Castor Continues Religious Duties Amid Murder Charge
Rev. J Frank Norris a famed Texas Baptist preacher faced a first degree murder accusation after the slaying of M E Chipps wealthy lumberman in the church study Saturday Norris held regular services today praising his faith while crowds filled the church and open air meeting witnesses noted his restrained gestures as he addressed Romans chapter eight and questioned who condemns.
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FT. Worth
Tex
WUP
M. E. Chipps
J. Frank Norris
Dreds
Norris
Chipps
Norris v
Papor
America Has Been But Fair to France in War Debt Claims
Secretary Mellon argues the United States has been more generous than Britain in postwar debt dealings with France. The analysis notes Britain demanded higher interest and larger future payments, while the US seeks only the commercial debt. Over five years France would pay Britain about 202.5 million compared with 160 million to the United States.
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America
France
Mellon
Washington
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
England
Quick Work Saves Nelsonville Home From Fire
Prompt department action saved Clarence Stage’s Canal street house in Nelsonville from extensive damage Saturday afternoon. Fire started in the basement burning a cellar partition a sofa and some carpet before crews stopped the blaze and kept it from reaching the main floor despite dense smoke.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Stage
Canal Street
Corset Sought as Clue in McPherson Affair
Investigators seek the pink corset worn by Aimee Semple McPherson when she reappeared in Mexico five weeks after her alleged drowning. District attorney aides say a corset matching the description was bought in an Arizona village between Yuma and Tucson, offering a tangible lead to the kidnappers in the enigmatic case.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Augua Prieta
Mexico
Arizona
Yuma
Tucson
Morgan and Raiders Pass Through Thomas Fork and Chester
POMEROY July 1 Saturday July 17 marked the sixty third anniversary of Morgan s raiders Confederate cavalry through Thomas Fork and Chester The raiders visited Point Pleasant July 16 passing up the Kanawha valley to Thomas Fork Older residents recall four Union runboats with cannons along the Ohio River opposite Pomeroy hoping to stop the band Morgan led his men to Thomas Fork and then to Chester A man named Duter havener was said to be forced to guide them to Chester from Thomas Fork and was later released
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Pomeroy
Morgan
Thomas Fork
Point Breasant
Kanawha
Ohio River
Chester
Duterhavener
Pe@meroy
Megan
Iowa Youths Charged in Farmer’s Death Over Parking Incident
Keokuk Iowa July 19 Eight youths including Joy Grout a local football star are charged with murder in the death of Samuel Hurd a farmer near his farm. Authorities say Hurd demanded five dollars and was shot during a confrontation after a dispute over parking near the road. Mrs Hurd and two children witnessed the killing.
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Keokuk
Iowa
U.P
Samuel Hurd
Hurd
Joy Grout
University of Iowa
Grout
Dorothy Dodge
Hamilton
Floodwood Man Suffers Fractured Skull
Gordon Wolfe of Floodwood was brought to the local hospital Sunday with a fractured skull. He was struck on the side of the head by a piece of iron on Wednesday and remains under observation for several days.
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Logan
Gordon Wolfe
Floodwood
Coal firm seeks injunction to restrain UMW interference near mine
Monongahela Coal company operating Gilbert Davis Coal plant in Morgantown West Virginia obtained an injunction against the United Mine Workers and officers to bar interference with mine operation and forbids gathering near the mine. Additional injunctions to curb the July 5 strike call were announced to take effect this week. The grant aims to break the morning picket line at the mine.
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Morgantown
W. Va
U.P
Monongahela Coal Company
Gilbert Davis Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Soviets plan to organize Negroes for Moscow visits
London reports from Scotland Yard say Russian communists seek to form groups among American Negroes. The plan allegedly targets dancers in local halls to accept payments to travel to Moscow, be converted, and return to spread communist doctrine in the United States.
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London
Scotland Yard
Moscow
United States
England Sees Severe Storms End Heat Wave
England faced a week of freak weather with intense storms across the nation. London’s heat wave broke under a heavy thunderstorm that struck yesterday.
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England
London
1000 Books Authorities on Major Subjects Offered
The American Library Association lists a booklet of 1000 works covering household management finance business ocean transportation aviation coal mining and interior sectors. To obtain, clip the coupon, fill in name and address, and enclose two cents for return postage.
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Interior
Seccoarie
American Library Association
Comatet
Ana
Would-be assassins wiring dynamite to car sparks
In Cleveland on July 19 Edward Spencer his wife and four children escaped with their lives when would be killers connected two sparkplugs to dynamite but failed to ground the wires, breaking the circuit and sparing the family. Spencer is a Bricklayers union business agent.
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Cleveland
U.R
Edward Spencer
Spencer
Spenced
Bricklayer’s Union
Free Copy of Books Offered by The Athens Messenger
Frederic J. Haskin directs The Athens Messenger to provide a free copy of ONE THOUSAND USEFUL BOOKS with two cents postage for delivery. Name Street City appears as the address field for recipients.
