State hospital accused of brutality in Columbus case
Edwins Young and Arthur Burchfield, suspended attendants, allege inhumane treatment at the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane including beatings and starvation. Carlos Thomas of Marion was beaten after resisting work as trial looms for assault and battery charges. Superintendent Dr William H. Pritchard denies the accusations.
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Columbus
Columbus State Hospital
Edwin Young
Young
Arthur Burchfield
Carlos Thomas
Marion
Thomas
Willam H. Pritchard
Youngs
Dr. Pritchard
Predicted earthquake may hit Ohio and northeast U S
In Cleveland on March 21 Father Fred Odenbach of John Carroll University cited seismology lab readings from Quebec predicting a next great quake in eastern Canada with possible effects on the northeastern United States and Ohio. He noted a daily Canada quake review and recalled a historic 1663 event rocking from Baffin Bay to the Gulf of St Lawrence.
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Cleveland
Canada
United States
Ohio
Fred Odenbach
John Carrol University
Odenbach
Quebec
Hickory
Baffin Bay
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Aerodrome Improvement Plans for Croydon Approved
March 21 reports the Air Ministry approval for Croydon Aerodrome expansion with more land and better landing facilities. The project, costing about one million dollars, aims to enhance continental air traffic operations.
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London
Croydon Aerodome
Air Ministry
Vision Beyond Limitation in Canton Readers
The article notes famous figures Milton and Keller overcoming blindness and highlights local Canton residents who gain clearer vision. It cites Mrs. GG Smith of 1266 Fulton Ave NW who recovered her glasses with help from a classified ad insertion in the Daily News.
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John Milton
Helen Keller
Milton
Altho
Arning
Canton
Daily News
GG. Smith
Fulton Ra
Await Orders for Miami Dash by First Pursuit Group
Mount Clemens Mich March 21 Major Thomas Lanphier said he is waiting for Washington to authorize a 1200 mile dash to Miami. The 12 pilots are ready in better condition than when the flight began in February as the first pursuit group seeks a single day dawn to dusk flight.
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Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mich
Thomas
Lanphier
Washington
Miami
Drastic slash predicted on income taxes
Washington reports from treasury indicate 1924 tax returns will total about 4.66 billion dollars with a likely surplus for the year ending June 30. Preliminary figures suggest a surplus exceeding 68.9 million dollars, supporting expectations of tax relief by the next Congress.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Thieves Break Knob Off Safe at Canton Pure Milk Co
A safe in the Canton Pure Milk Co office at 2540 Mahoning Rd NE was opened and ransacked on Saturday night. The guard found the office in disorder at midnight and the knob knocked off with the combination punched out. Police could not determine the stolen amount and an employee said receipts may not have been banked before closing.
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Canton Pure Milk Co
Mahoning Rd
Beer Cartel Arrests Rock Harrison Liquor Case
In Harrison New Jersey twelve men including Clyde Chessman a New York production agent were arrested while transferring 2 500 cases of beer from trucks to freight cars on liquor possession and transport charges One man was slightly wounded in a gunfight with police and the prisoners refused to talk.
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Harrison
N. J
Clyde Chessman
New York
Dawes Heads Home After Capitol Visit
Vice President Charles Gates Dawes departed Washington for Evanston Illinois after a three week stay in the capital. He had multiple conversations with the president shortly before his departure.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Gates Dawes
Evanston, Ill
Dawes
Fanny Crosby Memorial Service Across Sunday Schools
Fanny Crosby memorial service will be held in thousands of Sunday schools and Young People's societies in the United States on Sunday March 22 to commemorate her birthday. The event honors the famed hymn writer who contributed to American religious music.
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New York
Fanny J. Crosby
United States
Fenny J. Crosby
Shepherd Fails to Gain Freedom in Typhoid Trial
William D. Shepherd facing murder charges over alleged typhoid agent use in a foster son’s case stalled his bid for bond as Dr Charien Fatman resumes testimony. The defense argues the indictment lacks a capital crime definition while Fatman details meetings and his provision of typhoid cultures.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Hia
Charien C. Fatman
National University of Science
Shepherd
Hall
Farman
Leral Tanele
Monhert FE
Crowe
Fatman
Faiman
Bhotela
City Health Department
Potson Booze Halts Drinking
Detroit, Mid March 21. A. W. Frye, supreme commander of the Maca bees, says fear of death will curb drinking more than raids and fines. Bellevue Hospital reports high alcohol poisoning admissions in 1924 and New York deaths rise in bootleg poison cases. He warns liquor today is denatured with deadly poisons.
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Detroit
Mid
New York
Aid of pharmacists pressed to shape laws and ethics
Robert Ruth of Elyria and Philadelphia, chair of the national section, asked the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association to help frame state and national pharmacy laws and a code of ethics. He aims to curb bootlegging drug stores, cut rate practices, and dispensing by untrained persons amid changing drub business conditions.
