Miners in West Virginia Demand Federal Troops
Union miners in Logan county vow to press for federal troop intervention to end the coal war. They will retire only after troops arrive and martial law is imposed, aiming to force government action and a congressional probe. Pickets guard routes, passes are checked, and a union-led mobilization includes farmers, railway workers, and professionals.
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Madson
W. Va
Logan County
United Press
Logan
William Wily
Boone County Coal Corporation
Thomas Richards
Blair
Union War Is Cause of Trouble in Coal Fields
John L. Lewis argues west Virginia coal regions show two systems. North of Kanawha line 55,000 miners work under joint agreements with harmony and no guards. South and east 40,000 miners face disfare as operators prohibit union membership with gunmen and company towns, demanding constitutional rights and reform.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
United Press
Indianapolis
West Virginia
Kanawha River
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
United Mine Workers of
Aimerica
Logan
Minge
McDowell
Mercer
United Mine Workers of Africa
Roanoke
Virginia
Bluefield
Commonwealth of
Baldwin- Felts
Mine Guard Army
Permanen
Power Rates Lowered by Athens and Hocking Power Co
Athens Electric and Hocking Power Companies filed to reduce commercial and wholesale rates with the Ohio Public Utilities Commission. The plan, effective September 1, aims to be among the lowest in Ohio, with lighting costs historically cheaper. The Floodwood plant, valued at about 2.5 million dollars, serves most of Athens County and will gain updated lines to improve reliability.
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Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Athens Electric and
Hocking Power Companies
Homer C. Clark
Athens Electric Company
Ohio
Clark
Floodwood
Athens County
Athens
Millfield
Red Town
Buchtel
Glouster
Chauncey
Kiwanis meeting promotes youth and community house
At a Wednesday Kiwanis gathering in Athens the speaker Dr. Frederick Treadley urged directing life toward youth. He urged a community house with spaces for boys and girls, reading rooms, and a large auditorium to host lectures and concerts, stressing that life’s value lies in service and integrity.
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Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
M. M. Kerr
Frederick Treadley
Treadley
Athens
Samuel
Doughnut Shop Opens As Local Business Grows
Athens gains a new doughnut shop after Mrs. L. J. Campbell and her husband expanded from home baking at 112 University Ter race to a full time edible production. The venture follows neighbor encouragement and a strong demand for their doughnuts.
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Athens
Salvation Army
France
L. J. Campbell
University Terrace
Man finds teeth he hid in pocket bite him back
Cleveland report says James Payne, a city truck driver, sat down and felt pain after discovering a pair of false teeth in his hip pocket had bitten him. He received two stitches. The incident occurred in September.
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Cleveland
James Payne
Valued husband at $1 a day sparks New York divorce
In Niagara Falls on September 1, Mrs. John Cooper 65 sues for divorce from John Cooper 77 claiming he deserted her for 250 days and she seeks separation and 250 dollars. She values her husband at one dollar a day in her petition.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
John Cooper
Italy Accepts Washington Disarmament Conference Invitation
Italy accepted President Harding's invitation to the Washington disarmament conference, a development communicated to Secretary of State Hughes today. The move signals Italy's participation among the powers for the conference.
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Italy
Washington
Harding
State Hughes
Sapphire wore by ancients to ward off venom and apparitions
The ancient practice tied the sapphire to protection against venomous bites and evil visions, using the gem as a preventive charm to guard the wearer from dangers and hauntings.
Fight Over Medicinal Beer Rules Reaches Senate
Washington Sept 1 Pressure from liberal groups and a bloc of senators targets approval of regulations to allow medicinal beer. Senator Broussard accuses the administration of withholding rules while Secretary Mellon cites the stalled anti medicinal beer bill in the Senate. He warns the Stanley amendment on searches is key to any law and vows months may pass before action.
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Frazer Edwards United Press
Washington
Harding
Broussard
Louisiana
Mellon
Senate
Congress
Stock Owners Poisoned At Ohio State Fair Dinner
Forty guests at a dinner hosted by the International Livestock Exposition at the Ohio state fair grounds were hospitalized after suspected food poisoning from corned beef sandwiches. Eight remained in serious condition as state chemists collected samples for analysis.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fair Grounds
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Eleven Miners Die in Harrisburg Mine Blast
An explosion at the Harco Company mine near Harrisburg Illinois killed eleven miners and injured seven. More than four hundred workers were at the site when the blast happened and were accounted for. A state investigation into the disaster began today.