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information
Fcreeu
Washington, Do
Jungle figures circle Canton News editor killing
Pittsburgh gunman George the Greek Psilias, 29, was captured near Pittsburgh and questioned about the Canton Daily News editor Don R Mellett murder. Canton detectives say Psilias admits being in Canton before the ambush but denies knowledge of the crime. Canton and Pittsburgh authorities pursue leads from a jungle of underworld figures and a public bootlegger tied to the case.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
George
Psailias
Don R Mellett
Canton Daily News
Peter Conner
George the Greek
Canton
Psillas
Mellett
Psilias
Ora Slater
Don R. Mellett
Slater
Ohio
George Psilias
Daily News
Peter Connors
Ohio Line
O.R
Coolidge to visit Plymouth Birthplace with family
President Coolidge plans a trip to Plymouth Vermont his birthplace accompanied by Mrs Coolidge. Mrs Elmira Goodhue Coolidges mother and Mrs Frank W Stearns will stay with them during the absence.
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Paul Smith
U.R
Coolidge
Plymouth
Elmira Goodhue
Flapper Fanny Says On A Love Scam
An old flame carries a love scam causing trouble for a reader seeking advice from a column titled Flapper Fanny Says dated 1026 GY NEA Service. The piece hints at romance schemes and the resulting heartbreak.
Terrific Storms Sweep the State Sunday
A severe statewide storm Sunday brought heavy winds rain and lightning across Columbus Delaware Newark Zanesville and Mc Connellville. Dr Harvey C Highman a Columbus dentist was killed near Delaware by a falling tree injuring Ernest G Davis another Columbus resident. Wives freed but unable to lift the trunks aided by extreme effort. Mrs Davis ran two miles to summon help after the collapse. Property damage ran into thousands.
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Columbus
Delaware
U.R
Ohio
Harvey C. Highman
Ernest G. Davis
Woman dies after taking medicine left for sister-in-law
At Green's Run Ohio a 37 year old woman, Mrs James Smith, diedSaturday after taking heart medicine that had been prepared for her sister in law. Coroner Sanders investigated and confirmed she took the prescribed drug in her weakened condition. She left a husband and three children. Funeral Tuesday at Green's Run Church at 1 30 in the afternoon. Burial Maplewood Cemetery.
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Glouster
James Smith
Green's Run
Damage suit begins in court over a wife's conduct
The case of James R. Dunkle versus John Dean in Millfield opens in Common Pleas court with a jury trial and $10,000 in damages sought. Jurors impaneled include Elza Burchfield Fred R. Baker John Henshaw F L Woodworth Riley Parker G W Pierce Robert Green C W Wilson Frank Biddle T J Davis Atchison G Cotton and Charles H Wyatt. The action, filed April 3, is for money only.
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James R. Dunkle
John Dean
Millfield
Elza Burchfield
Fred R. Baker
John Henshaw
F. L. Woodworth
Riley Parker
G. W. Pierce
Robert Green
C. W
Children Parade in Colorful Costumes on City Street
A group of 3 to 12 year olds dressed in varied costumes paraded with scooters adorned in bright crepe paper. Onlookers mistook it for a show, as the delighted children remained unaware of the attention they drew. Nearby, a man washed his hands in a gutter by Monument Park, and a window sign advertised Hot Pocket and Hailard Dog for sale.
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Jacksonville
Monument Park
Login
New Serial to Start Sunday in Messenger
The Athens Messenger will begin The Vanity Case by Carolyn Wells this Sunday July 25. The full page Sunday feature will appear in Section 2 and after day one move to the regular fiction space in the market page.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Carolyn Wells
the Messenger
Father and Son Die Trying to Save Drowning Girl
Louis N. Turner and his son Lynn Turner drowned Saturday night in Springfield while attempting to rescue a girl from drowning in their home bath. The pair, both residents of Springfield, were buried in Jackson Tuesday after services. A sister in Springfield relayed the news. Turner leaves a daughter and two brothers among surviving relatives.
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Louis N. Turner
Lynn Turner
Springfield
George Frashier
First Street
Louis Turner
Turner
Athens
Jackson
Phil Luther
Joe Lohse
George. Frashier
Delia Sheward
John Turner
Elza Turner
Far West
Premier Her Riot Plans Cabinet By Tonight
Paris dispatch reports Premier Her riot stated he would have his new cabinet formed by tonight after speaking with the United Press. The remark signals an imminent reshuffle in the French government amid ongoing political developments.
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Paris
Herriot
United Press Today
Britain coal strike boosts American exports in world market
Washington reports the four month old British coal strike is driving over two million tons of coal to Britain in June. Germany and Poland race America's coal exports. Britain’s loss may be America's gain as demand shifts amid overproduction and labor tensions.
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Germany
Poland
America
Britain
Washington
British Isles
Fo’ Ly
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Silesian
Ohio Briefs: Drownings and Tragedy Across Cities
Ohio report covers Ferguson and Covington drowning in the Ohio River with Robert Day escaping, Toledo arrest over Eugene Hiteshew’s gunshot death, and Urbana tragedy where Pearl G Patrick, 32, killed his wife 44 and his son then shot himself.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Ferguson
Covington
Schultz
Robert Day
Toledo
Walter Bobanski
Eugene Hiteshew
Bodanski
Urbana
Pearl G. Pattrick
Patrick
Prisoner in Cook County Jail Blasts Wall in Escape Attempt
A bomb exploded in Murderer's Row at Cook County Jail, likely planted by Henry J. Fernekes, a death row inmate. The blast left a 15 inch hole but failed to breach outer bricks. nitroglycerine found in Fernekes' bunk. Guards locked down the jail, prisoners panicked, and authorities launched a wide probe into how dynamite reached the facility.
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Cook County
Chicago
UPR
Henry J. Fernekes
Fernekes
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