Heat wave claims numerous lives across Ohio
Ohio faced a brutal heat wave with at least 16 deaths and many injuries as temperatures surged. Drownings occurred in Cleveland Crestline Little Miami Fort Jefferson and Lake Milton while motorist crashes and heat prostration added to the toll. Beaches and highways drew crowds seeking relief from the scorching conditions.
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Ohio
United Press Today
Joseph Master
Charles White
Dennie McCannah
Ernest Eckert
Crestline
Andrew Bodnar
Cincinnati
Little Miami
Russell Hofacker
Castine
Fort Jefferson
Paul Lamont
Lake Milton
Youngstown
Dennis Burke
Ohio River
Marietta
H. H. White
Rockford
Norwalk
Cleveland
White
Miss Simms Taken To Grant Hospital
Miss Crystal Simms of 105 North Congress Street was taken to Grant Hospital in Columbus last evening by Jagers ambulance for an appendectomy. She had been ill for days following the operation and had taught in Marietta schools after graduating from Ohio University.
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Crystal Simms
North
Congress Street
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Jagers
Miss Simms
Ohio University
Marietta
Northern lights seen over Athens cause telegraph disturbances
The aurora borealis lit the Athens night sky between 9 and 1 o'clock on Saturday. Telegraph wires in the area were affected and services from United Press, Athens Messenger Office, Western Union, and regional wires reported interference. The luminous arc was described as streamers above the northern horizon by observers across the region.
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Athens
United Press
Athens Messenger
Western Union Service
Morris Avenue Site Chosen for New Church in Athens
The Southeastern Ohio Baptists select the Cable Heirs property on Morris avenue as the site for a new First Baptist church to serve Ohio University students and district Baptists. Revival tent meetings at the site will run two weeks starting July 17 after moving from the county fairgrounds.
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First Baptist
Athens
Ohio
Cable Heirs
Morris Avenue
Ohio University
B. T. Kimbrough
Southeastern Ohio Baptist Assembly
Siigley
Carpenter and Lancaster Streets
County Fair Grounds
Southeastern Baptist Assembly
Assembly
Kimbrough
Miners Shift To Autos From Labor Train In Glouster
In Glouster on July 9, thirty eight men rode the labor train but many decided to travel by automobile to the Modoc mines. Four Trimble men were searched for concealed weapons by Marshal Biddison at Trimble with no weapons found. At mine No. 10 Derthick two on duty matched Saturday’s turnout. A Hungarian woman near Modoc was said to have armed herself with a hatchet and defended a picket camp before gaining control.
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Glouster
Modoc
Trimble
Marshal Biddison
Derthick
Minne
Begg to Speak at Athens City Hall Tuesday Night
James T. Begg, Republican governor candidate, speaks from Athens City Hall steps at 7 15 PM Tuesday as part of the local Begg club's activities. He outlines a platform of reduced government spending lower taxes and stronger state aid for schools. The event is led by Carl Beasley president and Mrs Hal Murphey secretary with a backup venue at the high school auditorium if weather turns stormy.
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Athens
Athens County
James T. Begg
Begg
Cincinnati Times- Star
Carl Beasley
Hal Murphey
Man Arrested After Search of Over Year
Fred Dresher of Hebbardsville was arrested in Beaumont by Deputy Sheriffs Wayne Wingett and Fred Heck for bootlegging after failing to pay a $500 fine from Athens County Common Pleas Court. He was arraigned, fined, released on own recognizance, and held in the county jail for judge’s decision.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Fred Dresher
Hebbardsville
Beaumont
Wayne Wingett
Fred Heck
Dresher
Wingett
Common Fleas Court
Health official urges mosquito control over yards and ponds
County Health Commissioner J. M. Higgins says complaints about neighborhood ponds and vacant lots grow from stagnant water in cans and barrels around homes. He warns one quart of such water can seed a neighborhood and urges screening homes and removing standing water and weeds from vacant lots during the rainy season.
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J. M. Higgins
Mr. Higgins
Dr. Higgins
Too anxious to wed couple arrested in Lordstown
O L Bailey 24 and Mary Alice Paul 18 were jailed in Lordstown after forcing Rev. C L Rush to marry them without a license. Police recovered the couple with the pastor at midnight alarm and investigated the startling incident.
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Warren
U.P
Lordstown
C. L. Rush
Emanuel Evangelical Luthern Church
Swain
Rush
O. L. Bailey
Mary Alice Paul
Albany Man Weds Miss Esther McCallister in Albany
Mark Dickson, former Albany resident, married Esther McCallister of Griffithville West Virginia on July 3 at the bride’s home. More than 100 friends greeted the couple with a bell parade. they arrived in Albany on July 4 to a welcoming demonstration. Dickson is the son of Mrs Newton Dickson of Albany.
