La Follette Campaign Hones VP Pick and Fund Drive
Backers of Senator Robert M. La Follette convene in Washington to settle the vice presidential choice and a nationwide fundraising plan. The executive committee will meet to select a running mate and endorse him, while a six member finance panel drafts a national war chest and a large farmer labor donor appeal.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Bob
National Conference For Progressive Political Action
la Follette
William H. Johnston
Senator la Follette
Cleveland police guard Chinatown to avert tong war
Cleveland police surrounded Chinatown after a night round up of 31 Chinese residents amid fears of a pending tong war. The Chinese Merchants association alerted authorities, and firearms were confiscated as authorities searched all buildings occupied by Chinese.
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Cleveland
Chinese Merchants Association
First Air Mail Arrives in Meigs Pomeroy Ohio
The first airplane letter arrived at the Pomeroy post office after being mailed in San Francisco at 6 a.m. July 7 and delivered at noon July 9, a 56 hour journey. It traveled by rail from Cleveland to Pomeroy, with air rates eight cents per ounce per zone. Destination in the third zone required 24 cents postage.
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Pomeroy
San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Athens Urges Strict Water Conservation After Dam Collapse
Athens Service Director G. M. Romine declares a city wide water restriction. No sprinkling lawns washing cars or similar use until the water supply stabilizes after the White's Mill dam collapse. Violators will have service discontinued and face penalties as authorities seek emergency reserves.
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Athens
G. M. Romine
White's Mill
Romine
Pioneer Hocking Valley Conductor Fatally Injured
J M Considine a Hocking Valley local freight conductor fell from a box car at Hooker while switching the Logan Columbus local. He sustained serious head injuries and was rushed to Lancaster Hospital where doctors fear he will not survive. Considine has long service on the line and is from Logan. His wife, visiting relatives in New Straitsville, joined him at the hospital.
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Logan
J. M. Considine
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Hockers
Lancaster Hospital
Logan-Columbus
Hooker
Local Man Pleads Guilty in Liquor Property Charge
Clell Douglass, arrested in Lost Hollow during a raid at Mrs. John Cable’s home, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on possessing property intended for liquor manufacture. Magistrate Miller fined him 250 dollars plus costs. the fine was paid and Douglass released.
Storm damages reported in rural districts after tornado
Reports from rural districts between Castalia and Milan say properties damaged by the June 28 tornado were further harmed Thursday by winds of nearly cyclonic intensity, according to messages received this afternoon in Sandusky Ohio.
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Sandusky, CO
Castalia
Milan
Davis Nominated by Democrats for President at Convention
The Democrats nominate W. H. Davis former ambassador to Great Britain and current lawyer for J Pierpont Morgan Co as their presidential candidate. The piece questions the ticket and suggests Walsh of Montana would have strengthened it, noting religious issues and party strategy.
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Hn W. Davis
Great Britain
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Democrats
United States
Davis Plans Face-to-Face Campaign Swing
Democratic nominee John W. Davis orders a direct stumping drive and face-to-face meetings with party leaders. He will not name a new national committee chair for a week and plans a rest period at Locust Valley before a broader campaign, aided by radio stumping as a supplement.
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New York
John W. Davis
Frank L. Polk
Locust Valley
Bill’ Nye
National Democratic Committee
Davis
President and Mrs Coolidge Return After Cal Coolidge Jr Burial
The president and Mrs Coolidge returned to Washington from Plymouth Vermont where their youngest son Calvin Coolidge Jr was buried. Col John Coolidge accompanied them, planning potential immediate travel on the Mayflower and John Coolidge to join a Massachusetts training camp next month.
