Flood threat grows as Ohio River rises near Cincinnati
Rain and swollen streams push the Ohio River from 43 to about 49 feet with crests projected around 53 to 55 feet on gauges. Mil l Creek and the Miamis flood lowlands while residents move belongings to higher ground. Weather officials urge caution but expect gradual fall after the rain ends.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Miami
Spring Grove Avenue
Mill Creek
M. B. Scott
Milford
Little Miami
Licking
W. C. Devereaux
Devereaux
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Allegheny
Miamis
Spring Grove
Herman Cripto
California Water Works
Water Works
Weather Bureau
Cripto
Wabash River flood warning issued to farmers
In Terre Haute Indiana officials warned of rising Wabash River water threatening low lands. The river was rising at about one foot per hour and expected to reach flood stage by Wednesday prompting farmers to move livestock and grains to safety.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash River
Weather Bureau
Bandits Rob Girl While Traffic Hinders Detective
In New York on March 14 a detective could not reach a girl being held up due to heavy traffic. Rae Abel, a girl cashier, was robbed of a $6,600 payroll as she stepped from a taxicab returning money to her employer. The bandits escaped into traffic in an automobile.
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New York
Michael Murphy
Rae Abel
Classified Advertisements Index Overview and Listings
A dense index of advertisements including art museum entries, piano and eye remedy vendors, automobile dealers, savings and loan firms, banks, securities firms, insurance and credit providers, clothing, motion pictures, optometrist services, and various local businesses. Names such as Baldwin Piano Co, Cincinnati Automobile Dealers Assn, Universal Securities Co, Western Bank and Trust Co, Foley's Honey and Tar, Harry W Smith Clothing, The Equitable Life Assurance Co, The Faery Queen Candy & Tea Shop, Wallingford Coffee Stores appear among many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reo
Art Museum
Beepiuss Abe
Baldwin Piano Co
Ita Diveccosdes
EGR Fear
Seeiaven
Ae Charies KE
Smith & Sons
Cincinnati Automobile Dealers’ Assn
CP Esioseaegeeses
Eagle Savings and Loan Assn
Watima Cierettes
Em Financial
American Finance Co
Cincinnati Morris Plan Bank
Buviubés
Columbia Bank and Savings Co
Hunter, Budde & Duble
Igwih, Balimang & Co
Radium, Co
Ape Pale Cates Co
Universal Securities Co
Ean
Western Bank and Trust Co
Foley's
Vetnehides
Harry Ww
eAwaches
STE
Sewbeabes
Sun Mutual Fire Ins
Veal
Ota
Ca Voces Daceves Swaee
Equitable Life Assurance Co
The
Faery Queen Candy & Tea Shop
Mabley & Carew OG
tNand Coal Co
Lomghidae Eda Kees
Wallingford Coffee Stores
Wurileer
Pees Ak In Pas Sk
Wealthy turfman's son loses $14 a week job
Jimmy Sanford son of William Sanford loses his 14 dollar weekly office buy job at a Syracuse typewriter maker He says he was fired because the company needed to hire someone who needed the money He lives on a $200 annual allowance and must work two years before receiving a 350000 inheritance per his father's will.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Jimmy” Sanford
William Sanford
Jimmy
Death in New York followed by May Day bomb plot inquiry
Detectives probed a possible May Day bombing after Peter Picura died assembling a bomb in his kitchen. Officers described Picura as a moneyed, elusive plumber tied to intellectual anarchist circles. Investigators noted continuous visits by men with funds but no clear criminal records.
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New York
Peter Picura
Picura
Madson, Park
Fifth Avenues
Lower East Side
Shanghai Post Won By Former Editor Porter
Thurston Robert Porter once sporting editor of a Cincinnati newspaper was appointed United States Marshal at Shanghai China. His appointment was confirmed by the Senate today March 14.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington, D. C
Porter of The Commercial Tribune reframed baseball scoop
Thurston Robert Porter led the Tribune news bureau and later the sports desk. He served two years before moving to Washington as a news correspondent. Porter helped reveal Hank O Day as Cincinnati Reds manager, and also wrote a one act comedy.
