Murder Number 9 in Haarmann case links America to attic ogre
Court in Hanover hears how Fritz Haarmann, the German slayer tied to Richard Graef of Staten Island, pleads confessions while Anna Weidehaus and Otto Graef recount the victim’s journey and the family’s agony. The Graefs’ kinship stories reveal a tragic path toward the killer’s confession and the courtroom drama.
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Hanover
Germany
Wagenschiffer
America
Fritz Haarmann
Richard Graef
William Drandorff
Staten Island
N. Y
Fraulein
Anna Weidehaus
Graef
Richards
United States
Richard
Ida
Heinricha
Ellis Island
Anna
Otto
Switzerland
Americas
Nichard
Haarmann
Haarmannnen
Otto, Is the Family Drama Lying Behind the Swift Court Room
Ruling Blocks Local Auto Tag Fees in Athens County
The Ohio Attorney General ruled no fee may be charged by local authorities issuing 1925 auto license tags disrupting the Athens County Automobile Club plans. Club officials say clerical costs exceed $1,500 and no funds exist to cover the shortfall. Tags are issued next Monday to club members. remaining tags in December 22 are on hold awaiting developments.
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Athens County Automobile Club
Auto Club
Squirrels in yard test Columbus official’s patience
In the state house yard C. J. Randall and two school board members joked about the animals judging character. A squirrel nipped Randall’s trouser leg and tucked a nut into his waistcoat pocket before returning to retrieve it.
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State House Yard
C. J. Randall
Columbus
Randall
Board of Education
Statehouse Yard
Elks Charity Minstrels Dazzle Local Crowd At Ohio University
High interest surrounds the Elks Frolic of 1924 to raise funds for the Elks charity. The show runs December 16 17 and 18 at the Ohio University auditorium with acts by Blondy Johnson Frances Finney Dad Foster Betty Hoyt McCoy Master Dick Schmidt Mrs A T Shurick and Mrs Frank X Rauch. Tickets for Tuesday and Wednesday go on sale at Cline’s drug store Monday at 7 am and Thursday tickets Tuesday at 7 am. reservations urged to avoid sold out seats.
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Ohio University
Elks’ Charity Fund
Blondy” Johnson
Frances Finney
Dad" Foster
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Dick Schmidt
A. T Shurick
Frank X. Rauch
Cline’s Drug Store
Letter From Civil War Era Found In Medina Resident’s Mail
A 1864 letter written by James Fisk while on duty at Fort McIntyre Baltimore Maryland is delivered to Mrs Sarah Smith of Shelby Medina County after sixty years. It was addressed to her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Fisk who have long since passed away. The discovery links modern readers with Civil War days via a long journey from the front to present.
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Medina
N. Y
Sarah Smith
Shelby
James Fisk
Fort Mcintry
Baltimore
Henry Fisk
Gompers Improves as Lower Altitudes Help
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor was reported rapidly improving in a message to EF Trevino general agent of the Mexican Central Railway lines. The lower altitudes near the border were said to have aided his grave lung ailment while his train crossed higher mountain ranges en route to the United States. Reports of his death earlier were dispelled as wires reached the border. The Mercy Hospital in Laredo reported he had not yet arrived.
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San Antonio
Texas
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
EF. Trevino
Mexican Central Railway
United States
Gompers
Mexico City
Mexico
Laredo
Mercy
Akron Cattle Test Sparks Grain of Aid Plan
Akron reports more than 14 000 cattle condemned and slaughtered under the tuberculosis area test plan causing heavy farmer losses due to quarantine. Charles N Knight publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal says he will lend financial aid to a dairymen campaign to stop the test and advises farmers to defy the veterinarians.
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Akron
Charles N.night
Akron Beacon Journal Today
Knight Today
Bishop calls for purge of Ku Klux Klan in Cleveland
Bishop Joseph Schrembs of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland urged the public to tear the mask from the Ku Klux Klan and reveal it in its true light. He warned that the inalienable rights of Jews Catholics Protestants Gentiles and Negroes are being attacked and urged Americans to re-dedicate themselves to fundamental rights and the spirit of 1776.