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Washington
Northampton
Plymouth
Chesapeake Bay
Mrs. Coolidge
John
Citizens
Massachusetts
White House
Bus Overturns After Collision on Riverside Drive
A Fifth Avenue bus carrying thirty five passengers was struck by a speeding sedan at Riverside Drive New York. The bus overturned onto the car, pinning two sedan passengers beneath the bus. Several riders on top of the bus were thrown into the street and those inside were ejected through windows.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Riverside Drive
Expert panels to set fees in high profile murder case
Clarence Marrow announces that the American Bar Association will fix defense lawyers fees in the Loeb Leipold Franks murder case and the American Medical Association will decide the fees for alienists hired by the defense. A stray remark notes a beard cutting fallacy.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
American Medical Association
Clarence Marrow
Busy June Spent by Athens Stork
The Athens county health board reports June brought 96 births and 62 deaths, a net population gain of 34. Among births 52 were boys and 44 girls. 95 were white and one colored. City of Athens accounted for 14 births and 11 deaths. only one twin was born countywide.
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Athens
County Board of Health
Weeks backs Hutcheson promotion to major general
Secretary of War Weeks recommended Brig. Gen. Grote Hutcheson for promotion to major general after the retirement July 19 of Major General Charles H. Muir who commanded the third corps area.
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Washington
Grote Hutcheson
Charles H. Muir
Tthird
Dumbells Make Best Wives Says Addie Rolfe
New York July 11. Addie Rolfe now Mrs Cecil Stillman declares dumbness in wives leads to happiness. She and Cecil Stillman depart for a honeymoon in the Great Northern lobby, arguing brains are not essential for a successful marriage while praising beauty and ease.
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New York
Dumbells
Cecil
Addie
Iit
Fortune Hidden in Corset Recovered from Trash
In Washington on July 11 George Washington Jones a trash collector nearly missed a fortune worth 320825 sewn into an old corset once belonging to Mrs May J Fisk 81 proprietor of a rooming house. Police recovered the money from three leather pouches inside the corset after the corset was discarded with old papers. Muir Hangs Montreal reports Walter Muir 21 of New York was hanged at Valley Field jail for the murder of Henry Laviellete following a quarrel last September. His mother Mrs May Muir a widowed dress maker failed to obtain clemency.
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Washington
George Washington Jones
May J. Fisk
Jones
Muir
Montreal
Walter Muir
New York
Valley Field
Henry Laviellete
May Muir
Lima Youth Faces Chief Fire Role After Hotel Roof Blaze
Walter McNamara age 19 is considered for fire chief after extinguishing a roof fire at a downtown Lima hotel. He crawled through a roof opening to stamp out the blaze and alerted the manager near midnight.
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Lima, O
Walter McNamara
Philadelphia Noon Street Shooting Leaves One Dead
In downtown Philadelphia on July 11 a man was shot to death a woman was fatally hurt and another woman wounded as thousands watched from the street during the noon hour. Authorities investigated the incident and identified the victim at the scene. Patrols searched for a possible suspect as bystanders described the chaotic scene and the injured were treated at nearby hospitals.
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Hiladelphia
Philadelphia
Calvin Coolidge Jr Buried in Plymouth Vermont
Calvin Coolidge Jr son of the President was buried in Cross Roads Cemetery Plymouth Vermont with Taps sounding across the hills. A small crowd of national officials attended while two heartbroken parents lowered him into the grave showing quiet sorrow rather than state honors.
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Coolidge
Plymouth, Vt
Calvin Coolidge Jr
Plymouth
Cross Roads
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Vermont
Calvin
Charles W. Liryen Departs New York for Kansas City
Democratic nominee for mice president Charles W. Liryen left New York at 10 16 this morning en route to Kansas City Missouri.
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Charlie
New York
Charles W. Liryen
Formice
Kansas City
Trial Date Set For Columbus Racing Official
July 11 to July 15 set for a hearing before Justice Anton Fel der on Fe W Swisher president of the Columbus Driving Association charged with unlawfully permitting gambling connected to the Grand Circuit Race meet in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Anton Felder
W. Swisher
Columbus Driving Association
Freak trees logan near haytenville two trees grown together
A July report describes a rare natural phenomenon north of Haytenville where a buckeye tree grows from the fork of an elm. The buckeye, about one and a half feet in diameter, rises above the elm with its top branches, seeming to sprout from the elm and draw sustenance from it.
