Winter Ready as Final Detour Reaches Downtown Coolville
The Athens Ohio area eases toward a first eastward hard surface link as the 1.61 mile long Coolville strip nears completion. Grading is finished. over three miles of curb laid and two and a half miles of base placed. Once done, traffic will pass on a brick on sandstone base road from Coolville to the Washington county line, connecting Athens with Belpre and Parkersburg.
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Olville
Athers-Malett Road
Dan Davis
Harness Renick
H. C. Sherman
J K. Heckman
Coolville
Davis
Washington County
Athens
Marietta
Belpre
Parkersburg
Editor Henry Kohlsaat Dies in Washington I9
Henry Kohlsaat famed New York news editor dies suddenly at the Hoover home in Washington. His recent Saturday Evening Post series on presidents brought him into public prominence.
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Washington
Herman Henry Kohlsaat
New York
Commerce Hoover
Kohl Ssaat
Saturday Evening Post
Emir of Isina Arrives in Plymouth with Veiled Wives
A large crowd gathered at the Plymouth dock as the Emir of Isina and his two veiled wives disembarked. The wives were heavily veiled and guarded, and their shore appearance drew loud cheering and laughter from onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isina
Nigeria
Chase of speedster ends with heavy fines and loss of car
Deputy Darbeann pursued Frank Bowman of Somerset on the Logan Nelsonville pike after he refused to stop a Ford coupe with bright lights. Bowman fled two miles, discharged liquor and a shot hit a tire. Bowman pleaded guilty to transporting and possessing liquor and was fined 100 dollars on each charge. the car was ordered confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan, CO
Logan- Nelsonville Pike
Darbeann
Frank Bowman
Somerset
Bowman
Farbearn
Pettit
Logan
Athens Junior High backs Armenian child aid plan
Principal Hueco announces students will support the Relief organization to fund aDormitory child in Near East relief work. The monthly cost is $58 and the Athens protege details will be released soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chad
H ‘ Hueco
Athens
Wild Disorder Brings Terror in Canton Battles
Dispatches report looting soldiers beheaded amid terror after street battles between Canton Merchants' association volunteers and Sun Yat Sen's troops in Canton. Death toll around 1,000 with chaotic fires and refugee movement toward Shameen. Conflicting Peking and Mukden communiques cite Wu Pei Fu and Chang Tso Lin movements across northern China.
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London
Canton Merchants’ Association
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Shameen
China
Peking
Wu Pei Fu
Chang Tso-Lin
Mukden
Chang
Shanhikwan
Tories Likely 32 Uncontested Seats In London Race
In London on Oct 17 nominations close tomorrow noon but early indications show the Tories may hold 32 seats uncontested, Laborites 16 and Liberals 9.
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London
Laborites
Liberals
Boy Scout Troop To Be Formed In Canaanville
Canaanville October 17 Major Bob Cole of Marietta scout executive will organize a Boy Scout troop Sunday at 3 pm in the church. Eligible boys are 12 and older and parents are urged to attend to hear about the benefits and national activities of the Scouts.
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Canaanville
Bob Cole
Marietta
Major Cole
Volunteers Beaten in Canton After Defeat
Merchant volunteers flee to suburbs after defeat by Sun Yat Sen forces and attempt new attack on mercenaries but are repulsed.
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Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Marx Asks to Avert Cabinet Crisis in Berlin
Chancellor Marx moved to fill government vacancies with professional technocrats not tied to any party. Indications suggested he would avert a cabinet crisis and preserve stability amid a shifting political scene in Berlin.
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Berlin
Marx
Three Columbus Holdup Men Sentenced in Ohio Court
In Pomeroy Ohio on October 17, three Columbus highwaymen who robbed Eugene Shumway on the Chester road last summer pleaded guilty and were sentenced. John Mason, 43, leader, gets three to fifteen years in the penitentiary. James Claypool, 24, and Jo Switzer, 19, receive two to fifteen years in the Mansfield reformatory. They were captured in Athens after a car pursuit and were heavily armed.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Athens
Shumway
Athens County
Former Ohio U. co ed sues for $50 000 damages
Miss Faye Smith former Ohio University co ed and teacher of Salineville filed a Common Pleas suit in Athens against Dwight Shoemaker of Marion asking for 50 000 dollars. She alleges he drove at about 45 mph on August 15 1928 causing the car to plunge over a 20 foot embankment near Lover's Lane injuring her severely and causing permanent nervous and physical impairment. Her mother Latta Smith says daughter will be permanently crippled and unable to earn full wages. Attorneys Marke and Davis of East Liverpool represent the plaintiff. No trial date or answer yet.
