Confessed pastor reveals love pact behind double murder
In Nashville Illinois Trev Lawrence Hight, a jailed pastor, describes a love affair with Elsie Sweetin and the plan that led to the murders of his wife Annie and Elsie’s husband Wilford, detailing arsenic poisoning and the nagging motive that spurred him to seek freedom with his beloved.
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Nashville
Ill
Lawrence Hight
Little Baptist Church
Elsie Sweetin
Salem
Wilford
Annie
Mrs. Sweetin
Elsie
Mrs. Sweeting
Model Husband Keeps Curfew At Nine Every Night
John Oddo, aged 83, after 69 years of marriage, never stays out past 9 pm. His wife Nina credits a loving home, comfortable finances, and shared thrift for their harmony. They married in Sicily in 1865, moved to New Orleans in 1869, and raised five children with 28 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
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NEA
New Orleans
John Oddo
John
Nina Catalana
Contessa Entellina
Sicily
Oddo
Mrs. Oddo
Nina
Europe
Confession and Redemption Considered by Reverend
The reverend recalls a tense confession involving poisoning and love, noting his past friend and wife’s claims. He contemplates life after a possible penitentiary term and muses about becoming a chaplain to help others in both clean and seamy lives.
Logan Voters Face Multiple Bond Issues In November
Logan Ohio residents will vote on three bond issues in November after city council action. Water works bonds amount to 19 000 for plant machinery. storm sewer extension bonds 45000. city reservoir bonds 75000. Separate on the ballot to gauge sentiment.
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Logan
Canal Land
Culver Street
Gallagher Avenue
Depot Street
Bowen Street
Mines Resume at New Straitsville in Ohio
Reports from New Straitsville say Essex No 2 reopened last week and Gem Coal Co lines will resume operations on Monday. About 250 men work in the two mines, idle for months but prospects for winter work are good.
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Logan
New Straitsville
Essex No. 2
Gem Coal Co
Athens motorists arraigned before mayor on traffic charges
Three Athens drivers were arraigned Wednesday night before Mayor L. A. Koons on traffic violations. Thomas Hoffman paid a $1 fine for parking without lights while C. C. Bailey pleaded not guilty to speeding and will face trial. Officer Nice was arraigned for parking on the wrong side and the case was dismissed.
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Athens
L. A .Koons
Thomas Hoffman
C. C. Bailey
Filling Stations Closely Guarded
Logan Ohio September 25 Forewarned that an attempt would be made Tuesday evening by two men to hold up a filling station Sheriff Shaw and deputies took precautions to prevent a successful attempt Warnings were issued to all stations and each was heavily guarded with an officer posted at outlying stations A threat of deadly force was reportedly issued if the robbery occurred but no offenders appeared and the scare kept station owners vigilant for future attacks
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Logan
Shaw
Hotel Berry Fried Chicken Supper at One Dollar
Fried chicken supper offered at Hotel Berry for $1.00. Woodies 7 piece orchestra provides music. Event begins at 6:00 with a lively evening in a local dining setting.
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Woodies
Akron police arrest alleged mastermind in Athens jail break
Swande Anderson a convicted bootlegger and alleged mastermind in Athens county’s August 12 jail break has been arrested by Akron police. Deputy Sheriff Cady recovered him after Anderson allegedly directed the escape via windows, ropes, and sawed bars. Seven of eleven escapees have been recaptured, with four still at large including two bootleggers and a caboose-robbery suspect.
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Swande Anderson
Athens County
Akron
McKinley
Cady
Anderson
Redtown
Swande
Jacksonville
Mike Slaughter
Peck Hartmann
West Virginia
Coolville
Morris Avenue Home Chosen for Home Beautiful Display
A new two story six room house at 185 Morris Avenue chosen for demonstration in Home Beautiful Week. The Messenger, Swan son Furniture, D Zenner and local dealers will supervise furnishing to show converting an average home into an ideal one. Open to the public Sunday through Tuesday with a special Home Beautiful section in Sundays edition.
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The
Messenger
Morris Avenue
J. W. Dixon
Swanson Furniture Company
W. B. Drake
D. Zenner
Exchange Expels Broker Over Improper Oil Stock Trades
New York reports the New York Stock Exchange expelled George F. Secor of Secor Reynolds and Co for engineering improper transactions in Southern States Oil stock. The rest notes censorship in Bulgaria and unrest in Milwaukee dance halls amid a tense civil conflict.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
George F. Secor
Secor Reynolds and Co
Southern States Oil Company
Bulgaria
Berlin
Bul- University Atheletes
Ingaria
Main Street shames pastor over affair and murder rumor
In a small town gossip mill, Rev. Lawrence M. Hight is blamed for a murder plot tied to his relationships. Elsie Sweetin and Hight face charges as neighbors discuss his daily shaved look and the women he pursued, while the town contemplates the law rather than lynching.
