Fire Rips Through Pomeroy Wiping Out Large Business Blocks
A fire early Saturday in Pomeroy destroyed much of two business blocks in the center of the business district. Losses reach about 200000 with limited insurance due to high rates. One injuries reported to Lewis Stevens from broken glass. Fire started at 230 oclock in Prode Auto livery. Water pressure hindered crews from Middleport and Gallipolis. Many shops and stores burned or damaged including Prode Auto livery Sun Lather Dorst Tire Reptir Co Huber Brothers etc. The district leveled to the ground, with road water pressure restored later saving nearby homes. The disaster prompts rebuilding plans for a renewed fire-prone area.
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Oliver Hartley
Sta
Pomeroy
Businness
Lewis Stevens
Prcode Auto
Wetzel Household Appliances
Charles Curtis
Leing and
Sen
Insurance Fund Check Paid to Mrs Lulu Johnson
A check for 2200 is turned over to Mrs Lulu Johnson wife of the late Lyman J Johnson of Logan. The indemnity relates to a premium for accident insurance offered by the Athens Messenger to subscribers. Johnson died March 18 1927 when his car left the road and overturned in Oldtown creek within Athens county. He was a prominent merchant in Logan Nelmanville and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Johnson
Lyman J. Johnson
Logan
Athens Messenger
Messenger
Casualtty
Mr. Johnson
Athens
Oldtown Creel
Johnson
Nelmanville
Athens County
Horse Man Killed When Mare Kicks During Humane Euthanizing
Pleasantville Nova Scotia August 20 A farmhand Henry Ang age 32 went to shoot a mare to spare her further suffering but the frightened animal kicked him under the heart, killing him instantly. The horse was allowed to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasantville
N. S
Henry Ang
Ang
Negro porter confesses to Gallipolis hotel murder
Edward Peppers a negro porter at the Park Central hotel admitted killing Mrs Florence Buck postmistress of Gumm's Landing last Sunday night authorities said. He described using a wet towel to strangle the white woman and told investigators of questioning after the nude body was found. Fearing mob violence Peppers was moved to Ross county jail in Gallipolis and later to Chillicothe.
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Gallipolis
Edward Peppers
Park Central
Florence Buck
Gumm’s Landing
Presidentand Mrs Coolidge Plan Yellowstone Park Trip
President and Mrs Coolidge will visit Yellowstone National Park on a pleasure trip with brief stops at Billings and Livingstone Montana en route. No definite itinerary exists and the party may stay four days to a week for sight seeing horseback riding and fishing. The journey includes aviation medal details involving King Albert of Belgium and Col Charles Lindbergh.
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Rapid City, & D
U.P
Eee
Yellowstone National Park
Billings
Livingstone
Montara
Park
King Albert
Belgium
Coolidge
State Department
Charles A Lindbergh
Brussels
Son of Coolidge Writes Each Day To Miss Trumbull
BRAINTREE MASS August 20. John Coolidge the president's son writes no daily letter to Miss Florence Trumbull daughter of Connecticut's governor. He reportedly sends letters only when visiting. Davis of Braintree college chair and William Mullane the longtime mail carrier recall delivering letters from the president's son, a notable thrill in the local route.
