FOUR MORE KILLED AS TWO MURDERERS PAY DEATH PENALTY
In Lorain the People's church voted to oust pastor Rev. T Howard Jones after he refused to resign following his daughter Lucile's arrest for organizing clandestine meetings between men and girls. The congregation will meet at Union Rescue Mission under Rev. G J Cooper. In Pottsville police seek identity of an 18 year old girl found murdered in the mountains near Gordon Hecksherville, badly charred and dead about eight days. In Greenwich a man shot his sweetheart after a trip from St Patrick Cathedral, claiming the motive unknown. Two electrocuted at Rockview prison, Charles Oesinger and Grant Adams, for killings, declared innocent by Adams and awaiting the electric chair, with Adams executed at 7:10 am.
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T. Howard Jones
Lorain
the People’s Church
Rev. Jones
Lucile
Union Rescue Mission
G. J. Cooper
Pottsville
Here
Gordon and
Hechseherville
Roth
Fountain Sprincys
New York
James A. O’mahoney
Patrick Flannigan
Greenwich Connecticut
Beatrice Donnelly
Greenwich
Magaret Donnelly
O'Mahoney
St. Patricks Cathedral
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Charles Oesinger
Philadelphia
Degmer
Violet Dickerson
Oefringer
Grant Adams
Adams
Kelling
Reading
Chas. C. Lord
Grafton
Ohio
Starz
Grafton Bank
John W. Knecht
Ges
Robert Knechtges
John W. Knechtges
Knechtges
Father
Eugene
Mabel
Edwin
Jock
Halli loses license after liquor violations at 205 West River
Steve Halh, proprietor of a store at 205 West River Street, faces 31 700 in fines total for liquor traffic over 3 1/2 years. He was fined 300 and costs by Mayor Hinkson for the latest violation, with his license to operate a soft drink parlor revoked. Police seized fifteen gallons of liquor testing 52 percent as officers entered Halil's rear yard. HalI pleaded guilty and, due to language barriers, his sentence was relayed via an interpreter. Additional arrests included two men fined for intoxication and one for petty larceny, with Blingley jailed after arguing at Cascade dance hall.
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Steve Halh
West River Street
Halli
Hinkson
Halil
Mself
Leland Blingley
Furnace Street
Blingley
Cascade Dance Hall
Corbett Southam
Bunzley
William Stewart
Second Street
Frank Pak
West Fos Street
L. V. Jones
Silroad
Missing girl in Philadelphia linked to New York trip
April 6 report says 14 year old Helen Lobosco was arrested by detectives on a charge of terrigibility. She told police she visited Broadway sights in New York last night as a guest of a woman reported to have kidnapped her.
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Philadelphia
Helen Lobosco
Helen
Broadway
New York
Mrs Alexander 74 Passes Away In Eaton Home
Mrs Albert Alexander Sr died at home in North Eaton Sunday aged 74 years 4 months. Survived by husband and children Ira Vernon Martin Elyria Albert Alexander Eaton and Drie at home with Leo predeceasing. Twelve grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral at the late home Tuesday April 7 at 1:30 conducted by Rev Eicher. Burial at Butternut Ridge cemetery.
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Albert Alexander
North Eaton
Ira
Vernon Martin
Elyria
Eaton
Drie
Leo
Rev. Eicher
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Lorain county tax duplicate totals shown for 1925
State tax commission discloses Lorain county’s 1925 tax duplicate at 178 569 220 dollars, with real estate valued at 107 819 900 and public utilities at 30 669 210. The report notes statewide total 22 250 289 724 dollars and a 22.22 percent average tax rate. Reappraisal occurred in 13 counties last year.
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Lorain-co
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Lorainco
Burglar Takes from River Street Home and Bank
A residence at 847 West River Street owned by Ellis Kailes was burglarized Saturday night. Police report the only missing item is a bank from the home. The investigation identified the bank as the sole article taken.
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Ellis Kailes
West River Street
Forgiven Pastor Elopes With Brother's Spouse
SOUTH BEND Ind April 6 A Welcome Home sign hangs for Rev Wilson W culp now missing with his brother’s wife Dorothy Culp 22 of Nappanee Ind The sign was hung by the wife who says he deserted her thrice a minister twice unfrocked for eloping with Esther Hughes Spring Valley Ohio church organist and music teacher She still trusts his word but vows to care for their ten children as they face homelessness behind on payments and possible eviction She recalls leading her to marriage 20 years ago near Wakarusa Ind as Easter brings worry and a struggling family continues to cope with financial and housing pressures.
