Supposed Qea Nan 13 Hidden by Killer Gang
Atlanta April 8 1924 Dr A C Busey claims Thomas I Richards alive and captive of Ku Klux Klansmen in Mer Rouge La, denying Louisiana's claim he and Watt Daniel were tortured and killed. Busey says Richards is held by friends of the man who killed Daniel and will be returned to his mother in West Monroe La.
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Atlanta
Thomas I. Richards
Busey
Louisiana
Richards
Watt Deaniel
Daniel
Tvio
Take la Fourche
Riff Raff
West Monroe
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Dollings Concessions Increase Cement Firm Value
Columbus April report states that concessions from Phoenix Portland Cement Co of Pennsylvania will raise stock value of Phoenix Portland Cement Co of Ohio, a Dollings subsidiary. Receiver Freeman T. Eagleson filed notice with the common pleas court. The Birmingham Alabama plant lease is affected with higher royalties and a fixed minimum payment.
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Columbus
Phoenix Portland Cement Company
Pennsylvania
Phoenix Portland Cement Company of Ohio
R. L. Dollings Company
Freeman T. Eagleson
Ohio Cement Concern
Eagleson
Common Pleas Court
Birmingham
Ala
Athens County Schools Retain Full Eight Month Term
County Superintendent H. R. McVay says poverty in Athens county yields an advantage as state aid keeps all schools open for eight months. No Athens school will close early, and some contracts extend to nine months. Eight-month term ends April 15.
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Athens County
H. R. McVay
Ohio
Widow of Harding Urged as Ohio Governor Candidate
R A Mack of Gallipolis, a former Ohio anti saloon league official, said Mrs Warren G Harding widow of the late president is the logical Republican nominee for Ohio governor. He claimed she would carry Ohio decisively and unite factions, and that Republicans should seek her consent to run, aiming for national backing in 1928.
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Columbus
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Ohio
R. A. Mack
Gallipolis
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Mack
Air mail pilot barely survives crash near Bellefonte
Clyde Johnson, a New York to Cleveland air mail pilot, had a close call after forced landing in a snow storm near Franklin Pa. He skimmed a stone wall while landing, narrowly escaping death as the craft descended toward Bellefonte.
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Kfranklin
Clyde Johnson
New York
Cleveland Air Mail
Bellefontante
Johnson
Daugherty’s Ohio Home Burglarized Of Personal Files
Former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty learned his Columbus Ohio home was burglarized with his 29 year personal file collection moved from his law office to the residence after he became AG in 1921. The theft reportedly occurred last Friday night. the extent of missing materials is undetermined.
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Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
Ohio
Daugherty
Modern Ohio River Palace Passes Down on Way to New Orleans
The Bonanza whistle signals the arrival of the new Cincinnati steamboat on the Ohio River near Pomeroy Ohio as crowds watch the vessel pass Kerrs Runs. Residents hail the arrival praising the steamer as a modern river palace bound for New Orleans with flags flying and a majestic sweep along the riverbank.
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Ohio River Palace
New Orleans
Pomeroy,o
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kerrs Runs
Athens City Gives Land for Campus Auditorium Project
Athens city council relinquished rights to a ground parcel in front of Ohio University to the state as a gift toward a $306,000 memorial auditorium. Alumni leaders framed the plan, with about $175,000 already subscribed and a further $150,000 sought from the state to complete the project.
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Ohio University
Ohio Forever
Athens
Ohio University Alumni Association
Athens City Council
University Terrace
Court Street
State of
Ohio
I. W. Bush
T. R. Biddle
Sayre
Worstell
Memorial Auditorium
Ewing Hall
Ohio Univerty
Monument Association
County Offers Reward for Bridge Vandalism in Athens County
Athens county commissioners offered a $10 reward for arrest and conviction of anyone stealing boards or damaging county property. They agreed to share half the cost of rebuilding the Low Creek concrete bridge in Lee township and to provide four cars of slag for Alexander township roads.
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Athens County
Board of Commisioners
Low Creek
Lee Township
Fischer Station
Alexander Township
Coolidge Leads In Michigan Primary by Large Margin
Detroit April 8 with over two thirds of 2900 precincts counted President Coolidge leads Hiram Johnson by more than two to one in the Republican primary while Henry Ford tops Woodbridge Ferris in the Democratic race. Coolidge carries every county in the lower peninsula except Gogebic and Dickinson. tally Coolidge 131,926 Johnson 59,689 Ford 24,873 Ferris 22,949.
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Detroit
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
California
Henry Ford
Woodbridge Ferris
Lower Peninsula
Bay
Straits
Gogebic
Dickinson
Johnson
Ford
Ferris
Two Men Die When Car Jumps the Track
Verona Pa April 8 Two men died and more than a score of passengers were injured when a Verona street car sped down a hill jumped the tracks and wrecked in a garage injuring several cars. The dead are Charles W Berse l 39 motorman and William Sher wood 60.
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Verona
Charles W. Berse
William Sherwood
Religious Faith and Miracles Questioned in 1924 Column
Star Company columnist Robert D. Towne argues religion suffers from lack of good news and points to split clergy and simple minds. He imagines a dramatic miracle to revive faith, noting humans resist even clear proof. Continued on Page Four.
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Star Company
Robert D. Towne
Peter
Andrew
Hell
Heaven
Drunken quarrel ends with man rolled into fire in Ohio
In Columbus a 28 year old man John Sullivan was rolled into a fire by companions during a religious dispute after they had been drinking. He was rescued by a passerby and taken to St Francis hospital where his condition was described as critical.
