Desert Sheik’s desertion of a child bride ends in court
In Canton Ohio on October 4 an arrest interrupts the planned marriage of Ahmed Mustapha Garebb known as the Sheik to Amelia Ahmet a 13 year old girl. Amelia’s father Alex is held as authorities prepare to file charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Canton. O
Ahmed Mustapha Garebb
Ahmed
Amelia Ahmet
Sheik
Mustapha Hadded
Amelia
Alex
New Kensington
Perea
Murmarne
Shiek
Youthful Shoplifter Apprehended in Athens Store
A 14 year old girl Rosie Darnell of Canaanville was caught stealing a $30 dress from F. L. Woodworth on West Union street. Police Chief Parker handled the matter after the store recovered the dress. charges were not filed and she was given a lecture.
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Athens
Parker
F. L. Woodworth
West Union Street
Rosie Darnell
Canaanville
Pratt Street
Woodworth
Governor Donahey Plans Conference Attendance
Governor Donahey said he will attend the governors conference called by President Coolidge in Washington on October 20 if he is asked to participate. The plan was disclosed at the governor's office today in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Donahey
Conference of Governors
President Coolidge
Washington
DD. C
Farm Bureau Fights Delinquent Dues in Athens County
In Ames township Ed Gifford is sued for 20 dollars plus interest and costs by the Athens county farm bureau for 1922 and 1923 dues. The suit, filed before Justice of the Peace Ralston Wells, marks the bureau's statewide campaign to collect delinquent payments. Gifford settled in full with a bureau representative when summoned.
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Amesville
Ed Gifford
Ames Township
Court of Justice of the Peace
Ralston Wells
Athens County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Gifford
Bureau
Justice Wells
Three Convicts Seize State Penitentiary In Kentucky
In Bedfordville Kentucky on Oct 4 two National Guard machine guns suppress intermittent fire at the state penitentiary. Three life term prisoners seized guards, held 39 officers at bay since yesterday morning. One guard killed, two mortally wounded, one wounded. Authorities plan to wait for gas bombs before any assault.
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Bedyville
Nationa
Hopkinsville
State Penitentiary
Oliver Mazury's City Tour Highlights Local Sites
Oliver Mazury of Bucyrus toured the city with his Airedale pup and blue wagon visiting the fire department post office and a garage. Capt Dewsbury and Chief Troutman facilitated the tour and alerted his mother who was frantic upon his return home.
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Oliver Mazury
Bucyrus
Oliver
Capt
Dewsbury
Salvation Army
Troutman
Oklahoma Tense as Lawmakers Meet Amid Guarded State
Oklahoma City reports a tense scene with a military guard at the state house and vigilantes at the courthouse as secret conferences wage in-state politics. A district court suit to restrain the guard from interfering with the house assembly continued, with review expected by the state supreme court. Governor Walton claimed Tuesday's election shows 200,000 Klansmen, while opponents framed it as a broader anti-klan uprising.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State House
I Oklahoma
National Guard
Assembly of the
House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
Sclons
Walton
Ku Kinux Klan
Oklahoma
Pastor to Speak on The Klan at Courthouse Steps
Fred G. Strickland pastor of Point Rock and Dyesville will address crowds on the Klan as Seen by An Outsider on the courthouse steps in Athens Friday at 7 p.m. He recently spoke in several Ohio cities and is described as presenting a calm measured appeal to religious groups to be neighborly under one task.
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Fred G. Strickland
Point Rock
Dyesville
Athens
Strickland
Ohio
Fake dry agents rob Cleveland soft drink parlor owner
Four thousand eight hundred dollars, life savings of John Jarkiewicz, proprietor, vanished after three men posing as prohibition agents searched his Cleveland, Ohio store and home. The robbers claimed to be from Columbus and left after a brief upstairs search while the wife and daughter kept watch.
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Cleveland
John Jarkiewicz
Prohibition
Columbus
Jarkiewicz
Bullet Rested On Athens Man's Brain For Fourteen Years
Ira Nichols, a Athens expressman, was injured by a falling limb and later found to have a bullet resting on his brain after an X ray at Sheltering Arms hospital. He recalls the bullet entered in 1899 when his left eye was damaged. doctors say the bullet has caused no symptoms and will not be removed. Nichols shows improved condition though his jaw fracture needs time to heal.
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Athens
Ira Nichols
Athens Expressman
Central Avenue
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Nichol
Nichols
Amoskeag Cotton Dept To Close Indefinitely
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co in Manchester New Hampshire posted notices stating the cotton department employing about 8,900 workers will close Saturday for an indefinite period due to business conditions.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co
Tokio Quake Shocks City, Fright Grips Residents
A severe earthquake shook Tokio early today, dispatches report tremors felt across the city and as far as Osaka. Many residents fled homes as electric lights went out and infrastructure rattled under the quake’s onslaught.
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London
Tokio
Osaka
Farmers Climb to Stronger Financial Position Says Reserve Board
The Reserve Board reports farmers are in better financial shape than last year due to higher crop prices and stronger domestic demand. Credit needs in farm regions are met by local banks with Reserve facilities, while costs rise. Banks in agricultural districts improve credit, and overall bank lending to industry remains high.
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W. H. Atkins
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Gistran
Cnough
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve System
Opening of first co operative apple packing plant in Athens County
The first co operative apple packing house in Athens and Washington counties opened in Little Wocking Ohio. A E Wade of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation led instructions for sorters and graders with help from County Farm Agent K R M Pavey and W H Blue of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster. The plant, handling Ohio A and Ohio B varieties, packs 506 barrels daily for three Athens and two Washington county growers, amid a successful spraying campaign to boost quality.
