Poison probe in McClintock death advances in Chicago
Chicago reports on the death of Billy McClintock, heir to McClintock millions, as doctors test for poison while foster father William Shepherd travels from Albuquerque to aid the coroner. Authorities consider whether typhoid was natural or caused by foul play and whether the mother’s death could be linked.
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Chicago
Medhy
Billy” McClintock
McClintock
William B. Shepherd
Albuquerque
N M
Thi Ner
Sheperd
Mrs. Shepherd
Shepherd
Young McClintock
Taxing Problems to be Discussed by Ohio Teachers
Columbus and state education officials plan a December 29 to 31 session to consider a plan for better equalization of school tax rates across Ohio school districts aided by state funds. A survey for the Ohio Teachers association shows wide variance in tax rates among districts receiving state aid and indicates rural and village districts can support schools as well as city districts.
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Columbus
Ohio Teachers’ Association
Columbus wedding gossip sparks editor critique
A Columbus society column drew the ire of a newlywed bride after a lengthy wedding feature. She pressed the society editor for clarification, noting the piece lacked her age and suggested the criticism targeted the bride herself rather than the story. The exchange highlighted tensions in society coverage.
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Columbus
S.ec
S.c
S. c
Athens County Ceases License Tag Distribution
Secretary of State orders immediate stop to all license tag distribution across Ohio. About 7,000 tags already held locally and 1,000,000 sets statewide held by distributors are affected. Use of 1924 tags allowed temporarily while an investigation decides next steps, including possible varnishing to weatherproof plates.
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Athens County
Athens County Automobile Club
Thad H. Brown
Athens
Brown
C. H. Bryson
Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron
Canton
Lima
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Columbus
Bees swarm aboard steamship West Nomentum near Yokohama
A swarm of bees settled on a ship's boom far off Yokohama while en route to Portland Oregon. The captain noted it as the first documented instance of bees swarming on a vessel at sea.
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Yokohama
Japan
Pacific
West Nomentum
Portland
Embargo On Live Poultry Sent To Ohio State
Columbus reports a live poultry embargo prohibiting shipments into the state from all other states. State Veterinarian Fred A. Zimmer says the order will last until authorities obtain clearer information about a strange disease blamed for many chicken deaths during transit.
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Columbus
Fred A. Zimmer
Mellon Says 1925 Promises Prosperity Under Conservative Policies
Secretary Mellon asserts 1925 offers strong commercial progress and prosperity if sound national and state administration tax reform and conservative business principles prevail. He notes reduced federal debt budgets and improved banking conditions while urging continued hard work and orderly policy.
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Robert S. Hiornburgh
I. N.S
Washington
The
Republic
Mellon
Avalanche Devastates Saltville Virginia After Dam Break
Saltville Virginia reports a Christmas Eve dam break at Matheson Alkali works triggering a massive slide of lime refuse. Rescuers search through thousands of tons of half frozen muck for victims. twelve bodies recovered, death toll feared to twenty two with a dozen missing. The sludge swept houses fences barns and vehicles along the Holston river nine miles downstream.
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Saltville
Matheson Alkali Works
Holston River
Ritter trusts $3 million Christmas gift to workers
In Columbus Ohio on December 26 about 124 people in 13 states receive a Christmas Day gift from William M Ritter. The donor, a millionaire hardwood lumber merchant, plans a trust distributing a large part of his fortune. About 100 beneficiaries are employees of W M Ritter Lumber Co, with the trust accounting for about 25 percent of its capital stock. The value estimates range from 2 to 5 million dollars for the trust assets.
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Columbus
United States
William M. Ritter
Washington, D. C
W. M. Ritter
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
Ritter
William Green elected as AFL president and lifelong friend
E. O. Wells, 57, recalls his early mining days with William Green in Coshocton. Green’s rise to the presidency of the American Federation of Labor is noted, yet Wells stresses their enduring friendship and shared past. The piece touches on Green’s religious upbringing and a childhood story of reading the Bible aloud.
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Coshocton
E. O. Wells
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Billy Green
Sam Gompers
Wells
Sti
Billy
Shavers
Roperties
Christmas Coldest Day Of The Present Winter
The Weather Man reports record cold across the region on Christmas. Thermometers show three degrees above zero at dawn, rising to eighteen in sunlit areas, then melting to four above by Friday dawn. Columbus records three below, with Cleveland and Toledo also near record lows.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
Weather forecast promises warm Friday into Saturday morn
The message notes rising temperatures in Athens and vicinity by Saturday morning by about fifteen to twenty degrees. It cautions a colder spell likely Saturday night into Sunday, dampening the weekend mood. The piece hints at a potential cold wave and advises local furnace operators to plan accordingly.
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Athens
Ava
Premier Teah koff in Belgrade talks on Bulgaria Yugoslavia ties
Sofia dispatch reports Premier Teah koff left for Belgrade to confer with Premier Pasitch. They aim to establish friendly Bulgaria Yugoslavia relations and discuss a plan for a combined opposition against Bolshevism.
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Sofia
Teahkoff
Belgrade
Pasitch
Bulgaria
Jugo-Slavia
Rural high schools to publish monthly news pamphlet
Defiance reports rural high schools will start a monthly pamphlet next month focusing on school news and topics. A staff of high school principals will supervise the publication.
