East Liverpool Raids Target Moose Eagles and Turners Lodges
East Liverpool officials raid Moose Eagles and Turners fraternal lodges in a prohibition crackdown. Moose lodge fined 200 dollars plus costs for three slot machines found inside. Eagles and Turners face liquor possession charges with bonds or hearings set for next week. Local and Wellsville police report 29 liquor law arrests since Saturday.
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East Liverpool
East Liverpool-Wellsville
The
Moose, Eagles and
Turners
Charles Brown
Moose
Lodge Temple
Eagles
Wellsville
Lost romance ends in tragedy as Mrs Emily Bush is found dead
In Pittsburgh on January 16, Mrs Emily Bush 23 was found in bed at a north side apartment with clues suggesting foul play. Frank Michels 26 admitted living with her after separating from their spouses. police hold Michels for inquest as possible poison and chemical injury signs are noted. Mrs Bush was formerly married to a Pittsburgh police officer.
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Pittsburgh
Emily Bush
Frank Michels
Earl J. Means
Michels
Ohio milk distributors to discuss pasteurization at annual meeting
In Cleveland on January 28 29 Dr H L Rockwood health commissioner will discuss pasteurization and Dr G E Robbins Chillicothe health commissioner will explain how the milk supply is handled in Chillicothe.
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Cleveland
Boards of Health
Ohio Association of Milk Distributors
H. L. Rockwood
G. E. Robbins
Chillicothe
Mummy Will Ordered for Recluse Joseph Marcenno
St Louis reports 64 year old bachelor Joseph Marcenno who died leaving an estate about 70 thousand dollars. His will directs 3000 dollars to preserve his body by ancient mummification methods. The body should lie in a vault viewable indefinitely through a sealed casket.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Marcenno
Birthday Club to Day Forces Jail Term on Violators
Washington observes five years of federal prohibition as Congress prepares a birthday amendment to Volstead making jail terms mandatory alongside fines for violators. The House judiciary committee approved the measure and it heads for passage.
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Congress
House Judiciary Committee
One Killed as Tank Blast Shatters Saw Mill
In Landeck near Lima, an acetylene tank exploded while two men dismantled a boiler. Raymond Ruhoff of Delphos died instantly. Dean Brooks of Landeck was badly injured, hurled 45 feet but survived. The saw mill was completely wrecked.
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Lima
Landeck
Raymond Ruhoff
Delphos
Dean Brooks
Brooks
Ruhoff
Ohio wreck piles up 18 train cars near New Concord
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight jumped the track two miles east of New Concord at 3 40 this morning sending 18 freight cars into a ditch. No trainmen were injured. B and O trains detour via Cambridge New Comerstown Dresden and Zanesville.
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Zanesville, O
Baltimore and Ohio
New Concord
Cambridge
New Comerstown
Dresden
Zanesville
New Sunday Dance Ordinance Proposed in Lorain
City Solicitor Wesley Grills plans a new blue law ordinance for Lorain to ban private dancing at homes and clubs and all public dances on Sundays, with council action set for Monday night.
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Lorain
Wesley Grills
Court of Review Finds No Error in Bishop Brown Heresy Trial
Cleveland January 16 Bishop William Montgomery Brown retired prelate of the Arkansas diocese returns home after the Court of Review of eight bishops found no error in the trial court conviction for heresy. The House of Bishops will review next fall and may depose him from the sacred ministry. Brown calls the outcome a moral victory while warning the church faces its death if the action is affirmed.
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Cleveland
William Montgomery Brown
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Arkansas
Galion
Court of Review
House of 125 Bishops
Brown
Hersey
House of Bishops
Chronigram Notes on Local Incidents and Fines
Autos collide on Ninth street injuring MecCullough’s car. drivers listed as Thomas Pike Sullivan and Robert McCullough. Jim Armitage fined 100 with 99 suspended for four hour Broad street parking. Drunken driver Jack Bohash jailed 30 days and fined 50. Grand jury progress reported with a Saturday completion aim. Fines totaling 10 369.37 for 1924 announced by Justice George including liquor and miscellaneous charges.
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Thomas Pike
Sullivan
Robert McCullorgh
Oberlin Road
Ninth Street
MecCullough
Jim Armitage
Warry Hinkson
Broad Street
Jack Bohash
Yellow Line
Bohash
Lorain
F. A. Underhill
J. George
Elyria Township
Wate
Comaty
I Sas
Otate Board of Ote Weard
Police Use Archery To Get Bandits
SEATTLE January 16 Regular field meets are planned to test archery for police work. Archery is adopted to aid in capturing criminals in houses or thick brush. Tear gas tipped arrows may be shot through windows or into rooms, aiding arrests, as Captain Robert L. Hedges leads officers on training trips to the bow range.
