Ohio Operators Pause Fight over Jacksonville Pact
Bridgeport Ohio dispatch reports that about 3000 more miners returned to work as Ohio operators suspend their fight over the Jacksonville agreement until a new pact is negotiated next March. Orders were posted to resume mines of major companies after incorporation of the Ohio Coal Operators association and a scale committee was named but no new wage schedule was offered to miners.
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Bridgeport
U.P
Ohio
Jacksonville
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Columbus
Mash raid destroys two barrels in Allison woods
Deputy Sheriff J. M. Cady and Constable Clark Hunter raided Allison woods near New Marshfield Saturday night and found two barrels of mash and small equipment abandoned. The officers stated the mash had been there for some time.
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Allison Woods
New Marshfield
J. M. Cady
Clark Hunter
Waterloo Township
Witness Testifies Daugherty Bonds In Fallout of Metal Co. Loss
Vera Veail, assistant cashier at Mal Daugherty bank in Washington Court House Ohio, testifies she sold $40,000 in Liberty bonds linked to a $7,000,000 asset return deal. The government argues funds may have flowed into Harry M Daugherty's account as part of a $441,000 payment from Richard Merton to John T King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mal Daughery
Washington Court House
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Richard Merton
John T. King
American Metal Company
Vera Veail
Merton
King
Harry Daugherty
Who's Who In The Movies Booklet Offered
The Messenger announces a 40 page illustrated handbook titled Who's Who In The Movies featuring hundreds of actors and actresses with facts, plus a history of how movies are made and distributed. The compact handy volume costs only a few pennies and includes a coupon for ordering.
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Messenger
Who's Who In The Movies Copy Request
Frederic J. Haskin of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Kingston D C encloses six cents for a copy of Who's Who In The Movies. Name Street State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Meormation Bureau
Kington, D. C
Four in Family Killed by Train Near Vermilion
Lorain September 27 Four members of a Sandusky family were killed when a New York Central flyer struck their automobile near Vermilion. The victims were Marcus Molnar 30 his parents and his five year old daughter. The engine derailed as the car was drawn under the drive wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
U.R
New York Central Flyer
Vermillion
Marcus Molnar
Sandusky
Miami Urges Men to Work or Jail After Hurricane
Sheriffs placards demand able bodied men aid in cleaning Miami after the West Indian hurricane. The order targets restoration efforts and follows forcing black labor from wreckage clearance. More than 5,000 people gathered at Royal Palm Park to give thanks that losses were not greater.
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Miami
Fla
Henry R. Chase
Dade County
Leslie Quigg
Florida
Royal Palm Park
Betwen
Rescue workers cling to hope for 43 entombed miners
Rescue teams continue to hope for saving 43 miners trapped at the Modoc area mine as Mine 281 is due to reopen the first of the month, potentially employing over 200 workers and easing valley conditions. If neighboring mines 267 at Hunterdon and 255 at Drydock remain closed, regional production will remain tight. Sugar Creek workers may be assigned to Mine 281 when operations restart, possibly Friday.
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Glouster
Modoc
Hunterdon
Ohio Collieries Company
Congo
Sugar Creek Territory
New Methodist Minister of Athens Delivers Introductory Sermon
Rev. C. M. Coulter, new pastor of Athens First Methodist Church, outlined a program to advance the kingdom of Jesus Christ. He urged living the ideal Christian life through self sacrifice, humility, and an awareness of God guiding daily duties in home, school, business, and church work. He noted Jesus' basis for life and warned against false democracy while detailing his decade in ministry and his wife Mary Lovell Coulter.
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New Methodist
Athens
First Church
Kingdom of Jesus Christ
C. M. Coulter
First Methodist Church
Jesus
God
Coulters
Coulter
Brotherhood of Man
Ohio Wesleyan University
Boston University Theological Seminary
Wesleyan Foundation
King Avenue M. E
Columbus
Morgan Memorial Church
Athens High School
Mary Lovell
Ohio University
Alpha Xi Delta
Forty Three Miners Trapped in Michigan Mine
Rescue workers pressed tunneling toward the entombed men at the G. P. Pabst front mine near Ironwood Michigan after a Friday cave in. Officials said no gas and good air provided, but thirst hunger and exposure threaten the men if alive.
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Ironwood
Mich
United Press
G. P. Pabst Fron
H. G. Barret
Australian Captured by Mutinous Bandits in Henan
Freeman Davies an Australian is reported captured by mutinous soldier bandits in Henan province China. The cablegram arrives at China Inland Mission headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
R—c. Freeman Davies
Henan
China Inland Mission
College row erupts over cross country drinking charge
Wilfred D. Cross, former University of Illinois student and son of a Potomac minister, faces church paper censure as colleges report rising in house pets, dancing, and drinking concerns among coeds and students nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred D. Cross
New Cross
University of Illinois
Last Known Canal Boatman of Old Waterways Dies
Jerome Stauffer known as Jim, 78, the last canal boatman on routes between Athens and northern Ohio, died Sunday at Sheltering Arms hospital. He lived alone on West Union Street and served in Civil War era efforts, cooking and aiding troops though not enlisted. Funeral Tuesday at Dowler parlors with burial in West State Street cemetery.
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Athens County
Ohio
Jerome Stauffer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Stauffer
Jim
West
Union Street
Hocking Canal
Athens
Cleveland
Hocking
Ohio University
State i Guards
Eighty-Fifth Regiment
Mr. Stauffer
Bert Stauffer
Anita
Iowa
Margaret Wycoff
Arrowsmith
Dowler Undertaking
West State Street
Albany Meth Church set play for Oct 5 benefit
Sixteen youths from Albany Methodist church will present a play at the opera house on Tuesday evening October 5 for a church benefit, correcting an earlier notice in the Messenger which had scheduled it for this week.