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Thurston Robert. Porter
Commercial Tribune
Washington, D. C
Porter
Henry
Hank
Two Pups and Mother Named Heirs in $16,000 Case
Chicago March 14 Two mongrel puppies and their mother are central to a legal battle over a $16,000 estate. Attorney Harry Leemon says he drafted a will leaving the building income to the dogs, while a relative produced another will favoring different heirs and was allegedly invalid. Mrs. Sadie Howard, the decedent, questioned the second will and claimed it lacked proper witnessing.
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Chicago
Sadie Howard
Harry Leemon
Scenery and costumes stolen from local art theater group
The Art Theater on East Third street canceled Arms and the Man replacing it with a street clothes performance after thieves stole stage scenery costumes props and footlights. Miss Ruth Allen and Marion Holman suffered greatest losses while Frank the strolling electrician and property man vanished. Police were notified but made no arrests.
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Art Theater
East Third Street
Ruth Allen
Miss Allen
Frank
Marion Holman
A. W. O. L. Verne Fitzpatrick
Faversham
Cox
Chair In Dixie Terminal Becomes Local Comfort Trend
Campbell County patrons at the Dixie Terminal lower floor welcome a unveiled rocking chair placed by William M. Donaldson of Newport and Donaldson Lithographing. The chair aims to ease waits for Ft. Thomas cars as others consider bringing their own seats, hinting at broader comfort upgrades in the terminal.
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Campbell County
Green Line
Dixie Terminal
Ft. Thomas
Virgil Hammons
William M. Donaldson
Donaldson Lithographing Company
Newport
Donaldson Art Sign Company
Covington
Atniaaa
Desire To Be Petted Blamed For Matrimonial Entanglements
Isaiah Moore a 32 year old choir singer and church worker faces bigamy and embezzlement charges in Indianapolis. Police say he admits 14 to 15 wives with 11 named. he waived preliminary examination and is held under $5,000 bond. He says his habit of being petted lifted his nerves and led to rapid marriages. A Minneapolis arrest followed a report from his last wife Harriet Evans. A $150 diamond ring vanished and his wife’s mother sought his capture.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Isaiah Moore
Moore
Minneapolis
Harriet Evans
Indiana
Moore Regular Beau Brummel Declared Former Husband
Miss Florence Johnson of David City says Isaiah Moore also known as J H Vaughn was a charming Beau Brummel who sang in a Congregational church choir in David City before their 1920 marriage. She recently divorced him and described his charm and involvement in church activities.
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Omaha
Neb
Isaiah Moore
Indianapolis
J. H. Vaughn
Florence Johnson
David City
Miss Johnson
Detroit Woman Says Isaiah Moore Deserted Bride in Windor
Mrs. Jacob Werner of Detroit, mother of Amelia Werner, claims Isaiah Moore deserted her daughter six weeks after their Windsor Ontario marriage. She reports Moore later asked for a loan of 14000 dollars to start a baking business while held on a big army charge in Indianapolis.
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Detroit
Isaiah Moore
Indianapolis
Amelia Werner
Windsor
Ont
Jacob Werner
Werner
Moore
Mrs Jarvis Denies Being One of Isaiah Moore’s Wives
Augusta Kansas March 14 Mrs J H Jarvis born Helen Hardgrove denied today she is one of eleven wives of Isaiah Moore held in Indianapolis on bigamy and embezzlement charges She says she has not seen her husband since he was drafted into the army here.
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Augusta
Kan
J. H. Jarvis
Helen Hardgrove
Isaiah Moore
Indianapolis
Jarvis
Husband Impostor Confesses to Bigamous Marriages
Laura Shields died five months after her marriage to Howard Melvin who used aliases. He told Indianapolis police he had married many women. Shields' sister Mary said Laura married him three years earlier when he worked as a chemist in Coeur d Alene Idaho. He vanished and was believed deranged before Laura died in October.
