Nickol Robbery Suspect Confesses After Vault Threat
Inspector Yendes and detectives uncover $18,000 in large denomination bills hidden in the Nickel home garage and a window frame. Nickol, armed with two guns, admits desperation and planned violence but spares seven employees by closing only a vault grate. Miss Sammet supplied the key and was unaware of her uncle’s suspicion. He asks for his automatic to kill himself and weeps as officers escort him to reveal more caches along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickol
Yendes
Miss Sammet
Nickel
Wurstner
Russian Orthodox Bishop Must Do 30 Days in Jail
Bishop Adam Phillipofsky of the Russian Orthodox Church is to serve a thirty day jail term for contempt of court after failing to turn over the Russian Cathedral to a rival faction as ordered. Justice Churchill dismissed a writ of habeas corpus filed for the bishop and attorney Maurice Gluck. They were jailed three weeks ago and have remained in Ludlow Street Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Adam Phillipofsky
Supreme Court
Churchill
Maurice Gluck
May Have To Reduce Army Budget
Indications are the army's 1927 budget will be cut, requiring new personnel reductions. Officials fear 7 000 to 10 000 enlisted soldiers may be dropped, possibly plus 1 000 or 2 000 officers, though no precise estimate has been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
War Department
Fatal crash near Middletown claims Eckerson life
Robert Eckerson of Goshen and his wife were driving through Middletown when he asked his cousin Louise Erickson to swap seats. Five minutes later a collision killed him instantly while Miss Erickson escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moist
New York World News
Middletown
N. Y
Robert Eckerson
Goshen
Louise Erickson
New York
Eckerson
Miss Erickson
Laura Jean Stilwell Estate Valued at 37207 Net
Mrs Laura Jean Stilwell known as Laura Jean Libby left a gross estate of 41406 reduced by claims to 37207 net according to an appraisal filed in Brooklyn. She died October 25 last. Two months before her death she sold all dramatic and moving picture rights in her novels for 7500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Laura Jean Stilwell
Laura Jean Libby
Brooklyn
Stilwell
Florida island land feud lands Marco captain in jail
Captain Jim Daniels of Marco Island for fifty one years in Marco County faces trespassing charges after crossing the disputed strip of land claimed by Barron G Collier. Nine deputies seized him when he crossed a fence, as armed guards patrol the area amid a legal battle over ownership and federal land status. Walter Williams leads the old settlers seeking to prove Collier’s ownership and force a court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marco, Fla
Jim Daniels
Marco Island
Collier County
Daniels
Barron G. Collier
New York
Collier
Chédniels
W. R. Maynard
Barron Collier
Everglades
Fila
Old Settlers
Walter Williams
Government Withdraws Florida Public Lands From Entry
An executive order withdraws forty four undisposed of lots in St Marks Wakulla County Florida to curb speculation. Government holdings of Florida land have shrunk as buyers and home steaders move in, with vast appreciated value on coastal parcels and islands slated for later sale to high bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida
St. Marks
Wakulla County
Tallahassee
Trinkle
Virginia
Miami Beach
See Society Woman Janet Fairbank Seeks Opera Fame
Chicago rumors say Janet Fairbank daughter of Mr and Mrs Kelley Fairbank has taken up voice culture. It notes Muriel McCormick has daily vocal lessons aiming for grand opera while Fairbank has starred in amateur productions since 1923 with singing as a feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Janet Fairbank
Kelley Fairbank
Muriel McCormick
Miss Fairbank
Society
East Is West Revival Enlivens Cox Theater Cast