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Faye Smith
Salineville
Ohio University
Dwight Shoemaker
Marion
Athens
Dwight
Common Pleas Court
Latta Smith
Shoemakr
Austin
Smith
Emma Spaniel
Utica
Mary Ziegler
Belleville
Warden Cottage
Shoemaker
Smith Girl
Hoyle
New Gas Rates Set To Take Effect November 15
Logan Gas company filed new natural gas rate schedules with the Ohio Utilities Commission for about forty municipalities in Ohio. The plan includes 1 900 cubic feet blocks with 48 cents, 1 000 cubic feet blocks at 5.5 cents, 68 cents for larger blocks, and 63 cents beyond 15 000 cubic feet per month plus a 75 cent monthly service charge. A 3 cent per 1 000 cubic feet discount applies if paid within ten days after billing. protests could trigger hearings.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
Marion
Tiffin
Mansfield
Athens
Norwalk
Shelby
Amherst
Newark
Ashland-Lorain
State Utilities Commission
Commission
Peterborough Family Feeds 18 Children With Kitchen Woes
In Peterborough England a family with 12 sons and six daughters faces food shortages. Mr and Mrs Boon bought a truck and hired a driver to visit grocery stores and butcher shops daily to cart provisions to their home.
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Peterborough
Eng
John Boon
Boon
Endowment scheme run by Detroit man falters after weddings
Nicholas Sokolowsky operated a Perpetual Endowment Society to insure bachelors and bachelor girls against marriage. Police seized books and closed offices but could not press charges as he held a state charter and acted within the law.
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Nicholas Sokolowsky
Detroit
Betting on 1924 presidential race hits new highs on Wall Street
Wall Street brokers report record betting on the presidential election with wagers expected near 50 million. Coolidge is 3 to 1 favorite, La Follette at 9 to 1, and Davis paced by rivals to beat La Follette in several states.
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David Sentner
I. N.S. Staff Co
New York
Wall Street
Commission
Coolidge
la Follette
Davis
J. & Fried & Co
la Foilette
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Congress
Charles Bryan
LaFollette
Bryan
New York State
W. L. Darnell & Co
New York City
United States
German sausage maker held for deportation as undesirable alien
Bruno Kahn alias Bruno Kuts chack alias Paul Rottgner, a German employed by Stedman Packing Co., was arrested by Police Chief Parker on Tuesday morning and held for deportation. He sought liberty until Federal officers arrive in Athens to take him to Cleveland. Parker, informed by Thomas Thomas of the Cleveland office of the U S Department of Labor, said Kahn had jumped a bond and would be deported along with a woman said to be posing as his wife.
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Chack
Paul Rottgner
Parker
Stedman Packing Co
Thomas Thomas
Cleveland
United States Department of Labor
Kahn
Athens
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Department of Labor
LIQUOR KING OF EAST OHIO DYING
Frank Randanzzo a reputed bootleg king of Eastern Ohio and Pennsylvania lies dying in Cleveland after a gun battle with federal agent Michael Clarke. Randanzzo and his wife faced a federal indictment for conspiracy to violate the Harrison Narcotics Act. Clarke is dying from wounds suffered when Randanzzo allegedly fired on him during a car search.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Frank Randanzzo
King
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michael Clarke
Clarke
Randanzzo
Ford Offer Attack Sparks Farm Fertilizer Warning
Representative Charles C. Kearns of Ohio issued a statement after a White House visit in Washington on October 17 arguing Ford's withdrawal improves farmers chances to obtain cheap fertilizer for Muscle Shoals projects.
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FORD
Washington
Charles C. Kearns
Ohio
White House
Accident Victims Still Improving After Roadster Crash
Palmer Conant 17 and Helen Shuttlesworth 13 of Broadwell are reported to be improving after a Word roadster driven by Conant left the road between the village and Broadwell at 8 p m Wednesday. Mia Goldie Shuttlesworth escaped with shock. Conant suffered a back injury. Shuttlesworth had a broken right leg and facial cuts. Dr J M Howard of Amesyville assisted at the scene. the car sustained only minor damage.
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Athens
Misa Shuttlesworth
Young Conant
J. M. Howard
Amesyville
Coolidge Rejects League of Nations and Immigration Dictates
The article reports President Coolidge asserting Americans will choose their own course and reject any external authority over U S decisions. He criticizes the League of Nations as trying to bully the United States and notes Japan's immigration pressure. The piece quotes his firm stance and compares it to Roosevelt era rhetoric.
