Grange session in Athens confers sixth degree on 200 locals
Ohio State Grange officers led a special Athens session at the high school auditorium granting the Flora degree to 200 candidates from Athens Meigs Vinton Morgan and Hocking counties. One hundred fifty are Athens residents, many women, in a rare local ceremony before a lecture by Dean Alfred Vivian.
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Ohio State Grange
National Grange Organization
Athens High School
Flora
Grange
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Morgan
Hocking
Athens County
L. H. Efaw
New Marshfield
The
Efon
Bree
Elmira Pontius
Alfred Vivian
College of Agriculture
Olfo State University
Cleveland
Brow
Orpe
Murder of Dentist Uncovers Old Love and Money
New York report details Dr. Jacob Gross murder scene and court records showing a past paternity charge dropped in 1922. Investigators trace a sudden fortune including $100,000, deposits of 200 to 300 dollars daily, Bronx real estate, $50,000 in bonds, and large cash sums before his death.
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Sam Love
United Press
New York
Jacob Grass
Columbus Avenue
Sherlock Holmes
Court of Special Sessions
Buccaey Aac Ve Aascu
Gross
Religion of Man Destroyed Only Through Nature
Dr. Albert Wisse, author of The Deemroague of Science, told the two day Cincinnati Teachers' convention that religion cannot be destroyed without destroying human nature. He argued science can make men practical co workers with God and urged educating children to lofty ideals to endure for years to come. He warned that soft living and modern civilization weaken the race by enabling weak parents to overbreed, risking future generations.
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Cincinnati
Gel
Albert 3 Wisse
Aideetern
Olio
Wigan
No Face Lifting Prohibited for Actor Wolheim in LA
Temporary injunction bars Wolheim from nose removal surgery until November 7. John Considine Jr., producer, sought to prevent the operation as a pre trial measure. Judge Charles Burnell granted the restraining order, with a November hearing for a permanent injunction.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Laul Woihenny
John Considine, Jr
Wolheim
Wolhein
Charles Burnell
Showers Forecast For Ohio Valley Period Through October 31
Weather outlook calls for a pattern of showers at the start middle and end of the period in the Ohio Valley. Temperatures stay moderate for most of the week with a sharp cooling trend by the end of the week or early next.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Fight for Infant Three Women Start Legal Battle
In New Philadelphia three women contest custody of five month old Thelma Marie. Mother Mabel Ray Wadsworth of Strasburg demands the child, Lilie Mann near Strasburg renews adoption efforts denied by Judge H. Lamneck, and Mabel Fisher of Canton asserts her claim.
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New
Philadelphia
Mabel Ray Wadsworth
Strasburg
Thelma Marie
Lilie Mann
Near Strasburg
H. Lamneck
Mabel Fisher
Canon
Government Case Near End in Fall Sinclair Trial
Government lawyers near completing the conspiracy case against former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair over the Teapot Dome lease. The prosecution aims to show Sinclair passed Liberty Bonds to Fall, with witnesses including Robert W. Stewart of Standard Oil and others. The defense is set to begin after the close of the government case, with a long list of witnesses planned.
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Herbert Little
Washington
Aganst
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. iStudai
Clair
Liberty Bonda
Stewart
Sinclair
Continental
Tall
Pall
Thea
Senator McNary Starts on Another Farm Relief Drive
Senator McNary of Oregon opened a new farm relief campaign on October 2 1929 stressing that the form of activity is less important than restoring agriculture to equality with industry transportation and labor. Senator Borah of Idaho signaled McNary’s return ends Borah’s western leadership on farm relief.
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Senator McNary
Washington
UPK
McNary
Oregon
Senate Agricultural Committee
Borah
Iaho
Borat
Congressional bootlegger freed on bond in Maryland case
Frank Davis known as the congressional bootlegger was released under $5,000 bond by U S commissioner J Frank Supplee after arrest on a bench warrant for conspiracy to transport trunks of whisky from Miami to Forest Glen. Warrants were sent for Arnold J Forsey Kadie Edmunds and Jack Tamson. The government says Davis and associates shipped two wardrobe trunks holding 200 quarts each with a corking device.
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Baltimore
U.P
Frank Davis
Washington
Morris A. Soper
Miami
Fla
Forest Glen
U.S
J. Frank Supplec. Tench
Arnold J.forsey
Kadie Edmunds
Jack Tamson
U. S
Forest
Davis
J House of Representatives
Women County Head of Schools Elected President
The twenty seventh annual Southeastern Ohio Teachers association convention in Athens elected the state’s only woman county superintendent as president. Officers named include Mrs Trachael Q. Yaw of Perry county as president and Co. OL Crawford Nelsonville as vice president. Five resolutions were adopted supporting educational policy, national education goals, and standards in Southeastern Ohio. The next meeting will be held in Portsmouth.
