Ohio Schools Plan Piqua Battlefield Sesquicentennial Event
Athens County and City Schools join the State Board of Education in a statewide American history project marking George Rogers Clark’s 1780 Piqua victory. The event centers near Springfield at the historic Piqua site with a October 10 program including a parade, battlefield reenactment, and a grand pageant for about 5000 pupils.
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Athens County
State Board of Education
George Roker Clark
Piqua
Springfield
Hattiefeld
Spimier
Lenternbver
Ohio
Brook Is Fined For Intoxication In Modoc
Eliza Brook of Modoc is found guilty of intoxication and fined 15 dollars plus costs by Magistrate C H Porter. Unable to pay, Brook is committed to jail after arrest by Constable Joe Jonas.
Actress Jocelyn Lee Faces Divorce Over Temper Outbursts
Hollywood report says director Luther A. Reed files for divorce claiming Jocelyn Lee lashed out in temper during a quarrel at an Agua Caliente Mexico hotel, leaving Reed with a scratched face and Reed’s retirement to hide the injury. Lee plans to contest the suit.
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Hollywood
Calif
Ufir
Jocelyn Lee
Luther A. Reed
Reed
Agua Caliente
Miss Lee
Recommendation for 50 Marines to Santo Domingo relief
Col. R. M. Cutts urged the Navy Department to send 50 Marines to Santo Domingo to manage food supplies and boost morale in hurricane stricken areas. He cited 2,700 deaths and 8,000 injuries with $20 to $25 million in damage, noting hospital units function well but food is scarce.
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Washington
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Col
R. M. Cutts
Trujillo
Cutts
Department
Red Cross
Brennan 94 fought Civil War saw Lincoln shot died here
Thomas J. Brennan, 94, born in Ireland and a Civil War veteran who saw Lincoln shot and once led an expedition to free Canada with 67 men, died in Akron. He was noted as one of the best.
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Akron
U.P
Thomas J. Brennan
Ireland
Lincoln
Canada
Brennan
Tariff effect dents US trade with Canada and Britain
Commerce Department figures show July US trade with Canada and Great Britain fell under the new tariff. Canada remains the top customer, with Britain second. July exports to Canada totaled 55.1 million dollars while Canadian imports reached 30.96 million. The UK bought 40.63 million in July, down from 56.89 million a year earlier, while Russia trade rose with first seven months nearly doubling prior year totals.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Commerce Department
Dominion
United Kingdom
America
Russia
Witness accounts from Ford's Theater and Canadian rebellion recall peril
An elderly observer recalls being at Ford's Theater during Abraham Lincoln's assassination and witnessing John Wilkes Booth's escape and Lincoln's body carried out. He also recounts a failed Canadian independence effort where many in the army were killed, leading him to avoid further Canadian matters.
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Ford
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
Brennan
Wilkes
Lincoln
Canada
States
Dolly Sisters arrive with adopted orphans in London
Jenny Dolly, famed Dolly Sisters dancer, is photographed in London with two French orphans she has adopted, Manzi and Kiurie, who resemble her. They plan to travel to the United States soon.
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Dolly Sisters
Jenny Dolly
London
Manzi
Kiurie
United States
Reed warns League or Federation risk to U.S. liberty
Former Missouri Senator James A Reed denounces the League of Nations and the Briand plan in Paris at the American Club. He urges Europeans not to seek U.S. entry into the League, arguing it would threaten American rights and could lead to U.S. interference in Europe. He fears being driven from France for his views.
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Paris
James A Reed
Missouri
League of Nationes
Briand European Federation
Reed
United States
League
Europe
Smith appeals review of murder conviction reversal in Ohio
Howard M Nazor, county prosecutor, appeals to the Supreme Court to overturn the Appeals Court ruling that Tilby Smith’s murder conviction was reversed and a new trial granted. The appeals court found the trial judge erred by not accepting a waiver of trial by jury and forcing jury trial.
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Smith
Columbus
Howard M Nazor
Rattabuis County
Supreme Court
Tilby Smith
Ashtabula
Sinal Court
Clara Smith
Tilbe
Jude
Tdge
Eamel Kimnell
Pension Claim By Former Police Editor Amid Court Fight
Seapt. A Lengel, once in Ohio Penitentiary and linked to the Don Mellett murder case, seeks seven months back pension of 91.41 dollars from February 1886. He file a mandamus petition in Common Pleas asking city Treasurer Homer All to pay the amount, alleging prior pension grant by the Police Pension Board and a prior refusal by the treasurer.
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Canton
Seapt
Lpb
Sareshus A. Lengel
Ohio Penitentiary
Don BR. Mellett
Common Pleas Court
Wesdnardday
Homer All
Lenge
Police Pension Board
Treasurer Mill
Aim
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Thomas Brennan
the Cline Ice Cream Co
Underwood
Armour
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Isc
California
Can
Ise
Prunes
Chuck Roast
Avondale
Palmolive
Whole
Frankfurters
Bologna
Haddock
Kroger Produce
Pears Fancy
New York
Bartlett
Ibs
Peaches
Bertas
Washington Freestone
V. S
Harry Burns
Lancaster & State Sts
Libby
Zeke
France
Prosecutor
State Supreme Court
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