Prohibition Debate Deepens in New York Politics
National politics notch a new front as New York Republicans consider repealing the Eighteenth Amendment with safeguards. Massachusetts and Wisconsin primary results boost anti-prohibition forces while Delaware and Connecticut swing in varying directions.
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Washington
U.P
New York Republican
Charles H. Tuttle
U. S
New York
Tuttle
Massachusetts
William M. Butler
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
Eben Draper
Wisconsin
Philip F. LaFollette
Robert M. LaFollet
Josiah Marvel
American Bar Association
Connecticut
Ernest K. Rogers
Roraback
Ohio
Robert J. Bulkley
Senate
Chauncey Miner Near Death After Train Accident
Chauncey report details a fatals probable injury to John Wemmer 45 of Mine No 25 New York Coal Company after being crushed under a train in Chauncey yard. Millfield miner John Nadroski 38 suffered a crushed middle finger and a Sugar Creek youth Riordon Kallister eight cut foot from broken glass. Wemmer's amputation expected. other workers treated for injuries.
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Chauncey
John Wenmer
New York Coal Company
St. Francia Hospital
Columbia
Channcey
John Nadroski
Sugar Creek
Poston
Mill@eld
Riordon Kollister
Mia
Mike Kallister
Wemmer
Warren Sprague
Columbus Hospital
Albert Wemmoer
Millfield
Elmer Rowland
Corning
Charles Parsons
Fines Fisher 255 and Costs On Four Charges
Eugene Fisher of Lower Pomeroy was arraigned before Justice Titus and fined a total of 255 plus costs on four charges. He received 18 months extra driving restriction. He faced counts for intoxication driving and reckless driving plus a possession charge, with penalties including fines and driving losses.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Fisher
Lower
Titus
Fisher
Today By Arthur Brisbane Yacht Race Irritation and Readiness
Arthur Brisbane reports on ongoing yacht race drama with tensions abroad and preparations underway. He notes Ireland concerns, readiness to compete, and reflections during a week focused on moral inquiry and self examination.
Eleven Athens County districts seek three mill levy on fall ballot
Athens County election clerk David Johnson announced that eleven districts will place a three mill tax levy on the November general election ballot. Monday was the filing deadline. Also filed is a petition to submit a $100000 jail construction bond issue to voters.
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Athens County
David Johnson
Veteran Railroaders To Attend Picnic
J. H. Gross and L. W. Kelley of Athens will join fellow members of the ¢. & C. Hocking Valley Veterans organization for the Huntington West Virginia annual picnic of veteran employees. They depart Friday night and return late Saturday night with other Hocking Division veterans from Lancaster Logan Nelsonville and Pomeroy taking part.
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J. H. Gross
L. W. Kelley
Athens
C. Hocking Valley Veterans Organization
Huntington
W. Va
Hocking Division
Lancaster
Logan
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Sinclair approves sale of Indiana oil stake for 72 million
Sept 17 stockholders of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company approved at a special meeting here the sale of the firm’s half interest in Sinclair Crude Oil of Indiana for 72 million dollars.
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New York
U.P
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
Sinclair Crude Oil of
Indiana
Torch Song staged in Pomeroy Ohio at Riverview Hotel
Reviewers note Torch Song a New York City hit with main settings in Cincinnati and at the Riverview Hotel in Pomeroy Ohio. Kenyon Nicholson authored the play and local readers say the Pomeroy setting seems randomly chosen as no town events mirror the action.
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Pomeroy
New York City
Cincinnati
Riverview Hotel
Ohio
Kenyon Nicholson
Parachute Jumper Ties Knot in Meigs County Sea of Matrimony
POMEROY September 17 Harry E Sinclair 38 a professional parachute jumper landed in the sea of matrimony here Monday evening The bride Nellie Pettit 23 a Kimberly Athens County resident and Justice R G Webster united them Sinclair a balloonist and sky jumper said this was his first time to marry over the deep sea of matrimony He gave Butte Montana as his address and claimed the world as his habitation He recently performed a Meigs County Fair balloon ascension and plans for Point Pleasant Fair follow They drove from Kimberly to obtain a license and wed then headed to Point Pleasant Also Tuesday Harry Kempton 23 Jacksonville Athens County and Carmen Mecum 21 Pomeroy were married by Justice F W Gilmore
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Pomeroy
Harry E. Sinclair
Nellie Pettit
Kimberly
Athens County
Justice R. G. Webster
Sinclair
Butte
Montana
Meigs County
Point Pleasant
Harry Kempton
Jacksonville
Miner
Carmen Mecum
Justice F. W. Gilmore
Lost Horse Mine Skeletons Probe Near Tehachapis
Four human skeletons were found by a sheriff's posse in the Tehachapi Mountains as investigators seek to solve the Lost Horse gold mine legend. Anna L. Rose, a 20 year prospector, alerted authorities after discovering two skulls, prompting hopes the long tale of Doc Bragg, Irish Charlie Reilly, and the mine’s hidden shaft may be confirmed.
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Newhall
Calif
U.P
Tehachapi Mountains
Lost Horse
Anna L. Rose
Here
Charlie Reilly
Benjamin Franklin Bragg
Lucky” Baldwin
Baldwin
Bragg
Trish
Plunegins
Reilly
Governor Huey Long Struck by Reporter in Spat
William G. Wiegand, former Princeton student and New Orleans Item reporter, hit Governor Huey P. Long in the mouth after Long called him an unprintable name. Long’s guards seized Wiegand and Long struck him in return before Long apologized later.