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Wilford Sweetin
Sonia Lee
Ina
Ill
Main Street
Elsie Sweeting
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie
Hight
Sweetin
Nathan Newell
Democrats capitalize on Wilbur recall speech
In Washington on September 25 Democrats push the Wilbur recall and the suppressed Denver speech as proof of Republican weakness on the negro question and League of Nations. They cite Wilbur remarks praising equal rights and Wilson and question why the White House recalled him.
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Washington
Coolidge
Curtis D. Wilbur
Denver
Wilbur
South
Republican Congress
Congress
House of Representatives
Republican National Committee
League of Nations
Wibur
Woodrow Wilson
John W. Davis
Finis Garret
Tennessee
House
West
White House
Garret
Five lines tell story of Andreas Friedrinsk's tragedy
A obliquely framed notice sketches the suicide of Andreas Friedrinsk, sixty eight, an honest worker of sixty years, driven to self death by unemployment. The piece hints at cruelty to animals and a local home for aged beasts as part of a broader critique, with continuation on page four.
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Andreas Friedrinsk
Cruelty
Yacht to circle world for science mission led by Lightoller
About eighty men will sail from Southampton in October aboard the 3000 ton Westward, a large motor-sailing yacht, commanded by Commander C H Lightoller. The U S Navy Hydrographic Office provides charts and will receive route reports, with a film record planned. The voyage will visit West Indies, Panama Canal, and South Sea Islands to collect new data.
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London
Southampton
C. H.lightoller
Navy Department of the United States Hydrographic Office
Lightoller
Deaf couple wed at Woodfield ceremony
Oliver H. Flanders of Tiffin and Miss Angeline Bunting of Calais, both deaf mutes, married in Woodsville yesterday as Miss Mary Phillips communicated by finger spelling the questions and answers to the officiating minister.
Wealthy event founder gains amid river boundary dispute
In Wichita Falls Texas a founder aged 16 from Very Rich Wrances lost about a million dollars in a Red River boundary settlement. She now holds oil lands worth several million, signaling a large potential recovery.
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Wrances Ann Founder
Wichita Falls
Tex
Red River
Defends Kiss Emphasis by Chicago Pastor
The Rev. John Thompson of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Chicago Loop told a gathering of church members that kissing is a natural expression of joy and that the superman and super woman will kiss and laugh when they have each other.
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Earth
John Thompson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago Loop
Roosevelt Nominated for New York Governor at State GOP
Theodore Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy was nominated for governor by the Republican state convention in Rochester New York. Roosevelt won with 663 votes while rivals Hayward 187 Tompkins 134 and Moore 101 trailed.
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Rochester
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Hayward
Tompkins
Moore
G O S Convention Sees Roosevelt Likely Nomination
Rochester reports at the 1924 G O S state convention led by Senator Wadsworth that Theodore Roosevelt is favored for governor on the first or second ballot. The platform denounces the Ku Klux Klan by name and pledges enforcement of laws, with others like Col. William Hayward and Justice Arthur Tompkins cited as rival candidates.
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Raymond TI
Borst
N. S
Rochester
N. Y
United States
James W. Wadsworth
New York State
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Ku Klux Klan
National Republican
Platform Committee
Roosevelt
William Hayward
New York
Supreme Court
Arthur
Tompkins
Nyack
Moore
Buffalo
Torch Youth Dies Under Train Near Colville Station
John Baker an 18 year old railroad worker was killed instantly when the B and O local freight passed over him near Colville station Ohio. He was among an extra gang on the tracks and is believed to have been trying to alight from a motor hand car as the train slowly moved. Coroner L W Sanders opened an investigation.
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Coolville
John Baker
Baker
Sid Baker
Torch
L. W. Sanders
Southeastern Ohio Farm Field Day At Carpenter Plant
The Annual Field Day at Southeastern Ohio Farm near Carpenter is set for September. S. C. Hartman notes the 300 acre farm bought in 1901 for 15000 aims to develop transferable agricultural information for county farmers.
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Ohio
Cormic
Hartman
Chicago Judge Rues Novel Fines Plan for Radios
Judge John Co directs confiscated "evidence" from pickpocket cases to be allocated to an organization purchasing radio receiving sets for disabled World War veterans, aiming to aid veterans with new equipment.
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Chicago
John Cowell
The
Deepwell test results spark early estimates in oil field
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a high grade Pennsylvania oil well at 4 366 depth with expert expectations of substantial barrels and improved tests. References to a second test and monetary figures suggest ongoing appraisal and potential value in the field.
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Pennsylvania
Robbers hold up train at Lunice. one dead
In Warsaw a passenger train was robbed by bandits who killed one person and wounded several others. The attackers then blew a bridge, disrupting traffic and halting service.
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Warsaw
Lunice
Information on open season laws and new press bureau details
Readers are asked to note changes in laws and regulations for the open season. A new press bureau is mentioned, offering authoritative guidance. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope and two cents for return postage.
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United States
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