Medical meeting to discuss pediatric diseases in Athens
Physicians from Athens and adjoining counties gather at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday September 7 for a postgraduate session on diseases of children. Dr. Henry J. Westenberger of Western Reserve University will speak on Fundamental Consideration in Pediatrics with lantern slides. About 100 doctors from Athens Morgan Perry and Washington counties attend.
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Athens
Eighth Medical District
Chamber of Commerce
Doner
Henry J. Westenberger
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio State Medical Association
J. M. Higgins
Athens County Medical Society
T. A. Copeland
H. M. Taylor
W. T. Sprague
A. L. Pritchard
Nelson
Many Hard Coal Miners Idle in Anthracite Strike
Pottsville Pa September 1 fifty percent of miners in southern anthracite field stayed away defying President Wilson warning. Strike mostly hit Hampkin and Mdhanoy districts as pumpers and firemen quit at ten. Operators staffed other departments to avert flooding. mules hoisted to surface in some mines.
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Pottsville
Wilson
Higher Local Rates Sought by Ohio Telephone Company
The Ohio State Telephone Company seeks approval from the utilities commission to raise rates in Cleveland Toledo Columbus and smaller towns. New schedules list October 1 as the effective date with business line rates in Zanesville at 45 dollars for individual service 26 dollars for two party and 27 dollars for four party and residence lines at 27 dollars for individual 24 dollars for two party and 21 dollars for four party.
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Columbus
Io State Telephone Company
Sic Utilities Commission
Cleveland
Toledo
Esville
Fostoria
Findlay
Amber
Comny
Cmpany
Zanesville
Ulster Volunteers Offer to Replace British Troops in Ireland
Belfast report says Sir Edward Carson offered the British government the services of 89 000 Ulster volunteers to replace soldiers stationed in Ireland and elsewhere.
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Belfast
Edward Carson
Ireland
Rye Oil Co. President to Visit Athens for Investments
L. H. Sweitzer, president of the Rye Oil Co., based in Ohio Kentucky and Texas, will be in Athens tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cline Building rooms to discuss investments. Frye stock is priced at $1.00 per share.
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L. H. Sweitzer
Rye Oil Co
Ohio
Kentucky
Exas
Athens
Cline
Frye
Mine Workers at Juniper Mine Strike Over Wage Raise
Buchtel Sept 1 The leaders at the Juniper mine there held a strike to demand raising the tonnage wage to match the new raise paid to day men. Two other mines in the town planned meetings to discuss the same move. A work stoppage may spread if the tonnage workers do not receive parity with the day rates.
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Buchtel
Ath ens stores to close Thursday afternoons this fall
Good news for shoppers as Ath ens retail stores will close Thursday afternoons on September 2 and 9 but reopen for any Thursday afternoon thereafter until next summer. There will be no more Thursday afternoon baseball games.
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Athens
Cox plans barrage of attacks on Republicans in campaign
Governor Cox directs Democratic strategy to hammer Republicans between now and election day. He accuses the foes of seeking a 15 million dollar campaign fund to win the Presidency while stressing that France and Germany must work to curb Bolshevik influence in Europe, with indemnity figures tied to the United States. Senator Pomerene arrived in Columbus to discuss the Senate probe but declined comment until testimony is complete.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Columbus
Cox
Pomerene
Ohio
Senate Campaign Fund
Chicago
James M. Cox
Harding
Europe
France
Germany
John W. Davis
Great Britain
England
United States
Toledo Woman Given Fine Job In Welfare Role
Toledo Ohio September 1 Mayor Schreiber appointed Mrs Prentice E Rood as welfare director at 4000 dollars annually marking the first political recognition of suffrage in Ohio She is a leader in educational circles serving as president of the Women s Educational Club and prominent in the Ohio Federation of Women s Clubs Her duties include over the Toledo park system workhouse farm municipal hospital and parole authority at the workhouse
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Toledo, O
Schreiber
Ohio
Prentice E. Rood
Rood
Woman's Educational Club
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Toledo Park System
Dean Voigt Returns From YWCA Open Forum
Dean Irma E. Voigt dean of women at Ohio University Athens has returned from Lake Geneva Wisconsin where she led an open forum with 650 girl students from midwest colleges at the annual YWCA summer conference. The events were well received and will continue annually. Voigt held numerous personal conferences with individuals and delegations on general university problems and will resume active university work immediately.
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Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
Athens
Lake Geneva
Wis
Voigt
Connecticut Legislature to Meet on Sept 14 in Suffrage Context
Hartford September 1 The Connecticut legislature on special call of Governor Holcomb will convene September 14 to address registration and balloting of women voters. If Tennessee still undecided on ratification the body may act to ratify so as to avoid legal entanglements.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Holcomb
Tennessee
New York
National League of Women Voters
Alice Paul
League
Tennessee rescission of suffrage ratification shocks observers
Washington officials note Tennessee’s house action to rescind ratification creates a legal vacuum with no precedent. Courts are unlikely to review the move, and a final ruling may await elections. Suffragists fear potential court challenges to votes unless Congress or a special session resolves the issue. Connecticut’s ratification could leave 36 states with approval minus Tennessee.