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Harrisburg
Harco Company
Here
Be Toward War by Carl D. Groat
Berlin August 31 pacifists claim the new compulsory physical culture draft trains German youth for war and blocks work permits. promoters argue it builds a strong nation. The Versailles treaty bans war training societies and the debate centers on liberty versus national strength.
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Carl D. Groat
Berlin
Germany
Freiheit
Independent Socialists
Dance at K of P Hall Nelsonville Labor Day
Evening and afternoon dance event at K of P Hall Nelsonville on Labor Day. Music by a top dance orchestra in the Hocking Valley, with performances planned for both afternoon and night sessions.
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K. of P. Hall
Nelsonville
Labor Day
Hocking Valley
Prolific Partridge Hens Lay Up To Eighteen Eggs
A historical note states partridges are highly prolific with hens laying from fourteen to eighteen eggs and typically hatching all of them, illustrating strong breeding output.
Armed Intervention Certain I To Come During The Day
West Virginia coal mine war intensifies as miners defy President Harding and Secretary Weeks. The administration signals that federal force is the next step if dispersal orders are not obeyed by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
West Virginia
War Weeks
Harding
Weeks
Miners clash in West Virginia fights near Blair Mountain
Logan county sheriff Don Chafin reports miners massed along the Logan Boone line withdrawing as air scouts note reinforcements. Three deputy sheriffs are dead and about forty miners killed or wounded at Clothier and Crooked Creek. Field hospital set up, train service suspended, and lines of communication cut as 200 Bluefield men arrive to aid.
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Don Chafin
Logan County
Logan
Boone County
Crooked Creek
Blair Mountain
Madison
Clothier
Bluefield
Sheriff Chafin
Planes Leave Langley for West Virginia Mine Battle
Thirteen Dehavland Four army airplanes armed with 100 pound bombs and Browning machine guns departed Langley Field for West Virginia. The craft are prepared for several days of patrols over the region where thousands of miners citizens and deputies are lined up for battle.
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Norfolk
Dehaviland
Langley Field
West Virginia
Gunfire at Blair Mountain Area Amid West Virginia Clash
State police report ongoing firing between miners and defenders near Blair Mountain in Ethel West Virginia this morning. No casualties reported as sporadic shots echo from the area.
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Ehel
W. Va
Blair Mountain
Legion Effort to Rally Veterans Fails in Charleston
In Charleston a meeting of the American Legion to organize defense against Logan county miners failed amid catcalls and chants. The crowd sang We'll Hang Don Chafin to a Sour Apple Tree as Sheriff Chafin leads Logan county forces against miners. Union leaders report eight miners and three deputies killed yesterday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
American Legion
Morgan
Seere
Don Chafin
Chafin
Miners Hold Logan County Defenses as Martial Law Declared
Deputies in Logan County say they will keep the miners' army in check until state troops arrive after martial law was declared. Scattered firing was reported through the night, but headquarters said defenses had not been penetrated.
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Logan
W. Va
Logan County
Regiment Ordered to Entrain for West Virginia Trouble Zones
Camp Sherman Ohio September 1 United States war department orders a US infantry regiment to hold itself in readiness to entrain for West Virginia trouble zones at noon as learned by United Press today.
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Camp Sherman
War Department
United States Infantry
West Virginia
United Press
Polite bandits sought after Los Angeles Limited holdup
Two courteous robbers who refused to threaten women and children were being pursued by posses today in connection with the Union Pacific Los Angeles Limited No. 7 holdup near Ogden.
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Salt Saks City
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Ogden
Belfast Quiet After Bitter Warfare Ends
Belfast reports a calmer day as troops reinforce the city after bloody sectarian clashes. York street and the shipyard access routes were heavily guarded with barbed wire. the death toll reached sixteen and about 100 wounded, with officials hopeful the worst is over.
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Belfast
No Man’s Land
York Street
Railroad Men Favor a Strike in Voting Sweep
Cleveland dispatch reports 600000 railroad workers in key brotherhoods rallied behind a strike. Officials noted near unanimous walkout support in some districts and five to six to one in others, though action will await official ballot tabulation and a few days' delay before leaving service.
