Tragic Dunfee Home Fire Claims Mother and Two Children
A early morning blaze at John Dunfee’s hollow residence near Clark's Chapel killed a 47-year-old mother Hattie Dunfee and her 5-year-old daughter Arna, seriously burned 8-year-old Anna and 18-year-old Herman, while Katy 15 and Mary 12 escaped unharmed. Neighbors found bones of mother and child in ashes. Origin uncertain with miner lamp and stove fire suspected. John Dunfee, in Kentucky, has not yet learned of the tragedy.
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John Dunfee
Ee Run Road
Coolville Ridge
Clark's Chapel
Kentucky
Hattie Dunfee
Arna
Anna
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Herman
Katy
Mary
John Nida
Dunfee
Arri
Ames
Long Run
P. H. McKinley
Lackey
R. V. Dailey
Stella Avenima
Mechanicsburg
Mary Dunfee
Ben Daitey
Nolsonville
Dailey
Anna Dunfey
J.M. Wood
Alexander Townsship
Athens ‘County
Atracken
Athens
KE. G. Pedigo
Sheriff
Sheriff McKiney
McKinley
Pedigo
John Dunfeee
Clark
Nida
Clarence McKee
Isaac Williams
Fire at Dunfee home kills mother and child near Clark's Chapel
Messenger reporters recount a tragic blaze at the John Dunfee residence near Clark's Chapel. Witnesses describe a mother and a five year old child perishing as the house burned, while Herman and others escaped barefoot in the snow. Long Run school remains unsettled as neighbors mourn the loss.
Wall Street Sees Record Volume Amid Mixed Sentiment
Report discusses a 2 000 600 share day with 2 078 500 shares traded as buyers and sellers meet in a volatile market. Reader cautions against reckless selling and notes rising wages and savings despite market jitters. Page four.
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Wall Street
Financelal
Geese Wander Over Athens Night In Fog
Caught in fog and snow geese bound for the south roamed Athens last night circling the city from 8 30 p m until dawn. Residents reported fear and curiosity while hunters searched for birds but no geese were shot. The Canada Goose winters in the south and summers north of the Dakotas.
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Athens
Southlands
United States
Dakotas
Federal radio to become public utility under new plan
Washington notes that radio will be regulated as a public utility next year if Congress accepts Commerce Department plans. Secretary Hoover will outline the program at the National Radio conference beginning November 9, with officials urging federal control to cure extensive interference and license backlogs.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Partment
W. D. Terrell
Congress
German Nationalists oppose Locarno pacts in Reichstag doubt
Berlin reports that Nationalist deputies voted against ratification of the Locarno security pacts, arguing the treaties fail to meet German vital needs and permit loss of territory and inhabitants. The cabinet, led by President Hindenburg, planned cautious steps without action on the pacts.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Hindenberg
Locarno
Ohio Covered by First Snow Hood
A night storm blanket Columbus and central to southern Ohio with wet snow lasting hours. Forecaster J. W. Alexander reported about 1.5 inches on Columbus streets and noted the snowfall was widespread northward and across central Ohio.
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Ohio
FIRST
Columbus
J. W. Alexander
Ohic
Millikan Holds His Own After Athens Accident
Donald Millikan, a Ohio State University student from Athens, Ohio, is holding his own at Mercy hospital with a broken neck as a handicap. Doctors say he spent a restful night and his condition is improving daily, boosting chances for recovery. His bride has stayed by his bedside continuously.
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Columbus
Mercy Hospital
Donald Millikan
Ohio State University
Athens
Ohio
Johnny Algeo Heads Freshmen at Athens University
Four freshman class officers elected are from Athens. Johnny Algeo, former Hilltop football star and former student body president, is elected president and now plays on the Ohio University freshman team. Elizabeth Drake, Pauline Swanson, and Norris Beasley are elected vice president, secretary, and treasurer respectively. Drake and Swanson join sororities, while Beasley is pledged to a fraternity.
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Athens
Johnny Algeo
Hilltop
Algeo
Ohio University
Phi Kappa Tau
Elizabeth Drake
Pauline Swanson
Norris Beasley
Miss Drake
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Miss Swanson
Beta Phi Sorority
Beasley
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Coolidge delays action against Shipping Board rebels
Washington October 22 President Coolidge will not remove rebellious United States Shipping Board members until the Supreme Court rules on the Myers case involving presidential summary power. The decision weighs legality of acting without Senate advice and consent, with parallels drawn to a Portland postmaster removal.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Coolidge
Supreme Court
Myers
Frank 8. Myers
Portland
Ore
Wilson
Senate
Insurgent Shipping Board
Raid Nets 80-Gallon Still At Sisson Farm In Meigs
In Meigs Pomeroy October 22 a raid by Meigs and Gallia officers and federal agents seized an 80 gallon still and gear at the Sisson farm in Leading Creek district. Five men and two women, all from Huntington West Virginia, were not arrested. The group allegedly rented the farm in August and hauled liquor making material back to Huntington.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Gallia
Sisson
Huntington
Steele pleads not guilty in sheriff murder case
Jackson date October 23 George Steele slayer of Sheriff Fletcher Collins of Vinton county will go to trial November 30 on a first degree murder charge Steele pleaded not guilty when arraigned here yesterday afternoon.
