British Troops Open Ulster Offensive Amid Frontier Battles
British forces launch an offensive along the Ulster Free State frontier with tanks and armored cars leading advances into Pettigo and Bellock. Casualties reportedly rise on both sides as Belfast endures fresh violence and Dublin discusses constitutional amendments ahead of Anglo Irish talks.
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Belfast
Ulster
Ulster Free State
County Fermanagh
Anmagarhameen Castle
Belleck
Pettigo
Lough Erne
Enniskilen
Bellock
Ulster Frontier Counties
Drogheda
Labor Unions Liable for Damages During a Strike
London June 5. A Helsingfors dispatch cites Krasnaya Gazeta reporting 117 children in a famine district were shot by local authorities to end their suffering. The Bolshevist order followed claims of humanity as children died from glanders contracted from diseased refuse.
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London
Helsingfors
Daily News Today
Krasnaya Gazette
Patch
Iowa Primaries Spark Wide Political Battle In June
In Washington today six candidates vie for one Iowa senate seat as Republicans fear a narrow majority. The piece notes party tensions over tariffs ship subsidies and potential special sessions. Also details Ohio Elks plan to buy Summerland Beach and a Supreme Court ruling holding labor unions liable for strike damages.
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Southern
Ohio
Gress
United States
Senate
Gerland Beach
George R. Holmes
Washington
Iowa
Florida
William Jennings Bryan
Park Trammell
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Smith Brookheart
Clifford Thorne
Buckeye Lake
Alex M. Moore
Lodge of Elks
Mr. Moore
Summerland Beach
Lancaster
Newark
Logan
Zanesville
Cambridge
New Lexington
Chillicothe
W. H. Logan
Charles DeMolet
Moore
Nelsonville
Tedrow
Newton
Millersport
The
Elks
Hunter
Nine teen killer in Ohio town confesses murder
Edgar Leaverton a nine teen year old youth confessed to killing Fay Ballard a Greenfield automobile dealer on Pigeon Roost Road last Saturday night He said he did it to get money for a movie and after shooting rolled the body into a ditch then drove to Williamstown Kentucky where townspeople later found Ballard’s body after a search party was sent out
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Hillsboro
Edgar Leaverton
Fay Ballard
Greenfield
Pigeon Roost Road
Schwenzberger
Ballard
Leaverton
Williamstown
Baltimore & Ohio shop to reopen with 250 men
Sandusky reports orders to reopen the Baltimore and Ohio Railway car repairs shop with a full force of 250 men. Local agent R. E. McKee announced the noon directive and recalled former workers.
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Sandusky
Sandusky, O
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
R. E. McKee
Baltimore & Obj
Wife of Ward Slain Suspect Testifies in Grand Jury
White Plains New York June 5 one of the first witnesses scheduled for examination in the Westchester county grand jury investigation of the Ward Peters homicide mystery opening today was Mrs Walter S Ward wife of the defendant slayer
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White Plains
N. Y
Westchester County Grand Jury
Ward-Peters
Walter S. Ward
Four Boys Drown Off Grass Island In St Lawrence River
Four boys aged eight to twelve drowned when their rowboat overturned off Grass Island in the St Lawrence River near Montreal. The incident occurred today as rescuers searched the area after the boat capsized.
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Montreal
Que
St. Lawrence
Grass Island
Cold blooded murder rocks Sheepshead Bay station
William Owens a house painter was killed in a cell early this morning at Sheepshead Bay police station. He was battered against a wall after causing noise while sharing a cell with John Licato a fish dealer jailed for trespassing on B R T property. Licato is charged with homicide.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
William Owens
Coney Island
Owens
John Licato
Licato
Dance Chauncey K of P Hall Wednesday Night
A social dance event at Chauncey K of P Hall takes place Wednesday night June 7. Guests from the local community are invited to attend the evening of music and dancing starting at 6. The event promises hospitality and a festive atmosphere for all attendees.
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Chauncey K
P. Hall
Editor of Seoul Press Ridicules U S Morality in Foreign Address
June 5 Washington report: Iso Yamagata editor claims the United States is destitute of morality and freedom. He criticizes western civilization, praises material science, and denounces American institutions as driven by propaganda and wealth. He cites U S crime and despotic capitalists as flaws. Also notes South African women voting locally.
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Volstead
Washington
United States
Iso Yamagata
Seoul Press
Korea
Yamagata
State Department
Japan
Europe
America
Sport Is Given a Jail Sentence as an Example
Kalamazoo appears in a mid June report where Robert Everard, prominent local figure, begins a 30 day jail term for acting as host at a party. Six guests, including three women, were later charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. five were released on fines. The trial detailed a night of extreme excess.
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Kalamazoo
Mid
Robert Everard
Man Dies In Missouri Road Accident Near Home
Robert Ray Tedrick, 27, was killed when his vehicle left the road and plunged down a 30 foot embankment near Cambridge, Ohio. His wife witnessed the fatal accident early this morning near his residence.
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Cambridge, O
Robert Ray Tedrick
Excursion Boat Disaster Near Frontier Claims Many Lives
Boatsman reports 80 to 85 persons perished when the steamship Villa France carrying 100 excursionists sank after a boiler explosion on the Farana river near the Argentine Paraguayan frontier. Fire and drums of petrol exploded in the cargo.
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Buenos Aires
Villa France
Farana River
Miners Open to Arbitration on Wage Scale
Hazleton Pa June 5 Chiefs of the anthracite region United Mine Workers are willing to accept arbitration on the wage issue if operators guarantee the commission named can base its award only on the present scale or on the January Shamokin wage and rate demands.