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Spokane
Wash
Laura Shields
Howard Melvin
Isaiah Moore
George S. Melrose
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary I. Shields
Laura
Coeur DeAlene
Idaho
Brunen Wrote Letter Claiming Wife Feared To Do Away
Riverside New Jersey March 14 circus proprietor John Theodore Brunen was slain last Friday night while reading at a window. In a February 22 letter to his sister he claimed his wife Doty planned to kill him for money and said she shot at him on Christmas Day but he dodged and fired, hitting her in the stomach. Prosecutor Kelsey said an arrest was a matter of hours.
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Riverside
N. J
John Theodore Brunen
Elizabeth Jaesche
Cary
Ill
Jaesche
Proescutor Kesley
Brunen
Kelsey
Ghost Hunter Prince Delays Ghost Report in Halifax
Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, the New York based ghost hunter, says it will take another day to complete his report on the Anti gonish haunting. He cites mysterious fires that forced the MacDonald family from Caledonia Mills and debates whether he saw the ghost. He will likely release the report tomorrow and declined to discuss details tonight.
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Halifax
N. S
Walter Franklin Prince
New York
Antigonish
Alex MacDonald
Caledonia Mills
Prince
Death by Own Action Vents Two Wounded in New Jersey
Freehold N J March 14 Mrs Viola Gravatt 35 and William Feltman 26 severely wounded in a death by own action pact authorities say they are not explaining how they were injured Detective follow trail of blood from trees to Gravatt home a revolver with one chamber empty found in her house Feltman is in precarious condition at a Trenton hospital and both partners refused to talk about the wounds Police note missing months for Gravatt and Feltman and Gravatt’s husband said she had $2000 on leaving home but returned without funds
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Freehold
Viola Gravatt
William Feltman
Feltman
Five Ant Killed Cures Injured in Italian Riots
Briar Italy reports bloodily resumed clashes between Fascisti and Socialists. Five workers killed by Fascisti gunfire near Parma, over twenty wounded. further killings and beatings in Modena Piacenza Reggio Spezia and near Cremona. Government weighs Fiume crisis and shifting leadership amid legionnaire control.
Sisters of Ambrose Small Tap Spirit World Search
The sisters of Ambrose Small, Canadian theatrical magnate, unable to locate him since his disappearance two years ago, have arranged with a medium to extend their search to the spirit world in Toronto.
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Toronto
Ontario
Ambrose Small
Chicago Fire Rages Across City Block Killing One Fireman
A massive blaze in Chicago destroyed a 21 story office block and multiple plants, causing an estimated 5 million dollars in damage. One firefighter died and another was seriously injured from a falling wall as gas explosions and flying debris hampered efforts. Traffic within a mile halted as the fire spread with high winds.
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Chicago
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Metropolitan Westside
Shirley T. High
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank
Adams
Clinton Streets
Savage, Youthful Bride, Halts Wedding Ahead of Week
Mitchell a chorus girl wife to Herbert Savage wealthy schoolboy athlete and poet. Reporters swarm stage door as rumors of annulment spread after Geneva returned Savage’s ring and Grandfather Rice says annulment proceedings begin Thursday Milford Conn. letters say. Grandfather claims Genoa returned ring Saturday and Savage plans to visit tonight.
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Mitchell
Herbert Savage
Herbert
Milford
Conn
S. W. Rice
Young Savage
la Jolla
Cal
Grandfather Rice
Geneva
Savage
New York
Senate Divides Along Party Lines Over Four-Power Pact
After a stormy session the Senate rejected two amendments to the four-power Pacific pact by party lines. Senator Lenroot warned Harding could withdraw other treaties if the pact fails, and debate revived Versailles echoes as leaders argued over reopening negotiations and political consequences at the polls.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Democrat
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
France
Maryland
la Follette
Wisconsin
Pomerone
Ohio
Ransdeil
Louisiana
Underwood
Alabama
Williams
Mississippi
Lenroot
Chamber
Harding
Wilson
Lodge
Massachusetts
Bomb rocks Chicago Gold Coast Alderman Agnew home
Explosion at Alderman Charles J. Agnew's residence near Lake Shore Drive destroys the front and shatters nearby windows. Agnew's wife was hurled from bed but no one was injured. Police found dynamite believed placed under the porch and timed. motive unknown. The blast hit a neighborhood of Chicago's elite.