Funeral of Samuel Gompers Mixed Rituals At New York Ceremony
Samuel Gompers is buried with Free Masons rites by St Cecele Lodge officials while a preliminary Elks service in New York features Dr Stephen Wise intoning the ritual. A radio sermon from the Elks hall echoes as mourners outside listen. Gompers lies near Carnegie Rockefeller Archbold in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery as crowds, vehicles, and police attend.
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Samuel Gompers
Free Masons
St. Cecele Lodge
New York City
Lodge of the Elks
Stephen &. Wise
Ref
Soames Jewish Church
Ohio coal freight rates deemed untouchable by state officials
Governor Donahey received Attorney General Crabbe's advice that seeking a readjustment of Ohio coal freight rates would be useless at present. The interstate commerce commission already governs conflicting rates and no state cases exist to pursue, meaning no action by the Ohio utilities commission. If the state chooses to investigate on its own, Crabbe would assist but would also defend the commission, placing the department on both sides of the dispute.
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Columbus
Donahey
Crabbe
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate
Cocommerce Commission
West Virginia
Kentucky
State Commission
Sion
State Department
Utilities Commission
Indiana
Mllinois
Hilnois
U. S Supreme Court
Ohio Leads Nation in Natural Gas Use in 1923
Ohio had 1,923,730 natural gas consumers in 1923, using 129.92 billion cubic feet, the highest in any state. Household use accounted for 91.70 billion cubic feet. U S figures show 3,233,800 U S consumers, with Ohio bills from gas totaling 63.76 billion cubic feet and 70.78 billion cubic feet received from other states. National consumption reached 1.608 trillion cubic feet, a new record, up 32 percent from 1922.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal Department of the Interior
United States
WU. S. Geological Survey
Not On Own Job Coal Mine Death Compensation Denied
State Utilities commission ruled Louis Simoncic 17 died from a roof fall at an Hutchinson coal company mine on family premises. The commission said the boy was employed at a butcher shop and not by the coal mine owners, so compensation could not be awarded.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Frank Simoncic
Louis
Hutchinson Coal Company
Bulldog Breed Origins Explained
The bulldog is a cross between a large pug-like dog from southeastern Asia and an English mastiff. This blend creates a sturdy, muscular frame with a broad head and characteristic jowls.
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Southeastern Asia
President Coolidge Rules Out Proposed Plans
Washington December 26 President Coolidge definitively rejected plans proposed for holding certain events or actions, signaling a firm stance on the matter and tightening administration direction.
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Washington
Coolidge
Cleveland Breaks U S Weather Record On Christmas
In Cleveland on Christmas morning the official Weather Bureau thermometer registered five degrees below zero, an all time U S record for the city. Snow flurries were forecast but sun shown faintly at 9 30 in the morning as the cold snap persisted.
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Cleveland
United States Weather Bureau
Green predicts better times for labor in 1938
Corductor U Green, with William Greve in New York, cites two factors for optimism: the Dawes plan stabilizing reparations and a lack of major labor disputes. He believes foreign markets and reparations settlement will boost the working class while noting no immediate changes in AF policy or leadership aims.
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Green
American Federation
Christmas Eve School Fire Claims Thirty Three
Hobart December 26 reports thirty three dead from a Christmas Eve fire at Babbs School. Twenty more in hospitals, some likely to die, as families face joint funerals for sixteen bodies and private services for seventeen. The disaster wiped out several families and trapped those near the tree in the first flames.
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Hobart
Hspitals
A. E. Coffey
William Curtis
Dowell Bolding
Fatal Christmas Eve Fire Injures Davis Family
Pomeroy G Bec 96-1 ward reports a deadly blaze started by oil poured on a fire. Davis 42 and his wife were badly burned and in Gallipolis hospital, while their children were safe with neighbors. The fire destroyed the home, damaged windows, and left the couple seriously burned, with the tragedy part of a string of fatal fires in the area.
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Pomeroy
G. Bec
Possum
Davis
Mag Davis
Ring
Mr. Doyie
Pepe Buchte
Seaton
Tractor School in Bucyrus to Offer Three Day Course
The Holmes Liberty school district announces a three day tractor instruction program beginning in January. The course covers gas engine basics and maintenance. Open to individuals aged fourteen and older, with completion eligible for county residents and others.
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Tractor School
Bucyrus
Holmes-Liberty
Distr County
Hotel at Sea Nome Alaska Moves Entire Establishment
An entire hotel is being relocated from Os Callf to Nome Alaska. The plan includes moving the clerk s desk bellhops top floor beds and other furnishings manufactured in pieces to be reassembled into a furnished hotel for transient guests.
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Hotel AT Sea
Nome
Alaska
Os Callf
Unusual rocking chair shown to South African tribe
In UnioTown a hand carved rocking chair was presented to King Wellgar, chief of a friendly jungle, by Sir Robert Arthur the famed hunter. The chair soon became a crowd magnet as natives gathered to glimpse it and many were too afraid to sit.
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Uniontown
South Africa
King Wellgar
Robert Arthur
MOTHERS WIVES! Peel to Every Woman
Fragmentary notice urges women to respond with a tree or item while promising a ponies prize. Readable text shows promotional lure but lacks clear event details or organized information.
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Billy” Green
Arthur Brisbane
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Ita
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