Insurance agency seeks takeover of Great American Mutual
Ohio officials move to take over the Mansfield based company after a false financial statement claim. A hearing is set for April 8 before Common Pleas Judge Rogers on the petition by Harry L. Conn state superintendent of insurance. A temporary injunction restrains 24 banks from disbursing the companys funds. The stockholders fear unpaid claims threaten insolvency as 6000 shares exist and about 1000 Ohio agents process auto, boiler and fire policies.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Harry L. Conn
Great American Mutual Indemnity Company
Mansfield
Conn
Ohio
Hirsch
United States
Rutland Operator Hero of Hour as Store Fire Rages
Rutland March 24 The city operator Mrs Vallie Clark is hailed for coordinating response to a major blaze near her switchboard. She warned residents, alerted the power station, phoned the fire departments from Middleport and Pomeroy, rang the city bell, and kept the lines open while flames threatened the block. Her husband Tavner assisted and injured his hand.
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Rutland
Vallie Clark
Tavner Clark
Middleport
Pomeroy
Messenger
Clark
Fire Department
Rathburn’s
Rathburn and Sons General Merchandise
C. F. Rathburn
A. T. Barton
Tayner Clark
Bertha Rutherford
Carte Pool
Gallipolis
Rathburn
A. Kk
Four Die As Train Hits Car At Grade Crossing
Coroner Glen T. Hanson investigated a North street grade crossing disaster in Kenton last night. A Big Four freight train struck a car carrying Irwin Sherman and mourners returning from a funeral at McGuffey. The impact hurled wreckage over a thousand feet and left four dead with another probably fatally hurt.
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Kenton
Glen T. Hanson
North Street
Irwin Sherman
McGuffey
Here
Sherman
Murderer Nesbitt Keeps Wife Portrait In Cell
In Troy on March 24 the confessed murderer Jacob Nesbitt asked Sheriff Spillman to fetch a portrait of his wife Frances Drake Nesbitt. The sheriff returned the photograph showing Mrs. Nesbitt in golfing attire, which Nesbitt then hung opposite his cot in his county jail cell.
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Troy
Jacob Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Spillman
Ridge Avenue
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Philadelphia Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder
David L. Marshall, chiropractor, found guilty by a jury of second degree murder in the January 19 death of Anna May Dietrich, 35, of Norwood. The case featured conflicting medical testimony and a disputed confession, with potential life imprisonment at the judge’s discretion.
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Philadelphia
David L. Marshall
Anna May Dietrich
Norwood
Marshall
Haskins Sues Coal Firm Over Land Damage
Clyde Haskins of Trimble sues the Hisylvania Coal Company in Common Pleas court claiming removal of coal caused his home and greenhouse to crack and sink. He seeks 9200 in compensation with property valued at 14000 and greenhouse at 8000, plus 1500 for structural damage, 500 for outhouse, 5000 for greenhouse damage, and 200 for mosquito breeding water.
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Clyde Haskins
Trimble
Common Pleas Court
Hisylvania Coal Company
Haskins
Priest Declares Irish People Moral Cowards in Pleasures
In Dublin on March 24, Rev Father Nolan, a famed preacher, says Catholics are slipping into a culture of constant pleasure. He warns that enjoyment must be bounded by duty and urges repayment of debts before indulging in leisure.
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Dublin
Catholic Bishops of
Ireland
Father Nolan
Wage dispute looms as Ohio miners seek wage cut
Governor Donahey received a letter from John L. Lewis denying a wage cut as a panacea for current ills. A southeastern Ohio operators’ committee will press Lewis in Indianapolis for a revised wage basis to reopen idle mines and match nonunion prices.
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Columbus
Donahey
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ohio Union
Nelsonville
Ohio
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
P. C. Morris
O. S. Newton
N. D. Monsarratt
J. H. Pritchiard
T. R. Biddle
Miners’ ‘Union
Ohio River
Super-Bandit Taken in Chicago
William J. White known as Three Fingered White, a paroled convict, was identified as the leader of a bandit gang blamed for the March 5 International Harvester payroll theft of $80,000 and a series of holdups. A McVicker's Theater cashier linked him to a January 2 $10,000 robbery.
