Michigan Miners Consider $5 a Day Wage Goal
Chicago report says Michigan coal mine operators may offer miners a wage goal equal to the old five dollars a day rate of 1917. Warren Pippin of the Michigan Operators association tells the United Press he attends the Illinois operators and miners conference as a spectator to learn possible results.
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Chicago
U.P
Micgan
Warren Pippin
Michigan Operators Association
United Press Today
Pippin
Robbers Arrested in Logan Linked to Local Thefts
National Detective Agency reports three men arrested in Chillitoe confessing to about thirty robberies in this Ohio district. Two Logan cases include the Martin and Jones Confectionery and the Kitchen filling station robbery on March 5. Suspects are in custody awaiting further proceedings.
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Logan
Vernon
National Detective Agency
Chillicothe
Ohio
Martin and Jones
Kitchen
Birthday reunion honors Mrs. John McBroom Sr
Logan residents gathered near Sugar Grove to honor the seventy third birthday of Mrs. John McBroom Sr. Attendees included Allen McBroom from Detroit and Will McBroom, Evan Smith, George Lemon, W H Hansel, John W McBroom Jr, Mrs McBroom, and Minnie McBroom, all listed among the family and relatives.
Mine work resumes with 38 men at Ohlinger and Wolfe
Sheriff Lloyd visited the Ohlinger and Wolfe mine in the New Pittsburgh district on Monday morning. Thirty eight men reported for work without trouble and the surrounding area was described as quiet.
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Logan
W. R. Lloyd
Ohlinger and Wolfe
Pittsburgh
Farm prices remain above year-ago levels in August
Washington August 1. Acting Secretary of Agriculture Dunlap reports farm prices, unchanged in the last thirty days, still higher than a year ago. The index stood at 145 on July 15 versus a pre-war index of 100 and 130 a year prior. Meats poultry and cotton products rose, grains and fruits fell, hog prices up 11 percent since June 15, wheat down about 11 percent due to better 1928 prospects.
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Washington
U.P
Dunlap
Reprimand For Killing Child In Leningrad Case
Vladimir Orlofsky an aviator killed his three year old son to prevent him from growing up "a hopeless idiot" and surrendered to police. After a brief trial the court found him technically guilty and sentenced him to six months imprisonment but suspended the sentence and publicly reprimanded him.
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Leningrad
U.P
Vladimir Orlofsky
Orlofsky
Sentent
Annual Auto Show Arranged for Fall Festival
Logan plans for the annual auto show as part of the fall festival with C. F. Lewis, president of the Logan Chamber of Commerce, leading the effort. The agricultural exhibit gains $100 more in premiums, and John Krieg and Edward Davis lead the manufacturers display. Fred Carpenter directs festival advertising, Fred D. Hoopes oversees concessions with inquiries totaling about $1000. Circulars and tickets will be printed by the Retail Merchants division.
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Logan
C. F. Lewis
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
Robert W. Lang
John Krieg
Edward Davis
Fred Carpenter
Fred D. Hoopes
Retail Merchants
Local officers capture large copper still named Big Betsy
Logan August 1 local officers report the capture of Big Betsy a 100 gallon oblong copper still found on Sams creek after a Sunday watch. Deputy Joe Farbearn brought it in Monday night along with six barrels of mash and five gallons of whisky. No arrests were made but the plant was believed to have supplied much whisky from the district.
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Logan
Joe Farbearn
Sams Creek
Sheriff's Office
Texas Girls Hop to New York for Smith Nomination
Houston youths Cordelia Mayberry Jeft and Amelia Eastman hitch hiked to New York to see Governor Al Smith nominated at the Democratic convention. Near the journey's end they are pictured on a Gotham skyscraper roof in celebratory pose.
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al Smith
Texas
Cordelia Mayberry
Jeft
Amelia Eastman
New York
Houston
Gotham
Local social notes span bridge, visits and probate scene
Mrs Bell Miller hosted her bridge club on Warner s avenue with substitute players including Mrs Roger Friend and Mrs William Lehman. Visitors Esther McFadden and Ulman from Columbus spent Monday with Miss Florence Bort. C L Abell returned from a two week vacation in Toledo Detroit and Pittsburgh. The Halliday and Friend families hosted guests from Pleasantville. John W Davis of Shawnee, a Perry county probate judge candidate, visited Logan and Shawnee was called to Logan as a probate court witness.
