Mystery of the Lead Ore Clue in Brooks Case
Dick Fenhampton and Detective Pollard pursue a trail from a packed case containing Inspector Brooks to a geologist Tennant. Fragments of galena and mountain limestone point to Mendips or Derbyshire, suggesting a western or southwestern origin. The plot twists toward a potential crime scene in the Mendip hills as they weigh routes from Cumberland or Derbyshire toward London.
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Pusey Toff
Inspector Brooks
Edrie Comway
Dick Fenhampton
Alison Weatherleigh
Thomas Herridge
Detective Pollard Saged
Dick Malty
Edric
Brooks
England
Geological Museum
Jermyn Street
Tennant
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Mendipa
Cornwall
Essex
Sould Brooks
Mendips
London
Brentbridge
Bath
Exeter
Forry
Mendips Mountain
Grooks
Mendip Hills
Two Schools Vandalized as Desks Searched Sunday Night
Police report two schools, McKinley and Ely, were entered and ransacked Sunday night. Pencils and small items taken from McKinley pupils’ desks while Ely teachers’ desks were disturbed but nothing stolen. In Lawrence, Sheriff Dunkley says no jail breaks while he stays in office. The veteran blacksmith inspects bars daily and recently found one weakened by saws and files.
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Heric
McKinley School
Ely
Lawrence
Kan
Jack Dunkley
Marshall Defends Ohio Supreme Court Bill in House Vote
In Columbus on February 21 the Ohio House committee heard chief justice Carrington Marshall defend the Supreme Court. The panel might vote to kill House Bill 19 proposed by Rep. James C. Foster, which would rotate the chief justice position among justices rather than electing a chief at the polls. Cleveland attorneys Nathan Cook and Joseph L. Stern argued for the bill’s defeat.
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Supreme Court
Cook
Marshall
Justie Marshall
Atty. A
Cannon
Jadital Council
William Cooper
Cincinnat
Leon Marhall
John Hopkins Univer‘ty
Bar of
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Carrington T. Marshall
House Committee On Organization of State Government
James C. Foster
Cuyahoga
Nathan Cook
Joseph L. Stern
Cleveland
Pak Qook
Torch Murder Suspect Confesses to Store Fire Fatality
21 year old Charles Simpson told San Francisco police details of the torch murder at Mrs. Albina Voorhies’s grocery store. He allegedly entered to rob, struck Voorhies, then poured gasoline and set fire, according to police.
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San Francisco
Charles Simpson
Simpson
Albina Voorhies
Polar Creme Promises Relief for Tired Feet
A vintage advertisement touts Polar Creme as a new medicated foot balm from a prominent laboratory. It claims instant cooling relief in three minutes and gradual easing of burning, swollen feet with few days of use. Sold by W Phillips and other druggists with a money back guarantee.
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Costa
W. Phillips
Private Funeral Services For Irene Dague
Two private funerals are planned in Wheeling for Irene Schroeder and Walter Glen Dague, executed Monday at Rockview Prison for the murder of Pennsylvania state patrolman Brady Paul near New Castle. Dague’s widow adjusted service time to Wednesday 2 p.m. at Crider Brothers Funeral Home Elm Grove, with Rev. H. C. Teagarden officiating. Irene’s service follows at Cooey Bentz Funeral Home Wheeling and burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Bellaire.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Irene Schroeder
Walter Glen Dague
Rockview
Bellafonte
Brady Paul
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Teresa Hess Dague
Glen Dague
Crider Brothers’ Funeral
Elm Grove
Dague
H. C. Teagarden
Pittsburgh
Crider Funers Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bellaire
Ohio
Past Presidents of Young Men's Club Awarded Pins
At the Elyria YMCA weekly meeting three former club heads were honored with pins. Howard Butler Arthur Tite and M F Fer received awards while Howard Crooks was elected vice president to finish Leonard Kuss’s unexpired term and Kuss was granted a leave of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Club
Elyria
Ohio Bar Leader Pickrel Supports Defeat of Hill
Lieut. Gen. William G. Pickrel of Dayton, former president of the Ohio State Bar Association, defended Justice Marshall and urged voters to defeat the hill in a court related matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge. Wiliam G. Pickrel
Dayton
Ohio State Bar Association
Justice Marshall
Hill
American dies in Lima fighting during Peru government upheaval
Reginald A. Skidmore of Bethlehem, Pa., stationed at Callao as a steamship company official and marine superintendent, was killed by a stray bullet while lunching at his club during severe fighting in Lima as the attempt to overthrow Luis Sanchez Cerro’s government unfolded.
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Reginald A. Skidmore
Bethlehem
Lima
Peru
Luis Sanchez Cerro
Skidmore
Steamship Company
Callao
Elyria Home Owners Bureau Elects Treasurer
A. J. Robinson was elected treasurer of the Elyria Home Owners Bureau at a meeting of the advisory board. The session also planned bureau activities and followed by a lumbermen and contractors meeting on architecture. Both groups agreed to stress consistent architecture to help builders avoid obsolete homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Robinson
Elyria Home Owners’ Bureau
Bureau
Councilman Shoots Dog After Permission From Police
Paul Wainwright of 128 Courtland Street phoned police at 5 p.m. yesterday seeking and obtaining permission to shoot a mad dog roaming the neighborhood. A short time later, Wainwright reported the dog was dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conuncuman
Paul Wainwright
Courtland Street
P. m
Attle
Wainwright
Free haircuts for city grade school children
Seventy four grade school children benefited from a one hour free haircut session conducted by fourteen union barber shops between 6 and 7 p m last evening I B Lounsbrough secretary of the barbers union reported the total number served in the city the event aimed to help needy youngsters and showcase community support
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I. B. Lounsbrough
Barbers’ Union
Free Haircuts Test Night for Needy Children
Grade school children from needy families receive free haircuts Mondays from 6 to 7 pm in union shops. Last Monday there were haircuts given. The churches of Moscow, in the days of the last Czar, number about 1,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Czar
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Imad
Tredric
Tts Prigin
Conway
Elyria Business College
Lorain County
Crandall’s Drug Store
Middle Avenue
HOUSE
Omeone
Ford
Eastman
Sewell Casey
United States
Chicago
Rebbert
Irene
Young Men's Club
Home Owners Bureau
Valspar
Imperial Furniture Co
East Broad St. Bridge
Western Reserve Finance
Turner
W. Broad
Water Street
Elyria Belting & Machinery Co
Buckeye
J. Sartor
Elyria Savings Bank
C. J. Sartor
Buckeye Trust
Hirana
Welsh’s Curtain and Rug Shop
Water & West Bridge St
Paramount Washers
the Heldmyer, Hardware Co
Broad Street
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