Wood's No. 2 well shows steady oil flow in Athens county field
Wood's No. 2 on Judge Wood's farm in Alexander township continues to produce about 25 barrels daily, with Wood's No. 1 improving to a good oil stream after months of water. Perry Oil & Gas Co. drilled both wells. Standard Oil plans a pipeline. Market prices rise with Pennsylvania oil potential 3.25 to 4.00 per barrel.
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Judge Wood
Alexander Township
Perry Oil & Gas Co
Perryville
Thomas Ewing Clark
Otto Neptune
Logan
Oil Company
Standard Oil Co
Wood Farm
Wood
Sisterville
Berea
Perry Company
Athens County
Pennsylvania
Chinese leader reshuffles Manchuria post and envoy roles
President Hau Shi-Chang dismissed General Chang Tso-Lin as military governor of Manchuria and Acting Premier Yen. Wellington Koo, former US ambassador, may hold the combined posts of premier and foreign minister. In Dayton, Ohio, mourners gathered for John Patterson of the National Cash Register Company with cremation details and viewing times announced.
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London
Hau Shi-Chang
China
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Yen
Shanghai
Wellington Koo
United Sates
England
Dayton
Patterson
Dayton, O
John Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Union Staton
Great Corporation
Cleveland bandit Purpera dies in electric chair
May 9 Cleveland born bandit age 18 months after conviction for payroll robbery died in the electric chair at the penitentiary in Columbus. He protested his innocence to the end and carried a crucifix into the chamber while reciting a prayer. The condemned man spent a year in prison after 15 others were electrocuted there.
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Columbus
Purpera
Cleveland
State Student Company Held At State University
The ninth district court of appeals in Akron affirms the Franklin county court ruling dismissing Frank Homeminger’s injunction suit against the Ohio State University trustees. The suit aimed to block the Ohio State University Cooperative Supply Company from occupying a room in a university building. The supply company, successor to the Men's Student Council formed in 1920 to run a cooperative store for books and supplies at cost, later incorporated to meet rising demand.
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Akron
Ninth Judicial District Court of Appeals of
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Frank &. Homeminger
Columbus
State University
Ohio State University Cooperative Supply Company
A British veteran pleads for justice amid sensational charges
Alec E. Robert son, a worn and sleepless British war veteran from Bloomfield New Jersey, leaves his aunt's cottage for a Washington appeal. He alleges detectives hired by Texas Senator Culberson kidnapped him over a romance with Culberson's daughter Miss Mary Culberson. He laments the widespread notoriety of the case and hopes to avoid further attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Alec E. Robertson
Washington
Senator Culberson
Texas
Mary Culberson
Can't Beat a Kid Newsie Patrons
In Martins Ferry Ohio a local newsboy, during a rainstorm, used a pasted carton with a side torn out as a hood to continue selling papers to customers despite the weather.
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Martins Ferry
Gasoline Blast Kills Two in Buffalo Millinery Boiler Room
A violent gasoline explosion in the boiler room of Sinclair Rooney and Company in Buffalo last evening killed two men and injured three others. Fire crews fought the blaze as investigators began work at the scene.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Sinclair, Rooney & Company
Ohio River Body Ties Bandit Killing to Crime Ring
Edwin Leischer and Michael Frank Solderits confess a plan for a string of holdups netting over 9000 dollars. Stephen Solderits is killed during a car getaway at the J H Day plant. The body is weighted and dumped in the Ohio River after drowning, discovered near the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge. Two boys provide the crucial tip that links the case to a larger crime plot.
