Flood Devastates San Antonio with High Casualty Toll
San Antonio and south central Texas reel from unprecedented floods. Police report 21 bodies recovered by 9 am with fears of more dead. martial law requested as rescue teams assist hundreds stranded in waterlogged districts. Utilities fail, railroads wash out, and looting is reported downtown.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tex
Olmos Creek
Wright
T. H. Staven
Eight Corps
South Texas
Austin
South Austin
Katy
Alazan Creek
Corpus Christi
Paredo
Stevens
Baylor Hospital
United Press
Austin Deluged as Cloud Burst Knocks Out Lines
Dallas reports a cloud burst isolating Austin Texas with all telegraph and railroad lines tied up. Officials say the district from Granger to Austin flooded and by 1 am more than ten inches of rain had fallen over Austin and surrounding areas.
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Dallas
Tex
Austin
Texas
Granger
President Harding Heads West for Atlantic City Trip
President Harding begins a weeklong vacation with a party of friends leaving Washington at 1 PM for a motor trip to Atlantic City for a few days.
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Washington
Harding
Atlantic City
Rome Suffers Heavy Damage from Torrential Rain
Torrential rainfall in the Rome area caused extensive damage in the county. The Miller Run cement bridge near Rome washed out as soft earth around its abutments was washed away after more than two hours of heavy rain.
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Stewart
Miller Run
Owl with monkey-faced side exhibited near Marietta
An owl captured near Marietta is on display in Wellsville showing a normal face on one side and a monkey-faced appearance on the other, drawing curiosity from local residents.
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Wellsville
Rescue crews press into ZR-2 wreckage after disaster
Rescue teams cut through wreckage of the world’s largest dirigible ZR-2 near the Humber river in England. Volunteers worked frantically in the immediate aftermath to locate victims as the giant airship broke in two during flight and exploded.
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Humber River
England
Grea Shen
Will Install Moose Sunday in Athens Lodge
The Loyal Order of Moose will install a new lodge in Athens Sunday at 1 30 PM in the Eagles Hall on Spur Street. Over 100 membership applicants will be taught the mysteries of Moosedom by Glouster Lodge No 119 members with Field Organizer L Duffield and National Supervisor C J Bennett from Pittsburgh. The charter arrived today and Athens Lodge No 1399 is expected to be one of the largest in Athens county.
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Athens
Loyal Order of Moose
Eagles
Spurt Street
Glouster Lodge No. 119
L. Duffield
C. J. Bennett
Pittsburg
Athens County
L. H. Duffield
Floodwood to host The Plains in Sunday series opener
Floodwood hosts The Plains on Sunday September 11 in the first game of a three game set. The Plains arrive with two wins in hand and both teams seek the edge in the opener.
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Floodwood
Miners Walk Out At Sugar Creek After 209 Closure
More than 800 miners at mines 209 210 and 211 at Sugar Creek halted work in sympathy after mine 209 was closed indefinitely. Union leaders ordered the walkout as talks continue, leaving families facing hardship while watching for the next move.
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Sugar Creek
Athenians Donate Phonograph Records to Scout Room
Generous donations of phonograph records from Athenians support the By Scoute scout room. Seek additional records to boost the collection as they cluster around the music producer trying incoming records. Deliver items to the Mohican classroom at the Presbyterian church.
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By Scoute
Presbyterian Church
Ohio University Kindergarten Registration at Ellis Hall
Registration for Ohio University kindergarten begins Monday at 8 30 in Ellis Hall basement. The program opens Wednesday September 11 and all mothers in the training school district should bring their children to Ellis Hall Monday morning for entry.
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Ohio University
Ellis Hall
Weather forecast hints frost risk in early week
Forsyth weather bulletin forecasts September 12 to 17 for the Ohio valley Tennessee region of the Great Lakes with showers at the start and toward the end of the period. Cooler weather is expected in the first half with possible frosts, followed by normal temperatures later in the week.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
American delegation to department conference outlined
President Harding announced the complete personnel of the American delegation. Secretary Hughes will chair with Elihu Root Senator Lodge and Oscar Underwood to participate. Early talks aim to limit armaments and resolve Pacific and Far Eastern issues. Conferences will be held at the State Department as the group prepares.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
Department
Harding
Membrs
State Hughes
Hughs
Elihu Root
Senator Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Oscar Underwood
Two Men Wounded in Bandit Battle
Himer Myers and Ruseell Crute, crew of an interurban street car, were seriously wounded after a bandit attempted a hold up near the city outskirts late last night.
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Columbus
Himer Myers
Ruseell Crute
Dailey Farm Pig Noted For Four Ears
Mrs. Jess Dailey calls for lunch and the farm pig responds. the animal is described as having four perfectly formed ears, a notable oddity on the property.