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Cleveland, O
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland
Schrembs
Premier Her riot Shows Slight Improvement in Grippe
Paris dispatch reports Premier Her riot slightly better today as doctors treat influenza symptoms. He will remain in bed for several more days per medical orders.
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Paris
Herriot
la Grippe
Old Fighter McCoy to Take Stand in California Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on December 12 the fifth day of Kid McCoy’s murder trial nears his own defense. Prosecution aims to finish its case by Saturday with Emden set to testify about McCoy’s jealousy and threats at Mrs. Mors shop. Key witnesses include Sam Stearns and George Kellar. Albert Mors remains ill and may not testify.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Kid McCoy
Teresa Mors
McCoy
Emden
Widow Offers Servitude to Raise Funds for Daughter’s Surgery
Mrs. Isabel Tarlin of San Francisco, a war widow, says she is willing to sell herself for a year to obtain $506 required for her daughter Cleo’s operation. Cleo, a paralyzed child, is in Cleveland and the family seeks the money to pay the surgeon.
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Isabel Tarlin
San Francisco
Cleo
Cleveland
Censorship Suspended in Madrid After Military Restrictions
Madrid ends a broad censorship on military matters, including revolutionary content, lifting prior controls that had limited reporting on wartime events. The move comes as authorities ease restrictions across the city.
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Madrid
Children Shine in Church Program With Memory Drill
A thousand or more attendees watched sixty five children perform a Bible question drill led by Mrs. Walker during a Thursday service at the Christian church. The event followed a sermon by Dr. Edwards about The Good Confession, with seventy new members joining the church to date.
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Christian Church
Doctor Edwards
Middleport Christian Church
Leilly
Esther
Higley
Deborah
Early Bird Washington Shows Wesley Jones Morning Lead
Dee Washington chronicles Wesley L. Jones the new Republican whip noted for extreme early rising. Jones arrives at the Capitol before dawn, even before President Coolidge, and uses a pass-key to access the Senate office building and elevators.
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Washington
Dee
Wesley L. Jones
United States Senate
Jones
Coolidge
Potomac Park
Senate
Ohio Spiritualist convention debates medium certificates
Members of the Ohio Spiritualist Association opened their Columbus convention at the Southern Hotel to consider granting certificates to mediums and renewing existing certificates.
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Columbus
Ohio Spiritualist Association
Southern Hotel
What Gould Poor Thing Say When Husband Asked Question
Centrana report tells of a Centralia socialite wife who returns late, locks her garage door and finds her skirt locked by a spring, leaving her with no key. She flees briefly to hide, then returns to ring the bell as her husband finally answers the door with a sharp question about her party.
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Hubby
Centralla
Centrana
Husbad
Jeudee
Goming
Ohio paper mills to discuss stream pollution plan
Columbus Ohio December 12 Plans to curb pollution of Ohio streams from paper industry waste will be reviewed by about fifty paper manufacturers. State Health Director Monger announced a meeting at the Southern hotel next Monday afternoon with Doctor Monger and W H Dittoc expected to speak.
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Columbus
Ohio
Monger
Southern
W. H. Dittoc
State Health Department
Foreign money sent abroad vast sums amid stable exchanges
The Federal Reserve reports foreign countries borrowed about $1.1 billion from American bankers in the first eleven months of 1924, lifting total American peace time investments abroad to about $10 billion. The rise in British pound value and European exchange strength accompany large October grain and cotton purchases, with new capital issues three times 1923 levels.
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I. N. S. Stat
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Federal Reserve
London
New York
Moncey
Europe
B&b
Austria
Germany
Poland
Cop Faces Dilemma Over Seized Aerial Cop
In Columbus on December 12 a bailiff assigned to seize Aerial Cop Mulzer's plane under a writ of attachment says he cannot decide what to do with the aircraft. The finance company holding the loan on the plane obtained the writ, but returning the ship to the property room or padlocking it offers no clear solution.