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Columbus
John Sullivan
Sullivan
St. Francis Hospital
Young bank robber arrives at prison in Columbus
Red McGahan known as George as a boy arrived at the state prison from Dayton with five Montgomery county deputy sheriffs. He faces one to 13 years with a parole ban likely. The 1920 bank robbery at West Carrollton led to the Dayton sentence and prior eight years already served.
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Columbus
Red” McGahan
Dayton
West Carrolton Bank
Red
George
Montgomery County
Thomas
Overcoat Convenience Inspires Cafe Dining Benefit
A light remark notes the practical advantage of an old overcoat when dining out. The joke suggests the coat’s pocketed warmth permits eating without keeping a weathered garment in view.
Poison Gunfire Drives Bandits From Illinois Bank Vault
Poison released by a secret device in the vault of the Orange State Bank when bandits blew the vault door with nitroglycerine at 10 45 am today, routing the gang and saving thousands of dollars in bank money.
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New Douglar
Orange State Bank
Dawes and McKenna Plan Revisions Trim German Reparations
Paris April 8 reports from Allied reparations experts show changes to figures as Dawes and McKenna committees finalize outlines to balance Germany’s budget and resume payments. Proposals include a 26 billion gold mark railway takeover and a five billion gold mark first mortgage on industry with a permanent six-expert board to regulate transfers.
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Frank E. Mason
I. N. S. Sta
Paris
S Secoade
Charles Gates Dawes
Chicago
Reginald McKenna
London
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Hotel Astoria
Dawes Committee
Germany
Reparations Commission
Dawes and McKenna Committee
Matin
Dawes
Midwestern states voting battleground in 1924 party struggle
In Chicago and across Illinois Nebraska and other Midwest states hold primaries with rivals Coolidge triumphs and Johnson hopes shaping the Republican line. McAdoo factions in Illinois seek an uninstructed delegation while a strong progressive current grows in Nebraska amid Washington investigations.
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Johnson
Guinoa
New York
Washington
Nebraska
Henry Ford
Promise of fair dealing for Klansmen in Pennsylvania
District Attorney D P Weimer pledged fair and impartial treatment for 26 Ku Klux Klansmen jailed in Johnstown Pa on charges including concealed weapons murder and rioting in connection with the killings of two men and injuries to others. The defendants were to be moved to Shenandoah for habeas corpus hearings.
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Johnstown
D. P. Weimer
Shensburg
Stock accuses powder firm and rail line of wartime fraud
George W. Stock, a government accountant, testified before the Wheeler Brookhart committee alleging defrauding of the government during the war by the Dupont Powder Co and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He surveyed the Old Hickory Powder plant in Tennessee, a subsidiary operated for the government.
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Washington
Dupont Powder Co
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Wheeler- Brookhart Committee
George W. Stock
Old Hickory
Tennessee
Widows in America Face Widespread Hardship
A historical report notes that 35 percent of American widows live in actual want and a large share lack essential life comforts, signaling deep social and economic distress among widows nationwide.
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America
Columbus Man Did Not Spring Things
Washington April 3 Robert K Wolfe of Columbus publisher of the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio State Journal and shoe maker testified before the old investigating committee but questions failed to show any knowledge of a deal to nominate Harding at Chicago four years ago. Wolfe said he supported General Leonard Wood in the campaign but did not take part in the convention proceedings while in Chicago and told nine Wood delegates from Ohio to stand loyally by Wood though he doubted nomination.
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Washington
Robert K. Wolfe
Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State Journal
Senator Walsh
Harding
Chicago
Wolfe
Leonard Wood
Wood
Ohio
Death Comes To Daughter Of Meigs Man In Casket Plot
Arthur Smith of Fiat Woods shipped a casket from Pomeroy to Steubenville claiming his deceased daughter died. His daughter Anna Smith, 21, died of pneumonia at Salvation Army HQ in Parkersburg while his wife and five children suffered in poverty. Warrants issued for Smith, who remains at large as authorities pursue him.
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Meigs
Pomeroy, O
Providence
Arthur Smith
Fiat Woods
Pomeroy
Steubenville
Smith
Anna Smith
Eumonia
Salvation Army
Parkersae Rikersburg
Parkersburg
Law
Finsterwald Co
Ruoll Finsterwald
British Rum Running Outfit Under Court Scrutiny
London reports reveal a British corporation Spike Trading Company Limited formed to smuggle whiskey into the United States. Court action against James Campbell seeks dismissal on grounds of illegal contract while investigations show broad British backing and ties to rum running ventures including Tudor Investment and allied parties.
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London
British Isles
Eve
Chancery
James Campbell
Spike Trading Companyy. Limited
United States
Campbell
Ac Company
Abo
Rpvie Aing Company
Angua Campbell Lean
Tudor Investment
Sir Brit
Invest Jors
Ventu
Divorce Ruling Cited as Mary Alle Signs End to Franklin Allen
In Elyria Ohio Mary Alle, aged 58, and Franklin Allen, of Oberlin, reach a change in divorce terms with Alle asserting a promise he would not claim belongings. The agreement moved despite prior mutual assurances.
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Elyria
Mary Alle
Franklin Allen
Oberlin
Freight trains in the Ted States in 1923 traveled GbGTSs miles
Freight trains in the Ted States during 1923 moved GbGTSs miles in total. The data reflects freight operations with limited readable details from the OCR segment.
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Ted States
Learn the Rice Recipes of the Pamou Southern
In a tarnished note from a Bureau, readers are urged to learn Southern rice dishes such as tender flaky rice with rich gravy. The fragment hints at buttered rice served with meat and mentions a set of included recipes in a tin archive, with stamped return envelopes for delivery.
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Benjamin Sk. Cook
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Charon Dickens
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Ary Clay
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Robert EB. Lee
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Michigan
Arthur Brisbane
Perdition
Dr. Jones
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