Arsenic plot in Newport threatened mayor at courthouse
Mayor Hermann of Newport received a postmarked Cincinnati letter signed A Friend with hidden threats to avoid the Courthouse on September 25 1920. Officials planned searches and guards amid fears of a dynamite plot. coroner reports no arsenic found in embalming fluid for three children. investigation to trace both crimes continues.
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Joseph ‘Hermenn
Newport
Cincinnati
Ayor
Ayor Herman
Christ Ebert
Public Safety
J. E. McCracken
Isaster
Hermannid
United States Postice
Hughes
Kentucky
M. J. Costigan
Costigan & Roll
Stanley Wiliams
Springfield (O
Reading Child Killed by Truck Crossing Road
Bertram J. Wessel six, son of John D. Wessel of 303 Main street Neading Ohio, was killed when struck by a furniture truck driven by Samuel Goldflies of Dayton Ohio. The truck toppled after hitting the boy as he ran toward Mrs. Fred Adolph on the opposite curb. Two men with Goldflies said they honked and called to the boy. The child died at home shortly after being brought in. Cincinnati health officials call for No Accident Week and harsher auto penalties.
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Bertram J. Wessel
John D. Wessel
Main Street
Neading
Reading
Samuel Goldflies
Dayton
Goldflies
Wessel
Fred Adolph
Adolph
Cincinnati
Health Department
William H. Peters
Peters
A. €. Bauer
Bauer
Dr. Bauer
Express firms win 0.5% rate rise by ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission approves about a half percent increase in express rates for loss and commodity shipments, lifting overall express charges by 26 percent. Milk and cream shipments are exempt. For H1, the sector reported revenue of about 159.681 million and expenses of 145.7 million, with a 113 percent expense-to-earnings ratio.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Attempt to Blow Up Newspaper Plant Fails
Cass Lake Minnesota. An attempt to wreck the Cass Lake Times Building failed when a defect in a cap on dynamite sticks blocked the blast. The dynamite was placed at the main entrance. the fuse burned to the cap and the plan was not carried out. The Times is a weekly newspaper.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Cass . Lake Times
The
Times
Threat Note Targeting Courtland Hotel Found in Canton
Canton police investigate a warning note found in a mailbox stating the Courtland Hotel would be destroyed at 12 45 yesterday. The hotel was guarded by plainclothes officers with no suspicious persons found on the property.
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Canton, CO
Courtland
Death by own action note reads to save life
A note left by Ambrose S Page 70 1582 Central avenue warned others and directed gas jets be turned off He was found on his bed with the gas on by neighbor George Desdrian who carried him to police safekeeping saying he was tired of living
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Ambrose S. Page
Central Avenue
George Desdrian
Page
Desdrian
U S Record for Twins Claimed for Akron
Akron Ohio records show one twin birth in twenty babies this year with forty one pairs born so far. Registrar W R Dodd notes a 30 percent rise expected, July leading with seven twin births, while January had three pairs.
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Akron
Bureau of Vital Statistics
W. R. Dodd
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Lackaye says McGraw struck him breaking ankle
Wilton Lackaye the actor, now hospitalized with a fractured ankle, says John McGraw the New York Giants manager assaulted him at McGraw's New York home after a call for friendship. Lackaye recounted the alleged handshake punch and subsequent fracture and said he learned of the Lambs Club dispute earlier.
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New York
Wilton Lackaye
John McGraw
New York Giants
McGraw
Lackaye
the Lambs Club
William Loyd
the Lambs
Ruth Hits 50th and 51st Home Runs in Doubleheader
Babe Ruth of the New York Americans belted his fifty first home run of the season in the first game against the Washington Club at the Polo Grounds. He also hit his fiftieth home run in the first inning of the second game, driving the ball into deep right field bleachers off Shaw.
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New York
Babe Ruth
New York Americans
Washington Club
Polo Grounds
Ruth
Shaw
Washington
Acosta
Baseball standings and results show Brooklyn and Cleveland favored
Major league results yesterday left Brooklyn and Cleveland as probable leaders. The Indians beat Chicago to extend their lead to one and a half games over the White Sox, while the Yankees lost twice to the Senators. Dodgers Giants Reds idle. Pittsburg gained on the Champs by beating St Louis. Standings: Brooklyn .691, New York .569, Cincinnati .535, Cleveland .636, Chicago .621, New York .611.
