Five Left Orphans After Silver Run Tragedy
Virgil Byers and his wife Mattie Byers were found with throats cut in their Silver Run home. Five children are left orphans. Byers, a union miner, is presumed to have sudden insanity before the attack. Sheriff Willock investigates amid local shock and digressions on past mood.
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Middleport
Virgil Byers
Mattie Byers
Byers
Silver Run
Hobson
Mattie Lewis
John Lewis
Meigs County
Detroit
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Sherif Willock
Cleveland Air Mail Pilots to Fly Atlantic Flight to Rome
Two Cleveland pilots Lloyd Bertaud and John D. Hill plan to land at Brook Park airport at noon Thursday after attempting an Atlantic flight to Rome in the Fokker monoplane Old Glory. The route and timing are announced by the U P dispatch.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Air Mail
Lloyd Bertaud
John D. Hill
Rome
Brook Park
Five dead and fifteen injured in weekend toll in Cuyahoga County
Police report a weekend toll of five deaths and 15 injuries across Cuyahoga County. Details on incidents and locations were not immediately available.
Peterson pivots to fox farming after raid loss
Cleveland reports UR-P. K. Peterson rests after his chicken farm raid where over 100 birds were taken. A male and female fox and their young were blamed. he trapped one fox and now plans to start a fox farming business to recoup the losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
P. K. Peterosa
Peterson
General Leonard Wood Dies After Surgical Operation
Major General Leonard Wood longtime army leader and governor general of the Philippines died in Boston after a surgical operation. He had recently been in the West for talks with President Coolidge.
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Leonard Wood
Philippines
Boston
West
Coolidge
General Leonard Wood Dies After Tumor Operation
The body of Major-General Leonard Wood 67 governor-general of the Philippines will be taken to Washington for burial beside rough riders with full military honors at Arlington. He died after an operation at Peter Bent Brigham hospital for recurrence of a tumor. He rose from Indian wars commander to top U. S. Army honors under Theodore Roosevelt.
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Boston
U.R
Wood
The
Philippines
Washington
Rough Riders
Arlington
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Harvey Cushing
U. S
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
U S Demands Parity With British Navy in Principle
United States officials say the government will insist on actual naval parity with Great Britain. Churchill's speech supported naval equality in principle but not in exact terms due to Britain's trade routes. Officials also back Vice President Dawes' Buffalo remarks promoting equality and opposing naval building competition following the Geneva conference.
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U. S
Washington
U.P
United States
Great Britain
State Department
Winston Churchill
England
Churchill
Britain
Department
Dawes
Buffalo
United Press
Navy Department
Wilbur Long
Coolidge
Rumors of March Echo in Meigs Denied by Authorities
Local officials in Meigs deny rumors of a planned march. Authorities say reports of operations and Donahey’s plans were not met with surprise and have no basis in current plans.
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Meigs
Donahey
Quiet Miners Stand Firm to Preserve Union in Pomeroy Bend
In Pomeroy Aug 8 miners reject Governor Donahey's wage talk as unions vow to protect the organization. Sub-district President Rich Campbell and Secretary A N Bengel say operators demand prearranged cuts. Tension remains as non union work continues and rumors of an auto caravan raid circulate. Local officials deny plans yet fear flare ups in the interstate mining dispute.
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Pomeroy
Donahey
Rich Campbell
A. N. Bengel
Pomeroy Bend
Hocking Valley
Thompson Named Cleveland Leader As Philippine Governor General
Colonel Carmi Thompson of Cleveland emerged as a leading candidate to succeed Major General Leonard Wood as governor general of the Philippine Islands. News from Cleveland notes his recent personal investigation of the Philippine situation and reports that President Coolidge has sent Thompson’s findings to Congress with a recommendation for action.
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Cleveland
Carmi Thompson
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Thompson
Coolidge
Congress
Federal agents target Toledo Detroit narcotic ring
Federal narcotic agents and police, after questioning a suspect, expect to break up a powerful narcotic ring that has operated between Toledo and Detroit and cities in Ohio for the last several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
Detroit
Ohio
Half Million Urged to Strike in Sacco Vanzetti Protest
New York workers were urged to strike at 10 A. M. Tuesday in protest of the impending Sacco and Vanzetti execution. The call from the Sacco Vanzetti committee listed six labor leaders, with AFL affiliated groups prominent. About 350,000 Italians and 100,000 others were expected to join, with 50,000 from communists and I W W factions.
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New York
Nicols Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco
Navy Secretary Wilbur Begins Talks With Coolidge
Secretary of Navy Wilbur arrives in Rapid City on August 8 to confer with President Coolidge on the future program of the American navy. The discussions aim to shape policy and fleet plans for the coming years.
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Secretary OF Navy
Wilbur
Coolidge
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Rapid City
U.P
President Coolidge
Money interests back Hoover for 1928 presidency
Washington reports big business favors Secretary of Commerce Hoover as the Republican standard bearer. Charles Evans Hughes supports him, while Dawes lacks broad business backing. Henry Ford launched the campaign push, with other money powers joining in.
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Washington
U.R
Big Business
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Dawes
Coolidge
Henry Ford
Commerce Secretary
Finance
Collegiate Robber and Flapper Foil Cash Register Heist
Cleveland reports a pair including a female accomplice in a modish blue dress fleeing after rifling a west side drug store cash register for 225 dollars. The bandit forced the proprietor into a rear room and helped himself to the till. Other robberies were noted around Cleveland over the weekend.
