Athens Grand Jury Defendants Plead Not Guilty in 95 Cases
In Athens County Common Pleas Court 79 defendants from the October grand jury session entered not guilty pleas. Bonds ranged from 60 to 2 600 dollars, with dates of trials unclear and possibly postponed past the November election.
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Athens County Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
L. G. Worstell
John Jonas
Oltver Whitehair
Hisylvania Coal Company
Fred Humphrey
Lena Meade
Ernie Turner
Frances Hammond
William Wood
John Gyura
Secon
Isaac Chappelear
John Moore
Smithy Marks
Paul Silcott
Williams
Ed Smith
Frank Labora
Walter Wisecup
Abner Phillips
John Wisecup
Greens
John Simmons
Harver Brooks
Buck Smith
Franklin Kempton
Louis Kaloz
Chris Parker
Carl Leffler
Stevel Toth
Vincent Welch
George Lesko
Carl Glass
Chauncey
Morrison Isnaugle
Pete Wilkens
Hoyt Courtney
Lewis Chapman
William Collins, Jr
John Palmer
Peni Gray
Ana Aren Nike
Ueaee
Guilie
Te & Havener
Frances Carsey
Thorpe
Athens
Ae Roberta
John B
Keebens Se Jackson
Harris Named Tigers Manager for 1929 Season
Detroit announces Stanley Bucky Harris appointed manager of the Detroit Tigers for the 1929 season by president Frank Navin. The news comes from Detroit Baseball Club officials in a formal announcement.
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Detroit
Mich
Stanley “Bucky” Harris
Detroit Tigers
Frank Navin
Detroit Baseball Club
Straw hats return to New York streets in unseasonal heat
Straw hats made their second appearance of the year on New York streets as an unseasonal heat wave lifted temperatures to mid summer levels. The warm spell began two days earlier and brought families outdoors to enjoy the city weather.
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Gotham
New York
Air Pilot and Wife Rescued After Forced Landing
U. Thomas Mitchell aged 27 and his wife were found unharmed on Green Island ten miles from Sturgeon Bay Wis after their airplane was forced down en route from Sturgeon Bay to Menominee Mich. Tug captains from the port rescued them in heavy fog and storm. Mitchell said a bearing failure in the motor forced the landing on the beach yesterday.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Thomas Mitchell
Menominee
Mich
Green Island
Mitchell
Seven Receive Prison Terms in Athens County Court
Seven of nine guilty pleas from Athens County Common Pleas backers were sentenced to the state penitentiary or reformatories. Defendants Lewis Van Meter and William Van Meter faced fines and jail time for theft. Others, including Jim Hale and Lillian Birch, received varied terms for bigamy and reformatory confinement. Dates for trials of the seven not guilty pleas remain undated.
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Athens
Marysville
Charles Smith
Homer Wyskiver
Smith
Wyskiver
Clint Wyskiver
William Finn, Jr
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Roy Palmer
State Reformatory
Drive for Negro Vote Aims at Key Population Centers
In Columbus the campaign moves to mobilize the Negro vote in the final two weeks. Cooper appeals for fair representation if elected governor. Republicans counter Democratic charges with circulars highlighting Cooper's past support for the race.
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Columbus
Ciich
Cooper
Republican Committee
Three Generations of Divorces Shake Lorain County
In Elyria Ohio the Johnson Fernandez Shook family sees three generations file for divorce within a week. Ida Johnson 63 Mary Fernandez 38 and Margaret Shook 17 all initiated suits leaving the elder two facing complex matrimonial disputes.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Ida Johnson
Mary Fernandez
Margaret Shook
Johnson
Fernandes
Shook
Atlantic Air Crossings Add To Death List In Atlantic
The report notes Lieut. Commander H. C. MacDonald among those lost in Atlantic air travel. It recalls 23 deaths over 18 years since Wellman’s America voyage and highlights historic flights by Lindbergh Chamberlin Levine Byrd and others, plus rescues at sea and the dangers of heavier than air craft.
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H. C. MacDonald
Atlantic
Walter Wellman
America
Atlantic City
Europe
William H. Donaldson
Alfred Ford
George Lunt
Brooklyn
Connecticut
United States Navy
Trepassy Bay
Newfoundland
Spain
Azores
Wellman
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
Barendrecht
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Eisleben
Germany
Ohio Football Takes Spotlight Amid Big Weekend Games
Ohio focuses on gridiron as Michigan Ohio State clash looms, with Ohio Wesleyan at Oxford facing Miami and Ohio University hosting Cincinnati. Other clashes include Hiram vs Western Reserve, Wittenberg vs Marshal, and Kenyon at Gambier as Omaha Notre Dame rivals draw national attention.
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Ohio
State
Michigan
Ohio State
Ohio Wesleyan
University
Ohio Conference
Buckeye Athletic Association
Oxford
Miami
University of Michigan
University of Cincinnati
Delaware
Hiram
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Wittenberg
Marshal
Springfield
Toledo
Bowling Green
Oglethorpe
St. Xavier
Cincinnati
Kenyon Columbus
Chicago
Ohio State-Michigan
Notre Dame
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Purdue
Minnesota
Northwestern
Kentucky
Iowa
Ripon
Nebraska
Syracuse
Youth Hanged for Slaying of Marian Parker
William Edward Hickman was executed by hanging at San Quentin Prison for the murder of Marian Parker a 12 year old banker's daughter in California. Prison work halted during the event and guards noted his restless behavior as he recounted the gruesome details of the death and dismemberment.
