Three Dead in Britton Home After Domestic Tragedy
In Torch area, Dewey Britton aged 24 killed his mother in law Jessie Clark 44 and wife Mary Britton 17 then killed himself with a shotgun and pistol. Neighbor Daniel Bauman 21 witnessed part of the event as Britton’s domestic troubles ended in a triple death near their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Britton
Jessie May Clark
Belpre Township
Washington County
Mary Britton
Torch
Britton
Clark
Daniel C. Bauman
J. F. Kempton
Jacksonville
Bauman
Kempton
Mrs. Clark
Athens
Parker
Charles White
Coolville
B. S. Britton
Premier Lloyd George to tackle Irish crisis in London
London dispatch notes Lloyd George’s return to seek peace in Ireland and avert civil war. He expected to confer with King George on the Irish question and Genoa conference plans while awaiting whether Sir James Craig will meet Michael Collins with British ministers. The mutinous IRA convention and intensified Ulster border guerrilla fighting complicate efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Church
London
Lloyd George
Ireland
Uilster
Irish Free State
King George
Genoa
James Craig
Ulster
Michael Collins
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Woman Inmate Rescued After 18 Hours in Tree
Annie Lymboroplas, 27, an insane asylum inmate at St Elizabeths, climbed a tree overlooking a ravine and stayed aloft for 18 hours. Washington firefighters, police, and asylum attendants finally rescued her after a tense stand off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Annie Lymboroplas
St. Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum
Washington Fire Department
Police Department
Mar
St. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum
Washington Police Department
Anna Lymboroplas
Annie
Train Connections Fail Between Pomeroy and Athens
The Pomeroy to Athens rail link suffered another failure disrupting service and causing Mr Hartley’s news letter to miss delivery. The breakdown affected schedules and communications between the two towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Athens
Hartley
Bridge Changes Made Without Interruption
Hundreds watched a 200 foot span placed on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge over the Ohio river at Bellaire Ohio. Nine minutes after the Pittsburg Cincinnati express crossed the old span was removed and a new one swung into place with rails connected. Train schedules were not interrupted. Work had been ongoing for months in preparation for the two minute change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Baltimore & Ohio
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Express
Flint chosen as Syracuse University chancellor
Rev Charles W Flint named new chancellor of Syracuse University, noted as heir to a lineage of Methodist local preachers spanning father grandfather and great grandfather with lasting religious roots in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse University
Charles W. Flint
Senate doubts on ratification of pacific treaty declaration
Washington dispatch reports administration officials grappling with a snarl over the un ratified domestic declaration tied to the ratified four power pacific treaty. Senator Hitchcock Nebraska says the declaration is missing from the Senate after the treaty copy was returned to the White House, arguing it should have been ratified with the treaty while Senator Lodge disputes the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
White House
Lodge
Retail prices still falling across United States
The cost of living continues to ease as the retail price of food drops 1 to 4 percent in ten representative cities between February 15 and March 15, according to the labor department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
United States
Department of Labor
Yawn Dislocates Rancher’s Jaw in Laramie Wakeup
Will Rickard a rancher in Laramie Wyoming dislocated both jaws after an unusually wide yawn upon waking from sleep. A surgical procedure restored speech after the incident reported March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
Will Rickard
Bible School Attendance At First Christian Church
Total at Sunday Bible school was 550 with a collection of 17.96 dollars. There were 119 women and 186 men with 172 men in the Higley class.