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South Bend
Ind
Wilson W. Culp
Dorothy Culp
Nappanee
Esther Hughes
Spring Valley
Ohio
Culp
Wakarusa
Faded Rose Replaces Flower Parade For Dr Cook
Leavenworth prison. Dr Frederck A Cook arrived at 1108 in Leavenworth to begin fourteen year sentence for fraud. Kansas City station scene shows wilted rose symbolizing his fading fame as once celebrated polar explorer. Cook hopes presidential pardon or commutation from Coolidge.
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Dr. F. A. Cook
Leavenworth
Kas
Frederck A. Cook
Federal Penitentiary
WH. Buddle
Kansas City
Frederick A. Cook
Union Station
North Pole
Fort Worth
Tex
Cook
United States
Sam L. Grogs
Dallas
Coolidge
Fleet of 130 ships sails into San Francisco harbor
In San Francisco harbor the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets, 130 ships with 40,000 men, began a ten day visit before a six month cruise to Hawaiian and Austrian waters. Admiral Robert B. Coontz called the gathering the largest American flag fleet, stretching over 25 miles in line as eleven battleships, twenty six destroyers, five light cruisers, one armored cruiser, two mine layers and ten auxiliary ships prepare for the Australian cruise.
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Cleveland
Elyria
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Hawaiian
Robert B. Coontz
Pacific
Coontz
Gas well strikes 265000 feet daily on Florence Chikeng farm
Florence Chikeng farm records a gas well delivering 265000 cubic feet per day at 2734 feet depth. The independent well shows strong, steady pressure with no nearby large wells. East Ohio Gas Co. of Cleveland will take the output as gas men push to secure leases in the area.
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Columbia
Florence Chikeng
Aikens
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Dodge Drops Suit in Detroit Over Dodge Brothers Sale
John Duval Dodge, son of the late John Dodge, abandons his bid to stop the sale of Dodge Brothers to Dillon Read and Co. New York. His attorney William A. Licking says the youth will pursue a share of the sale proceeds in probate court.
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Detroit
Mich
John Duval Dodge
John ¥. Dodge
Dodge Brothers
Dillon, Read and Co
New York
William A. Licking
Nash Motor Stock Soars On New York Market
Nash Motor common stock jumped 20 points to 40 dollars in New York today, lifting it among high priced aristocrats of speculative stocks. The advance follows a 25 point rise last week and a strong year start, with earnings around 28 dollars per share and a 7 percent dividend. Forward price moves in Maxwell, Studebaker, GM, Pierce Arrow, Jordan, and Packard dominated the session as Dillon Read & Co. eyed a 150 million dollar issue tied to its Dodge Brothers deal.
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New York
Nash Motor Common
Nash Motors
Maxwell Motor
Studebaker
General Motors
Pierce Arrow
Jordan
Packard
Dillon Read and Go
Dodge Brothers Manufacturing Co
Many Injured in Hotel Fire at Athens Tennessee
An early morning fire of unknown origin destroyed the Forsee hotel in Athens Tennessee injuring many people. One woman was seriously hurt and several others received minor injuries. Also burned were Jones Drug Company Julian Drug Company Cumberland Telephone Company. Damages estimated at 260000 dollars. Injured include Mrs G W Glick of Cleveland Ohio with broken legs W M Bivins of Etowah Tennessee with broken legs Mrs S B Gordon of Cleveland Ohio with back injuries and J G Cobb of Canton Georgia badly burned.
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Athens
Tenn
Forsee
Jones Drug Company
Julian Drug Company
Cumberland Telephone Company
G. W. Glick
Cleveland
Ohio
W. M. Bivins
Etowah
S. B. Gordon
J. G. Cobb
Canton
Georgia
Amherst Divorce Suits Filed In Local Court Today
Two Amherst divorce actions were filed in court. Broughton sues Anna Broughton alleging willful absence for three years after living together. he describes her as cross and fault finding. Anna Mary Linden seeks a decree from Peter Linden for gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty, alleging assault and that he fraudulently secured her signature to a deed granting him all their real estate.
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Amherst
Rank Broughton
Anna Broughton
Anna Mary Linden
Peter Linden
Diamonds Stolen From New York Jeweler in Hallway Robbery
Jacob Ross, a diamond firm employee on John Street, was beaten by two men at 74 West 47th Street after choosing to walk up a stairwell. They used a blackjack, took his wallet with uncut gems worth about 56 000 dollars, and escaped as Ross summoned police.
