La Follette Laid To Rest After Long Service
Wisconsin political titan Senator Robert La Follette rests at state capitol after a simple ceremony. Hundreds of mourners, longtime supporters who knew him well, gather around his open coffin under the capitol dome. The flag draped the casket, flowers abound, and the inscription The will of the people is the law of the land is visible.
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Kenneth Clare Madison
Wis
Robert Marion LaFollette
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Capitol
LaFollette
Arctic explorers Bowdoin Peary head to Sydney for coal
Commander Donald B. MacMillan sails the Bowdoin and Peary through fogs in the Bay of Fundy bound for Sydney Nova Scotia to load coal on Thursday. The expedition continues its voyage toward Arctic goals.
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Wolcasset
Maine
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin
Peary
Bay of Fundy
Sydney
N. S
Marie Ponn Files Desertion Charge
Marie Penn of Murray City accuses her husband John Penn a miner of abandonment and non support. The affidavit says Penn left for Detroit and returned threatening desertion while Marie Penn cites poor health.
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Marie Ponn
John Penn
Murray City
Edgar Mariner
Marie Penn
Penn
Detroit
Woman golf champ says she never cusses
The female golfing champion asserts she maintains perfect lady like conduct on and off the course. She denies using profanity and emphasizes composure during competition.
LaFollette’s Death Attributed To Sparse Attainment
The piece contrasts a statement by a deathbed Senator LaFollette with an ultra-capitalistic newspaper claim of a meagre record of attainment. It riffs on how contemporaries would deem legacy in relation to Golgotha as a moralizing aside.
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Senator LaFollette
LaFollette
Golgotha
La Follette Dies Poor Yet Leaves Notable Name
The text reflects on LaFollette's death during battle and poverty, noting his children inherit little wealth but a lasting name. It contrasts such fame with those who amass millions, suggesting many would trade wealth for a lasting legacy associated with LaFollette.
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LaFollette
LaFollette's Death Ends Senate Death Cycle for 1925
Washington June 22 veteran capital staff observe a three death cycle in the Senate ended with the passing of Robert M LaFollette after eight years of fatal coincidences beginning in 1918 with Ben Tillman Jacob Gallinger and Ollie M James followed by McCormick Spencer and others. The line of three deaths per cycle spanned through 1924 and concluded this year with LaFollette. Senators and attaches noted the superstition while acknowledging the odd pattern.
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Washington
Senate of
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
la Follette
Senate
Ben
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Selden P. Spencer
Missouri
Bob
Ben Tillman
South Carolina
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Thomas S. Martin
Alabama
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
William E Crow
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Boies Penrose
Ameul E. Nicolson
Colorado
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Wiliam P. Dillingham
Vermont
le Baron Jr. Colt
Rhode Island
Frank B. Brandegee
Connecticut
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
McCormick
Spencer
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Smoot
Utah
Dale
McNary
Oregon
King
Harris
LaFollette
Senator Edwin F. Ladd Dies at 65 in Baltimore
ES SUDDENLY BALTIMORE June 22 Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota died at a hospital after a short illness with kidney trouble and neuritis. He was 65 and became ill while motoring to deliver speeches, returning to Washington then seeking treatment in Baltimore. Ladd was a leading third party figure and helped push farm relief legislation as a key member of the agriculture committee and chairman of the public lands panel which oversaw the Teapot Dome inquiry following Senator Learoot’s resignation.
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Baltimore
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Ladd
Cleveland
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Senate Public Lands Committee
Learoot
Wisconsin
Redpath Chautauqua Travels by Bus Across Ohio Circuit
The Redpath Chautauqua will tour the Ohio circuit this year using specially built inter-urban motor buses to move talent between towns. Season tickets are sold at local drug and book stores. Team captains listed include Prof. Bert Thompson and others. performances run June 27 to July 3 at the high school grounds.
