Cleveland Judge Pushes Repeal of State Speed Law
Municipal Judge Jacob Staecel urges repeal of the new state speed law after Cleveland's 1929 traffic toll of 259. He plans to meet Chief Justice Dempsey to discuss uniting municipal judges to return to the old 26 mile per hour standard, urging Gov Cooper to call a special session to revoke the present law and reduce deaths.
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Cleveland
Jacob Stacel
General Assembly
U.P
John P. Dempsey
Staecel
Greater
Stacel
Myers Y. Cooper
Bus Passengers Slumped By Gas In Cleveland Garage
Seven aboard a Pittsburgh Detroit Colonial Stage Coach were overcome by carbon monoxide as the bus arrived at the Greyhound Line Garage for windshield repairs. Police and fire crews treated seven victims, including driver Krank Motter, 35, of Youngstown, with oxygen. The bus had traveled from Detroit to Pittsburgh through a blizzard when the windshield broke and ventilation was limited.
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Cleveland
U.rm
Carl Vix
Greyhound Line
Louise Wilson
Philadelphia
Maria Hantula
Amasa
Mich
William Anderson
Pedro Muner
Detroit
Walter Moebus
Pittsburgh
William Weller
Cumberland
Manion
Krank FT. Motter
Youngstown
Motter
Greyhound Tine
Three Deaths At Lancaster From Alcohol
Lancaster, Nov 29. Charles Rugh and Miss Iva Hartless were found dead in a rooming house from denatured alcohol. A third death, Florence Lutz, occurred Wednesday, linked to the same toxin. Police suspect out of town bootleggers sold the liquor as Thanksgiving cheer. Levi Kuntz, owner, found the bodies upon returning after two weeks away.
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Lancaster
U.R
Charles Rugh
Iva Hartless
Rugh
Florence Lutz
Miss Hartless
Levi Kuntz
Three Killed Five Hurt in Auto Crash Near Mt Pleasant
Three persons died and five were injured in a four car collision on a highway near Mt Pleasant Michigan late last night. All victims were burned in the fiery wreck after a car struck a stalled machine and others crashed into the wreckage.
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MT. Pleasant
Mich
U.P
Here
Vessels Collide Off Spezia Beached After Collision
Eight crewmen of a navy submarine chaser were rescued today by the steamer Regina Italia after the two vessels collided outside the harbor at Spezia Italy. The collision occurred in the open sea near the harbor entrance on November 29.
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Spezia
Italy
U.R
Navy Submarine Chaser
Regina Italia
Perhaps A Ladies Bloc Think Of Mexico Think Of Mexico
A fragmented cartoon caption mentions a ladies bloc and the phrase think of Mexico in relation to business or social topics. The fragment hints at humorous or satirical commentary without clear event details or names. The text is incomplete but suggests a cartoon or panel caption style from a King Features source.
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Fiey Proust
Mexico
Possible Ladies Bloc in Senate Seen in 1920s Talk
The piece discusses women potential candidates from Illinois New York and Massachusetts for the Senate including Ruth Hanna McCormick Ruth Owen and Tara Pratt. It imagines a “ladies bloc” and a witty quip about naming them Ruth amid the alien corn and “The ruthless Ruths.”
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Senate
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Pratt
New York
Roscoe Conkling
Tara Pratt
Massachusetts
Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Ruth Owen
Florida
Ruths
McCormick
Owen
Ruth
Moses
Nellie T Ross Touted as Possible Senate Club Leader
The excerpt portrays Nellie T. Ross, former Wyoming governor, as a potential strong candidate for the U.S. Senate, describing her as an appealing figure amid talks that women may challenge male dominance in politics.
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Nellie T. Ross
Wyoming
United States Senate
Will Rogers Sees Mexico Cotton Farm as World Largest
Will Rogers speaks on a Mexican cotton farm claimed to be 110000 acres in one piece. He argues such acreage in the United States would impoverish twenty thousand families. He notes farming by mule, winter feeding, hand-picking cotton, and selling into competition with cheap labor as causes of poverty.
