Arsenic Ties Probe in Newport Infant Deaths
Coroner to reconvene a jury Monday at Newport City Hall to probe the deaths of four month old Stanley Williams and siblings Shirley and Carl Williams. Arsenic found in Stanley’s stomach shifts focus away from rat poison theory toward potential embalming fluid exposure and possible criminal inquiry.
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Stanley Williams
Carl Williams
East Second Street
Newport
Shirley
Carl
W. Simonson
Cincinnati
Walter &. Hughies
Campbell County
Williams
M. J. Santer
Newport City Hall
Hughes
Edward Hamilton
Simonson
Stanley
G. F. Sauter
Sauter
Costigan & Roll Undertaking Company
Springfield
Nnaare
Blain McLaughlin
Kentucky
Tack
Avere
Cincinnati Police
Buckeye Presented to Coolidge by Mrs Harding Group
A delegation of Ohio insurance men in Boston gave Governor Coolidge a buckeye picked up near the Marion porch by Mrs. Harding wife of the Republican nominee. She sent the nut with a note claiming it would ward off rheumatism if carried in his right trouser pocket. The Governor reportedly keeps it in his pocket as a token gift.
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Boston
Ohio
Coolidge
Harding
Marion
Huge Meteor Seen Falling Near College Hill
Residents in the northwest Cincinnati area reported witnessing a very large meteor fall. Prof. J. G. Porter of the Cincinnati Observatory explained the earth's passage through a meteoric region from August to November 1 and noted that a meteor of this size could leave a huge impact if it struck intact.
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College Hill
Cincinnati
J. G. Porter
Cincinnati Observatory
Porter
Lone Masked Bandit Robs Train Passengers Captured
Passen gers on Santa Fe Train No. 5 were robbed by a single masked bandit between Las Animas and La Junta. The robber was captured at La Junta after the conductor and passengers rushed him, and he gave the name John Morgan. Nearly all valuables were recovered.
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Denver
Col
Santa Fe
Las Animas
la Junta
C. A. O’brien
John Morgan
Robbers Hold Up U S Mail Truck in South Bend
Two bandits halted a United States mail truck in South Bend Indiana. They fled with mail valued between 5000 and 20000 dollars, after forcing the driver from the vehicle near the New York Central Railroad station. The robbers transferred the pouches to their accomplice’s car and escaped.
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U. S
South Bend
Ind
United States
J. N. Hunter
New York Central
Clarence Hostetter
Policeman Fractured Skull In Columbus Auto Chest Crash
Policeman A G Schneider was thrown from a car during an attempted arrest in Columbus Ohio. He suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized after the vehicle collided with a street car on Front Street. The driver and an alleged auto thief were injured. shots were fired during the pursuit.
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Columbus
A. G. Schneider
Schneider
Chase Cleared 940000 by Bets Benton Testifies
Benton, a pitcher for the New York Nationals, said Hal Chase earned about 40000 betting on World Series games and that Chase and Herzog offered him easy money to throw a game between the Cubs and Giants. Herzog denied bribery charges and produced affidavits denying involvement in throwing games.
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Chicago
Jacob
Ube
Benton
New York Nationals
Hal Chase
New York
Grand Jury
Charles “Buck” Herzog
Chicago Nationals
Chase and Herzog
Cubs
Giants
Henry Zimmerman
Herzog
Chase
William Veeck
Charles
Buck
Chicago Cubs
John Heydler
National League
Arthur E. Wilson
Norman Boecker
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago White Sox
Wilson
Boeckel
Ha! Chase
Cincinnati
Boecker
Heydler
B. B. Johnson
White Sox
Cleveland
Johnson
Stoddard Elected President of Ohio Building Association League
John L. Stoddard of Columbus was elected President of the Ohio Building Association League at its 32nd annual session in Cleveland. Thomas L. Pogue of Cincinnati named First Vice President, with Par rish of Hamilton as Treasurer and James A. Devine of Columbus as Secretary. Officials forecast 30,000 houses in the state next year and debated shifting loans to real estate only and directing funds toward home building. The group reported strong assets but only 25 percent available for home building.
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Cleveland
John L. Stoddard
Columbus
Ohio Building Association League
Thomas IL. Pogue
Cincinnati
Charles P. Parrish
Hamilton
James A. Dévine
Ohio Building and Loan Associations
General Assembly
Devine
Half Game Between Indians and White Sox Keeps Title Bid Tight
In New York on September 23, the White Sox defeated the Indians to reduce the gap to a half game. Chicago’s win snapped Cleveland’s eight game span while Chicago moved to seven straight victories.
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Indians
White Sox
New York
Cleveland Americans
Chicago
Cleveland
Buried Body of Capitalist Found in Los Angeles Home
Police uncover the body of 46 year old Los Angeles capitalist Jacob Charles Denton buried under earth in a hermetically sealed box in a Catalina Street cellar. A pistol with a wrong caliber cartridge and letters implicating three women are found as detectives investigate a murder tied to his disappearance since June. Denton left a will to Judge Avery who had tried to contact him. He had been a mining promoter with a daughter in Phoenix and a complex marriage history.
