Fire Destroys Cottage and Barn in Homer Township
A five room vacant cottage and a barn in Homer Township Morgan County owned by Miss Mildred Headley of Glouster were burned early Saturday. The site lies midway between Bishopville and Mountville on a dirt road. neighbor distance was over a mile. A passerby found the smoldering ruins. Several fruit trees belonging to Marshall Summers of Sunday Creek Coal Company were damaged, with 23 trees cut and about 70 stripped of bark. Summers provided statements to investigators.
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Marshall Summers
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Summers
Labor Train Discontinued Between Corning and Chauncey
The Corning Chauncey labor train has been discontinued with the last trip Saturday. Pickets were present near Glouster Depot this morning, and few rode from Corning since workers at Millfield Mine No. 6 stay nearby. A picket line guarded Athens Lumber Company plant overnight and cars were halted during the night.
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Corning
Chauncey
Glouster Depot
Millfield Mine No. 6
Athens Lumber Company
Corning Miners Schedule Mass Meeting Wednesday
A mass meeting of citizens and miners will be held in Corning on Wednesday July 6 at 1 PM. State international and local speakers will participate, announced William B. Morris secretary of the miners scale committee.
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Corning
William
Morris
Miners Scale Committee
Days Denounce Party Stands
Congressmen return from Chicago to confront anti prohibition pressure to pass men beer legalization. Dr Daniel A Poling heads allied forces for enforcement of prohibition announcing dry groups with 1 500 000 members will campaign for dry congressmen. He attacks both parties prohibition planks and opposes Roosevelt while delaying stance on Hoover. The drys abandon a third party idea.
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Uwashington
U.P
Capitol
Chicago
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Firecracker Fun Ends With Police Interruption
Detroit July 5 report describes Joseph Blackman tossing lighted firecrackers at Belle Isle Zoo. Herman caught them in his mouth, surprised as they exploded, then continued despite police arrival and ongoing antics.
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Detroit
Mass Meeting Scheduled in Glouster July 8
A mass meeting will be held in Glouster on Friday July 8 at 2 PM. Speakers have been arranged for and Secretary Morris has appealed to Hocking mine workers to leave their jobs until the current controversy is settled.
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Glouster
Morris
Hocking
Macon City officials raise bow section of ship
Akron report says last rivets of the U S 8 Macon ship's structural framework were driven today as Macon City officials and citizens who oversaw the bow raising yesterday sped the craft toward completion.
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Akron
U.R
U. S
Macon
German fliers survive seven weeks in Australian bush
Two German aviators Captain Hans Bertram and mechanic Adolf Flaussmann were found alive in wilderness after seven weeks wandering and five days adrift at sea. Aboard a seaplane they drifted toward Timor Sea before natives located them near Cape Bernier on May 6.
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Indham
Australia
U.P
Hans Hertram
Adolf Flaussmann
Drysdale
Cape Bernier
Bertram
Flaussman
Port Darwin
Batavia
Junkers
Timor Sea
Lee Hall Denied Change in Ohio Coal Field Role
Percy Tetlow international representative of the United Mine Workers of America denied reports of new authority in Ohio district 6 He said he works only in an advisory capacity and has assisted miners in trouble while Lee Hall and district officials continue to administer duties without international interference.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
Percy Tetlow
United Mine Workers of America
United Press
Tetlow
District No. 6
International Union
Il Am
Lee Hall
National Guard
Chauncey
Millfield
Floyd Ayres
Guardamen
Ayres
Nelson Beatty
Lick Run
John Williams
W. J. Davis
New Straite- Ville
Drum Corps Second in Marietta Drill Contest
The K. T. Crossen Post No. 21 drum corps won second prize of 100 dollars in their first competitive drill at Marietta. Martins Ferry won first with 91 points, Athens scored 84. The Legion monthly meeting and luncheon followed at headquarters Wednesday night.
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K. T. Crossen Post No. 21
The
American Legion
Marietta
Martins Ferry
Athens Corps
Legion
Library table sale speeds to two days in Athens
Mrs Meade Hawkins of Mill Street Athens advertised a large library table in the Messenger Household Goods column and sold it in two days. The ad notes library tables in good condition for five dollars and provides a contact dial.
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Meade Hawkins
Mill Street
Athens
The
Messenger
Wisdom
Heavy rainfall floods Gallia causing road and bridge washouts
Gallia residents endure record rainfall with 4.5 inches in 30 hours. State routes 218 and 141 flood, five Guyan Creek bridges washed out, water up to home roofs along Chauncey Johnson and N Haskins. Thevenir route inundated, cadmus area blocked, Summs Creek covers road. Ohio River rises to 19.3 feet.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Guyan Creek
Chauncey Johnson
N. ¥. Haskins
Mercerville
Thevenir
Dyan
Bullskin
Carl Brown
Cadmus
Summs
Oscar Elliott
Sandyfork Creek
Ohio River
G O P Heads Fear Johnson
Senator Hiram Johnson of California unsettles Republican managers by hinting at support for Democratic nominee Franklin D Roosevelt. Johnson, a longtime Hoover foe, praised Roosevelt in Chicago but avoided a definite pledge to bolt the GOP ticket, recalling his 1912 Bull Moose run and 1916 withholding of active support.
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Washington
U.P
Hiram Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
California
Hoover
Roosevelt
Chicago
Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Albany
Work Continues On Athens Post Office Addition
Construction Chief C. E. King reports ongoing work on the Athens post office addition despite weather. Roof and top exterior wall work underway this week with steel beams in place. An air compressor cleans exterior stone and more stone to be set if conditions permit. Work continued through the Fourth of July to speed finishing touches.
