Progress Letters Recall Crestline Era and Michigan Industry
A bundle of letters from the old Thoman homestead in Crestline, Ohio, tied to a hospital site, recalls early progress in America from velocipedes to planes and public schools. Articles note Michigan as the automobile state with top wages, among leading manufacturing states in 1927, with 11 major industries listed and high per wage earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Whoman
Lansing Miller
Crestline
Progress America
Thoman
Michigan
Ani Rothine
Benjamin Franklin
Felix Farrell
Detre
New York
Pennsylvania
Olinois
Ohio
Ilinois
Graf Zeppelin Returns Home After Historic Global Flight
Graf Zeppelin lands at Friedrichshafen after completing the longest dirigible voyage yet, surpassing Lakehurst to Lakehurst time by more than a day. The ship, commanded by Capt. Ernest Lehmann, carried 20 passengers and 40 crew, with Germany celebrating a record across oceans and steppes.
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United Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Pri
Graf Zeppelin
Trair Leviahtan
Siberia
Lakehurst
Graf
Tokio
John Henry Mears
Charles B. D. Collyer
Pilot Maj Wood crash death in desert flight
Maj. Wood, veteran airman, died instantly when his plane crashed in a heavy storm during the Los Angeles to Cleveland speed hop. His body was found in the wreck near Needles, Arizona, with no fire but an explosion reported. The Aerial Corporation of California announced the discovery via Burrell, aiding in the search.
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Needles
Ariz
U.P
Maj. Wood
Aerial Corporation of California
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Aerial Corporation
Burrell
Last Veteran Of Mexican War Dies In Washington
Owen Thomas Edgar aged 98, the last surviving American veteran of the Mexican War, died at the John Dickson home in Washington after a week of illness following a fall. He outlived the war’s memory as one of the final living links to 1846.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Mexico
Owen Thomas Edgar
John Dickson
Edgar
William Fitzhugh Buckner
Paris
Visitors Not Evidence for Liquor Search
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that merely seeing many visitors enter a dwelling nightly is not sufficient probable cause for a liquor search warrant. Frank Ziamkowski’s Grand Rapids appeal led to his conviction being set aside. The ruling noted that visitors entering and leaving does not prove illegal possession or activity.
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Lansing
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Grand Rapids
Frank Ziamkowski
Ziamkowski
Dwight Davis
Genesee County
Davis
Lapeer County
Arrest After Wagon Crash With Dynamite Load
Calumet reports Louis Jenith faced a reckless maneuvering charge after a collision with a wagon carrying dynamite. He paid a $26 fine, noting the potential consequences could have been far worse for him and others.
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Calumet
Louis Jenith
State police to enforce malt tax in Detroit
Lansing Sept 4 The state police will be sent to Detroit immediately to enforce the provisions of the new malt tax Attorney General Wilber M Brucker announced after a conference with the secretary of state department A complete investigation of the situation will be made
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Lansing
U.R
Detroit
Attoreny
Wilber M. Brucker
Secretary of State Department
Rev James Golden Died Early Today in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Sept 4 Rev James A Golden 56 pastor of St Simons Ludington died this morning in a local hospital after two weeks illness caused by diseases that began over two years ago He served in St Simons for ten years earlier posts included Big Rapids He was a World War I K C chaplain with Michigan troops and was cited for bravery.
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Grand Rapids
U.P
James A. Golden
St. Simon’s Church
Ludington
Father Golden
St. Simon’s
Big Rapids
K. C
Michigan
Death Probe in Clinton County He Omitted
William Kirby a 50 year old deputy sheriff and Eureka blacksmith was found dead beside his abandoned auto near Greenbush church seven miles northeast of here. Sheriff John S. Barnes leads Clinton county officers with state police detectives Neil R. Black and William Watkins as they search for the killer and piece together scant clues.
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ST. Johns
U.P
Clinton County
William Kirby
Eureka
Greenbush Church
Here
John S. Barnes
Kirby
Neil R. Black
William Watkins
Broadcastin and Stations Help Audition for National Radio Contest
Local vocalists strive for top presentation for the Atwater Kent audition at Central State Teachers College on September 12. Winners advance to state regional and national rounds with help from 45 major stations. The ten best singers share 25,000 dollars in cash and ten scholarships.
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Atwater-Kent
Central State Teachers College
Muech
America
Natt T
Keith McLeod
National Broadcasting Company
Greal
Atwater Kent Foundation
Coalition threatens new tariff bill overhaul in senate
A bipartisan farm bloc threatens to overturn the Republican 600 million tariff bill. Senator Borah leads nine Republicans planning further action to limit industrial rate hikes and preserve agriculture duties. A recommitment motion to the finance committee may steer revisions toward agricultural products.
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United Press Star
Washington
U.R
Senate
Congress
House
Reed Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Thomas
Geneva Meeting Takes Step for Naval Change
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced an Anglo American naval agreement will be ready for assembly review before session end. The pledge enables the assembly to organize the disarmament commission to meet in November. Alma College to open Sept 16 with enrollment matching last year and no faculty changes.
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Henry Wood
United Press Star
Geneva
U.P
Ramsay MacDonald
League of Nations Assembly
MacDonald
Alma
Alma College
Forest Fires Threaten Wisconsin And Michigan Homes
In northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan hundreds of farmers and townspeople joined fire wardens to fight spreading forest fires. Officials warned only rain or a wind shift could end the danger as flames neared Ovitz hospital near Laona, with patients inside threatened before the fire was contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Laona
Wis
Ovitz Hospital
Circuit Court Session Held Here Tuesday
Four men appeared before Judge Ray Hart in circuit court. Claire Bullard pleaded guilty to driving intoxicated and was fined 200 dollars. Frank Wilson faced forged check charges and was fined 75 dollars plus costs and placed on two year parole. Basil Williams and Duane Smith were rearrested for parole violations and ordered to report September 23, with Smith held in jail until then.
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Ray Hart
Claire Bullard
Frank Wilson
Basil Paul Williams
Duane Smith
Lenton
1889 Ordinance Brings Local Man to Court
Dumas La Fromboise of N Mission street faced Justice Malcont Wardrop after neighbors complained his pigs roamed the streets harming several pet gardens. The case centers on a 1889 city ordinance banning livestock from roaming city streets.
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Dumas la Fromboise
Mission Street
Malcont Wardrop
la Framboise
Large Midland County brush fire threatens Mt Pleasant oil field
Fire crews fought a 12 square mile blaze sweeping through Greendale and Geneva townships near Midland county with oil tanks protected by sandbags and ditches. Smoke and flames disrupted M 20 traffic while crews hoped to keep the fire from spreading toward the Mt Pleasant oil field and nearby wells.
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Midland County
Mt. Pleasant
Fires Fighting Brigade
Greendale
Geneva
Andrews
Tsabellg County
Jerry Taylor
Coleman
Fire threatens virgin pines at Hartwick Pines park
State forest fire crews focus on Hartwick Pines State Park near Grayling as flames reach within a mile of the 200 acre stand of virgin pine, jeopardizing the remaining old growth in Michigan.
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Lansing
Hartwick Pines State Park
Grayling
Department of Conservation
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Lieut
Alford Williams
Cratch Navy
Mr. Pleasant
Yesteryear
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Zep
Leviathan
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Owen Thomas
Grands Rapids
DR. Eckener
Lindy
Hugo Eckener
Akron
Eckener
Charles A. Lindbergh
James Golden
France
Clinton
Senate Hall
Paul R. Mallon
Circuit Court
Midland
Seaton
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