Farm relief bill passes Senate pledge to White House
The Venary-Haugen farm relief bill wins 47 to 6 in the Senate and heads to the House where action is expected soon. House leaders claim a 40 vote margin against the measure as President Coolidge is expected to veto. Amendments expand the list of affected commodities and allow states to reject the equalization fee.
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Paul RB. Mallon
United Press
Washington
White House
Senate
House
Farm Bloc
George and
Harys
Georgia
Harrison and Stephens
Miss
Hellin
Underwood
Bleasé
South Carolina
Arizona
Oregon
Right to divorce case from New Haven court report
In New Haven Conn a divorce action was heard with testimony about cruelty and a grave digging incident described in court. The complainant Mrs Mare M Yedovt testified before Judge Finlwin Inan as the proceedings unfolded with limited coherent details in the fragmentary report.
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New Haven
Conn
Mare M. Yedovt
Sexton
Hand
Dream Begun Twenty Years Ago Is Realized In Longest Tunnel
Dream of Denver financier David Moffatt becomes reality as America's longest tunnel drilled through 31 feet of rock at West Portal Cola. The 61 mile bore progresses with blasts still required eastward. Final completion will reroute transcontinental trains via the tunnel, slashing Denver East Lake City rates and eliminating miles of grade.
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America
West Portal
Cola
David Moffatt
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Moffatt
Coolidge
Golden Key
Washington
Rocky Mountain Region
Penver
Granite Hills
East Lake City
Familiar Figure In Coal Industry Dies Suddenly
Nelsonville reports the sudden death of J. M. Lama 65% Logan after a heart attack Friday night at his son’s Middleport home. Lama, a longtime mine owner and operator, moved from Nelsonville to Logan nine years ago and held varied coal interests in Hocking and Pomeroy districts. He leaves a widow and son Earl P. Lama. funeral at Logan Monday at 2 PM. Burial in Logan. Congressmen Dits Cincinnati: A E B Stephenson dies at North Bend, Ohio, after a cancer battle.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
J. M. Lama
Logan
Bar
Earl P. Fo Lame
Conant Brother Reads Bible After Injury
Chauncey February 12 According to B C Conant his brother Jerry Conant who was seriously injured in a mine accident seven years ago has read the Bible twenty six times from Genesis to Revelations Since his serious injury he has been unable to get around and has spent the greater part of his time reading He recently slipped and fell again at Amesville injuring his thigh fracture was unstained indicating another fracture of his injured thigh.
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Chauncey
B. ¥. Conant
Jerry Conant
Mr. Conant
Amesville
Two Eye Witnesses Describe Lincoln Assassination Story
Findlay reporter Roberts, commander of the GAR post, recalls Lincoln's assassination in Ford's Theatre. He witnessed the president bow, the shot, Booth leaping on stage, and the chase, saying the memory of that night remains vivid despite aging. In Denver, 98 year old Mrs. Luther Weothe recounts watching Booth approach the box, the flash, and her aid in tripping Booth with a flag fringe, delaying his flight.
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I Roberts
G -Ar
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Stoberts
John Wilkes Booth
Roberts
Arthur F. Degreve
Enitel Press
Denver
Colo
Ford Theater
United Press Today
Coombs
Luther E. Weothe
Mr. Lincoln
Booth
Kirkwood
Boatt
Lincoln
Nie Annic
Woman Rescued From Cult After Bed-Violent Vows
Bridgewater South Dakota February 12. A woman named Mrs H Wollman was found tied to her bed by a group described as a religious cult of farmers near Bridgewater. She had not eaten for five days and was in a hypnotic state, but doctors said she would recover. The men who discovered her forced the cult members from the home and alerted authorities.
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Bridgewater
S. D
U.P
H. Wollman
GH. Glauser
Glanser
Hidgewater
Peaches Jeered as She Returns to Bermuda
In Bermuda on February 12 Frag ers Heenan Browning arrived with her mother and a reporter, after a courtroom ordeal in White Plains. They checked into the Hamilton hotel and kept to a quiet corner of the grill as reporters and crowds gathered.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Peaches
Heenan Browning
White Plains
Edward West Browning
Heenan
Weather outlook for Ohio Valley this week rains and warmth
The Ohio Valley weather report predicts a period of rain at the week’s start and another rain spell midweek. Temperatures will run moderate most days with a cold snap toward week’s end.
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Ohio Valley
Washington
Tech
Mystery of Skulls Grips Ferndale Suburb
Ferndale Michigan residents crowd around a grisly find in Zigaboo a shack where four women's skulls and a braided hair strand were discovered by a 12 year old boy. James W Coyner 32 negro inmate in Indiana prison for grave robbery is tied to the scene after bone experts say one skull shows clubbed death.
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Ferndale
Mich
Detroit
Zigaboo
James W. Coyner
Coyner
Indiana
George W. Smith
No successors to two vacant state prohibition force posts
In Columbus on February 12 USA no successors will be appointed to fill the two vacant posts of inspectors in the state prohibition force. B F McDonald, the state prohibition thief, said today that one man has been appointed and the remaining positions left vacant by three recent replantations will be left empty.
