May Unite to Wipe Out Vice Along the Border
In Tia Juana four of seven accused in the Peteet murders remain jailed under guard while charges of murder are not pursued. Z Llanos led the group with allied figures Luis Amador Refugio Alvarez and Francisco Gonzales. The four face up to fourteen years or possible death if sent to Tres Marias prison as trial is postponed.
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Tia Juana
Mex
Audrey
Clyde Peteet
Tia Juana Jail
Z. Llanos
Mexicali
Death Toll Rises In Utah Snow Slide Tragedy
Ninety five dead is the probable toll as a snowslide buried the Highland Bay mine district in Doty’s Gulch. By dawn 29 bodies had been recovered and 15 persons, including two children, were hospitalized with a chance of recovery. Miners from Utah Delaware Apex and other copper mines aided in rescue under arc lights while authorities fought fires that trapped victims.
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Bingham
Utah
Highland Bay
Doty's Gulch
Utah Delaware Mining Company
Delaware
Apex
Salt Lake City
Spinsterhood ending teased as Barbara Hawley faces choice
The Messenger invites readers to imagine the conclusion of the Spinsterhood serial. Barbara Hawley, who chose independence over marriage, plans to move to New York for newspaper work, prompting questions about whether she will marry Bruce Reynolds or pursue further love. Readers are asked to submit endings within 100 words for a chance to be printed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hawley
Messenger
Barbara
New York
Bruce Reynolds
Police disperse crowd at Sunnyside mine visit
Evansville Indiana February 18 police and deputy sheriffs dispersed union sympathizers who visited the Sunnyside mine after earlier calls on three Warrick County mines where some disorder occurred. Nonunion workers entered the shaft without interference.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Sunnyside
Warrick County
Street skirts will be short in New York fashion
Madame Jeanne Lanvin, Paris fashion creator, arrived on the Aquitania and said evening dresses will stay long while street costumes will keep their current shorter skirt length in New York. She noted that the listening world was surprised by the mix of lengths seen recently.
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New York
Jeanne Lanvin
Paris
Aquitania
Three Die in Knoxville Gun Battle After Store Hold-Up
In Knoxville Tennessee on February 18 three men were killed during a running gun battle that erupted when assailants tried to rob Henry McMillan a longtime local merchant. Local authorities conducted investigations into the confrontation and its aftermath.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry McMillan
Concrete Around the Home booklet offered free
A Washington Information Bureau promotes a booklet titled Concrete Around the Home that shows that concrete has many uses for homes and farms. It claims a novice can do the work with simple instructions and offers a coupon with two cents for return postage to obtain the booklet.
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Washington Information Bureau
Hocking County Dogs To Be Muzzled Or Killed In Rabies Alert
In Logan on February 18, police and county officials warn all dogs in the area must be muzzled or tied until the mad dog scare passes. Dogs bitten or suspected of exposure should be chained or shot immediately. The rabid animal reportedly traveled from Otto Iles’s home near Enterprise through Logan to Carbon Hill, with several dogs believed bitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Webb
Messenger
Logan
Otto Iles
Enterprise
Carbon Hill
Countess Vera Cathcart Faces Deportation Fight at Ellis Island
Vera, Countess of Cathcart, awaits a lawyers’ conference in Ellis Island detention quarters amid plans to challenge a deportation order for moral turpitude. Secretary Davis upheld Curran’s ruling barring entry to the United States. her lawyers may seek vindication before the appeals court or Supreme Court, a process likely spanning years. She is scheduled for deportation at 1 am Saturday aboard the Cunard liner Aquitania.
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New York
Vera
Countess of
Cathcart
Illis Island
Coolidge Absent from White House Again due to Cold
President Coolidge remains away from his office due to a heavy cold. Doctors say the illness is not serious, though it aggravates him. Several engagements were planned for the day but fulfillment is uncertain. Washington report dated February 18.
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Washington
Coolidge
Retail food costs rise since 1925 despite January dip
The Department of Labor announced that retail food costs fell about one percent in January but have increased roughly 6.14 percent since January 1925 and 67 percent since 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Man Hunt in Huron County After Detective Slaying
A large man hunt was under way in Huron County after the slaying of Frank McGrath, an American Railway Express detective from Cleveland. McGrath and Deputy Sheriff Frank Adleman were attacked by James and Leonard Lyons while attempting to arrest Jim Lyons for a $35 robbery. George Morgan and Deputy Sheriff Vincent Harley witnessed the Lyons flee in the county car after shooting McGrath.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Frank McGrath
American Railway Express
Cleveland
Here
Havanna
McGrath
Frank Adleman
James
Leonard Lyons
Lyons Farm
Jim
American Express Company
George Morgan
Vincent Harley
Lyons
Adleman
Lyons Brothers
Denounces Use of Women in Prohibition Raids
Columbus reports Attorney General Crabbe denounced alleged use of immoral women by state prohibition officials to frame suspects in dry law enforcement. He cited a woman of ill repute taken to Westerville in an auto owned by the state under city enforcement involvement.
