Retired railway mail clerk Honored on Retirement
J. L. Pickering of this city, a Civil War veteran, retired from the railway mail service August 1 after 37 years. He served Athens to Columbus, with one suspension, and will take a clerical job with Grayson Manufacturing. Chief Clerk C. E. Dunkle commends his long service and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Pickering
Railway Mail
Post Office Department
C. E. Dunkle
Pickering
Garfield
Cleveland
Athens
Columbus
Grayson Manufacturing Company
Dunkle
Downward Prices Hit Dry Goods in Columbus Market
Columbus prices drop across wholesale dry goods and building materials. Gingham wholesale prices fall about 25 percent in the past week as manufacturers face losses. Cotton goods decline sharply with percale and madras down 15 to 20 percent. Shirts made from these fabrics also show about 20 percent lower wholesale prices year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Madras
Premier Hughes Injury After Horse Incident
Premier of Australia William Hughes was injured when a horse he rode became unmanageable and threw him. Reports say the injuries are severe and he is hospitalized in Sidney New South Wales on September 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nsw
William Hughes
Australia
Heydler Declares NL Cleansed of Baseball Graft
John Heydler, NL president, testifying before a grand jury, says corruption in NL games is ended. He cites Heinie Zimmermann Hal Chase and Lee Magee banishments as decisive, noting the only possible AL scandal is the 1919 World Series. Giants deserve credit for swift action in Chase and Zimmermann cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Heydler
Heinie Zimmermann
Hal Chase
Lee Maggee
Heydler
Zimmerman
Chase
Zimmermann
New York Giants
Agriculture Finds Way To Keep Fruit Fresh Three Months
The Department of Agriculture reports fruit can be frozen for three months without loss of flavor or quality. Experiments show freezing to 10 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit preserves taste while storage uses similarly low temperatures, offering a cheaper alternative to canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
The Haskin Letter Feature Preview
Frederic J. Haskin writes a daily national and foreign affairs letter for busy readers. The feature aims to present brief facts, careful narration, and instructive content to broaden readers general knowledge and reference value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
United States
Haskin
Panama Canal
Uncle Sam
Holland Considering Joining Franco Belgi an Military Alliance
Paris reports from Brussels say Holland is weighing joining the Franco Belgian military pact. The accord promises aid to either nation if attacked, but its strategic terms are kept secret amid questions over League of Nations disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Holland
Brussels
League of Nations
Renewed Irish unrest with Cork bombing and Trim arson
London reports renewed disorders in Ireland with a bombing at a Cork business structure and the burning of forty buildings in Trim, County Meath. Civilians attribute the Trim destruction to reprisals by Black and Yan police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ireland
Cork
Trim
County
Meath
Dublin
Canal Project Faces Opposition in Toledo Meeting
A full page anti canal advertisement appeared in a morning paper opposing the canal project. The Anti-Canal Association signed it. Chairman George Hardy of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce waterways committee blamed John Patterson of Dayton for the ad. Columbus suspects said Patterson had engineers at the meeting.
