Pushing Road Work Across County Near Morrison Hill Grade
Road officials report grading on Morrison Hill and Coolville route is underway with brick pavement on a base. Dan Davis, supervising engineer, says the project nears completion aside from shoulders. Pratt Construction moves materials for Jerseyville road while several culverts and bridges are planned along the line.
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Coolville
Dan Davis
Hocking Riv
Mariner & Sams
Aivers
State Department
Southeast
Coolville Bridge
If. Bk. Pratt Construction Co
Mt. Blanchard
Jerseyville Road
Ingineer
Pratt Company
Jeffers
Wordson
Th ’ Il
Highway Department
Enl. W. Davis
Waverly Man Slays Mother-in-Law and Sister In Law Quarrel
Waverly Missouri July 18 Wil ivunkett 36 shot and killed his mother in law and sister in law during a domestic quarrel. Plunkett surrendered after the killings.
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Waverly
Wilivunkett
Plunkett
Unty Prison Popular Place
Descriptions show multiple arrests and jail events at the county jail and sheriff's hotel. A child visits his father, Edge is treated for suspected poisoning, McVay was sick and may have green brandy, and Peggy Wilson faces intoxication and lewd exposure charges after pleas in juvenile court.
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Cady
Sherriff’s
Harry Craig
Hill
McVay
Athens
cVay
Mariner
Peggy” Wilson
Sugar Creek
Wilson
Bere
Helwig
Wallace Hewitt
Louis Poston
Colored Man Pays Fine for Assault on Wife in Local Case
Harrington colored, of Lathrop, appeared with Sheriff Kinley before Justice Helwig on an assault and battery charge filed by his wife, Resa Harrington. He pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine plus costs. The defendant was noted as a key figure in a bootlegging case appealed to a common pleas court last summer.
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Rank Harrington
Lathrop
Kinley
Helwig
Resa Harrington
Harrington
Common Pleas Court
State to complete case in Miller murder trial
Pomeroy Ohio July 18 completion of the state's case against James E. Miller on trial for the alleged first degree murder of Ed Reynolds a West Virginia miner was expected by noon. The state says Miller killed Reynolds and James Swanner when they went to his Vulcan mine camp to force him to testify. Myrtle Swanner testified with the witness likely affecting the defendant as she passed by. The defense plans to argue the shootings were in self defense amid fear of kidnapping and a West Virginia indictment over an armed march involvement.
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Swanner
Reynouls
Miller
Reynolds
West Virginia
Board Upholds College Dismissals At Tennessee
The University of Tennessee board of trustees upholds President H A Morgan in the dismissal of seven professors in a dispute tied to evolution teaching. Only Governor Austin Peay and Bolton Smith opposed sustaining the administration. The terminated instructors include Jesse W. Sprowls, John R. Neal, Morris Mulvania, Robert S. Radford, Robert S. Ellis, Asa A. Schaeffer, and A M Withers.
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Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee Today
H. A. Morgan
Austin Peay
Bolton Smith
Memphis
Jesse W. Sprowls
John R. Neal
Morris Mulvania
Robert S. Radford
Robert S. Ellis
Asa A. Schaeffer
A. M. Withers
Frederick hush over Kepner case deepens with new witness
State's Attorney Aaron R. Anders said he would question another girl linked to B Evard Kepner husband of Grace S Kepner in the June 18 killing. Demands for a grand jury probe continue and citizens may petition Governor Ritchie for a formal inquiry per Mr Kepner's request.
Miller murder trial figures shared Athens county roots
In Pomeroy Ohio on July 18 leading participants in the Miller murder trial are traced to Athens county. The Miller Swanner and Reynolds families once worked in Trimble township coal mines near Mine No. 10 and were neighbors a short time ago. Days before the double killing Mr and Mrs Swanner visited relatives in Glouster.
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Pomeroy
Athens County
Miller
Swanner
Reynolds
Trimble Township
Mrs. Swanner
Glouster
Underwood to Address Alabama Legislature Next Tuesday
United States Senator Oscar Underwood will address a joint session of Alabama's legislature next Tuesday morning in Montgomery. His exact topics are unclear, but supporters expect discussion of national and international policies following his return from Europe.
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Montgomery
Ala
United State
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Underwood
Europe
United States
Girl Faces Deportation Unless Birth Is Proven
Columbus authorities move to halt the deportation of Miss Tillie Roman 18 who is reported born in New Philadelphia Ohio. She was detained aboard an ocean liner by U S immigration authorities and will be sent back if American birth cannot be proven.