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Washington
Tennessee House
Tennessee
Colby
Athens Public Schools Open September 13
Athens public schools set to open Monday September 13 under Supt C N Stailey with about 1450 students enrolled across grade schools and high school. A 1 PM Saturday teachers meeting at the high school is compulsory. Freshmen may choose from four courses college prep commercial domestic science and manual training. New labs and a machine shop will support practical work and engineering entry.
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Athens
C. N. Stailey
Athens High School
Supt. Stailey
Foresters Plan Southern Ohio Reforestation Meeting
Efforts to advance a reforestation program in southeastern Ohio will be reviewed at the Ohio Forestry Association gathering in Carbondale Athens County September 10 and 11. The second campfire meeting will be on Carbondale Coal Co holdings and Waterloo state forest with Col Enderlin G Peters and Prof Herbert Osborn aiding the program.
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Ohio
Ohio Forestry Association
Carbondale
Athens County
Carbondale Coal Company
Waterloo State Forest
Col
R. Enderlin
G. Peters
United States Forest Service
Herbert Osborn
Ohio State University Il
Four Receive Appointments at Ohio University
President Alston Ellis announces four new staff appointments at Ohio University to fill resignations since June. Victor Dwight Hill is named professor of Greek and German with a 2600 salary after completing a PhD at Chicago. Frederic M. Peckham will succeed Copeland at 2700 yearly. G. T. Wilkinson of Columbia University becomes professor of French and Spanish at 2609. Nellie Lynn Ball is appointed instructor at John Hancock High School to replace Walsh, with salary raised from 1200 to 1500.
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Alston Ellis
Ohio University
Victor Dwight Hill
William Jewell
University of Chicago
Frederic M. Peckham
Profe Cc. M. Copeland
Peckham
Bates College
G. T. Wilkinson
A. M
Columbia
Columbia University
Nellie Lynn Ball
John Hancock High School
Louise G. Walsh
Gains of Poles Oppose All Enemy Advances
Warsaw reports continued Polish gains in the north offsetting Isheviki successes in the Lemberg region. The communique notes August began with 40 miles west of Grodno, capturing Sokolka between Bjelostok and Grodno, and Gorodok east of Bjelostok. Resistance in Mala and Narevska areas was crushed and Polish forces in Zamoiec, 65 miles northwest of Lemberg, resist Budenny cavalry. A pistol patent uses friction metal sparks to fight gas burners.
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Warsaw
Lemberg
Grodno
Bjelostok
Sokolka
Gorodok
Mala
Narevska
Zamoec
Budenny
Federal official rejects packers action plan
Federal trade commissioner Colver and the League of Women Voters oppose the plan to sell packers control in stockyards to a holding company organized by F H Prince and Company of Boston. The Justice Department signals the decision rests with Attorney General Palmer as the arrangement divests yard holdings and related sidelines. Jessie Haven of the League condemns the court proceeding method.
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Washington
Colver
League of Women Voters
Department of Justice
Palmer
Stocyarda
Packer
F. H. Rince and Company
Loston
Federal Trade
Frederick H. Prince
Prince
Armour
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Jessie Haven
Women Meeting Tonight Addressed by Carrie Florida
Athens county Republican women are urged to attend tonight at seven in the court room. Miss Carrie Florida will address the gathering, and men are invited.
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Athens County
Carrie Florida
Party's Slogan Gathers Steam For Harding Harmony
Warren G. Harding gains momentum toward campaign slogan Harding and Harmony as observers note a solidified Republican party. The league issue and Progressive split are resolved by his curbed Versailles league stance and a revamped Hague tribunal backed by nations. Harding also brings in Johnson Borah Robins and Pinchot to unite factions.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Harding
League
Chicago
League of Nations
Association of Nations
Tafta
Guv. Cox
Hiram Johnson
Senator Borah
Raymond Robins
Cifford Pinchot
Dempsey Bounces Back Hitting Power After Rest
In Benton Harbor mid September, a report notes Dempsey felt better and ready to "put something on it" as his hitting power remained strong after a long rest, signaling a comeback potential for the season.
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Benton Harbor
Mid
Dempsey
A E F Mustered Out After War Ends
The American Expeditionary Force formally passed into history on September 1 as the last unit was mustered out without ceremony under Secretary of War Daker. General Pershing, who ran the AEF HQ since returning from France, will open new headquarters as General of the Army and has signaled a possible resignation, though no date was set.
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Washington
War Daker
Pershing
France
Army
Exchange rates update from New York on Sept 1
Demand sterling held at 3.56 as the opening foreign exchange rate. Francs rose by 0.0001 to 569.714, Lire fell 0.0002 to 0.0466, Mark declined 0.0203, and Canadian dollars were noted without a clear quote in the fragment.
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New York
Writer of "Everybody Works But Father" Dies in Auto Crash
New York reports the author known as Tijs nagne is actually Lemuel Lehman. He was struck by a car and killed, ending a noted career that included the controversial lyric hit.
