Ottawa Kans Man Reeble Owens Dies in Boiler Explosion
A local Ottawa man Reeble Owens dies from injuries after a boiler explosion at the Janney plant. John Fisher dies at the scene, Owens dies later in hospital. several others injured. Funeral services for Owens set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from his father's home.
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Reeble Owens
Ottawa
Hans
Charles G. Rewlins
Laurel Bowstward
New Castle
Mr. Owens
Owens
Kans
John Fisher
C. G. Rawlins
Stoydas
John W. Owens
Park Avenue
Gak Park
Cemeta
New Year Welcome Marks 1921 Arrival in New Castle
Crowds gathered on Washington street as bells, whistles, and cheers greeted the arrival of 1921 at midnight. Mild weather promised gentle conditions for the year, with residents noting the century’s aging as the calendar turned.
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New Castle
Washington Street
Restaurant Seized By Sheriff Boyd
Sheriff Boyd has seized the restaurant of Nick Loulas and Louis Mantinan at 182 East Long Avenue. The assets including tables chairs dishes stoves tobacco and cigars will be sold on January 3 between 1 and 2 o'clock.
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Boyd
Nick Loulas
Louis Mantinan
East Long Avenus
Giant Industrial Fill At Junction By Unusual Hydraulic Method
An enormous fill is being created on 168 acres near Newcastle Junction using hydraulic methods. Slag and furnace cinder are deposited daily, averaging over 100 railcar loads, to raise the land about 26 feet and to the level of nearby railroads. The project, by J G C Barr company, aims to transform wasteland into an industrial site, a first of its kind in the region. Continued on page two.
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Newcastle Junction
Shenango
Pennsylvania and
Ohio Electric News
Eiedtric News
J. GC. Barr Company
Siwamypland
Castre
Two Die and One Hurt in Mt Clemens Car Crash
Police report a Detroit trio returning from a New Year’s Eve road house collided with a telephone pole on Gratiot road near Mount Clemens at 45 miles an hour. One man was killed and another fatally injured, six others were hospitalized with broken limbs. All were Detroit residents.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
Mount Clemens
Gratiot Road
Delrair
Girls accosted on street by Negro
A News reporter asks what a young girl would do if grabbed by a man stepping from a doorway on W. Washington Street. One girl replies she would bite hard, while others scream and run, then notify the police.
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W. Washington Streat
Desertion Alleged in Divorce Filing
P Ho. Kahrer has filed for divorce from Elizabeth Kabrar on the grounds of desertion alleged to have occurred in June 1914.
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P . Ho. Kahrer
Elizabeth Kabrar
High School Football Team Feasts at Annual Banquet
The New Castle high school football squad and their dates gathered in the cafeteria for an annual banquet. William Martin offered a blessing as 25 players and 12 speakers joined a newly prepared feast. Miss Mary Rifler and Miss Frances McClaren supervised, with a menu linking football terms to each course.
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New Castle High
Mary Rifler
Frances McClaren
De Valera Secrets and Arrest Rumors Stir London
London officials weigh whether Eamon de Valera will be arrested after a New York report says he remained in Ireland. Dublin Castle and Scotland Yard officers doubt the Irish Sinn Fein leader is in Ireland, with hints he could still be in America or voyage home unseen.
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Ireland
London
Eamon Tse Valera
Irish Republic
New York
Treland
de Valera
Eamon de Valera
Hamar Greenweal
Valera
Scotland Yard
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Aceous Wong
Channa
Agustanis
Bucn
Southampton
France
Spain
Dublin Castle
Ruse
Tayquirtes
da Valera
America
Internarional Neays Surefosd
Eanoni de Valera
Terence MacSwiney
DAnnnzio Tries To Leave Fiume In Blazing Glory
Gabriele D Annunzio attempted to depart Fiume after holding the city for a year but was blocked by General Taviglia. He sought permission to lead his troops out with ceremonial pomp but agreed to depart without such spectacle.
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D’annunzio
Gabriele D’annunzio
Fiume
Tavigia
Caruso Shows Signs of Recovery After Pleural Crisis
Reports from New York indicate Enrico Caruso the famed tenor improved after a severe pleurisy attack. He had a more comfortable night and the crisis of his illness is believed passed, with a return to health hoped soon.
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Linternancional News Service
New York
Jin
Enrico Caruso
Writs In Replevin Filed At Courthouse
The O G Orr Baking Company through Clyde Gibson filed a writ in replevin against A A Hark for possession of one show use item valued at 18 dollars and against John Baerhag for a repair against W S Moore for an Overland automobile valued at 710 dollars.
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O. G. Orr Baking Company
Clyde Gibson
A. A
Policemen Course In Politeness Teaches Courtesy
Worcester police will study etiquette and courtesy for ten days excusing them from duty. The program covers military courtesy, proper handling and humane restraint of prisoners, and instruction in marksmanship and jiu jitsu.
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International News Service
Worcester
Mass
Attorney Dana Called By Death
Lawrence County longtime lawyer S. W. Dana died at his home from pneumonia after a short illness. He was in his 42nd year, dean of the Lawrence County Bar and oldest Amherst graduate, with a half century in the same office on the public square. A fuller obituary will run Monday.
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S. W. Dana
Lawrence County Bar Association
Pennsylvania
North Jefferson Street
Lawrence Co. Bar Association
Dana
Amherst College
Public Square
Judd
Viaduct Collapse Injures Hundreds in San Francisco
A New Year’s Eve viaduct along Market and Taylor streets collapsed at midnight injuring hundreds. About five hundred people were on the span. three near death and thirty nine in hospitals with serious injuries as the structure fell twenty feet to a basement.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Calif
Timer Street
Market and
Taylor Streets
Merry Malars
Death of Mrs Myra Etta Devenport at 65 in Reebel area
The obituary notes Mrs Myra Etta Devenport 65 of 628 Croton Ave Reebel and mentions nearby relatives and locations in Ottawa Kansas. It also references William Jinks aged 78 living at 985 Longs Ave and indicates local attorney involvement.
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Myra Etta Devenport
Croton Av Reebel
Nens
Ottawa
Kansas
Attomoey
Dani
Aca
Erion
William Jinks
Harding Seeks Clear Prohibition Policy In Early Administration
President elect Harding remains quiet on Prohibition policy while preparing the new administration. Reports say he will enforce the Volstead Act strictly, with opposition to relaxing manufacture and sale of beer and light wines. Senator Harding answers a telegram from Anti-Saloon League leaders and spends New Year’s Eve at home, focusing on routine duties and correspondence.
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Jack Royle
International
Hettice
Marion
Harding
Raigns B. Anveriea
Colored Men Seize In Street Attack By Pool Room
Two West Side women were accosted on their way home by a colored man in the Norris block. He grabbed one woman and fled after she screamed. Police were notified and given a description, but alarms and tests yielded no further detail. The incident is described as a street attack with radio and fire department responses noted in the report.
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West Side
Norris Block
Fragmentary Red Warehouse Snapshot and Market Drop
A scrambled OCR fragment reports on a red warehouse with a calf and fodder sales, notes about tonnage and prices, mentions coal, machinery, and confiscations near the Ohio river, and references general offices and plant management in West Virginia. The text is garbled but indicates downward pricing and reduced orders affecting operations.
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Bure
Weat
Ohio River
Berhichen Y
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