Georgia flood affects five counties and towns submerged
South Georgia endures one of the worst floods with five counties nearly buried, cattle drowned, land washed away, and towns seeking Red Cross aid. Newton county seat Baker is inundated with all residents accounted as missing and alerts spread along the coast to Brunswick Doctortown submerged.
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Atlanta
Georgia
American Red Cross
Florida
Atlantic
Newton
Baker County
Algamahah
McIntosh
Red Cross
Brunswick
Doctortown
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Vicksburg
Nashville
Chattanooga
British cruiser guards Bergenland after Woosung fire
The British cruiser Carlisle was placed on guard over the American Express steamer Bergenland in Shanghai. three more river ships had been fired upon by Woosung forts earlier today on January 27.
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Shanghai
Carlisle
Bergenland
Today A New Railroad And A New Empire Meet Florida
Arthur Brisbane notes the first cross state Seaboard Air Line train, the orange blossom special, running four sections of forty four cars with male passengers only. The mile long inaugural across Florida uses the state s first 100 pound rails from the gulf to the ocean and signals a new era in railroad building.
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Florida
Legacy of builders shaping Florida’s growth
The nation and its states credit road and railroad builders for development. Flagler’s Atlantic Line spurred east coast growth to Miami, a lasting monument to his work. Plant’s railroad to Tampa and the Gulf boosted the west coast’s expansion.
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Flagler
Atlantic
Florida
Miami
Plant
Tampa
Gulf
Inauguration of Seaboard Railroad Expands Florida System
Davies Warfield, president of the Seaboard, proclaims the Gulf to Ocean cross state line railroad a vast achievement. He describes rapid development of central Florida and the linking of gulf and ocean to give Florida its first complete railway system.
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Cross State Railroad
Davies Warfield
Seaboard
Florida
Gulf
Kicks Bites and Scratches in Akron Laundry Raid
Akron police raided Gee Sing a Chinese laundryman and seized mash and liquor. Sing admitted selling liquor and a two foot snake, plus lizard, turtle, fish, toads and banana skins in the mash. The bizarre concoction drew comparisons to Macbeth witches.
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Akron
Gee Sing
Gee
Turner
Silknitter
Lytle
Sing
Gas disaster at Columbus injures four workers
Two state agencies probe a deadly gas incident at the base of a foundation shaft for the American Insurance Union skyscraper project in Columbus. Four men died from broken necks after being overcome by black damp. bodies to be sent to Massachusetts, Indiana, and Buffalo, with one buried locally.
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Columbus
American Insurance Union
E. N. Dysart
E. R. Hayhurst
State Health Department
H. G. Fhret
G. D. Richardson
John T. McCarthy
Bedford
Mass
C. R. Bowen
Greenwood
Ind
Jac Smith
Departed writers of the graft to be honored in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio tonight members of the General Assembly and the Legislative Correspondents Association will honor departed journalists. The service pays tribute to James W Faulkner Gustav J Karger Charles Fritsche Frank B Philbrick E K Rife and Frank G Carpenter. John T Bourke will lead as speakers include Governor Donahey A I Vorys and E A McKee. A proposed $10 000 fund to provide a journalism scholarship at Ohio State University will be discussed with $8 000 already raised.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Legislative Correspondents’ Association
James W. Faulkner
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Association
Gustav J. Karger
Washington
Cincinnati Times-Star
Charles Fritsche
Columbus Citizen
Frank B. Philbrick
Columbus Dispatch
E. K. Rife
Ohio State Journal
Frank G. Carpenter
Cleveland Leader
New York World
John T. Bourke
Cleveland News
Governor Donahey
Claude Meeker
A. I. Vorys
E. A. McKee
Ohio State University
Schill Brothers Co resumes at Crestline plant
The Schill Brothers Co the largest industrial plant in Crestline Ohio resumes operations with about half the workforce after a shutdown for annual inventory. The plant normally employs around two hundred workers.