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Steele
Jackson
George Steele
Fletcher Collins
Vinton County
Sextuplets born to Widow Gallardo in Marbella Spain
Senora Anna Gallardo became the mother of sextuplets in Marbella Spain as three boys and three girls arrived together. The mother’s condition is described as extremely serious.
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Spain
Marbella
Anna Gallardo
Sprague Marriage Length Corrected After Telephone Error
A clerical error in a telephone call led to a misstatement that Mr. and Mrs. L A Sprague had celebrated sixty nine years of marriage rather than fifty nine. The corrected record confirms their fifty nine years as of now.
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L. A. Sprague
Ithaca man dies in camp on National Road
Alonzo W. Loomis, 62, of Ithaca Michigan, was found dead in a tourist camp on the National road near St. Clairsville Ohio. He was traveling from Florida to his Michigan home when death occurred.
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Camp ST. Clairsville
Alonzo W. Loomis
Ithaca
Michigan
Florida
Lincoln first elected president at age fifty two
The historical note records that Abraham Lincoln was fifty two years old when he was elected president. This marks the start of his presidency and key period in U.S. history.
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Abraham Lincoln
Mellon Reaffirms Tax Reduction Position
Secretary Mellon reiterates support for tax cuts not to exceed 250 million dollars. He submits to the House Ways and Means Committee a schedule basing recommendations on earned income repeal. Normal rate structure outlines 1 percent on 3000 dollars, 2 percent on 1000, 3 percent on 4000, and 5 percent on the remainder.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Bend Law Upheld by High Court in Prohibition Case
The High Court of the State at Columbus on October 21 held the Bend law valid. It prohibits trial courts from suspending sentence in cases involving violations of state Prohibition laws.
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High Court OF
Columbus
Bender
Cremation Evidence Probed in Perry County Case
Columbus reports laboratory tests by chemist K F Long on furnace ashes from the Miltertown schoolhouse near New Lexington Perry County to determine if human tissue and bone are present and confirm a suspected murder and cremation. Results expected in a couple of days as authorities await findings.
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Columbus
K. F. Long
Millertown
New Lexington
Perry County
Long
Ku Klux Klan Establishes Washington Headquarters
The Ku Klux Klan has leased upper floors of a mansion near Seventeenth and I streets in Washington for long term use. The move signals abandoning a planned national Klan home in the capital and shifts operations from Atlanta to Washington.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
White House
Klan
Seventeenth and I Streets
Frank B. Brandagee
Connecticut
Atlanta
Reds cleanup in London arrests arraigned at Bow Street
Four radicals arrested in London for the red cleanup were arraigned at Bow Street police court and remanded to await hearing with eight others.
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London
Bow Street
Crow
Bituminous Mines Ready to Move Eight Million Tons Weekly
Officials report 61 370 surplus coal cars ready to flood districts with fuel as anthracite turmoil looms. Non union mines in Kentucky West Virginia and other states can produce seven to eight million tons weekly, keeping supply ample despite strikes.
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Washington
Harrieburg
Lancaster
Aletoona
Penna
Columbus
Portesmouth
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ruserl
Louisville
Kentucky
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Bee Coal New and Railroad
Clare
Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Ratireaés
Transportation firm seeks bus route between Marietta and Athens
An application filed today with the state transportation commission seeks permission for a Ma Transportation Company motor bus line running a Marietta to Athens route via Bartlet. The filing discloses plans to operate a single bus service on the proposed corridor.
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Athens
Columbus
State Ties Commission
the Transportation Company
Marietta
Bartl't
When Things Go Wrong in the Kitchen
A fragmented note discusses quick meal ideas and improvised cooking when a cook quits. It hints at fast, edge efficient dishes using limited supplies and mentions over two hundred recipes though text is garbled and unclear.
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Springfield, O
Esta Strome
Springfield
Jimmie Barrett
University of Southern California
Jimmie
Los Angeles
Z. G. Simmons
Russia
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
G. Simmons
Gluman
Don Millikan
Shipping Board
Ways and Means
Flapper
OY Wea Service, Mec
Ghemiot
Brandagee
Fredéric J. Haskin
No' Rea
Washington, D. C
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