County road projects near completion town to Athens route
The county engineer reports 125 names on the payroll as work on multiple spring road projects continues. The New Marshfield Carbondale stretch, two and a half miles, will not extend into Carbondale now. A Miller Run to Guysville Coolville link creates shorter routes to Athens and Pomeroy, with limestone base and waterbound macadam finish. Officials say delaying construction to spring saves funds despite weather losses.
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J. R. Sanda
Grass Run
Beckler
Athens
Coolville
Miller Run
Guysville
Athens-Pomeroy
County Commission
Marth
Government to Complete Case Against Suspended Liquor Officials Today
A long item recounts a 20 cent rhubarb theft incident involving Kansas City mail carrier Max Rope. After he claimed the fruit for his wife, authorities charged him with theft. he was acquitted but suffered financial ruin and job loss. The piece also notes L W Roberts displaying a 1787 Spanish dollar found on Angell Ridge.
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Max Rope
Kansas City
Secret Service
L. W. Roberts
Athens Lumber Company
Angell Ridge
John Cornell
Charles 4Th
Spain
Athens and Nelsonville Seek Public Help in Coal Crisis
A large Athens and Nelsonville gathering in the Chamber of Commerce rooms discussed ending the Hocking valley coal prostration. James Pritchard of Columbus warned the Jacksonville agreement harms Southern Ohio coal fields and urged public intervention to restart work as miners fear further declines and welfare concerns rise.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Nelsonville
Hocking
Nelsonshe
James Pritchard
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Nelsonville City
Pritchard
Jacksonville
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Committee of
E. L. Morrell
D. Daniel McGurk
A. ¥. Wilcox
Hocking Pritchard
Southern
Aene
Amundsen’s Maud Drifts as Polar Quest Remains Uncertain
In Alaska on June 3, the Maud, Roald Amundsen’s polar ship, sits adrift with eight men awaiting their leader’s return from air attempts to reach the pole. Amundsen left Spitzbergen May 21 seeking to visit the crew and finish the voyage, but no word has come.
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Nome
Alaska
Maud
Roald Amundsen
Pole
Amundsen
Maud Ps
Amundeen
Spitzbergen
Polar Sea
Coolidge Urges National Prep for Security at Annapolis
President Coolidge speaking to the 1926 United States Naval Academy class urged universal readiness and unqualified support for a strong navy and reserve force. He warned against harboring hostility toward the United States and emphasized duty to defend and maintain good relations with other nations. He called for a display of military strength as the backbone of national security.
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Annapolis
Coolidge
Ander
United States Academy
Aft
Navy
United
Situation grows tense in Italy
London reports rising Italian political tension after fascist extremists allegedly exhumed the slain deputy Matteoti’s body from Fratte Volesine cemetery near Venice and threw it into a canal.
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London
Italy
Matteoti
Fratte Volesine
Venice
General Omar Bundy to retire after 36 years of service
Major General Omar Bundy, commander of the Fifth Corps area at Fort Hayes, will retire from active service June 17 after 36 years in the U S Army. He led the Second Division in France during World War I.
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Bundy
Columbus
Omar Bundy
Fifth Corps
Fort Hayes
France
Supreme Court Rules Trade Association Cooperation Not Violating Antitrust
The supreme court decides that the trade association method of cooperating within large industries does not violate antitrust laws. The ruling is significant though it may stir debate in some circles. Turn to Page 4 for full details.
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Supreme Court
Great Industries
Rumors Link DOJ Agents to Dayton Liquor Probe
Cincinnati dispatch reports that seven Department of Justice special agents arrived from Washington and rumors say the probe targets Dayton Ohio liquor enforcement and involves the police chief.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Department of Justice
Dayton
Slays His Son in Fit of Blind Rage in Kentucky
John Moore, 55, of Chadwicks Creek, was charged with murder after his son William Moore, 22, died from buckshot wounds. Coroner's hearing details say Moore fired three times from his house as a car containing his wife and others passed by, prompted by jealousy over alleged joyriding. Bond may be requested by the defense.
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Catlettsburg
John Moore
Chadwicks Creek
William Moore
Moore
Copeland Russell Prosecution Ties Armand Drug Case to Hayner Plot
In Cleveland on June 3, testimony linked defendants in the Hayner conspiracy to Copeland and Russell. Witnesses described six-strong blows to the officers and detailed alleged permit dealings for the Armand Drug and Candy company. Gardos recounted Copeland urging flight as charges loomed.