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Hazelton
United Mine Workers
Shamokin
Filibuster Charge Hits Tariff as Election nears
Senator Watson Republican of Indiana accuses Democratic opposition of staging a filibuster against the McCumber tariff bill. He predicts the measure will not pass until a few weeks before the election and notes Democrats delayed the McKinley tariff before the congressional vote, helping Republicans lose the House.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Senate Finance Committee
House
All on hospital list Bellaire injury fall harms family
June 5 in Bellaire a prominent local family is hospitalized after falls. Minnie Leach broke her wrist from a porch lift incident, Leslie Leach fractured a leg in a spring stair fall, and Mrs. Samuel Leach dislocated her shoulder from a fall.
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Bellaire
Minnie Leach
Leslie Leach
Samuel Leach
Railroad seeks to abandon Porterfield depot in Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asks the state utilities commission to permit removing their Porterfield agent in Washington county for economy. Last year Porterfield collections totaled 4144, down 2486 from the prior year, with livestock poultry and eggs now trucked to Belpre for shipment.
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Porterfield
Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
State Utilities Commission
Washington County
Belpre
British Soldiers Killed in Anatolia Clash
Two British soldiers were killed and two wounded with twelve missing after a clash between a British detachment and Turkish bandits in Anatolia near Gallipoli. The report is dated June 5 from Athens.
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Near East
Athens
Anatolia
Gallipoli
Golden Rule Plant Joins Couple in Factory Wedding
Albert Nash known as Golden Rule Jr. married Bertha Fisher at the Cincinnati clothing factory owned by his father. The couple, both workers, reportedly met at the plant where they were employed as wedding bells rang from factory whistles.
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Albert Nash
Golden Rule Jr
Bertha Fisher
Cincinnati, C
Golden Rule” Nash
Young Nash
Hopes For Better Things In Russia
Moscow report notes improving famine and economic conditions under American relief. Col. William N Has Kell of the American Relief Administration says famine crisis is easing but relief work must continue due to lingering economic and legal challenges. Trade is described as developing more robustly than last year.
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I. N.S
Moscow
Russia
William N. Haskell
American Relief Administration
International News Service Today
Amercan
Haskell
Daniel
Dan” Davis
Athens County
Davis
State
Mr. Davis
Ohio
Ohio State Universities
Rainbow
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Ohio Good Roads Federation
American relief in Russia under scrutiny by Colonel Tinswell
Colonel Tinswell denies a Copenhagen report that an American relief administration train was wrecked with multiple deaths. He warns such rumors are spread by opponents of relief work in Russia and urges citizens to consider current opportunities in Russia.
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America
Russia
Tinswell Deniet
Copenhagen
Family party killed in train collision at Turkeen crossing
Sherbrooke report says a touring car carrying a family party collided with a Grand Trunk train at Turkeen crossing. Alexander Douguay and his daughter Gladys died instantly, Mrs. Douguay died en route to hospital, a boy was seriously injured and a young girl unhurt as the car was dragged about 600 feet before the train stopped.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Grand Trunk
Turkeen Crossing
Alexander Douguay
Gladys
Douguay
Attendance Falls Off at First Christian Bible School
Bible school at First Christian reports 420 attendees on June 4 a drop of over half from a month earlier. Breakdown shows Primary 90 Junior 40 Intermediate 63 Adults 248 with 116 men and 132 women. Collection totals 16.80.
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First Christian Bible School
Monkey Love Proposed To Restore Morality Worldwide
London dispatch reports Dr. Bernard Hollander argues monogamy is ideal but urges accepting natural promiscuity as a psychological fact. He cites apes and birds as examples of single attachment and urges a return to loyalty, restraint, and stable partnerships amid modern temptations.
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F. A. Wray
I. N
London
Bernard Hollander
Inely
Peggy Beal on road to recovery after Kansas City slaying
Marie Peggy Beal who killed Warren Anderson remained unremorseful while in hospital today and refused to acknowledge murder charges. Cameron Orr, county prosecutor, said charges would wait until her recovery. Police link a mysterious woman possibly Andersons wife to the case and note a photo of a two year old with Beal.
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Kansas City
Marie
Peggy” Beal
Rank Warren Anderson
Anderson
Cameron Orr
Dad
Midwest
Miss Beal
Louis Beal
Few Return To Work At Coolidge Mills Reopen
About 100 of the 1300 workers normally employed at the Coolidge mills of Ampostee Manufacturing returned to work as the mill reopened after nearly four months idle because of a textile strike in Manchester New Hampshire.
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Manchester
N. H
Coolidge Mills
Ampostee Manufacturing Company
Regular Communication Athens Chapter No 39 R A M
Regular communication of Athens Chapter No 39 R A M set for Monday June 3 at 7 39 PM. Large attendance desired especially of those exalted during past year. W H Bechtold H P Jas A Palmer Sec.
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Athens
W. H. Bechtold
H. P. Jas. A. Palmer
Seized Seattle Spirit Searched by British in Ireland
The American steamer Seattle Spirit from New York was held up and searched in Tralee Bay on the west coast of Ireland on suspicion of carrying arms and munitions for the republicans.
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London
New York
Trallee Bay
Ireland
How to Cook the Garden Stuff
Government publication offers a free booklet titled Preparation of Vegetables with 105 recipes for economical serving of vegetables. Residents can request a copy by mailing the coupon with two cents for postage, addressed to the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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Washington Information Bureau
Nerewith
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