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Toledo, O
Anti-Canal Association
George Hardy
Toledo Chamber of Commerce, Waterways Committee
John Patterson
Dayton Cash Register
Columbus Susvegates
Patterson
Nurse and husband sought in Denton murder tip
Los Angeles investigators pursue a nurse and her husband after a letter from a hotel stationer names them as suspects in broker J. C. Denton murder. The note, unsigned, claims the man killed Denton and mentions a nurse known to Denton’s former Denver housekeeper. Police found rope marks near the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
J. C. Denton
Denton
R. C. Peete
Denver
G. O. P. Speakers Rally Across Ohio This Week
Republican state campaign managers deploy an army of speakers to Ohio as Senator Harding plans a Marion porch greeting for women workers. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Harry L. Davis are set as principal speakers at the women's meeting, with Harding to attend a rally and flag raising in Wilson's Corners Madison county. An odd note mentions shark skin shoes on Oriental horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Senator Harding
Marion
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Harry L. Davis
Harding
Wilson's Corners
Madison County
Casualty List in Ireland Grows Heavy Fighting in Belfast
London dispatch reports a growing casualty list in Ireland after weekend fighting near Belfast. Police killed or wounded and reprisals followed as Sinn Fein and authorities clashed. police patrols and military units reinforced Belfast streets amid arson in Trim and unrest across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Belfast
London
Sinn
Army of
Irish Republic
Daily News
MacReady
Bomb Explodes in Cork Destroys Bar Prompting Shootout
A bomb exploded in Cork early today wrecking a small drink establishment. Police surrounded the area and exchanges of rifle fire followed with machine guns involved in the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Lord Mayor MacSwiney Still Conscious Amid Hunger Strike
Sinn Fein bulletin says Lord Mayor MacSwiney remained conscious last night though weaker than at any time since his hunger strike began. Relatives report he is as determined as ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
London
MacSwiney
Brixton Prison
Kelley Symmington
Sinn Fein
Symmington
Brixton
Vanderlip Denies Moscow Economic Council Talk
Not in Russia New York Sept 27 Frank A Vanderlip at his home denied a press association report that he is a Moscow preparatory to beginning with Soviet economic council. The report indicated Vanderlip would broach renewing trade relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Moscow
Soviet Economic Council
Vanderlip
Harding Train Sideswiped Near Pittsburgh Yard
Senator Warren G. Harding's train was sideswiped by a switch engine in Pittsburgh yards early today. Two Pullmans ahead of Harding's car were struck and windows shattered. No one was hurt and Harding was not disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Ohio cities over 11 800 population face no voter law this year
Columbus reports that Ohio cities with populations passing the 11 800 mark in the last decade are not subject to the state voter registration law this year, according to Secretary of State Smith. The notice clarifies the threshold and timing amid election preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Smith
Anti-Red Leaders Reach U S After Thrilling Journey
Lieut. Gen. C. V. Sakharov and Col. A. Vorobieff of Kolchak forces in Siberia arrived on the Pacific coast en route to Washington to brief U S officials and the Russian ambassador on Siberia conditions. They endured six months in captivity and traveled thousands of miles by sleigh and on horseback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Sakharov
Col
A. Vorobieff
Kolchak
Siberia
Pacific
Washington
U. S
Eds
Cox opens Nebraska tour attacking Wheeler and Bryan
Governor Cox, en route with Governor Cox context, begins a nine city barrage across Nebraska after a Cheyenne denunciation of Wayne Wheeler. He targets the anti-saloon league, calls it Republican HQ property, and stresses Volstead Act questions. He plans stops in Lincoln and Omaha and appeals to church leaders to vote for peace through international cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert WW. Walker
United Press
Gov. Cox
North Platte
Neb
Cox
Cheyenne
Wayne LB. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Lincoln
Omaha
Wheeler
Antisaloon League
Harding
Pope Benedict
League of Nations
Ames Grange Inspected at Amesville Meeting
Amesville grange met on Saturday to discuss reviving interest in grange work. The meeting moved its hours to the third Saturday afternoon each month. Deputy William J. Warrener, longtime former secretary, attended, inspected the grange, and gave a heartening talk.
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Amesville
William J. Warrener
Harding Opens Drive on Enemy Territory Today
Warren G. Harding begins a four day campaign tour entering Maryland West Virginia Kentucky and other states to attack the solid south and aid Republican senate candidates in Maryland and Kentucky while pursuing eastern leader support and a Spiegel Grove appearance in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
United Press
Senator Harding
Baltimore
Warren G. Harding
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
South
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
New York City
Connecticut
New England
United States Senate
John Walter Smith
J. C. W. Beckman
Poles Drive Way Thru To Fixed Boundary Line
Grodno, fortress city on the Niemen, captured by Polish army official announcement. Heavy fighting preceded the fall as Bolsheviks resisted. Poles claim gains along the front and forcing the Dieper Bug canal, taking Kartuske Bererza and Rosany with 700 Soviet prisoners reported.
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Warsaw
Grodno
Niemen
Tire
Dieper- Bug
Kartuske
Bererza
Rosany
Toledo Wins 37th Division Veterans Meet Host City
Toledo chosen as next convention city for the 37th Division Veterans association and citizen William McMacken elected president. Officers include Frank C. Gerlach Wooster secretary Al N. Jappe Cleveland treasurer Edward P. Lawlor Columbus and others from Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland Youngstown. A resolution asks Congress and the War Department to credit the 37th for Mont Faucon, disputed by the 79th New York.