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Brooklyn
Cleveland
Dodgers
Giants
Reds
Pittsburg
Champs
St. Louis
Indians
Chicago
White Sox
Sox
Yankees
Senators
New York
Cincinnati
Clock Hands Go Back One Hour in Greater Cincinnati
Clocks in Cincinnati Newport Covington and nearby cities will be turned back one hour at 2 a.m. tomorrow to conform with the daylight savings ordinance passed by City Council last spring. There is no sign of an effort to repeal the ordinance before it takes effect next year. Sponsors say the change worked as predicted.
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Newport
Sauter
Stanley
Hughes
Newport City Hall
Cincinnati
Covington
Henderson
Cox
Phelan
California
Senate
Elko
Utah
Harding attacks Shipping Board amid cost of living talk
Senator Harding pressed for wartime ship program reform and warned the Shipping Board as a continual fiasco. He urged protective tariffs, thrift, and production efficiency to curb living costs while appealing to stability over vaudeville tactics. He outlined front porch events and a planned October 1 address to women on health and welfare topics.
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Marion
Harding
West
Vauddeville
South
West Virginia
America
Republican Party
United States of America
Nevada Close Race Seen for Cox in Governor Race Analysis
Nevada is a tight state with Cox favored to win three electoral votes but Republicans optimistic for a Harding victory. Lawrence notes Cox's strong West impact, boosting Democrats and demoralizing Republicans, while Nevada leans Democratic by a narrow margin amid mining-impacted counties and new arrivals.
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Nevada
Cox
Lawrence
Put
Pep
Reno
Nev
Wilson
Harding
West
McAdoo
Rees Cox
Himse
Henderson
League of Nations
League
Cox campaign funding charge stirs Senate inquiry
Washington reports an implied 1918 $5,000 contribution from Dayton Metal Products to Governor Cox’s campaign triggered an expanded Senate committee probe. Officials from Metal Products and City National Bank of Dayton were called to testify, while Lockwood alleged the check funded Cox’s personal note.
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Washington
Cox
Dayton (O.) Metal Products Company
Senate
Ohio State
Metal Products Company
City National Bank of Dayton
Lockwood
Talbot
Cox Attacks Hays Editors In Colorado Campaign
Governor Cox charges Chairman Hays and Republican editors with a conspiracy to silence the Democratic cause in Colorado. He cites an advance agent and editors asked to divert issues and report unfavorably on his receptions. He warns of a large Republican fund and links big business to campaign efforts.
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Cox
Denver
Col
Hays
Republican National Committee
Republican
Colorado
James M. Cox
Ohio
Trinidad
Pueblo
New Mexico
Stephens
League
National Committee
Republican Organization
America
West
League of Nations
Harding
Tully Scott
Walsenburg
Colorado Springs
Greeley
Wyoming
Laramie
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Children of Nations of the Earth
Henry ‘Cabot Lodge
Crermany
Germany
New York
Jayne
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Dr. Sauter
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M. J. Sauter
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Time
Heydler
National League
Benton
Cook County
Henry H. Brigham
Foreman
Brigham
B. B. Johnson
August Herrmann
Johnson
Bertram Wessel
Tila
Commerce Commission
Canton
Hall
Neighbor
Lambs
Mark
Greater
Calls Shipping Board
Harding and Coolidge Traveling Men’s League
Jefferson
Jackson
David Lawrence
NUE
DCAL
National Republican
Dayton Concern
Gox
Democratic National Committee
Stars and Stripes
E. M. Talbot
Metals Products Company
Palmner
San Francisco
Industrial Group Organization
New York City
Soldier
American Legion Weekly
Senator Edge
New Jersey
Republican National Weekly
League To
Herbert G. Houston
Houston
B. M. Baruch
Taft Charles M. Schwab
Edsel Ford
J. P. Morgan
McCormick Family of
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Harold W. Ross
the Legion Weekly
George White
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