Hollywood Scandal Shocks Screen Stars In Denver Oil Man Shooting
Police probe the motive behind the Tuesday night shooting of Courtland Dines by Horace Greer in Los Angeles. Dines lies gravely injured as Miss Mabel Normand denies visitors amid reports of her nervous exhaustion. Greer, using the alias Joseph Kelly, claims Normand faced an appendicitis operation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Courtland
Dines
Denver
Colorado
Horace A. Greer
Mabel Normand
Greer
Joseph Kelly
Good Samaritan Hospital
Central Emergency Hospital
Miss Normandas
Dudley Fulton
Miss Normand
Buffalo
Kelly
Farm Bureau Year Meeting Held in Athens Saturday
The Athens county farm bureau will meet in the Athens city hall council room on Saturday January 5. Morning sessions cover committee appointments officer reports and talks on county club work and local purchasing and marketing in 1923. Afternoon features Mrs H W Lawrence on egg and poultry marketing and election of county officers.
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Athens County Farm Bureau
Athens City
Charles Mansfield
W. F. Kemp
Coolville
H. W. Lawrence
American Farm Bureau Federation
Four Men Held in Canton for Death of Ruth Hunter
The body of Ruth Hunter aged 18 was found on the Reedurban Richville road at 10 45 Wednesday night by farmer Fred Custer. Four Massillon men were arrested for driving while drunk and are being questioned after a girl's glove was found in their car. She left home shortly after eight to meet her brother at a downtown theater and vanished thereafter.
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Canton, O
Ruth Hunter
Reedurban-Richville
Fred Custer
Massillon
Columbus Man Run Down Twice in Tragic Trains
Arthur L. Looker, 49, died yesterday in Columbus after being struck by an inbound passenger train near Union station and then run over by a second freight train. Train crews did not see him. He leaves a widow and two stepdaughters.
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Columbus
Arthur L. Looker
Pennsylvania
Union Station
Looker
British steamer Preath runs aground near Nateara reef
Sydney dispatch reports the British steamship Preath traveling from New York ran ashore today on Nateara reef and is listed in a dangerous position.
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Sydney
Australia
Preath
New York
Nateara Reef
Johnson Presses Ohio Delegates For Coolidge Nomination
Senator Hiram Johnson arrives in Cleveland to launch a drive for Ohio 51 delegates at the Republican convention. He aims to define issues for the nomination, meeting supporters from the Midwest and potentially influencing Pennsylvania’s contest. His speech tonight, still verbatim, will address Ohio political dynamics and opposition to press influence.
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Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Ohio
Masonic Auditorium
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Armereddon
Frank H. Hitchcock
Johnson
Cleveland
State Central Committee
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Franklin
Athens
Lawrence
Pell
Dust Explosion Levels Pekin Corn Products Plant
Three workers died and fifty were injured when a dust explosion wrecked the starch plant of Corn Products Co in Pekin Illinois at about 3 20 am The four story starch building was destroyed by the blast and a following fire as ambulances and many physicians rushed from Peoria ten miles away to aid the injured The dead are foreman Lee Harding George Hains and William Rumter. The plant valued in the millions covers a square mile and runs around the clock.
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Pekin, Ill
The
Corn Products Co
Lee Harding
George Hains
William Rumter
Pekin
Peoria
Flood Warnings Issued for All Points Along Ohio River
A flood warning was issued for all points along the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio rivers by the local Weather Bureau at 10 25 this morning as heavy rains moved through the Pennsylvania watershed. Officials noted the crest time could not be predicted and rivers were expected to rise rapidly through the afternoon.
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Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Monongahela, Allegheny
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Divorce Decree Vacated For Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
The divorce decree granted yesterday to Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, noted novelist and short story writer, was vacated today by Judge Chester W. Barrows in Providence R I.
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Providence
R. 1
Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
Chester W. Barrows
School examiner Lura Pelley arrives to inspect Athens county funds
Miss Lura Pelley state school examiner arrived in Athens on Thursday to audit the books and finances of the Athens county boards of education.
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Lura Pelley
Athens
Boards of Education
Athens County
Specks dog noted for icy stare in Fairibault
A local item from Fairibault Minnesota describes a dog with a cold, highbrow gaze behind pince nez, labeling the canine as very doggy, with the spectacles described as natural markings.
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Pincenez
Fairibault, Minn
State Banks Report Call Issued by Superintendent Scott
Columbus January 3 State Banking Superintendent Scott issued a call for a report on the condition of state and private banks as of December 31 last. The directive seeks a comprehensive financial health overview from all banks under state regulation.