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Redpath Chautauqua Company
Ohio
Bert Thompson
E. H. Gallagher
Serena Shafer
Harry Woods
R. L. Woodward
M. E. Chatley
W. W. Coe
C. M. Copeland
M. M. Kerr
Wreck death list rises to forty nine in Lackawanna wreck
Dover New Jersey June 22 The death list in the German excursion wreck at the Lackawanna railroad rose to forty nine today with the death of Miss Catherine Wilgermein Chicago. Three others are in critical condition Louise Kaufman and Catherine Welse both of Chicago and John Neiman Evanston Ill. Investigations by the state board of utilities commissioners and the interstate commerce commission indicate the railroad may be required to drain the long hill beside the right of way. Sand washing down the hill of the tracks is blamed for the accident.
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Dover
N. J
Lackawanna
Catherine Wilgermein
Chicago
Louise Kaufman
Catherine Welse
John Neiman
Evanston
Ill
State Board ‘of Utilities Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Radio Schedule Highlights Afternoon Eve Programs
Afternoon and evening radio listings include WJZ WEAF WGY WCAP WEEI WJAR WSAI and others. Broadcasts feature the Inter collegiate Regatta from Poughkeepsie, Bureau of the Budget meeting in Washington with remarks by President Coolidge, U S Marine Band music, a special anniversary concert, and a Central Park band concert.
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WJZ
E. T
Poughkeepsie
WGY
WEAF
E. T.—Bureau
Washington
Coolidge
U. S. Marine Band
WCAP
WEEI
WJAR
WSAI
WOO
WCBD
C. T
WNYC
Central Park Band
WBZ
Mihzinen
Bundy Honored by France and Retired American General
Major General Bundy, famed for disobeying orders to retreat at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood, is retired after 42 years in service. France awarded him the Legion of Honor and a Croix de Guerre with palm. U.S. President Coolidge orders an inquiry into why he remained unhonored at home.
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New Castle
Ind
Paris
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Omar Bundy
States
Bundy
Mitchel
France
Legion of Honor
Fifth Army Corps Area
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Coolidge
Civitan Delegates Meet in Dayton for Ohio Welcome
Delegates from 167 Civitan clubs gathered at Public Hall in Dayton at 10 a m. Chief Justice Marshall of the Ohio Supreme Court welcomed the group on behalf of the state, the city, and the Dayton Civitan Club.
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Dayton
Civitan Clubs
Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
State of
Ohio
Civitan Club of
Pomeroy Bend Newsletter Misses Today
The Pomeroy Bend newsletter for today failed to appear in Athens. L. H. R. Foulk, the Messenger writer in Meigs county, is reported ill.
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Pomeroy Bend
Athens
L. H. R. Foulk
Meigs County
Witness Paid by Defense in Shepherd-Faiman Trial
Chicago reports Luella Rhubell, a key defense witness, confirmed on the stand she is paid by defense counsel at $20 per week to testify that William D Shepherd never visited the National University of Sciences and did not inquire about bacteriology courses, during cross examination by State's Attorney Robert Crowe.
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Chicago
Luella Rhubell
Wiliam D. Shepherd
National University of Sciences
Charlies C. Faiman
Robert Crowe
Reveler Sought in Slaying of Day Officer
Hamilton police seek Milton Henson 29 wanted for the slaying of W. E. Jacobs during a Coke Otto raid. Jacobs died when a shotgun discharge hit him as officers read a search warrant at a rooming house. Henson escaped to Dayton and sent a farewell telegram to his brother. Local police await tips on his whereabouts.
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Hamilton
Dayton
Milton Henson
W. E. Jacobs
Morris Schuler
Seven Mile
Coke-Otto
Jacobs
Ethel Grathwohl
Coke Otto
Henson
Athens Families Ride Rails and Motors for Summer Vacations
Athens residents increasingly use both rail and car travel for vacations. Union station agent Rhodes notes summer tourist rates attract even car owners. Interline traffic rises with early summer travel. The Athens County Automobile club reports routing tourists as its main workload, with West destinations popular among locals.
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Athens
Rhodes
Union Station
West Virginia
Athens County Automobile Club
Prisoner Bernard Grant Dies After Jailhouse Stabbing
In Chicago on June 22 Bernard Grant died at Bridewell hospital from wounds inflicted by fellow inmate Walter Krauser in a county jail exercise room ambush. Krauser remained in solitary confinement under guard after killing Patrolman Ralph Sonders, with tensions mounting among inmates who scorned Krauser as a "squawker."