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Albany
Mark Dickson
Esther McCallister
Griffithville
W. Va
Dickson
Newton Dickson
Dowling Veteran Actor Dies in Los Angeles
Joseph J. Dowling aged 80, a longtime trouper and stage star, died at his home after two years of illness. He appeared in hundreds of pictures and starred in The Miracle Man in which he played the title role.
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Los Angeles
Joseph J. Dowling
Dowling
Historic Ambulance to Be Exhibited at Army Exposition
A civil war ambulance used as Gen George H Thomas field office and an escort wagon from Gen Phil Sheridans command will be shown at the military exposition and carnival at the army war college this fall in Washington. Discovered by Quartermaster Gen B Frank Cheatham at Schuylkill arsenal Philadelphia they are believed to be the only surviving examples of their type from the Civil War era.
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Washington
George H. Thomas
Rock of Chicamauga
Phil Sheridan
Army ‘War College
B. Frank Cheatham
Schuylkill Arsenal
Philadelphia
Alfred Loewenstein vanishes after plane over English Channel
In Brussels July 9 an official court inquiry concluded financier Alfred Loewenstein disappeared when his airplane went missing over the English Channel.
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Brussels
U.R
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Five Men Sought in Cadiz Kidnapping of 14-Year-Old
In Steubenville on July 9, police pursue five suspects believed to have kidnapped and assaulted 14 year old Lucille Custer of Cadiz. The girl disappeared Friday night after leaving a theater, was found unconscious in a store doorway, and later gave a frightened account of being taken from the theater to a car. Police Chief Ross H. Cunningham and others remain at her bedside awaiting a fuller description.
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Steubenville
U.R
Lucille Custer
Cadiz
Ross H. Cunningham
Explosion ruins plant in Pocket near St Charles
The Elect ric Transmission company plant at Pocket near St Charles was wrecked by an explosion yesterday. Officials estimate damage at 200000 dollars, caused by a defective electrical hookup.
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Norton
Electrical Transmission Company
Pocket
St. Charles
Begg Gains Granddaughter Through Daughter in Oklahoma City
Columbus dispatch reports congressman James T. Begg of Sandusky has become a grandfather as his daughter Mrs Ward Harreld gives birth to a girl in Oklahoma City.
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Columbus
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Ward Harreld
Oklahoma City
Aged Father of Mrs Hoover May Recover
C H Henry 84 father of Mrs Herbert Hoover, at Placerville sanatorium, suffered a heart attack last week and right side paralysis. Doctors say barring complications he may gradually recover as paralysis has progressed as far as it will. Mrs Hoover in Washington monitored the condition by phone.
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Placerville
Calif
U.P
C. H. Henry
Herbert Hoover
Henry
Arrest of William Stone on Liquor Charge Near Luhrig
Deputy Sheriff Wayne Wingett arrested William Stone yesterday afternoon at his home about a mile west of Luhrig after a complaint of a fight. Stone is charged with possessing material designed for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor and is held in the county jail awaiting arraignment in Squire S. E. Hedges court.
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William Stone
Luhrig
Wayne Wingett
Stone
Squire S. E. Hedges
New Bedford Textile Strike Ends Failed Attempt
New Bedford Massachusetts on July 9 saw cotton manufacturers fail in a bid to end a 12 week long textile strike affecting more than 26 000 workers and their families. The action failed to settle the dispute and leave the strike unresolved.
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New Bedford
Mass
U.P
One More Dead After Italia Crash In Polar Ice
Natale Ceccioni dies from injuries as four Italia crew members on an Arctic ice floe weaken from exposure. Lundborg and Behounek rescue efforts continue amid melting ice and a precarious landing field. Sora is reported missing after leading a dog sleigh party.
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Arctic
Einar Lundborg
Umberto Nobile
Nobile
Guiseppe Biagi
Natale Cecconi
Vigileri
Ceccioni
Italia
Virgo Bay
Spitzbergen
U.P
Natale
Einar-Paul Lundberg
Schyberg
Alfredo Virgieri
Proffesor F. Behounek
Felice Troiani
Giuseppe Biagi
Lundborg
Tice
Sora
Finn Malmgren
Question of Tammany Rule Drives Western Campaign
James W. Good western manager of the Republican presidential drive says Shall Tammany Rule will be the major topic in the west during the upcoming campaign. He returns from Washington to open western headquarters and notes volunteers will likely run the effort. He declines to discuss prohibition while Hoover outlines the paramount issues.
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Chicago
U.P
James W. Good
Mid-West
Good
Washington
Herbert Hoover
West
Bridgewater Family Reunion Held at Bridgewater Home
A Sunday picnic dinner gathered Bridgewater family members at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bridgewater in Athens R D 4. Attendees included Mrs. Sarah Bridgewater and many relatives from Athens Nelsonville Murray City Chauncey Glouster and Indianapolis. After dinner the group enjoyed swimming and fishing.