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Albany
Albany Methodist Church
Opera House
Pythians Gather in Cincinnati for Grand Lodge Convention
Ten thousand Knights of Pythian Sisters and families arrived in Cincinnati Ohio for the fifty seventh annual convention of the grand lodge to be held this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Knights of Pythian Sisters
Grand Lodge
Four Injured in Running Gun Fight
In a running gun fight with bandits more than 30 shots were fired. Two policemen were injured, one probably fatally, and two other men were hurt over the weekend. Police arrested ten suspects including two young women.
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Washington
U. P
McPherson Slated for Preliminary Hearing in Conspiracy Case
District Attorney Asa Keyes planned to show evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson conspired to defeat justice. McPherson faced a preliminary hearing on warrants charging her and four associates with hiring women to pose as Miss X during her disappearance. Court access restricted to reporters, guards, and witnesses as the two-week hearing looms.
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Los Angeles
U. P
Asa Keyes
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Miss X
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Carmel-by-the-Sea
McPherson
Candidates Reject War Debt Proposal
In Cleveland on September 27 the race between U S Senator Frank B Willis and former Senator Atlee Pomerine sees Baker’s plan to cancel war debts dropped as an issue. Pomerine rejects Baker and backs Pat Harrison of Mississippi for immediate settlement while Willis opposes cancellation.
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Cleveland
U.R
Newton D. Baker
Frank B. Willis
Atlee Pomerine
Pomerine
Baker
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Willis
Snow Sweeps Ohio Counties Damaging Crops
A cold wave grips Ohio with snow and heavy frosts across several counties. Crops suffer as temperatures plunge from 72 to 36 in twelve hours, threatening produce in Perry and Ohio counties while farmers stock freezable products.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Crooksville
Perry County
New Lexington
Battle on Jolo Leaves Ten Moros, Three Constabulary Dead
A telegram from constabulary headquarters reports ten Moros and three Philippine constabulary members killed in a battle on the island of Jolo.
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Manila
P. I
U.R
Philippine Constabulary
Jolo
Constabulary
Campus Rebels by Virginia Swain in Athens Messenger
NEA Service serial Campus Rebels portrays four central figures Judith Martin Myra Aldrich Eric Waters and Dr Peter Dorn as they seek happiness and opportunities in a modern university. Illustrations shot at Paramount Famous Players Lasky studios star young performers under expert direction.
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America
Campus Rebels
Virginia Swain
NEA
Jin
Athens Messenger
Miss Swain
Ture
Famous Players-Lasky Studios
Long Island City
N. Y
Paramount
Judith Martin
Myra Aldrich
Eric Waters
Peter Dorn
American University
Rowboat Sucked Under Steam Ferry Swift Current Tragedy
Four mothers and a seven month old baby drown as a rowboat sinks after a ferry collision or suction during a Pittsburgh excursion. Nineteen children are left motherless in the aftermath.
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Pittsburgh
Four Mothers and a Baby Die in Ohio River Ferry Tragedy
A rowboat carrying nine passengers from Mason City to Pomeroy sinks after being caught by the swift river current. Four mothers and a seven month old baby die, with nineteen children left motherless. Several passengers and bystanders survive or escape. Recovery efforts continued as dawn broke with no bodies found by noon.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Mason City
Pittsburgh
Will Sponagle
Messenger Reporter Covers River Tragedy Amid Personal Loss
Martha Foulk Thompson, a Messenger correspondent, pressed on with her duties after witnessing a mother drown in the Ohio river. She reported the grim events to the Messenger while aiding her sister, noting that nineteen children are now motherless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Foulk Thompson
Messenger
The
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio River
Tragic Ferry CasE Shelters Five Aboard
A sudden current swept four mothers and a child under a ferry as panic spread on shore. Mrs Thompson and Frank Roush aided survivors Earnest Lallance and Walter Neutzling, while Elizabeth Meier swam to safety after being separated from her group.
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Ernest LaLlante
Elizabeth Meier
Walter Neutzling
Ewing Grocery
Pomeroy
Frank Roush
Syracuse
Mrs. Thompson
Earnest Lallance
Mrs
Copperhead Snake Strikes a Woman in Local Farm
Mrs C M Kennard of Nelsonville R D No 2 was bitten on the left ankle by a copperhead hidden under a board while in the chicken house. The leg swelled to the knee, but the physician said she would recover. The incident follows another bite in Union Finance territory earlier this year. The snake was an eighteen inch specimen.
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Union Finace
Washington Weather Snap Ends Soon
The season's first cold snap is expected to end tomorrow across the eastern United States according to today’s weather forecasts. Forecasters say milder air will push in after the cold period, easing conditions for residents and travelers in the region.
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Washington
United Sta
Seventeen Men Play Pinochle in Sing Sing Death House
In Ossining N Y on September 27 sixteen men awaiting execution at Sing Sing have taken up pinochle to pass the time in the death house.
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Ossining
Execu
Sing Simgy
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Alfred P. Beck
Sunday Creek
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Aimee
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Wills
Ernest Lynn
NEA Service
Moving Picture People
Long Island
Eternal Triangle
L. K. KR. Foulk
John Meier
Robert Hannell
Sponagle
Marthe Foulk-Thompson
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