Mrs Kraus Poised To Reveal High Financing Case
In Pomeroy Ohio, Mrs Susan Kraus calls for her Columbus lawyers and a stenographer to record her full confession. Officials note Kraus and family borrowed over 300000 from neighbors amid scrutiny of banks and financiers. A Tuesday confession could illuminate ties to gambling ventures and related debts.
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Kraus
Pomeroy, O
Susan Kraus
J. A. Miller
Columbus
Postlethwaite
Davis
Jacob Traupe
Indianapolis
Krauses
Chicago
Club meal notice at Ath ens Country Club
The house committee stated the steward must be given ample notice when members plan to dine at the club. During tournament week the steward can prepare for only those who have engaged tables due to seasonal limits.
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Athens Country Club
Diplomats To Have Plenty Of Liquor For Embassies
Under the Daugherty ruling new treasury regulations allow foreign ships to possess medicinal whiskey stocks and permit wet supplies for diplomats. Treasury and state officers with justice department input agreed to free import and transport of liquor and wine for embassies in Washington. Secretary Mellon delayed signing until cabinet approval.
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Washington
Daugherty
American
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
State Department
Department of Justice
Paris Dance in Morgue Promised by Le Peuple
Paris paper Le Peuple predicts a move of the morgue with a dance hall to replace it. Bright lights would replace somber ones and hats and coats would bear numbers instead of bodies.
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Paris
PAPER
le Peuple
Custody Fight Over 9 Year Old Linked to Millionaire Fathers
Chicago October 24 Miriam Fairbanks former wife of Livingston Fairbanks filed in probate court for guardianship of Jean Patterson Boyce nine from a prior marriage to Ben S Boyce Ottawa Illinois.
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Chicago
Miriam Fairbanks
Livingston Fairbanks
Jean Patterson Boyce
Ben S. Boyce
Ottawa
PTA Meeting Moved to Thursday at 7 PM
The Canaan township Parent Teacher association will meet Thursday evening October 26 at 7 oclock in the school building. The high school literary society will provide the program.
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Canaan Township Parent Teacher Association
Literary Society
How much is a dog bite worth in county court
Nettie Bretz sues Merwin Mansfield for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from a June 10 1922 dog attack on the highway in Ca naan township. She seeks damages for nervous shock mental anguish bodily pain and medical expenses totaling about 50 dollars with interest from October 2 1922.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Nettie Bretz
Canaan
Merwin Mansfield
Mansfield
O. P. Hall
Chauncey
Lawson
Attention Knight Templars Conclave Notice
Stated conclave Wednesday October 25 at 7 p.m. Work in Red Cross and Malta. Program for Logan commandery constituting announced October 26. Full attendance desired. c A Cornwall Com J A Palmer Sec 10 23 2
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Templars
Red Cross
Malta
Logan Commandery
C. A. Cornwell
J. A. Palmer
Mothers Here Not Willing To Come Across
Athens residents who toured Europe this summer and witnessed the Oberammergau Passion Play have received donation requests from American Help for the Helpless, a German-backed group. One Athens woman wrote angrily to Anton Lang, secretary and actor in the play, asserting that mothers whose sons fought Germany would refuse such aid and value their sons over the German nation.
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Athens
Europe
Oberammergau
Germany
Anton Lang
Christus
Miners Battle Murder Trial Opens in Wellsburg
In Wellsburg West Virginia on October 24 the trial of John Kaminski 19 Avella Pa coal miner for first degree murder opened for a second day. Ten tentative jurors were chosen from 22 examined and will view Cliftonville mine battle site with Sheriff Du Vall and seven miners killed, before verdict.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
John Kaminski
Avella
Cliftonville
H. H. Duvall
Court House
Brooke County
Pennsylvania
Oskamp Wife Fights Divorce Suit in Cincinnati
Mrs Louise Oskamp, wife of W Herbert Oskamp ex secretary treasurer of Oskamp Jewelry, files answer and cross petition in domestic relations court denying his charges and seeking alimony. She obtained a temporary injunction barring disposition of property pending decision. She claims neglect, loss of allowance, and abandonment by his family influence while she kept the home and sewed for him.