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Coolidge
League of Nations
Japan
Roosevelt
An Nage Four
Rock dusting study to prevent coal mine explosions
Carnegie Tech and the U S Bureau of Mines will study rock dusting in coal mines to prevent explosions. The project, co funded by Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Bureau, aims to assess methods and costs and follows workers in England where rock dusting is mandatory. Five additional coal mining studies will also be pursued with bureau and institute researchers.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Ology
U. & Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Department of Mines
England
United States
Bureau
Carnegie Tech
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Giant airship Shenandoah nears San Francisco coast
On October 17 the Shenandoah dirgible, about twelve hours behind schedule, floated up the West Coast from San Diego toward Camp Lewis. Early in the morning she hovered near San Francisco awaiting sunrise, reporting two miles from Farallon Islands near the Golden Gate at 4 52 a m.
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Fan Francisco
San Diego
Camp Lewis
Wash
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Farailone Islands
Rochester man confesses to killing state trooper in Caledonia Park
Phillip A. Hartman of Rochester New York voluntarily surrendered to Reading police last night and after a gruelling examination confessed that he shot and killed State Trooper Francis L. Haley at Caledonia Park last Tuesday afternoon.
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Harrisburg
Phillip A. Hartman
Rochester
N. Y
Reading
Francis L. Haley
Caledonia Park
Motor Mishap Ends Finger For Local Merch t Walter Rochester
Logan Ohio October 17 Walter Rochester a Logan merchant lost the end of the middle finger on his left hand at the first joint in a peculiar accident. He started his car to drive when he found the fan failed. He tried to start the fan without stopping the motor and the fan seized his finger severing it at the joint. Medical care was given at the local hospital.
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Logan
Walter Rochester
Logan Merchant
Baby buried by sand by neighbors left unpunished
In Atlantic City on October 17, Dorothy Coy three months old was suffocated under sand by neighborhood children who believed it a game. Mrs Merrill D Coy, grieving and fainting, urged no action against the youths, and authorities agreed to drop the case citing her wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Dorothy Coy
Merrill D. Coy
Dorothy
Coy
Davis Demands Coolidge Denounce Klan in Chicago Rally
Democratic nominee John W. Davis challenged President Coolidge to condemn the Ku Klux Klan during a Chicago speech. Davis argued the issue could swing five key states New York New Jersey Indiana Ohio and Illinois and outlined plans for a westward campaign cadence before a Nashville visit.
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Chicago
John W. Davis
Coolidge
Davis
Seagit
N. J
Tisue
New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Davia
Klan
St. Louis
Nashville
Tenn
Woman killed on drugstore door in Cleveland crash
In Cleveland Ohio two people died and a third was hurt in crashes last night. Mrs Ella Albertson 62 stood in a drugstore doorway when a car driven by Abraham Kohn careened off the curb striking her and Mrs Hazel Pickford who was seriously injured. Taxicab driver Edward D Buchnan was killed in a head on collision with an interurban car on Lorain Avenue. Kohn was arrested on a manslaughter charge as bystanders said he lost control while trying to pass another vehicle.
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Cleveland
Ella Albertson
Abraham Kohn
Hazel Pickford
Edward D. Buchnan
Cleveland & Southern Interurban
Lorain Avenue
Kohn
No Evasion of Laws Brought Out in Probe
Borah says committee does not expect sensational charges in La Follette probe. Hodges, Republican treasurer, outlines donations and expenses for speakers and publicity, including large gifts from Morgan partners and Joseph Grundy. Caraway urges transfers and Borah cautions no evasion evidence yet.
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Borah
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Robert M. la Follette
William V. Hodges
National Committee
Coolidge
J. P. Morgan & Co
Gundy
William Wings Jr
Caraway
Arkansas
Hodges
Pennsylvania
Hiinots
Senator Borah
Washington
Lafollette Attacks Coolidge in Northwest Wheat States
Senator Robert M. Lafollette directed sharp verbal barbs at President Coolidge and top Republican officials as he concluded his rapid sweep through the Northwest wheat states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falla&, 8. D
Northwest Wheat States
Robert M. Lafollette
President Coolidge
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Canaan
Lewis B. Woodruff
Ormer Ohio U. Co-Ed
State Hospital
Lover's Lane
Miss Smith
Logan Company
Doolidge
Ghoige
Bruno Kahn
Bruno Kahn, Alias
Bruno Kuts
Liquor King OF
East Ohio
Stewart
Mr. Coolidge
Arthur Brisbane
Rock-Cuating
West Coast
Alan
Sue
William K. Hutchinson
1. N.S
A. F. Garvin
N.S
Progressive
George Barr Baker
Republican
William R. Butler
Republican Emotional Committee
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National of Women Voters
Washington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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