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Bible School of the First Christian Church
Higley
Dance Hall Circle Hill Reopens Under New Management
The Dance Hall at Circle Hill is taken over and now managed by Carl James. A dance night is set for Tuesday March 9 with round and square dancing from 7:29 to 11:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Hill
Carl James
Mayor Declares Athens Clean-up Week
Mayor T. B. Roush urged Athens residents to observe Clean-up Week. With the City Service Director and the City Federation of Women's Clubs, unburnable refuse will be collected. The truck begins Friday, and all refuse must be at the curb before then, as every street will be collected once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Roush
Athens
R. D. Williams
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Swiss rider Max Oser plans US visit to seek marriage consent
Max Oser a 48 year old riding master known for his romance with Miss Mathilda McCormick 16 granddaughter of John D Rockefeller aims to reach the United States to personally petition her parents for marriage. Friends say he will go to Lake Thornet to visit but intimates doubt the excuse. He has not asked for a passport visa. After selling his stable of driving horses reports spread that he would travel to America on April first to see his young sweetheart and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Krenn
Zurich
Switzerland
Max Oser
Mathilda McCormick
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Oser
Lake Thornet
America
No More Gambling Warned in Zanesville
Safety Director Charles G. Barnell ordered punch boards removed from counter tops and bets on pool games halted. The directive targets local gambling activities and urges shops to enforce the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Mar
Charles G. Barnell
Memorial Sunday Proclaimed To Honor War Dead
Governor Davis proclaims Memorial Sunday urging Chi oans to join nationwide observances honoring fallen service members. One thousand five hundred American soldiers sailors marines and nurses will be returned from overseas to rest on American soil among the 44 000 buried officially memorialized on the national roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Davis
New York City
Robbers Blow Safe In Staplehurst Bank Heist
Left with the entire contents, robbers blew open the safe at the State Bank of Staplehurst Sunday night. The stolen amount is undetermined but believed to be several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staplehurst
Neb
State Bank of
Murder Verdict Sought in Liquor Deal Shooting
Wheeling West Virginia March 27 A jury was secured this afternoon for the trial of William Lynn an electrician accused of killing H W Boughner of Cameron Ohio after an argument over liquor price. The shooting happened on a street corner where the deal was to be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
William Lynn
Lynn
H. W. Boughner
Cameron
Ohio
Garment Theft at Ed and Wim Push Store in Sandusky
Dry goods and ladies ready-to-wear garments valued between 1000 and 2000 dollars were stolen from Ed and Wim Push's retail store in Sandusky Ohio, overnight. Police investigate the burglary and review nearby surveillance for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Wim
Push
Illinois coal miners seek wage pact in Chicago talks
Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois coal miners union, wires operators to meet in Chicago Wednesday to discuss a separate wage agreement. Washington notes the national coal strike is seen as a long, likely three month, battle with government staying aloof unless violence or public suffering forces action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
Springfield
Ill
Frank Farrington
Illinois Coal Miners’ Union
Illinois
Chicago
Washington
Mar
International News Service Today
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers Prepare For National Coal Walkout
In Indianapolis plans for a nationwide miners strike are being finalized as the United Mine Workers prep for a Friday midnight walkout. The union will suspend operators among 500,000 members and seeks to rally 200,000 non-union miners to halt coal production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
International News Service
United Mine Workers
Kanawaha Coal Operators Set Open Shop Policy
Charleston West Virginia March 27 The Kanawaha Coal Operators Association board of directors meets in adjourned session to draft a wage scale for submission to members. An open shop policy is to take effect April 1 per association action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. VA
Kanawaha Coal Operator’s Association
No inquest planned into Louisville tragedy
No inquest will be held into the double tragedy in Louisville where William T. Burch, a Camp Knox sergeant, shot and killed Mrs. Bessie Quillen, 29, and then killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
William T. Burch
Camp Knox
Bessie Quillen
Non-Union Men Will Remain On The Job Concert Broadcast
WG Y of General Electric Schenectady will air concert programs on March 25 30 and 31 at 745 pm eastern time. Nightly except Sat and Sun WGY will also broadcast market quotations from New York state department of farms and markets and authentic weather reports at 7 pm. Station broadcasts on 360 meter wavelength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WGY
The
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
New York State Department of Farms and Markets
Railroad men warn of long and bitter coal strike
C. Mott Hindall of the Order of Railway Clerks accuses Attorney General Daugherty of arming Ohio guards to suppress miners during a southern Ohio strike. He says the coal dispute could have been settled with executive power for mutual accord. S. G. Tinscott of the maintenance of way and shop workers foresees a prolonged, hard strike.
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Columbus
Mar
Daugherty
Ohio National Guard
Athens
Ohio
C. Mott Hindall
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Athens Guards Deny Sending Arms to Suppress Miners
Officers of the Athens national guard units, infantry and artillery, deny reports that large quantities of arms and ammunition are being sent by Attorney General Daugherty to suppress miners. The artillery unit has periodically received regular equipment shipments for months, announced by the press, with new field guns paraded to the Armory. Captain Walsh states his infantry unit has received no extra ammunition or arms.
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Athens National Guard
Daugherty
Walsh
Tragedy In Greenwich Wife Kills Three Children Then Herself
In Greenwich Connecticut Mrs Henry Barker 32 killed her three children Margaret 5 Johanna 3 and Henry 18 months in their home late last night and then committed suicide leaving a carpenters family in shock.
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Greenwich
Conn
Henry Barker
Margaret
Johanna
Henry
Attention VFW Meeting Notice for March Twenty Ninth
VFW members are called to a meeting at the armory on Wednesday March 29 at 7 30 p m. The notice is dated 3 27 3.