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Seattle
William Tell
Robert L. Hedges
Dancing Party Ends in Tragedy Near Rochester
Three Rochester residents were killed when their automobile was struck by an eastbound New York Central freight train at Tenfield road crossing near Williamson. Mrs Lillian Deruvscher 40 Thomas Oster 48 Oscar J Kalbfieisch 39 perished. Bertha McDowell survived.
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Rochester
N. Y
Williamson
New York Central
Tenfield Road
Lillian Deruvscher
Thomas Oster
Oscar J. Kalbfieisch
Bertha McDowell
Deruyscher
Hoover Declines Agriculture Post After White House Offer
Secretary Herbert Hoover said President Coolidge offered him the secretary of agriculture post but he declined. He will remain in the Commerce department.
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Hoover
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
President Coolidge
Secretary of Agriculture
Commerce Department
Miners Arrested After Granttown Gun Battle
Eight union miners and five non union miners were jailed in Fairmont West Virginia after a fatal shooting of Walter Tobin and wounding of John Kelly during a Granttown mining settlement fight. Sheriff Riggins kept extra deputies on duty to prevent further clashes.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Walter Tobin
John Kelly
Granttown
J. C. Riggins
Alcohol Toll In New York Reaches 561 In Eleven Months
New York State Health Department reports 561 alcohol related deaths in the first eleven months of 1924. Dr. Matthias Nicoll Jr. notes figures exclude wood alcohol deaths. Of 561 victims, 380 were in New York City and 181 elsewhere, mainly urban, with some rural cases.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
State Health Department
Matthias Nicoll, Jr
State Commissioner of Health
New York City
Upstate
Recapture of Northampton County Jail Breaker in Easton
Oliver McGrady a 20 year old Bethlehem man and one of two prisoners who escaped Northampton County jail was captured two hours after the breakout. The other convict Robert Sergpeant 25 of Phillipsburg N J remains at large. The men fled from a boilerhouse using a plank and rope to escape.
Former Police Chief John Smith Dies After Illness
John Smith aged 638 died yesterday at his Broad Street home after an extended illness. He was a former police chief under Mayor Folger and is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Leonard Wagner and Miss Louise Smith and three brothers Nicholas Frank and Peter. Funeral services set for Monday at St May’s church at 9 am with burial in St Mary’s Cemetery.
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John Smith
Broad Street
Folger
Leonard Wagner
Louise Smith
Nicholas
Frank Smith
Elyria
Peter
Avon
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Suitor Left Waiting as Widow Ties to Retired Merchant
Mrs Eva Jean Boyce aged 59 widow of a Gloversville attorney told reporters she came from Albany yesterday leaving another suitor waiting and married William M Page 69 a wealthy retired merchant of Erie Pa The couple left for Miami to spend their honeymoon.
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Richmond Va
Eva Jean Boyce
Gloversville
N. Y
Albany
Toliam M. Page
Irie
Miami
Fla
Child Slayer Faces Mental Illness Question in Lima Case
In Wooster Ohio on January 16, authorities prepared to commit Blanche Tobias twenty-year-old who confessed to killing her two weeks old baby to Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane.
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Wooster
Blanche Tobias
Lima State Hospital
Elyria Woman Fined Fifty-One in Euclid Village Incident
Mrs. George Hoffman of 232 Harwood Street reports Euclid Village streets are not Indianapolis speedway or Altoona race track. She was stopped by a speed guardian en route to Painesville, taken before the mayor, and fined 51 dollars for Euclid Village speed violations.
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George Hoffman
Harwood Reet
Euclid Village
Indianapolis Speedway
Altoona
Clarence Dumas
Begs Their Pardon for a HoldUp in Scranton
A neatly dressed young man stopped two women, Miss Elsie Moyer and Miss Ethel Myers, at 8 pm in Scranton and demanded their purses. He drew a revolver from inside his hat, declared he meant business, and then thanked them as they handed over their bags.
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Scranton
Elsie Moyer
Ethel Myers
Probe of Jazzland Parties in California Murder Case
Federal authorities pursue a broad inquiry into the Jazzland booze parties attended by 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson, who killed her mother. A five alienists panel may examine the girl, while police information on Dorothy's associates fuels the federal probe into the case.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
California
Dorothy
Kettle Fund Tops City With New High Record
Captain Jeffries of the Salvation Army reports Christmas Kettle totals reached 1200 dollars, the largest sum ever raised in the city. The drive included a 500 dollar gift from W. A. Ely, with funds to furnish Christmas baskets and aid for the poor through winter.
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Jeffries
Salvation Army
W. A. Ely
Ward of Lima Rotarians in Tragic Death
Clemmie Ikehorst six year old ward of Lima Rotarians died by self inflicted fire accident at St Rita's hospital after obtaining matches in a bathroom. Nurses found him enveloped in flames and his nightgown burning. He died early this morning after a day of fighting for life as Rotary members and hospital staff mourned.
