Hight and Sweetin receive life and thirty years in murder case
In Mount Vernon Illinois on December 24 Lawrence Hight is sentenced to life imprisonment and Elsie Sweetin to thirty years for the murder of Wilford Sweetin. The verdict followed an all-night jury deliberation with family and onlookers present. Elsie maintains composure while her father speaks of truth and punishment.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Lawrence Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford Sweetin
H. H. Thurness
Mount Vernon
Earlson
Hight
Columbus Sweetin
Bertha Bumpus
J. C. Kern
Lawrence M. Hight
Wilford
Sweetin
Aoather
Paper Handkerchiefs Boost Berlin Manufacturer's Wealth
Berlin reports Hein rich Bartels made fortunes from paper handkerchiefs sold at near zero cost. The venture yields large gross profits as the soft fibre handkerchiefs resist tearing and are discarded after use. Bartels also produces paper napkins and plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Heinrich Bartels
Bartels
Not for the Unfit Dayton Recruiting Office Error
Judge errors in sentencing youths to enlistment were challenged by R. M. Anderson chief petty officer in charge of Dayton recruiting offices. The incident highlights how misjudgments by officials can impact young men facing military service.
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Dayton, O
Army
Navy
R. M. Anderson
Falls on icy streets claim Cleveland man
Snow and ice in Cleveland cause Herman Potkin aged sixty one to slip and fall while crossing a street. Doctors say the death was due to a brain hemorrhage. Many other ice related accidents were reported.
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Cleveland
Herman Potkin
No Athens Messenger Edition on Christmas Day 1924
The Athens Messenger will not publish any edition on December 25 1924 to share the Christmas holiday with its staff.
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Athens Messenger
The
Messenger
Mob attacks Zinoviev in resort. Soviet leadership in turmoil
A mob in a noted resort beat Gregory Zinoviev into unconsciousness after capturing him. Reports say Trotzky is exploiting the unrest to gain power while a Soviet conference considers policy changes sparked by the disclosures about Zinoviev. Zinoviev’s wife organized raiders upon learning of his presence.
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London
Gregory Zinoviev
The
Communist Internationale
Leningrad
Trotzky
Zinoviev
Athens Christmas gift to children at Hull Foster Jr office
For over twenty years Hull Foster Jr offers candy and oranges to Athens children on Christmas morning from dawn to 10 00 at his Depot street office near the B and O passenger station. About 400 to 500 children are usually his guests.
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Athens
Hull Foster, Jr
Depot Street
Logan makes center street Christmas tree a holiday beacon
In Logan Ohio the main Market Street intersection hosts a large Christmas tree crowned with an electric star. Placed by L C Laubie, it will be joined by carol singing on Christmas Eve as part of the community celebration. Multicolored lights brighten Main Street, enhancing the festive mood.
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Logan, O
Main
Market Streets
Logan
L. C. Laubie
Main Street
Tests Probe 1925 License Plate Paint at Penitentiary
Columbus Ohio December 24 tests at the state penitentiary auto tag plant directed by Prof James R Withrow aim to determine if defective paint ruined license numerals or if malicious action at the prison caused the damage. Complaints say rain washes the paint off the plates.
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Columbus, O
James R. Withrow
Widow Gompers challenges will in surprise move
Mrs Gompers widow of the late labor leader says she was cut off with only the minimum amount allowed by law in his will. She is shocked and intends to confer with an attorney and a new relative to start proceedings to break the document.
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Samuel M. Gompers
Clemency Board Praises Matron Mrs Thomas at State Penitentiary
Columbus reports the clemency board lauded Mrs I E Thomas wife of Warden Thomas for prisoner welfare and visitor support. Governor Donahey approved all but one of seventy three clemency recommendations. The fiscal year closed with 2877 prisoners and 125 dry law violators inside. Crime attributed to postwar effects and World War I lingering restlessness.
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Columbus
I. E. Thomas
Thomas
State Clemency Board
Plwn
Arrest sought for golfer's second wife in Mississippi
Police report a request to arrest Mrs. Hilma Ensminger, second wife of professional golfer George Ensminger, in Columbia Mississippi. The charge is not stated. Ensminger says he was told poisoned candy was mailed to his seven year old son and that his aunt died after eating some of it.
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Columbia
Miss
Hilma Ensminger
George Ensminger
Ensminger
Eco
Olean
Albanian capital cut off as rebel forces close in
Belgrade reports say Tirana and Scutari communications were severed and Albanian situation remained doubtful. No official confirmation of capture, but sources indicate Tirana surrounded by rebels after a battle sixteen miles northeast of the capital.
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Belgrade
Tirana
Woman killed in Jersey City home attack
Sophia Alexandrowicz a 28 year old mother of five was kicked and beaten to death in her Jersey City home. Her husband found the body beside the bed upon returning home and police are seeking the assailant.