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San Quentin State Prison
Calif
William Edward Hickman
San Quentin
Marian Parker
Charles Alston
Fred Hogaboom
Hickman
Court case in Morristown pits pastor and plaintiff
Rev. William H. Bridge and Mrs Helen Brumley Baldwin appeared as defendant and plaintiff in a unique Morristown suit. Mrs Baldwin sought 5000 dollars after the pastor allegedly called her a lying baker. The case involved political accusations about D Baker and wartime blacklists. Both parties resided in Boonton New Jersey.
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William H. Bridge
Helen Brumley Baldwin
Morristown
N. J
Baldwin
Baker
Per- Cleveland
Bridge National Committee
Boonton
Alfred K. Smith
Hope Fades for Second Lindbergh Flying Attempt
Lieut. Commander H. C. MacDonald vanished while flying a Gypsy Moth solo from Newfoundland toward Ireland. Sightings near 700 miles east of Newfoundland. weather storms and long signals from Croydon Airdrome left London puzzled. Wife hopeful at Lexington home as search continues and night flares burn at Croydon.
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London
U.P
H. C. MacDonald
North Atlantic
Charles A. Linbergh
MacDonald
Harbor Grace
New Foundland
New York
Bagdad
Scotland
British Isles
Lexington
Iceland
MacDonald J
Far East
Irish
Church Group Opposes Death Penalty Move Shelved
At the General Episcopal Convention in Washington Albert Broadhurst a lay delegate urged abolition of capital punishment citing William Edward Hickman’s case. The resolution faced protests and was tabled as delegates cried no and table it, delaying action.
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Washington
U.R
William Edward Hickman
San Quentin
Albert ‘Broadhurst
House of Deputies
Broadhurst
Hickman
Jones at Meeting of Telephone Men in Chicago
Dr. C. L. Jones, manager of the Athens Home Telephone Company, attends the thirty second annual National Independent Telephone convention at Hotel Sherman in Chicago. The convention opened Tuesday with sessions to end tonight. Jones, a director of the national organization, will return to Athens within a day or two.
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C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Company
Chicago
Hotel Sherman
Doctor Jones
Athens
Rabid dog on Main Street bites several Logan residents
An apparently rabid dog ran wild on Main Street Logan causing multiple bite injuries. Victims include Phil A. Henderson and others. authorities seek two or three more unconfirmed victims. Examinations confirmed rabies. Pasteur treatments urged for all bitten. Officials search for a man named Hill who left town.
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Hocking County
Henderson
Wesley Wonn
Clyde Hill
Hil
Logan
Wellston
Health Office
Albert C. Davis Dies at Coolville After Illness
Albert C. Davis, 75, a longtime Coolville merchant and bank vice president, died at 10 this morning after several months of illness. Born in Morgan County, he started his business in 1881, retired in 1907, and left a widow Marcella plus four children and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Coolville
Albert C. Davis
Mr. Davis
Morgan County
O. F. Larson
Marcella Davis
Cc. E. Harman
Whiting
Iowa
Co. L. Stout
Nelsonville
Dale Reed
E. M. Daugherty
Clarence Davis
Eva McBride
Anderson Davis
Bartlett
Benjamin Davis
Charleston
W. Va
Joseph Davis
Ravenswood
George Davis
Zanesville
Harriet Powell
Tonica
Ill
Davis
Coolville Bank
The
Christian Church
Veterans choose Grayson as next national commander
Col. William L. Grayson of Savannah Georgia was elected unanimously to be next year’s commander in chief of the Spanish American War Veterans. The current convention was held in Havana Cuba.
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William L. Grayson
Savanah, Ga
Havana
Cuba
Davey and Cooper Speak in Columbus Campaign Stop
Columbus reporters note the two gubernatorial nominees Martin L. Davey and Myers Cooper spoke in Columbus after a statewide tour. Davey addressed the Franklin County Democratic Women’s Chorus, the first state endorsement, and spoke later at Washington Park Shelter House.
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Davey and
Cooper
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Myers ¥. Cooper
Davey
Franklin County
Democratic Women's Chorus
Washington Park
Only One Stop Scheduled for Zeppelin Tour
Washington Oct 19 Commander Eckener plans to depart Lakehurst N J in the Graf Zeppelin early next Wednesday and halt overnight at Scott Field East St Louis Ill The craft will then fly over Chicago Detroit and Cleveland before returning to Lakehurst Thursday night He says the East St Louis stop is the only one The return to Europe is planned for Saturday and the move is sped by advancing Atlantic bad weather
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Washington
Eckener
Lakehurst
N. J
Scott Field
East St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Europe
Atlantic
Alfred E. Smith
Hasly
131St
Smith
Albany
InApolis
Old Secret Service Man Is Stricken
The Rev. C. J. Warner 72 former United States Secret Service man died Thursday and his body was sent to Clarion Pennsylvania. In the early eighties he tracked the James brothers in a mail robbery case and was forced to sleep at the James home between Frank and Jesse under threat.
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Cleveland
U.R
C. J. Warner
United States
Secret Service
Jesse James
Clarion
Warner
James Brothers
James
Frank
Jesse
Woman Found Drowned in Cistern At North Fairfield Home
Belief stated in Norwalk today that Mrs. Mary Jones fell into a cistern at her North Fairfield home while drawing water, her body found late Thursday.
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Norwalk
Mary Jones
North Fairfield
Lehmann Elected President of English District Synod
W H Lehmann D D of Fremont was elected president of the English District Evangelical Lutheran Synod during a Dayton session held yesterday afternoon and evening.
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Dayton
W. H. Lehmann
D. D
Fremont
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Coolidge to Enter Campaign to Defend Economy Claims
President Coolidge expected to launch a dramatic campaign speech defending the administration against charges of misrepresenting the economy. Alfred E. Smith tours the West with a 40 mile automobile swing and aims for a final rally in Chicago.
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Washington
Coolidge
Goofred KE. Smith
Herbert Hoover
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