Pastor and wife in Illinois love murder case moves to inquest
Jefferson county, Illinois, conducts an inquest into the arsenic deaths of Annie Hight and Wilford Sweetin. Rev. Lawrence M. Hight and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin face possible death penalty as witnesses, doctors, and relatives are summoned from Mount Vernon and Ina to testify. The couple’s confessions prompt talk of trial in October, with separate charges for each slaying.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Jefferson County
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Annie Hight
Wilford Sweetin
Frank G. Thompson
Soli
Ina
Hight
Belleville
Trs
Sweetin
Carbondale
Illinois
Ohio village without officers invites ambitious residents
Monroe Falls, Ohio, is a town with no mayor, clerk, council, or other officials. Tax money is collected and sent to Summit county without local governance. Citizens would need to elect a candidate, but there is no opposition or voting to motivate action.
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Monroe Falls
United States
Jacob Mong
Akron
Summit County
Munroe Falls
Petters Sued Over Petting Party Crash
In Lima Ohio a lawsuit seeks 350 dollars in damages after an automobile accident near the city. The petition alleges one driver’s car, a two passenger coupe, contained four occupants two boys and two girls. The other driver allegedly enraged in a petting party caused the crash.
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Lima
Here
Senator Edge Dominates N.J. Primary Fight
United States Senator Walter Edge of Atlantic City led in the New Jersey renomination race against Hamilton Kean as half the districts had yet to report. The contest showed Edge with a commanding lead and an easy path to renomination.
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Senaittor Edge
Trenton
WN. J
United States
Walter Edge
Atlantic City
Hamilton Kean
Fog Delays Los Angeles San Francisco Flight
Fog and minor repairs forced the postponement of the Los Angeles to San Francisco leg of the American round-the-world flyers. The delay shifts the schedule to tomorrow, as reported to Ninth Corps Area headquarters.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ninth Corps
Illinois Bankers Demand State Police Force to Stop Epidemic
Illinois bankers urge a state constabulary after compiling data showing near 50 bank robberies in the current year and 139 over three years. They say bandits from St Louis and Chicago exploit highways and noon bank lunches to raid rural Illinois banks.
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Illinois
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
New York State
Pennsylvania
Missouri
St. Louies
Chicago
Local gas war erupts as independents threaten twelve cent price
Athens awakes to a gas price fight between independents led by F. R. Beasley and E. B. McCune and old line companies. Beasley asserts plans to cut to twelve cents, after already dropping to fourteen, while Standard and Columbus agencies deny new price cuts. The dispute centers on alleged secret cuts and consumer relief blamed on "knifing" business tactics.
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Athens
F. R. Beasley
E. 8. McCune
Beasley
Standard
Columbus
Argentinian flyer narrowly escapes drowning in Hong Kong
Major Zanni an Argentinian flyer Senor Bouillon the Peruvian Consul and Felips Beltrame Zanni’s mechanic narrowly escaped drowning after their motor boat was struck by a government launch in Hong Kong while en route to resume the round the world flight toward Foo Chow.
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Shanghat
Zanni
Senor Bouillon
Felips Beltrame
Hong Kong
Earthquake Hit Sivas Region With Large Losses
Reports from Sivas describe a strong earthquake causing extensive property damage and fears of many lives lost. Rescue efforts and casualty estimates are not yet confirmed, with local authorities coordinating relief.
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Constantinople
Sivas
Home Beautiful Week Sponsored in Athens by Messenger
Next week Athens will host Home Beautiful Week sponsored by the Messenger. Local dealers and home furnishing authorities will cooperate to show how to make an average home a genuine Home Beautiful with stories expert advice and illustrations. A modern five room house will be furnished as a demonstration and opened to the public Sunday Monday and Tuesday.
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Athens
the Messenger
Sunday Messenger
The
Messenger
Investment advice urges US safety over foreign bonds
The message counsels keeping investments in the United States to avoid the risks of war, bankruptcy, or bond repudiation seen in Russia or Germany. It warns against foreign instability and recommends domestic safety in U.S. assets.
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Russia
Germany
United States
Farmers Ask for a Rate Reduction in Ohio Fertilizer Freight
United by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation representatives urged the Ohio Utilities Commission to cut fertilizer freight rates to eighty percent of current levels. They argued that other states ordinances show rates are fifty percent lower elsewhere, while a railroad counsel claimed Ohio rates are causing railroad losses.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Utilities Commission
Ohio
Central Freight Association
Porpoises Seen Near Shore Signal Impending Rough Weather
Observers note that when porpoises are seen frisking offshore, it often indicates approaching rough seas and unsettled weather conditions ahead.