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Iirth
Columbus
Tillie Roman
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Miss Roman
United States
Prompt resignations spark Philippine cabinet upheaval
Manila July 18 The cabinet resignations were accepted by Governor General Leonard Wood prompting automatic senior official replacements. Manuel Quezon claimed no party would cooperate in the insular government and Wood called the move a threat while denying dis regard of organized law charges.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
Senate
Phillippine
Council of
Wood
Quezon
Harding Party Canned Staff Menu May Change in Alaska
President Harding's Alaska transit includes a layover in Seward to allow Hoover to catch up from Anchorage while Alaskans push fish and game offerings. The party has eaten more canned goods than in six months as they seek rest after interior travel. News of Minnesota aligns with a reduced Republican Senate majority affecting administration influence.
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Seward
Alaska
Henderson
Harding
Hoover
Anchorage
Hardings
J. A. O. Preus
Minnesota
Mangus Johnson
Senate
Nash Pit Reg By Dry Chief Reinstated In Columbus
Dana Nash of Nelsonville, a special Athens County dry officer suspended recently, was reinstated by State Prohibition Commissioner B. F. McDonald in Columbus. Nash received a new card after posting a $2000 bond and was told to resume duties. The case followed Joe Richards of Gloucester pleading guilty to possession of 20 gallons of home brew and related items, countering claims Nash unjustly arrested Richards. Nash, with Mayor Johnson of Trimble and Rev Landsittel, had traveled to Columbus to clear his name.
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Dana Nash
Nelsonville
Athens County
B. FF. McDonald
Columbus
Nash
Joe Richards
Glouster
Richards
Democratic Executive Committee
Johnson
Trimble
Landsitter
Gardener Killed in Traction Car Collision
Stanley Kurunski a 36 year old gardener was killed when his produce wagon was struck by a traction car in Steubenville Ohio. The wagon was hit on a steep incline causing the horse to be injured and the wagon to be smashed. Several bystanders narrowly escaped injury as the car left the tracks.
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Steubenville
Stanley Kurunski
Kurunski
Governor seeks ruling on Cleveland slot machine legality
Columbus July 8 Governor Donahey demanded that Paul M Lamb law director of Cleveland provide a copy of his ruling cited as declaring slot machines operating in Cleveland lawful The order seeks to verify the legality amid ongoing debates over gambling legality in the city
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Columbus
Paul M. Lamb
Cleveland
Donahey
Both Dead Now In Ohio Heat Wave Visit
William McClure aged 55 from near Omaha Nebraska and his brother Charles McClure aged 60 of Lima Ohio both fell ill with heat and illness while visiting. William arrived exhausted and Charles remained unconscious. both died within hours of each other.
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Columbus, Grove
William McClure
Omaha
Neb
Charles McClure
Lima
Hope fades on extending sea liquor search for rum runners
Washington officials say extending the right of search to 12 miles is unlikely and allied powers oppose enlarging territorial waters. Congress may amend dry laws, but lawmakers doubt lifting foreign shipping limits while powers withhold aid in rum running.
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George E. Durno
Washington
Hughes
Great Britain
Wtth
Congress
Steriine
Republisin
Senath Petora
United States
Supreme Court
Whitfield Trial Delayed by Ohio Murder Law Question
In Cleveland on July 18 Judge George Baehr will hear two defense motions challenging the Ohio law that defines killing a police officer in the line of duty as first degree murder and questions of a fair trial in Cuyahoga County for John L. Whitfield, accused slayer Patrolman Dennis I. Griffin. If the motions gain traction, the start of Whitfield’s trial, slated for next Monday, could be postponed.
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Cleveland, O
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
John L. Whitfield
George Baehr
Common Pleas
Whitfield
Woman Robbed in Cincinnati While Family Slept
In Cincinnati Ohio on July 18 Mrs Anna Mulholland 42 was bound and gagged by two robbers who entered as her husband and children slept They stole $18 and she threw an iron at the intruders but missed.
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Cincinnati
Anna Mulholland
Steubenville Mayor and Police Chief Targeted in Klan Effort
In Steubenville Ohio petitions call for removal of Mayor Frank A Hawkins and Police Chief Blaine D Carter. Ku Klux Klan attorney Nathaniel P Willis says 50 to 100 affidavits allege police immorality graft intoxication and protection of vice. He claims nine murders occurred last year with little police effort.
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Steubenville
Frank A. Hawkins
Blaine D. Carter
Donahey
Nathaniel P. Willis
Columbus
Ku Klux Klan
Ohio
Willis
Hetween
Hawkins
Chief Carter
Flight Delayed As Motor Leak Halts Coast-To-Coast Run
Lieut Russell E. Maughan again postponed his daylight to dark coast-to-coast attempt after a gas line leak in the Curtiss engine at the Curtiss plant in Garden City New York requires a full re timing of the ship’s motor. The delay extends to about one week before takeoff.
