McKinley Campaign Opens in Mattoon With 10000 Parade
Mattoon Illinois hosts a Western tour stop for McKinley with up to 10000 attendees. Benson Wood says John Tanner will win 60000 for Governor, McKinley 150000 statewide. Foraker arrives. parade features 20 bands, decorated wagons, and pro McKinley banners amid vivid anti silver and anti Bryan displays.
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Commercial Tribune
Mattoon
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
John A. Logan
McKinley
Ohio
Benson Wood
Congress
Foraker
John R. Tanner
Altgeld
Tanner
Bryan
Willie
Rural free delivery trials begin in Jefferson WV and Butler OH
Congress allocates 39000 for rural free delivery experiments. Postmaster General Wilson directs tests in Jefferson County West Virginia and Butler County Ohio with inspectors supervising. Local Postmasters oversee routes as men are hired to deliver by wagon bicycle or horse and potential expansion awaits further funding.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Congress
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Wilson
Butler County
Ohio
August Machen
Cincinnati
Man jumps from moving train injures badly in Parkersburg
Bryan Johnson of Blennerhassett leapt from a fast train near a bridge in Parkersburg thinking it would stop. He struck telegraph wires and fell about 25 feet to the sidewalk, initially deemed dead but later found alive with both arms broken and other injuries likely fatal.
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Parkersburg
le Bryan Johnson
Blennerhassett
Johnson
Oreo 9
Married Sixty Years Celebrated by Welsh Pastor Couple
Rev and Mrs David Probe marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary in Youngstown with warm greetings from friends. Rev Probert long served as pastor of the Welsh Baptist church for more than half a century.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
David Probe
Probert
Welsh Baptist Rch
Sailor Lewis Drowns After Fall From Steamer Courter
A deck hand named Lewis, a colored sailor loading tobacco, fell from the steamer Courter at Ripley wharf and drowned. The body was recovered about thirty minutes later.
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Special Dispatch
Commerstal Tribune
Ripley
Courter
Lewis
The McElhinney Case Raises Grime Heredity Question
Dalton Ohio Oct 1. The town debates whether seven year old Carl McElhinney is morally responsible for Tommy Kidd’s murder. Doctors dispute mental derangement and propose heredity influenced criminal development while the boy may face a future reform school or trial at Wooster. Mayor Harrold seeks restraint but Carl remains in public view as legal proceedings loom.
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Commercial Tribune
Dalton, O
Tommy Kidd
Carolyn McElhinney
Carl McElhinney
Reform School
Holmes
McElhinney
J.C. Harrold
Thurman Property To Be Sold In Columbus Estate
Allen W. Thurman and Albert Lee Thurman as administrators filed a probate petition seeking sale of real estate tied to Allen G. Thurman. The property includes the South High street building housing Ohio Savings Bank and the Thurman Block on High street. Debts total about 50 000 with mortgages of 13 000 and 20 000. Personal property is valued beneath 600. Partial inventory shows 3000 in Great Southern stock among assets.
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Allen W. Thurman
Albert Lee Thurman
Allen G. Thurman
Outhwaite & Linn
South High Street
The
Ohio Savings
Carroll Withdraws In Ky Democratic Convention Deadlock
Frankfort Ky October 1 the Ashland District Democratic convention adjourned without nominating after Carroll withdrew again to force Bronston to vote and rally Settle support. Bronston and Settle factions edged toward a Breckinridge outcome as the deadlock continued and fusion with sound money factions loomed.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Ashland
Carroll
Bronston
Settle
Breckinridge
Carrol
Col. Breckinridge
Trial notes in Jackson Walling decapitation case continue
In Frankfort Kentucky the first half of the Scott Jackson case arguments was heard before a full Court of Appeals bench. Commonwealth's Attorney Lockhart led the initial proceedings while Col. R. W. Nelson spoke for the state. Judge Pryor presided as Judge Painter was absent for throat treatment.
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Frankfort
Scott Jackson
Court of Appeals
Commonwealth
Lockhart
R. W. Nelson
Crawford
Walling
Painter
Pryor
Lewis
Guffy
Durell
Hazelrigg
Landes
Cincinnati
Greenup County
Jackson
Campbell County
Helm
Plummer
Mr. Lockhart
Plummere
Tin Works Shut Down Pending Election Results
Wabash Indiana October 1 1928 The BE Morewood tin plate works the citys largest tin facility suspends operations awaiting election outcomes. With no new orders production drops to half capacity and about one hundred workers face layoffs until political results allow resumption of full operation.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Morewood
Prade
Iifchinley
Senator Laning Defends Bid in State Printing Row
The State Printing Commission met in Columbus to review protests against Laning Printing Company, the low bidder accused of employing boys and operating as a non union shop. Senator Jay F. Laning of Norwalk spoke in his defense as commission hearings continued.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Printing Commission
Jay F. Laning
Norwalk
Columus
Laning Printing Company
Laning
Friends Yearly Meeting Debates Pastoral System Changes
The Friends yearly meeting at Richmond Indiana considered recognizing the pastoral system and eliminating the women's meeting, with a committee appointed to study reform. A Biblical conference at Earlham College was arranged for next summer, ten days long, and sessions may be held jointly in the future.