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Cincinnati
Edwin Leischer
Michael
Frank
Stephen Solderits
Jueischer
Frank Solderits
Stephen Solder
Ohio
Leischer
J. H. Day
William Kirchoff
Solderits
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ohio River
Emmett Kirgan
R Kirchoff
Texagity Flood Dams Fort Worth Ends Waterbound City
Texas city of Fort Worth faced renewed flooding as the Trinity river rose to flood stage at 45 feet. Houses flooded and streetcar service halted in several blocks. Water supply cut as pumping plants flooded. A railroad worker drowned at Cleburne and a Mexican woman killed at Thurber following a west cloudburst.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Trinity
Cleburne
Here
Thurber
Oil deal not made the Hague report says
A Dutch newspaper reports that an agreement between Royal Dutch Shell and the Soviet government on Russian oil rights is not to take effect until the Soviet regime is recognized by the powers. The claim appears in the May 9 dispatches from The Hague.
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Hague
Royal Dutch
Shell Oil Companies
Moscow
Pion Prove Fatal At Last
Anna Kulick a Millfield resident died Sunday after taking poison in protest against attending school with younger children. She had hovered between life and death for days as doctors treated her. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs G W Kulick and four siblings. Funeral set for Wednesday at 10 am in Gloucester Cemetery. A four month old child of Mr and Mrs John Dean also died after a brief illness. burial held Monday.
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Anna’ Kulick
Cooley
G. W. Kulick
Millfield
Glouster
Mill‘field
John Dean
Smade Modnay
Russians reportedly offer concessions in Moscow reply
Reports from Genoa say the Russians, under pressure, may concede points in response to the allied recognition terms. The mood among delegates remains cautious as to whether the reply will satisfy the allies and avert a possible adjournment later this week.
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I. N
Genoa
Moscow
Lloyd George
George Tchitcherin
C&O Wins IC C Approval to Assume Equipment Liability
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted authority to the C&O railroad to assume liability for 7 625 000 dollars of C&O equipment trust certificates. In Elyria Ohio John Minnick, a passenger, was severely injured when an auto driven by Matt Gardner failed to stop at a curb and hit a tele phone pole. Gardner was fined 26 dollars for driving an auto while intoxicated. He has only one arm. The editor notes a passing reflection on wisdom and praise.
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Washington
C. & O. Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elyria
John Minnick
Matt Gardner
LaGrange
Gardner
Yesterdays in Ohio May 9 1815 1856 1866 1872 events
A brief record of historical notes from Ohio. 1815 British and Indians under Gen Proctor retire after a siege of Fort Meigs. 1856 Blue Rock mine victims in Muskingum County are rescued after entombment of two weeks. 1866 Non Episcopal Methodist convention meets in Cincinnati to discuss union. 1872 Grand Army of the Republic encampment held in Cleveland.
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Proctor
Fort Meigs
Blue Rock
Muskingum County
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Cleveland
Fashionable toes trimmed for new pointed shoes
The Pity Express reports that many fashionable women are having their small toes removed to wear the new long narrow pointed shoes. The trend highlightsми.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
International News Service
Pity Express
State Police under Fire in Charleston Mining Case
Daily growing resentment in Charleston against the state police rises as leading citizens demand Governor Morgan remove the force. Petitions circulate to withdraw the constabulary amid unrest after alleged intimidation of newspaper reporters at miners trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Striala
Morgan
A. M. S. Morgan
Lefforta
State Officer Speaks at Noon Lunch Forum
Clarence J. Brown of Blanchester will address the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday. Brown has served as lieutenant governor the past four years and is a candidate for secretary of state. He is known as a newspaper man and active in political circles. The subject of his talk is not announced.
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Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Forum
Chamber of Commerce
Brown
War memorial funds to be used for Athens county Legion HQ
Judge Frank M. Clevenger rules the remaining 545,642.25 war chest be spent in five years to build a central American Legion headquarters and a World War memorial in Athens county. Four posts in Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Buchtel eye locations, with trustees to be appointed and bonds required. The decision praises Red Cross but assigns fund to permanent county memorial building.