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Prohibition
Columbus
USA
B. F. McDonald
Good Liquor Supply Halted Says Prohibition Czar
United States news with Joseph Wasney reports that the vast prohibition machine led by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews has halted the supply of good liquor. He acknowledges moonshine traffic remains and says stronger congressional powers are needed to curb it.
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Andrews
Joseph Wasney
United Press Star
United Press
Washington
Prohibition Chief Presses for Enforcement Aid and Reform
In New York and Brooklyn, federal agents seized substantial liquors during raids on Broadway venues and a Brooklyn parish, underscoring the drive to strengthen enforcement. Andrews urges Congress to pass the prohibition reorganization bill and medicinal spirit legislation, and to fund undercover work, arguing only secret-service effort can curb moonshine and ensure legitimate medical liquor.
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New York
Broadway
Brooklyn
Outlines
Congress
Andrews
Prohibition Unit
Internal Revenue Bureau
Lash to Be Honored For Fifty Years In Athenian Lodge
Lash Sr a charter member and first Chancellor Commander of Athenian lodge No 104 K of P will receive a medal at 7 PM after a brief meeting. The lodge marks 63 years since founding the national lodge in 1864 and 50 years for the local group begun in 1877. Speakers include older members recounting early days. refreshments to follow. Lash recalls founding the local lodge from eight original members and describes its movements through several buildings before settling on North Court Street. He is the last surviving of the original eighteen initiates. two others remain in Columbus.
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K. of P
Lash
National Lodge
Washington
Ndge
South Court Street
Sloan
Worth Court [Street
Bank
Court and
Washington Streets
Athena National Bank
Preston
Ranch Bakery
Lawrence
North Court Street
Athens
E. O'Bieness
Harry B. Stewert
Columbus
John K. McCune
Lancaster Street
Butcher Kills Two Competitors in Rochester Rampage
In Rochester on February 12 a crazed butcher named Harry Gordon wounded two others and killed two rivals, Harry Katz and Samuel Tols. The violence sparked fear as residents sought safety and police protection.
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Rochester
N. Y
Harry Gordon
Gordon
Harry Katz
Samuel Tols
Morris Kilass
Jack Cohen
Klass
Cold Wave Forecast Sweeps South From Canada
A sudden cold wave replacing mild Midwest weather was forecast by the weather bureau. It is described as moderately cold and moving down from Canada into the United States. The mercury fell below zero in North Dakota last night.
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Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Fiee
United States
Canada
North Dakota
Officials at Prison Hear Strange Noises and Behold Shadows on Death Chair
In Ohio's penitentiary death chamber officials and a caretaker claim ghostly noises and eerie shadows surround the electric chair. A door opened revealed only the chair and roaming pigeons, with shadows continuing to appear through the dim light.
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Columbus
United Press
Ohio
Walla
Glouster Council Plans Complaint Over Appraisal
Glouster Ohio council dissatisfied with a county appraisal votes to file a formal complaint with the board of revision of Atheny county. If no action, the city may seek an injunction to prevent tax collection until a satisfactory reappraisal is made. New valuation shown is 1,449,960 up from 1,204,040 in 1910.
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Glouster
Board of Revision
Atheny County
Ed Kurtzman
Commission
Kurtzman
Mr. Kurtzman
Temperatures Record Historic Cold and Warm Spells
A weather snippet recalls a 42 year period of extreme cold and warming. It notes a morning value of 11 below zero, then 6 above three years later, and yesterday’s low just below freezing. Noon temperature reached 44 with a two year table listing multiple readings on Friday and Saturday mornings across columns of numbers and periods.
Close Mines Force 26 000 Miners Out of Work in Coal Region
Hazelton Pennsylvania February 17 With the coal market conditions worsened by a strike or stoppage Army of miners under Barstow began to close operations affecting more than 26 000 anthracite miners in the Lehigh Valley area The paper notes the closure of the remaining winter operations and a further thousand miners left unemployed due to the order This excerpt records the impact on workers and the coal industry in the region during the period.
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Cincinatus
Bill Barstow
Otteben
Hazelton
Barstow
Lehigh Valley
Coal Company
President Coolidge Pushes Broad Disarmament Plan
President Coolidge advances wide disarmament ideas amid foreign caution. He weighs a reserve plan for a five power auxiliary and a three power pact with Britain and Japan if France blocks the treaty. Observers say the push boosts prestige despite potential failure of Geneva talks.
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Lupwele Denne
United Preas Star
Washington
Coolidge
Hitte
Great Britaan
Japan
France
Italy
Great Britain
Lemsen
Ats Torta
Coolidale
Genet
Brossch
Wag Ag
Coole
Preas Antd Oy
Janan
Geneva—League
Britain
United States
Rome
Mussolini
Preas
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North Bend
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