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Cincinnati
Louise Oskamp
W. Herbert Oskamp
Oskamp
Faye Bolin
Albany
Zern Bolin
Athens County Common
Citizens Bank of Albany
Ella Ayers
Mabel Butler
Athens County Common Pleas Court
James Butler
Grose
Newark
Hugh McCarty
Iva McCarty
Iva Robinson
Fascisti threaten march on Rome as Italy teeters
Naples October 24 fascisti convention draws huge crowds as 30 000 participants gather while 30 000 soldiers with artillery machine guns and aircraft safeguard key points. Leaders warn of a Rome march to seize government and widen regional influence.
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Naples
Italy
Fascisti
Rome
Trial of a Young Wife Attracts Curious Crowd
Crowds filled the Cleveland court room as jury selection resumed for Mrs. Mabel C Champion a 22 year old Dallas Texas resident charged with the July 27 murder of Thomas A O Connell formerly of Hartford Conn in a Cleveland restaurant Four jurors including three women and one man were tentatively seated on the second day of the trial
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Cleveland
Mabel C. Champion
Dallas
Tex
Thomas A. O'Connell
Hartford
Separate cuffs still worn in Ohio town
Martin s Ferry Ohio October 24 The old style separate cuffs are still worn by a few men in this part of Ohio says James Wilson a local laundryman About a dozen pairs are received weekly at the Wilson laundry compared with hundreds ten years ago.
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Ohio
Martins Ferry
James Wilson
Wilson
Akron Woman Dies After Poison Intake in Personal Crisis
Mrs. Martha Thomas, 40, of 1854 Englewood Avenue, Akron, is dying in city hospital from poison taken in a personal crisis. Police say she claims accidental ingestion while investigators believe a family quarrel prompted the act.
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Akron
Martha Thomas
Englewood Avenue
City Hospital
Pendulum Swings Toward Democrats in West, Walsh Says
Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts says political conditions west of the Alleghenies favor the Democrats. He reports momentum swinging back from Republican gains two years ago and predicts Republicans may struggle to retain control of Congress past November 7.
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Washington
Congress
David I Walsh
Massachusetts
Alleghenies
Taber to Talk at Noon Lunch
L. J. Taber state director of agriculture will address this week’s Wednesday forum luncheon at the Athens Chamber of Commerce. He supports the proposed constitutional amendment on taxation and brings years of effort to change Ohio tax laws. Taber, former master of the state grange, speaks from an agricultural viewpoint.
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L. J. Taber
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Taber
State Grange
Richelieu Saleslady Promotes Sprague Warren Goods
Mrs. Wright, saleslady for Sprague Warren and Co., showcases the complete Richelieu line this week at Bethel Bros. Contact to arrange viewing.
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Richelieu
Wright
Sprague Warren and Co
Bethel Bros
Went to Her Sister with Marital Troubles
Mrs Elea nor Mills faced a marital crisis tied to a secret romance with Dr Edward Wheeler Hall rector of St John the Evangelist Church. Her sister Mrs Elsie Barnhardt in Patterson, N J, recounted that Mills sought sisterly counsel in late August before the August double murder case.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Eleanor Mills
Edward Wheeler Hall
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Today
Elsie Barnhardt
Patterson
Barnhardt
England Faces Great Political Campaign As Law Forms Cabinet
London October 24 Premier A Bonar Law works on a new cabinet ahead of a likely dissolution of parliament. November 15 is eyed for the general election with about 1800 candidates for 615 Commons seats. McKenna urges public support for reforms and may head the debt funding mission to the United States.
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London
A. Bonar Law
England
King George
Earl Balfour
Commons
Conservatives
Tories
Lloyd George
Liberals
Asquith
Laborites
Law
R. McKenna
Exchequer
McKenna
United States
Robert Horne
Drunken Crew Alleged in Romanian Train Collision
A Budapest dispatch reports thirty killed when a Romanian train returning from a coronation jubilee collided with another near Constanza. Officials operating the wrecked train were said to be intoxicated.
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London
Constanza
Central
Budapest
Father with Prosaic Cognomen Chooses Distinct Monickers
In Bluff Missouri on October 24, a Marshall man named Bill Steen renamed nine sons with unusual monickers. The father rejects common names for individuality selecting Bosco Tasco Las seo Cicero Marvilo Bosco Otto Woodrow and Vanzo for his nine boys.
