Harvard Versus Centre in East Clash Sees Early Lead
Harvard and Centre College clash in Cambridge with Harvard leading 7 to 0 after the opening drive. Centre replies with decisive drives and a 14 to 7 halftime edge as McMillan connects on a 25 yard pass to Whitwell and Centre’s offense moves methodically against Harvard.
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Cambridge
Mass
Centre College
Danville
Harvard
Kentuckians
Kanele
China
Faxon
Montgomery Woods
Ford Havemeyer
C. Weaver
Tolbert
Robb Hubbard
James Gaston
Re. Snoddy Fitzgerald
McMillan
Owen
Swarthmore
Roberts
Fitzgerald
Churchill
Horween
Owens
Centre
Creager
Ford
Weaver
Chinn
Cocrane
Gaston
Whittnell
Roberto
Armstrong
Eastman
Hubbard
Whitnell
Whitwell
Snoddy
Washington Naturalist Names Rare Plant Mother-in-Law Cactus
George Hess director of the National Botanic Garden in Washington labels a rare plant the Mother-in-Law Cactus. The plant spine contact causes swelling and a nine day enforced silence, as shown in a photograph with Hess and the specimen.
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Washington
Christen
George Hess
National Botanic Garden
Harvard Beats Centre In Aerial Marathon For Half Time Tie
Harvard and Centre battled to a 14 14 halftime tie after a fast moving sequence of runs and passes. Key plays featured Churchill and Horween driving Harvard from the Centre seven to the goal line while Centre answered with big gains and a late defensive stand.
Auction Fetches 46 Dollar Final Bid For Plain Cake
Forty six dollars and sixty cents was the final bid on a plain white three layer cake auctioned at Clifford school two miles east of Canaanville Friday night. Funds will buy a library for the school taught by Miss Lutia MéVicker.
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Clifford School
Canaanville
Gokey
Gang
Wang
Lutia MéVicker
Hog prices fall amid lower grain and weak demand
In Columbus on Friday hog prices declined about 50 cents per 100 pounds as grain prices slipped. Heavies and mediums sold around 12.50 to 13 dollars, after a peak of 13.50. Dealers noted improved demand at the lower level, while cattle and sheep prices remained firm. The drop is unlikely to affect retail values immediately but may show in a few weeks.
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Columbus
Final pages report fatal shooting in Norwalk
In Norwalk Conn on October 23 Venerable Williams and Ira Anderson two colored craps players played a game with lead in the stead of ivory Anderson was shot through the body near where Williams died instantly Williams walked to a taxi and asked to be driven to a hospital telling the chauffeur to wait He later claimed the bullet wound made him nervous Police took Anderson to headquarters where he complained of nerves.
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Norwalk
Conn
Wiliams
Ira Anderson
Anderson
Williams
Armed foreigners arrested near Willard leaving city
Three heavily armed men identified as Phillips Petresca Ham Spirnato and John Stoison were arrested in Willard Ohio while about to depart in a large touring car authorities said.
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Willard
Ohio
Phillips Petresca
Ham Spirnato
John Stoison
Monkey bite reports scoffed by U S health chief
Dr J C Perry of the United States Public Health Service dismissed cables from Rome claiming the Greek king Alexander's monkey was inoculated with rabies as part of an assassination plot. A separate note described a device using oil to heat rivets in batches near a virgin.
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Washington
J. C. Perry
United States Public Health Service Today
Rome
Alexander
Greece
Final Meigs county sheriff race reaches new stage
In Meigs county the injunctions to block Secretary of State Smith from replacing the election board were dismissed. Reeves of Pomeroy is certified as the nominee for sheriff and ballots printed with his name. The county awaits the next development in the dispute.
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Columbus, CO
Meigs County Election Board
Meigs Court of Common Pleas
Smith
Minee
W. A. Reeves
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Reeves
Weather forecast for Lochie valley period late October
The forecast for October 25 to 30 predicts cool and generally fair weather in Lochie valley with a chance of local rains toward the end of the week.
