Bank Robbery at Hamilton County Bank nets $24359
Five bandits disguised the heist at 9:30 am, locking eight employees against the wall and forcing tellers to reveal or access the vault. Cashier Greife was struck. Wallace opened the vault from memory and the gang grabbed cash and Liberty bonds before fleeing, with a $7500 reward posted for arrest and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Cpr
M. C. Greife
Robert Wallace
Louis Bayer
Teller
Floyd Foulk
Burns Avenue
Foulk
Greife
Wallace
Democrats May Trim Michigan Majority in Senate Fight
Detroit dispatch says former Governor Ferris leads Democratic bid to elect U S Senator against Townsend amid Baker vote fallout and Newberry scandal. Article notes Ford support in Wayne County, wet and dry issues, and labor unrest influencing Michigan politics ahead of 1922 election.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Michigan
Townsend
Ferris
United States Senate
Truman H. Newberry
Baker
Ohio
Harding
Henry Ford
Ford
Newberry
Wayne County
Bold Daylight Bank Robbery in Cincinnati Chronicle
A chronological account details the Hamilton County Bank daylight robbery in Cincinnati. Five bandits robbed the bank between 9 30 and 9 34 am, netting 24350 dollars and bonds before fleeing. police response escalates from 9 50 am to 11 01 am as detectives chase the bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County Bank
Robert Lyons
British Confident of Holding Chanak Despite Turkish Concentration
Constantinople Sept 28 British forces express confidence in holding Chanak despite Kemalist concentrations. Fleet protection guards flanks as battleships with sixteen inch guns threaten to sweep a twenty mile radius. Turks rely on machine guns. heavy artillery could challenge security, though entrenchments rival World War I strength. Labor squads, fleet personnel, and army units have built trenches and gun emplacements since Sept 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Chanak
Dry Law Farce, Frisco Grand Jury Urges reform
San Francisco County Grand Jury denounces prohibition as detrimental and undemocratic and asks California's Congress to repeal or amend the Volstead Act to permit light wines and beer. The report links rising narcotics, bootleg liquor sales, deaths, and crime to ongoing prohibition and notes impact on youths and class disparities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Superior Court
California
Congress
Police Scent Scheme To Collect Insurance as Stolen Body of Girl Is Found in Fire-Swept Garage
Police connect the fire at Harry Bronn's Oakville garage to the theft of Miss Celeste Schneider's body from Mt. Hope Cemetery. Bronn's wife Mrs Brenn and August Schneider are jailed while authorities pursue the case of alleged life insurance fraud.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Harry Bronn
Oakville
Brenn
Celeste Schneider
Mt. Hope
Grenn
August Schneider
Clayton
Schneider
Witnesses Leave Town Tied to Strike Probe
Three key prosecution witnesses in an assault case tied to a shoeworkers strike were paid $105 and given railroad tickets to St Louis to leave the city, according to a statement to police. Raymond Johnson, a striker, said he received the money and tickets to keep them from testifying.
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Shoeworkers
Raymond Johnson
Boot and Shoeworkers’ Union
Johnson
Union Central Pot
St. Louis
Shoeworkers’ Union
John F. Thompson
Garfield Place
Dee Metcalf
Edward Pollock
Wolf
Sweeney
Metcalf
Woliman & Lawrence Company
Eatmor Cranberries Marketed as Appetizer and Bargain
Advertising blurb promotes Eatmor cranberries as natural starter and economical option. Ends with a call to request Eatmor brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatmor
Rumors threaten Covington tobacco warehouse during fair
Anonymous threats and a warning letter sparked fears the Kenton Loose Leaf Tobacco Co warehouse at Second and Scott streets Covington would burn if the Tri State Tobacco Fair and Fall Festival plans were canceled. Police and county officials were asked to guard the building while Mayor Donnelly coordinated with Sheriff Thiel and Fair director Meyers to ensure security.
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Kenton Loose Leaf Tobacco Company
Second
Scott Streets
Covington
Frankfort
Burley Pool
Kenton County
Kenton County Farm Bureau
Independence
Tobacco Company
Thomas F. Donnelly
W. H. Meyers
J. Mason Hawk
Donnelly
Thiel
Constantine Talks War, Abdication, and Greece's Path
In Athens King Constantine, on the eve of his abdication, discusses Greece’s role in World War I, the allied war with Turkey, Venizelos, and America's recognition. He says he will stay as long as the people demand, and questions Dardanelles neutrality and Europe’s safety. He notes 100,000 Allied dead and Greek fate after Asia Minor.
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Athens
Associated Press
Georges
Ellenes
Nider
Ministry of War
Iraeus
Constantine
Frangos
Venizelos
Taoti
America
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Europe
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Australia
New Zealand
England
Asia Minor
Thrace
Alway
Greece
Obregon
Mexico
United States
King Constantine
Bernard Shaw
Cafe Owner Faces Fake Officer Blackmail Arrest
Pete Callas, 23, a Greek un-naturalized resident of Canton Ohio, was arrested by Detectives Grannan and Cleary at Toney Arckel’s saloon for demanding $100 hush money in a scam posing as a prohibition officer. The arrest followed the seizure of marked bills and a confrontation in a private office. Callas claimed to be borrowing funds after returning from Kentucky races. Archer’s saloon raid by Rubenstein’s team two months earlier is noted with a $1,000 fine for Archer.
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Pete Callas
Cherry Avenue
Canton
Grannan and
Cleary
Toney Arckel
Ninth
John Streets
Arckel
Prohibition
Callas
Smith
Arcker
Lexington
T Dallas
Frank Rubenstein
Archer
Rubenstein
Tjinth
Battle near Providencia ends with heavy casualties in Mexico
Rebels led by General Rosario Hernandez clash with federal troops commanded by Major Carlos Acevedo near Providencia Chihuahua. Sixty men die in hours long combat. insurgents 46 strong, federals 56, with four federals killed including Lieutenant Macedonio Fratsto. details from General Eugenio Martinez at Juarez.
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EL Paso
Tex
Providencia
Chihuahua
Genral Rosario Hernandez
Carlos Acevedo
Juarez
Eugenio Martinez
Ccampo
J. Espiridion Rodriguez
Dardanelles Tension Escalates Near Chanak
Turkish forces occupy the Asiatic side neutral zone except Chanak area where infantry lines form a semicircle around British positions. General Harington seeks urgent talks with Kemal Pasha as British reinforcements arrive and super-dreadnoughts Vengeance and Revolution join the fleet amid rising tensions.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Dardanelles
Chanak
Harington
Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Kemal
Yussuf Kemal Pasha
Angora
Nationlist Assembly
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Breere
Walnut Hills Bank
AAT
Toft Linc
CASIO
Hamilton County Depository
Hamilton County
Woodburn Avenue
Lawrence
David Lawrence
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Commercial Tribune
Spezia
Falconara
Aecaae
Italy
Falconare Fort
Genoa
Gulf
San Terenzo
Pitelli
Gulf of Spezia
P’itelli
Gulf of Genoa
Italian Red Cross
People
Paris
Mohammed VI
Abdul Medjid Effendi
Havas
Medjid
Tino
Kitty
London
Near East
Egypt
Malta
Charles Haringon
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Mustapha Kemal
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