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Armory
Legion Market in Middleport Nets Large Total
The Middleport Legion market held Saturday as part of the American Legion flour campaign drew strong support. Donations of baked goods from flour, Victrola music from Shiflet Music, and electric appliances from Mutual Electric aided sales throughout the day, with women’s committee praised for leadership and receipts exceeding original expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
American Legion
R. O. Grim
Grim Novelty
Friends of the Legion
Shiflet Music
Mutual Electric Company
Ulster Cabinet to Attend London Peace Parley
Ulster Premier Sir James Craig's cabinet accepts invitation to London peace talks as violence surges in Ulster. In Belfast eleven killed or dying from wounds in 30 hours amid Sinn Fein and Orangemen clashes. Frontier firing, arson, looting, and searches for arms accompany the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Belfast
Mar
Ulster Cabinet
James Craig
London
Ulster
East Find
Lloyd George Loses Bag En Route from Criccieth to London
Premier Lloyd George misplaced his baggage during the trip from Criccieth in Wales to London. The bag reportedly contained a draft resolution to be moved in the House of Commons next month regarding his Genoa program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Criccieth
Wales
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Genoa
Verdict Awards Damages Over Lost Heat in NYC Case
In Brooklyn Supreme Court a jury found landlord George H. Jackson liable for failing to provide heat. James F. DPD. Cochenour received 2500 damages for the death of his four month old son William, caused by the cold apartment. Cochenour testified the cellar had no fuel and the janitor said the furnace could not be lit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James F
Cochenour
William
Justice Cropsey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
George H. Jackson
Enal
Temple theatre safe blown in Toledo heist
A safe in the Temple theatre in Toledo was blown by unknown assailants on March 27. The blast secured about $1,100 in cash from the scene. No injuries reported. Police investigate motive and suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blow Theatre
Toledo
Temple Theatre
Veges
Logan County Men Will Work Despite All Pleas
In Huntington West Virginia on March 27 John Lewis urged non union coal miners to join the April 1 strike. Logan County Coal Operators Association president W R Thurmond says the call will fail and cites local miners’ past resistance to union actions. He claims Fayette and Kanawha fields miners surrendering charters to keep mines operating and accuses union leaders of pressuring operators into contracts without local input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. VA
John Lewis
United Mine Worker
W. R. Thurmond
Logan County Coal Operators Association
Lewis
Logan
Guyan
Thurmond
Fayette County
Kanawaha
Fayette
Fairmont
International
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Searching for Bodies of Airplane Victims
Miami date line reports the search for the bodies of Mr and Mrs August Buite Mr and Mrs Lawrence Smith of Kansas City and Mrs J Dickson of Memphis after the Miss Miami seaplane wreck last week shifted northward as seamen say the Gulf Stream may have carried them far north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
International News Service
August Buite
Lawrence Smith
Kansas City
J. &. Dickson
Memphis
Mrs Preston Injured Falling at Home on South College Street
Mrs. F. L. Preston suffered a fractured collar bone and sprained right wrist after a fall Saturday around 2 PM at 34 South College Street. She slipped while reaching to switch on the electric light and was found unconscious at the bottom of the basement stairs. Medical aid attended her, and she rests now as comfortably as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South College Street
Ponzi Must Go Before Courts of Home State
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Charles Ponzi must stand trial under Massachusetts laws. Ponzi, previously convicted on federal statutes, sought to avoid state court proceedings and now faces trial in his home state courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Chas. Ponzi
Boston
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Ponzi
Mild Riverside Shake Felt Early Morning
A light earthquake was reported in Riverside California at 4 56 A M by residents who felt a brief tremor lasting only a few seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Cal
Mar
Jealousy Attributed In Columbus Engineer Murder
Jealousy is blamed for the killing of 35 year old engineer Lemanuel Bare at his home on 397 East Cherry Street. His widow Mary Bare, 32, is held by police as a suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mar
Lemanuel Bare
Fast Cherry Street
Mary Bare
Free Revised Concrete Booklet Promoted for Home Use
A new edition of the Concrete Booklet is offered free to readers. It features illustrations, uses for concrete around the home, and directions for making concrete and building forms. Readers can obtain a copy by mailing a coupon with two cents for postage and writing name and address clearly.
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Whin
Jake Cady
P. H. McKinley
Bagk Toko
Pacific Pact
By J. Bart Campbell
Rockefeller
Qunday
Gov
Sam
ARM Spn
Legion Market
Clonee
Sinn Fein
Ulster Frontier
Irish Republican
Sinn
Logan County
West Virginia
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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