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Washington
Lochie Valley
Board of Education Set Meeting Monday Evening
The Board of Education will meet Monday evening in the superintendent's office at the high school. Superintendent C. B E Stailey will host the session where several important matters are to be discussed and the monthly payroll is to be addressed.
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Board of Education
C. B E. Stailey
Elver Porter Remembered as Fearless Bedford Bank Robbery Hero
World War veteran Elver W. Porter of Bedford Ohio gained fame as a noncommissioned officer in Co C 135th machine gun battalion. Major R R Johnson recalls Porter's decisive escape from heavy fire during the Belgium offensive and a famed river bank dash carrying guns to safety.
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Elver W. Porter
Bedford
Ohio
Co. C. 135Th Machine Gun Battalion
R. R. Johnson
Athens
Porter
Proter
Geant
Co. C
Belgium
Johnson
More Money In Circulation In October 1920
The Treasury reports population of continental US at 107,407,000, up 84,000 since September 1 1920 and 16,683,000 in the last ten years. Money in circulation stands at 6,297,765,298 dollars, up 85,734,321 from last month and 3,132,937,617 above October 1 1910. Per capita circulation is 58.63 dollars, 0.75 higher than last month.
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United States
Treasury Department
Plumbers Form A Lodge To Control Contracts
A 425 member plumbers organization called a lodge allegedly fixes bids across the United States. Members receive green cards to submit bids, then pink cards returned to headquarters with higher figures, eliminating competition. Reported annual business nears 100 million dollars with 4 million in dues and 1 million sent to lawyer John T. Hettrick, while the rest allegedly funds a “super union” for protection of jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joint Legislative Committee
United States
Hia “Lodge Brothers
John T. Hettrick
Lodge
Samuel Untermeyer
Commission
Milton Schnaler
Superunion
Schnaler
Million Dollar Cotton Fire Hit Earle Warehouses
Fire destroyed the Earle Compress Company warehouses in Earle Arkansas Friday. The blaze consumed 56 000 bales of cotton valued over 800 000 dollars in the center of the large warehouse. Night riders are believed responsible and the loss was insured.
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Earle
Ark
Earle Compress Company
Have a Son Mr and Mrs Arthur M McPherson
Mr and Mrs Arthur M McPherson announce the birth of a son. The home is in 162 N Congress Street.
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Arthur M. McPherson
N. Congress
Bankers Seek Tax Cuts and Advisory Panel Reforms
Immediate repeal of the excess profits tax and revision of surtax rates were urged by the American Bankers Association. A proposed advisory committee of bankers and businessmen would aid Congress in tax changes while also addressing prices, labor, immigration, and trade policy.
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Washington
American Bankers’ Association
Congress
Ord
Whole County Organizes Two Parent Teacher Associations
Glouster forms a PTA with 53 members on October 22 led by President Agnes Clark and officers. Trimble also forms a PTA with 26 members led by President C L Sprague. Bertha Bridgman assists as state organizer. Athens County towns Jacksonville Coolville Jerseyville Glouster Trimble now organize as part of a growing trend encouraged by the state education department.
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Glouster
Agnes Clark
Elizabeth Jennings
Florence Anderson
Iva Pedicord
Trimble
Parent Teachers Association
C. L. Sprague
Rainey
City Cleaning Up Collection of Dead Leaves
Service Director R D Williams led a city crew in a Saturday morning effort to rake and haul fallen leaves clogging streets. The operation will be repeated soon and residents are urged to place leaves where workers can gather them for pickup.
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R. D. Williams
United Commercial Travelers Meet Friday October 22
Initiation of candidates announced for October 22 at the hall. Members urged to assemble at 6 o'clock for supper. Event noted in the organization’s schedule with a Friday night gathering.
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United Commercial Travelers
Farmer Must Have Aid When Need Greatest
H M Robinson of the First National Bank of Los Angeles told delegates to the American Bankers Association that the middle man financing system must be reformed to aid farmers. He urged devising methods to reduce pressure on farmers during harvest and movement of crops to prevent price depreciation, and to lower financing costs through production and after harvest.
