Madge Oberholtzer case linked to Stephenson attack
In Indianapolis a mother describes her daughter Madge Oberholtzer's disappearance after a call from D S Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan leader now indicted for an alleged attack Madison Hammond entrance says the girl lies dying from slow poison with physicians saying she cannot live as of April 8. The mother recounts the night of disappearance and the strange return of Madge unconscious after a reported accident at Muncie.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Madge Oberholtzer
Hammond
Mathilda Jane Oberholtzer
D.S. Stephenson
Indiana
Madge
Stephenson's
Asa Smith
Chicago
Muncie
War on Scale About to Operate in Two States
Pittsburgh bulletin reports a wage scale dispute between the United Mine Workers of America and coal operators in Ohio Western Pennsylvania fields. Operators announce intent to break the Jacksonville agreement to compete with non union low wage fields amid millions in losses and operator pressure.
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Aittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tarbell Targets Standard Oil But Indiana Ranch Surges
Ida Tarbell continues scrutiny of Standard Oil with new attacks while a single Standard Oil unit in Indiana rises in value beyond five hundred billion in its latest corporate combination, signaling stronger holdings amid ongoing reform talk.
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Ida Tarbell
Standard Oil
Indiana
Health Office in Athens County appoints new nurse
County Health Officer J. M. Higgins announces a complete redistribution of territories among public health nurses effective Saturday morning. Miss Hannah Morgan of Shawnee is added to the staff and will lead district No. 4.
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Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Hannah Morgan
Shawnee
Miss Morgan
No. 4
Bulkley Training School
New York
N. Y
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Forest fires in east devastate towns in several states
Boston reports massive blazes across Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Hampshire left homeless families and destroyed property worth millions. Fire crews say fires burned out or are under control as dawn arrives.
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Boston
Sun
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Elyria Opens WGBL Broad Casting Station Tomorrow
Elyria prepares to formally open WGBL with an all local program and a series of congratulatory addresses marking the launch of the new broadcasting station.
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Elyria
WGBL
Spring Plunges Athens Hospital Grounds Into Busy Spring Work
Athens State hospitalgrounds rise to springtime bustle as crews clear grounds repair flower beds and plant farm crops. Superintendent Berry notes a leaking lower lake may require cementing. moss and vitriol slated for control as gardens, greenhouses and a 120 acre corn and 40 acre oats program bolster patient labor and hospital food supply.
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Athens State Hospital
Berry
Athens
John &. Leach
Bert Riley
Goolville Road Work Starts Up After Winter Break
With open weather, four mile brick pavement project on the Athens Mari ett a route from Goolville to the Washington county line resumes. State project with county paying half, sand stone base nearly finished, detours in place as brick work proceeds toward completion. R. R. Heckman oversees. contractor is Harness Renick of Columbus through H C Sherman. Maintenance on the Coolville Athens macadam road has improved to excellent east to Guysville.
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Coolville
Athens - Marietta Road
Dan Davis
State Highway Department
Washington County
Davis
H. C., Sherman, Columbus
Harness Renick
R. R. Heckman
Athens
Guysville
Three Killed in Auto Wreck Near Elizabethtown Pike
Johnson City Tenn April 8 three men were killed four injured and three of the four are under arrest on murder charges after an automobile wreck on the Elizabethtown pike near here today.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Elizabethtown Pike
Here
Fire Leaves 200 Homeless in Chatham Village
Marquette Michigan April 8 a relief expedition was sent to the village of Chatham thirty five miles southeast of Marquette with food and clothing for the 200 residents left homeless by a sweeping fire only four of more than thirty buildings remained standing two boys playing with matches are believed to have started the blaze no one was hurt the village had no fire fighting equipment residents spent the night in the railway depot and its sheds
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Marquette
Mich
Chatham
Population of United States Stationary, Says Dublin
Cleveland April 8 Dr Louis J Dublin head of the American Statistical Association reports the U S population is practically stationary without immigration and birth control has lost its main defense The analysis gives ratios of marriages and births to reproduce 3000 women 1250 daughters and 1359 sons per 1000 men The result requires about 2 6 to 3 1 children per couple and an average family of 5 1 to balance population Health Commissioner Harry L Rockwood of Cleveland remarks on the figures
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Cleveland
United States
Louis J. Dublin
American Statistical Association
Harry L. Rockwood
Jews and Arabs Welcome Lord Balfour in Galilee
In Galilee Jews and Arabs joined in greeting Lord Balfour as Arabs attacked Jews in Nablous Syria injuring several. Arab leaders called a strike after his Jerusalem arrival. Jewish farmers in Roshpinas held a feast killing a sheep in honor of the guest. A mounted Arab escort joined Jewish horsemen to meet the party at the colony, and synagogue services were held.
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Jerusalem
Galilee
Lord Balfour
Great Britain
Palestine
Nablous
Syria
Roshpinas
Evening radio programs across regions offer diverse lineups
East west and middle west sets feature WEAF with U. S. Army Band. WGR WOO WTAM also broadcast. WCAP WIAR WQS and KOA present varied shows from 7:30 to 11 p.m. local times across stations and frequencies.