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Garden City
L. 1
Curtiss
Russell E. Maughan
Army Airman
Maughan
New angles in Bushnell blackmail case tied to Cincinnati
Dayton July 18 federal agents investigate a new phase of the John L. Bushnell blackmail case possibly centering on Cincinnati. An authoritative source says a prominent Cincinnati business man may be involved and Assistant District Attorney H. E. May works on developments in the last 24 hours. A January 9 register at Hotel Gruenwald in New Orleans lists Mr and Mrs John J. Bushnell of Springfield. They left the next day. Bushnell, a Springfield banker, allegedly took Miss Rose Putnam from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
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Dayton
John L. Bushnell
Cincinnati
H. E. May
Nan
Health official orders immediate reporting of whooping cough
Ohio Health Commissioner J. D. Westrick mandates that every whooping cough case be reported promptly to allow swift containment measures and prevention of spread.
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J. D. Westrick
Renewed Bid to Split International Harvester Under Ruling
Attorney General Daugherty asked the U.S. district court in St. Paul Minnesota to order International Harvester Co split into three independent corporations with separate stockholders and directors. The move follows a five year old court ruling finding a restraint of trade and dissolution not fully carried out. The DOJ plan echoes the FTC recommendation from three years prior.
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Washington
International Harvester Co
Daugherty
United States District Court
St. Paul
Minn
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Ball Player Fractures Leg At Mall Street Playground
Alton D. Wolfe, 17, son of Mr and Mrs W A Wolfe of Second Sireed, suffered a severe left leg fracture in a ball game at Mall Street playground Tuesday evening around 5. A sliding opponent struck his leg between knee and ankle, officials say. Merwin and Goldsberry took Wolfe to Sheltering Arms Hospital where doctors reduced the fracture with X ray aid. Wolfe has had poor health recently including influenza and diphtheria.
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Alton D. Wolfe
W. A. Wolfe
Mall Street
Young Wolfe
S. Merwin and Goldsberry
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Six escapees haunt Philadelphia as search widens
Philadelphia police pressed a city-wide hunt for a young woman believed to have smuggled pistols used by six convicts during their jailbreak from the Eastern State penitentiary last Saturday. The fugitives’ whereabouts remained unknown as of July 18, intensifying the manhunt in the city.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Athens County Sheep Damaged by Dogs, Finances Reported
County Auditor Cornwell reports a disastrous year for Athens County sheep due to dog attacks. Claims more than doubled to 3,746.20, with 51 sheep killed and 120 injured. Total dog license revenue and expenses, including dog catcher pay, tax/registration costs, and kennel fees, are detailed, leaving a balance of 13,885.06 for the new fiscal year.
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Athens County
Cornwell
New Progressive push targets tax relief in coming Congress
Washington as of July 18 sees a rising progressive force in Congress pushing for tax reductions. With Magnus Johnson in the Senate, the group allied with Democrats could outmaneuver Republicans, aiming to shift tax burden from the poor to the rich through exemptions and revisions.
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Washington
Congress
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
Johnson
Senate
LaVollette
Harding
Murdered bride found in Port Perry cottage
Pittsburg July 18 Mrs Julia Coyne 18 a newlywed was found murdered in her honeymoon cottage at Port Perry near Braddock. Her body showed head injuries and she had been dead some time. Her husband Patrick Coyne lay near death in a Pittsburgh hospital with both legs amputated from a railroad accident last night. Coroner MacGregor ordered a quick examination as county detectives launched a manhunt for the slayer.
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Pittsburg
Julia Coyne
Port Perry
Braddock
John Conroy
Patrick Coyne
MacGregor
Second Fake Call Sends Wife to Hospital in Cincinnati
A mysterious telephone call misled Mrs Bernard Wendall into rushing to General hospital to find her husband missing. The same week Mrs Anna Marie Bedinger was summoned to a hospital after a call, and she vanished on June 22 with no trace since.
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Cincinnati
Bernard
Wendall
General Hospital
Anna Marie Bedinger
Grange Rat Killing Contest Reduces Rats in County
In Licking County two teams from the local Grange conducted a rat killing contest and eliminated 2,550 rats from the area.
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Jacksontown
Licking County
Grange
Health exam campaign invites Dr Monger at conference
A nationwide slogan Have a Health Examination on Your Birthday promotes periodic health exams. Twenty five statewide organizations have been invited to participate in a conference to be held here chaired by Dr Monger.
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Columbus
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Board Upholds College
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Hocking Valley
Philippine
George R. Holmes
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