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Chicago
William J
Board likely to accept Kirkendall resignation
In Zanesville on March 24, officials indicate the board of education will vote to accept the resignation of Superintendent F. C. Kirkendall, effective at the end of the current school year.
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Zanesville
Board of Education
F. C. Kirkendall
Rutland business men vow to rebuild after fire
Rutland March 24 business owners whose shops burned Tuesday morning plan to press ahead with reconstruction. Mayor George H. Pall says the loss is about 500000 and a return to normal is the goal. Rathburn and Sons will move to a temporary double storefront as talks of new construction begin. Others express resolve to rebuild and resume business.
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Rutland
Messenger
George H. Pall
C. F. Rathburn
Middleport
Rathburn and Sons General Merchandise Store
A. E F. Barton
Joe Gueser
Murderer of Noted Movie Director J Is Known to Officers
Chicago March 24 Arrest of two Chicago men linked to the William Desmond Taylor case appears imminent after District Attorney Asa Keyes said the murderer’s name is known to him and his assistant. Keyes called in three women for questioning once in Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Taylor
Hollywood
Keyes
Harold L. Davis
New York
Washington
Charlotte Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Miss Minter
Mabel Normand
Miss Normand
Crowe
Two Egyptologists Die After Tutankhamen Tomb Visits
London reports two leading Egyptologists Georges Benedite of the Louvre and Paul Casanova of the College of France died within hours after visiting the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Luxor and Cairo. The deaths sparked theories of a deadly poison in the sarcophagus walls and stirred speculation among explorers.
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London
Egypt
King Tutankhamen
Georges Benedite
Louvre
Luxor
Paul Casanova
College of France
Cairo
King Tut
Cleveland man Josiah Kirby sentenced in federal case
Josiah Kirby former head of the Cleveland Discount company was sentenced by Judge John M Killitts to seven and a half years in Atlanta federal prison and to pay total fines of seven thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Atlanta
John M. Killitts
Fire Devastates Rutland Block Destroying Eleven Buildings
A large early morning fire in Rutland wiped out two blocks of the business district causing more than a half million dollars in damage. Eleven buildings were damaged or destroyed. two people were injured and six overcome by smoke. Crowds gathered for miles as schools closed and volunteers aided the bucket brigades.
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Rutland
New Characters Enter Messenger Serial Romance
The Messenger adds Lois who loves Morton and a near fight with Nona over him. John Parish falls for one of the Morton lovers, becoming a hero in a secondary romance. A dancing girl from a musical comedy also has a minor storyline.
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Esterday
Harry Morton
The
Messenger
Audrey
Mona
Lois
Morton
Nona
John Parish
Stolen Ford Tudor Recovered Near McArthur By Officers
A Ford Tudor sedan stolen from So. Charleston was traced to near New Plymouth and then McArthur. Officers Foster Lyle and Marshal Bundy Swaim arrested a negro man driving the car who identified himself as Chijaj Metcalf of Ft Hayes Columbus, saying he did not know to whom the car belonged.
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Hamden
Vinton County
McArthur
Foster Lyle
Bundy Swaim
Chijaj Metcalf
Ft. Hayes
Colum
Village Faces Flood Near Methodist Church
Kinzua Pennsylvania reports high water within a hundred feet of the Methodist church as a flood threatens to wash over the area, echoing damage from eight years ago and prompting local alarm.
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Kinzua
Rockefeller 3rd Makes Pin Money at Princeton
John D. Rockefeller the third, world’s wealthiest college student, earns extra income by soliciting advertisements for the Princetonian, Princeton University’s student newspaper, in Princeton New Jersey.
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Princeton
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Princetonian
Princeton University College
What Can Art Do For You Booklet Promotion
The Art booklet promotes art as a path to open vistas, reveal beauty in war, connect to the past, improve citizenship, and join associations. It invites readers to request a free copy by sending two cents for return postage.
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Oes
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