Eighty Five British Drowned In Tropical Storm Rescue Of Survivors
A tropical storm in Southern waters capsized the British sloop of war Valerian with fifty five officers and men drowned. Captain William Usher and Lieutenant Hughes were among the seventeen saved. The Wisteria rescued survivors and landed them at Hamilton Bermuda. The Eastway also foundered with twelve saved, and the Calcutta battled near reefs.
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Halifax
N. S
U.P
Fighty
William Usher
Hughes
Wisteria
Hamilton
Bermuda
Eastway
Calcutta
Co-eds Vote to Adopt Baby in Practical Care Experiment
Ten Lake Forest college home economics students from a care of infants class plan to vote on adopting a ten month old from Lake Bluff orphanage to test their theories. The class aims for practical hands on experience with the baby, with all the girls wanting a boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lake Forest College
Christine Payne
Miss Payne
States May Rule on Auto Insurance
The Supreme Court ruled that states may regulate automobile insurance sold with cars under their licensing laws. The decision affects several thousand Chrysler car owners who bought under the plan opposed by state insurance authorities.
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Washington
U.P
United States Supreme Court
Chrysler
New Orleans Cotton Market Dips After Government Forecast
The New Orleans cotton market fell about twenty points today on the government's forecast of a 17,454,000 bale yield. Prices moved lower as traders digested the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.P
Weather report from Hocking valley frost forecast
The first snow fell at 6 AM and again at noon in the Hocking valley. More than an inch and a half of rain was recorded yesterday. Temperature dropped 20 degrees from Sunday to Monday morning with a low of 40. Cloudy skies held off a killing frost though a light frost touched the low lands. A killing frost may come tonight if skies clear. Temperatures in two hour readings show drops from the 60s to around 40s.
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Hocking Valley
Zion Park booklet for school children
An illustrated Zion National Park booklet is offered for school children. It presents the newest national park, describes the Grand Canyon north rim Kaibab Forest Cedar Breaks and Iree Canyon, and explains geography and national park progress. Available from the Washington Information Bureau with a coupon.
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Zion National Park
America
United States
Grand Canyon
Cedar Breaks
Iree Canyon
Western Canyon
Washington Information Bureau
Grand Jury Not Expected to Hear Dry Raiders' Case
Four Athens county officers charged in the shooting of Yale's Mill farmer Lawrence Bolton are not expected to have a special grand jury called. Deputy J. M. Cady Constable Harry Dalton State Officers Harvey Lines and Joe Jonas will face a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Miss Gladys Farley, Albany high school student, admits to being with Bolton and describes the car moves and tire removal surrounding the incident.
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Athens County
Lawrence Bolton
Yale
J. M. Cady
Harry Dalton
Harvey A. Lines
Joe Jonas
Pearl W. Helwig
Helwig
Gladys Farley
Albany
Bolton
Albany High School
Mias Farley
C. H. Copeland
Vale's Mill
Suit over stock misrepresentation against Columbus broker
Suit for 42990 filed against Caleb McKee of Columbus alleging he misrepresented value of 200 shares in the Bessie Furnace Co. He claimed $90 a share to incite sale on May 4 1918. suit says shares were worth $300 and seeks recovery. The case moved from common pleas to federal court on petition by McKee.
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Columbus
Caleb McKee
McKee
Bessie Furnace Company
New Straitaville
Federal Court
Common Pleas Court
Will Berthold
Willis Opposed By Labor Leader in Ohio Campaign
Columbus October 25 William Green AFL president opposed Senator Frank B Willis in the final week of the campaign for the November 2 election. Green cited Willis congressional and governorship records and accused him of hostility to labor by signing the Gallagher bill repealing the mine run law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Frank B. Willis
Willis
Green
Gallagher
Injured in Street Car Crash in Buffalo
More than twenty people were injured in a street car crash in Buffalo New York today. Several of the injured were perhaps fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Power of Chief Upheld In Postmaster Ouster Case
The U S Supreme Court upheld the president's power to remove postmasters and certain federal officials. The ruling arose from Frank S. Myers of Portland seeking back pay after being removed as Poland postmaster without a hearing or Senate consent.
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Washington
United States
United States Supreme Court
Frank S. Myers
Portland
Oregon
Poland
Wilson
Senate
Alcohol Death Rate Rises in 2026, Met Life Report Says
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports a 14 percent rise in alcohol related deaths in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same period last year among its 17 million policyholders. Cirrhosis of the liver shows a rate of 66 per 100,000, slightly above 1924 figures but below last year’s level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
King Ferdinand denies plan to recall Queen Marie from U.S.
Romanian government says no cablegram requesting Marie end her American visit has been sent and no action is planned. Vienna reports claim Ferdinand urged her return, while Paris alleges Marie traveled to sell a motion picture with Lois Fuller.
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Bucharest
U.R
Ferdinand
Romania
Marie
Vienna
U.P
White
Rumania
United States
Vienna Diestine
Paris
le Soir
Queen Marie
Lois Fuller
Bomb Explodes Near Goya Theater in Barcelona
Explosion near the Goya theater in Barcelona during a royal entertainment reportedly involved King Alfonso. Sources say the blast occurred as guests were assembled at the event in Paris reporting from the scene.
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Paris
U.R
Goya Theater
Barcelona
Alphonso
Democrats Campaigning For Four Senate Seats And Eighteen House Seats
Democrats aggressively target four Republican Senate seats and eighteen House seats in eleven seaboard states from Maine to Maryland amid tight races. Republicans expected to retain most seats with Democrats eyeing gains in Massachusetts and New York, while overall control hinges on key contests nationwide.