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Columbus
Mulzer
Mission expert speaks in Athens
Dr. Charles L. Zorbaugh addressed the Presbyterian Brotherhood on National Missions and American Democracy outlining the mission of religious forces in supporting government and democracy. He is executive secretary of National Missions in the Ohio synod. A youth social at the Presbyterian church follows from 7 to 9 this evening.
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Charles L. Zorbaugh
Presbyterian Brotherhood
National Missions
American Democracy
Doctor Zorbaugh
Synod of Ohio
Presbyterian Church
Largest Glass Statue of Shakespeare Unveiled in London Park
The largest statue cast in glass honors William Shakespeare for a London park. Details describe its size and placement, highlighting the historic achievement in sculpture and public art.
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William Shakespeare
London
Athens County Road Program Approved by State Federations
Athens county leaders and auto clubs backed a two year road plan approved by the Ohio Good Roads federation and the State Highway department in Columbus. C H Bryson, state trustee, and James Ginnan, Athens County Councilor, reported thorough approval with minor changes anticipated before legislative consideration.
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Athens County
Ohio Good Roads Federation
State Highway Department
C. H. Bryson
Columbus
Auto Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bryson
Good Roads Federation
James Ginnan
Japan Poised to Reopen Talks with Russia
Tokyo reports Japan is preparing to re open negotiations with the Russian Soviet government. Instructions have been sent to Japanese representatives in Moscow outlining a new basis for talks with Russia.
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Tokio
Japan
Moscow
Russia
Jealous husband shoots wife in Reding Pennsylvania
In Reding Pennsylvania Tony Wickhoski 48 fatally shot his wife after allegedly accusing her of infidelity. He told police she was painting powdering and had too many men talking to her and that he killed her.
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Reding
Tony Wickhoski
Evans Defends Actions After Prohibition Dismissal
Frank Evans formerly of Urbana and deputy prohibition commissioner issued a statement from Columbus defending his conduct and condemning Commissioner McDonald for firing him without a hearing. He asserts his actions and criticizes the dismissal process as unfair and lacking due process.
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Evans
Columbus
Frank
Urbana
State Prohibition Department
McDonald
Prohibition
Slayer of a girl pays the penalty
Alexander Kuszik of Akron was executed at the Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of his 13 year old cousin Elizabeth Nagy. He faced death at 1 00 am and was electrocuted six minutes later after an anxious hour of letters to relatives. External counsel sought clemency and new alienist testimony offered but was rejected.
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Columbus
Elizabeth Nagy
Alexander Kuszik
Akron
Ohio Penitentiary
Reed
Kuszik
Donahey
Lawmakers To Heed Governor Donahey In Coming Session
Ohio Republicans and Governor Donahey will pursue the governors program in the next legislature. Senator George H. Bender says the party will work with Donahey and notes two pivotal issues ahead, child labor reform and pre primary election measures. He also warns of resistance to a proposed amendment on pre primary campaigns.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Legtelacture
George H. Bender
Columbus
Donahey
United States
Isaac
Donaheyv
Seender
Beens Hey
Bender
Vic Donahey
C U Grad Named National Leader In Wheat Research
Dr C Stine head of vision of historical and state research of the United States department of agriculture arrives in Athens to visit Mr and Mrs Koons. A former ball boy and Ohio University graduate of 1908 he studied at Wisconsin and joined the service rising to a top wheat expert in the country.
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C. Stine
United States
Zston
O. C
Athens
L. A. Koons
Stine
Ohio University
Koons
Wisconsin Versity
Finance minister says invitation sent for treasury secretary to Paris
Clemente announced in Paris that the United States had invited Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to attend the financial conference in Paris on January 6. The invitation was conveyed personally and aims to ensure U.S. participation in the discussions.
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Paris
Clemente
The
Treasury
Mella
Paris Ponally
Dates Are Good For Children
A dated health note promotes dates as healthy for children citing sugar needs and energy. The Athens Messenger offers a 52 entry DATE BOOKLET, requesting 52 cents in stamps for return postage. Frederic J. Haakin directs the information bureau and urges mothers to obtain the booklet.
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I Our Bureau
Frederic J. Haakin
The
Athens Messenger
Pete Ly
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