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Cleveland
U.R
Regiments Deployed To Montevideo Amid Uruguayan Strike
In Montevideo infantry and cavalry units were ordered into the city to quell unrest as the Union Syndical Uruguaya plans a 24 hour general strike in protest of the pending death sentences for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Union Syndical Uruguaya
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Gasoline Price War Sparks Columubus Traffic Rush
Motorists flocked to Columbus filling stations amid a price war that cut gas to 7 12 and 16 cents. C W Bryant and Art Curran sparked the roll back from 19 cents and residents enjoyed 12 cent gasoline before prices rose again.
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Columbus
U.ri
Fother
Curran
Bryant
Trial Shifts to Dedham Courts In Judge Thayer Case
The trial of Italians resumes in Dedham courts before Judge Thayer amid ongoing motions. A new bid to delay the execution of the fish peddler and his associate faces court action.
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Dedham Courts
Thayer
Sacco Vanzetti case seeks new trial in Dedham court
Counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti urged a new trial in Dedham after eight affidavits alleged prejudice by Judge Webster Thayer. With the execution looming, their defense asked for a change of judge and cabled President Coolidge requesting federal intervention, citing Wilson in the Mooney precedent.
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United Press
Boston
U.P
Dedham
Sacco-Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Paymaster
Guard
Webster Thayer
Shen
Thayer
Maine
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Coolidge
United States Department of Justice
President Wilson
Mooney
Rainfall totals from Eastbridge gauge reach 0.59 inches
A little over a half inch of rain fell Sunday night and Monday morning at Eastbridge. The official gauge registered 0.51 inches by 8 am and 0.08 inches more by noon. Winds rose about 4 am and some trees were damaged.
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Eastbridge
Twenty Nine Dead Over End of Week In Ohio Violence
Ohio records 29 deaths from the week end across autos drownings poison and accident. A Cleveland fiancé shot his bride to be in a grim incident. Several drownings occur in Evans lake and Raccoon creek with bystander deaths.
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Columbus
Ohio
Helen Wetzel
Ralph L. Wolfcomer
Cleveland
Raymond Brosius
Magdalene
Evans Lake
Toledo
Stafford Lake
Ravenna
Elmer Waldman
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Mining wage talks limp as governor fails to reconvene
In Ohio Governor Donahey cannot bring miners and operators back to Miami field to settle the wage dispute. Adjunct-general representatives monitor the field as Luhrig and Lick Run mines expect reopening next week amid new injunction safeguards. Picketing at Luhrig continues under Judge Werkstein's order while authorities watch for compliance. In Nelsonville, Petel Merz Jr is arraigned on firearm charges and other counts with bond set at 500 dollars. other local cases include liquor possession and resisting officers as cars pursue a fugitive.
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Columbus
U.P
Donahey
Miami
Adjjutant-General
Merz
G Anid
Tee
Fires Arms
Lick Run
Mer
Captive Katydid Signals Frost In Six Weeks
Fred Klein brings a captive katydid to town to prove the chirpers signal frost in six weeks, a date that would threaten much of this year’s corn crop. The event claims seasonal change and agricultural impact for the community.
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Middleport
Fred Klein
Rey
Mine Guards Resignation of Deputy Sheriff McCune
Deputy Sheriff E. S. McCune of Nelsonville handed his resignation to Sheriff William Williams at 2 PM after a published incident near Lick Run on Friday. McCune led eighteen guards at the mine last week and said the resignation followed the Messenger report placing him in opposition to the sheriff.
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E. S. McCune
Nelsonville
William Williams
Lick Run
McCune
Sheriff Williams
The
Messenger Sunday
Williams
Election prep under way as Athens faces no opposition
The city of Athens prepares for August elections with no challenger to current city officials. A light vote is anticipated while Glouster and Nelsonville show mayoral races with real opposition and a closer contest expected than in Athens.
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Tomorow
Athens
Glouster
Nelsonville
Free Bridesmaid Cleared in Aurora Killing Case
H Wetzell aged 19 was released after police concluded the death of May Ford 18 and Wolfcomr 24 in Aurora Ohio appeared accidental. The incident occurred at the walls wing of May Ford’s home and investigators ruled out homicide.
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Cleveland
H Wetzell
Walls
May Ford
Wolfcomr
Aurora
Police investigate early morning shootings in Cleveland
Police in Cleveland reported investigation into shootings that occurred in the Side area early today with no immediate details on casualties or suspects.
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Cleveland
Aug
Treathens Offers a Mammoth Cave Booklet
A note advertises a booklet about Mammoth Cave offered by Frederic J. Baskin Director. Send four cents in stamps for postage and handling.
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Treathens Eee
Mammoth Cave
Frederic J. Baskin
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Oliver Hartley
Messenger
Cuyahoga County
Geneva
Commerce
Ford
Carl D. Groat
Henry Minota
Luhrig
Pete Merz
Ludden
Eberle
Petel Merz, Jr
L. Eberle
George Bateman
Clyde Gibson
George Ludden
Bateman
Pye
Oaasl
Srcane
Clel
Douglas
House of David
Joseph
Mich
Benton Harbor
Juvenille
House of David Dissolution
T. W. Belling
Ben Purnell
Bellingham
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