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Washington
H. M. Robinson
First National Bank of Los Angeles
American Bankers’ Association
Robinson
Desertion of Wife Alleged in Divorce Suit
William Miller files for divorce from Ethel Miller in common pleas court charging willful abandonment from home since 1914. Married September 3, 1914 in Athens. no children. Attorneys Wood and Johnson for plaintiff.
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William Miller
Ethel Miller
Common Pleas Court
Wood and Johnson
Athens
Ohio Attorney General Addresses Crowd On League Covenant
Attorney General John G. Price of Ohio urged in front of the courthouse that the United States has thrived under the Constitution and should not substitute the League of Nations covenant. Lostro's band played as J. P. Wood introduced Price and opened the exercises. At press time Price continued speaking.
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John G. Price
Ohio
United States
Lostro
J. P. Wood
Price
Red Cross Worker to speak at Southeast Ohio Teachers’ Assoc
Mrs Helen Burton assistant director of the Junior Red Cross Lake Division will speak before the Southeast Ohio Teachers Association in Athens on October 30. She will outline the junior program for the next six months noting the Red Cross in schools and the value of teachers gathering to hear the plan.
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Helen Burton
Junior Red Cross
Lake Division
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Athens
Burton
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Price
Aviian Sher
French admit sentiment of Ohio Senator Paris
The French indicate support for a League of Nations aligned with the Versailles treaty but willing to modify plans if the United States approves. Paris reports that the French foreign minister acknowledged the need for American cooperation and that the French delegate did not claim to fully represent the American position at the peace conference.
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Ohio
Paris
United State
Association of Nations
League of Nations
United
Americas
Women Republicans Erect Voting Place at Court House Corner
Women members of the Republican Executive Committee have set up a voting place at the courthouse corner. One member will be on duty from noon onward to offer free assistance on casting the Republican ticket. The setup includes booths for voters.
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Republican Executive Committee
Court House
Republican Mass Meeting in Jacksonville Attracts Crowd
A street Republican rally in Jacksonville Ohio drew many Republicans and Democrats. Chairman Fred Kempton and Judge J M Wood of Athens led a strong address. The Gloucester quintet provided music as hecklers attempted disruption but Wood carried the speech with support and Mrs R L Woodworth spoke briefly for the Republican woman.
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Jacksonville,.o
Laster
Fred Kempton
J. M. Wood
Athens
Wood
R. L. Woodworth
Sign Out At Jeroyville Meet R O Standing Room Only
A fragment mentions a Standing Room Only sign at Jeroyville meet and a Mrs. James addressing an audience. The readable text hints at a Republic event and a sign directing attendees. The damaged OCR leaves key details unclear.
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R. O
Jeroryville
Repubiliee Eee Eterna
Transport Workers May Listen to Advice of Conservatives
London officials report a double chance to avert the railway workers strike set for midnight Sunday. A miners federation executive meeting at noon precedes a joint conference with the railway union to discuss settlement terms. Internal railway dissent grows as secretary H. Thomas resists leading a strike, complicating efforts to avoid a confrontation.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
London
Miners' Federation
Eas
Raihway
H. Thomas
Ted
Factory Closures Rise as Orders Dry Up
The article notes five factories of the company idled as buyers resist placing orders until the market stabilizes. It cites weak demand and market uncertainty as key factors driving the curtailment.
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Ite
Pla
Safe food keeping guide offered in bachelor notice
Fragmentary notice promotes a guide on safe food storage with warnings about poisoning and gendered health concerns. It mentions a window box and a coupon to request a copy, inviting others to send their names for consideration.
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Paul J. Hughes
wAani
Robb
Buell
Meles
Columbus Reports
Old Ohio
U. S
RED Cross
Foreign Office
Jacksonville
Couges Yinlee
J. Haskin
Dr Athens Sede
Conmation B
Washington, D.C
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