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Huey P. Long
Louisiana
William G. Wiegand
Princeton
New Orleans Item
Long
Wiegand
U. S. Senate
Hunt for 6 year old boy in schools nationwide
Chicago police broadcast notices to first grade classrooms nationwide seeking 6 year old Robert James Murray of River Forest Illinois. His father Fred eric Murray took him 15 months ago and was traced from Chicago to the Pacific coast and back to Omaha where the trail went cold. The boy has brown eyes brown hair and a prominent scar below one ear.
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Chicago
Robert James Murray
River Forest
Frederic Murray
Pacific Coast
Omaha
Jiminy
United States to Recognize New Governments in South America
Secretary of State Stimson announced the United States will formally recognize the new governments in Argentina Peru and Bolivia tomorrow, following recent revolutions that established these regimes.
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Washington
U.S
Stimson
United States
Argentina
Peru
Bolivia
The Athens Messenger Maps South America for Readers
The Athens Messenger offers a new five color map of South America sized 21 by 28 inches. It includes country areas and populations, 200 principal cities, products, exports and imports, monetary values, debts, motor vehicles, telephones, air lines, and steamship distances from New York and San Francisco to South American ports. A coupon and ten cents cover cost, handling, and postage.
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South America
Athens Messenger
New York
San Francisco
South American
Request for New South American Map
Information Bureau notice from Washington asks for ten cents in coin or stamps to obtain a copy of the New South American Map. It provides spaces for name street city state to be filled.
Athens County road relief to aid drought workers
State funds of 25000 dollars are allocated to Athens County to hire unemployed workers for highway improvement. J R Thomas urged township trustees to submit lists of needy residents, with Dowler selecting projects and prioritizing labor over machinery. The plan aims to ease drought strife while keeping funds legal and targeted to state highways.
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Athens County
J. R. Thomas
Ashland
Ohio State Association of Township Trustees
State Highway Department
Thomas Eath
J. M. Dowler
Thomas
Mr. Dowler
Ohio
Hoover Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Hobart A. Hoover of Lancaster filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the U S District Court in Columbus today.
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Columbus
Hobart A. Hoover
Lancaster
U. S. District Court
Deputies Capture Large Snake During Hunt
Logan Nebraska Sept 17 Staff Special Joe Farbearn deputy sheriff and George Bolden courthouse custodian took Monday morning off to hunt. They killed squirrels but captured a huge black snake. Farbearn nabbed it and placed it in his coat but it escaped into their car en route home. Bolden tried to retake the reptile and was struck on both thumbs. The snake now belongs to Charles L Adcock Zoo.
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Logan
Joe Farbearn
George Bolden
Farbearn
Bolden
Charles L. Adcock
Nelsonville Gas Boom Augurs Deep Well in City Limits
Drilling of a second huge gas well in Nelsonville within city limits is expected to produce about three and a half million cubic feet and spur local development. Union Drilling & Producing Co reached Clinton sand at 3 202 feet, releasing a large gas flow with 32 500 000 cubic feet pressure. The Wittmer Oil Gas Co plans to complete another well on the Baird location by Thursday near the Athena Brick property.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonvile
Union Drilling & Producing Company
Frank Patton
Mast End
Clinton
Noah Andrews
Wittmer Oil Gas Company
Baird
Watermelon Seed Dislodged From Lungs Of 3-Year-Old
In Columbus doctors used X rays to remove a watermelon seed from the lungs of Amy Lou Thompson a three year old from Springfield. The fright caused the episode and the girl recovered after treatment.
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Columbus
Amy Lou Thompson
Springfield
National Road Improvement speakers at Columbus meeting
In Columbus the National Road Improvement Association held a meeting with speakers addressing U. M. 40 and U. & Main Street. The event focused on improving the corridor and infrastructure along the national road network.
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Columbus
National Road Improvement Association
U. M. 40
U. & Main Street
Bargains Today In Classifieds
Turnips offered for sale at $1 per bushel and a grand Ford roadster with new rubber listed for $25 in Albany. Radio repair services advertised as reasonably priced. an unspecified acreage of standing corn offered for sale.
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the Messenger
Albany
Ohio Parties Promote Tax Cuts and Prohibition Stance
In Columbus on September 17, the Ohio platforms of Democrats and Republicans frame tax reduction as a central campaign issue under the banners of Hoover prosperity and Cooper economy. Both parties pledge tax reform, oppose gasoline tax hikes, and promise better highways and reform of prisons, courts, and welfare, while avoiding full repeal of prohibition.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hoover Prosperity
Cooper Economy
Prohibition
Cooper
Highway Department
Extradition plan hinges on four witnesses in Lingle case
Louisville report says no extradition of Ted Geisking to Swanee will be attempted unless one or more of four witnesses to the Lingle identify Geisking as the offender. Pat Roche, chief investigator for the state’s attorney in Chicago, stated this today.
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Louisville
U.P
Ted Geisking
Swanee
Lingle
Geisking
Pat Roche
States Attorney
Chicago
Mrs Hartman Hartzell Hartman Dies in Lancaster
Mrs Sallie A Hartzell Hartman aged 96 widow of Dr Samuel Hartman a famed Peruna manufacturer died in Lancaster Pennsylvania news reached Columbus. The obituary notes her husband built a well known patent medicine business and she lived through a long era in industry and society.
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Hartman
Columbus
Sallie A. Hartzell Hartman
Lanecaster
Samuel Hartman
Peruna
Three Men Held in New York Overmachine Gun Sale Link
Three men were held in New York on charges of involvement in the sale of machine guns. Police fear the weapons may have reached Capone rackets in Chicago and Detroit.
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New York
Capone
Chicago
Detroit
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