Bright Spot recalls a banker’s unlikely start at a Columbus bank
A famed Columbus financier recounts how, as a boy, he wandered into Mr. M's bank claiming to be hired. The cashier confirmed no job existed yet the boy stayed. Today that former boy manages and controls the same institution, proving the power of beginnings.
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Columbus
Irom
Mr. M’s Bank
Mr. M
Buddy
Super Fuel Tested To Cut Freight Costs In Coal Trade
CLEARFIELD PA September 24 Production of a near perfect burn fuel is the aim of a 100000 dollar experiment to revolutionize the soft coal industry. Walter Trent engineers a process to make small carbon beads by mixing crushed coal with water then adding oil in a hot amalgam tank. The resulting bullets of fuel claim BTU of 15900 to 16000 with little ash, promising large freight savings and lower production costs. Plants operate in Trenton Toledo and plans exist for Moundsville and Savannah.
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Clearfield
United States
Pennsylvania
Walter Trent
Pittsburgh Trent Company
Rishton
Trent Concern
Trenton
N. J
Toledo
Moundsville
W. Va
Savannah
Mines Reopen After Agreements At Pomeroy Bend
After talks between J. M. Lama and son Earl operators of the Red Bird Mine at Hobson and their miners an agreement was reached and a force began cleaning up the mine to resume operations. Reports from Thomas Fork say several mines there are being cleaned up for early restart.
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Pomeroy, CO
J. M. Lama
Son Earl
Red Bird
Hobson
Thomas Fork
Rulers death reported as Red uprisings shake Bulgaria
Dispatches from Constantinople claimed a state of siege in Bulgaria amid clashes between federalists and Macedonian autonomists after reports of King Boris's possible assassination. Federalist leader Alexander Boulenoff was said to be slain in ambush as the civil war intensified.
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London
Belgrade
Boris
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Tanassief Vassilieff
Sofia
Recquerilla
Petritsch
Berlin
Alexander Boulenoff
Imitate Hight Murder Case Witness Admits Sin
The article recounts a confession from a woman linked to the Hight murder case. She describes coercion by her pastor husband and a belief that great love justified crimes. She expresses no remorse for the killing of Sweetin and claims she forgives her actions in love.
Woman in Case Finds Burden of Her Cross Heavy
Elsie Sweetin, jailed in Salem Illinois, confesses to loving Rev Lawrence M Hight the pastor who gave her a counterfeit devotion and arsenic over her husband Wilford Sweetin. She recalls a life of poverty, marriage at fifteen, and a craving for religious connection that led to a perilous affair and a chilling chain of choices.
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Sonia Lee
I. N
Salem
Ill
Elsie Sweetin
Lawrence M. Hight
Wilford
Lesaly
Trian
Colorado
Earl
Ewing
Hight
Sweetin
Evin
Eva Milliner
Spurns Liberty Sadie Champion Ends Jail Stay
Sadie Champion spent 16 months in a Buffalo county jail over unknown birthplace. A newspaper man helped secure her release by immigration authorities. Since then she has been returning nightly to sleep in her old cell.
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Sadie Champion
Buffalo
N. Y
Dawes Plan to Compete in England and U S Campaigns
General Charles G. Dawes emerges as a central figure in both British and American election discussions. The Dawes plan sparks political contention among Tories and Labor, with debates over its impact on trade, unemployment, and reparations as Britain eyes dissolution and a general election.
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David M. Church
Dawes Committee
Dawes
Labor Party
Glasgow Forward
Germany
Europe
MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
England
Sawaita
Woman Sues Over Bus Accident in Elyria
Laura Stephens of Ridgeville seeks $10 000 damages from Red Star Bus Co and Cleveland Columbus and South Western Electric Co claiming permanent injuries after alighting from a bus on a crossing. She says the bus allowed passengers to alight unsafely and was partly at fault for the collision with a car while helping a companion.
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Elyria, O
Laura Stephens
Ridgeville
Aska
Red Star Bus Co
Cleveland, Columbus and Souths Western Electric Co
Vatican Miffed by Rome on Papal Nuncio Status
The Vatican says it is troubled by reports that France plans to abolish the ambassador to the Vatican and that Paris no longer regards the papal nuncio’s presence with pleasure.
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Vatican
Rome
Francie
Paris
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