Arrests at Erlanger Dog Track Halt Certificate Betting
Kenton County authorities arrested track manager J Howard Quinn and six others on charges of unlawfully providing maintaining premises for betting on dog races at the Highland Kennel Club track in Erlanger. The nine detainees posted bonds and were to appear in county court, while bettors who bought or cashed winning certificates faced no harassment.
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Kenton County
Erlanger
Highland Kennel Club
J. Howard Quinn
Harlin Hotel
Cincinnati
George Sawyer
Martin Hyland
John J. O’keefe
Allentown
Crescent Avenue
Ralph H. Miles
Miami
Fla
Havlin Hotel
S. Sommers
John McKenzie
Broadway
Angus McDonald
Baltimore
Havling
Robert Garland
Norfolk
Highth
Race Streets
Harry Klosterman
John Besterman
John Riegler
Hamilton County
Coney Island
Soo
John Klette
Sawyer & Hyland
John T. Murphy
Kennel Club
Klosterman
Quinn
Klette
Catholic Church to defer services in Mexico crisis
In Mexico City on August 23, the Roman Catholic Episcopate unanimously voted to not resume church services for the present, keeping the boycott in place while bishops plan a Congressional push to amend the constitution. They cited laws restricting priest registration and the need to protect church liberty, with no date set for further talks with President Calles.
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Mexico City
Calles
Diaz
el Universal
Episcopate
Congress
Sharonville Mayor Shot by Negroes Sparks Vengeful Uprising
A police and armed citizen response followed the shooting of Mayor Harry McGrew by one of three armed black men. The mayor, wounded in the head, walked among angry villagers urging restraint while a wounded suspect, Hugh Vestel, lay at General Hospital with a abdominal bullet wound as crowds searched corn fields and woods for the assailants.
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Harry McGrew
Sharonville
Mayor McGrew
Cincinnati
McGrew
General Hospital
Hugh Vestel
Trinity Court
Fremont Little
Party Plateors Gather At Columbus
Democrat and Republican leaders gather across Ohio for platform conventions in Columbus. Democrats edge toward condemning repeal of the direct primary amendment while Republicans split on endorsement. Central Committee re elects Dye as Chairman and names officers, with women to be named.
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Columbus
Gdv
Harry L. Davis
Fred W. Warner
State Central Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
Thomas E. Dye
Urbana
John Wood
Georgetown
Marie E. McCurry
Central Committee
Robert T. Scott
Cambridge
Clarence N. Greer
Dayton
Death of West Poland Senator Bert M Fernald
United States Senator Bert M. Fernald of West Poland Maine died at home after a ten day illness at age sixty nine. He served as Maine governor and later as a U S senator after a long career in business farming and local politics. He endured childhood disability and built a Holstein dairy herd and cannery enterprises while leading state Republican affairs. He entered politics in 1897 and was first elected to the Senate in 1916.
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West Poland
United States
Bert M. Fernald
Congress
United States Senate
Hebron
Maine
National
Poland Dairy Company
Poland Telephone Company
Fidelity Trust Company
Portland
State Senate
Hamilton County Republicans near unity after meeting
After a closed meeting in Cincinnati the Citizens' Republican Committee and regulars reach a settlement to unite for the November election. The exact terms remain undisclosed but Campbell and Heintz emphasize the need for a unified front and partisan harmony.
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Citizens’ Organization
Carew
Republican
Hamilton County
S. B. Stanbery
Canton Police Chief Ousted Over Vice Ring Charges
Canton Ohio August 23 Chief of Police S A Lengel was dismissed by Mayor S M Swarts after a thirty day suspension imposed July 24 for police involvement in a vice ring. Roach attacks prosecutor as the case unfolds with municipal authorities handling the dismissal.
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Canton Police
Roach
Lengel
McClintock
Canton, O
S. A. Lengel
S. M. Swarts
Civil Service Commission
Price Janson
John Burris
Mellett
Underworld
Death of Cleveland girl linked to drug experiments by medical student
Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk, 21, a stenographer, died after being given drugs for experiments by a Western Reserve University medical student. Detectives found three bushel baskets of medicines in his room and the student admitted dosing her. Aphrodisiacs were among tablets examined at the home. The girl had left Friday night and died the next day after hospital transfers. Her mother said she owned the drugs found in the student’s room.
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Cleveland
Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk
Western Reserve University
George Clark
Knapp
Dorothy
Kirk
Mae Kirk
Canal Dover
Miss Kirk
Lakeside Hospital
Rudolph Valentino Dies After Battle With Illness
Rudolph Valentino died at Folyclinic Hospital after surgical complications led to septic endocarditis and pneumonia. The actor and matinee idol, 31, had collapsed from appendicitis and gastric ulcers a week earlier, drawing worldwide tributes and a flood of public attention.
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New York World News Service
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Folyclinic Hospital
George Ullman
George
Ullman
Valentino
Filmland
Joseph M. Schenck
England
America
Orient
Frank Campbell
Broadway
Sixty-sixth Street
Manhattan
A. A. Joller
Polyclinic
Mr. Ullman
William B. Rawls
Health Department
Fifty-first Street
Damages Sought After Upper Berth Incident Aboard Train
Mrs. Oscar Billberg of Centerville Illinois claims $500 damages for permanent injury after being kicked in the face while a man scrambled into an upper berth aboard the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Golden State Limited last March 26. She charges the railroad with fault for not providing a stepladder for upper berth occupants.
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Centerville
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Golden State Limited
Oscar Billberg
Archbishop Speaks After Junta Meeting in Mexico City
Archbishop Jose Mora Del Rio, head of the Catholic Church in Mexico, told reporter Arthur Constantine that there is no change in the situation after the Episcopal Committee junta meeting in Mexico City on August 23. The remark signals continuity in church leadership stance amid ongoing discussions.
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Arthur Constantine
New York World News Service
Mexico City
Episcopal Committee
Catholic Church
Jose Mora del Rio
Mexico
Valentino's rapid climb from immigrant laborer to film icon
A 1913 arrival in New York began Rudolph Valentino's ascent from brass polisher and landscape gardener to screen star. Born in Castellanetam, Italy, he studied in Italy, tried naval exams, and after settling debts in Paris, moved to America. He took up dancing, worked odd jobs, and rose through cabaret and vaudeville to become a noted film star.
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Rudolph Valentino
Maxim's
Bonnie Glass
Joan Sawyer
America
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