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Columbus
State Prohibition Department
Crabbe
Westerville
Here
Nations Seek Border Treaty to End Tia Juana Vice
Washington two federal departments move to curb border town vice after the Peteet family deaths in San Diego. Treasury orders border curfews while State Department officials study a proposed treaty to create a 50 mile zone south of the border banning liquor gambling and houses of moral turpitude.
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Washington
Mexico
Peteet
San Diego
Airst
Treasury Department
California
State Department
America on the Way Toward Financial World Supremacy
Washington reports that U S capital investment nears six times Britain’s with 125 foreign and domestic investments totaling about 6.54 billion dollars in 1919. Domestic enterprise receives 5.195 billion, foreign field 1.345 billion as Britain grows uneasy. If trend continues the United States could hold substantial control over foreign capital markets and raw materials by 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
United States
London
Movement to defeat Italian debt settlement alarms old-line senators
Washington reports a bipartisan effort to defeat the Italian debt settlement and deny ratification in the Senate. Democrats and insurgent Republicans hold conferences while financial interests push for approval. critics argue the rate is too low compared with England and France. The anti Mussolini mood among Italians and some Masons fuels opposition to the accord.
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the Messenger
Washington
Senate
England
France
America
Masonic Order
Italy
Nelsonville Mayor Conducts First Wedding Ceremony
Mayor Eberle officiated his first marriage with Councilman Stover and officials aiding. Stanley L. McDaniel and Mary Dorothy Bowman wed as Chief Pearson and Detective Price located the proper legal language. The mayor waived the fee this time, promising standard pay in future ceremonies.
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Nelsonville
Eberle
Chas. A. Stover
Pearson
Price
Hocking Valley Railroad
Stover
Swan
Stanley L. McDaniel
Mary Dorothy Bowman
Pickford mother in critical condition after tumor operation
Mrs. Charlotte Pickford, mother of Mary Pickford, remained in critical condition in Los Angeles after undergoing surgery for a tumor yesterday.
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Charlotte Pickford
Mary Pickford
Insurgents Press Senate Probe Into Mellon Aluminum Co
In Washington on February 18 insurgent Democrats renewed bids for a Senate investigation of Mellon owned Aluminum Company of America. Administration leaders plan a new policy requiring committee approval for inquiries to curb probe spurts seen in 1924 as Republicans seek to check investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Amerca
Train Collision Near Casterland Kills Two Engineers
Two trainmen William Bell of Utica and Richard Quinn of Ogdensburg died in a head-on wreck between New York to Watertown passenger No. 59 and a Utica-bound freight near Casterland New York. Several mail clerks and passengers were slightly injured as the passenger engine was demolished.
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Casterland
N. Y
Wiliam Bell
Utica
Richard Quinn
Ogdensburg
New York
Watertown
Elizabeth Schneeder Found After Weekend Disappearance
A 17 year old girl, Elizabeth Schneeder, returned home in Cincinnati today after a disappearance since Saturday. Police said a car sped away as she arrived claiming she is married, then collapsed at the doorway.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Schneeder
Drift of Public Sentiment on Volstead Act Survey Considered
A presidentially appointed seven member fact finding commission would study the effects of six years of prohibition to gauge public sentiment for or against the Volstead Act. Gen Lincoln Andrews endorses the probe as a valuable tool, while Dry leaders differ on its advisability and scope.
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Washington
Representative CeLler
Democrat
New York
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
Air Service
Coolidge
First Day of Peace In Coal Region Shaky Beginnings
Wilkes Barre Pa February 18 The wheels of industry rock uncertainly in the anthracite region as operations were resumed after the longest and costliest strike in union history. Five hundred workers at the Pennsylvania Coal Company Pittston plant laid down their tools today over a wage dispute surrounding the stoppage.
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Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pittston
Mellon Warns Senate on Italy Debt Ratification
Secretary of the Treasury warned the Senate that failure to ratify the Italian debt agreement risks jeopardizing the roughly two billion dollars the United States loaned Italy. He called the issue a matter of national financial obligation and international credit.
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Washington
Retary of the
Treasury
Government Hospital Enters Two Week Smallpox Quarantine
In Chillicothe on February 18 the United States government hospital housing ninety seven and staff began a two weeks quarantine after four smallpox cases were discovered within the facility.
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Chillicothe
United States
Freight office to close on Washington’s birthday
Agent Winters of the 3B and Ohio railroad in Athens announces that the B and O freight office will be closed all day next Washington’s birthday. Agent Gross of the New York Central and Hocking Valley freight offices is also referenced in the notice.
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Winters
3B & Ohio Railroad
Athens
Washington
Gross
New York Central
Hocking Valley
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Red Cross
Frederic J. Haskin
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Hocking County
Ohio
Cleveland & Western Coal Company
Powhatan
Lady Cathcart
Britain
Mussolini
David Lawrence
C. H. Bartlett
Los Angeles, Cal
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J. I. Rosencrants
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Flapper
Fanny
Fann
Ine
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