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Will Rogers
Mexico
Farming with Machines Will Transform Cotton Industry
The speaker envisions a future where farming becomes wholesale, pest control uses flying machines, and cotton is harvested by machinery. He predicts progress will outpace current advances in automobiles and film, arguing science will solve these problems, not mule and man labor.
Nice Wins $12.50 Judgment in Township Suit
Ray E. Nice was awarded $12.50 plus interest from July 6 in a suit against Waterloo Township. The judgment was delivered in justice court by Carl H. Porter after trustees Roy Gilham and Caster Bobo allegedly refused to compensate Nice for work on a township highway. Trustee C. K E. Wolf, newly re-elected, voted to compensate him.
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Ray E. Nice
Waterloo Township
Justice of Peace Court
Carl H. Porter
Nice
Roy Gilham
Caster Bobo
C. K E. Wolf
Hoover May Talk At Ohio Convention
President Hoover considered an invitation from President Emeritus W. O. Thompson of Ohio State University to address the Ohio Council of Churches annual meeting in Columbus on January 24, marking the nineteenth century anniversary of Pentecost.
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Washington
Hoover
W. O. Thompson
Oho State University
Ohio Council of Churches
Columbus
Conditions in Hill Country Revealed
Kansas City Journal Post reports on land barons ruling Northeastern Oklahoma and Northwestern Arkansas using violence to enforce peonage. The piece details the torch murder of Connie Franklin, a war veteran who pushed reform, mutilated and burned in a woods near St. James Arkansas last March. His fiancée Tillie Rumier, 16, says five men attacked him and silenced her, with her father and brother held hostage to keep secrets.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas City Journal Post
Connie Franklin
Franklin
St. James
Ark
Tillie Rumier
eFar
State Money Helps Thanksgiving Day in Pomeroy
State aid school funds arrived to ease school indebtedness before year end. A near 25 000 total check distribution covers Chester Rural 6200 Columbia Rural 1300 Forest Run Rural 100 Great Bend Rural 200 Harrisonville Scipio 3100 Lebanon Rural 1300 Letart Township 200 Long Bottom Rural 900 Minersville Special 400 Portland Rural 300 Reedsville Special 100 Racine Satom 1500 Salem Rural 800 Salisbury Township 4000 Syracuse Village 2100.
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Pomeroy
Chester
Columbia Rural
Forest Run
Great Bend
Harrisonville-Scipio
Lebanon
Letart Township
Long Bottom
Minersville
Portland
Reedsville
Racine
Satom
Salem
Salisbury Township
Syracuse Village
Boy Struck by Car In Gore Near School
Eugene Linton, 7, son of Mr and Mrs Mark Linton of Gore, is recovering at Cherrington Hospital from a fracture of the right leg after being struck while crossing a road on his way to school. The accident, Wednesday, involved a automobile reportedly driven by a woman from New Straitsville. The lad is expected to return home in a few days.
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Logan
Eugene
Mark Linton
Gore
Cherrington Hospital
New Straitsville
Fix Sagging Floors by Adjusting Moldings
If floors have sagged you can cover cracks by moving the molding down on baseboards or by buying wider moldings to conceal gaps. Either option improves appearance.
Shop-O-Scope guides Christmas gifts in The Messenger
The Shop-O-Scope shoppers aid returns for its 929th appearance guiding readers through Christmas shopping. The feature promises easier buying with help from leading Hocking Valley merchants and The Messenger classified ads, aiming to save time and please recipients. Follow the Shop-O-Scope through December.
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Shoppers’ Aid
The
Messenger
Hocking Valley
Byrd Leaves Little America for Antartic Pole Flight
Commander Richard E. Byrd launched from Little America at 3 29 p m in a tri motor Ford with Bernt Balchen, Old June, and Capt Ashievy C McKinsey to reach the South Pole by air. The mission aims to return within 24 hours if weather and fuel permit, with radio contact to New York Times and base.