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Bell Miller
Warners Avenue
Istitute
Roger Friend
William Lehman
Ada Krieg
Harry Eastman
L. K. Showalter
Esther McFadden
Ulman
Columbus
Florence Bort
Donald Bort
C. L. Abell
Toledo
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Joe Halliday
B. FF
Pleasantville
John W. Davis
Shawnee
Perry County
H. E. Deffenbaugh
Logan
J. L. Conn
Toddler Struck By Toy Pistol In Falls Mill Accident
Frank Anthony age three, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Anthony of Falls Mill, was accidentally struck Monday evening by a toy pistol in the hands of an older sister. He was taken to Cherrington hospital where the wound was closed.
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Logan
Frank
Fred Anthony
Falls Mill
Van
Cherrington Hospital
Never a Marcel Wave By Edna Wallace Hopper
Edna Wallace Hopper shares her simple hair styling method to achieve a natural wave and radiant shine. She claims Wave and Sheen liquid hair dressing, applied with a comb and chiffon head wrap, keeps waves in place without a plastered look and sells for 75 cents.
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Marcel
Edna Wallace Hopper
Cable on trial for drunken driving after collision
Logan August 1 William B Cable faces a driving while intoxicated charge after a wreck on the Nelsonville road near the John Elder farm. The case before Probate Judge A M Ellinger and a jury began Tuesday with Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn the key prosecuting witness as witnesses testified.
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Joe Farbearn
Mrs. Leroy Conkle Scalded in Kitchen Accident
While moving a dish pan filled with hot water Monday afternoon Mrs. Leroy Conkle of Warner Avenue was severely burned when the pan overturned. Water splashed over her right arm from hand to elbow and she received medical care from Dr. E. E. Campbell.
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Logan
Leroy Conkle
Warner Avenue
E. E. Campbell
Latin Status in Education Survives Says Hill
Dr. Victor G. Hill of Ohio University told the Athens Rotary Club that the fight between classical and practical education over Latin is over and Latin has survived. He noted teaching innovations make Latin more interesting and outlined its advantages for students.
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Victor G. Hill
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
Steeplejack Plans Courthouse Climb This Saturday
Daredevil J M Diehl a Zanesville native and experienced steeplejack will attempt to scale the Athens county courthouse at 7 30 if weather permits. He has painted smokestacks near Glouster and prior climbs include the Glouster depot flag pole where he secured a replacement rope for the pulley.
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Athens County
J. M. Diehl
Glouster
Diehl
Zanesville
Cleveland
Depot Square
American Legion
Parking Space Tightness Prompts City Request in Athens
City officials urge motorists to share Court street space more evenly to allow 10 to 12 more cars per block. They note drivers create extra gaps of six to eight feet, reducing usable spots, especially on Saturday when many out-of-town shoppers visit Ohio University campus area.
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Athens
Court Street
Ohio University
Traffic curb parking plan could free space for cars
Officials explained that vehicles moving toward the curb allow motorists and passengers to exit safely. By conserving space along the street they estimated room for 12 to 15 cars, improving parking efficiency.
Beer float leads to smuggling case at Sandusky Bay
A lone bottle of beer found on Sandusky Bay near West Sister Island led to the arrest of Walter David of Monroe Michigan on a smuggling charge. The case hinges on the single floating beer, not a mass shipment.
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Cleveland
U.R
Sandusky Bay
Walter David
Monroe, Mich
West Sister Island Sunday
German airman Baron von Huenefeld in serious condition
Berlin reports Baron von Huenefeld of the German trans Atlantic airplane Kremen is in serious condition after an appendectomy at a local sanatorium. The news comes from official statements issued on July 31.
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Berlin
U.P
Baron von Huenefeld
Kremen
Phantom radio station boosts business in Crooksville
Helped by publicity about the phantom station PDQ, Crooksville, Perry county, sees a business boom. R W Hull, a radio dealer and pottery owner, reports the increase in activity.
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Crooksville
Perry County
PDQ
Floods Devastate Fifty Villages Along Seja River
A Moscow dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger reports floods along the Seja river destroying fifty villages as of August 1 in Berlin.
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Berlin
Seja
Moscow
Lokal Anzeiger
Danish and Portuguese Nominate Hughes for World Court Seat
Geneva reporting notes Denmark and Portugal have nominated Charles Evans Hughes for the vacant judgeship at the World Court in The Hague. The proposal comes amid wartime diplomacy with timely international influence expected from the former U.S. secretary of state.
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Geneva
Denmark
Portugal
Charlies Evans Hughes
the Hague
Heat Heal Hell Hall Hale Have Wave
A word chain puzzle yields a sequence where each term differs by a single letter. The given chain starts with Heat and progresses through related formations to Wave, with overlapping phonetic and orthographic steps guiding the progression.
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Hall
Hale
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