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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
5
Suspicions of Salada Beach police in Cal removed to a raid on Dr. Hickok known as Mystery castle. Officers scaled the wall and dug to bones and women's clothing on the grounds. Dr. Hickok arrested for malpractice. Miss Cleo Tevis, his nurse, declares his innocence.
The Child's Conservation League met with Mrs. Ralph Woods on East Carpenter Street. Fourteen members attended with nine favoring Harding, three Cox and two undecided. Contests led by Mrs. Woods and Mrs. James A. Brown followed, and plans for the year were set before a collation.
Entertains for husband at Kinley avenue home marked by surprise birthday party with 20 relatives. Higley Study Circle held first year meeting at Mrs. S. M. Haffey home with talks on American music and national songs. Local church societies plan Friday meetings. visits from Cleveland and Chicago noted.
Mrs F L Preston Mrs John H Preston Mrs Byron Wolfe Mrs Ralph P Jennings and Harry Bart attended a bridge party at the home of Mrs Byron Wolfe Jr in Logan. Dinner was served by Mrs E C Burchfield and Mr and Mrs Howard Moore Boocks. Helen Redman a recent bride is a guest with his aunt Mrs W H Worthman and family. Boocks will study medicine in Cincinnati at the University of Medicine after a visit to Virginia and Washington DC. Miss Louise Dana returns to New York City to pursue art studies with Miss Anita Henke of Gallipolis. Henke's brother Heber Henke a former Athens tenor is in New York making phonograph records with Frank Crummitt in the theatrical world.
Marion dispatch says Senator Harding will speak in Baltimore on September 27, Wheeling West Virginia on September 28, and Ashland Kentucky on September 29. It was announced there would be no trip to the Pacific coast.
At noon on September 16 in Manhattan the Broad and Wall streets intersection was rocked by a powerful explosion. Windows shattered in nearby buildings as the blast occurred in Wall Street, in front of the Morgan offices between the Morgan building and the assay office under construction across from the Morgan House.
At 1 15 pm an explosion near Broad and Wall streets left more than eighty people injured and several dead. Hospitals rushed responders as flames surged up to 100 feet in the air while NY stock and cotton exchanges halted trading and troops were dispatched to secure the area.
New York September 16 Governor James M Cox told the national educational association in a public letter that he favors a national education policy while preserving local control. He was responding to the association's legislation committee question about his position on education.
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