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Senate
Washington
North Atlantic
Maine
Maryland
al Smith
Coolidge-Mellon
Congress
House
President Coolidge
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Monses
Publican
Conn
Reed seeks probe into Portland Oregonian funding charge
Senor James A. Reed asks Senators McNary and King to investigate a telegram alleging a 35000 payment to the Portland Oregonian to oppose Senator Stanfield of Oregon. Reed says he is too busy for Oregon hearings before the election but urges the inquiry after Washington investigations.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
McNary
Oregon
Iiking
Utah
Portland Oregonian
Stanfield
Reed
G. W. Putnam
Salem
King
Washington
Minister Defends Officers in Manslaughter Charge
The Rev M E Chatley defended four officers charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Lawrence Bolton at Albany Wednesday night. He denounced critics who say Edgar Marns was too ill to shoot and said many citizens wrongly blame the officers. He declared he would stand behind the four men.
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Lawrence Bolton
Albany
M. E. Chatley
Son
Christian Church
Edgar Marns
Chatley
Merger Talk Opens At Columbus Congressional Churches Meet
A Central Ohio association meeting in Columbus opened to discuss a possible merger with the Miami association. More than sixty delegates attended the session.
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Columbus
Central Ohio Association of Congressional Churches
Miami Association
Coal Prices Rise as Ohio Faces Early Winter Demand
Ohio coal dealers report a sharp price surge with wholesale rates at the mines climbing from 1.78 to 2 per ton to 3.50 to 4.00 as wintry weather hits the state. European demand, delayed Great Lakes purchases, and the British coal strike drive the rally with a possible runaway market before year end. A London visitor cites three potential reliefs: British strike resolution, lake traffic cutoffs, or milder winter weather.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio
United States
Great Lakes
West Virginia
Great Britain
Trunk Swap Leads to $100000 Diamond Loss in Toledo
Diamond broker Jack Kloville of New York reported to police the loss of a trunk containing unset diamonds valued at $100000. He said his trunk was exchanged for another and the substitution was not found until he reached his Toledo hotel. Police found the missing trunk in a different room with its lid pried open and diamonds gone.
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Toledo
U.P
Jack Kloville
New York
Kloville
Modern Young Man Seen by Modern Young Woman
The Rev M E Chatley aired responses from young women on the modern young man at First Christian church. Answers praised pluck education open mindedness and kindness while condemning vanity selfishness and moral double standards. The sermon is part of a series based on questions asked of representative locals.
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M. E. Chatley
First Christian Church
Mr. Chatley
Tom
Harry
Chartley
Askeen
Farmers Would Be Ruined by Tariff Cut Mellon Says
The Mellon warns that reducing tariffs would devastate farmers, and the Coolidge administration frames its tariff-cut justification through Secretary Mellon as a key argument.
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Mellon
Coolidge
Mellon outlines high tariff as world prosperity shield
Secretary Mellon issues a broad justification of Republican tariff policy as essential to domestic living standards and global trade. He argues a tariff protects Americans from falling living costs and farmers' ruin if lowered, noting potential international investments and cheaper overseas production.
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Washington
Coolidge
Treasury Mellon
Mellon
United States
Europe
Aluminum Company of
America
Frost With Snow Arrives in Ohio
The first frost and snow of the season touched Central Ohio as winter weather moved in. Temperatures fell sharply and winds increased after rain on Sunday, with light snow flurries beginning early today and lasting briefly.
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Columbus
U.2
Ohio
Supreme Court rules strikes illegal to collect claims
Justice Brandeis announces ruling that using a strike to collect a claim in a coal mine was illegal. Dorby of Kansas had faced a six month jail term and fines under the Kansas industrial court law for calling the strike.
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Washington
Dorby
Kansas
United State Supreme Court
Kansas Industrial Court
Brandeis
Cuban Death Lists Are Exaggerated
The destroyer Golf and cruiser Milwaukee landed at storm stricken Isle of Pines and Navy reports say dead and injured were overstated. Forty injured sent to Havana and many too badly hurt to move. about 35 percent of Nueva Gerona and inland buildings wrecked. all shipping sunk or beached. supplies en route.
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Washington
U.R
Golf
Milwaukee
Isle of Pines
Navy Department
Havana
Nueva Gerona
Tax Strike Over School Demand in Bromley
Residents on Bromley east side refuse local taxes until a new school is opened in their district. The action underscores demand for educational services and local governance responsiveness.
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Bromley
Eng
McDermott Confesses In Mellett Murder Case
Patrick McDermott, sought for over three months in Don R. Mellett’s murder, was captured in Twin Rocks Pa and held in Johnstown jail. He allegedly confessed and may implicate others, including Louis Mazers and Ben Rudner who are indicted for first degree murder.
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Canton
U.R
Patrick McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Tofay
Twin Rocks
McDaremott
McClintock
Louis Mazers
Ben Rudner
McDermott
Mazer
Mellett
Cleveland
Jerry O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Pat
MacClintock
Bernard F. McDermott
Patrick
Nantyglo
Johnnytown
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
Johnstown
Berenard
Thomas
P’at's
Martin McDermott
Slater
Mee Clintock
Case
Lett
Steve Kascholk
Edfter
Kascholk
Louis Mazer
Rudner
Murtder
Teen shoots mishap claims life in Steubenville
Robert Orrie son, 38, was killed in Steubenville when a boy, George Conlon, 15, pulled a trigger at a home visit. Orrison was visiting his father in law John when the accident occurred.
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Steubenville
Robert Orrieson
George Conlon
Orrison
John
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