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Washington, D. H
Jess Dailey
National Tube mill to resume at 40 percent basis
The jail mill department at the National Tube Company in Lorain Ohio will restart Monday with all departments operating at 40 percent capacity after a one week idle period.
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Lorain, O
National Tube Company
Copeland Lands a Fine State Job for Four Years
M B Copeland of Stewart former clerk of Athens county courts travels to Columbus to assume a four year post as chief of the administrative division of Ohio s Prohibition department. He will move his family to Columbus with home at 1210 East Main Street following strong GOP endorsements and recent service as recording clerk in the Ohio senate. The article notes a trial by jury previously existed in 2000 B C.
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M. B. Copeland
Stewart
Athens
Columbus
National Prohibiton Department of Ohio
Copeland
East Main St
Ohio Senate
Ohio
Postmaster General Hays Bids for Fall Hat
A humorous item notes Postmaster General Hays choosing a hat in a shop. He asks the price and presents a ten dollar bill. The clerk quotes forty dollars plus war tax for an imported beaver hat. Hays exits wearing a $7.50 model.
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Washington
Hays
New Law Lets Courts Consider Mental State in Criminal Responsibility
Massachusetts law now bases culpability on a offender's mental status after psychiatric examinations. Experts explain tests assess emotional and mental defects beyond age norms, considering physical condition heredity and childhood life to decide responsibility and potential commitment to a care institution.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Ison
Aand Department of Mental Diseases
MacPherson
Haywood outlines Russian labor scheme for Americans
In Moscow on September 10 the I W W leader Bill Haywood told an United Press correspondent that Russia holds the solution to U S unemployment. He proposed forming worker units in prosperous areas to exchange labor for tools and daily necessities with the government. He cited 186 American lumberjacks in Seattle recently arriving in Kuznetsky basin as a model and said missions would study Don region and Turkestan as favorable sites.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Bill” Haywood
I. W. W. Leader
United Press
M Cow
Haywood
Cne
Seattle
K Basin
The
Ural
Potes
Pep
Kuznetsky Basin
Don
Turkestan
America
Bey
Fraud charge leads to Columbus recovery of funds
United States Deputy Marshal Wright left for Newark to return to Columbus Phil H Carter who is wanted by federal authorities for obtaining by deception two letters from the Marion post office. Carter allegedly telegraphed Mrs L H Allen at Athens asking for money while posing as her husband.
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Columbus
United States
Marshal Wright
Newark
Phil H. Carter
Marion
Carter
Ford
L. H. Allen
Athens
Bandits Rob Post Office Station in Angeles Heist
Four gunmen robbed a Los Angeles area post office station of thousands in registered mail and escaped in a car amid a hail of bullets. The incident occurred on September 10, raising police pursuit concerns. No injuries were immediately reported.
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Angeles
Genuine cowhide traveling bag sale in Athens
A local shop in Athens Ohio announces a fresh shipment of genuine cowhide traveling bags priced at five dollars and fifty cents each. The Toggery promotes immediate purchase with a today offer.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University Trustees Back President Bryan and Expansion
Ohio University gains strong backing for Elmer B. Bryan as trustees approve a major expansion plan. They authorize buying the Masonic Temple as a student union, create a new $200000 men’s gym, raise winter term registration from 18 to 25 dollars and spring term from 6 to 7, and tighten scholarship rules. Enrollment is expected to rise with dorms housing 400 and many women anticipated, while room costs and early arrivals are noted.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Elmer B. Bryan
Bryan
Sia
Golden
Walker
President Street
President and Mulberry Streets
Mulberry Street
Five Hundred Men Called Back to Dover Plant Mills
Orders have been received for six mills of the Dover plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company to resume operations on Monday. Five hundred men are affected amid the restart plans.
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Philadelphia, CO
Dover
American Sheet and Tin Piste Company
Athens witnesses to testify in Mulford suit damages case
Depositions of Mrs. Theodora Rogers and witnesses for her husband in a $250000 negligence suit against H. K. Mulford Company will be taken in Athens on Tuesday. Testimony from Mrs Ruth Peters and G Miller of Athens is to be recorded.
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Athens
Columbus
Theodora Rogers
H. K. Mulford Company
Philadelphia
Ruth Peters
G. Miller
Learn How To Make Good Bread Free Government Guide
The Washington Information Bureau offers a free booklet on bread, its role in diet, and how to bake various bread types. It explains using potatoes, corn, rye, rice, and oats for variety and nutrition and asks readers to send two cents for postage.
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United States
Washington
Washington Information Bureau
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