State highway 7 to be hard surfaced from Marietta to Belpre
Marietta Ohio November 14 state highway number 7 the Ohio river road will be hard surfaced during 1928 from Marietta to Belpre the project includes funding a 50 50 program with Washington county and federal money totaling 200 000 dollars plans are underway with engineers surveying and contracts to be sold in winter for both the Marietta Newport St Marys and the Marietta Belpre sections work to start in early spring and will be half and half to avoid through traffic disruption
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Belpre
Marietta
Newport
St. Marys Bridge
Washington County
Marietta-Belpre
Washington County Commissioners
O. W. Merrell
State Highway Department
Columbus
Highway Department
Marietta-Newport- St. Marys
Three Men Held After Bombing of General Obregon
In Mexico City on November 14 three men Francisco Olvera Lamberto Ruiz and Antonio Tirado were identified by police as suspects in yesterday’s assassination attempt on General Alvaro Obregon. Tirado is reported to be in critical condition. Obregon suffered facial wounds and his car was damaged when two bombs exploded as he rode past Chapultepec park. One supposed accomplice is believed to have escaped.
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Mexico City
U.R
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Francisco Olvera
Lamberto Ruiz
Antonio Tirado
Tirado
Obregon
Chapultepec Park
Sumner Oil Completes High Yield Gas Well No 56
Marietta based Sumner Oil and Gas Co completed gas well No 56 on the W. D. Roush tract in Sutton township Meigs county near Syracuse. It tested above 600000 feet with 12 feet of pay sand and marks the best gas well yet drilled by the company boosting its production.
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Marietta
Sumner Oil and Gas Company
W. D. Roush
Sutton Township
Meigs County
Syracuse
Dog Bites Electric Wire in Winnetka Tragedy
A terrier owned by J C Marsh was struck by a fallen electric wire and killed after being thrown about 300 feet away. The incident occurred in Winnetka and authorities investigated the bizarre fatal accident.
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Winnetka, II
J. C. Marsh
The Correct Way To Apply Rouge
The correct Rouge guide explains the non oily Creme form like Ike the new French Carnee that blends with natural flesh tones and leaves no oil or pigment on skin. It changes color as it blends, stays all day, and is waterproof. Sold by McKee Drug Co and Gibson's Pharmacy.
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McKee Drug Co
Gibson's Pharmacy
Vintage dress pattern for striped fabric in six sizes
Describes a dress pattern available in six bust sizes from 34 to 44 inches. For a 38 inch size the fabric needs are 3 yards of 36 inch striped or figured material and 5-8 yard of plain for facings and trims. Pattern mailed on receipt of 5 cents or stamps.
Fruit seller proves Messenger ads work across seasons
Mrs. I. W. Jones of Fisher station sold all her pears and apples by advertising in the Messenger classified section. She says ads work in winter, summer, spring, and fall and urges readers to call 70 or 51 to ask for an ad taker.
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I. W. Jones
Fisher Station
Man Must Hang in Parkersburg for Criminal Assault
Wesley Homer Swain of South Side Parkersburg was convicted a week earlier by a circuit court jury of criminal assault on a 9 year old girl. Judge Walter McDougle sentenced him on Saturday to be hanged at Moundsville penitentiary on February 3, 1928. This marks the first Wood county hanging since 1868. Swain remained calm, offering no remark as the court noted his trial spared him from mob sentiment at his arrest.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wesley Homer Swain
South Side
Eilere Thornton
Walter McDougle
Moundsville
Woods County
Swain
Woman Found After Three Week Search In New Hampshire
Anne Ramsay Fair bush of Canandaigua New York was found near Claremont after a three week search led by her husband Rev Dascomb FE For bush pastor of Canandaigua First Congregational Church. She will enter a Baltimore sanitarium accompanied by her husband. She previously disappeared from a Washington theater on October 19 while they attended a performance.
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Canaan
N. H
U.P
Anne Ramsay Fairbush
Canandaigua
N. Y
Baltimore
Dascomb FE. Forbush
First Congregational Church
Forbush
Washington
Acid attack kills two year old in cradle
Cardiff report states two year old Katherine Davison died after acid was thrown over her while she lay in her cradle. Police are investigating the fatal incident as a criminal act with inquiries ongoing.
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Cardiff
Wales
Katherine Davison
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
Heavy stomach pains after meals are blamed on excess stomach acid. Take a little Pape's Diapepsin after meals or when pain is felt to neutralize acid and restore healthy digestion. Sold by druggists at 60 cents a package, it is touted as giving immediate relief in difficult digestion and is recommended by millions.
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Pape
Motor Explosion Wrecks German Plane Off Azores
HORTA, Azores, Nov. 14. A motor explosion wrecked the German Heinkel plane C-1220 after takeoff on an attempted flight to Newfoundland. Three fliers swam until rescue after the craft landed with a broken float. the Junkers D-1230 flight, to carry Viennese actress Milo Lillie Dilleng, was postponed. Excitement rose as pilots announced trans Atlantic attempts.
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Horta
Fayal Island
Azores
Newfoundland
Fiers
Milo
Lillie Dilleng
Bristol Woman Stole Purse for Night in Jail Experience
A Bristol resident, Eny Miss Lina Par, admitted stealing a purse to gain a night in jail. Prosecutors planned a sentence of months in prison, but the outcome remains unresolved in the report.
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Bristol
Eny
Lina Parsons
Dont count on Carrie Midol promise in ad copy
An old advertisement touts Midol as a cure for menstrual pain, claiming it prevents periods from causing pain and that pain stops in five to seven minutes. It emphasizes non narcotic relief and urges readers to buy a fifty cent aluminum pocket case from drugstores.
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Maytag
the Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
Athens
Carpenter Maytag Company
Maytag Columbus Co
Horizon Ernest Lynn
Oklahoma
Athens Messengers
Southwest
United States
California
Klondike
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Ernest Lynn
Cherokee Strip
David Payne
Payne
Pawnee
Bill
Rush
Peoople
Gordon W. Lillie
Buffalo Bill
Tony Hargison
Rita Moore
Pawnee Bill
Wild Bill Hickok
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