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East
West
Middle West
WEAF
E. T
U. S. Army Band
WGR
WOO
WTAM
FE. T. Wcap
E. T. Wiar
C.T
KOA
M. T of the West
KIWANIANS HEAR DTOLUSOTON OF THE BOND ISSUE
The Athens Kiwanis club discussed C. H. Horn's report on a 165000 bond for a city building and 1200 seat auditorium. The plan includes 150000 for construction and 15000 for the Lawrence property, with James Theatre paying 10000 yearly rent for 20 years and a 20000 deposit if the agreement fails. The voters will decide at the April 28 election.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
C. H. Horn
Athens
Lawrence
Horn
James Theatre Company
James
James Company
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Tragedy in Astoria Man kills wife then shoots self
In Astoria New York Joseph Reichel 28 killed his wife May 30 in a neatly furnished flat first then turned the gun on himself pressing the muzzle to his temple. The grim scene unfolded as police investigated the double death in the residence.
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New York
Astoria
N. Y
Joseph Reichel
Series Prolonged In Pittsburgh Hockey Championship
The third game of the U S Amateur Hockey Association series between the Yellow Jackets of the west and the Fort Pitt Hornets of the east ends tied 2 to 2 after two overtimes. The teams remain level as they resume play today for the championship.
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Pittsburgh
Yellow Jackets
Fort Pitt Hornets
U.S. Amateur Hockey Association
Eac. A
Murder of Beatrice Donnelly by British veteran near Greenwich
Beatrice Donnelly, 24, of New York, was shot and killed by her sweetheart James O'Mahoney in a wood near Greenwich, Connecticut. O'Mahoney, a World War I veteran, used a German automatic pistol wrested from a German officer. He surrendered after the murder. Donnelly had been living in Steubenville, Ohio.
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Beatrice Donnelly
New York
James O'Mahoney
Greenwich
Conn
O'Mahoney
Steudvensville
Ohio
Two Fisted Soldier Takes Prohibition Enforceme nt Charge
Washington reports General Lincoln C. Andrews assistant secretary of the treasury is named to supervise national booze prohibition enforcement. He is described as a hard driven official with a record of strenuous effort akin to General Smedley Butler of the Marine corps who has been active in enforcement efforts.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Andrews
Boone
West Pointer
American C. H. Q
France
New York Transit Commission
New York and Queens County Railroad
Coolidge
General Andrews
Coast Guard
Customs Service
Prohibition Unit
United States
Custom Service
Eleven year old Berlin immigrant sent to return to Germany
Dayton Ohio April 8 1925 immigration officials cannot admit Hadwick Gersmacker eleven who arrived from Berlin to join her mother Her entry is temporary for ten weeks while authorities seek a way to overcome quota limits and allow her to stay The case involves government officials and possible exceptions to the German quota rules
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Dayton
Sam
United States
Hadwick Gersmacker
Berlin
Little Hadwick
New York
Hadwick
Ellis Island
America
Germany
Chicago Defeats Traction Bill in Referendum Vote
Chicago voters defeated the proposed traction ordinance by about 100000 votes in yesterday's referendum. The plan would have municipal owned transit and subway construction. Evanston and Oak Park also rejected Sunday movies in their suburbs.
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Chicago
Evanston
Oak Park
City Federation to continue shrubbery sale Thursday
The City Federation will dispose of the remainder of their stock of shrubbery Thursday morning after having sold most of it on Wednesday.
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City Federation
Federation
Western Farmers Duped in South American Land Schemes
Washington April 8 reports warn that hundreds of American farmers, mainly from the Midwest, lost large sums in fraudulent South American land ventures. Officials say an investigation will be sent to the Department of Justice and the Post Office for prosecution as the public is urged to thoroughly verify lands before investing and to contact state or federal authorities about emigration offers.
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Washington
Middlewest
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice
Post Office Department
Middle
South West
Department
State Department
Dorothy Ellingson in San Francisco trial sanity contested
In San Francisco on April 8 the eleventh hour push to put Dorothy Ellingson, 16, on the witness stand in her natricide case appeared, as alienists testified she is sane but morally calloused. The court moved her between police matrons amid tense testimony and debate over whether she could endure cross examination.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Natricide
Jaze Baby
Dorothy
Joseph Catton
Edward F. Twitchell
Ake
Mary
Howe
Hindenburg to Seek Presidency Amid Reichsbloc Push
The Reichsbloc coalition of nationalist and reactionary factions persuaded 77 year old Field Marshal Erich von Hindenburg to accept the nomination for president. The move signals a strong bloc effort to influence the forthcoming election.
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Reichsbloc
Ree
Erich von Hinderseburg
Free Sewing Booklet for Mothers Wives and Sisters
Readers are invited to obtain a sewing booklet covering hand and machine methods. It explains patterns cutting and finishing for children's clothes and women's wear with illustrated stitches. Enclose two cents for return postage and mail to the given address.
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Giley
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D. S. Stephenson
Marchiness
Queensberry
Irene Richards
Gaiety Theater
London
James Dunn
al Smith
Wadsworth
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
Athens Hospital
By Leroy Pope
J. H. Berry
Goolville
The
Hower
Trip
Say
Jazz Baby
By Ellis H. Martin
Hindenburg
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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