Ohio Miners Return to Union Fields Under Jacksonville Scale
Lee Hall says thousands of Ohio miners are now working under the Jacksonville scale of 7.50 a day, the highest level since 1928. A few score former union men who worked in nonunion areas have returned, facing a 200 dollar fine and initiation fee to reaffiliate. The Jacksonville contract runs to March 31, 1927, with talks planned early next year on a new wage scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Jacksonville
Lee Hall
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Hall
Chinese Pirates Killed in Fight Aboard Steamship
In Hong Kong on November 17 a night battle aboard the British Steamship Sunning left six pirates dead and Chief Engineer Cormack wounded. Forty pirates attacked the decks with two revolvers among six British officers. Pirates set a fire as passengers and crew fled in boats. some may be lost in heavy seas. A kidnapped British passenger named Lapsicy remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
U.R
Cormack
Lapsicy
Emmanuel Ross to Be Executed in Ohio Case
Columbus November 17. Emmanuel Ross a Cleveland youth must die November 26 for the murder of Isadore Steeck a Cleveland confectioner. The Supreme Court denied his petition for review based on his age claiming he was 17 at the crime. He is about to become Ohio's youngest executed inmate at 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Emmanuel Ross
Cleveland
Isadore Steeck
Supreme Court
Ros
Ohio
Two Presidents Die on July Fourth 1826
Ex presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day July 4 1826 marking a historic double loss. The paper promotes a forty page booklet Presidents of the United States by the Washington Information Bureau detailing lives and official portraits. Agents may order postpaid using the attached coupon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Washington Information Bureau
Rabbit season opens with Wes Skiver party in Nelsonville
On Monday November 15 Wes Skiver and his sons Ernest and Laster and Bernard Powell hosted a busy Nelsonville gathering. They observed the rabbit season opening by killing a group of bottom tails, dispatched a large spake about three feet in, and added a few violets to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Wes Skiver and Sons
Ernest and
Laster
Bernard Powell
Rescue Effort Under Way To Reach Six Entombed Miners
In Hazelton Pennsylvania a rescue force over 1000 strong including miners and engineers battles to reach six men trapped by flood in the Tomhicken colliery of Lehigh Valley Coal. Officials say it may take four days to reach them as brattice walls are completed and pumps to dewater the mine are prepared to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
U.P
Tomhicken
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
United Press
New City Manager Appointed in Ashtabula
Attorney Carey S. Sheldon Jr. was named city manager of Ashtabula effective December 1, succeeding Wilbur M. Cotton who resigned to head the Dayton Research Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Carey S. Sheldon, Jr
Sheldon
Wilbur M. Cotton
Dayton Research Association
Milk famine rumor denied by Ohio officials in Cleveland
State Veterinarian F A Zimmer said there is no milk shortage in Ohio and blamed propaganda. Farm agents Harry Dooley and C E Rowland cited wet weather and tuberculosis inspector work as causes, while Cleveland councilmen considered price increases after a Sept rise to 15 cents a quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Ohio Farmers Cooperative Milk Association
Ohio
F. A. Zimmer
Harry Dooley
Cuyahoga County
C. E. Rowland
Lorain County
W. G. Gibbons
Boy Kills Self After Accident In Columbus
Columbus dispatch reports Oscar Heinlein Jr., 14, fatally shot himself after an automobile hit Belle Jenkins, 60, injuring her arm and shoulder. Witnesses saw him flee, then return to the scene and kill himself. Police obtained his license number from witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United Press
Oscar Heinlein, Jr
Belle Jenkins
Oscar
King of the House of David Captured After Nationwide Search
A fugitive known as the leader of a religious sect tied to the House of David mythos was captured after a years long nationwide manhunt. Michigan police raided a religious compound and took the king figure into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of David
King of the House of David Captured Near Shiloh Temple
Benjamin Parnell known as King Ben was seized in a Michigan raid on the House of David. He faces statutory charges tied to alleged sexual relationships with young women in the cult. A newly married couple tied to the leader aided investigators. A prior probe followed the discovery of a buried young girl on colony grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of David
Michigan
Purnell
Parnell
Ben
Shiloh
Funeral for 11 month old Raymond Rodgers in Chauncey
