Bootlegging Suspicions Tie to White House Node
A report from Aug 12 1928 cites suspicion that a key point for illicit liquor trade connects to the White House. In Steubenville Alfred Tedal deputy com missioner notes a drowning during a bath in the Ohio River linked to a possible liquor-running network from Canada to the United States and a related fatal incident in Cleveland where two-year-old Anthony Snabel died from a skull fracture after a fall from a second-story window amid a broader prohibition crackdown.
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White House
Frank
Bo Dow
United States
Dow
Cleveland
Enes Oftedal
Anthony Snabel
Canada
Underlake Superior
Mayor Moore Stands Against Anti-Saloon League Endorsement
Athens mayor Alex M. Moore, running as a Republican for lieutenant governor, denounces the Anti-Saloon League slate. He says the league ignored its own committee and emphasizes he did not solicit or receive league questionnaires. Moore pledges to enforce law but resists being a tool of any bloc or organization.
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Alex. M. Moore
Athens
Anti-Saloon League
E. J. Moore
League
Ir Moore
McBride
Moore
Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Turner
Nelsonville Man Pleads Not Guilty in Assault Case
Nelsonville resident W. O. Collins waived examination and pleaded not guilty after affidavit by Mae Col line charged assault and striking and wounding. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace C. H. Porter, bound over to the grand jury under a $20 bond after arrest by a constable.
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Mae Colline
W. O. Collins
Nelsonville
Justice of the Peace
C. H. Porter
Consta
Bond set in assault case against daughter Sadie Moyles
Harry Dalton was arrested on an assault and battery charge filed by Ethel Williams. In Sand Ridge the case against him and Roy Moyles was before Justice of the Peace Felix Riley who waived examination and bound over to the grand jury under a 1200 bond.
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Harry Dalton
Kenneth!allstock
Ethel Williams
Sadie
Roy Moyles
Sand Ridge
Court of Justice of the Peace
Felix Riley
Police Hunt Man Seen Loitering in Cleveland
Detectives search for a man seen loitering at the city’s freight station before a bomb ripped a section of a new addition under construction. The man is suspected to be a labor organizer and questioned several workers about freight house shifts.
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Cleveland
U.R
Tmve
Display of Insects Open at Ohio University Sunday
An unusual insects exhibit from Athens and nearby areas opens Sunday afternoon in Ohio University’s biology department under Dr. W A Matheny. Over 2000 mounted specimens, mostly student mounted, showcase local insects including a corn borer display and the Mexican bean bottle. A comparison between the real Japanese silk worm and the American silk worm is shown, with about half of the 25000 Japanese silk worms already finished spinning.
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Athens
Ohio University
W. A Matheny
Matheny
Exhibition Displays Cocoons and Pitcher Plant
The display features hundreds of spinning cocoons at different stages and restless worms seeking a place to spin. A bulb-grown pitcher plant native to New York state and not found in Ohio attracts interest. The public can view the exhibit Sunday from 2 to 5 PM.
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New York State
New York
Ohio
Murder claims well known county resident in Ohio
Ote Winebrenner, brother in law of Mrs. Ray Morrison of Athens rural route, is killed by an unidentified man who hired him to operate a road roller. Winebrenner, about 40, was a Ganley Bridge, West Virginia operator and long-time resident, passing away after a fatal plane trip to Circleville area. He leaves a widow and six children. Wright, Lancaster’s representative in Congress, plans to fly to several cities as his murder case unfolds.
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Ote Winebrenner
Ray Morrison
Athens
Harnell
U. S
Miece
Machinator
Wlner
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Constaley Island
Queen City
Wainebrenner
Bettel
Hamilton
Dayton
Urbana
Springfield
Cildren
Columbus
Ganty Bridge
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Bernt Balchen
Topmortow
Detroit
Richard Fi. Byrd
Sunday Creek No. 10
The
Bardin Brothers Co
Coal Department
This County
Wolman
Sthaer
Cour
T. R. Bennett
Judge Wood
John J. Woolley
Turner For Governor Club
Republican Party
Edward C. Turner
J. M. Wood
Athens County
Governor Club
R. W. Finsterwald
Treas
L. W. Roberts
Sec’v
Herb J. Parker
Parker
Bob Wood
Chos
W. C. Burton
Guysville
Burton
Geo. Y. Tedrow
Carl W. Hayes
Trimble
Glouster
Sunday Creek
W. H. Hyde
Kenneth Hayes
H. S. Hoskinson
A. A. Campbell
Sheriff Club
Geo. Y
Tedrow
Pres
Art Finsterwald
Sec
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