Speeding motorists chased by Cincinnati police vigilantes
A city wide speed patrol using four high powered cars led to numerous citations as drivers on Gilbert avenue Madison road Paddock road and Clifton avenue were halted and cited for speeding. The effort marked Safety Week with no fatal crashes that night.
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Cincinnati
Meredith Yeatman
G. H. McClain
Safety Council
Chamber of Commerce
Copelan
Gilbert Avenue
Madison Road
Paddock Road
Clifton Avenue
Four Men Die In Train Collision At Dangerous Crossing
Four Norwood men John Bird Thomas Glass John Wisecarver and John Goehler were killed instantly when their automobile was struck by a C I W passenger train near Shenks Crossing two miles south of Hamilton Ohio The group was part of a Norwood Christian Church Bible school outing with seventy eight members traveling in sixteen cars The crossing is described as highly dangerous with limited view due to farm buildings and the train was bound for Indianapolis traveling at about fifty miles per hour The crash destroyed the car and the nearby cars occupants rushed to help but the victims could not be identified.
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Hamilton, O
Shenks Crossing
Hamilton
John Bird
Thomas Glass
John Wisecarver
John Goehler
Norwood
Cincinnati
Norwood Christian Church
Middletown
Shenk
Indianapolis
Four Norwood men killed in Hamilton crossing crash
Rev C Stauffer of Norwood Christian Church learned four members died in the Hamilton accident. The victims John Bird Glass Wisecarver and Goehler lived on Station and Main avenues and worked in Norwood factories. Mrs Stauffer recalled 65 church members had left for a Bible meeting in Middletown earlier.
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Hamilton Crossing
Norwood Christian Church
C . Stauffer
John Bird
Station Avenue
Mr. Glass
Main Avenue
Wisecarver
Forest and
Main Avenues
Goehler
Norwood
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Norwood Church
Automobile collision injures Hess on Union levee scene
William Hess aged 22 of 421 Gar land avenue was bruised on body and head when his car was side swiped by a second vehicle driven by Hermann Zumstein of 1258 Bates avenue on Union levee beyond Eastern avenue last night. Walter AMaphet of East End, a passenger, escaped injury.
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William Hess
Garland Avenue
Hermann Zumstein
Bates Avenue
Union Levee
Eastern Avenue
Walter Amaphet
East End
Mr. Hess
Masked Raiders Beat Crew On Ship Mitchell at Hampton Roads
A group of about thirty masked men boarded the Shipping Board steamer Mitchell in Hampton Roads and attacked the crew, injuring eight badly and several more slightly. They overpowered a watchman and threatened to return for the chief engineer. A naval detachment arrived after the assault.
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Old Point Comfort
Shipping Board
Mitchell
Hampton Roads
Henry Leon Dodge
Dodge
Five Negroes Injured When Touring Car Hits Truck
Five men and women were hurt when a touring car struck a truck from the rear on Springfield pike at Allen avenue near Hartwell Wyoming. Minnie Schoolar 21 of Walnut Hills suffered a fractured skull and may die. Harrison Dooley 24 of Walnut Hills received a broken leg and cuts. Ada Scheerle and Ernest Wischmeyer escaped injury. three others were only slightly hurt.
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Fay
Ernest Wischmeyer
Carter Avenue
Norwood
Springfield Pike
Allen Avenue
Hartwell
Wyoming
Minnie Schoolar
Chapel Street
Walnut Hills
Harrison Dooley
Forrest Avenue
Wischmeyer
Ada Scheerle
Sycamore Street
Advertising Index Listing Local Merchants and Services
Index of advertisements listing businesses by name including Bell Telephone Co Bonnie-B Hair Net Bon Ton Corsets Greengrocers Graenue Burkhardt Bros. Claremont Dansant Colorite-Straw Hat Dye Crowe Park Cabaret Economy Supply Co Irwin Ballmann Co Southern Ohio Savings W&B Co Coffee Weather Wearables Goldenbure School Hanauer Automobile Klett Men's Clothes Korein Co Miller Bros Milner Player Pianos Newton Furniture Ocean View Hotel Oskamp Jewelry Rogers Woman's Shop Shillito's Gifts Smith-Kasson Stone's Cakes The Book Shelf The Dunlevy Co Tifnite Co Teasdale Dry Cleaning Vine Street Arena Walk Over Shoes Welfare Loan Western Tray Wurlitzer Pianos and other merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amusomens
APE Academy
Baseball—Reds
Braves
Bell Telephone Co
Bovis-Oldsmobile Co
Crowe's Park
Economy Supply Co
VW Engineeers
Fifth-Third National Bank
A. Lepper & Co
Soak
American Mortgage Co
Cs, Goldburnt & Co
Seessee Veis
Irwin, Ballmann & Co
Wa Cemrites
Southern Ohio Savings B
W & Co
Goldenbure School
Hanauer Automobile Co
Korein Co.—Medical
PIO Soo
Miller Bros
Milner—Player
McAlpin’s
Pet Ckasatsie Asswicesngety
Mofion Pictures
Aabeet de Magazine
Newton—Furniture
Feecreeesseeneees
Ocean View Hotel
Etaawinkie
Oskamp Jewelry Co
the Dunlevy Co
ACE OG
Ncn
Gia
the Tifnite Co
Gravure
Teasdale
Nsvere
Vine Street Arena
Semnans Magazine
Welfare Loan Co
Western Tray and Case Co
New warfare gas described at Chester College event
Captain L D Hutson described a new gas that kills in thirty seconds upon skin contact and a toxic smoke candle. He outlined plans for a night gas attack during the centennial exercises at the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester with notable attendees and honorary degrees for General Pershing and George Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
L. D. Hutson
Pennsylvania Military College
Hutson
Pershing
George B. Christian, Jr
Harding
Sproul
Body of Missing Teacher Found Near Valley Junction
The body of Miss Sara Barbara Thursdale, 24, a country school teacher, was found by Boy Scouts near Valley Junction, Des Moines. Police say she was attacked and murdered on Thursday afternoon while walking to the car line two miles away. skull crushed with a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sara Barbara Thursdale
Valley Junction
Chersdale
House approves joint resolution on disarmament conference
The Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a joint resolution backing the president's call for an international armaments conference. Chairman Porter drafted the text after a White House meeting with President Harding. The measure, tied to the naval appropriation bill, signals bipartisan support for cooperative disarmament efforts and authorizes a $100,000 preliminary expense.