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Little Wocking
Athens
Washington
A. E. Wade
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
KR .M. Pavey
Athens County
Washington County
W. H. Blue
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Marie Cooper Arrested in Mann Act Case
Marie Cooper, 19, of Canton Ohio, was arrested in Richmond Virginia on Mann Act charges. She is held with George Cooper of Richmond as police allege involvement in illicit travel.
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Cleveland, O
Marie Cooper
Canton
Richmond
George Cooper
Motorist Describes Detour Through Countryside
A driver reports being sent off his route and forced to detour across rural areas, detailing unfamiliar roads and navigational challenges encountered during travel.
Stern French Plan on Germany Gets Cabinet Backing
Paris Oct 4 The French cabinet unanimously approves Premier Poincare's stern policy toward Germany after Berlin ends passive Ruhr resistance. Poincare says Germany's reparations offers are void due to anti French policy of former Chancellor Cuno. Bavarian premier Von Kaber threatens harsh penalties for cooperation with occupational forces.
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Stern
Germany
Pioncure
Paris
Poincare
Imade
Berlin
Ruhr
France
Cune
Poineare
Foreign Office
Nuremburg
von Kabke
Bavaria
Journal notes delays in Athens morning train runs
The Pomeroy Bend newsletter again missed train connections and failed to arrive in Athens this morning as usual. Inquiry showed the delay was not caused by work between Athens and Parkersburg.
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Pomeroy Bend
Athens
Parkersburg
Stresemann Moves To Form Non-Partisan Berlin Cabinet
Berlin reports Dr. Gustav Stresemann acted for President Ebert to form a non partisan cabinet replacing the resigned coalition. He proposed pairing several ministers under one head amid the Berlin Bavaria power clash. Rumors of a Bavarian monarchy with Crown Prince Rupprecht circulated, denied by the Bavarian legation. Three killed and three wounded in a clash between unemployed and police at Hindenburg.
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Berlin
Gustav Stresemann
Kmbert
Ola
Bavaria
Stresemann
Rupprecht
Bavaran Legation
Hindenburg
Webb Will Under Attack By Relatives In Probate Suit
Two legal assaults by relatives on the will of Mrs. Gertrude Gorman Webb, worth over 2 million dollars, were filed as investigators probed her death. Dr. Alexander Gettler reported bichloride of mercury poisoning found in her organs, suggesting possible kidney damage but medical verdicts may differ on death causation.
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New York
Gertrude Gorman Webb
Alexander Gettler
Westchester County
Court Finds A Way To Calm The Speed Bug
Cincinnati Municipal Court Judge Yeatman raises bond for reckless driving from 50 to 1600 dollars and bars driving rights until case disposes. The ruling follows an accident injuring 10 year old Daisy Brooks after Raymond Hay’s vehicle struck her, with a fractured skull. 98 automobile deaths in the county this year flagged the danger.
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Cincinnati
Yeatman
Raymond Hay
Daisy Brooks
Hay
Tariff Debate Draws Lines Over Prosperity and Protection
Debaters clash on tariffs with critics claiming the policy shields certain industries while hindering overall prosperity. Proponents insist protection spurs growth and job retention across sectors, arguing long term gains outweigh short term costs.
Hugh Stine Takes Control
Berlin reports a Nationalist victory over Socialists led by Hugo Stinnes of the German People's party. The eight hour day law is cited, with Minoux named as finance minister contender. Bavaria's Premier Von Kahr resists Reich taxes and seeks tax defiance pending Berlin reply.
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Berlin
German People's Party
Hugo Stinnes
German People’s Party
Germany
Herr Minoux
von Kahr
Bavaria
Reich
Jury's report initiates grand jury action in Athens County
A three day Athens County grand jury returned eighteen true bills for the October term including four secret indictments. It examined 160 witnesses and dismissed 22 cases. Indicted defendants face arraignment in common pleas court. Walter Sasser, indicted for fornication, was arraigned and given a suspended 20 day jail term and $160 fine. One man freed.
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Fighteen
Grand
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Lhorty
Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
George Robinson
Sugar Creek
Harry Robo
Athens
William Stone
New England
Robert Langsford
Patos
Jacob Lyons
the Pains
Marvion Nichols
Ateens
Wilson Ator
Mechanicsburg
Ervin Jenkins
Tablertown
Herbert Tabler
M. P. Ohlinger
Athens County
Walter Sasser
Ethel Mike
Columbus
Sasser
Worstell
False tale of CIA provokes Cincinnati confusion
A young woman once claiming she was dumped from a speeding car and identifying as Maréella Sandborn admitted the tale was false. She said she was struck while crossing a street, later changing her name to Mrs. Marcella Ross of Louisville. Chicago dispatches linked her to Miss Sandborn, a former telephone operator who vanished six weeks earlier. Two men who aided her reported she was hungry and penniless before they took her to a restaurant and gave $2. They chased the car involved for 32 miles but could not read its license plate.
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Cincinnati
Maréella Sandborn
Chicago
Marcella Ross
Louisville
Marcella Sandborn
Dividends Paid Out by Defunct R L Dollings Co
In Philadelphia on October 4, receiver Thomas Raeburn White reported that the R L Dollings Co of Pennsylvania paid out more than five times its profits over its three and a half year existence. About $3,000,000 from capital stock sales funded these dividends to subsidiary stockholders, while $400,000 went to the company's own stockholders and another $400,000 supported unearned outstolioning fees.
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Philadelphia
R. L. Doflings Co
Pennsylvania
Thomas Raeburn White
United States District Court
Dollings Company
White
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Tat
Tsed Ugky
Frankfort
Quake
Rockford
Marie
PD. K
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Partioan
Webb
Court
Hugh Stine
CIA
Tncinnati
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