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Cleveland
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Joshua N. Russell
Prohibition
M. WB. Copeland
H. M. Paul
Armand A. Gardos
Armand Drug and Candy Company
Hayner
Agnes Specht
Columbus
John Q. Harper
Russell
Copeland
Paul
Washington
Grossberg
Seneca
Gardos
Copeland Jame
Iouch
Harry Grossberg
Frank Norwood
Norwood
Berlin Police Arrest Noted Document Forgers
Berlin police announce the capture of Drushelovsky called the king of the document fakirs. They allege his forgeries spurred race hatreds and aided a cabinet overthrow while forging papers tied to the Zinoviev letter and plots against U S and British figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Drushelovsky
Europe
Boulay to tout Ohio River trunk highway from East Liverpool to Cincinnati
State highway director L A Boulay will barnstorm Southern Ohio next week to promote a trunk Ohio River highway linking East Liverpool to Cincinnati. He will travel 279 miles with engineers, outlining benefits to river towns and plans for hard surfaced paving as traffic warrants. Already 81 miles along the route have permanent pavement including gravel and brick sections.
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Boulay
East Liverpool
Cincinnati
Columbus
L. A.boulay
Ohio
New York
Los Angeles
Marietta
Ironton
Elete
Hamilton County
Lawrence County
Frenchman Will Seek Amundsen
London June 3 The Norwegian government has accepted the offer of the French explorer to pursue Roald Amundsen in a new expedition. The plan aims to locate and study Amundsen’s route and possible fate in polar waters.
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London
Pomeroy Doctor Seeks Patent for Cancer Cure Discovery
Washington officials show interest in Dr. H. L. Crary of Pomeroy Ohio who seeks a patent for his cancer remedy. He shared a story of his mother cured by the experimental treatment and aims to prove usefulness in many cases without claiming a universal cure.
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H. L. Crary
Remedy
Washington
Pomeroy
Ohio
Crary
Bureau of Patents
Izaac Walton League Seeks Cleanup of Hocking River
Dr. John E. Monger appealed by Dr. J. M. Higgins on behalf of the Izaac Walton League of America to halt mine sulphur water contamination of the Hocking River. Higgins says the river once teemed with fish and urges the state health department to order mines to stop dumping mine water, restoring the stream to a habitable and productive state.
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John E. Monger
J. M. Higgins
Izaac Walton League of America
Hocking River
Higgins
State Health Department
Hockhocking
Moosic Named in Honor of Musician’s New Son
Local lore suggests Moosic Pennsylvania gained its name through a musician’s story about his newborn son. The origin remains part legend and part local tradition.
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Moosic, Pa
S In
Cement Company Ends Receivership in Columbus
Phoenix Portland Cement, subsidiary of the ill fated R L Dollings line, has been released from receivership and management returned to its officers. Freeman T Eagleson has served as receiver since January 1924 in Columbus. Stabilized income is now expected from royalties on cement made at the Birmingham Alabama plant.
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Columbus
Phoenix-Portland Cement Company
R. L. Dollings Company
Freeman T. Eagleson
Birmingham
Ala
Tax collections wrap up for 1924 payments
County treasurer R. P. Imes reports that 1924 tax collections are as strong as past years and not exceeding $1,000 per year in total. collections are good despite industrial depression. The final collection day is July 20 with a 10 percent penalty added afterward.
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R. P. Imes
Imes
Weeks Improves After Surgery At Massachusetts General
Boston June 3 via Phillipe House reports that John W Weeks shows improvement after an operation for gall stones. Doctors say recovery is possible though death remains a remote possibility. Weeks, the War Secretary, is under careful observation at Massachusetts General Hospital where he was brought for treatment.
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Weeks
Boston
John W. Weeks
Phillipe House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ironton Names Layne and Masaii among local figures
Ironton community notices list Layne, Mr and Mrs Drake and Pena Arn Ast, Mabel and Anna Masaii af as local names in a fragmentary public record.
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Layne, Ironton
Ana Wien
Drake and
Pena Arn Ast
Mabel and
Anna Masaii'af
Jail description fragment leaves many words unclear
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a jail as a place but conveys little concrete information about location, actions, or stakeholders. The readable bits point to a generic reference without names, dates, or events to anchor a specific news item.
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J. R. Sands
New Marshfield
Carbondale
John Lewis
Spitsbergen
Young Naval
Arthur Oren Eopfright
Star Compan
Copeland-Russell
U.S
Armand Gardos
Germany
U. S
Fakir
Zinoviev
Ramsay MacDonald
England
MacDonald
Great Britain
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Foreign Ministry
America
Warren
Borah
President Coolidge
Sveti Kral Cathedral
Sofia
Ike Walton
Cement Company
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