Daylight Attack at South Third Street Pawnshop
Sam Bloom, owner of a pawn shop on South Third Street, was attacked shortly after 8 AM by two well dressed masked men seeking a loan to rob the store. He sustained a scalp wound from improvised iron bolts wrapped in paper but remained able to describe the suspects. they fled toward the river and were not yet found. The weapon and bolts were found in the store after the assault.
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Sam Bloom
South Third Street Pawnbraker
Bloom
Mr. Bloom
Mr Bloom
Jeanedk
Fatal crash near Wills Creek bridge injures two
Jacob Zelt Jr. and companion Yaeger were in a high speed car crash near the Wills Creek bridge by the City Water Works. Zelt was pinned in wreckage by a pipe driven into his abdomen and later died. Yaeger survived with injuries after being ejected from the car. The crash prompted hospital treatment and sparked questions about Zelt’s past political and legal entanglements.
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Wills Cre
City Water Works
Jacob Zelt, Jr
Washington
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Zeb
Washington, Pa
Jacob Zelt
Jaco, Jr
Grover
Mingo Junction
Yeager
Herald-St
Zelt
Alikanna
Wills Creek
Jake
Mr. Zelt
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Washington Council
Tannare
Low Tariff Then Washington Reflects on Farm Exports
A Washington dispatch argues that Democratic claims on Underwood tariff harm farmers are weakened by wartime export gains. It notes U S farmers expanded exports to Europe during war, with large increases in breadstuffs horses mules hay meat and dairy sugar and a cash gain of 620 million. It warns a postwar drop could hit farmers unless tariff policy changes.
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Washington
United Stat
Europe
Highway paving bids total over a million dollars
Highway Commissioner Cowen announced bids for eighty miles of Ohio highway exceeding 1 million dollars. Springer & Springer of Wheeling bid 21,471 for a 0.72 mile Jefferson county stretch with brick paving. Other bids include Skellys Empire road bridges and waterbound macadam with various lengths and costs.
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Ohio Highway
Cowen
Jefferson County
Ohio River Road
Springer & Springer
Wheeling
Skellys Empire Road
W. R. Heburn
Mount Pleasant
Toval Vote in Presidential Preference Primary Election
Voters in the city and county took part in both parties presidential preference primaries on Tuesday. Republican results show Burton leading with 1156 votes for President and 979 delegates at large for Harding with 979. Democratic results list Wilson unopposed for President with 542 votes and 202 to 396 to 370 delegates at large among others.
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Webster
Giffin
Glaser
Harding
Proctor
Sullivan
Tyler
Willis
Wilson
Marshall
Monnett
Campbell
Cox
Harmon
Pomerene
Case Settled in Nicholson Brick Company Suit
The Nicholson Brick company and M. A. Smith et al reached a settlement at the plaintiff's expense.
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Nicholson Brick Company
M. A. Smith
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