Dollar Day Bargains Draw Wide Crowd Across Elyria
Dollar Day drew thousands of Elyria residents and visitors to shops and markets. Women and men packed clothing, food, and candy stalls as merchants reported busy aisles, tired clerks, and a day of brisk sales despite fatigue. In Manila, a tram accident on Corregidor killed six and injured fourteen, including officers Lieut. Col. R. H. Herring and Major John H. Hunter.
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Elyria
Manila
Corregidor
R. H. Herring
John H. Hunter
C. A. Carter
J. T. Davidson
Robbery in Lorain as Two Men Held for Jewelry Theft
Henry Taylor and Joseph Harris were arrested in Lorain after a bold morning jewelry store holdup on Broadway. They tied Chas Graver and stole jewelry and six revolvers valued at about 500 dollars. Mrs Graver alerted police who captured the suspects after a chase. Both men faced robbery charges with bonds set at 5000 dollars. In Atlanta, Sartain and Riehl were found guilty of conspiring to solicit bribes from prisoners. Fletcher was acquitted. Sartain and Riehl received sentences of one year and six months and one year and one day respectively.
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Lorain
Henry Taylor
Joseph Harris
Chas. Graver
Broadway
Graver
Sle
Taylor
Elyria
Warris
Atlanta
Robert E. Sartain
United States Penitentiary
Lawrence Reihl
Columbus
Ohio
United States District Court
LL. J. Fletcher
Miami
Tam
Sartain
Equal Suffrage in England Defeated and Delayed
In London the House of Commons defeated the immediate suffrage amendment 220 to 183, delaying electoral reform for women until possibly 1929. The amendment, proposed by Whitely, would enfranchise all women over 21.
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England
London
House of Commons
Whitely, Laborite
Steel plant to cut workforce slightly next week
Lorain reports a general 94 percent operation in most departments for the coming week. The blast furnace, rail and butt mill will run at 94 percent, two points below this week. In Sofia Bulgaria the cabinet moves to exclude communists from Parliament and ban communistic newspapers.
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Lorain
Sofia
Bulgaria
Girl Clering Thrill Disappoints Again
Eleanor Mayor a former Western freights settlement worker faced charges of issuing fraudulent checks. The case was dismissed late Thursday after her parents took her home. She had been held in Cleveland on similar charges before her arrest here. Settlement for the alleged bad checks was made by her parents, police said.
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Eleanor
Oberlin
Western Freights Settlement
Cleveland
Governor orders renewed probe into Ohio poisonings
Governor Donahey directed the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to conduct a thorough investigation into recent mysterious strychnine poisonings among Ohio State University students. The aim is to prosecute those responsible for lax dispensary controls on campus and to fix direct responsibility for the distribution of the poison.
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Columbus
Ohio State Universality
Donahey
Ohio Board of Pharmacy
Stolen Paintings Worth 400000 Reported Missing
Nationwide search launched after art treasures valued at more than 400000 were stolen from the palace residence of Martin Weinschenck noted collector. Boy Blowing Bubbles by Murillo and Vocal Lessons by Metsu valued near 175000 were among the missing works. Weinschenck, president of a firm in Danzig, Germany, had brought most pieces to the United States recently from Germany.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Heb
Martin Weinscheney
Murillo
Metsu
Weinschenck
Danzig
Germany
Prisoner to testify in Cincinnati liquor case
George Remy, a inmate at the United States penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga., will be transferred to Cincinnati tonight under guard to testify in a liquor case being heard there.
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Atlanta
George Remy
United States
Cincinnati
Big Airedale Mike Reunites With Vermilion Boatman
Louis Noel, a Vermilion boatman, identified by his dog Mike after the animal was found near the Chronicle-Telegram office. The dog had wandered for 19 days, aided by a tag and a prior foster home at 601 Park Avenue before being returned to Noel. Joe Snyder, the paper's ad manager, located the dog on the street and delivered him to the office.