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New York
Jacob Ross
John Street
West 47Th Street
Ross
Forty Fourth Street
Lorain Celebrates 51st Birthday of City
Lorain marked its 51st birthday this April as the municipality traces its origins to Charlestown and recalls its first mayor Donald Reid.
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Lorain
Charlestown
Donald Reid
Red Cross Chapter mobilizes Lorain tornado relief
Miss Harriett Root, secretary of the Lorain Chapter of the American Red Cross, announces today the chapter will engage in relief work for the recent tornado disaster in Murphysboro Illinois.
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Lorain
Tornado Death Toll Rises Near Miami From Florida Storm
Miami reports four dead after a tornado struck north of the city, destroying about 100 homes and leaving 300 to 400 people homeless. Casualties include F. E. Sullivan 85 and James Simpson 8 with Mrs. B Schultz among the injured. Relief teams, led by police and firemen, surveyed the damaged strip as residents prepared for continued aid.
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Florida
Scout
Miami
Fla
J. T Simpson
F. E. Sullivan
B. Schultz
White Belt
James Simpson
J. T. Simpson
Little River
Wrecks, Seizure Rights Stir April News Briefs
Fragmented OCR reads of multiple incidents report a deadly vehicle crash near Great Bend Pennsylvania and a rail derailment on the Lackawanna line causing train blocks. A separate dispatch notes a justice department push for a general eighteen mile coastal exclusion law for American vessels.
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Washington
Andill
Pent
Cascade Park pool progress nears public debut
Elstia's municipal pool at Cascade Park advances with concrete work nearly finished and a water line to be laid from Furnace Street. City Engineer John Powell says the pool will be ready in about two weeks though a bath house, filter plant, and pumps are still planned. The project marks significant park improvements despite mud delays this spring.
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Elstia
Castade Park
John Powell
Furnace Street
Cascade Park
Boggs Brothers Murder Guilty Plea Sentencing
John Boggs pleaded guilty to the murder of Harry Magill, a merchant policeman, and received the same sentence as his brother Dan Boggs. Initial belief had Dan as the principal, with a heavier punishment anticipated.
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Alu
Wee Apth Y
John Boggs
Harry Magill
Mered Gut
Dan
Dan Boggs
John
Workman Dies in Ottawa Tie Works Accident
Lima report says Ben Pattie, 30, of Glandorf, fell into a mud chute at Weimhinger Tie Works in Ottawa. He was carried to the grinding wheel before fellow workers could stop the power. Deemed fatal, the injury requires dismantling machinery to remove the body.
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Lima
Ben Pattie
Glandorf
Weimhinger Tie Works
Ottawa
Patre Siphut
Corograms Bicycle Theft Report and Local Notices
Corogram summaries: bicycle reported stolen from the alley of the Troxel building Sundar. Dr Betteridge III confined to home at 397 Park Avenue after illness. Signs for C M T C indicate another Elyria youth enrolled for Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana in July. James A Hewitt announced as a barber for Lor a county. youth is Robert Vestal 17 of 15 West Ninth Street.
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Paul Molle
Winckle Street
Troxel
Sundar
Elyria Yoth
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
James A Hewitt
Lora County
Robert Vestal
West Ninth Street
Two Children Die in Batavia Farm House Fire
Batavia New York April 6 a tenant house on the Georgia Rhodes farm between Batavia and Alabama Center burned killing two children Joan Scroger age 12 and Avis Scroger age five whose charred bodies were found. Their father William Scroger was seriously burned. Seven other children under 18 and the mother were injured. The mother was in serious condition but expected to recover.
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Batavia
N. Y
Georgia Rhodes
Alabama Center
Joan Scroger
Avis Scroger
Wiliam Scroger
Fireman Dead Engineer Hurt In Train Crash At Great Bend
Fireman B Loehm died and engineer William McGull was injured when a westbound passenger train derailed after an eastbound freight collided with it near Great Bend Pennsylvania. The freight cars telescoped into the engine causing derailment. wrecking crews struggled to recover Loehm’s body. None of the freight crew were seriously injured.
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Great Bend
B. Loehm
Wiliam McGull
deGui
Lochm
Slayer Suspect Hangs Self Before Lunacy Report
New York April 6 a few hours before a lunacy commission was to report on his sanity So omen Batten 29 a man on trial for the murder of his brother and wife Esther whom he slew because she repulsed his advances hanged himself to his gallows in the early hours today
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New York
Soomen Batten
Wattme
Hs Brother
Esther
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Nash Motor
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America
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Hero
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