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Cleveland
United States Railroad Board
Rail shop workers threaten strike over Sunday pay
Chicago September 1 Railroad shop workers will strike rather than accept weekday pay for Sunday work. B M Jewell president of the railroad department of the AFL said if we can only settle the question without a strike the men will walk out. Workers say a shop strike would halt rail traffic as surely as engineer and fireman walkouts.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
Fight Over Whiskey Ends in Death at Thermopolis
In Thermopolis Wyoming a clash between sheriff's deputies and alleged bootleggers left one man dead and another possibly fatally wounded. Officers responded to reports of illegal whiskey operations leading to a violent confrontation Saturday.
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Wyo
Sheriff's Deputies
Timeline of Cleveland and Ohio events spanning 1818 to 1890
An obituary-like ledger lists key Ohio milestones and figures including the 1818 arrival of the Walk-in-the-Water steamboat in Cleveland, 1851 physician David Long, 1880 Hayes and Garfield at the Twentieth Third Ohio Veterans reunion in Canton, 1838 oil-tank fire losses near Findlay, and a 1890 carpenters strike in Cincinnati.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
David Long
President Hayes
Gen
Garfield
Ohio
Canton
Findlay
Cincinnati
Ohio Bell seeks ICC approval for union with Ohio State Telephone
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company and the Ohio State Telephone Company ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve their consolidation. They state the merger will benefit the public and form a new company to be known as the Ohio Bell Telephone Company.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio State Telephone Company
Lost ship found near North Head Station
The disabled Canadian freighter Canadian Importer was located at 10:30 last night off North Head Station Washington. She was still riding the waves.
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North Head Station
Ilwaco
Wash
Athens County Red Cross appeals for shipping funds
The Red Cross asks Athens County residents to donate money to cover the cost of shipping clothes and shoes collected for European and Near East relief. With a half carload gathered, funds are needed to transport the goods to the Brooklyn shipyard. The Athens National Bank begun the drive with ten dollars, but any amount aids human life.
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Athens County
Brooklyn
Red Cross
M. D. Hughes
Athens National Bank
Portage Market Firm Wins Injunction Against Davis
In Canton on September 1, the Portage Market Company and three Akron firms obtained a temporary injunction in common pleas court restraining Zebulon W. Davis from selling thirty notes, each for $1,000, issued by plaintiffs led by Charles W. French, who is currently under arrest in Chicago.
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Canton
Portage Market Company
Akron
Common Pleas Court
Zebulon W. Davis
Bes
Charles W. French
Chicago
War Dept Fails To Hear From Brig Gen Bandholtz On WV Miner Dispersal
Washington officials report no word from Brig Gen Bandholtz at 1 30 this afternoon, more than an hour after the 12 00 deadline for armed miners in West Virginia to disperse.
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Washington
War Department
Brig
Bandholtz
West Virginia
Number of Egyptian Pyramids Reaches Thirty Eight
The pyramids of Egypt total thirty eight and extend about fifty miles along the western Nile Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nile Valley
Actions Were Not Ladylike Miss September Arrives in Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 1 a young woman dressed only in a market basket walked the street during morning deliveries by milkmen J. E. Staehle and A. H. Dietz. Police intervened, and she was taken to headquarters then to a hospital where doctors reported she was dazed and seeking a relative.
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Cleveland
J. E. Stashle
A. H. Dietz
Staehle
Dietz
End of Summer Session at Ohio University
Friday morning at 9 o clock classes in continuation term at Ohio University will close marking the end of all summer school. 733 students have registered and will depart by tomorrow noon. From September 3 to 14 there is no college. dorms will be cleaned and fall term work begins September 14.
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Ohio University
Ohio U
Soviet Bruree Mill Seizure Shocks Irish Town Bosses
In Bruree County Limerick a group of transport workers seized a mill and a bakery and declared Bruree Soviet ownership. Placards read We make bread, not profits. The move followed the dismissal of two mill workers whom the owners refused to reinstate.
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Bruree
County Limrick
Store Departments Observe Labor Day Closure
Our grocery and packing departments will close on Monday September 5 in observance of Labor Day. The F. C. Stedman Co. will notice the disruption to regular customer service and schedules.
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F. C. Stedman CO
Milk matters for health says Harvard expert
Dr Milton J Rosenau, a Harvard preventive medicine professor, promotes an illustrated booklet All About Milk urging families to ensure milk safety. The Athens Messenger Information Bureau highlights the booklet as a knowledge source for health and safety in daily nutrition.
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Milton J. Rosenau
Harvard University
Hygienic Laboratory
United States Public Health Service
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