Murders Near Crabapple Tree Detail Evidence Trails
Description of crime scene locations on September 16, 1922 involve Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Witnesses including Ralph Gorshne, Miss Katherine Rastall, Mrs. Jans Gibson, and others report parked cars, voices, screams, shots, and a cross carved in a tree near a crabapple site as investigators search around Philips farm and De Rugsey lanes. Local descriptions reference a maple tree, Lovers Lane, and a deserted Phillips farm house with multiple sightings from 8 p.m. to midnight.
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Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Raymond Schneider
Pearl Bahmer
D—Wiere
Ralph V. Gorshns
Katherine Rastall
Hghty
Philips Farm
Lovers’ Lane
Wiliam
Harry J. McCabe
Easton Avenue
Frailey
S. Gibson
Leo Harkins
Mills
de Russey
Erling
Gibson
Steam Engine About to Invade Europe’s Railroadless Country
A Washington bulletin from the Swakazonal Geographic society notes Albania plans a twenty four mile Adriatic road from Durazzo to Thrana as part of a broader claim that Iberia lacks funds for rail. The report says Albania aligns with Afghanistan Abstr Bhutan Nepal Oman and Yemen in Asia and Liberia in Africa, while six nations cling to isolation and failed modernizing efforts.
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Ashington
D.C
Europe
Washington, D. C
Swakazonal Geographic Society
Albania
Durrazzo
Adriatic
Thrana
Afghanistan
Abstr
Bhutan
Nepal
Oman
Yemen
Asia
Liberia
Africa
Lila Negro Republic
Indiana
Ghaag
Sun Bath Suites Demand Grows in Hotels
A travel feature notes hotels in the sun bath trend with artificial sunlight suites. The piece cites many distant regions and describes current rooms with jade decor and automated sun control to prevent overexposure. It mentions American and British visitors seeking modern, sun enhanced accommodations and room with sun bath becoming standard in fashionable hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondon
King Emmanuel Jokes as Mussolini Fetches Kerchief Souvenir
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy displays humor during a state signing with Mussolini. When the king drops his handkerchief, Mussolini asks to keep it as a souvenir, but the king replies that it is "the one thing left which you let me put my nose into."
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Victor Emmanuel 3d
Italy
Mussolini
British visitors praise American speed and democracy in cities
Sir Ronald Copeland head of Copeland china works in Stafford England and Lady Copeland tour the United States admiring American football crowds and discipline. They note American democracy in action and marvel at city and state organization during their Chicago visit.
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Sir Ronald Copeland
Copeland China Works
Stafford
England
Ronald
United States
Lady Copsland
Chicago
Cchicago
Eng
Mane
Romania
ChitcRzo
Copeland
Harvard-Geneva
Lady Copeland
Sir Ronald
American Organization of
John White
Patevan
Sask
Filiott
Salt Lake City
Rillotte
Estevan
Missouri
New York
Barn Raising Without Whiskey in Scotch Neighborhood Tale
By the Way recounts John Brown, a temperate man who forbade alcohol at a barn raising near Athens on the Marietta road in 1825. Despite doubts from Scotch neighbors, temperate men arrived, proving buildings can rise without strong drink. Also notes a new postmaster and a birth in Coolville with family pride.
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Barlow
Marietta
Washington County
John Brown
Brown
Bank of Athens
Athens-Marietta
Coolville
Iron ore deposits found and college library tales
A report from an Ohio university library recalls large, untapped iron ore deposits in the county alongside a lighthearted look at forgotten student possessions left in books. Librarians describe items found and claimed, from gum and cards to love letters, bills, and rare book curiosities.
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Ohio University
Anna White
Ava White
Smoking Lowers Mental Ability Says English Cambridge Expert
A Cambridge Medical Faculty expert summarized evidence on tobacco use, noting smoking reduces mental efficiency by 10 to 23 percent and may cause premature senility due to nicotine’s sedative effects. He warned heavy smoking could dilate the stomach, while chewing or dipping tabacco shows fewer adverse symptoms, Roleston reports.
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Medical Faculty of
Cambridge
Humphrey Rollest
Ancient ore deposits spark debate on county iron potential
A fragmented report discusses rich ore pockets in Athens County near coal mines and towns like Nelsonville and Trimble. It notes long standing furnaces at Jackson Wallston Ironton and speculative feasibility of mining vast deposits despite limited prior extraction.
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Jackson
Wallston
Ironton
Walker
Athens County
Grest Coal
Thes
Lyholgh
Nelsonville
Monday Creak
Trimble
Méeker’s Run
York Township
Reccosa
Watertote
Love Hathaway in a Forest Chase Ends in Death
A fragmentary scene in a tense rural romance shows a heroine nicknamed Vin tue facing a villain who spies on her and pursues a chase through trees. A hunter arrives shouting Lim after Wolf and the Knight hurls a stone, killing the wolf as the lovers claim Love Hathaway.
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Howell
Daughters of Confederacy Debate Member Ban Over Bathing Photo
A United Daughters of the Confederacy delegate controversy centers on a bathing photo printed by the Richmond Times Dispatch. A committee was appointed to investigate whether a delegate could be expelled for undignified conduct after a picture showed Mrs Samuel Burleigh Wilton of Washington DC among silver cups and medals from life saving contests aboard the high seas.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Samuel Burleigh Wilton
Washington, DC
High Seas
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Larker
Willie Stevens
Friver Roar
Harry McCade
James Mills
Edward Halls
Chilur
Hou
Gursline
New York Sun
Harry Chandler
Weale
Church of St. John
Phillips Farmhouse
McCabe
Hongent Parker
Eeberia
Iberia
Bulletin
King
Ruler
Johnson
Charity
Robin Hood
Hamaoten
Vu ‘Hin
Mann
Ford
Arnity
Virtue
Forrest
Daughters of Confederacy
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