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Representative Assembly
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Portsmouth
Ohio
Athens High School
Trachael Q. Yaw
Perry County
Co. OL
Crawford
Nelsonville
K. R. Vermillion
Gnalipolis
Rt. Flt
L. Gard
Ohio University
Athena
Ayt IE. Tuxsen
Fronton
Athens
Kiret
Off Education
John J. Clifton
Publi Education
Young Men's Christ
A. L. Ward
Southern
Southeastern
10Thio University
Athens City
Search Continues For Former Sailor In Tennessee Double Murder
In New Orleans police pursue Henry Molly, ex sailor, over the murder of his wife and sister in law whose bodies were found in a trunk. Molly remained in the city with no river departure detected and cars stolen the day of the killings hinder investigation. Meanwhile East Palestine sees Mrs Daniel Robert found dead by hanging, her husband a farmer who killed himself days earlier.
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New Orleans
Henry Molly
Molly
Mississippi
Palestine
Daniel Robert
Robert
Miners Continue to Quit Mines in Southern Colorado
Reporters say state officials assure Governor Adams that troops are unnecessary as miners in southern Colorado resume work or walk out. At the Alamo mine 162 men quit and 84 at the Barber mine walked out amid a I W W demonstration. In Las Animas county 60 more coal diggers return to Colorado Fuel and Iron company mines. The State Industrial Commission ordered a wage increase to 50 cents a day at the Col umbine mine near Erie. A miners committee will meet operators in Denver Monday to push for 7 75 a day for southern workers.
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Venver, Cola
URR
William H. Adams T
Alamo Mine
Walsenburg
Barber Mine
Las Animas
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Columbine
Erie
State Industrial Commission
Rocky Mountain Coalpany
Denver
Miners’ Committee
Eleven Die As Liner Strikes Gloucester Schooner
In dense fog off Cape Cod the Presidente Wilson rammed the Avalon, a 124 ton Gloucester fishing schooner, sinking it. Eleven crewmen are believed dead, three saved and two bodies recovered as rescuers searched the sea near Highland Light. A separate Columbus note reports police arrest in burglaries and ongoing case clearances.
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Boston
U.R
Cosutich
Presidente Wilson
Avalon
Cape Cod
Durling
Retief
Highland Light
Island child weighs 150 pounds as new Messiah claim grows
In JOLO, Philippine Islands a ten month old boy reportedly weighs 150 pounds and eats ten pounds of food daily. Moros term him a new Messiah and bring gifts while authorities assess the startling event on the island.
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Jolo
Philippine Islands
Three Rescue by Heroic Chain Saves Woman Near Niagara Falls
In Niagara Falls New York a multi person human chain rescued Mrs Blanche Reece of Detroit from the brink about 150 feet above the falls. Daniel Vandergriff and his wife with Afra W J Taylor of Cleveland formed the chain after Mrs Race was swept toward the chasm. She was brought ashore and hospitalized. A false telegram claimed her drowning near Goat Island.
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Niagara Falls
NS. T
Blanche Reece
Detroit
Daniel Vandergriff
Peoria
Afra
W. J. Taylor
Cleveland
Vandergritt
Building Declines as Stel Construction Sees Readjustment
At Pinehurst New York speaker Vru man H. Morgan asserted that building construction faces a downward readjustment toward normal. He projected 1927 values down about 200 million dollars from 1926, with the decline continuing into 1928, and said the situation is not alarming.
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Pinehurst
W.P
American Institute of Stel Construction
Vruman H. Morgan
New York
Aviatrix Ruth Eldy in Paris Eyes Frocks Tour
Ruth Eldy, famed aviatrix, arrives in Paris with Captain George Hardeman and plans a shopping tour of modistes and smart shops. She complains about her current outfit and says she will not accept film offers until consulting her husband.
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John O'Brien
United Press
Paris
U.P
Ruth Eldy
London
Aquilana
New Yorks
George Hardeman
Anglet
Miss Elder
New York
Sidney Vest
United States National Aeronautical Association
Hitler
Eltys Haldeman
George
Haldeman
Aero-Club Seption Beecause
Record Heat Peak Marks October High in Local Bliss
Four days of extreme Indian summer heat peaked yesterday with a 85 degree record at 4 PM. No relief expected today. Strawberries raspberries radishes and lettuce cropland reports in Athens county. Green peas picked in Cherokee county. Temperatures varied across readings from 46 to 85 with strong display of roses and peas in bloom.
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Athens County
Cherokee County
Athens
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