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Braintree
Mass
John Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
Connecticut
Miss Trumbull
Theodosis
Davis
Braintree 4 College Chai
John
Rapid City, & Co
William Mullane
Quarantine Blocks Ohio Children From WV Entry
Wheeling West Virginia Aug 20 In a joint decision Dr W T Henshaw health commissioner and state authorities declared a quarantine against Ohio effective today No children under 15 may enter West Virginia from Ohio and none under 15 may enter Ohio from West Virginia Enforcement rests with Mayor R E OConnor and state police who will monitor all Wheeling area bridges to prevent violations.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U P
Ohio
W. T. Henshaw
West Virginia
R. E. O'Connor
Miner Killed as Slate Falls at Carbon Hill Mine
Logan Aug 0 Staff Special A heavy slate collapse at the Carbon Hill Mining Co mine injured Samuel Smith 40 of Logan instantly. He was loading a mine car with Wilson Short and Dallas Williams when the slate fell. Smith’s body was extricated after seven men moved the debris and brought home for burial. Funeral plans not yet made. Smith formerly worked at the Logan car shops. The small mine employs 12 to 15 miners and is reported to be pacing the Tachsonville scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Samuel Smith
Carbon Hith
Carbon Hill
Smith
Wilson Short
Dallas ‘Williams
Nelsonsville
Porter identified in West Virginia hunting party killings
Howard Temblin, wounded in a Middlefork incident, identifies Millard Porter as one of three men who confronted a hunting party and ordered them to leave. Temblin says Porter’s group shot after the men refused, with Porter confessing involvement in the murders of three hunters and wounding another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Millard Porter
Howard Temblin
Temblin
Porter
Middlefork
Parole System Probe Underway In Cleveland
An investigation into alleged abuses and inadequacies of Ohio's parole system began Saturday in Cleveland. The probe was conducted by a committee from the Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice led by Newton D Baker, former secretary of war.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Association For Criminal Justice
Newton D Baker
First Lindbergh Baby Dispute Sparks Ohio Towns
In Bridgeport and surrounding parts of Eastern Ohio a dispute over who has the first Lindbergh baby emerges among residents. Multiple Charles Lindberghs are noted in Martins Ferry and nearby areas as the mystery deepens with missing child concerns and national anxiety.
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Bridgeport
Charles Lindberghs
Ohio
Honolulu
Jons
Martins Ferry
William H
al Ixtyers
Lansing
Dolelang
Hawaii
West Meigs Oil and Gas Leases Recorded in Week
Activity in Pomeroy Augusta area shows 100 leases filed at the courthouse last week. Pure Oil recorded 66 leases in Rutland Salem and Columbia townships while Olio Pure Supply documented 44 in the Thomas Work sector. The Bennett farm gasser along the Pomeroy Rutland pike spurred renewed lease activity.
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Pomeroy
West Meigs
Pure Oil Company
Rutland
Salem
Columbia
Olio Puri Supply Company
Thomas
Bennett Farm
Pomeroy-Rutland Pike
Plane theft reported in Cincinnati spurs police alert
Cincinnati police and local flying fields were alerted after Embry-Riddle at Lunken detected a theft of four 3900 dollar Waco planes with green fuselage and aluminum wings. Lieutenant Wunder noted rising reports of aviation thefts as the incident marked the first pilfering case in the city.
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Cincinnati
A Bl Wunder
Te Embry-Riddle Company
Lunken
Embry-Riddle Company
Advance Aircraft Company
Troy QO
Iua
Advance
Forced To Lie Between Dead Bodies Says Negro In Suing Physicians
Steubenville based case details a $50 000 damage suit by John Cook a 29 year old Black man against Dr Clyde D Tern liegar and Dr Caesar W Sunseri. He claims he was abducted March 2 1926 and forced to lie between the corpses of Robert and Nettie Herron at Coe's undertaking establishment where ether was administered during interrogation. He says the ordeal caused illness pneumonia and lasting health damage.
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Steubenville
John Cook
Clyde D. Tern Liegar
Caesar W. Sunseri
Cook
Robert
Nettie Herron
Two Ridges
Here
Jefferson County
Coe
Nettle Herron
Ceack
Six teens escape death in collision near Athens
A roadster carrying six youths under 19 collided with an Athens Nelsonville traction car one and a half miles north of Athens near the McKee farm around 8 PM Saturday. Ethel Wandling 16 suffered severe facial and knee wounds. Lucie Wandling 15 and others, William Smith 16, Tonard Fulton 15, Velma Caplinger 14, and Delmer Gillett 19 had various cuts and bruises. The car was demolished. no roll occurred. The driver did not see the traction car until impact. injuries were treated at Sheltering Arms hospital and bystanders aided each other after the wreck.
