Auto Crowded Off Of Road At Oberlin Curve
Two days running a motorist was forced into the ditch on Oberlin road near West avenue as a westbound semi truck used the left side of the road. J F Simms Elyria R D 1 drove east and avoided a head on crash while a sedan driven by Lyle Rockwood was wrecked the night before at the same location. Police say trucks frequently drive on the wrong side at this curve and expect the investigation to end it.
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Oberlin Road
West Avenue
J. F. Simms
Elyria R. D. 1
Simms
Lyle Rockwood
Second Street
Tragic deaths and injuries hit Ohio brief items
State briefs from Columbus Roseville Lancaster and Akron report a 70 year old man struck by a Hocking Valley train at a crossing a two year old shot by an car a steam line explosion at Ransbottom pottery plant and a retired Bremen farmer found dead in bed in Lancaster a pair of teen robbers captured near Amanda and returned to reform school a nine year old struck by a car driven by Akron boxer Vincent Cottrell injured while coasting in Akron.
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Columbus
Allen W. Justice
Hocking Valley
Roseville
Frank Hilemaz
Ransbottom Pottery
Zanesville
Lancaster
A. C. Snyder
Bremen
Lawrence Tipton
Steubenville
James May
Washington
D. H
Amanda
Carl Rhymer
Bruney
Akron
Vincent Cottrell
K. C. Christer
Christner
Cottrells
Governor pardons Roy Hampton of Lorain County
Columbus Ohio February 15 governor Myers Y Cooper issued a pardon to Roy Hampton who was serving a Toledo workhouse sentence for liquor transport. Hampton was arrested in Huron county in September 1928 and fined 500 dollars plus costs and sent to the workhouse in lieu of payment. The pardon comes as his mother is seriously ill and his wife and four children are destitute.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Roy Hampton
Lorain County
Toledo
Hampton
Huron County
Despondent man hanged himself near wife’s home
Ellsworth Fagan, despondent over marital troubles, hanged himself yesterday in front of his brother in law's house where his estranged wife was staying, in Findlay, Ohio.
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Findlay, CO
Ellsworth Fagan
Marguerite Frazier, 50, Killed in Pomeroy Incident
Mrs. Marguerite Frazier, age 50, was killed in a February incident at Pomeroy Ohio. Local authorities reported the fatality and launched an investigation as details remain limited.
Woman Fatally Hit by New York Central Train
A pedestrian was struck and killed yesterday by a New York Central train at Hobson near here. Witnesses say she was gathering coal when the mishap occurred.
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New York Central
Hobson
Here
Agnes Chapman Injured in Dynamite Cap Accident
Gallipolis february report: Agnes Chapman, a young daughter of a local miner, suffered serious injuries after a dynamite cap she was playing with exploded yesterday. The incident underscores hazards surrounding explosive materials in the area.
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Gallipolis
Agnes Chapman
Ohio auto dealers elect Coen as managing director
The Ohio Council of the National Automobile Dealers' Association met in Columbus and elected Harry B. Coen of Columbus to serve as managing director.
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Columbus
Ohio Council of the
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Harry B. Coen
Ohioan To Pay Death Penalty Tonight
Columbus Feb 15 Everett Hoon a 28 year old Ohioan faces the electric chair at the state penitentiary for the murder of Henry Foos a Marion county resident reputedly wealthy. He was moved to the death cell with a special guard placed over him and expressed indifference saying he is not afraid to die and feels fine in health
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Columbus, CO
Everett Hoon
State Penitentiary
Henry Foos
Marion County
Koon
Legacy of two murder convictions shadows 1928 Marion County case
Foos was killed during an attempted home robbery in Marion County on May 29, 1928. His killer, Isaac Koon of Nelsonville, had prior murder sentences, with a 1997 penitentiary term cited. Koon sought clemency from Governor Myers V. Cooper, was referred to the clemency board, and appealed to the court of appeals claiming attorney desertion and requesting time to hire new counsel for a potential Ohio Supreme Court appeal.
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Spirit
Ohio Supreme Court
New motor device records car position in real time
Berlin engineer Karl Dams devised a dashboard device using a regional map to track a car’s location. The mechanism auto rolls with speed and a pin marks distance on the map, fixing exact position at each moment. U S vehicle production reached four million three hundred fifty seven thousand three hundred eighty four in 1928.
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Berlin
Karl Dams
United States
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