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Cleveland
Toledo
37Th Division
Veterans Association
Montgomery
Alabama
William McMacken
Frank C. Gerlach
Wooster
al N. Jappe
Edward P. Lawlor
Columbus
Executive Council
Harold M. Bush
Wade C. Christy
Youngstown
S. B. Stansberry
Cincinnati
BE. S. Thatcher
C. 8. Farnsworth
Washington
William Burnett
John Speaks
A. W. Reynolds
Arthur McArthur
War Department
Congress
37Th
Mont Faucon
Seventy-ninth Division
New York
Weather Forecast for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Weather outlook from Washington D C September 27 weather unsettled and warm to start the week then turning fair and considerably cooler after Monday or Tuesday.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Strike Threat Materializes in Eastern Ohio Coal Field
Bridgeport Ohio September 27 Early indications show the strike threat by about 15000 coal miners in the eastern Ohio field taking effect. Miners demand pay for removing all stone not just stone over twelve inches thick under the contract. Many workers reported for duty as mines opened. operators say the strike extent will be decided later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Ohio
Operators’ Association
Real French Girl to Enter Ohio University
Mademoiselle Bellard, a French scholarship student chosen by the French government, will join the Ohio University student body this year. She arrived in New York and is expected in Athens soon to reside in Lindley Hall, as campus anticipation builds among students.
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Ohio University
Mademoiselle Maximiliean
Bellard
New York
United States
Athens
Mademoiselle Bellard
Lindley Hall
Russian peace notes attack allies in Polish conflict
Riga dispatches report Russia's peace proposals to Poland include a verbal attack on the imperialistic entente. The Soviet delegation says it would make heavy sacrifices to defeat the entente aims and prevent further suffering and expense in a winter campaign.
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London
Russia
Poland
Riga
Voters Swing In Toma and Harding Favor
Congressman I M Foster returned to Athens after four days with the senate slush fund investigation in Washington and said the findings were well covered by papers. He noted lawmakers and officials came and went while the committee heard testimony, and the general mood favored Republican Warren G Harding.
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I. M. Foster
Senate Slush Fund
Washington
Athens
Warren G. Farding
Ward 4 Women Meet Tonight
Republican meeting in Ward 4 at 7 o clock in the court room with speakers I M Foster and Major B M Johnson. Open to all residents, invitation extended.
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Ward
Ward 4
I. M. Foster
Major 8. M. Johnson
Brooklyn Has Pennant SURE
The article discusses the pennant race with Brooklyn in strong position and Giants, Indians, White Sox and Dodgers near the finish. It notes key figures like Wilbert Robinson and Squire Mccabe and references remaining games and standings as the season nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Arrell
Broskin
Wilbert _Robinso
Squire Mbbets
Wil Man
Giants
Esa Emoes
Thas Salah
Cleveland Ae
White Sox
Speaker's Indians
Murder suspect DeFlores shot during escape attempt
A 36 year old, Faa ag Him DeFlores, was shot in the thigh after being pursued through a crowd yesterday. Detective Doran fired shots in the air to intimidate him and then aimed low, wounding him as he attempted to flee arrest.
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Faa
DeFlores
Doran
Balloon race flies east over Toledo amid dawn flight
The Kansas City 11 balloon started in Birmingham at 5 P M Saturday and passed Toledo at dawn today en route to a national race. The craft traveled east along Lake Erie as Sheffield seeks a British deep water route to the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Kansas City
Noval
Alabama
Dodgers
Birmingham
Lake Erie
Sheffield
Free Map of the New Europe Offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger advertises a free map of the New Europe produced by the United States Geological Survey and printed by the Treasury Savings Division. Readers are invited to request a copy by sending two stamps and their name for postage return.
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Harding
Cox
Europe
United States Geological Survey
Beat Mapas
Savings Division
The
Treasury
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Angle Sam
U. S. Mail
Ginghams
Percales
Zimmerman, Chase and
Magee
Jon
C. V. Sakhoroy
DRY Forges
Ames Grange
By Raymond Clapper
Senate
Spiegel
Fremont
Ece
Wegner
Oho Owision
Thirty-Seventh
Toma
Cong
Foster
East
Brooklyn
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