Ohio corn growers compete for $10000 at Chicago event
Buckeye corn and hay growers are invited to exhibit at the International Grain Hay Show in Chicago from 29 to December 6. The Chi Board of Trade offers ten thousand dollars in cash prizes with premiums for single and twenty ear samples of yellow and white corn and for half bushel samples of wheat clover and timothy. First prize in each class is fifty dollars, with 16 to 25 entries per class.
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Chicago
Chi Board of Trade
Harmony School Social Clears Good Sum
Twenty six dollars was raised at the Harmony School social. Proceeds will fund the school with a globe and other school necessities.
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Harmony School
Four Die from Poisoned Corn Meal in Michigan Dinner
Four persons died and a fifth was dying after eating corn served at a Detroit dinner a week earlier. Physicians traced the illness to the corn and sent a can for testing at the University of Michigan laboratories in Ann Arbor for analysis.
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Detroit
Mich
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Laboratories
Bolshevik Capture Reported Near Petrograd
Copenhagen dispatch says the full staff of Minister Trotsky was seized when Bolshevik forces seized Tzarkoe-Seio near Petrograd. Trotsky reportedly escaped in an automobile.
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Copenhagen
Revyal
The
Tidende
Trotsky
Anii Bolsheviki
Tzarkoe-Seio
Petrograd
Potatoes and hay cars and a tragic mining death
Notices announce upcoming deliveries of White Potatoes and Pea Green Alfalfa Hay by L. E. Munden & Co with date stamps. A mining accident in Corning leaves John McKanna dead after being crushed between cars. details describe amputations and rapid transport to Columbus, with surviving relatives noted.
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E. Munden & Co
L. E. Munden & Co
John McKanna
Corning
Mine
Jacksonville
Clifford
McKanna
Dr. Crawford
Crawford
Pr. von Scheele
Columbus
New Lexington
Governor orders Ohio guard ready for Canton trip
Governor Cox mobilizes the Ohio national guard at Akron armory to prepare for deployment to Canton amid steel strike disorders. Colonel Bingham reported dis orderly conditions and mayor Poorman faces possible removal. Adjutant General Layton assigns Colonel Hough to Akron and Cox warns Canton sheriff of strict accountability.
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Columbus
Cox
Ohio National Guard
Akron
Canton
John M. Bingham
Charles #. Poorman
Poorman
Col. Bingham
Adjutant General's Department of Ohio
Shreves
Ashland
Marion
St. Marys
London
Layton
Ben Hough
Delaware
Bingham
Poison caution urged after bichloride cases linked to Luikart
Chicago doctors press extreme caution in selling poisons after an epidemic tied to bichloride incidents. Coroner Peter Hoffman endorses the warning as medical journals note blame on newspapers for popularizing poisons amid the Luikart Detroit case.
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Chicago
Peter Hoffman
Detroit
Journal
The
American Medical Association
Troop One Holds Live Wire Meet With Toasts
Troop One hosts a Thursday evening gathering featuring Alonzo Ridgway’s climactic cheer and two cocoa buckets with tea cakes. Joe Molleman recalls Libourne scouts and Athens pioneer scouting. leaders Westfall Lewis Thompson Milar credited. next meeting includes H C Mardis talk on field map making. Court of Honor set for Monday at 6 30.
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Alonzo Ridgway
Joe Molleman
Libourne
Athens
Claude Westfall
Max Lewis
Elmer Thompson
Clay Milar
H. C. Mardis
Court of Honor
Troops Not Sent to West Virginia Amid Gary Strike
Col. W. S. Mapes declined transferring 500 soldiers from Gary to West Virginia. He said federal troops would stay in the Gary strike district where mills were approaching former production, but danger of trouble remained. Relieving guards fueled the rumor of redeployment.
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Chicago
W. S. Mapes
Gary
Mills
West Virginia
Mapes
Local residents host weekend visitors in the area
Clifford Bean and wife of Latrone were Sunday guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Allen Bean. Mrs Austin Romine of Chillicothe recently visited her parents Mr and Mrs J E Faltz. Clifton Baker and son of Steubenville visited his former in laws Mr and Mrs Aaron Baker. Dell Hall and Edith of Hockingport visited Mr and Mrs Cyrus Jones. Marshall Bailey of Cutler was guest of niece Mrs Annie Infee. Daisy Ramey and son of Delaware visited Watson Webster. Emma Posey of Athens was guest of her brother Arthur Watson. Nora Jones and two children of Lancaster visited friends and relatives here. Florence Bingman of Athens visited the J B Fultz family. Leslie Romine was a business visitor at Athens. Festus Day of Clarksburg W Va visited J E Fultz.