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Chicago
Gold Coast
Charles J. Agnew
Agnew
Lake Shore Drive
Alderman Agnew
McCormicks
Swifts
Potter Palmers
Trusting Friend Steals 6500 From Mt Pleasant Couple
John Stefanik, a Standard Plant worker in Mt. Pleasant, reported a $6500 theft from his home. He said a family friend stayed behind to guard the house while he and his wife shopped, after meeting a “nice young man” who claimed to protect a $9000 sum. The man and money vanished during their absence.
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MT. Pleasant
John Stefanik
Standard
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Stefanik
Cincinnati Train Derailed at Nevada Indiana
Pennsylvania Train 217 bound from Cincinnati to Chicago derailed at Nevada Indiana ten miles south of Kokomo. Express and baggage cars stayed on track while two coaches and several Pullmans slid along ties for about half a mile. No injuries reported and traffic delayed several hours.
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Kokomo
Ind
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Chicago
Nevada
Here
Bullet proof vest demo ends in shooting at New York firm
In New York on March 14 Pier Pont Potter 35 wore a bullet proof vest during a demonstration at a United States Armorer Corporation site. Edmund C. McGrath fired a pistol wounding Potter near the heart as customers left without orders. Potter spoke softly from hospital saying it was an accident.
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New York
Pierpont Potter
United States Armorer Corporation
Edmund C. McGrath
Potter
McGrath
Mac
Yale Student and Chorus Girl Named in Local Gossip
Robert Savage age 20 a Yale College student and brother of Joseph F Savage of this city. Geneva Mitchell age 17 a chorus girl in Ziegfelds Midnight Frolics.
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Robert Savage
Yale College
Geneva Mitchell
Ziegfeld
Riot follows shooting at Fox Hills hospital in Staten Island
More than 200 disabled ex soldiers at Fox Hills hospital near Staten Island sparked a near riot after guard George Schmidt shot Bernard A. Curran a 20 year old patient Curran was wounded in the hip and Curran and a companion had entered through the wrong gate authorities said police reserves rushed to the scene but the disturbance subsided Curran was described as a patient at the facility and the guard was held for investigation.
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New York
Fox Hills
Staten Island
Bernard A. Curran
Curran
Stapleton
George Schmidt
Schmidt
Will of Mrs. Rosina Hoyt Leaves Large Servant Bequests
The will filed for probate outlines an estate valued over 300000 dollars. Coachman Hugh McGuire receives 10000 dollars and chauffeur Herman Hartmeyer 5000 dollars while butler Axel Swensen gets 5000. Other longtime staff get 2000 each. Local charities receive 20000. Sisters Mrs. Granger and Mrs. Reber get 50000 each. Nephews Sherman Granger 15000 and Alfred H Granger 10000.
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New York
Rosina F. Hoyt
Hugh McGuire
Hoyt
Herman Hartmeyer
Axel Swensen
Harry H. Granger
Zanesville, O
Margaret M. Reber
St. Louis
Sherman Granger
Zanesville
Alfred H. Granger
Revolutionary Center In Africa Captured After Bombardment
JOHANNESBURG reports Fordsburg a few miles from the city is bombarded by artillery tanks and machine guns. CAPETOWN says Fordsburg surrendered after 75 minutes of bombardment per a dispatch received by the Cape Argus.
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Revolutionary Center
Africa
Johannesburg
Fordsburg
Capetown
Associated Press
Cape Argus
Government forces seize Brakpan as Smuts seeks surrender
Johannesburg March 14 government troops captured Brakpan a coal mining center east of the city and attacked Maratsburg from both sides. Advancing forces held ridges overlooking the town as Premier Smuts reportedly sought unconditional surrender to avoid heavy casualties.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Associated Press
Brakpan
Maratsburg
Smuts
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Man of Mystery
Shanghai Post
ART Theater Company
Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson
Beau Brummel
Kansas
Dr. Prince
Fascisti
Rome
Italy
Parma
Modena
Piacenza
Reggio
Spezia
Bologna
Mantua
Cremona
Fiume
Gabriele D’ann
Zanella
Legionnaires
Brother
Ghigage
Tage Eglaimg Chive OF
Gloot
Alderman
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