Miniature Yachts Race For Mackenzie Cup October 8
Kpolis Boy Scouts race miniature yachts on the Ohio River in the third annual Mackenzie Cup relay. About 32 boats modeled after Shamrock and Enterprise are entered with four officials supervising. The event checks boat design, wind study, and seamanship as youths advance toward sea scouting.
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Kpolis
Ohio River
Harold Mackenzie
Detroit
Mich
Harold Haskins
Edward Keeler
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Enterprise
Mackenzie
Vanderbilt
Arthur Miller Dies at 57 Former Gallia County Official
Arthur Miller 57 president of the Gallipolis Board of Education and former Gallia County auditor died at 3 50 AM in Holzer Hospital after internal hemorrhages. A road contractor with the Miller Brothers firm he served as county auditor 1914 1918 and taught school earlier. He leaves wife four brothers two sons Harry and Hugh and a daughter Catherine. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at the Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev H H Wilbur. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Arthur Miller
Miller Brothers
Gallia County
Board of Education
Miller and Walker Insurance Agency
John
William
Jacob
Lewis
Harry
Hugh
Catherine
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. H. Wilbur
Mound Hill Cemetery
Detailed Program For Fall Festival In Gallipolis
Fall Festival schedule Oct 4-9 lists events by day including entries, new white-way system, city commission night, exhibits, merchants and organizations nights, judging and parade for Doll and Pet, Gallia Academy vs Pomery football 3:30, parade 7:30, Saturday shooting match 1:30, Old Fiddlers and Clog Dancing 7:30, Sunday outboard regatta 1:30.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
Gallia Academy
Pomeroy High School
Patient in straight jacket kills cell mate at state hospital
In St. Peter Minnesota a patient at the State Hospital for the Insane killed his cell mate with his bare feet today. The inmate was restrained from the waist up in a straight jacket at the time of the fatal incident.
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ST. Peter, Minn
State Hospital For the Insane
Mullen Fined in Gallipolis for Unlicensed Bread Sales
Clyde Mullen, employee of Hoppstetter Bakery of Huntington West Virginia, was fined 25 dollars and costs by Mayor A J Stormont after arrest for selling without a city license. The case may go to higher court to test a city ordinance enacted by the City Commission this summer effective September 9.
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A. J. Stormont
Mullen
Hoppstetter Bakery
Huntington
W. Va
Drowns in Ohio River Boy 7 at Gallipolis
Oscar Bastina Jr. 7 perished in the Ohio River at Paint Street foot in Gallipolis. Firemen recovered the body about 2 15 p m after a raft incident with companion Robert Slage 9. Parents and older brother Lawrence survive.
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Oscar Bastina
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Oscar Bastina Jr
Paint Street
Robert Slage
Lawrence
Cloudburst Toll in Tehachapi Mountains Reported Large
In Bakersfield California a cloudburst swept the Tehachapi Mountains and five people were reported dead with the toll potentially reaching forty. Authorities described widespread flooding and fear for additional missing persons as rescue teams searched the area.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Dept
Tehachap Mountains
Marker Honors Yellow Fever Shipwreck in Gallipolis
A marble marker in City Park commemorates the 1878 yellow fever outbreak linked to the Steamer John Porter. The shaft date August 18 1878 marks when the boat landed after a broken rock shaft caused the siege and 66 residents died.
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Gallipolis
John Porter
New Orleans
Enos Hill
Hill
Charles Hill
State Cut To Extend From Highest Down
Columbus October 1 The Ohio legislature in special session approved sweeping salary cuts for state officials. Governor’s pay drops to 400 a year from 10000, Ohio State University president Rightmire to 11200 from 13500, and Supreme Court judges to 10000 from 000. Other officials fall to 6000 or lower with various reductions, including salaries down to 4400 and 8600 for superintendent, with amounts cut across ranks.
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Columbus
Ohio
George W. Rightmire
Oho State University
Upreme
Ohioa Court
Gunman Escapes After Bloodshed In Toledo Hold-Up
An intoxicated gunman entered a Toledo area scene, held a school teacher and her son, fired at least one shot injuring none, damaged a car, and escaped after a running gun battle with police. Adolph C. MSM was mentioned in the chaotic incident.
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Toledo
Oct
Adolph C. Msm
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Mark Shalt
Gallipoli
Alfredo Cadona
Vera Bruce
San Antonio
Tex
Codona
Lillian Leitzel
Copenhagen
Los Angeles
Miss Leitzel
West Virginia
Holzer Hospital
Lafayette
Hotel Lafayette
Clyde Mull
Fourth Avenue
John C. Rue
Clyde “. Ingles
Frank L. Shaw
L. C. Bean
J. R. Gwinn
G. C. Murphy Company
Murphy's
Coats
Tweeds
Second Ave
Florence Heaters
Norge Refrigerators
Hoover
Empire Furniture Co
Rightmire
Gunman
Will Rogers
Walter Huston
Marx Brothers
Voss
An & New Westinghouse
Cook
General Electric
Edison
MAZDA
The
Southern Ohio Electric
Second Avenue
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