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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1919

Page

7

First Wolf of the Season Killed Near Blackwell

A pack of greyhounds captured and killed the season’s first wolf in Blackwell Iowa on October 28. Local authorities reported no further details.

Blackwell

State meeting of rural police opened today

The Ohio State Protective Association began its twentieth annual session at the First Christian church in a two day meeting. About 150 delegates from across the state attended with a public program planned for 8 o'clock this evening.

Ohio Protective Association Athens Ohio State Protective Association First Christian Church James G. Miller Ohio America Land of the Free Miller

Troop Three Scouts Earn Merit Badges At Meeting

Troop Three held a Monday evening program as first class scouts gathered. Bart Foley led Lion patrol with six merit badges and forty four points. Wilbur Imes earned two badges. Veno Shaffer and Denzil Robinson each earned badges.

Bart Foley Lion Patrol Wilbur Imes Veno Shaffer Denzil Robinson M. E. Church Regu Dwight Haney

De Wees Children Sent to County Home After Family Tragedy

Ruth De Wees, 15, and her three younger siblings are sent to the Children's Home by Probate Judge Phillips amid their father Hamilton De Wees facing a charge of criminally knowing his daughter. The move aims to place the children in a caring home, neighbors express mixed sorrow and hope for better prospects. The siblings include a two year old baby and have lived in a humble Marshfield house, with neighbors bidding them farewell as they depart for Athens.

de Wees Ruth de Wees Phillips Hamilton de Wees Ruth C. O. Moore New Marshfield Athens Tam Marshfield

Belgian King Albert and entourage visit Washington Capitol

The Belgian king Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold attend a formal reception in the Senate and House. King Albert’s address praises U S Belgium friendship while lawmakers and diplomats applaud. The royal party moves through ceremonial greetings and then departs for the next stop.

Washington Congress of America Albert Belgium Senate House Elizabeth Prince Leopold United States Lodge Supreme Court Senator Cummins Cummins Chamber Hitchcock Penrose King Albert Iowa Germany

Monarch Guest Visits Chamber In Historic Precedent

Speaker Gillett recalls the chamber’s first royal visit as an honored guest, praising the sovereign whose royalty is overshadowed by heroism and noting the new precedent set by this occasion.

Gillett

Belgian King and Queen Visit White House Amid President Wilson’s Illness

King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium called on President Wilson at the White House for a brief informal audience with Mrs. Wilson while doctors reported no change in the president's condition. The royal couple met Margaret Wilson and left after twenty minutes as medical briefings continued.

Don FE. Chamberlain United Press Washington White House Albert Queen Elizabeth Belgium Wilson Grayson Ruffian Stitt

Steamship and Shipping Board Plan to End Longshoremen Strike

New York October 28 steamship officials and United States shipping board officials were to meet to ratify a plan to break the four week long strike by sixty thousand longshoremen. The proposal includes housing and feeding loyal dock workers in pierside huts to keep operations going. Monetary losses after three weeks exceed 200 million dollars as the harbor remains closed.

New York United States Shipping Board

Explosion in Pemberton Coal Mine Injures Equipment

In Raleigh county West Virginia three mining machines and three pumps exploded in the Pemberton Fuel Company mine on Sunday. The blast was not discovered until Monday and no lives were lost according to a report from the governor's office in Charleston.

Huntington W. VA Pemberton Fuel Company Pemberton Raleigh County Charleston

Max Rubin Fined $300 for Bootlegging in Martins Ferry

Martins Ferry Ohio October 28 Max Rubin former saloon keeper was arrested and fined 300 dollars for selling whiskey to customers in violation of Prohibition era laws.

Martins Ferry Max Rubin

Election Hours Set for Columbus Polls

Secretary of State Smith ruled that central standard time governs election hours. Polls will open at 6:30 A.M. and close at 5:30 P.M. next Tuesday to settle disputes among election boards.

Columbus Smith Stanard

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