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Louis Noel
Vermilion Boatman
Chronicle-Telegram
Mike
Noel
Solomon
C. E. Whitehead
Park Avenue
Joe Snyder
Death action over Vermilion woman killed in 1923 crash
Henry Hart as administrator of Ethel Tischer's estate sues Charles Helfrich for 15000 dollars in damages. Tischer died November 11 1923 near Kishman hill on Lake road while driving from Vermilion to Lorain. Her car struck Helfrich's truck left in roadway without lights at night amid alleged gross negligence.
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Henry Hart
Ethel Tischer
Charles Helfrich
Wieland Dies in Florida After Illness
Telegram from Palm Beach, Florida, reports Herman J. E. Wieland's death after appendicitis. He was in real estate this winter at Vero and underwent surgery in Palm Beach. Wife Mrs. Wieland, nee Carrie Hamilton, awaits funeral plans. son Donald survives.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Herman J. E. Wieland
Wieland
Carrie Hamilton
H. W. Insersoll
Vero
Florida
Mr. Wieland
Donald
Fire causes heavy damage in Beallaville Ohio
Damage estimated at $25,000 from an early morning fire in Beallaville. Buildings affected include a postoffice hall, a confectionery, and a local lodge hall. The origin of the blaze is undetermined. Losses in bureau work amounted to about $7,000.
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Ohio
Beallaville
Postofice K
P. Hall
Elyria Considers New Hotel Project At 700000 Cost
A Lorain County Savings & Trust Co meeting reviewed a survey by Hockenberry Systems proposing a 125 room hotel expansion to 74 room capacity. The American Hotels Co and United Hotels Corp were briefed, with Capt Stephen Bobo and A L Garford speaking on modern operations and city needs. A committee led by J S Johnson will study the proposal further with United Hotels Co. for a detailed plan.
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Lorain County Savings & Trust Co
Elyria
A. L. Aderton
Hockenberry Systems, Inc
American Hotels Co
United Hotels Corporation
Stephen Bobo
A. L. Garford
J. 8. Johnson
J. C. Crisp
L. B. Fauver
A. G. Bean
Creorge Stevene, Jr
United Hotels Co
Wealthy Baltimore shipbuilder Rohde found dead
The body of T. H. Rohde, wealthy Baltimore shipbuilder and general manager of Charles L. Rohde and Sons, was found in Canton Basin near the pier where he disappeared. Police and a coroner are investigating. no violence is evident and friends suspect a sudden vertigo led to a fall.
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Baltimore
T. H. Rohde
Canton Basin
Rohde
Charles L. Rohde and
Miss Louise Wioland Dies at 40 in Cleveland Area
Louise Wioland, 40, died last evening at her sister Mrs. C F Muller’s home on East Avenue after a lingering heart ailment. She leaves brother Charles Wioland of Akron and two sisters Catherine Widland and Mrs. John Ressler of Cleveland. Funeral from St Mary’s church Saturday at nine, burial at Josephe Cemetery, Cleveland.
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Louise Wiolland
C.F. Muller
East Avenue
Charles Wiolland
Akeron
Catherne Widland
John Ressler
Cleveland
St. Mary's Church
Oy Josephe
Teacher killed in Warren crash in Orrville
Miss Belle Dixon, a teacher in the Warren Schools, died today from injuries after being struck by an automobile. Her home was in Orrville, Ohio.
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Warren, O
Belle Dixon
Warren
Orrville
Poison believed to kill couple in Lancaster apartment
City Chemist J. E. Goodell says an unnamed poison found in both bottles of gin near the bed and in the stomachs of Ralph M. Souders and Mrs. Lida Vandyk e may have caused their deaths. Autopsies confirmed the presence of the toxin in both bodies.
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Lancaster
J. E. Goodell
Ralph M. Souders
Philadelphia
Lida Vandyke
Goodell
Mother hears son Phil Thorne play on air from Charlestown prison
River Massachusetts February twenty recounts Mrs. John V. Thorne listening to Phil Thorne, a former Huntington violinist now serving life for the 1916 taxi driver slaying in Charlestown. Phil played Salut D Amor on WEEI, thrilling East and Midwest radio fans and lifting his mother’s spirits.
