Crest of Flood Falls on Ohio River Towns in Upper Valley
The Ohio River crest is seen approaching fifty nine feet with a probable fall tonight or tomorrow as relief agencies mobilize in the upper valley. Central Union Station is abandoned after a sewer trap failed, rerouting rail and streetcar service. Police boats aid flooded East End families and Red Cross relief groups organize across four districts.
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We. Devereaux
United States
Ohio
Central Union Station
Fourth
Baymiller Streets
Hudson River Limited
Cleveland
New York
Louisville & Nashville
Smith Streets
Baltimore & Ohio
Fifth
Baymiller
Big Four
Chicago
Division
Storrs Street
Ohio Division
Eight Street
Southern
Eighth Street
Pennsylvania
Union Station
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Third Street
Central Avenue
Fifth and
Baymiler Streets
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
City
Mill Creek
Spring Grove Avenue
Chambers Street
Clark Street
Knowlton
Elmore Street
Colerain Avenue
College Hill
Knowlton’s Corner
Spring Grove
Colerain Avenues
Chase
Hamilton Avenues
Jersey
Chase and
Collegie Hill
Clifton-Ludlow
Eva Sage
Relief Committee of the Red Cross
East End
Millcreek
Delta
Woman Mate Not a Robber Mid Beating
Harry Spangler reported being attacked by a robber but confessed the blows came from the husband of a woman who accused him of following her home. He was beaten on Liberty street near Main and admitted the attack after investigators traced the bruises to John Oldham during a liquor raid at 211 East ey mer weey 246-6.
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Harry Spangler
Dandridge Street
Lieut
Jennings
Third District
Spangler
McMicken Avenue
Ritter, Beard, Schoedlinger
Webbe
211 East
Ritter, Schoedlinger
John Oldham
Oldham
Cinderella man’s affair tale shocks courtroom in White Plains
Frances Browning, 16, testified about her life with Edward W Browning, 52, the famed real estate operator known as Daddy. The four hour testimony described gifts, insistence on bedroom antics, and a lavish lifestyle as the revelation of their marriage and its oddities unfolded in court.
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White Plains
N. Y
Cinderella
Frances Heenan Browning
Urell
Peaches
Edward W. Browning
Browning
Daddy
Dorothy
Prince Charming
TAS Spor
Walhrie Ora
Fire Threatens Van Toilet Seat Plant and Van Agthoven Works
A fire of unknown origin swept a four story brick building housing the Van Toilet Seat Manufacturing Co at 225 West Second Street and endangered the Van Agthoven Sons coopers plant on Commerce Street. Discovered at 1 45 am by police, a ten blow alarm drew all city units. Loss estimate around 40000 dollars. Seven families in a nearby tenement at 234 West Second Street fled as smoke and flames spread toward adjacent structures.
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van Tollet Seat Manufacturing Company
West Second Street
van Agthoven Sons Company
Coopers
Commerce Street
Kleemeier
Northorst
Mangold
Coleman
van Agthoven
William van Agthoven
Ancient Parchment Purporting To Contain New Christ Version
Italian police seized a 12 000 Greek word parchment claimed as a new fifth Gospel. Municipal Clerk Moccia will probe its origin and submit it to experts for authenticity. The bundle, titled Joseph of Jerusalem, alleges Rome fell to Titus and reports widespread destruction including killings and imprisonments.
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Christ
Branda Do Fahe
Languesga
Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Cerignola
Italy
Moccia
Joseph
Meccia
Joseph of
Jerusalem
Titus
Hidden Gospel Manuscript Survives In Southern Town
A Greek scholar recalls discovering a fragile thirty folio Gospel with a covering letter from its author. The text, hidden by a local family for years, warns of impending ruin and urges preservation for apostles and churches across Asia Minor Persia and Egypt.
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Giordano
City to Expand Newport Jail to House Prohibition Violators
City Commissioners announced a jail expansion to accommodate more law violators due to prohibition. Twenty four new bunks will be installed on the third tier, old bars and plates replaced. Fries and Sons Steel Construction and Engineering Co of Covington secured the contract for 1485 dollars.