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Washington
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Harding
White House
House
Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Mondell
Wyoming
Gillette
Boa Constrictor Stowaway Reaches Bronx Park Zoo
Svengali a twelve foot boa constrictor was found asleep in a cage at the Bronx Park Zoo after arriving as a steamer stowaway on the Coppename. Hoboken shipwrights disturbed him when planks were torn, and officials say a floating tree root carried him from a tropical port.
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Bronx Park Zoo
New York
Svengali
Hoboken
Lad Stars Playmate in Indian Fight
Indians were on the warpath at Eighth and Broadway yesterday in a make believe game. Louis McCabe seven years old of 1137 Caney street played the Big Chief and stabbed the Medicine Man William Force seven years old of 412 Butler street in the left arm. Police took the injured boy to General Hospital where seven stitches were required.
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Eighth and
Broadway
Louis McCabe
Caney Street
William Force
Butler Street
General Hospital
Trains Crash in Pueblo Floods Cloudbursts Ravage eastern Colorado
Denver reports two passenger trains derailed in Pueblo as eastern Colorado endures record floods. Many deaths feared, towns evacuated, crops damaged, and bridges washed out from Sterling to Estes Park. State Rangers assist in rescue and shelter efforts amid ongoing rain.
Devastation in Pueblo Fires and Floods Reported by Railsback
C. S. Railsback arriving in Colorado Springs describes hundreds dead and millions in property lost after a night of fire and flood in Pueblo. He recalls rescuing women and children as fifteen feet of water swept through Santa Fe yards and fires broke out across the city.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pueblo
C. S. Railsback
Santa Fe
Railsback
Aerial tour over Pueblo flood reports vast devastation
Denver dispatch describes pilot William A. Kimsey and reporters viewing Pueblo from 1000 feet revealing submerged railroad stations and a mud seawater floodplain. Refugees describe panic and looting while bridges north of the city are washed out and the Arkansas River barrier splits Pueblo.
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Denver
Col
William A. Kimsey
Pueblo
Associated Press
Rocky Mountain News
Kimsey
State Fair Grounds
Arkansas
Vaile Hotel
Colorado Flood Declared Worst Disaster Since Eastland Sinking
New York report lists Pueblo floods killing hundreds as the era’s deadliest disaster since the Eastland tragedy of 1915. It tallies major U.S. flood losses, naming Johnstown 1889 and Galveston 1900 among historical benchmarks, with numerous river and maritime catastrophes across years.
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Colorado
Eastland
New York
Pueblo
Chicago
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Ohio
Dayton
Hamilton
Zanesville
Columbus
Cincinnati
San Luis Rey
California
Rio Grande
el Paso
Johnstown
Cleveland Woman Arrested for Slaying Husband
Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber of Cleveland Ohio was arrested on murder charges in New York after detectives trailed her daughter Marian McArdle for two days. Kaber proclaimed innocence and planned to return to Cleveland to prove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel
Mrs. Kaber
Pueblo Flood Devastates City and Kills Hundreds
Arkansas River flood in Pueblo and surrounding Colorado areas causes up to 500 deaths and over 10 million dollars in damage. Morgues opened, emergency aid organized, fires sparked by lightning, trains overturned, and many residents left homeless without water or power. The Red Cross sets up food rationing as rescue efforts continue.
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Pueblo
Col
Arkansas River
Red Cross
C. W. Lee
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Fred Grindmeier
McMillan Street
George Bessed
York Street
John Wisedarver
Duartern
Okull
Army
Navy
Lad
Denver Post
Denver & Rio Grande No. 3
Missouri Pacific No
Rocky Mountain News Tonight
Denver & Rio Grande Tonight
Rocky Mountains
Colorado State Rangers
Pat Hamrock
Grove
Denver & Rio Grande
Sterling
Logan County
Loveland
Weld County
Pawnee
Union Pacific
Atwood
Big Thompson River
Estes Park
Broomfield
Boulder
Frederick
Greeley
Ft. Collins
Lafayette
Coal Creek
Marshall
Kimzey
Castle Rock
Monument
Fountain
Conemaugh
Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Mt. Pellee
Iroquois Theater
General Slocum
East River
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Chile
Kingston
Jamaica
Sicily
Calabria
Cartago
Costa Rica
Midocean
Turkey
Provo
Mediterranean
Main Yu
China
Vanguard
Business Center
Minnequa Club
Frank Pryor
Richard Philbins
Philbins
Second Street
Mesa
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