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Holy Rollers
Race Street
Clifford Sweet
Elizabeth
Mrs. Sweet
Angeles
Cal
Jacob Charles Denton
Los Angeles
Catalina Street
Denton
Avery
Frances Denton
Phoenix
Ariz
Quicklme
Missouri
Dollie Mae Winters
Whisky Spill After Truck Upset On Liston Avenue
A truck carrying thirty nine barrels of whisky overturned on Liston avenue near Anderson's Ferry, scattering the cargo and injuring driver Edward Schelles of Aurora Indiana. Schelles admitted the load was alcohol from Rossville Distilling Company intended for Cincinnati drugstores for medicinal use. Police investigated amid suspicions of a whisky ring. federal officers later cleared the cargo as legitimate.
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Liston Avenue
Anderson's Ferry
Edward Schelles
Aurora
Ind
Schelles
Rossville Distilling Company
Cincinnati
Propaganda clash hits Prohibition inquiry in New York
A heated exchange in Washington at the International Congress on alcoholism pits Bird S Coler New York Commissioner of Public Welfare against William H Anderson head of the Antisaloon League over enforcement of Prohibition Coler accuses Anderson of inciting hatred while Kramer defends enforcement and Anderson denounces political bias in a public statement The debate ends with delegates voting to discuss the papers tomorrow before the program resumes.
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Washington
Prohibition
New York
The
Antisaloon League
William H. Anderson
Bird S. ‘Coler
Public Welfare
International Congress
Coler
Congress
Anderson
Enforcement Corps
Department of Justice
Mr. Kramer
Anti- Saloon League
Cox
Harding
Kramer
Bureau
League
Campaign Expenditure Inquiry Probes Cox Draft Aid and San Francisco Trips
Senate committee hearings examine charges that Governor Cox urged draft exemptions for a Scripps heir and that government employees traveled to San Francisco at public expense during the Democratic National Convention. The probe also reviews Baruch funding for a campaign film and use of federal publications in political propaganda.
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Washington
Cox
E. C. Scripps
San Francisco
Senate
Robert P. Scripps
Newspaper Enterprise Association
United Press News Service
Scripps
The
Farx
Agriculture
Kenyon
Navy
Don C. Fees
Department of Justice
Frank K. Nebeker
FE. P. Stewart
KE. J. Hoover
George M. Montrose
Senator Kenyon
Palmer
Floyd R. Harrison
Meredith
Department of Agriculture
Almerico P. Zappone
Zappone
Convention City
Harrison
Harry Levy
New York
B. M. Baruch
Tincle Sam
Freedom Ridge
Baruch
League of Nations
Senator Reed
Levy
Democratic National Committee
Loren C. Talbot
Talbot
Liberty Loan
P. P. Claxton
Federal Bureau of Education
Attempted safe blow at Pennsylvania Railroad office fails
Yeggmen failed to blow open the Carrel and Dumont streets office safe yesterday due to too small a nitroglycerine charge. The raid netted $206 from the safe, $11 from a desk, and four pairs of shoes were stolen.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Carrel and Dumont Streets
Johnson to Lead Fight to Revise Nomination Method
Senator Hiram Johnson proposes presidential preference primaries to replace national conventions. He plans legislative action to curb convention power, arguing direct public choice is logical and democratic, with California during the 1920 campaign helping to push the issue.
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Sacramento
Hirampson
Hiram Johnson
California
Chicago
Johnson
Congress
Harding Says Irish Question Is Domestic Not Official Policy
Senator Harding declared the Irish independence issue is not a question for official America and urged limiting foreign meddling under the League of Nations. He emphasized that sentiment supports autonomy but official action should be avoided and noted his refusal to resign while a Democratic governor remains in Ohio.
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Mr. Johnson
California
Harding
Cox
McAdoo
League of Nations
Chicago
San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
Washington
Sacramento
Sacramento Union
Sacramento Bee
San Frncssee
Nevada
America
Marion
League
Senate
Paris
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ireland
Kahn
Beck
Crawford County
Ohio Dental Association
Police and bloodhounds hunt Sartin across county
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports Manchester Ohio authorities scour Lewis County for Pooch Sartin a 19 year old sought for shooting Commodore Pollitt at a nearby village last night. Pollitt's condition is guarded with slight hope of recovery as bloodhounds and a posse pursue Sartin and residents in surrounding towns join the search.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Manchester
Lewis County
Pooch-Sartin
Commodore Pollitt
Pollitt
Marshall
Sartin
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Ohio Association
Bagby
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Polo Grounds
Gellar
J. C. Denton
Coler Deglares
Scripps Papers
Son On
Stand
Brother
Lawrence
David Lawrence
Oregon
Montana
Woodrow Wilson
Otto Kahn
James W. Good
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Bascom Slemp
Virginia
James M. Beck
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