Raymond Rodgers 11 months old, son of Clement Rodgers, will be buried at Greenlawn cemetery after funeral at First Christian church in Chauncey conducted by Rev. G. B. Courtney. He died yesterday afternoon at his grandmother's home in Moxahala. His mother died two months earlier from tuberculosis and a brother Clement Jr died last February of sleeping sickness. The father, a brother and a sister survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Raymond Rodgers
Clement Rodgers
First Christian Church
G. B. Courtney
Greenlawn
Moxahala
Clement, Jr
Parents Cannot Outdo Children If Santa Brings A Tiny Cocktail Mixer
Alfred P. Beck notes that in Christmas shopping parents will find tiny wet cocktail shakers and flasks patterned after life sized vials. The piece describes toys mirroring the era from the French Revolution to modern times, including mechanical dolls, electric cars, refrigerators, talking dolls, submarines, and toy airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Alfred P. Beck
United Press
Washington
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Ten Die in Storms In New England
A wind and rain storm across the Northeast caused 10 deaths and more than 50 injuries across New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland and West Virginia. In New England four deaths were reported two in New York and four in Pennsylvania from traffic accidents on slick Philadelphia streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Soft coal cannot become oil soon says expert
In Pittsburgh on November 17, Prof Franz Fisher explained at an international coal conference that converting bituminous coal into oil remains difficult and expensive despite growing petroleum scarcity. He noted alternatives from coal, peat, oil shale, waxes and fats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Franz Fisher
Institute of Coal Research
Muhrheimruhr
Germany
Mexico Uprising May Be General
In Los Angeles on November 17 General Adolfo De La Huerta predicted the Yaqui uprising signals a broader Mexican revolt to overthrow the Gallos administration. He said other insurgent groups will join the Yaqui rebels and expect him to lead against crime and terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Sonora
Mexico
Adolfo de la Huerta
de la Huerta
Reneral
Liquor Treaty Between United States and Spain Approved
Washington November 17 representatives of the United States and Spain exchanged ratifications of a treaty to curb liquor smuggling into the United States at the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Rescuer Ben Strauss Saves Six From Burning Building
Ben Strauss carried two of his children from a blazing two story Cleveland home then re entered to save his wife and another child. He later rescued a five day old baby and its mother before authorities found Theodore Hardgrove, 69, dead in an auto behind the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ben Strauss
Theodore Hardgrove
Prohibition to Dominate 1928 Elections Says League
Washington November 17. The wet and dry issue will be the main political problem in 1928 primaries and elections says W M Forgrave of the Anti-Saloon League. He predicts enforcement and education campaigns to win public support for prohibition and notes the issue should be settled in the presidential year primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Workers
Washington
W. M. Forgrave
Boston
The
Anti-Saloon League
Forgrave
Massachusetts
League
United Press
Pig Woman Story to Be Told as Hall Mills Trial Resumes
Court adjourns in Hall Mills murder case as Mrs Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers prepare to call defense witnesses. The state aims to prove jealousy motive in the killing of Rev Edward Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills. Mrs Jane Gibson, pig farm keeper, may testify next, naming several suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. White
United
Somerville
N. J
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
New Jersey
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
States
Jane Gibson
Phillips Farm
New Brunswick
Hall
Mills
Gibson
Miltn
Jersey City
Henry Carpender
Carpender
Alexander Simpson
Simpson
Prisoner Dies by Jumping Under Truck Wheels
John Pencziuk serving a five year term in the Ohio penitentiary for manslaughter killed himself by stepping in front of a moving truck. He faced one parole hearing scheduled for December 24. Pencziuk arrived at the prison from Jefferson county on May 25, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Pencziuk
Ohio Penitentiary
Peneziuk
Jefferson County
Convict Donates to Community Fund From Prison Earnings
A Columbus convict at Ohio penitentiary gave $2 to the community fund. The donation came from his total earnings of $5 accumulated in prison shops at two cents an hour, reflecting over two weeks of labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Smallpox Reported In Starr Township