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New York
Father
Tijs Nagne
Lemuel Lehman
Cotton crop condition reports released for August 25
Washington September 1 The condition of the cotton crop on August 25 was 67.5 percent of normal, compared with 74.1 percent on July 25 and 61.4 percent on August 25, 1919, the Department of Agriculture announced today.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Resignation of Ohio Mine Workers Leader John Moore
John Moore resigns as president of the Ohio Mine Workers effective immediately. He will lead the legislative Department of the United Mine Workers of America in Washington. Lee Hall of Cambridge will succeed Moore as president. Tall’s successor to be chosen by the executive board in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
John Moore
Ohio Mine Workers
Moore
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Lee Hall
Cambridge
Ohio Miners
Tall
Autopsy Scheduled in Huntington Poison Mystery
In Huntington West Virginia on September 1 Miss Lucy Marlow Barton a Marshal College graduate was found dead in a Capitol Hotel Ashland room. An autopsy was ordered as authorities suspect poisoning and hotel staff reported screams from the room. The fully clothed victim lay in bed reportedly unconscious before death.
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Huntington
W. Va
Lucy Marlow Barton
Marshal College
Capitol Hotel
Ashland
Old IO Athens Presbytery to mark fifty years
In September 1920 the Presbytery of Athens reaches its fifty year milestone. It formed from the union of Old School Presbytery of Hocking and New School Presbytery of Athens on September 6, 1870 in Athens. The body covers several counties and includes New Plymouth Church in Vinton. A five‑part history series by Rev Leon Arpee and Rev Charles K Taylor, with revisions, is published.
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Presbytery
Athens
Old School Presbytery
Hocking
New School Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Washington
Morgan, Meigs and
Gallia
New Plymouth
Vinton County
Leon Arpee
Nelsonville
Charles K Taylor
McArthur
Iife
Gallipolis
Return Talk by BRT Strikers in Brooklyn
New York Sept 1 Striking workers at the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company considered returning to work only if wage disputes are settled through arbitration but union leaders rejected the plan and vowed to keep the two day old strike, which has nearly halted surface subway and elevated traffic in Brooklyn. The company ran a limited number of surface cars with heavy screening and police, promising more elevated and subway trains.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Transfusion Only Hope to Save Cork Lord Mayor
Physicians at Brixton prison said today that transfusion of blood is the only means to save Terrence MacSwiney, the hunger striking lord mayor of Cork, and that he could recover.
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London
Terrence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
They Win Again Hunger Strike at Denver Jail
For the fourth straight week prisoners at the Denver city jail stage a hunger strike and secure victory once more against the bill of fate.
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Denver
Speech by L C Martin on Cox Roosev el campaign fund totals
George White told the senate slush fund inquiry that two million dollars tops set for the Cox Roosevelt campaign costs. He denied plans to raise five to ten million. Republicans fear Cox testimony could harm their case but may avoid summons. Democratic leaders say they can prove their case without Coch. White to testify that national funds total under seventy thousand, contrasting Republican 3.7 million plus six point three six five million budget estimates. Democrats allege Cox justified in charges. Republicans press liquor questions with New Jersey man George T Carroll subpoenaed and a letter soliciting support produced.
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Chicago
George White
Democratic National Committee Today
Senate “Slush” Fund
White
Cox
Senate Committee
Democratic Committee
Coz
Eratic National
Marsh
Democratic
George T. Carroll
New Jersey
Will Haya
Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Warren Kills J Morse
Warren reports a fatal accident on East 84th street involving J Morse of Cleveland and two other passengers. Morse was instantly killed when the motorcycle failed to make a sharp turn and overturned, pinning him under the steering gear. Will Kennedy and John Moore, both of Cleveland, escaped unharmed. Morse is married with eight children.
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East 84Th Street
Cleveland
Will Kennedy
John Moore
Moree
Morse
Funeral services for John Hixson at McDougal church
Funeral services for John Hixson will be held Thursday morning at 1 o'clock at McDougal church. The notice from Amesville confirms the time and location for the service.
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Amesville
John Hixson
McDougal Church
Nails Found in Cow From Harvey Wampler Farm
In Vincennes Indiana a cow that died on Harvey Wampler’s farm yielded a pint of nails from six penny to four penny sizes along with a Lincoln penny, indicating possible ingestion or concealment.
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Vincennes
Ind
Harvey Wampler
Toledo man swallows ring to hide theft during robbery
Sam Bell, beaten and robbed in an automobile by three men in Toledo, swallowed a diamond ring to conceal the theft. He remains in serious condition at St. Vincents Hospital.
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Toledo
Sam Bell
St. Vincents Hospital
Fighting erupts anew in Belfast city
Desperate clashes swept Belfast as Sinn Fein gunmen fired on unionist workers at Sankhill shipyards from Carrick Hill. Soldiers reinforced the workers and a large battle followed. Minor disturbances were also reported elsewhere in the city with two dead and a woman and several soldiers wounded.
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Belfast
Sinn Fein
Sankhill
Carrick Hill
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