The Stuart Walker Company delivers an engaging Cox Theatre production of East Is West with Ruth Hammond as Ming Toy and Larry Fletcher as Billy, supported by Aldrich Bowker, Earle Larrimore and a large cast. Critics praise the production and set, though critique the original script's uneasy plot and moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Walker Company
Cox
Stuart Walker
Cox Theater
Ming Toy
Billy Benson
Yangtse
Lo Sang Kee
Chang Lee
San Francisco
Chinatown
Billy
Ruth Hammond
Larry Fletcher
Charlie Yong
Aldrich Bowker
Earle Larrimore
Mr. la
La Follette Jr assails Mellon plan in Wisconsin bid
Robert M. La Follette Jr. spoke in Stoughton Wisconsin against the Mellon tax plan and urged retaining the inheritance tax to pay war debt. He outlined a tax reduction program and argued for opposing the World Court and the Esch Cummins law while backing labor rights and farm relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stoughton
Wis
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Mellon
United States
Wisconsin
Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Senator Norris
Ohio distributes first gas tax funds to counties and municipalities
Ohio's first gasoline tax distribution totals 2,288,000 with 572,000 to counties and 1,001,000 to the state for road maintenance. Municipalities receive 715,000, sharing 78 cents per registered automobile across 911,404 vehicles. All eighty eight counties receive 6,500 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Tracy
Ohio
State Treasury
Highway Department
Thad H. Brown
Waterman Heads Ticket to Run Against Hylan
Waterman formally accepts designation as head of the Republican Citizen ticket in New York City and frames the election as business versus politics. Nicholas Murray Butler echoes the theme, saying anti Humanism and anti Tammanyism will be key campaign issues. Waterman calls a Hylan or Tammany victory a sign of political misrule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank D. Waterman
Republican Citizen
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Waterman
Hylan
Tammany
Lovers Found Dead in Car Near Hastings Nebraska
Clarence Yager 30 and Mrs Lawrence Bird both of Hastings were found shot to death in a car near Hastings. County Attorney Crow said he is convinced the deaths were murders. The two were sweethearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Néb
Clarence Yager
Lawrence Bird
Hastings
Here
Crow
Kindergarten Association Training School Opens This Semester
The Cincinnati Kindergarten Association Training School affiliated with the University of Cincinnati opens this semester with sessions from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Principal Lillian H. Stone leads the program on Linden Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati Kindergarten Association Training School
the _Univrsity of
Cincinnati
Lillian H. Stone
Linten Street
Boy Runs Away Seeking Fairbanks Fame
Robert Bohnenkamper, 12, left his home at 949 East Third Street to seek fortune in Hollywood inspired by Fairbanks. His mother says the Robin Hood film sparked his escape after he had previously vanished for three days the prior year. He stands about 4 feet 8 inches tall, wears brown trousers and a gray waist, and is described as fair complexioned and studious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doughty Fairbanks
Robert Bohnenkamper
Hollywood
John
East Third Street
Fairbanks
John Bohnenkamper
Children Foil Burglary Attempt at Red Bud Avenue Home
Dor othy and Aileen Beck foiled two burglars who sneaked into their parents home at 3998 Red Bud avenue while Mr. and Mrs. Beck visited a neighbor. The children on the lawn spotted a man coming down to the cellar area and another at a rear door, prompting the intruders to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Beck
Red Bud Avenue
Jesuit Seminary Enrolls Sixty Students At Milford
Rev. John F. Neenan predicts about sixty students will enroll during the week at Milford preparatory seminary of the Society of Jesus. The newly purchased school will educate young men seeking Jesuit vows. Twenty seven students from Florissant novitiate arrived to begin studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Jesus
