Officials Put Can on Rumors in Troy Grime
Troy authorities continue the probe into the murder of Mrs. Francis Nesbitt Nesbitt whose body was found in a bathtub on February 19. Special prosecutor Alva Campbell said rumors and theories will close to the public until facts emerge. The case remains unsolved with no motive or suspect identified.
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Troy
Mar
Francis Drake
Nesbitt
Alva B. Campbell
Campbell
Jacob Nesbitt
Dayton
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Local pastor finds tales of mystery diverting
The Rev. M. E. Chatley told at First Christian church service that readers seek adventure in detective stories. He noted criminals may escape legal punishment due to gaps in law, lack of evidence, or clemency, and he linked this to divine mercy toward sinners.
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Chatley
Mr. Chatley
God
Crabbe Attacks State Prohibition Force Conduct
Ohio Attorney General Crabbe condemned two years of state prohibition work as harming the cause, accusing officials of enticement near the capitol and of framing testimony for a governor's secret hearing. He cited a Westerville raid on City Marshal Nutt and called for accountability.
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Columbus
State Prohibition Department
Buckeye Republican Club
Capitol Grounds
Marshall Nutt
Westerville
Prohibition
McDonald
Carpenter Found Dead in Hog Pen at Ohio Hospital
Jefferson Childers aged 60, a carpenter, was found dead in a hog pen at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis. He had a pistol and a sizeable sum of money on him. hogs were about to feed before the body was noticed. The death remains a mystery.
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Childers
Ohio
Three Fatal Accidents Mark Sunday in Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati and Hamilton County reports tally three crashes on a sunny Sunday, killing five people. The Anders family perished when their car was struck by a Big Four train at the Township avenue crossing in Elmwood. John Anders Jr 14 Hazel Anders 9 and Mrs. John Anders 40 also died. John E Anders 41 and Genevieve 18 months old died from skull fractures, with bodies strewn along the track. Ettie Graf 38 died from a skull fracture after a separate auto crash on Hamilton avenue. An unidentified white woman about 60 died at General hospital after being struck by a streetcar. another victim, a woman around 60, died later there.
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Cincinnati
Mar
Hamilton County
Township Avenue
Elmwood
John Anders
Hazel Anders
John E
General Hospital
Ousted Dry Agent Accuses Chief in Probe Case
Columbus dispatch details a letter from H. C. Gibson, ousted state dry agent, to McDonald accusing S. A. Propst of fixing testimony in Governor Donahey's probe. Gibson says McDonald planned to run for attorney general and dismiss Propst to gain Anti-Saloon League votes. Gibson also sent letters to Donahey and Attorney General Crabbe.
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Columbus
Mar
McDonald
H. C. Gibson
S. A. Propst
Donahey
Propst
Anti-Saloon League
Gibson
Governor's Star Chamber
Crabbe
Spain May Soon Become Republic
Paris dispatch reports the republican movement sweeping Spain like a grass fire as travelers describe big names backing it and many joining since the February 11 republic celebration.
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Spain
Republic
Paris
Mar
Muscle Shoals Lease Move Narrowly Advances
Senate begins debate on a House resolution to lease the Muscle Shoals water power project to private interests with a government commission option. President Coolidge supports private development amid a minority push to keep the plant under federal control. Ford may renew an offer after a prior 50 year lease dispute. The government argues for unit operation to unlock up to 5,000,000 horsepower on the Tennessee river.
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Washington
Mar
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Coolidge
Congress
House
Norris
Nebraska
United States Shipping Board
Henry Ford
Ford
Tennessee River
Aging Cardinal Ca Bliero Dies in Rome
Cardinal Ca Bliero, aged 88, died in Rome on March 1 from blood poisoning. He served as a priest for sixty years.
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Rome
Cardinal Ca Bliero
Geneva disarmament conference fizzles amid League row
Washington reports the Geneva disarmament conference is stalled amid League of Nations infighting. France under Briand delays again and seeks council expansion and rotating seats to tilt power, risking Germany’s entry and jeopardizing the 1920s talks.
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Washington
Mar
Geneva
League
Coolidge
Austen Chamberlain
Aristide Briand
Mighty
M. Briand
Poland
France
Regional plan foresees surge of island travelers
A report by the committee on a regional plan for New York and its environs says two million people enter the stub end of Manhattan Island below Fifty ninth street each day. It projects this figure rising to nine million in forty years.
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New York
Mar
Manhattan Island
Fiftyninth Street
Committee
The Yellow Stub serial draws readers to Messenger
The Serial Editor promotes The Yellow Stub as a must read serial beginning Sunday. The tale centers on Jimmy Rand and the death of his father Henry Rand in a gas filled hotel room. Police deem suicide but Jimmy suspects foul play as a handkerchief is found.
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Messenger
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Cleveland
NEA
Linotype
Jimmy Rand
Henry Rand
Jimmy
Hi-Jackers Battle Over 600 Gallons of Liquor
Seventeen men were arrested after a morning gun battle between two gangs over 600 gallons of liquor on the Dixie Highway near Toledo. The West End encounter on Delaware avenue left buildings and cars hit and several wounded. A second clash occurred near police headquarters two blocks away.
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Toledo
Mar
Dixie Highway
Here
Delaware Avenue
West End
Senate to Ignore Demand for Probe
The Senate is unlikely to launch a probe into vice conditions in Chicago as sought by the Better Government association. A Senate committee will consider the petition Wednesday but action seems doubtful due to local political influence and concerns over setting a precedent.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Chicago
Better Government Association
Court upholds proper school district combination in Chauncey case
Judge Worstell explains the Court of Appeals reversed the lower ruling not on improper district merger but on lack of proof that Charles Shields was a taxpayer. Chauncey and Dover township districts were merged and Leona Swart was ordered to surrender Chauncey district books and funds. The higher court agreed the merger was proper. the taxpayer issue will be addressed promptly by Shields’ attorney.
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Sunday Messenger
Common Pleas Court
Leona’ Swart
Chauncey Board of Education
Charles Shields
L. G. Worstell
Chauncey
Dover Township
Swart
Shields
Woman dressed bandit guns down highway attacker in Canton
Canton March 1 Sheriff Kirk and Deputy Wade faced two auto bandits known for raiding "petting parties" over four weeks. Dressed as a woman, one robber fired and was killed by Kirk as Wade wounded the other. both men fled but the surviving robber was captured hours later. The dead man was identified as Gabe Beck. the wounded bandit, known as Goth driver Stelter Kesler, confessed involvement in at least a dozen robberies and assaults.
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C. W. Kirk
Kirk
A. F. Wade
Dhank
Wade
Gabe” Beck
Stelter
Negro
Beck
New Hexyresorcinol Antiseptic Boasts Strong Germ Kill
Hexyresorcinol, a new antiseptic, is fifty times as strong as carbolic acid in its power to kill disease germs.
Mysterious Troy Murder Sparks Main Street Talk
In Troy Ohio the inquest into the bath tub murder of Frances Drake Nesbitt shocks a town of 7000 as neighbors react to the husband’s remark that Frances smoked a cigaret. The brutal slaying, the first in the county in 25 years, unsettles residents and alters the town’s interest in the case.
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Jake” Nesbitt
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Troy
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Dugan
First Presbyterian Church
Fran Drake
Frances
Frances Drake l Nesbitt
Columbus Citizen editor seriously ill after appendicitis operation
Columbus March 1 editor ard P. Woodbury of the Columbus Citizen underwent an appendicitis operation and was seriously ill today.
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Citizen
Columbus
Mar
Ard P. Woodbury
Geolumbus Citizen
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