Fire at Corgas plant injures workers and destroys buildings
Aug Lehman is missing and five workers are injured after a fire at the Corgas Manufacturing Co plant that destroyed the Co at Oil plant and damaged the adjoining Bisbee Linsged company plant. Exploding coconut oil cans caused the blaze killing fifty workers inside the building. Loss estimated at $1,000,000.
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Adelphia
Lehman
Corgas@ Manufacturing company
Bisbee Linsged Company
Missionary Alliance Conference at Beulah Beach
The Evangelical Missionary Alliance will hold its conference at Beulah Beach west of Vermilion from August 15 to 24. Speakers come from various arches in the United States and Canada with foreign work represented by missionaries from new lands. About 23 students from Oberlin plan to attend.
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Ity
Chid Missionary Alliance
Hign
Beulah Beach
Ermilion
United States
Anada
Oberlin
Lorain church seeks site for next Sunday service
Members of the Lorain People's Church meet this evening to decide where to hold services next Sunday. No pastor has yet been chosen for the 20th Street church, from which the Fear church seceded last week.
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Lorain
New
Two Elyria Divorce Suits Enter Court Dockets
Two Elyria residents file divorce petitions. Katie Hejes accuses Stephen Fejes of gross neglect and cruel abuse with intoxication affecting home life. requests divorce and alimony. Claude J. Gilson sues Esther Gilson for gross neglect and cruelty alleging she abandoned him in 1923 and barred from property interests.
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Elyria
Katie Hejes
Stephen Fejes
Claude J. Gilson
Esther Gilson
Wedding licences at cost in 1974
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to wedding licences offered at reduced cost in 1974 in Chicago. Mentions individuals Goldie Lansman and Uel Epstein with unclear roles, and a farmer or descent reference. Dense errors obscure full facts.
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Chicago
Goldie Lansman
Uae
Actress Claims to Be Mother of Foundling
Washington report recounts a foundling tale as 19 year old John Lester Butler learns his mother may be alive. A Washington baby left on a doorstep in 1907 allegedly grew up believing guardians were parents until revelations and a 1906 adoption by Charles L Buller. The piece weaves in a New York reference about a show stop and a July 1906 timeline.
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Washington
Aug
John Lester Butler
Hutter
Unex
Tod A Jetter
Adhead
Tress Mass
Tonan
Leffen
Lewis
Ethel Parser
White House
Deorstes
Honev
Confesses to Slaying Five and Hanged Today
A man confessed to killing five people before his execution by hanging at the prison gallows. The grisly tale includes details of murders in Louisiana streets and at a local residence, with authorities confirming the suspect admitted to multiple killings before his death.
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Aku
Cone
Louisiana
Frank
Lee Duke
Tapl Smith
Stock market opens strong but slips amid profit-taking
New York traders watch rail and metal issues as early gains fade after the open. Marquette and Lackawanna shares move, while Nubel Plate consolidation and New York Fed rate news shape sentiment amid mixed railroad activity.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve
Lackewanna
Ce Marquette Gamed & Penns
Pere Marquette
Elecisizc
Announs
Chicago Grain Prices Edge Higher At Noon
Chicago grain markets show wheat and corn advancing with wheat futures up several cents and corn rising modestly. Opening quotes place Wheat near 1 28 6 8 for nearby contracts with later months trading higher. corn gains around 1 3 to 3 1 and soybeans hold steady amid light volume.
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Chicago
Dee
Y FE
Uae
T “S
Witnesses Describe New York Trial Proceedings And Drunk Accusations
The transcript outlines witnesses like Dr Robert Armstrong and Leonard Tews testifying about the Loch case. Tews recounts New Year’s Eve behavior accusing Dicky Loeb of drunkenness and aggression, while Armstrong notes past spells after an automobile accident, with limited cross examination by Crowe.
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Sense
Robert Brucermstrong
Loch
Charlevoix
Mich
Ed Darrow
Crowe
Loeb
Mioueheib
Cary
Bas
Niaz
Cam
Doalwe
Plans for largest railroad merger announced
Bulletin from York reports plans to create the largest railroad merger by the Nickel Plate system owners Oren P YdL Mantis Van Sweringen and associates. The outline includes about 500 miles of track and involves major capital moves. An aviation note mentions world flyers refueling in Iceland on a return to New Foundland.
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Sem
York
Aug
Troan Lussary
Oren Py dL
Mantis van Sweringen
Ort Nickel Plate System
Cousalletias
Boos Soo
Bear Carries Tot A Mile In Town Incident
A bear, believed tame and possibly escaped from a carnival company, carried a one year old girl named Elizabeth Strickiar along a street before the child was harmed. Her brother Eddie witnessed the event in Whiteville.
Oberlin Club Meetings Update and Notices
Oberlin clubs announce upcoming meetings and events. Mend ing Bee set for August 14 with Mir Perryman at 29 North Cedar. Oberlin Finiteim club gathers July 12 all day to arrange family support. W R C to meet August 22 in Ost rooms. Rededicated lodge members urged to attend Monday night August 11 for district delegate report.
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Lorain Street
Mir Perryman
Oberlin Finitimi
Lorain
W.R. C
Fuidas
Rice Queen Mary Andrews Heres of Houston
Mrs Mary Andrews Heres of Houston is renowned as the rice queen. She began as a salesman in the rice trade and has since built fifteen mills in the country, now representing the rice industry in London England.
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Mary Andrews Heres
Houston
Tex
Haslnce
London
England
Governor orders special grand jury for Cleveland Discount Company failure
Governor Donahey directs Attorney General Cratbe to seek Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court action for a special grand jury to probe the 1928 Cleveland Discount Company collapse. He cites numerous complaints from securities holders and notes prior inquiries in other counties while stressing lack of concrete evidence.
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Cuyahoga County
Ming S. Ac
Donahey
Cratbe
Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Cusahoxa
Truck Driver Fined After Overload Arrest in Cleveland
Sheriff Underhill and Deputy Cowle arrested Sam Corrigan, a truck driver for GQ, in Cleveland last night for hauling an overload. The vehicle weighed 28,000 pounds with 23,450 on the rear axle, four tons over the limit. Corrigan appeared before Justice J. George and paid a 40 dollar fine plus costs. Detroit reports petitions circulating for Henry Ford as United States Senator.
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Underhill
Steve Cowle
Sam Corr
W. Zimmerman
Cleveland
Corrigan
Justicea
J. George
Wonderful Remedy Promises Cure for Chronic Digestive Ailment
A testimonial asserts May Wonderful Remedy cured a six year stomach disorder causing gas and bloating. The narrator notes dramatic weight loss and a near-skeleton state before trying the remedy, claiming it removes mucus from the digestive tract and intestines with a single dose, backed by a money back guarantee.
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Honesard
Biringham
Mixed U S Business Notes From New York and Philadelphia
Surplus for Associated Oil for the six months ending June 29 was 4.4 million dollars or about 1.98 dollars a share versus 2.25 million or 1.10 dollars a share a year earlier. July steel ingot output reached 1,864,416 tons, down 227,050 from June. Pennsylvania system carSANings for the week ending August 2 were 153,587, up 5,357. Superior Oil quarter ending June 3 income was 435,384, up from 302,726 a year earlier. General Pershing left Washington for a farewell Army tour with stops planned at Camp Perry, Findlay, and Columbus. Navy dirigible Shenandoah began tests in Narragansett Bay after an uneventful takeoff from Lakehurst.
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New York
Associated Oil Corporation
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Superior Oil Company
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