G O P HERE LAST NIGHT MEMBERS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
Old G O P in Athens county drew two hundred neighbors to Hotel Berry for a fall crop gathering to boost Republican turnout. Speakers included Judge J M Wood and Congressman T A Jenkins as well as ex Governor Harding who denounced the primary system and urged a straight ticket amid tariff and labor clashes.
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8. K. Mardis
Ican
Judy Wood
Myers Cooper
Harding
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Republican Party
United States
Coolidge
Ohio
House
Senate
Cooper
Frank Willis
T. A. Jenkins
Ironton
League of Nations
Vic Donahey
Jenkins
Donahey
College Men Urged to Avoid Flash at Big Ten Football Games
Chicago report notes Big Ten officials shift focus from players to spectators as concerns over tippling gambling and ticket scalping rise. Universities ban student trips out of town and call for restraint to curb violations of prohibition laws during football contests.
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Big Ten
Chicago
Collegiate Club of
Hornsby Leads Cardinals Through Stadium Workout
Rogers Hornsby coached the St. Louis Cardinals in a 90 minute session at Yankee Stadium as players struggled with heavy field conditions. Pitchers were put through batting practice while outfielders, including Bill Southworth, battled fly balls. Hornsby stayed with the club despite his mother’s death yesterday and said he would have faced criticism either way. The New York Yankees joined the field after the Cardinals finished.
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United Press
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
Yankee Stadium
Bill
Southworth
Hornsby
Austin
New York Yankees
Cardinals
Farmers Hope in River Navigation
Omarba Nebraska September 30 Hoover told a chamber of commerce audience that improved inland waterways can save farmers 8 to 12 cents a bushel on grain. He said navigable Missouri and Mississippi rivers hold the salvation of the agricultural industry as wartime conditions end.
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Omarba
Nebr
U. P
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Mississippi River
Hoover
Player Elmer Yoter Fractures Jaw in Auto Crash
Columbus report says Elmer E. Yoter third baseman for the Indianapolis American Association team suffered a fractured jaw possible internal injuries and severe facial cuts in a car crash near Columbus last night.
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Columbus
A.R— Elmer E. Yoter
Indianapolis American Association
Here
Hovey Investigates Athens Woodmen Lodge Today
FE. P. Hovey, head clerk's special auditor of the Modern Woodmen of America in Toledo, visited Athens in the lodge's interest today to inspect records and ensure compliance.
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FE. P. Hovey
Modern Woodmen of America
Toledo
Athens
Ohio Governor Criticized Over Scenic Highway Stand
The governor, who vetoed the Scenic Highway No. 7 bill from Cincinnati to Gallipolis, later took credit at the dedication. Professor H. K. Mardis praised Republicans in Newark for urging Ohio citizens to buy Ohio coal and aid the state coal industry.
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Cincinnati
Gallipolis
8. K. Mardis
Newark
Ohio
Campus Rebels opens in Messenger serial on October 6
The Messenger announces a new serial Campus Rebels about real people a professor a teacher a co ed and a senior in a strange love affair unfolding amid campus agitation. It starts next Wednesday October 6 highlighting off campus activity and university life.
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Middle West
New Messenger
the Messenger
Democrats Reply To Myers Cooper Campaign Response
Democrats in Columbus issued formal replies to Myers Y. Cooper’s campaign speech in Newark. Governor Vic Donahey attacked Cooper for avoiding the core issue of whether he would dismiss the public utilities commission. G F Schlesinger argued Cooper’s highway plan mirrors inevitable future steps in state road maintenance.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Newark
Vic Donahey
Public Utilities Commission
G. F. Schlesinger
Cooper
Donahey
Schlesinger
Collett Loses In Third Round Of 1926 Championship
Miss Glenna Collett of Providence is eliminated in the third round of match play for the 1926 women's national championship by Miss Virginia Wilson of Chicago at Merion Cricket Club.
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Merion Cricket Club
Southardmore
Glenna Collett
Providence
R. I
Virginia Wilson
Chicago
Boss Trewar Tha Praised for Saving Forty Three Miners
In Ironwood Michigan forty three miners trapped for nearly six days were rescued from the G Pabst iron mine at 700 feet depth. Mine boss Tome Trewartha kept workers focused while they improvised light water and tea, tracked time by watch dials, and aided a four hour relay effort from the Aurora mine to reach the surface.
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Ironwood
Mich
U.P
G. Pabst
Tome Trewartha
Trewartha
Iron Country
Aurora
Pabst
Dempsey Confined to Hotel After Postfight Rash
Jack Dempsey was examined by a skin specialist as a spreading rash from last week’s fight with Gene Tunney kept him in his Belmont hotel room. The pain was described as severe and he was told to rest for several days.
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New York
U. P
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Belmont Hotel
Boy Scout Court of Honor Set for Sunday at Athens High
A court of honor for the Boy Scouts of Athens county will be held at the Athens high school auditorium at 2 30 Sunday afternoon. Scout Executive Sanford Marietta will preside and badges will be presented to first and second class scouts. Merit badges will be awarded to first class scouts with troops from all parts of Athens county planning to attend.