Logan reports smallpox outbreak in the Clark family on Asbury ridge Starr township near Athens county. Mrs Joshua Clark ill. neighbors visited the home during early illness. Authorities order church closures at Mt Zion and Asbury ridge and push vaccination for exposed school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Clark
Asbury Ridge
Starr Township
Athens County
Joshua Clark
Benjamin Stephenson
Mt. Zion
Mother Is Fined In Pomeroy For Illegal Still
Rosa Hedrick mother of John Hedrick who died by electrocution September 2, was fined 100 dollars and costs after arrangements to pay. She was arrested at Forest Ran home Monday evening with a large still and over 50 barrels of mash seized. No liquor found. authorities said the still was among the most complete they have observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rosa Hedrick
John Hedrick
Justice M
French
Wreck Trains Collide Head-On Near Portland
Two trains collided head on near Portland Tennessee after derailing a line of Pullman cars. Two men were killed earlier at Hendersonville and two more died at Portland, with twenty one injured and eight feared dead. Passengers aided the injured as wreck trains departed Mitchellville and Fountain Head toward the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
U.R
Louisville
Nashville Flyer
Hendersonviia
Luther Payne
Walter Frankes
Dupont Rayon Silk Mills
Mitchellville
Fountainhead
Portland
Boy Killed After School Bus Rollovers
Bellefontaine report says Edwin Garvin aged 12 died from injuries after a school bus with several children overturned yesterday. The accident occurred as the vehicle rolled over while transporting students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Edwin Garvin
Fire Destroys Home Killing Two Children in Birmingham
In Birmingham Ohio a blaze consumed the home of A V Dannison. Two children died in the fire, authorities reported. Fire crews battled the flames but the structure was a total loss. Investigators began examining the cause as residents mourned the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
U.P
A. V. Dannison
Dam Burst Floods Forksville Village in Pennsylvania
Flooding from Lake Makoma dam burst inundates Forksville. Water swept through the valley wrecking houses and bridges after the lake, covering about 140 acres, overflowed last night. Residents report extensive damage and evacuations underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forksville
U.P
Lake Makoma
Pittsburgh Coal Company Announces Hocking Valley Lands Acquisition
Pittsburgh coal firm says Sunday Creek Coal purchases will take control of several thousand acres and three mines in the Hocking district from the Pittsburgh company. Deal closed yesterday. price undisclosed. Directors listed include J. Jones, G. Cook, O. Newton, and W. B. Tym. Reopening planned as operations resume under market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Nav
Creek Coal Company
Outlook
Quires
Hocking
Pittsburgh J Company
J. & Jones
Felde
Sunday Cree Pany
Pittsburgh
Jones
G. Cook
George K
O. B. Newton
W. B. Tytum
Murray City
Pittsburgh Coal
Ing
Sunday Creek
Sylvania
Ohio
Calities
Sunday Creek Coal
Pittsburgh Com
Athens Eagles Schedule Big Class Dinner Dance Event
A twenty seven member Eagles class is welcomed tonight at the lodge on Carpenter Street corner. The evening will not feature a sale but a Thanksgiving dinner and dance to follow, continuing preparations for the upcoming aerie service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Eagles
Carpenter Streets
Athens Aerie
Hijacking on the Detroit steamer prompts arrests
In Cleveland authorities report several men were arrested and another is being sought after a hijacking on the steamer Detroit 111 traveling from City, Indiana to Cleveland. Local police and federal agents coordinated the investigation and are pursuing leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Srals
Detroit
City
Ind
Real Job Tackle Stirs Des Moines Brief
A fragmented note reports Hammond of Iowa en route to New York City to join a civic league and seek work. A juvenile court case involving Frank Bullock and brothers is mentioned with a Sunday School attendance note, tied to a Sunday Columbus event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hammond
Iowa
New York City
York Civic League
Am Watts
Columbus
Frank
Bullock
Weather Brief Notes On Temperature Trend
A brief weather item notes temperatures rising to a warm afternoon. The forecast mentions higher readings over the next twenty four hours with above normal levels predicted for the period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freletta J., Haskin
Athens Messenger
Washington, D
ST. Joseph, Mich
Benjamin Parnell
Baby
Gerald Smith
Seattle
R. F. Green
Victoria
B. C
Green
Smith
Northeastern
Will
State
Orang-Outang
Coal Company
Hocking Valley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!