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Luma
Clemmie
Ikehorst
Lima
Big Brothers
The
Rotary
Sights Bluejays Spark Early Spring on Eastern Heights
Birds seen this morning on Eastern Heights as two bluejays were spotted by FE L Diedrick at 230 Cornell Avenue with local residents noting the signs of spring in the vernacular of the season.
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FE. L. Diedrick
Cornell Avenue
Three men hanged in California for broker's slaying
San Quentin and Folsom executions on January 16 claimed the lives of John Sears 21 Jack Ferdinand 30 and John Geregac 22 for the killing of Charles Chapman, Los Angeles broker, during a holdup. Separate reports from Illinois and Chicago describe hangings and a warehouse explosion causing multiple deaths and injuries.
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California
Charles Chapman
Los Angeles
San Quentin
John Sears
Jack Ferdinand
Tolsom
John Geregac
Mound City
Ills
Lless Connors
Pulaski County
Lorain County to Publish First School Annual Book
County principals and superintendents appoint editing and business staffs for Lorain County School Annual. Edward R. Johnson of South Amherst named editor with Frank A. Redmond as associate editor and G. J. Mitchelson as business manager. The project aims for a May 1 release at about $3,500. A student contest will choose the annual name.
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Lorain
Elyria Savings and Trust Co. Bank
Edward R. Johnson
South Amherst
Frank A. Redmond
Grafton
G. J. Mitchelson
E. C. Seale
R. W. Jeffries
Avon Lake
Howard Matson
Lake Avenue
Charles Brown
Eaton
Lyman Swick
Camden
Max King
Vincent
Brookside
Joe King
Huntington
Eva Mackey
Supreme Court session hears covenants case in Columbus
Attorneys Don Myers and T C Conway appeared before the Supreme Court in Columbus for Jacob Smith against Frank Martin. The action involves covenants in a warrantee deed after Martin earned a lower court judgment for breach of warranty. The record certification was argued. no decision was announced.
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Don Myers
T. C. Conway
Supreme Court
Columbus
Jacob Smith
Frank Martin
Martin
Editors to Hear Cal Washington Dinner Address
Jan 16 editors gathered for the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual meeting in Cal Washington. President Coolidge will address the society at a dinner tomorrow night.
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Cal Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Coolidge
Senate Move to Speed Omnibus Postal Salary Bill
Washington with administration support the senate passed a special order to consider the Omnibus Postal Salary bill next Thursday. The action sets the date for formal debate on the measure amid ongoing funding talks and departmental staffing proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Tube Plant to Run At Eight Percent Capacity Next Week
Lorain January 16 The National Tube Co will operate at eight percent capacity next week officials said. The brief release outlines production schedules and factory status as managers address anticipated demand.
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Steady Lorain
National Tube Co
Arrest Youth Who Wounded Foster Mother
In Zanesville Ohio on January 16 Mrs Mary Croskey a 42 year old foster mother is in critical condition after being shot by Ikugene 17 her foster son He says he mistook her for a burglar while Mrs Croskey says he fired in anger The bullet passed through her body penetrating the right lung and the youth is held in city prison pending progress of the case
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Zanesville
Mary Croskey
Ikugene
Mrs. Joseph Kelling Rites Set At St Marys
Mrs. Joseph Kelling of 312 West Avenue died Thursday at 4 40 p m aged 62 after years in Ridgeville now a city resident for 32 years She leaves her husband two sisters Mrs Henry Hale and Mrs William Schneider and two brothers Matt Lehman and Joseph J Lehman all of Ridgeville Funeral services are set for 10 30 Monday at St Marys church with Ridgeville Cemetery as burial site
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Joseph Kelling
West Avenue
Ridgeville
Henry Hale
William Schneider
Matt Lehman
Joseph J. Lehman
Bucyrus School Names Replacement for Resigning Instructor
Bucyrus announces the resignation of Prof. R. A. Todd from the high school mechanical drawing department after four years to join the Springfield vocational training school. James W. Allcroft of Ada will succeed him at Bucyrus.
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Bucyrus
R. A. Todd
Bucyrus High School
Springfield Vocational Training School
Todd
James W. Allcroft
Ada
Knicker Girls Sent To Jail For Contempt
Two young women in Pikeville Kentucky were jailed for contempt after wearing knickers in public view during an appearance before city officials. R Potter and Mollie Leater faced loitering charges when their attire drew attention from onlookers. The judge noted their stockings and knickered garments were visible at the hearing.
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Pikeville
Kentucky Mountains
Womer
R Potter
Mollie Leater
Marra
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