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Cor Immbi S
Ohio State Pharmaceutical Asociation
State Association
Robert Ruth
Elyria
Philadelphia
National Association
Ruth
Murder Theory Emerges in Mrs Liska Case in Cleveland
In Cleveland on March 21 4 Mrs Therine Liska 37 was found dead by fire in a chicken coop her body bound and gagged with kerosene oil: police consider murder while questioning two men including her husband Frank Liska 41 and former boarder Charles Jahoda recounts of a past domestic dispute and an attorney Otto Bartunek confirms her talks of divorce. The Liska children say their mother frequented evenings out.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Therine Liska
Liska
Hammond
Cody
Frank Liska
Charles Jahoda
Mary
Frank, Jr
Anna
Jealous Swain Shoots Woman Then Kills Self in Paterson
Robert Noonan, a meat packing company official, shot and killed Mrs. Katherine L Dempney in her car after learning she was married to another man. He then killed himself in East Side park. the two year old son unharmed.
Canton Spring Style Exhibition Opens Amid Anticipation
Canton awaits the Spring Style exhibition with merchants dedicating three days to showcase fashions for spring and summer. The event begins Wednesday at seven with a curtain raising described as a real style show featuring actual seasonal styles.
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Canton
Canton Spring Opening Promises New Apparel Display
Canton's merchants announce formal Spring openings with a premier Wednesday evening showing latest apparel in windows. Stores will feature Spring dress Thursday through Saturday and the Daily News highlights a picture story across pages.
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Canton
Daily News
Cantona
Importations Propel Momentary Interest at Set Hour
Readable fragments indicate items imported for an event of momentary interest. The text notes an hour set for the event and the arrival of importations to support the moment. Further specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
Poison Widow of Hard Scrabble Slays for Funerals
Medina reports Martha Wise dubbed the poison widow of Hard Scrabble admits poisoning water with arsenic killing her mother and aunt and uncle while also setting three barns on fire. She confesses to stealing jewelry and sought attention through funerals and excitement. Her four children face an uncertain future.
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Medina
Martha Wise
Sophie Hazel
Fred Gienke
Barna
Fred
Bertha
Fred Roshan
H. P. Robinson
Norey
Penitentiary in Columbus Faces Crowding Pressure
Columbus March 21. War en P. E. Thomas warned that overcrowded conditions at the penitentiary may force a population limit. If incoming prisoners continue, they will accept new inmates only as others are released, with about 3000 prisoners this week—the facility’s peak.
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Columbus
Waren
P. E. Thomas
Thomas
Plane Forces Ocean Landing Off San Pedro
A naval bombing plane Ss-2-2 forced into the sea twenty miles off San Pedro after a broken propeller. Four naval officers and seven enlisted men bailed water from the pontoon craft to avoid drowning. The plane sprang a dangerous leak on impact with the water.
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San Pedro
Coolidge Briefly Pauses as Job Fillins Prove Tough
Washington March 21 President Coolidge faces a breathing spell in filling vacancies after rapid gains in the Senate session. Only three major posts remain including minister to China interstate commerce commission and Muscle Shoals investigators chair. Preferences swirl around John C. McKenzie Louis Fairchild and others as patronage seeks balance.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Senate
China
Interstate Commerce Commission
Muscle Shoals
Peking
John V
Murray
Far Eastern
State Department
William 8. Culbermon
Kansas
United States Tariff Commission
MacMurray
Presidentia UN
Interstate Commerce
Woodlock
John K. Shields
Tennessee
George B. McGinty, Jr
John C. McKenzie
Illinois
Culbertson
Indiana
Dorothy Ellington Goes On Trial Monday
Dorothy Ellingston known as the Jazz Maniac faces trial in San Francisco on Monday for the slaying of her mother Anna Ellingson. The case centers on whether the 16 year old was mentally deranged at the time.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingston
Tittan
Anna Ellingson
Romaine Surrenders in Grantown Murder Case
Victor Romaine appeared in Fairmont West Virginia after being charged with 15 others in the January 15 murder of Ray Tolin at Grantown. Thirteen of the sixteen accused are now in custody as the investigation advances.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Victor Romaine
Ray Tolin
Grantown
Arrost
Little Pause for Mourning Fight Disease
Survivors clear debris as they make room for rebuilding modern communities after disaster. Funeral observances and memorials mark a period of mourning while efforts to combat disease continue in the affected area.
Revised death toll by state during and after strike
A semi official update shows the death totals by state from the recent disaster: Indiana 109 Tennessee 4 Kentucky 15 Missouri 10 and Timote 66 with a total of 58.
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Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Midwest tornado disaster toll rises across Illinois and Indiana
Reports from Chicago describe the devastation across southern Illinois and Indiana after a massive tornado. Deaths in Illinois reach 682 with 241 missing. Indiana reports about 90 injured. Crews repair water systems, clear debris, and rebuild while authorities ban nonessential access to affected areas.
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Indiana
Murphysboro
Mobile
Ohio
Brown Shoe
Ihe
West Frankfort
Desoto
St. Louis
Chicago
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Rene Naigance
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Len Small
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