Sidewheelers to Race on Ohio River August 10
Cincinnati packet the Chris Greene will not race the Senator Cordill after backers failed to issue a formal challenge. Tom Greene may issue a formal challenge for a Huntington to Gallipolis race if Cordill accepts. Two side-wheelers, the Cincinnati and the America, scheduled for a Louisville to Rose Island match on August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Ohio
Cincinnati
Chris Greene
Cincinnati Packet
Senator Cordill
Pittsburgh
Greene Line
Chris Keene
Cordill
Tom Greene
Cardill
Huntington
Gallipolis
Betsy Ann
Louisville
Rose Island
Postoffice Employee Returns From West
S EE Coen of Richland avenue former Lodi township resident and Athens post office worker came back from ten days in the West. He rode with Curtis Ranier to a son’s home in Washington state and toured Glacier National Park in Montana. Coen also made a 24 mile horseback ascent to a mountaintop above the snow line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. EE. Coen
Richland Avenue
Lodi Township
Athens Postoffice
Curtis Ranier
Athens
Washington
Mr. Coen
Glacier National Park
Montana
Montana Park
Lightning Firecracker Tragedy Claims Boy’s Life
Dayton child Robert Foutz aged 5 died in a hospital after a firecracker he lit exploded gasoline in a can. The incident occurred late yesterday, and authorities reported the fatal accident in Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Robert Foutz
Swimming manual offer from The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet on swimming and life saving from the American Red Cross. It highlights health, recreation, year round access, and aiding others. Readers are urged to send their name and address with four cents for postage using the attached coupon. Street City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Athens Messenger
Amercan Red Cross
Osage Chief Looks to Migrate Wealth From Oil to Farms
Osage Nation elects Chief Fred Lookout 67 to modernize practices and prepare for a future when oil revenue declines. He urges whites and Osage to adopt farming, reduce intermarriage, and keep wealth within the tribe as headrights pay up to 16 000 yearly to heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Pawhuska
Okla
Fred Lookout
Bacon Rind
Lookout
Two Caught Stealing Chickens Shot In Ohio
Ravenna August 1 Two men were killed and a third wounded in a gun battle with Sheriff J P Perry and Deputy George Dussel at Lover's Lane two miles south of Ravenna after they were surprised stealing chickens. The dead are Tra Clogston 25 and Harry Gipe 26 both of South Newberry. Ralph Brown 25 was wounded.
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Ravenna
U.P
J. P. Perry
George Dussel
Lover's
Perry
Dussel
Tra Clogston
Harry Gipe
South Newberry
Here
Ralph Brown
J. A. Sheer
Violet Smith
Clogston
Gipe
Cook Labels Marshall and Burton as Willy Nilly Politicians
In Columbus on August 1 H D Cook a liberal Republican candidate for short term US senator assailed Chief Justice Carrington T Marshall and Congressman Theodore E Burton as willy nilly pussyfooters. He said they remain under the dry bogeyman and hypocrites are bred near political pulpits. Cook departs for Toledo and Lucas county to continue his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Carrington T. Marshall
Theodore BE. Burton
H. D. Cook
Ashtabula
U. S
Marshall
Burton
Cook
Commonwealth
Brennan's Condition Improves After Operation and Illness
George E. Brennan, Democratic political leader, shows great improvement at John B. Murphy hospital after septic poisoning following tooth extraction. Physicians say he has an excellent chance for recovery after being given last rites when feared near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
George E. Brennan
John B. Murphy
Brennan
Actor Ralph Forbes In Critical Condition After Tooth Removal
Los Angeles report says actor Ralph Forbes remains in serious condition at Hollywood Hospital due to complications after removal of an infected tooth. doctors gave no further details on his prognosis.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Forbes
Hollywood Hospital
Reverend Frank P. George Drowned Near Sandusky
Rev. Frank P. George, former pastor of the Bremen and Baltimore U B churches, was drowned at White's landing Camp Castalia on Lake Erie near Sandusky. The report came today to his brother Russell George in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Frank P. George
Bremen
Baltimore U. B
White's Landing
Camp Castalia
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Russell George
Baltimore
Fairfield County
Farm Leaders Set Meeting for Pomeroy August
The quarterly gathering of Farm Bureaus from Athens Gallia Meigs and Vinton counties will be held in Pomeroy in August. District director Arthur Johnson announced the event which opens at 10 30 AM at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureaus
Athens
Gallia
Meigs
Vinton Counties
Pomeroy
Arthur Johnson
Farm Bureau
Lightning Sparks Score of Forest Fires in Lola Forest
More than a score of minor fires were reported burning in the Lola Forest of Missoula Montana after a Sunday storm. Lightning started the blazes, with weather conditions fueling spread across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Lola Forest