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Boy Scouts of
Athens County
Athens High School
Sanford
Marietta
World Court Issue Seen Dead for United States
Washington dispatch reports the World Court is effectively dead for the United States. President Coolidge will not move to revive it, and foreign reservations do not equal acceptance. Senate allies say the effort ends, while advocates argue no further changes can compel adherence.
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the Messenger
Washington
World Court
United States
Coolidge
Senate
Europe
America
Bank failure prompts special counsel request in Ohio
State Superintendent H. E. Scott asked Attorney General Crabbe to assign a special counsel to aid County Prosecutor Roy Merriman of Steubenville in prosecuting indictments tied to the Yorkville bank failure.
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Columbus
H. E. Scott
Crabbe
Roy Merriman
Steubenville
Yorkville
Health Workers In Mining Districts Report Destitution
Dr J M Higgins warns Athens county mining districts face severe poverty with families lacking food clothing and even beds. Nurses report maternity cases with no prep for baby care and outbreaks of diphtheria scarlet fever and typhoid. six new typhoid cases near Stewart and thirteen in Trimble township. Red Cross aid slowed since Irma Stanfield left. local agencies struggle to provide immediate relief.
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Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Red Cross
Donahey Pomerene to Speak in Cleveland and Lakewood
Governor Vic Donahey and former Senator Atlee Pomerene will make their first campaign speeches on October 9 addressing meetings in Cleveland and Lakewood.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Atlee Pomerene
Cleveland
Lakewood
Burglars Loot Bindley Grocery Warehouse in Marion
Burglars working within a courthouse square struck the Bindley Wholesale Grocery yard in Marion and took 350000 cigarettes valued at 2100 dollars before fleeing in the company's truck.
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Marion
Bindley Wholesale Grocery Company
New York Prepares for Record 100000 Moving Day
An estimated 100000 families will relocate in New York over the next 48 hours as October 1 brings the annual fall moving day. Public service firms report a rush to change telephone lines and to turn water and gas on and off. Emergency crews will handle orders, moving vans command high demand at 12 dollars an hour, and real estate firms note strong demand for lower priced apartments.
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New York
Prohibition Costs U S Over 114 Million and 335 Lives
United Press reports enforcement of the prohibition law has cost the United States more than 114.7 million dollars and 335 lives in the fight between federal forces and bootleggers. Treasury figures show 62.9 million spent by the prohibition unit and 52.2 million by the coast guard, with 50 agents killed in line of duty. Revenue from fines and seizures funded parts of the treasury, while officials argue dry years improved living conditions.
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U. S
Joseph 8
Wasney
United Press
Washington
United States
Treasury
Coast Guard
Department of Justice
America
Murderer Refused Care of Hospital Steubenville Case Trial
A mentally deficient confessed murderer, James J. Mercer 21, was released as state facilities refused to accept him. Mercer killed Harvey Geist of Zanesville last October and was ruled sane in probate court, with Columbus hospital declining him for criminal tendencies. Lima institution also declined admission, leaving him free.
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Steubenville
United Press
Aberty
James J. Mercer
Harvey Geist
Zanesville
Mercer
Columbus
Columbus Hospital
Lima
Common Pleas Court
Chauncey Miners Return to Work After Strikes
In Chauncey Ohio on September 30 hundreds of miners resume work across the Sunday Creek district. Thirteen mines are marked for operation today including numbers 255 267 38 9 10 119 72 24 Ohio 1 Ohio 2 65 19 and 69.
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Chauncey
Sunday Creek
Ohio
Weather Report: Light Rain and High Humidity Persist
A drizzle totaling nearly one fifth of an inch fell overnight and into morning. Barometric pressure stayed steady with no sign of improving weather. Humidity remained very high at ninety per cent. Temperatures over the last day tracked from 72 down to 66 in the afternoon and from 66 to 70 in the morning across two-hour intervals.
Father of teen driver ordered to pay damages
A Ohio jury in Common Pleas Court awarded Delia Warner nine thousand three hundred dollars for the death of Howard Warner of Middleport. Adam Niggemeyer, father of the 19 year old driver John Niggemeyer, was ordered to pay the award, while his son faced earlier manslaughter charges. The accident occurred on the Albany Pike near Athens on September 6, 1996, after the Middleport party was returning from Athens.
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Howard Warner
Middleports
John Niggemeyer
Warner
Delia Warner
Adam Niggemeyer
Warner Eat
Praithser
Middleport
Wooley
Rowland
Niggemeyer
Adam VII
John Niggesmeyer
Common Pleas Court
T. W. Gold
Albany Pike
Athens
Tom
John Praither
O. D. Farmer
Raither
Praither
Sheltering Arms
Young Niggemeyer
Who's ris in the Movies handbook offered by Messenger
Questions about Jackie Coogan and movie stars are answered in the illustrated booklet Who's ris In the Movies now distributed by the Messenger. It covers ages and screen stars and includes a history of motion pictures and how films are made and distributed.
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Jackie Coogan
Agent Pictures
the Messenger
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