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Bridgewater
Mr. and
Joe Bridgewater
Athens R. D. 4
Sarah Bridgewater
George Leyshon
George
Logan
John Bridgewater
Elsie
Esau
Jimmie Lee Worley
Athens
John Slater
Jack
Miriam
Edward Slater
Harold Winefordner
Murray City
Clarence Butts
Margaret
Robert
L. E. Butts
Nelsonville
Earl Bridgewater
Junior
Dow
Chauncey
Fred Hopes
Glouster
Marcella Long
Indianapolis
Winona
Parachute Seen Off French Coast Amid Finance Mystery
Report says fishermen off the French coast saw a parachute descend from a plane last Thursday around the time Alfred Lowenstein, noted financier, vanished from his aircraft. The telegram transmission carried by London news services notes the sighting.
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London
U.r—A
Alfred Lowenstein
Exchange Telagerand Nuntrirk Serrapenacht
Army Steamer Angamos Wreck Near Lebu Kills Hundreds
Nearly 300 lives believed lost when the army transport Angamos wrecked on Punta Chimpel rocks off Lebu Chile. Only four saved as a fierce storm sank lifeboats and hindered rescue. A weak radio distress signal was picked up by Tarapaca and Appolos but location and timing hampered efforts. Six bodies recovered.
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Santago
Chile
Angamos
Punta Chimpel
Lebu
Tarapaca
Appolos
S'x Sodlea
Prizes Announced for Athens County Fair Exhibits
Fair board unveils prize levels for the Grange exhibit at the Athens County Fair with first prize 65 dollars and increasing amounts for subsequent places. Exhibits judged on arrangement and multiple displays including fruit vegetables canned goods jellies pastries needlework and grains. Arrangement counts for 25 percent of scoring.
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Fair Board
Aged Man Dies in New Marshfield
Lewis McKinley Newlin, 84, died Sunday at his nephew Fred Newlin’s home in Mineral after a several weeks illness. Funeral services set for 10 in the morning Tuesday at Mineral M E Church with Rev J W Eaton officiating. Burial at Asbury. He was predeceased by his wife 21 years ago. surviving relatives are nieces and nephews.
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New Marshfield
Lewis McKinley Newlin
Fred Newlin
Mineral
Mineral M. E. Church
J. W. Eaton
Asbury
Epworth League Institute Planned at Lancaster Grounds
The Epworth League in Ohio will hold its annual institute at the Lancaster camp grounds July 28 to 29. Reverend C. M. M. Coulter of the First Methodist church said the local league owns a cottage on the grounds and expects at least 10 delegates from Athenians to attend. Miss Irene Witham will serve as the local woman at the institute.
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Epworth League
Ohio
Lancaster Camp
C. M.M. Coulter
First Methodist Church
Coulter
Lancaster Grounds
Irene Witham
Methodist Church
Instituta
Heat Wave Sweeps Eastern U S with High Temps and Deaths
The eastern half of the United States endured a heat wave with temperatures near 90s and above. Heat prostrations and drownings rose as people sought relief in lakes and seas. New York and Ohio reported multiple fatalities and drownings. Weather forecasts warned of continuing heat with scattered thundershowers over the next 36 hours.
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New York
United States
Midwest
Atlantic
Ohio
United Press
New York City
Chicago
Washington
New England
Detroit
Alleahy
Phoenix
Yuma
Ariz
Fresno
Calif
el Paso
Texas
Middlewest
Rocky Mountain Zone
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Garage Fire Destroys L. D. Poston Garage North of Town
A large garage belonging to L. D. Poston Co on the highway north of Chauncey near the dance hall burned Saturday night. Miners from the No. 255 mine reportedly used it to park cars. no machines were inside when the fire occurred. The structure was burned to the ground.
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Chauncey
L. D. Poston Company
Green's Ruz
Reform Committee Blames Nightlife for City Vice Rise
New York reform group reports that relaxed Puritan limits and the spread of speakeasies contribute to higher vice levels in the city. The committee of fourteen concludes vice conditions are not worse than in the past two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.2
New York City
Committee of Fourteen
Man Held in Steubenville On Attack Charge
Clarence Beadwell aged 29 of Irondale was held by Steubenville police charged with assaulting a nine year old girl. The accusation came from Hy Householder who said Beadwell attempted to assault his granddaughter Sarah Alice Smith.
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Steubenville
Clarence Beadwell
Irondale
Hy Householder
Beadwell
Sarah Alice Smith
Smith Leads Chicago in Straw Vote Contest
Alfred E. Smith leads in a Chicago straw poll with 3,649 votes to Herbert Hoover's 2,885 as reported in a newspaper excerpt. The tally reflects early public sentiment in the race for the presidency.
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Chicago
Ur—Gevernor
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
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Henry Friel
Defwood Kirkpatrick
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Friends Bell
C. D. Henry
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Rocko
Kansas
Smith
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