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American Legion
Frank M. Clevenger
Wilmington
Athens County War Belief Association
Athens County
Legion
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Buechtel
Clevenger
Athena
Court House
X‘press
Cincinnati
RED Cross
Athena County
Red Cross of
Buchtel
Ito
Chauncey
Pri
J. B. Allen
County Council of
German Teacher Detained by U S Officials
German teacher Miss Gertrude Haer, arriving as a German delegate to the Women’s International League for Peace, has been detained by U S Department of Justice officials on information she is a member of Germany’s Communist Party. She was to address a New York audience on women’s activities abroad.
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Department of Justice
Gertrude Haer
Germany
Baer
Communist Party
New York
Women's International League For Peace
Conclave on White Elephant Item Draws Countywide Interest
The American Legion will be named within a week, said Raphael Joingen council chairman. The first conclave over the white elephant will be awaited with interest throughout the county.
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American Legion
Raphael Joingen
White Elephant
Death and conviction split Italian gang under Lupo the Wolf
In New York the Italian blackmail gang led by Lupo the Wolf is revealed as the bootleggers war. They sought revenge for Vincent Moreilli’s death near police headquarters. six were wounded, one critically, and Joseph Messeria is in custody as investigators pursue gang machinations. Silvia Tagliogambe, badly hurt, refuses to answer questions.
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New York
Lupo the Wolf
Vincent Moreilli
Joseph Messeria
Silvia Tagliogambe
Ivy Hawke to Try English Channel Swim in August
Miss Ivy Hawke a 19 year old from Surbiton plans to swim the English Channel this August covering about 25 miles. Reports also note armed women active in Ireland during disturbances and Jack Dempsey expected in London may break his no betting rule on the Lewis Carpentier bout. The April May term lists nearly a dozen peeresses among divorce plaintiffs or defendants.
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London
Ivy Hawke
Surbiton
English Channel
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Epsom Downs
Brokerage Firm Carpenter Caffry & Co Fails
Announcement from the New York Stock Exchange reports the failure of the brokerage firm Carpenter Caffry & Co shortly after the market opened in New York. The brief disclosure notes the firm’s collapse and follows the day’s opening trading.
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New York
Carpenter Caffry & Co
New York Stock Exchange
New Far Southern Front Opens After China Victory
The report details General Wu Pie Fu’s continued campaign as fighting shifts from Manchuria to Henan. Civil and military leaders including Sun Yat sen call for support as forces from Canton move toward Changsha and Yuezhou, aiming to confront Wu’s troops near Peking.
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J. D. Rush
University of Peking
Peking Leader
China
Tien Psien
Chang Chow
Honan
Chih
Pekink
Ch Ao T
Feng Yu Hsiang
Shaochow
Kwangthung
Wuchang
Hiankow
Changsha
Yeehow
Peking
Bun Yat Sen
Hag
Sun
Chao Heng-Ti
Henan
Chang Sha
Yale College
Chen Chung Ming
Canton
Si Ch'Ao Ti
Land Office Grants Wyoming Village to Homesteader
Emmett C. Hathaway’s homestead in Section 26-3665 near Lance Creek was approved by the Douglas land office. A village built by the Western States Oil and Land company now sits on part of the tract, giving Hathaway access to a two-store town with a cinema pool hall and two restaurants. Chauncey stores switch to half day hours from May 11 through September 5.
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Manville
Wyo
Wyoming
Emmett C. Hathaway
Lance Creek
United States Land Office
Douglas
Western States Oil and Land Company
Hathaway
Rats Wreak Havoc Overseas and At Home
The rat pest causes extensive damage worldwide and in the United States, destroying crops and property valued at over 200 million dollars annually. The Agriculture Department offers a free booklet on combating rats, with two cents required for return postage, via the Washington Information Bureau.
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United States
Washington
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Miss Blanton
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Pion
Charles Woods
W. E. Collier
Sexton
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Washington, D. C
D. Weyer
Pesta
Police
By Warren W. Wheaton
Charleston, W. Va
U.S
Oye
Gertrude Baer
Ellis Island
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Dublin
Ireland
Wu Pie Fu
Chang Tso Lin
Frederic J. Hankin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
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