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Steen
Marshall
Bill
Steena
Bosco
Tasco
Lasseo
Cicero
Marvilo
Otto Woodrow
Vanzohen
Bluff
Ford Cleared in Castalia Auto Fatality Case
Sandusky Ohio October 24 Harold Ford 16 Castalia was exonerated today after his car struck and killed Michael Urski 11 a Castalia schoolmate yesterday afternoon in Castalia. Conner W H Lehrer announced the ruling and cautioned residents to observe speed limits near schools.
Two Die In Night Crash On Lincoln Highway East Of Wooster
Two men died at the scene and six were injured when a Ford touring car without lights struck a heavy sedan on the Lincoln highway east of Wooster Ohio early today. Victims were Ora Kauffman 40 and Glen Burt 35 both of Ashland.
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Wooster, O
Lincoln Highway
Wooster
Ora Kauffman
Glen Burt
Ashland
Ohio
LILLIAN Harris Accused of Bigamy in Wheeling Case
Lillian Harris, 22, known as Lillian One Busy Money Getter, is under arrest in Wheeling awaiting arraignment for bigamy. She reportedly married ex-soldier Paul Anderson in Washington, then Major McKinley Harris in Wellsburg, both disabled and drawing monthly federal compensation. Anderson tracked her with help from a detective.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mia
Lillian Harris
Wellsburg
Paul Anderson
Washington, D. C
McKinley Harris
Anderson
Massive Whiskey Stock Piled Under Government Guard
Washington reports 800000 barrels of whiskey held by the government to last about twenty years without new distilling. An inventory shows roughly 40000000 gallons stored across 800 warehouses, to be concentrated into under twenty central storage facilities.
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Washington
Haynes
Two Cars Lost in Fire on South Side
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the frame paint shop and storage garage of BEBF at Morris McKinley and Race streets, consuming two machines in the building around 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. damages reached 900 dollars, mostly insured. A lord coupe owned by Don Grones and a Ford owned by Harry Morrison were destroyed. The blaze began during a 20 minute absence of Morris. the gasoline tank on the Grones car exploded, tearing the roof off before firefighters arrived.
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Bebf
Morris
McKinley
Race Streets
Don Grones
Ford
Harry Morrison
Grones
Chauncey School Sixth Graders Host Oct Social
The Chauncey school sixth grade plans a social Thursday evening October 26 in the Chauncey school building. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Chauncey
Chauncey School
Witnesses Report Two Women At Hall Murder Scene
New Brunswick New Jersey October 24 a woman who supposedly witnessed the killing of Rev Dr Edward W Hall rector and Mrs James Mills choir singer told an informant there was a man as the shooter and that a second woman was present The identified eye witness is Mrs Annie Gibson an elderly widow who lives on Hamilton road near DeRussey lane near the crab apple tree where the bodies were found
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New Brunswick
N. J
Edward W. Hall
Church of St. John the Evangelist
James Mills
Annie Gibson
Hamilton Road
DeRussey Lane
Pleasant Valley Hallowe'en Festival at Jerseyville School
Pleasant Valley school at Jerseyville hosts a Hallowe en festival Monday evening with a 7 30 program and refreshments to follow. Home made candy popcorn and peanuts will be on sale.
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Pleasant Valley
Jerseyville
Clara Phillips Faces Hammer Murder Trial Opening
Los Angeles reports Clara Phillips appeared in court for the hammer murder trial opening day. She wore a tailored suit, flashed a rehearsed smile, and showed little outward emotion as she entered the jury room and sat at her attorney’s table.
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Los Angeles
Clara Phillips
Onc
Tucson
Honse
Ohio Governor Davie Responds To Cox Campaign Criticism
Governor Davie denounces former Governor Cox for late campaigning and abusive rhetoric. He accuses Cox of neglecting state duties in 1920 while Democrats pressed campaigns, claiming the administration reduced expenses and rebuilt the general revenue fund despite alleged extravagance. He challenges Cox to scrutiny of records.
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Columbus
Ttma
Cox
Davie
Ohio
Cow
Donahey
Davia
General Revenue Fund
Day
Governor Denies Conspiracy Charge In Keeney Case
Gov Morgan declares Townsend’s claim of a plot with coal operators to block mine unionizing as entirely false. He calls any insinuation of special obligations to operators a misrepresentation. Also notes an upcoming Athens Encampment No 75 meeting and a local Odd Fellows event with details.
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Charleston
W. Va
Morgan
T. C. Townsend
Frank Keeney
Charlestown
West Virginia
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Charles P. Steinmetz
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