Athens Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Banquet
Nearly 175 members and guests from across the county attended the Athens Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Elks club. New officers were introduced led by President J. J. Schmidt. Dr. B. F. Brundage spoke on what makes a city great, stressing faith and cooperation as business assets and criticizing extremism.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
Aes
J. J. Schmidt
Fred T. Alderman
Schmidt
Chamber of Commerce
A. B. Roe
B. M. Covert
Scott Haney
F. W. Cone
C. M. Gill
S. Coultrap
F. L. Alderman
Charles Bryson
B. F. Brundage
Broad Street Presbyterian Church of Columbus
Brundage
Anderson
Ind
Dr. Brundage
Russia
Constitution of the of the
United States
Traction car derails on steep hill injures passengers
In Steubenville Ohio a south bound Wheeling Traction Co car left the rails on a sharp curve, rolled down a hill and turned turtle near 8 am. The crew escaped unharmed while several passengers sustained bad bruises and were removed for treatment.
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Steubenville, O
Steubenville-Brilliant
Wheeling Traction Co
Knight attacks Taft Albaugh laws in Ohio speech
Akron publisher Charles L. Knight told Civitan Club in Cleveland that the Taft and Albaugh bills would let tax spenders run wild and create a costly political machine. He urged defeat of the measures and criticized Governor Donahey and the Democratic Party for inaction.
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Cleveland, O
Ohio
Charles L. Knight
Akron
Akron Beacon Journal
Fourteenth District
Civilan Club
Albaugh
Republican Organization
Defiance Secures Power Supply From Lima Lines
Defiance ends electric shortages after a Lima power line hookup. A crew of 70 men completed the interconnection with the Auglaize hydro plant dam in the city, mitigating fears of an electric famine amid a weak local steam plant.
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Lima
Rain Check System Adopted By Barnesville Sunday School
The First Presbyterian Sunday school in Barnesville introduces a rain check plan. Superintendent E. P. White will hand rain checks to members attending on bad weather Sundays. Prizes await the pupils with the most checks by April 1.
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Barnesville
The
First Presbyterian Sunday School
E. P. White
First Seismograph In Ancient China Detected Quakes
Chinese inventors created early seismographs to register earthquake shocks in ancient times, signaling a landmark in geologic monitoring. The device captured ground vibrations and helped identify distant tremors.
Woman Honored as Vice Counsel from Nicaragua
Mrs Henrietta Potter James of Philadelphia is cited as an official and duly accredited vice counsel from Nicaragua making her one of the few women to hold government diplomatic posts.
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Henrietta Potter James
Philadelphia
Nicaragua
Lloyd George Urges New Reparations Talks but Holds Back
David Lloyd George showed strong interest in the Britain United States notes on reparations but refused to commit until he studies France’s terms for joining a new conference. He suggested Secretary Hughes craft a note that could coax France to enter negotiations with other powers.
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Washington
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Hughes
Lloyd George
Cresap-Creation Hearing Opens Over Ohio School Chief
In Columbus on October 26 the state teachers examining board began hearings on charges by FE W Cresap former Coshoc ton high school principal against Coshoc ton superintendent O B Clifton. Cresap testified as the proceedings opened.
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Columbus, O
State Teachers’ Examining Board
FE. W. Cresap
Coshocton High School
O. B. Clifton
Coshocton
Cresap
Premier Poincare Resigns Over Millerand Speech
Paris reports Premier Poincare tendered his resignation after President Millerand's Evreux address, a claim published by Quoto dicen. The resignation was rejected as Poincare, who also serves as foreign minister, delivered the note to Millerand in person.
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Paris
Poincare
Millerand
Evreux
Quotodicen
Miller
Athens Man I Shown Honors
Dr. C. L. Jones, manager of the Athens County Home Telephone Co. in Athens Ohio, was elected a director at the United States Independent Telephone Association annual session in Chicago. Athens becomes the smallest city to have a board member in this national group as two directors were chosen this year, alongside a California leader.
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Chicago
United States Independent Telephone Association
C. L. Jones
Athens County Home Telephone Company
Athens
Ohio
United States
Dr. Jones
Athens, C
California
Bryson Report Catalogues Athens Chamber Achievements
Secretary C. H. Bryson reviewed Athens Chamber of Commerce work over the past year at the Elks club, detailing road progress, coal industry challenges, and civic efforts. He noted about 100 miles of state road needing faster improvements, with $1.094 million in federal state and county funds supporting 15 miles plus additional projects. The report also covers assigned coal cars, anti corruption efforts, and expansion of influence beyond Athens County.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
C. H. Bryson
Elks Club
Bryson
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
Glouster
Nelsonville
Coolville
Guysvile
Sugar Creek
Glouster-Burr Oak
Morrison Hill
Nelsonville- Buchtel
Sharpsburg Hill
Carr Hill
Washington
County Line
Athens
Jerseyville
Gay
Marshfield
Carbondale
Frankness
Hocking Valley
West Virginia
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pryson
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Social Service
Health Department
United States pressed on debts in proposed French reparations conference
Washington reports Paris will accept an international conference on reparations but excludes allied debts to the United States from the talks. Secretary Hughes stresses that France’s debts are ordinary borrowed money and must be repaid, separate from Germany’s payment capacity. Officials await confirmation and conditions before concluding the move.