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River
Mass
Phil
Charleston
Phillip Thorne
Huntington
Labor leaders to meet in Washington over WV mine dispute
A high level AFL committee led by Frank Morrison, Martin Ryany and J P Noonan will confer with John L. Lewis and Warren S. Stone on February 27 to resolve differences over employment of non union miners in the engine coal mines of the New River District, West Virginia.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Federation of Labor
Frank A. Morrison
Martin F. Ryany
J. P. Noonan
New River
West Virginia
Nurmi to Run in Rainbow Division Meet in Los Angeles
Papers signed in New York announce Paavo Nurmi will compete April 25 at the Los Angeles Coliseum in a Rainbow Division track and field meet organized by officers and men of the Rainbow Division. The distance is not yet decided.
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New York
Paavo Nurmi
Los Angeles Coliseum
New Jersey Move Follows Estranged Wife's Escape Plan
Mrs. Jessie Margaret Budlong serves a seven day “Imprisonment” in her husband Milton Budlong’s New York apartment before boarding a train to Newport Rhode Island. Frank Karcher said she intended to relocate to Newport after the separation. Budlong told staff to vacate the 125 East 72nd Street residence and sever ties with New York.
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New York
Jessie Margaret Budlong
Milton J. Budlong
North Central Texas Oil Company
Budlong
Frank Karcher
Newport
H. I
Margaret
East Seventy-second Street
R. 1
Meachan CadE before supreme court today
City Solicitor D W Myers visits Columbus to argue the Grace Meacham case at the supreme court over a 50 000 judgment after the Mast Bridge undercut accident of 1919. He reviews the New York Central and Mrs Meacham briefs and examines a new gas rate schedule with the Public Utilities Commission for possible City Council action.
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D. W. Myers
Columbus
Grace L. Meacham
Supreme Court
New York Central
Mrs. Meacham
Myers
Public Utilities Commission
Legal Gas Co
Grand Jury Re-convenes February 24th
Prosecuting Attorney T. A. Baird announced the grand jury would reconvene on Tuesday February 24th. About ten cases will be investigated with most defendants already in jail or on bail. The move aims to cut costs by handling these cases promptly rather than keeping prisoners imprisoned longer.
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T. A. Baird
Defends Slayer Tohnstown Man in Murder Trial
William I. Baker testifies in county court detailing years of abuse by his 240 pound father Daniel E. Baker. He describes being terrorized beaten and tormented since childhood as part of his defense against a charge of murdering his father.
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Tohnstown
N. Y
William I
Yellow
Mass Vaccination Quarantine Hits North Philadelphia
More than 4,000 people were quarantined in North Philadelphia as a smallpox outbreak led officials to vaccinate all unvaccinated residents. About forty physicians under Dr. A. A. Cairns of the local board of health conducted examinations in the banned area and began vaccination.
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Philadelphia
A. A. Cairns
Board of Health
Congress Raises Its Own Salary
Congress approved raising salaries for lawmakers from 7500 to 10000 dollars a year in a 237 to 93 vote. The bill, already passed by the Senate, goes to President Coolidge who is expected to veto. Cabinet members, the Speaker, and the Vice President would rise from 12500 to 15000 dollars yearly.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Grass Fire at Middle Avenue and 7th Street
Firemen from No 1 station answered a grass fire call at Middle avenue and 7th street around 1 20 pm. The blaze had not gained headway when they arrived.
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No. 1
Middle Avenue
7Th Street
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Ablb
Sugcedd
Elyaian
Riehl
Lucy Hagenow
Chicago
Nina Harding
University of Illinois
Hagenow
Comtesse de Chateau Brand
Paris
Yellow Empire
China
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chang Tao-lin
Bedlam
BIG Airedale
H. J. E. Wieland
Godgter Meting
Carl Muller
Soa
Nurmi
New Jersey
Gotham
Meachan Cade
William Itchett
Mitchell
Army
Air
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