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Logan
Haytenville
Real Reds Put a Ticket Into the 1924 Field
Chicago July 11 Delegates to the Workers Party of America convention prepared to leave for their campaign. The party endorsed William Foster for president and Ben Gitlow for vice president on a class struggle versus capitalism platform. The executive committee of the National Farmer-Labor Party decided to spike Duncan McDonald and William Bouck, shifting support to the Workers Party candidates. The party plans to run nationally where ballots allow.
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Mane
William Foster
American
United States
Ben Gitlow
New York
Duncan McDonald
Springfield
Jll
William Bouck
Washington
St. Paul
William Mahoney
Farmer-Labor Party of
Minnesota
Robert M. LaFollette
Republican chiefs meet in Columbus
Six Ohio Republican leaders gathered in Columbus yesterday and left today without endorsing a governor candidate. The attendees: Maurice Maschke Cleveland H K Hynicka Cincinnati Walter F Brown Toledo Daniel C Bogwer Dayton C W Montgomery state chair and Congressman J T Begg Sandusky. They denied prearrangements or a plan to pick a candidate.
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Ohio
Maurice Maschke
Cleveland
H. K. Hynicka
Cincinnati
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Daniel C. Bogwer
Dayton
C. W. Montgomery
Republican State Central Committee
J. T. Begg
Sandusky
Another Stock of Beer Is Seized in Murray City
Logan Ohio July 11. Deputy Farbearn and two assistants seized 112 bottles of home brew at Harry McCoy’s Murray City home. Officers confiscated brewing gear and other property. McCoy was jailed in Logan awaiting arraignment likely Friday.
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Logan, O
Harry McCoy
Murray City
Joe Farbearn
McCoy
Logan
Not Positive Upon Identity of Negro Slaying Patrolman
Columbus Ohio July 11 Police faced questions over the identifications of John William a suspect in the slaying of Patrolman Andrew Stormont Williams was arrested in Cleveland A street car motorman who witnessed the shooting first claimed Williams fired the fatal shot later re viewed the prisoner and said Williams may not be the killer
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Columbus
Pollice
John William
Necro
Andrew Stormont
Williams
Cleveland
Stormont
Athens City Council Enacts New Traffic Ordinance
The Athens city council adopted a new motor traffic ordinance drafted by Mayor Koons. It mirrors Columbus and Cincinnati rules and creates a traffic cop position to enforce the changes. The rules prohibit long curbside parking on Court Street and set seasonal parking limits with safety zones, speed limits, and parking restrictions to curb reckless driving and double parking.
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Koons
Columbus
Cincinnati
Unii
Court Street
Cornell
Met
Cara
On “Park
Settlement Terms Proposed in Cleveland Discount Co Case
Receivers report in common pleas court outlines a settlement offer of 200000 dollars in fees at five thousand each for two receivers and two attorneys, paid from Cleveland Discount Co assets. Common stock is worthless. Jonah Kirby’s earlier 1500000 dollar claim is noted, with Judge Homer Powell to rule next week.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Discount Co
Common Pleas Court
Jonah Kirby
Homer Powell
Drownings Reported in Ramp Creek Newark Ohio
Eight year old Andy Pushea son of John Pushea drowned in Ramp Creek yesterday. The body was recovered late last night.
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Newark
Andy? Pushea
John Pushea
Ramp Creek
Reproducing Rats Population Warns of Home Infestation
A U S Geological Survey estimate suggests a single pair of rats breeding uninterruptedly for three years could rise to 359 709 482. The mouse grows almost as fast, underscoring the need to trap and kill rodents to prevent food loss disease and damage. Write today for a free illustrated federal household methods booklet from Washington Information. Enclose two cents for return postage.
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United States Ilogical Survey
Washington
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