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Athens
Ethel
Wiliam Smith
Clarence Smith
Stroada Run
Tonard Fulton
Cannan- Vile
William Pulten
Roadster
Velma Caplinger
Budley Caplinger
Hudson Avenue
Delmer Gillett
Mirs Arta Gillett
Crom Agy
Tuiton
Stripping Mines May Resume Work in Jefferson County
Stripping operations in the Jefferson county coal fields near Cadiz and Tasa mine are planned to resume Monday with a small non union labor presence. Special guards protect arriving Fittsburgh workers replacing miners who departed amid union sympathy tensions. The first arrest under the federal restraining order occurred Friday when Sheriff John Quigley of Cadiz brought in George Briton.
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Strubenville
Jefferson County
Tasa
Cadiz
Fittsburgh
John Quigley
Cadix
Briton
Miners Win Restricted Picketing Order at Lick Run Mine
A court grants Lick Run Coal and Clay Co a restricted picketing order against United Mine Workers officials and members. Six pickets may stand at the mine, with shifts, distance rules, and time limits set. bond of 1000 dollars required. deputies and guards to enforce the injunction until further order.
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Furether
Lich Run Coal and Clay Company
United Iine Workers of America
G. Worstell
Luhrig Collieries Company
Dedendap
Ofay
Loral
Lick Tun
Horhking
Otk
Lark Township
Aso
Mners
Lick Row
Luhrig
R D. Williams
William Williams
Showers Forecast Across Ohio Valley Next Week
The forecast for August 20 to 27 calls for a period of showers at the start of the week and again after the middle, with temperatures near normal for the season across the Ohio Valley.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Heads Hunt Admiral Ho Jackson in Pacific air race pursuit
Admiral Richard Ho Jackson leads the 42 United States ships patrol fleet chasing the missing San Francisco Honolulu air racers in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ho Jackson
Pacific
San Francisco
Justice Refuses Stay in Sacco Vanzetti Case
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes refused to grant a stay of execution for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. He said execution would likely proceed after midnight unless Governor Fuller grants a third respite. The defense urged a hearing by the Supreme Court. a motion may be filed Monday in Washington.
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Beverly Farms
Mass
WPI
Oliver Wendell Holmes
US Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Alan T Fuller
Holmes
Arthur Hill
Sacco-Vanzetti
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Fullerton
Plane Missing After Pacific Spin Dilemma
Three planes carrying seven people vanish during a hazy Pacific flight toward Honolulu. Dallas Spirit may still be at sea or in distress after a tail spin. West Sequana radio logs and ship searches are hampered by thick fog and poor visibility. Navy destroyers resume submarine hunts as officials assess likely crash sites and missing crew.
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John N. Palmer
United Press
San Francisco
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Dallas
Oakland Airport
Honolulu
Jctual
Miss Dorgan
Golden Eagle
West Siquanna
Federal Telegraph Company
West Sequana
Federeal Telegraph Company
Hawaiian Islands
Dallas Spirit
Miss Doran
John A. Pedlan
Lieut
van Knope
Muldred Doran
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Willam BP. Brewin
A. H. Elchwardt
Fensen
Martin Jensen
William’ P Erwin
Erwin
Epra
Tam
Washington
Pacific
Ara
Navy Department
Miral
R. H. Jackson
Submarine Division of Fleet
San Diego
Jackson
Fight Over Navy Policy To Surface In Next Congress
Rapid City dispatch reports President Coolidge will not allow immediate appropriations for new cruisers and submarines. The Navy advocates press for funding in a December session, delaying any purchases until 1929 as Congress and executive offices contend over authorization versus appropriation.
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Rapid City
WPA
Congress
Coolidge
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Farmer
Mare
Negro
Will
Mr. and
Mrs. Coolidge
Yellowstone
Lick Run Coal Company
Parole
Lindbergh
Meigs County
Haltmotorman
Justice
Sacco - Vanzetti
Navy
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