Three Prince family members die in gas main leak
A defective illuminating gas pipe caused a deadly gas release in Watervliet. Mrs. Joseph Prince, 38, and three of her children died, while the father and five other children were seriously ill. Police and firefighters evacuated homes as dozens fell ill. Mary Cassell alerted responders. An investigation into the gas main break is ordered.
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Watervliet
Joseph Prince
John B
Clarence P
Daniel
Tony Cruto
Mary Cassell
Prince Home
Patsy Condura
Frank Cord
ST. Clairsvillae
Mary Bonico
Frank Ulus
Warnock
Hve
Ulus
Alas
Europe
Murder Trial Set to Open Next Monday
Court preparations mark the start of the trial for iliff on a first degree case. A large Wellington crowd is expected as spectators will be directed to use specified entrances while the rear door remains clear for officials and ingress restricted during proceedings.
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Cowles
Iliff
Ors
Pos Iing
Wellington
Rain Woman Sues for $25,000 in Heart Balm Case
Lorain resident Phine Hanovac sues John Kiif fe for alienation of affections seeking $25,000. She alleges they agreed to marry around November 1917, but he postponed marriage and she remained unmarriageable. She states they married on January 28 and seeks damages.
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Phine Hanovac
Lorain
John Kiiffe
Tworran
Kiencsa
Ants Contract Cancelled in Land Sale Suit
Sanford files suit against A Steinitz Pittsburgh state dealer to cancel a land sale contract for sixteen Shel and Improvement Co. lots to Lorain. He alleges fraud and requests contract void and removal of all state interest. Theodore Rebbiotech, motion picture actor, recuperating as physicians report his improving condition.
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Sanford
T A. Steinitz
Pittsburgh
Sheland & Improvement Co
Lorain
An Tsburg
Workhouse Sentence for Nonsupport of Six Children
Rufus Gibbs of Oberlin and Sixteenth Street Toledo was found guilty of non support of his minor children and jailed for six months. Sentence suspended to allow payment. failure will revive the original term. Also notes on Ohio utilities docket purge, and Dartugherty support, postal wage talks, and smallpox vaccination in Chagrin Falls with school quarantine.
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Oberlin
Sixteenth Street
J George
Toledo
Chagrin Falls
Toledo man recounts kidnapping odyssey in police report
James Whalen a 47 year old Toledo tazi driver told Elyria police he was abducted Thursday night near Toledo by two young men who forced him to drive through Cleveland and Dover in a long ordeal. After being tied and guarded most of the time they untied him in Dover, stole $37, and fled in a Dodge with a woman driver before he reported the incident.
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Toledo Tazi
Toledo
Pickle Avenue
Cleveland
Public Square
Dover
Whalen
Trolley Car Plunges Into Crowd Killing One
Stamford Conn February 23 A crowded trolley car carrying shop hands to Yale and Towns Plant jumped a spur switch slid across an ice filled road and plunged into a sidewalk crowd one man was killed several seriously hurt and many others injured none of the car’s passengers were harmed Physicians were summoned to establish emergency hospitals as pedestrians were bowled aside by the crash
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Stamford Conn
Yale and Towns
Neahtahwanta Rod and Gun Club illness outbreak
In Fulton New York eighty seven members of the Neahtahwanta Rod and Gun Club fell ill from ptomaine poisoning after their annual banquet. six were serious. The incident marks a notable club health scare reported on February 23.
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Neahtahwanta Rod and Gun Club
Japanese Merchants Ordered Out of Russ City in Three Days
Shanghai reports say Soviet authorities in Vladivostok ordered all Japanese merchants to dispose of their goods within three days or face confiscation. Sixty merchants operate there. Tokyo notes drastic measures if the order stands. Moscow reports a tense Japan Russia dispute over quake relief aid and cautions that Russian relief workers may be affected.
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Shanghai
Russia
Vladivostok
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Tokio
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Foreign News Nuggets Roundup From Europe and Asia
King Victor Emmanuel ill with influenza in Rome. Madrid reports trial of Moroccan defeat officers completed. Spanish authorities in deliberation. Akalis uprising quelled in Lahore. Three Irish prisoners escape Dundalk jail. German embassy says gold payments for Spanish fruits. Tutankhamun tomb trustee writ heard in Cairo. Paris chamber adopts full fiscal program with tax hikes. French oil scandal banker Leon David arrested. Newton Powell offered Canadian Ambassador post. In Manila Justice Torres to file civil suit complaints against former Philippine National Bank director over improper loans. several American and Filipino businessmen implicated.
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Manila
Wood
Justice Torres
Philippine National Bank
Harrison
Amercan
Bank messengers robbed of 32000 dollars in Vancouver
Three young men armed with revolvers held up an automobile carrying Imperial Bank of Canada messengers, seized 32000 dollars and escaped in an automobile in Vancouver on February 23.
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Vancouver
B. C
Imperial Bank of Canada
Lorain Slayer Sentenced to Life in Ohio Penitentiary
In Lorain criminal court Judge W B Thompson overruled a new trial motion for Bandalia Cruz convicted of second degree murder. Cruz was sentenced to life in the Ohio penitentiary for killing Jesus Guzman. He remained stoic as the sentence was pronounced and is to be transferred likely on Monday morning.
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Bandalia Cruz
Cruz
Ohio
Jesus Guzman
W. S. Hurley
Couple Donates $1 Million to Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore report states Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh donated $1,000,000 to Johns Hopkins Hospital. The gift funds research and patient care at the renowned medical center in Baltimore on February 25.