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Biblical Conference
Earlham
White
Manual Labor Institute
Wabash
Ind
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Executive Committee of Friends On Indian Affairs
Grand River
Blue Jacket
Skintook
Iowa
Shawneeton
Earlham College
Eestate
Temperance
Almost a Lynch Attempt Rescued by Officers
Special Dispatch reports in Decatur Indiana that Frank Schumacher tried to kill his wife and child with an axe. An angry crowd laid a noose on him near a bridge and gave two minutes to pray before police intervened and he was jailed. Schumacher had brewed heavy drinking for ten days and this was his third attempt.
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Tribune
Decatur
Ind
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Harness maker William Weaver ends life in stable
Wm. Weaver, a prominent harness-maker and longtime resident of Fostoria Ohio, hanged himself in his stable early this morning. Reported cause is financial difficulties.
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Commercial Tribune
Fostoria
Wm. Weaver
Weredy
Sandbagged and robbed in Canton trip leaves Chicago man ruined
Edward Anderson of Chicago reports to Wooster police he left the city for Canton weeks ago. He says he was sand-bagged in a Canton barn, robbed of his clothing, beaten, and left in rags. He bears head wounds and believes he is in Chicago now, wandering to find his home at 99 Wesson Street.
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Wooster
Edward Anderson
Chicago
Ill
Canton
Wesson Street
Three Kentucky Tragedies End in Bloodshed in a Day
In three mountain counties of Kentucky a day of violence left four dead and one wounded. John Little was killed during a revival on Beaver Creek Floyd County after a quarrel with William Hall who fled with a flesh wound. On Shelby Creek Letcher County Thomas Newkirk and Henry Ashcraft shot each other over Miss Mary Dean, dying at a cross roads grocery and at a relative’s home. Samuel Barbour, a Pike County lumberman, was shot by Ellis Strother in his wife’s bedroom. Strother surrendered to officials.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Mountain
Beaver Creek
Floyd County
John Little
William Hall
Little
Hall
Talton Hall
Wise Courthouse
Shelby Creek
Letcher County
Thomas Newkirk
Henry Ashcraft
Mary Dean
Newkirk
Cross-Roads
Ashcraft
Pike County
Samuel Barbour
Ellis Strother
Barbour
Strother
No pardon for Overton hangs Mountain Desperado
Gov Brad ley refused to interfere with Buford Overton who was sentenced to hang at Harton C H on October 12 for killing an aged peddler and his wife for their goods. The case drew attention as the state pursues capital punishment following the courtroom outcome and public outrage.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Gov. Bradley
Buford Overton
Harton C. H
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Ten Plans for the Capitol from Ohio Architects
Ten architects submitted plans for the Ohio State Capitol improvement. Firms include Hannaford & Sons with H. E. Stier of Cincinnati, Levi T. Scofield, John Eisenmann, Knox & Elliott of Cleveland, C F. Kramer, Owsley & Boucherie of Youngstown, Yost & Packard of Columbus, M. L. Detweiler, H. C. Lindsay, and Zanesville firm in Columbus and surrounding areas.
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Columbus
State Capitol
Hannaford & Sons
H. E. Stier
Cincinnati
Levi T. Scofield
John Eisenmann
Knox & Elliott
C. F. Kramer
Cleveland
Owsley & Boucherie
Youngstown
Yost & Packard
M. L. Detweiler
H. C. Lindsay
Zanesville
Miners Protest Scale Cut Called by Operators
President M. D. Ratchford of the Ohio United Mine Workers calls a convention in Columbus for October 7 to discuss operators demand for cutting coal wage scale from 61 to 45 cents. The special dispatch notes the move as a pivotal issue for the miners and industry.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
M. D. Ratchford
Ohio United Mine Workers
Ex Governor Campbell Expected to Make Speeches for Bryan
Oct 1 report from Hamilton Ohio suggests ex Governor Campbell will soon campaign for the Bryan ticket. The court scene details admissions tickets as defense and prosecution argue over whether any friends of the defendant were denied entry. Continuous testimony references Pearl Bryan and Jackson with the trial context.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Campbell
Bryan
New Ene
Lockhart
Jackson
Crawford
Mr. Lockhart
Michigan
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