Milford
John F. Neenan
Society
Florissant
St. Louis
Liquor Found in Cistern Leads to Charge
Omer Nelson age 45 of Twelve Mile pike near New Richmond is charged with possessing liquor after Sheriff Croswell of Clermont County found two gallons and one quart of moonshine in a cistern on his farm. The arrest follows discovery of the wet goods in a dry cistern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig Farm
Omer Nelson
Twelve Mile Pike
New Richmond
Croswell
Clermont County
Nelson
Stroudsburg Boy Killed by Foul Ball
Harlan Fogel, 21, died instantly when struck on the head by a foul ball during a game between the Aston and Albrightsville teams in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Stroudsburg
Aston
Albrightsville
Harlan Fogel
Death notices from Covington and Cincinnati area
Several obituary items list victims by name and residence with funeral plans. Benjamin Berman, Thomas Coleman, Adolph Gaddam, Jennie Morris, George Reasor, George Vonderhaar, Ernst Weier, Anna Wright, Eugénie Werk, and related Knights Templar services are noted with addresses and service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman — Benjamin
Lottie Hauserman
D. K. Weiskopf
New York
William M. Goldsmith
Herman M. Magnus
Coleman
Thomas J
Nettie Warren Coleman
Greenup Street
Covington
Madison Avenue
Jennie Morris
Arthur R. Morris
Montana Avenue
Westwood
Reasor
George W
Eva Reasor
Black
East Fifteenth Street
Highland Cemetery
Frankfort
Richmond
Vonderhaar
George
Theodore
Margaret Vonderhaar
Huntington
W. Va
Cincinnati
Hemlock Street
Church of the Assumption
Weier
Ernst A
Caroline Weier
Indianapolis
Wright
Anna
Columbus
Neraseeneey
W. Macphnson
McMillan and
Upland Place
WERK
Eugenié M. Werk
Detroit
Minn
Werk Place
Harrison Avenue
A.m. Coleman
Knights of
Creason Central Blo Cremation Union Facility Confesses
A garbled OCR fragment shows references to a cremation union facility on a busy street with unclear numbers and names. The readable bits suggest a modern cremation operation located on Central Boulevard with ties to a chapel, but essential facts are unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creas
Eo Cuapel
Busse and Borgmann Co General Directors Named
The Busse and Borgmann Co. lists general directors at 1611 Freeman Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Busse & Borgmann Co
Freeman Avenue
Bingham Seeks Congress Action On Aviation Subsidies
Senator Bingham after inspecting army air stations proposes an administration bill to aid commercial aviation. He urges a Bureau of Air Navigation in the Commerce Department, nationwide air light houses, regular pilot and plane inspections, daily weather broadcasts, airway mapping, and funding for new facilities to boost travel and commerce by air. He doubts land success for dirigibles like the Shenandoah and Los Angeles, favoring cross ocean routes and Pacific connections instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Swampscott
Mass
Congress
Senator Bingham
Rep
Conn
President Coolidge
Bingham
Army Air Stations
Alaska
Shenandoah
Los Angeles
Bureau of Air Navigation
Department of Commerce
Coolidge
Senate
Atlantic Ocean
John Hays Hammond, Jr
New York
Chicago
Pacific
Honolulu
San Francisco
North Atlantic
Europe
Five Nations Join America in Anti Heroin Program
Geneva report from the League of Nations Advisory Opium Committee states five countries Canada Norway Poland Sweden and Brazil joined the United States in the anti heroin program advocating complete prohibition of production. India Australia and Holland favor unrestricted production while thirteen states Britain Japan Germany and China favor strict control. Pinckney Tuck US Consul at Geneva and Mrs Hamilton serve as assessor and observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Geneva
United States
League of Nations Advisory Opium Committee
Canada
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Brazil
India
Australia
Holland
Britain
Japan
Germany
China
Pinckney Tuck
Hamilton Wheee