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Mir
Henry Phipps
Fittsburgh
Johns Hopkins University
Illness Delays City Solicitor in Weight Case
The police court case against Ralph Murdach of Murtach Coal Co is postponed due to illness of City Solicitor Don Myers who cannot attend. Hearing date not yet set. Dayton report notes slot machines Morris type were deemed legal and returned to the plating area.
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Murtach Coal Co
Don Myers
Dayton
L. D. Jefferson Heads Local Gun Club
The Elvira Gun Club elected L D Jefferson president and C Joseph Snyder secretary treasurer for 1924. Thomas Cooley was named Field Captain as members planned a $1 dues and a $5 pledge per member for a club house, with a potential $200.60 general fund. The trap would be overhauled or replaced, and a team of shooters will represent the club in inter county meets this summer.
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Elvira Gun Club
L. D. Jefferson
Standard Hardware Co
C. Joseph Snyder
Chronicle-Telegram
John Wadsworth
Forest Smith
Thomas Cooley
Jefferson
Divorce Granted in City Grounds Alimony and Custody
This morning Judge A R Webber granted a divorce to Marvell Auble from Robert Auble of this city for gross neglect of duty. She received custody of their minor child and the alimony settlement was approved.
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A. R. Webber
Marvell Auble
Robert Auble
Skeleton of Girl Identified in Lake Ivanhoe Case
The weathered skeleton found near Lake Ivanhoe outside Orlando has been identified as Miss Marion Johnson, a 20 year old who vanished after leaving a roadhouse with a married man. Police expect to arrest the man soon as Red Cross authorities supplied details.
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Fila
Lake Ivanhoe
Marion Johnson
Johnson
Red Cross
Quarantine Violation Charged in Elyria
A warrant issued in police court charges B. H. Long of 313 Furnace Street with violating state and city quarantine laws. Health officials report two scarlet fever cases on Furnace Street. Long allegedly entered his quarantined home after exposure and then rode publicly, prompting the warrant though not served until his return to the city.
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B. H. Long
Furnace Street
Board of Health
Mr. Long
Clement
Dr. French
Long
Health Board
Williams
French
Akron bus graft ends council tilt in Ohio contract talks
Akron voters and city leaders awarded short term transit franchises to Mueller Brothers and Zeno Transportation to operate buses for 15 months at five cents fare. The Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co. bid to resume streetcar service at five cents was rejected. Mayor N Ribot secured a political win as small bus firms prepare broader motorization to quiet criticism.
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Ohio
Akron
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
N. Ribot
Mueller Brothers Transportation Co
Zeno Transportation Co
Hinkel Motor Tenek Sues for 3200 Balance on Auto Truck
The Hinkel Motor Tenek Co of Cleveland sues Samuel and William Hamilton for 3200, seeking judgment on a note for the purchase of an automobile truck. Also noted is a Cleveland item about a blackmail arraignment of Hereeid by neha, alleging extortion from Agnes Gordon and a confession claim.
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Hinkel Motor Tenek Co
Cleveland
Samuel
William Hamilton
Coolidge Ride to Appear Wednesday Split Over Ohioan
A fragmented reference to Coolidge aide Slemp testifying before a Senate oil inquiry. The report covers the Palm Beach trip questions, cabinet stock dealings, and a widening probe into oil and steel stocks amid GOP tensions over Attorney General Daugherty.
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Coolidge
Washington
Bascom Stemp
Senatorial Oil Investigating Committee
Senator Walsh
Montana
Stemp
Walsh
Slemp
Palm Beach
EB B. McLean
Albert B. Fall
Naval Oil Leasing
Daugherty
Ain't We Got Fun Fun And Dan Symons Office Scene
Assistant County Prosecutor Dan Symons reads the funny sheet in his office while an elevator runs. A visitor steps in and is told to wait as Symons finishes the page. The stenographer notes Symons prioritizes the funnies before entering the office.
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Dan Symons
Dan &. Symons
Hlyria
Symons
White enters candidacy for governor in Ohio
Attorney James A. White of Columbus filed with Secretary of State Brown his declaration as a Republican candidate for governor. The document was signed by his family.
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Pressoolidge
Arthur L. Garilyra
Brown
Hoke Donithen
Ohio
Coolidge
Congress
Donithen
H Coolidge
Garford
Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
U. S
James M. Beck
Washington
D. C
Ohio State University
James A. White
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Jenneis Buried. Notes on Post History and Local Election Opinion
Cleveland reports the burial of 83 year old John Jenneis, longtime member of J. B. Steadman Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Columbus notes Attorney General Crabbe’s opinion that a village council candidate who acted as an election judge cannot serve if elected. Dayton covers McCook engineers preparing to test a supercharger on the Lepere airplane and investigate the cause of Lt. John A. Macready’s recent failed altitude record flight.
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Cleveland
John Jenneis
J. B. Steadman Post
Grand
Columbus
Crabbe
Broan
Dayton
McCook
John A. Macready
One Killed Two Hurt In Ammonia Explosion At Plant
Niagara Falls report states Gilbert Baldwin aged 30 the plant chemist was killed in a blast at Mathieson Chemical Co. while filling an eight foot tank with a mixture of synthetic ammonia. Edward Gat yey and Matthew Derochalz were seriously injured in the explosion.
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N. Y
Mathieson Chemical Co
Gilbert Baldwin
Edward Gat~ Yey
Matthew Derochalz
Baldwin
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