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Crestline, O
Schill Brothers Co
News Letter Misses Train Connections Under Messenger Management
The Pomeroy newsletter of Mr. Foulk misses train connections for the first time since he took over as Messenger manager in the Pomeroy lend. ee St ge.
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Pomeroy
Foulk
Messenger
Pomeroy Lend
Ee St Ge
State House Debates Shift As Child Labor Measure Faces Vote
In Columbus on January 27 the fight over the Federal Child Labor amendment heats up as House debates whether to postpone ratification or proceed to a direct vote. Supporters seek delay to avoid a straight up decision while Republicans largely oppose ratification.
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Columbus
Silver
House
Real Winter Brings Snow Forecast For Athens Area
The article notes a dry snow event in Athens with Mr. Weather Man forecasting more snow and a slight drop in temperature tonight. Tomorrow should bring fair skies and a bit warmer conditions with no slush. Cold snaps persist in the far Northwest and Alaska reports 60 below.
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Athens
Alaska
Hard Roads Bring Crime Risk to Athens County
Police Chief Herbert Parker Prosecutor R W Finsterwald and Sheriff P H McKinley warn that new hard surfaced roads will end Athens serene crime past and push the county toward a regional crime center. They urge restructuring and expansion of policing as six full time officers serve dispersed jurisdictions. Continues on Page Ten.
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Leroy Pope
Athens
Ohio
Herbert Parker
R. W. Finsterwald
P. H. McKinley
Athens County
Athena
Alleged Girl Bandit Linked in Safe Robbery Case
Lucille Moore a 19 year old Akron girl was jailed after a December 18 safe robbery at Motor Poultry and Feed. John Kaufman’s confession tied Moore and three men to the plan and the extraction of a $10 loot while others faced larceny charges and May grand jury bonds.
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Lucille Moore
Akron
John Kaufman
Kaufman
P. M. Helwig
Margaret's Creek Bridge
Athens
Beaumont Bridge
Dolan to Face Gotham Courts in Baseball Bribery Case
New York report says Cozy Dolan may appear within forty eight hours to be questioned regarding baseballs bribery scandal. Attorney Fallon notes Dolan welcomes a reopening. Dolan remains silent about leaving Oshkosh Wisconsin. District Attorney Brothers hints action depends on Dolan’s cooperation. extradition possible only after grand jury indicts.
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Cozy Dolan
Broadway
William J. Fallon
Dolan
Cory
Horace Ford
Philadelphia
Sand
O'Connell
Oshkosh
Wis
Brothers
Giant
O’connell
Grand
A T Lawhead Dies at His Home in Short Illness
Alba Theodore Lawhead 46 died at his Morris avenue home after a brief pneumonia and peritonitis. He had just left Havana with his wife and returned via Cincinnati before his death. Owner and manager of Messenger Printery Co. he built a leading Southern Ohio printing business. Knight Templar Elk and Eagle, he aided many with private charity. Funeral at the Lawhead home under Athens Lodge of Elks.
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Alba Theodore Lawhead
Morris Avenue
Lawhead
Havana
Cuba
Athens
Cincinnati
Mr. Lawhead
Messenger Printery Company
Ohio
Herald
Millfield
Mary Frances
Theodora
Ohio University
Knight Templar
Elk
Coolidge Orders Payroll Cuts to Trim Federal Expenses
President Coolidge ordered a broad reduction in federal payrolls and expenses. He aims to cut 1925 outlays by at least 62 million dollars under the budget to bring total government running costs under three billion dollars. He urged department heads to prune personnel and warned only strict compliance would please the White House. People have borne war taxes and deserve relief, he said.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Congress
Kaufman Boys Scrape Over Car Theft Linked to Akron Robbery
John and Mike Kaufman pled guilty in Magistrate Helwig's court to the Moler Fead store safe robbery. Detectives Rutherford Mason of William J. King International Detective bureau recovered an abandoned Ford near Circle Hill en route to Athens and linked it to R. J. Burke of Akron. The Kaufmans claimed they rented the car for 15 dollars from an unknown man.