Weather outlook and regional temperatures across states
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee expect fair skies Tuesday with increasing clouds and a chance of showers Wednesday night. West Virginia stays fair with rising clouds. Indiana remains fair with little temperature change. A table shows August 24 1925 temperatures from 7 pm and daily highs with historical comparisons across 1923 1924 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
Shipping News Roundup for August 24
Arrivals include Santa Ana from Valparaiso Aug 5 and Franconia from Queenstown Aug ? Progreso from ? Aug 7 and Volendam from Rotterdam Aug 8. Departures list New Columbia to Teneriffe and Resolute to Hamburg among others with several entries cut off by the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
York
Santa Ana
Valparaiso
Albert Ballin
Hamburg
Progreso
Hamilton
Liv 1
Minnetonka
Mdon
Franconia
Queenstown
Volendam
Rotterdam
Ohio
Voltaire
Buenos Ayres
Assyria
Glasgow
Siboney
Havana
Duilio
Naples
Porto Rico
San
River steamboat captain Captain B B Ross dies at 91
Captain Bourbon Brown Ross 91 a longtime Ohio River steamboat captain died in bed at his Broadway Avenue home Cincinnati. He had served in the Civil War with the Squirrel Hunters and advised Democratic politics. He lived at 217 Broadway for over 25 years and was childless. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Bourbon Brown Ross
Broadway
Amelia Bogart
Ross
Granther
Betsy Ross
Vic
Ginia
Washington
Virginia
Captain Ross
Nene
Lena Jean Blair
Broadway Apartments
Cincinnati
Cairo
Pittsburgh
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
George Calahan
West Eighth Street
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Baltimore Pike
Fairmount
Retired Policeman Leukering Dies of Sudden Stroke
Stricken with apoplexy while talking with a friend in a slaughter house. William Leukering, 70, of 2138 Spring Grove avenue, a retired Cincinnati policeman, died before aid could reach him. Coroner Handley ordered the body to Busse & Borgmann. Leukering joined the force in 1886 and was once on the police honor roll for saving a runaway horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Pancero
Henshaw
Rachel Streets
William Mleukering
Spring Grove Avenue
Davis Lillard
Colerain Avenue
Handley
Busse & Borgmann
Leukering
River stage steady as river traffic reports delay and schedule changes
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 11.5 feet at six last night and held steady. Vessels arriving include the Kate Adams from Pittsburgh and the Greene from Charleston, while departures were listed for Cincinnati to Louisville the Andes to Madison Indiana and the Chris Greene to Pomeroy. An artificial wave from Dam No 31 is set to begin Thursday morning to help Cincinnati traffic. Captain Thomas M. Rees said the Kate Adams schedule may stabilize to depart Pittsburgh weekly and Cincinnati on Saturdays with delays from Dam 36 easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Ghris Greene
Pomeroy
Louisville
Ohio River Dam No
Thomas M. Rees
Kate Adams
Delta Line
Pittsburgh
Oh Hues
Owever
Coney Island
Rees
John W. Hubbard
Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
Pittsburgh Wheeling Packet Company
General Wood
Here
Betsy Ann
Independent Packet Company
Incinnati
Pittsurgh
Vaence
Parkersburg
W. Va
Deans
Ogee
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio
Ind
Evansville
Asere
Shawneetown
Paduca
Pikeville
Erretyville
Nashvillenn
Erese Knoxville
Greene Line Steamer Chris leaves August 25 from Greene Line wharfboat
The Greene Line steamer Chris departs Tuesday August 25 at 5 from the Greene Line wharfboat for Cotobeath Ironton Ashland Huntington Gallipolis Pom and intermediate points. Telephone Main 1457.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris. Com
Greene Line
Cotonbeath
Ironton
Ashland
Huntington
Gallipolis
Pomand
Former Cincinnatian dies in West Virginia