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Chicago
Bernard Grant
Bridewell Hospital
Ralph Sonders
Walter Krauser
Belmont mine sets county coal record at Blaine
The Lorain Coal and Dock company mine at Blaine Blaine Belmont county shipped 3 590 tons of coal last Saturday, the largest production ever reported for the field.
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Bridgeport
Belmont County
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Blaine
Nurse Louise Bowers Dies in Hospital Fire
Louise Bowers a 20 year old nurse at the Homeopathic hospital died early today from burns suffered in an explosion days earlier. Her home was in Martinsburg West Virginia.
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Washington
Louise Bowers
Homeopathic Hospital
Wee
Martinsburg
Third Floor Messenger Building Now Fully Occupied
The Messenger announces moving the editorial offices composing room and several departments to the new Messenger building west of the post office. By July 5 complete occupancy expected. editorial calls to line 51, want ads and subscriptions to line 70. Sunday work by electricians printers draymen and staff continued from dawn into night.
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The
Messenger
Fugitive Returns to Athens Court in Bootleg Case
Mike Slaughter once led a large Athens bootleg ring and faced a $10,000 fine. He paid $3,000 toward the fine, posted bond for the remaining balance, and still owes Athens County over $6,000. He helped plan the August 12 jail break in 1924 and was among thirteen indicted men. He claimed to be a model husband and avoided drinking, despite his notoriety in the moonshine operation. He initially refused to pay the full fine and remained jailed briefly.
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Mike Slaughter
Athens
Common Pleas Court
Mike
Athens County
Smith Street
West Union Street
Mquor
Okey Hall
Epworth League Ice Cream Supper Planned at Hebardsville
Social Hebbarsville announces an ice cream supper to be held Saturday night June 27 at the Hebardsville school house, hosted by the Epworth League of the M E church.
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Hebbardsville
Epworth League of the
M. E. Church
Hebardsville
Amundsen Seeks Return Flight From Kings Bay
King Bay overhaul of the explorer Roald Amundsen and party planes follows their polar expedition. Friends urge him not to risk the flight back to Norway while mechanics inspect the surviving aircraft. Amundsen plans to depart possibly after July 1 as he writes his account of the voyage.
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Oslo
Roald Amundsen
Kings Bay
Norway
Explorer
Polar
Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Ohio
Woman mayor of Holloway resigns to stay at home
Holloway Ohio reports the woman mayor has quit her post saying she wants to stay at home while urging men to pursue equal rights. The brief notes the shift in local leadership and a call for gender equality.
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Holloway, O
Goolidge Plans Economy Plea as Cost Controls Rise
President Coolidge will address a nationwide audience of about twenty million as he urges economy in government. The talk follows a budget surplus near 170 million, with receipts around 3.676 billion for the year ending June 30 and stations nationwide to broadcast the remarks by the White House plan.
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Washington
Coolidge
Element
Costa
Harding
Treasury
M. Lord
Chesapeake and Ohio
WCAP
WEAF
New York
WJAR
Science
WEEI
Boston
WOC
Adelphia
WSAI
Cincinnati
Davenport
Iowa
United States Marine Band
William Morrison Sentenced in Statutory Charge in Athens
William Morrison was sentenced by Mayor L A Koons on a statutory charge and ordered to Dayton. He was placed in Dayton by Police Chief Herbert Parker and transferred today.
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William Morrison
Athens
Dayton
L. A. Koons
Herbert Parker
Job Opening In Cold Pipe Industry Hiring Men
A local job listing seeks men for work in a cold pipe yard, describing hiring on site. The notice notes physical labor and outdoor conditions, without detailing company names or exact locations.
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Star Company
Florence Trumbull
John Coolidge
Miss Trumbull
Solon
Garry
Frange
Leaner
Dean Morris
Civitans
China
John van A. MacMurray
Ag“Tates
Hata
Milton Benson
J. F. Williams
Birmingham
Ala
Verna Pauline
Willie May
Mr. Williams
Alf
Elizabeth Cromwell
Junior League
Yea
Ahip Veendam
Europe
Dorothea
Gladys ‘Cromwell
Lorraine
Cromwell
Meti
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