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Richard Kh. Byrd
Byrd
Little America
Antarctic
South Vale
Bernt Balchen
Marold June
Ashievy C. Mckinsey
Richard E. Byrd
Bouth Pole
Hurd
South Pole
Arctic
Four Die From Gas in Chicago Apartment
The bodies of Clayton Van Wie, his wife, and two children were found in a Chicago apartment. A Thanksgiving dinner lay uncooked by the kitchen as carbon monoxide fumes from heaters caused the deaths. The coroner reported the family had been dead about 24 hours.
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Chicago
Clayton van Wie
van Wie
Elfen van Wie
Patricia
Lila
Two Cars Collide Near Nelsonville
In Nelsonville on a Thursday around 10 am two cars were badly damaged on the first curve below the town. Oscar Losey and Chauncey sisters were driving into Nelsonville toward Lancaster, while John Mitchell and two companions were headed east. Officers say Mitchell’s car skidded at the curve, hitting Losey’s car and overturning it. Losey suffered cuts and scratches. others were not injured. Losey filed an affidavit in Mayor Seherle's court charging Mitchell with reckless driving.
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Nelsonville
Oscar Losey
Chauncey
Lancaster
John Mitchell
Losey
Seherle
Mitchell
Preserve Juices From Canned Fruit for Desserts
Guidance notes how to save juice from canned fruit. Use the collected liquid to improve gelatine dishes or to create fruit space for cottage pudding. Helpful for children's suppers and quick desserts.
Ohio Briefs: Man Trapped in 80 Foot Well
Wilmington Ohio reports William Sates, 92, fell into an 80 foot well yesterday. Neighbors and farmers raced to aid police as rescuers faced a wedged concrete cover hampering recovery. A winch setup was planned after earth slides swept the shaft area. Berlin Dr Julius Curtius promises moderation and cooperation with nations, warning a nationalist bid to kill the Young Plan would destabilize Germany. Paris divorce suit files finally filed by Vol a Negri, Appolonia Chalupez, and Serge Moviani reveal incompatibility as motive. Negri cites several quarrels before their separation.
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Wilmington
Kent
William Sates
Floyd Collins
Berlin
U,r
Julius Curtis
Reichstag
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Curtius
Paris
Vola Negri
Serge Moivani
Miss Negri
Appolonia Chalupez
Count Mombska
Bry
Serge
Hocking Valley Stockholders Vote on Sale to C&O
In Columbus stockholders of Hocking Valley Railroad gathered to vote on selling the company’s stock to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Chesapeake and Ohio stockholders met in Richmond, Virginia, to vote on the same proposal.
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Columbus
U.R
Hocking Valley Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Raiilroad
Richmond
Auto toll hits 159 in Hamilton County after Thanksgiving
Cincinnati reports three more deaths from Thanksgiving Day crashes, raising Hamilton County's auto accident fatalities to 159. The tally includes victims identified locally as authorities review the wrecks and last day counts.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Sleds and accessories advertised in Shop-o-Scope
The Messenger Shop-o-scope lists sleds at $1 each including Flexible Flyer self steering sleds for boys or girls. Also offered are roller bearing wagons with disc wheels and rubber tires at $3.98 and Crosley radios complete for $135 to $158 delivered Christmas Eve. Weed chains for cars priced from $5. Dad’s gift options advertised for the holiday.
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Nelsonville
Man at Mine Fire After Raid on Still
Logan reports a miner, John Firms of Jobs, burned when fumes from liquor ignited as county officers led by Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn raided a Hat's Mine still. The raid found 20 gallons of whisky and 12 barrels with mash, the plant dismantled as owners fled.