The body of George Vonderhaar 55 a hotel operator in West Virginia and former Cincinnatian arrived at his brother Edward Vonderhaar 2630 Hemlock street for burial. He died in Huntington W V after operations and relapse. He was affiliated with ONeill Hotel Co and managed Watson Hotel in Fairmont. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Assumption and burial in St Joseph Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vonderhaar
West Virginia
Edward Vong ‘Derhaar
Hemlock Street
Huntington
W. Va
Vonderhaar
Cincinnati
O’neil Hotel Company
Watson
Fairmount
Lodge of Elks
Edward
William J. Vonderhaar
George Rolf
Temberville
Church of the Assumption
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Ziegler to be held at daughter’s home
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah P Ziegler 80 widow of Colonel George W Ziegler will be conducted at her daughter Mrs George FE Morgan 3543 Epworth Ave today at 2 PM Burial is in Spring Grove Cemetery Surviving daughters are Mrs George Morgan Mrs A J Cunningham and Miss Emma Ziegler all of Cincinnati
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah P. Ziegler
George FE. Morgan
Epworth Avenue
George W. Ziegler
Hamilton County
Spring Grove Cemetery
George Morgan
A. J. Cunningham
Emma Ziegler
Cincinnati
Bids Opened for Greenlawn Avenue Improvement by Private Trust
Bids were opened yesterday for Greenlawn Avenue improvement by the city funded by the Spring Grove Cemetery Association. The John Rueben Construction Company won with a bid of 27300 dollars, approved by Commissioner Charles F. Hornberger under authority of the Spring Grove Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenlawn Avenue
Spring Grove Cemetery Association
John Rueben
Birth announcements chronological list with multiple families
A series of birth notices from Newport and surrounding areas listing parents and addresses for newborn girls and boys. Entries name families such as Boyar Samuel and Mary, BUCHER Walter and ae, DAW, FISCHER Charles and gas, MEYER Elmer and Beatrice, NEASE Charles and Amelia, NEWBURN Lloyd and Mabel, VAUGHT Milliard and Pearl, WIEGLE Frank and Elizabeth, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyar
Samuel and
Mary
Isabella Street
Newport
Nora
Baymiller
Bucher
Walter
McMillan Street
baeSay
Taeetid
State Avenue
Dissele
Josh
Luella
Bona Vista
Fischer
Charles and Gas
Wesley Avenue
Norwood
Fuldner
Herbert
Sophia
Casa Avenue
Greenup
Henry and
Mattie
Dudley Gruber-Waelter
Lillian
Rossmore Avenue
Gir Harper
Charles
Mildred
Wilshire Avenue
Ae Ey
Katherine
Cedar Lizer Albee
Birdella
John Street
Covington
Meyer—Elmer and
Beatrice
Paxton Road
Oakley
Nease
Amelia
Jergens
Newburn
Lloyd and
Mabel
Spring Grove Avenue
Vaught—Milliard and Pearl
West
Eighth Street
Wiegle
Frank and
Elizabeth
Gilbert Avenue
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Libby
Beto
Collier Ground
Manitou Beach
Mich
Devils, Lake
Clarks
Lake, Mich
Round
Devils Lake
Central Union Depot
Maniton Beach
Central Fame
Winton Place
City Ticket Office
Dixie Terminal
Central Ave
Cincinnati Northern R. R
Gar
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Eden Park
J. H. Gest
ADIGE
Aviation
America
Albin E. Johnson
Steamship News
B. B. Ross
the Greene
Charleston
Andes
Madison
Upper Ohio
Earl Williams
Lockland
Oo Rosa L. Ward Aneeeneen
Wyoming
Conwa
Ohn
Gertrude Bailey
Hewitt
Caroline Waldo
Purcell
F. J. Brandstetter
Blanche Zarior
Tenawees Neene
William Trolinger
Hopkins St. Mattie L
Aere Teer
Cecil B.demilles
Cimomasterpiece
CANAL
Billy) Watson
Seata Now
EMPRESS _ CANAL
Harry
Jake” Fields
Sugar Babies
Ladies
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothes Shop Vine
Kansas City
Marshall
Adam
Ohio Truss Co
Cincinnati, O
Harold Bell Wright
Brian Kent
Kenneth Harlan
Helene Chadwick
Capitol
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Mackaill
Bhore Leave
Doris Kenyon
Lloyd Hughes
Dorothy Devore
Harold Lloyd
Tom MIX
Tony
Keith’s “Gyclone Rider
Thrill Supreme
Orpheum
Sky Theater
Pathe Review
Eddie Lyons
Weber’s
Zoo
Pergola Garden
Chester Park
Ehman
Pat
Happy” Golden
the White Monkey
Barbara LA Marr
Cox-Mat
Kipling
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