralph
Florence
Fred
Tennyson
Modoc Joe McLaughlin Moves Near Trimble
Modoc Joe McLaughlin relocates his family near Trimble while Isaac Lyons and son Raymond visit Mrs. Lyons parents Mr. and Mrs. George Love. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cook dies Monday and is interred at Buchtel Thursday. Paul Mylenski takes a business trip to Youngstown. Rufus Shannon and sisters Beatrice and Rachel Hilech attend a Buchtel show. Deputy Henry Wil- is reported.
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Joe McLaughlin
Trimble
Isaac Lyons
Raymond
Buchtel
Henry Wil
Why Skin Diseases Persist and How to Help
A reader explains that skin diseases such as itching eruptions, tetter, rash, and eczema originate in the blood. Local ointments offer only temporary relief, while lasting cure requires a tonic remedy said to restore normal health.
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