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Jersey City
Sophia Alexandrowicz
Rebel Forces Take Tirana as Government Flees
A Tirana dispatch reports the rebel forces have occupied Tirana and the government fled. The fall of Tirana and Scutari was reported but not confirmed in today’s messages received in Rome.
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Rome
Tirana
Scutari
Fire Sweeps Brooklyn Block. Merchants Lose 1.9 Million
A devastating blaze struck the block opposite the New Albee Theatre in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve. The fire caused an estimated material loss of 1.9 million dollars to numerous small merchants, casting a cheerless holiday in the shopping district.
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New York
New Albee Theatre
Brooklyn
Biggest Christmas mail in Athens post office history
Postmaster Harry McKinstry reports about 30 006 letters passed through the Athens post office from six Tuesday morning to six Wednesday morning marking the season's largest mail record. Extra staff and overtime keep up with a flood of letters and packages as rural carriers assist with sorting while customers queue at windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Harry McKinstry
Istaff
Aunt Clara
Death of Rich Youth Triggers State Probe
Chicago reports Coroner Oscar Wolff seeks postmortem exhumation of 21 year old Billy McClintock last of the McClintock mil lion heirs to probe death attributed to typhoid fever possibly from oysters. An investigation ordered after anonymous letters and letters threaten a probe with chemical analysis of vital organs. Foster parents William and Mrs Shepherd say death appears natural and decline further comment.
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Chicago
McClintock
Oscar Wolff
Billy” McClintock
Young McClintock
Misa Isabelle Pope
William D. Shepherd
Whale hide yields boots and gear for shipsmen
The hide of one whale has provided 200 pairs of boots 25 pairs of shoes heavy belting and many gross of shoestrings for seafaring use.
Concord policy read by Ohio federation head
President Green of the Ohio Federation interprets a new policy of conservation for the American Federation of Labor. He emphasizes McKinley’s pledge to concord over conflict and says capital and labor serve best when meeting at the council table rather than waging industrial warfare.
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Concord Coshocton
American Federation of Labor
William Gireen
Ohio
Federation
Green
McKinkey
Concord
Puter
William Green
Christmas Mail Records Shattered in Cleveland
Postmaster Baylor announced that all records for Christmas mail in Cleveland were broken. On December 34, over 1,800,000 pieces of first class mail were handled, versus 473,000 last year, and stamp sales surpassed any previous year.
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Cleveland
Baylor
Glasgow mobs rescue tenants in demolition scene
In Glasgow on December 24 a crowd of thousands and police smashed timber barriers of tenantless dwellings and restored evicted families to their homes, turning a slum street into a scene of emergency turmoil and intervention.
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Glasgow
Pearl White Stricken in Paris with Appendicitis
Pearl White, film star, became seriously ill in Paris on December 24 with appendicitis and could not be moved from Crifton Hotel to a hospital. Doctors deem the condition not dangerous but advised against moving her to a hospital.
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Pearl White
Paris
Crifton
Miss White
Publishers protest fast tracking Sterling postal rate bill
A vigorous protest was filed before the joint congressional postal committee in Washington on December 24 against hastening hearings on the Sterling bill that would raise postal rates by 68 million dollars. Arthur J. Baldwin of New York, president of the National Publishers Association, charged the committee gave publishers less than a week to respond to the case the Post Office department has prepared for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joint Congressional Postal Committee
Arthur J. Baldwin
New York
National Publishers Association
Postoffice Department
One Act Pantomime Barred At Paris Stage
A pan tomime titled Hit Stomach Play Taris set in the human anatomy featuring banquet foods has been barred from the Paris stage for indecency. The production mirrors an English show and its characters are edible items in a humorous scandal.
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Taris
Ibanez Defends King Alfonso Amid War Allegiances
The Spanish writer Ibanez argues King Alfonso stayed involved in the great war while feigning neutrality and notes European rulers often aid each other. Benigno Varela, a spirited Spaniard, challenges Ibanez to a death duel in four languages to defend the king’s honor, promising a slap in the face if needed.
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Benigno Varela
Ibanez
Varela
Four Die in Norfolk Sea Plane Mishap
A naval air base seaplane crash at Hampton Roads killed Chief Petty Officer E. M. Keyser, Chief Petty Officer A. S. Manwaring, apprentice Gavin Williams, and civilian Landrew Williams. An inquiry to fix responsibility will convene immediately. An officer, two sailors and a civilian were injured. the plane capsized near the runway as it returned with Landrew Williams aboard.
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Norfolk
Naval Board of
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
E. M. Keyser
Manwaring
Pr. & Gavin Hospital
Schenectady
N. Y
Gavin
Keyser
Williams
Plan To Sell Six Million To Eight Million In Bonds
Columbus December 24 announces a plan to sell between 6 000 000 and 8 000 000 in bonds to oper ate a plant. The proposal is said to be approved by Charles I Kurtz president of the company and by Cyrus & Eaton Cleveland capitalists.