Smith Seeks Western Farm Vote Amid Farm Relief Debate
Governor Alfred E. Smith returns from Long Island to map campaign plans to win western farm support. Farm leader George N. Peek demands his farm relief stance before endorsing Smith, while party officials study the McNary Haugen equalization fee and prepare a comprehensive farm relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Long Island
Agriculture Relief
George N. Peek
Corn Belt Committee
Smith
Peek
John J. Raskob
National Committee
Raskob
South
Alfred K. Smith
Dayton Man Dies From Emery Wheel Injury
George W. Stupp aged 52 died at a Dayton hospital from injuries suffered when a piece of metal he was grinding on an emery wheel at the Dayton Pipe Coupling company loosened and struck him a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
George W. Stupp
Dayton Pipe Coupling Company
Cooper Here Tonight in Athens Dinner Held for Governor Candidate
Cooper of Cincinnati the Republican candidate for governor will speak in Athens tonight a dinner will be held at Hotel Berry many friends and admirers will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers ¥. Cooper
Cincinnati
Athens
Hotel Berry
Mr. Cooper
Barkley Added to Democratic National Advisory Committee
Senator A W Barkley of Kentucky, a former Democratic vice presidential contender, was added to the Democratic national advisory committee announced today at headquarters in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. W. Barkley
Kentucky
Democratic National Advisory Committee
Girl Jumps Before Car in Tragic Romance Tale
Middleport report of a romance gone wrong ends in tragedy as Miss Freda Myers 19% of Lock Eleven steps into a road to confront her jilted lover John Chattin. She is injured severely after being struck by his car and transported to McMillen hospital in Charleston in critical condition. The taxi driver witnessed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Freda Myers
Lock Eleven
Pleasant
West Columbia
John Chattin
Freda
White Chapel
Pt. Pleasant
McMillen Hospital
Charleston
Hartford Broker Arrested in $600000 Embezzlement Case
Rodger W. Watkins a 40 year old Hartford stock broker was arrested in Lorain Ohio on embezzlement charges involving 600000. Hartford state attorney attache Harrison Hotchkiss tracked him since April after following him through Mexico and Canada and Santa Fe Watkins known as The Rabbit operated in Pittsburgh and Chicago and other cities and will be returned to Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Hartford
Conn
Rodger W. Watkins
Lorain
Watkins
Harrison Hotchkiss
Connecticut
Strikers dispersed near New Bedford textile mills
Fail River police aided by local officers dispersed a textile strike gathering in New Bedford. About 300 Radical Textile Mills committee pickets and 25 Textile council members faced police orders to disperse. 150 spectators watched as the group moved to headquarters and held a mass meeting. About 250 pickets were arraigned and received jail terms from two to six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
U.P
Radical Textile Mills Committee
Textile Council
Textile Mills Committee
Girls Return After Four Day Absence From Home
Audrey Higgins eighteen and Thelma Sowards nineteen daughters of Homer Sowards chief of police have returned to Gallipolis after running away seeking work in Cincinnati. They said they went there to obtain jobs but were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
U.R
Audrey Higgins
Thelma Sowards
Homer Sowards
Police
Hero
Cincinnati
Railroad Worker Killed by Cars in Dayton Yards
Patrick J. Dr. Patrick, 23, a freight man for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from Wellston, was killed in Dayton yards today after being struck by a cut of cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
UPR
J. DR. Patrick
Wellston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Racketeers Fire Rock River Dry Cleaning Shop
In Cleveland area suburb Rock River, a non union dry cleaning shop was set ablaze by men police call racketeers. Fire fought before reaching volatile naphtha. probe linked to grand jury inquiry ordered by County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton. Ten victims notified to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Rock River
Edward C. Stanton
Missing $600000 From NAII Accounts T: Financial losses tied to Hartford broker Watkins
Hartford Aug 1. National Associated Investors debts prompt arrest of Roger W. Watkins, Hartford broker linked to NAI as financial agent. His firm R W Watkins Co operated in New Haven and Waterbury. About $167000 funds and other unidentified cash and stock entries vanished from NAII ledgers totaling $600000 missing amid bankruptcy and disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
U.R
National Associated Investors, Inc
Roger W. Watkins
San
Watkins
R. W. Watkins Company
New Haven
Waterbury
Investors Company
Carr and Houser Set Olympic Marks in London Pole Vault and Discus
At Amsterdam Stadium on August 1 the United States claimed two events with Sabin Carr of Yale winning the pole vault and setting a new Olympic record at 4.20 metres while Clarence Bud Houser of Los Angeles A. C. won the discus with a mark of 47.32 metres. Nakazwa of Japan and Lindblad of Sweden tied for sixth in the pole vault.