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Hat
Jobs
Joe Farbearn
John Firms
Pro- Brees
Caught Two Rodents In Trap In One Snap
Logan story reports a resident on North Walnut Street setting a steel trap to curb rats. A visiting friend discovered the trap had sprung and two rats lay dead at once, illustrating an unusual double catch.
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Logan
Igane Wolfe
North Walnut Street
Miner Burned During Raid At Hidden Gasoline Lam
After finishing work he went to the mine to witness the raid. Gasoline fumes ignited his clothing and flames spread to his face head neck and hands. Neighbors aided him as officers later extinguished the blaze in a hidden 80 gallon operation room behind padlocked doors.
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Firma
German Band Receives Praise for Ohio River Pageant
County Commissioner W A Compton received a letter from W Culkins secretary of the Ohio River Improvement Association thanking Pomeroy Bend for help with the Ohio River pageant. The German Band was a big hit and greatly enjoyed by all. The November Waterways Journal echoed the compliment.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Compton
W. ©. Culkins
Ohio River Improvement Association
Cincinnati
Pomeroy Bend
Waterways Journal
Confesses He Murdered Mine Guard at Blair
Detroit dispatch reports Peter Kinder aged 31, a Blair, West Virginia case, has confessed to killing a mine guard in 1919 after hiding for ten years. He was arrested in River Rouge, awaiting transport to Blair. He claimed he and his son intervened as guards attacked miners. the son was shot, and Kinder killed the guard.
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Detroit
Mich
Peter DR. Kinder
John Atkins
Fall Mat
River Rouge
Blair
Wo Va
Kinder
Betold
Poltice
Walter Harpers
Vion
Hinder Elaima
William
Minera
Aged Invalid Dies In Fire At Xenia
Minerva Smith aged 75 an invalid died in a house fire in Xenia as her son Otio Smith 40 was away at Spring Valley. Neighbors fought the blaze and did not learn she was inside until Smith returned and found her.
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Xenia
U.R
Minerva Smith
Compressed air blast kills three aboard Celtic liner
In Queenstown Ireland on November 29 a compressed air explosion during dismantling of the abandoned liner Celtic killed three workers and seriously injured 16 others. The ship ran aground last summer and had been left as salvage.
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Queenstown
Ireland
U.R
Celtic
Railroader Killed In Columbus After Fall From Window
Veteran Pennsylvania Railroad passenger engineer Richard McCormack, 55, was killed in Columbus when he jumped or fell from a second floor window at his home. The incident occurred today and investigators are reviewing circumstances surrounding the death.
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Columbus
U.rb
Hichard McCormack
Pennsylvania Railroad
Three Dead as Snow Blankets North America
A heavy snowstorm across the United States and Canada leaves three dead and sets new cold records. Athenians report white holidays with inch to inch and a half of snowfall, while blizzard like conditions impede traffic across counties and states. Temperatures plunge below freezing as a vast snow front moves from the Rocky Mountains to the Indiana line.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Indiana Line
Middlewest
St. Pay
Minn
Milwaukee
Springfield
Til
Indianapolis
Rockford
Ohio Endures Deep Cold Sweep Across State
Frigid winds sweep Ohio as a third cold wave moves in from the Northwest. In Columbus temperatures fall to 12 above and snow flurries whip through cities, making traffic hazardous. Officials forecast further drops and more snow with warmer relief expected tomorrow.
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Columbus
Ohio
Reltief
Winter Storm Rips Across Midwest and Canada
A ferocious storm battered the central region extending to Cincinnati with heavy snow and drifts. Canadian fatalities rose to three as frigid conditions and record low temperatures swept the Midwest. Snow blanketed Nebraska Kansas and Missouri while Chicago faced one of the coldest Novembers on record with widespread temp drops and powerfully strong winds.
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Cincinnati
Winnipeg
Jacob Hecmidt
Neta
Fiaherme
Lake Winnipeg
Wyoming
Bate
Colorado
Minera
Lesr
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
St. Louis
Columbia
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Duluth
Minn
United States
White River
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