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Columbus
Charles I. Kurtz
Cyrus & Eaton
Cleveland Capitalist
Sled accident injures Harold Walsh after collision with post
Harold Walsh ofteen is injured with a fractured leg after a sled collision in the season's first accident. He was coasting when he struck a post in Columbus.
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Columbus
Harold Walsh
Harold
Christmas cheer spreads through Athens County institutions
County and state facilities in Athens County plan festive Christmas celebrations. The Athens County Children's Home prepares a large gift day with 62 children, a 3 to 4 pm entertainment, and a turkey dinner for all. The county infirmary near Chauncey hosts a festive meal with music, treats, and trees. Sheriff Pete McKinley donates a 25 pound turkey for prisoners. Athens State Hospital serves a roast pork dinner with sides and dessert, plus a morning treat. Over 1,800 popcorn balls and many gift sacks go to residents, with each house decorated and a picture show in the amusement hall.
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Athens County
Chauncey
Pete McKinley
Athens State Hospital
Fox Drive Planned in Hocking County This Saturday
Members of the Hocking County Fox Drive era association will hold another drive in the county on Saturday starting at 9 o'clock. The route centers on the Joe Harsh farm at 11 o'clock and covers much of the prior territory. Officers expect sportsmen from Perry County to join the event.
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Logan
Hocking County
Fox Driv
Joe Harsh
Perry County
Safe found on Beaumont Road after kitchen raid
Small boys along the Hocking River near the Beaumont bridge discovered a half buried safe. Bart K. Dalley identified it as the stolen cafe safe from Athena offices of the Motor Poultry Co. The door was torn, cash missing between 75 and 190 dollars, but most records and papers were recovered. The crime remains a mystery.
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Hocking
Bacumont
Athena
The
Motor Poultry Co
Bart K. Dalley
Beaumont Bridge
Campaign to land Federal post for ex congressman Ricketts
Logan Ohio December 24 reports say friends of former Congressman Edwin D Ricketts of Logan are active in seeking a Federal appointment for him. Louis Ludlow notes in Washington that Mauller of Chillicothe pressed claims for recognition and recalls Ricketts two terms in Congress amid a district carved by Democrats.
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Logan, CO
Edwin D. Ricketts
Logan
Congress
Ricketts
Louis Ludlow
Ohio
Washington
F. B. Mauller
Chillicothe
Christmas Message to Disabled Veterans From President Coolidge
On the seventh Christmas after World War I a holiday message of hope and cheer was sent to maimed veterans by President Coolidge through Frank J. Irwin national commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
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Washington
Coolidge
Frank J. Irwin
Disabled American Veterans
Athens county sees third robbery in five days
Tuesday night a wave of crimes hit Athens county with a third successful robbery in five days and a fourth attempted theft. The Green's Run store and the Athens office of Moler Poultry Co. were hit, cash and a register stolen, with $25 taken from the Fierdan register. Sheriff McKinley led the probe but no suspects or clues were found as of Wednesday morning.
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Athens
Hermie Fierdan
Register
G. W. Hopkins
High Street
John
Asa
McKinley
Maple
Herb Parker Ie
Fan in disguise at London carnival revealed as performer
Eyed by many admirers at the Hotel Savoy a sharply dressed woman concealed her face with a large fan. The veil slipped to reveal Grid Arias a noted stage impersonator of women during the carnival affair.
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London
Savoy
Grid Arias
Real Sheik Caries Off Parisian Beauty in Cairo Tale
A Cairo party recounts a sensational tale of a white sheik abducting a young Parisian woman at a desert-styled gathering led by horsemen. The account frames the incident as a dramatic, real life scene unfolding in the city.
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Cairo
Seven Die in Plane Crash at London
A passenger plane bound for Paris crashed near London on December 24 killing seven aboard. The craft burst into flames on impact, and rescuers battled the blaze as smoke enveloped the site.
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London
Paris
Berlin hosts world’s first animal picture studio
Paris reports the only animal photograph studio in the world has opened in Berlin. Pictures are made exclusively of animal pets. The studio features furniture and lighting to create varied backgrounds for animal portraits. The shop attracts patrons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Animal Photos
Beriin
Mike
Christmas Safety Warnings From Fire Booklet
A fragmented notice warns against fire hazards in Christmas decorating. It cautions about electric lamps, wired paper, and celluloid ornaments. It advises not to use cotton snow indoors beyond three days and suggests obtaining a Fire Booklet with stamped return postage.
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Affinity
Sonia Lee
I. N. S. Correspondent
Russia
Mrs. Gompers
State Prison
Chippewa River
Chippewa Falls
Minn
Arthur Brisbane
Alfonso
Spain
Kaiser
Europe
Ma Goldman
Mr. Frick
Naval Board
Norfolk Harbor
FOX
Beaumont Road
May Land
Fan IN Disguise
Frederic J. Haskin
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