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Athens Post Office
C. E. King
King
Twenty Die in Ohio Alone During Holiday Toll
Ohio toll tops twenty dead with hundreds injured after a busy Independence Day weekend. Cincinnati saw three fatalities from a street brawl and a firecracker accident, while Cleveland and Barberton reported traffic crashes. Other incidents across the state included a beam crush in Portsmouth and a fatal car overturn in Chillicothe.
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Ohio
Colmbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mike Rico
Tony Sarkadi
Barberton
Erie
Funzy
Lyles
Portsmouth
William Adams
Scioto River
Bellepoint
Delaware County
Eliza J. Williams
Akron
Chillicothe
Round World Fliers Launch For Record Run From New York
James J. Mattern and Bennett H. Griffin started the first leg of a round‑the‑world attempt from New York aiming to beat the Gatty and Post record. Their Winnie Mae look to refuel at Harbor Grace after takeoff at 5 01 am as weather warned of a Scotland storm.
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New York
U.P
James J. Mattern
Fort Worth
Tex
Bennett H. Griffin
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Long Island
Harbor Grace
Mid
Winnie Mae
Grace
Scotland
Nichols Plans New York to Paris Nonstop Flight
Ruth Nichols, aiming to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, prepares a non stop flight from New York to Paris. A high wing Lockheed monoplane is being rebuilt at Clarence Chamberlain's Jersey City factory and due to be ready within a month.
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New York
U.P
Ruth Nichols
Atlantic
Canada
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Paris
Jersey City
Clarence D. Chamberlain
trans-Atlantic Flier
Miss Nichols
Fire destroys Seattle Club baseball park grand stand
Fire believed to have started from fireworks today gutted the grand stand and bleachers of the Seattle Club ball park in Seattle Washington, causing extensive damage to Pacific Coast League facilities.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast League
Coolidge Celebrates Sixtieth Birthday at Plymouth Home
Calvin Coolidge marked his sixtieth birthday at his ancestral homestead in Plymouth Vermont, spending the occasion indoors due to heavy rain and a hay fever attack. The event was noted as unceremonious, reflecting a quiet summer day.
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Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
Feuds and gun toll in Kentucky on holiday
Kentucky counted 13 gun deaths during the holiday amid feuds and passions. Deputy Sheriff William Randolph and Jim Jones were ambushed in Harlan County. Victims included Holley Holmes and Emsey Varney among others across Pike, Breathitt, Wayne, and surrounding counties.
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William Randloph
Harlan County
Jim Jones
Holley Holmes
Emsey Varney
Kiimper
Pike County
Lem Bentley
Gene Bentley
Prestonburg
Elliott Craft
Breathitt County
Taylor Spencer
Mary Colley
Boone Bolling
Heywood Raines
Wayne County
J. R. Chucky
Jim Thomas
Harvey Ruth
Sadieville
Pirate treasure found near Cocos Isle worth vast sum
Captain R D Adams reported that pirate loot totaling about 60 million dollars has been unearthed near Cocos Isle in Central American waters. The caches include pieces of eight and gold and silver plate, with removal guarded by the Costa Rican government.
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Richard
Wilson
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Cocos Isle
Central American
R. D. Adams
Lindsay
Vancouver
B. C
Central America
Capt
Adame
Malcolm Campbell
Adams
Hungry mob storms relief station in Chicago
About 200 unemployed steel workers gathered at the relief station on West 108th Street near the Pullman works demanding bread and meat. Police fought to keep the crowd back as tensions rose over assistance.
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Chicago
U.P
re+s
Kensington
West 108Th Street
Pullman Works
Train wreck at Little Hocking injures passengers
A Baltimore and Ohio train derailed near Little Hocking injuring no one seriously after about 150 passengers escaped. Two engines plus cars left the tracks when a split switch failed on the Torch Hill descent. Wreck crews worked to repair main and side tracks as investigations disputed tampering claims.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Torch Hill
Little Hocking
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Parkersburg
Chillicothe
Cincinnati
U.P
Washington
Santa Fe
Castle Rock
Col
Tap Gap
Reynolds Wins North Carolina Senate Nomination After Wet Platform Campaign
Reynolds defeats Cameron Morrison for the Democratic Senate nomination in North Carolina by over 100000 votes after a campaign begun in a wet platform and $2 cash. Returns from 1660 of 1825 precincts show Reynolds leading by about 104000, with Reynolds to face Jake F. Newell in November. The governor race also favors Whiringhaus over Fountain by roughly 10000 votes.
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Raleigh
N. C
Robert H. Reynold
Cameron Morrison
Reynolds
North Carolina
State Machine
J. ©. WB. Whringhaus
Richard T. Fountain
One Beaten One Shot in Street Fight in Nelsonville
In Nelsonville two men fought on West Washington Street after an alleged assault on Wolfe. Wolfe fired twice, hitting one assailant. O Nial was wounded in the leg and later arraigned on assault with intent to kill. Police and National Guard investigated. two attackers fled toward the levee.
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Nelsonville
Alex O'Nail
Happy Holslow
Wil Nia Wolfe
Franklin Street
Manhattan Coal Co
Wolf
West Washington Street
Wolfe
New York
Hocking Street
Lick Run
George Bateman
National Guard
Happy Hollow
O'Nail
Charsee
Asssult
Say
Ayres
Paul Molenski
John Jonas
Trimble Township
Marshall M. Truax
Porter
Fugitives Captured After Jail Break at Delaware School
July 5. Thirty girls escaped from the Girls' Industrial School near here and were rounded up by Sheriff Veley Main and deputies south of the institution. Fifteen ringleaders were taken to Delaware County Jail after a disturbance by inmates in late Montaga.
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Delaware
Girls’ Industrial School
Veley Main
Delaware County
Montaga
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