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Clifford Bean
Latrone
Allen Ean
Austin Romine
Chillicothe
J. E. Faltz
Clifton Baker
Steubenville
Aaron Baker
Dell Hall
Edith
Hockingport
Cyrus
Leslie Romine
Athens
Festus
Clarksburg
W. Va
J. E. Fultz
Three Girls Arrest Katherine O Hara Prank
Three play mates held up Katherine O Hara and took forty cents in jest. She could not see the joke and had them arrested. They are being held.
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New York
Katherine O'Hara
Rose Bush Blooms Out of Season In Warren Farm
Mrs War ren Border reports a rose bush that should bloom once a year is currently in full bloom. If warm weather persists for a few more days, she expects a large bouquet to grace her table alongside or instead of strawberry short cake.
Largest West Virginia civil award in breach of contract case
In Buckhannon West Virginia Oct 25 Juner W 8 O'Brien in circuit court awarded John W McCullough of Friendsville Md damages totaling 20390728 in his suit for alleged breach of contract against S EK Clark Glen Campbell Pa This is the largest amount ever awarded in a civil suit in West Virginia Clark is said to have offered McCullough 760 shares of stock in the Damascus Lumber Company
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Buckhannon
W. VA
O’brien
John W. McCullough
Friendsville
S. EK. Clark
Glen Campbell
West Virginia
Clark
McCullough
Damascus Lumber Company
Small School Raises Funds for Library in Ca naan Township
Rocky Point school held a pie supper and entertainment drawing crowds Thursday. Twenty-one pies sold at 85 cents average, plus cakes and candy, bringing receipts to 30.75 dollars. With 23 dollars from prior suppers, the school totals 538.75, and with township education board adding an equal sum, library funds reach 107.50 dollars for a thirteen pupil district lacking a library.
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Rocky Point
Canaan Township
Board of Education
Carl Love
Masquerade Party for M E Church Class at Mrs N Love Home
Mrs Net tie Love hosted the Sunday school class at her Chauncey Ohio residence Friday evening. The masquerade event drew thirty one young people with singing decorations and a taffy pulling as the finale.
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Chauncey
Nettie Love
M. E. Church
British cabinet crisis ends with alien bill amendment plan
London Oct 25 The cabinet crisis appears resolved with a proposed compromise on the alien bill amendment. The attorney general and solicitor general will help draft the new amendment, expected to be introduced when Parliament reconvenes Monday.
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London
Governor Requests Aid to Free Kidnapped Oscar Jenkins
Governor Stephens asked the Washington state department to act immediately to secure the release of Oscar Jenkins, kidnapped by Mexican revolutionists on Sunday night and held for a large ransom in the mountains.
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Sacramento
Cal
Stephens
State Department
Washington
Oscar Jenkins
Camp Probe to Start in Columbus Next Week
The congressional subcommittee probing plus cost training camp construction will meet in Columbus at 10 a m in the state house senate chamber next Wednesday.
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Columbus
Congressional
Senate
State House
Booze Scandal in New York Intensifies with Arrests
New York reports indicate more federal indictments in the booze corruption case as William J. Flynn signals further arrests. Five defendants already charged with selling protection to cafe owners remain out on bail.
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New York
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Longshoremen strike alters wedding plans in New York
Greta Hoglund, en route to France, could not sail due to the Chicago IIL strike. She met and married Captain Mark L. Cooper in New York as their trip to France was canceled. The strike disrupted shipping but changed her destination and union.
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Chicago
IIL
Cupid
Greta Hoglund
France
New York
Mark L. Cooper
Labor's Rights Chicago Housemaids Win Front Access
Residences designed by housemaids will lack back doors. The right to enter at the front takes precedence over wage demands presented to employers in Chicago.
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Chicago
Express Company to Appeal Ruling Over Railway Contract
Attorneys for the United States Express Company said they will appeal Judge Stanley Matthews ruling awarding Ohio Electric Railway 259 742.06 plus six percent interest. The suit claimed the company failed to honor a 1909 hauling contract amid parcel post competition and lower interstate rates.
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Cincinnati
United States Express Company
Stanley Matthews
Ohio Electric Railway
Express Company
Parcel Post
Interstate Commerce Commission
Townsend Ford truck body sells after Messenger ad
Herb Townsend advertised a Ford truck body in the Messenger classifieds Monday night. A caller from Coolville bought it within minutes, and Townsend says the extensive local response shows why he uses Messenger want ads. He notes earlier calls from Minersville and Jacksonville after a prior ad.
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Herb Townsend
Messenger Classified Department
Coolville
Townsend
Messenger
Herb
Minersville
Jacksonville
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