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John and
Mike Kaufman
P. M. Helwig
R. D. Rutherford
George Mason
William J. King International Detective Bureau
Athens
Circle Hill
J. M. Cady
Rutherford
R. J. Burke
Akron
Cady
Kaufman’s
Hugh Green, Father of AFL Leader, Dies at 89 in Coshocton
Hugh Green aged 89 died at his Coshocton home this afternoon from heart trouble and gangrene in his right leg. William Green, his son and AFL president, was at his bedside at the time of death.
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Coshocton, O
Hugh Green
William Green
American Federation of Labor
President Green
Indicted Cleveland financier Kirby denies mail fraud charges
Kirby Josiah Kirby, who came to Cleveland in 1911 with $6.25 and by 1923 led multiple investment mortgage firms handling millions, is under federal indictment for using the mails to defraud and has also been indicted in state courts. He returned from Los Angeles to clear his name.
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Josiah Kirby
Cleveland
Kirby
Los Angeles
Ohio state credit recognition meeting urged among state schools
Representatives from Ohio State University Miami University Ohio University Kent and Rowing Normal schools were invited to a 11 a m Thursday session of the House committee on universities and colleges to discuss mutual credit recognition. A bill to require entrance examinations at state schools may be introduced. First grade high school graduates can enter state schools without examination.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Miami
Ohio
Kent
Row-ing
House Committee On Universities and Colleges
Govee Se
Ohio State University
Sai
Island Port Alexander swallowed by sea report
London January 27 Portuguese government confirms Port Alexander island engulfed by sea. Passing ships carried tales of a massive wave washing away the island, with few survivors. The Evening News notes the island could support 15 000 people though exact casualties remain uncertain.
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London
Port Alexander
Pinda
Legation
Coolidge Plans New England Trip For Spring Engagements
President Coolidge will travel to New England in spring for his first speaking engagement in the region since taking office. He may address the Lexington Concord anniversary on April 19 or attend the Bunker Hill event in Boston in June. He signaled willingness to speak at the DAR meeting in Washington on April 20 if he opts for the Bunker Hill trip.
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Washington
Coolidge
New England
White House
Lexington - Concord
Boston
Bunker Hill
Anthony Wayne Cook
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
D.A. R
Cook
Lexington
Frank W. Mondell
Children of the American Revolution
Zero Weather for Ohio Predicted as Cold Wave Looms
Columbus Ohio, Jan 27. Across Ohio the night remained near zero or below with forecasts predicting a drop to zero or below tonight. U S Weather Bureau officials expect temperatures to fall sharply tonight and only moderate by late Wednesday as readings across cities show Toledo 2 above and Cleveland 4 above zero with Columbus 6 and Cincinnati 8.
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Columbus
Tension Rises as Armed Klansmen Stir in Herrin
Herrin Illinois faces heightened tension as armed Klansmen clash with authorities after a deadly weekend. A coroner's inquest into four deaths looms while Carbondale arrests and rumors of further violence ripple through the town. Sheriff Galligan vows to stay, troops guard funerals, and press access is contested amid fears of further inflammatory acts.
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Herrin
Lll
Glenn Herrin
Carbondal
John Smith
Thomas
Smith
Young
Herrin Kianemen
Carbondale
Ssdale
Fowler
Burr Owen
White
Robert Davis
Herringians
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May M. van Wye
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State Department of Welfare
Herbert Franklin
Baxter
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Hume
Delaware
Licking
Osa Penny
Montgomery
McDonald
Penny
Fox
Johnston
Richland
Mansfield
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Finsterwald
Chauncey
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Logan
Lancaster
Ohio River
West Virginia
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Mike
William Eneix
Moter
Gotham
Prosecutor
A. T. Lawhead
Messenger Printery
Cone Iam
Eastern State
Galligan
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