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Columbus
Scott
Thousands to quit the Ruhr in short time
Paris reports forty thousand French troops will be withdrawn from the Rhineland and Ruhr this month. The French war ministry released figures showing 140,000 troops currently in the districts as talks with Germany over civil administration and reparations progress toward a solution. The step signals a shift from invisible to tangible occupation as negotiations advance.
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Paris
Rhineland
Ruhr
Ministry of War
War Ministry
France
Early Egyptian religion rooted in natural phenomena
The worship of the early Egyptians derived from natural phenomena observed in the environment. This belief tied deities to aspects of nature such as the heavens, the river, and agricultural cycles, shaping ritual and daily life.
Sheridan Ride to Be Filmed Again for Silver Screen
Winchester Virginia notes that a 60th anniversary reenactment of General Philip Sheridan's Cedar Creek Ride will be filmed by moving picture companies at a veteran reunion. The event, to occur October 19, 1924, recalls the Confederate attack and Sheridan's counter offensive as early scenes unfold. The narrative follows the battle sequence and the famed rally that restored Union ground, immortalized in poem by Thomas Buchanan Read.
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Cedar Creek
Pillip Sheridan
Moving Picture
Unon
Sheridan
Washington
Lincoln
Winchester
Early
Cory
Thomas Buchanan
Four Die in Train Crash at Huntsville Crossing
Four motorists were killed when their car was struck at a grade crossing near Huntsville Bellefontaine Ohio. The victims include Ernest R. Herron and his family from Ohio. Engineer Joseph Greetham said rain and fog obscured vision as the late train couldn't stop in time.
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Bellefontaine
Huntsville
Ernest R. Herron
Royal Oak
Mich
Mrs. Herron
Louise Herron
W. S. Herron
Columbus Grove
Ohio
Joseph Greetham
Herron
Detroit
Two Ashland youths settle feud after Rye Beach row
Two Ashland, Ohio men sparked a late evening skirmish at Rye Beach. After a long fight toward Huron, the larger combatant conceded defeat and both rode in the car to Ashland, arriving at the garage about five in the morning smiling and closer friends.
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Ashland
Ohio
Rye Beach
Huron
Pennsylvania railroad shopmen quit work en masse
More than 600 Pennsylvania railroad shopmen will quit work indefinitely today, lifting total layoffs in the past month to 590. Workers hired since March 1 are affected and not expected to be recalled until May 1. In November over 5,000 men were employed at the Columbus shops, second largest in the industry.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reverend W S Smith Accepts Call to Langelette Church
Elyria Ohio Reverend W S Smith longtime pastor of the United Presbyterian Church has accepted a call to serve the sole church in Langelette Pennsylvania.
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Elyria
Smith
United Presbyterian Church
Langelette
Deal House Lease Sold in Bucyrus
Bucyrus Ohio Miss Mary Whean land and Miss Mary Fitzpatrick who ran the Deal House and four local hotels for 11 years have sold their lease to Harry C. Bryant a traveling salesman of Columbus and will return to Pittsburg.
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Bucyrus
Mary Whean
Mary Fitzpatrick
Harry C. Bryant
Columbus
Pitis‘purs
Dope Control Along Border Targets 1924 Smuggling Campaign
United States customs officials and the narcotic control board prepare a 1924 drive to curb drug smuggling and illegal traffic. Plans include Mexican cooperation, registration of known smugglers, and border protection, with leaders from Hughes, Melton, Hoover involved.
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Washington
United States Customs
Federal
Narcotic Control Board
L. G. Nutt
Buffalo
Treasury
Hughes
Melton
Commerce Hoover
Colonel Nutt
Mexical
United States
Mexico
Spain
Germany
Switzerland
England
Far East
State to set final date for veterans adjusted comp applications
Columbus Ohio January 3 The State sinking fund will soon fix the final date for receiving applications from Ohio World War veterans for state adjusted compensation The deadline is expected to be about April
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Columbus
State
Paris Faces Worst Flood Since 1910 Rise Hits Seine
Jan 3 Paris confronts record Seine flood with 21 ft 10 in level, stations closed and suburbs underwater. Electricity cut in Ivry district, finance ministry clerks move files, foreign office enveloped by water, Eiffel Tower station broadcasts warnings to low lying suburbs.