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Newport
Fries & Sons Steel Construction and Engineering Company of
Covington
Madison vigil for Noe ends as spirit hope fades
At the University of Wisconsin Madison a midnight vigil for Walter C Noe, a medical student who died by his own hand, fails to produce a sign from the afterlife. Fraternity brother Robert Yantnar attends as the circle includes a farewell note and the line I will be back at midnight.
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Madison
Wis
Kappa Epsilon
Walter C. Noe
University of Wisconsin
Robert Yantnar
Ucere Asta
Noe
Horton
Secret undercover schemes in prohibition enforcement exposed
A Senate report reveals multiple undercover operations by the Treasury and Prohibition officials. It describes agents running a self-funded rum-running scheme, a proposed Barnes organization, and covert enforcement actions in Norfolk and New York, including hiring spies and creating dummy distilleries.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Mellon
Senate
Reed
Dem
Andrews
Internal Revenue
Blair
R. O. Merrick
Etera’ Service
Nuvian
New York
West Virginia
North Carolina
Federa
Frank Cooper
Haynes
E. C.yellowley
Canadian
New York State
Champlain
Plattsburg
Yellowley
Merrick
Federal
U Cgente
Albany
New England
Rhode Island
Treasury
Norfolk
Treasury City
Iliquor
Prohibition
Cuba
New Orleans
Mississippi
Bridge Whist
New York City
A. Bruce Bielaski
Senate votes for arbitration on Mexican oil land disputes
The Senate unanimously urged President Coolidge to arbitrate disagreements with Mexico over oil and land laws. All present, 79 senators including Republicans and Democrats, supported the resolution as revised by the Foreign Relations Committee, with some reservations about executive powers. Senator Reed opposed in committee but did not speak today, while Senator Robinson defended arbitration as the only alternative to war or severed relations.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Mexico
Republic
Farmer-Labor
Robinson
Arkansas
For Relations Committee
Reed
Dem
Chamber
CaHes
United States
Arkansan
Even
Youpoody
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Village Liquor Court Raiders Stir Senate Fight in Ohio
Debate on the Bender bill to limit Justices of the Peace and village Mayors faces dry forces led by the Anti-Saloon League. Prohibition agents call raiders “home invading scoundrels” as testimony stains the three hour session before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Bender
Bill
Columbus
Johnson
General Assembly
Senate Chamber
Senate Judiciary Committee
Anti-Saloon League
George Bender
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
W. H. Walker
Michigan
W. B. Bartels
United States District Attorney
Bartels
United States
B. F. McDonald
James A. White
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Fort Worth Preacher J Frank Norris Acquitted in Murder Trial
Dr. J Frank Norris, pastor of First Baptist Church Fort Worth, is found not guilty by a district court jury after two hours eight minutes of deliberation in the Chipps murder case. The verdict follows Norris’s claim he shot in self defense when Dexter E Chipps confronted him in his study. News notes crowd reactions, guards, and Norris’s emotional response as the courtroom drama unfolds in Austin Texas.
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Austin, Tex
J. Frank Norris
First Baptist Church
Ft. Worth
Dexter E. Chipps
Dr. Norris
Norris
Miller
Travis County
Hamilton
Argui W Norris
Chipps
Dexter E. Chipps, Jr
First Baptist
Fred D. Holland
Ft Worth
Fles
Marvin Simpson
Simpson
Cath
Dayton Moses
Talk Spsa
Meacham
Klan
Moses
Norris-Meacham
British panic at lone position against Chinese
British observers express alarm over a single stance against China as tensions rise. A Chinese allied bloc and broader anti foreign sentiment complicate Britain’s position while wartime strategies are discussed to safeguard trade interests if needed.
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London
Britain
White House
Shanghai
Igh Uc
Hy Ie
Japan
England
Far East
China
Tokyo
Moscow
Chang Tso-Lin
Washington
United States
Mouse trouble at Bakersfield prompts cat’s breakfast musings
New York dispatch recalls a quirky exchange about Bakersfield mice with a domestic scene featuring a cat named Victor and a passing observer Miss Nabby. The carefree tone hints at light social notes in a newspaper brief.
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New York
Bakersfield
Cal
Victor
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Asia Minor
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Egypt
Aaa
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India
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Daily Herald
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