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Amsterdam Stadium
U.P
United States
Sabin Carr
Yale
Clarence
Bud) Houser
Los Angeles
A. C
Carr
Houser
Nakazwa
Japan
Lindblad
Sweden
Coolidge Completes Fifth Year as U S President
Cedar Island Lodge Wis Aug 1 President Coolidge spent the day canoeing on the Brule River marking the end of his fifth and final year as chief executive. He contemplates retirement from political life at a Wisconsin retreat after a five year term viewed as a sober record with no clear post presidency plans.
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Coolidge
U. S
Cedar Island Lodge
Wis
Brule River
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Turner Says Liquor Issue Used by Lobby Behind Campaign
Ohio Attorney General Edward Turner warned the liquor question masks utility lobbying in the GOP nominating fight. He cited A S League and allied groups backing Begg, Cooper backers split liberal factions, and noted he strengthened enforcement in four months compared with four years of his predecessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
U.P
Edward ©. Turner
Miami Valley Chautauqua Association
Anti-Saloon League
Hamilton County
Cooper
Turner
Anti- Saloon League
Walter Brown
Toledo
Maurice Maschke
Cleveland
Begg
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Lucas
Hamilton
Myers Y. Cooper
Hoover Plans After Sept 1 Personal Speaking Campaign
Herbert Hoover will launch a personal speaking campaign after September 1, supplementing radio addresses. He plans stops in Buffalo Boston Chicago New York and other cities, plus visits to border states and Midwest sites. He will base in Washington with weekly trips and limit speeches per trip.
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Shasta Springs
Calif
U.P
Herbert Hoover
East
Middle West
Washington
Hoover
Buffalo
Boston
Chicago
New York
Louisville
Nashville
New Airplane Marker Installed at Camp Perry Field
At Camp Perry Ohio National Guard camp a new marker for airplanes is in use. The 75 foot water tower at the landing field has been painted in a black and orange checker board design with five foot squares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
Ohio National
Ohio Clemency Board Abolishes August Parole Hearings
Columbus reports Chairman Edge announced that the Ohio clemency board will conduct no parole hearings in four penal institutions for August. The decision affects all inmates awaiting clemency considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Clemency Board
Edge
Anti-Saloon League Marks Ballots for Ohio Vote
Columbus Aug 1 The Anti Saloon League sent sample ballots endorsing candidates on the state ticket. Names marked with an X denote league approval while unmarked names are deemed unsatisfactory or lack definite information. Endorsements cover governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general U S senator and supreme court justice for both major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Anti-Saloon League Today
James T. Begg
Myers Y. Cooper
League
Cooper
Appa
George O. Braden
John T. Brown
Roland G. Davis
Edgar Ervin
Allen McDonald
Clarence J. Brown
Joseph T. Tracy
Bert B. Buckley
Clinton Dy. Boyd
John W. Bricker
U.S
Simeon Dyless
Theodore B. Burton
Charlee Dick
Carrington T. Marshall
Justice of the Supreme Court
Robert Ham Day
Martin L. Davey
Earl D. Bloom
William G. Pickrel
John H. Newman
Charles H. Hubbell
Frank S. Monnett
Supreme Court
Charles Wharton
George White
Cy Locher
State Tree
Athens County Men Plan Farm Tour to Washington County Plot
Groups of farmers from adjoining counties will visit the Washington county experiment farm this week to view the experimental plot work. Monroe county agent A H Smith will lead, with W V Bailey of Ohio State University and other Monroe county agriculturists joining. Athens county group will tour Fleming farm on Friday with County Agent Thomas J Johnson and Bailey meeting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash County
J. D. Hervey
Athens County
W. V. Bailey
Hoover cousin to stump for Hoover in Ohio race
John E. Hoover, cousin and double of Herbert Hoover, will campaign in Ohio to back his kin for president. The Findlay cloak manufacturer was mistaken for the secretary of commerce at a hotel and predicted a 175,000 lead for the Hoover ticket. He said he had never made a political speech before but urged unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John E. Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Ohio
John Hoover
Findlay
Secretary of Commerce
Yeann of Commerce
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Cincinnati Boat
America
Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
W. B. Roth
Frederic J. Haskin
Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Lane
Lover's Lane
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Bodo Mils
Hotchkiss
Associated Investors’ Company of
the Rabbit
Robert Moorefield
John Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
New England
Calvin
Wisconsin
Hubert Work
United States Steel Corporation
Amherst College
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