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United States
France
Germany
Hughes
Lord Curzon
Washington
Paris
Europe
Poincare
Mystery man identified after weeks as cave-dweller
Columbus Ohio October 26. The so called mystery man who lived in a hut in woods north of Columbus surviving on roots nuts and an occasional stolen chicken has been identified as Joe Galata 25 Akron an escaped patient from the state hospital for the insane.
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Columbus
Joe Galata
Akron
State Hospital For the
Milne-Shaw Seism Study Shows Distant Earth Disturbance Detectability
A seismology study reports that a staphylococcus-based sensor system can detect earth disturbances from a distance of about 10,000 miles. Researchers Milne and Shaw lead the project highlighting ultra‑sensitive detection capabilities and potential planetary monitoring applications.
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Earth
France Accepts British Offer for Reparations Conference
Paris reports the French foreign office will accept Premier Baldwin's proposal for a conference of experts to address Germany's reparations. The meeting would follow Versailles terms and operate under the inter allied reparations commission, marking France's first concession amid Allied pressure.
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France
Paris
Foreign Office
Stanley Baldwin
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Forbes Denies Charges of Crooked Work in Vets Bureau
Colonel Charles R Forbes former Director of the United States veterans bureau issued a sweeping denial of all corruption and bribery charges raised during the senatorial investigation He urged the public to withhold judgment until his defense is presented and labeled the bribery charge as false and absurd This followed Mortimer of Philadelphia testifying before the senate committee alleging a profit sharing contract on hospital construction and a $5000 loan to Forbes
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William K. Hutchinson
I. N
Washington
Charles R Forbes
United States Veterans Bureau
Forbes
J H. Mortimer
Philadelphia
Senate
Veterane Bureau
Mortimer
Fortes
Warn Dies Sudden After Illness in Schenectady
Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz, famed electrical wizard born in Breslau Germany 1865, died at his Schenectady home shortly before 8:30 am after a brief illness. He had been improving recently before a sudden collapse following a cross country trip.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Charles P. Steinmetz
Dr. Steinmetz
Breslau
Germany
Steinmetz
Bright Spot: Wheeler Fends Off Blackbirds With Fireworks
D Jd Wheeler of Columbus used Roman candles to drive away a flock of persistent blackbirds. He obtained a mayoral permit to fire the fireworks within city limits and reports the birds now avoid his trees.
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D. Jd. Wheeler
Columbus
Wheeler
Mahogany Tree Cited in Farm Survey Near Bridgeport
A deed sent for recording notes a survey starting point described as a mahogany tree on a farm near Bridgeport in Clairsville Ohio. The document identifies the land acreage and references the tree as a natural landmark.
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Clairsville
Bridgeport
Onlo
Last date set for western feeder cattle orders to Ohio
Columbus October 25 was named as the final date to place orders for western feeder cattle to be shipped directly from the ranges to Ohio feed lots. Scott O'Day, purchasing agent for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and Livestock Shippers association, expects to finish this season's buy within weeks after that date.
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Columbus
Ohio
Scott O'Day
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and Livestock Shippers’ Association
Navy Secretary Derby Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Secretary of the Navy Derby is again out of the hospital after a torn tendon in a heel. He still uses a crutch though the recovery is advancing. The report notes hypnotic influence and references recent treatment at an orthopedic hospital with details about new talonaratione in England and York.
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Navy
Derby
New Talonaratione
England
York
Southeast Ohio Teachers Convene Representation At Meet
The Southeast Section of Ohio gathered about 99 teachers for a two day convention at Ewing Hall. Dr. H Good of Ohio University spoke in place of absent officials and addressed both the teachers and the Schoolmasters club on labor education and nation wide labor college movement with three Ohio schools already established in Cincinnati Cleveland and Youngstown. Officials were elected for the coming year and afternoon sessions covered Toast and Measurement sections along with multiple subsections including Vocational Science History Geography and Rural Teachers.
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Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ewing
H. Good
Ohio University Department of Education
John W. Hartman
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hoffman
Athens
Good
Southeastern Ohio Schoolmasters’ Club
Berry Hotel
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Ohio
Cinccinnati
Cleveland
Youngstown
C. Robinson
J. H. Dixon
Jackses County
C. F. Ridgtey
PD. A
Gallia County
Albert Tee Flyer
Ohio University
B. L. Jefferson
Harry 3. Peckham
Dorothy Peterman
Logan
Helen Hockenberry
Earnest Amy
Ohio Wesleyan
Mathematica
Superfita
Tendent Whitaker
Jacksonville
A. R. Kepple
Marietta
F. C. Law@s sittle
Columbus
C. B. Dillon
Glouster
Burglary Reported at Sugar Creek Store
Burglars ransacked the Johnson and Beverage company store in Sugar Creek Ohio on Thursday night and escaped with clothing and other wearing goods. Entry was gained through a side window with eyewitnesses noting men near the building after midnight.
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Sugar Creek
Johnson & Beverage
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Times Square
Trephone Association
America
George RP. Holmes
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Warn
Chas. Steinmetz
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