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Seine
Paris
Invatides
Ministry of Finance
Foreign Office
Eiffel Tower
Woman killed by deadly gas fumes in Steubenville
Steubenville O Jan 3 Mrs Estella Mrntz 28 of Fortville West Virginia was found dead in a friend's home where she was visiting. Coroner Arch Bell said she had been dead about ten hours and the cause was gas fumes.
Fowls of Sprague and Nichols Win Poultry Honors
In the Southeast ern Ohio Poultry Association exhibit at the armory on Tuesday the White Wyandoett fowls of Sprague and Nichols won premier honors in their class with Harrison Davies’s birds closely pressing. An error mislisted their prize awards in the Tuesday publication, later corrected to show first cock, first and second hen, second and third cockerel, third pullet, and first yearling pigeon.
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Southeastern Ohio Poultry Association
Armory
Sprague
Nichols
Harrison Davies
Ohio River rises above 47-foot stage due to heavy rains
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River, swollen by last nights heavy rains, rising above the 47-foot stage and expected to reach about 49 feet before nightfall. The Great Miami overran its banks at Cleves Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Miami
Cleves
Ofsio
Defiance Auto Wreck Pins Infant Under Car
In Defiance Ohio an automobile crash pinned 16 month old child under the vehicle and her mother Mrs Ray M Leaston. Rescue workers freed the car while the baby whimpered then slept, the mother undisturbed.
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Ray M. Hleaston
Lleaston
Jail Guests Break County Prisoner Record in 1923
County jail processed 715 prisoners in 1923 under Sheriff McKinley, the highest annual total in history. Of these, 639 were men and 76 were women. nearly half, 328 or 45.9 percent, were alleged liquor law violators.
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McKinley
Bastile
Mulligan
Parker
Aimple
Lowry
MckKinsey
Actress pictured as helpless girl amid shooting case
Los Angeles January 3. Mabel Lormand one of America's best known film actresses was pictured by chauffeur H. A. Greer in jail for shooting Courtland S. Dines. Greer claimed self defense but grew sentimental about Miss Lormand noting she is the sweetest when sober yet disgusting when otherwise.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mabel Lormand
America
H. A. Greer
Courtland S. Dines
Greer
Dines
Miss Normand
Wreckage Identified From Lost Dirigible Dixmude Found in Mediterranean
Charred debris including a 100 liter essence tank was recovered off Cape San Marcos near Stelly as Mulhouse reports. The find near where Cmdr Duplessis de Grenadan’s body was recovered strengthens belief Dixmude exploded and sank off Sicily. Sixty days of search for 49 missing persists.
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Paris
Mediterranean Sea
Cape San Marcos
Stelly
Cruiger
Mulhouse
Wtireless
Ministry of Marine
Cape San Matco
Duplessis de Grenadan
Sicily
Italians Protest Against Cutting Down of Quotas
Naples dispatch reports Italians protest measures affecting quotas. A steamer Mutiac is believed lost in the Mediterranean with a 40 man crew. Adriaco says distress signals were received but no trace found.
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Naples
Italy
Mutiac
Mediterranean Sea
Adriaco
Lima expands work force after Ford car bodies contract
Immediate expansion of the working forces at Lima Sheet Metal Products Co. and Rhoda Body and Manufacturing Co. will result from a recently closed contract for the construction of special bodies for Ford cars. The move signals increased production activity and local employment in Lima.
Drastic 10 Percent Tax Penalty Enacted in Ohio
The Robison act signed by the Ohio legislature imposes a 10 percent penalty on the total value of property withheld from taxation for the current year with the county auditor able to assess. For periods beyond one year a 2 percent penalty per year applies. Auditor Fred Cornwell announced the change, which replaces the former 5 percent penalty and is described as extremely drastic.
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Robison
Ohio
Fred Cornwell
Cornwell
Free Navy calendar offered by Washington Information Bureau
The Washington Information Bureau offers a free Navy calendar printed on sturdy white cardboard with a patriotic color picture. To receive it, mail the coupon with two cents for return postage and clearly write your name and address.
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Washington Information Bureau
Atiff
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William G. Cayce
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Charles Kay
Herman Cline
Greer Fried
Edna Purviance
Charles Chaplin
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Aian Johnson
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Corn Products Company
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White Oaks
Sheudan
Dixmude
Sprague and Nichols Wik
St. Mawes Lad
Jersey
Henry D. Ilis
Independence
Ore
Harry Flony
Flivvers
Frederic J. Haskin
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