Windstorm Leaves Trail Of Death Across Four States
A fierce windstorm swept from Missouri across Illinois Indiana and Kentucky hitting Ohio towns before moving into Lake Erie. Ten known dead with many injured, Red Cross aid dispatched to Maunie Illinois where three more were killed and a school and grain elevator were destroyed.
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Lake Erie
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Red Cross
Maunie
Ill
St. Louis
Dorothy Hanley
Aid Sent to Quake Out in Venezuela Toll Rising
Government and Red Cross dispatched aid to Camana after an earthquake killed about 200 people, injured 1,000, and left thousands homeless. Cuama, capital of Bucre state, suffered $10 million damage. 12,000 residents faced total destruction as shocks lasted ten minutes. Steamer Jose Feliz Rivas carried supplies and pottery.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Red Cross
Camana
Jose Garbi
Bucre
Cuamana
Cariaco
Cumana
Jose Feliz Rivas
Line forms for county tax payments in court house
Citizens waited in long lines at the county courthouse today as the tax deadline loomed. County Treasurer A H Waters announced that Monday is the last day to pay 1928 taxes without a ten percent penalty, with crowds ranging from fifty to a hundred or more throughout the morning.
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County Court House
A. H. Waters
Destructive Western Wind Rips Central Ohio
High winds from the west swept central Ohio causing widespread damage. Homes unroofed, poles and wires down, and rain deluged the region. Beach Corners near Pataskala saw three houses lose roofs and a school building moved from its foundation. No injuries reported. London and surrounding areas faced outages and disrupted telephones. St Clairsville court heard a night session amid shattered windows and a jury adjournment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Beach Corners
Pataskala
Westerville
Madison and
Clark
London
Plattsburgh
Ott Dunstan
Dunstans
St. Clairsville
Common Pleas
W. W. Cowan
Cyclonic Winds Sweep Kentucky
Cyclone like winds swept Kentucky causing death and heavy property damage. Two youths Roy Liter and Clinton Mahoney drowned crossing the Ohio River from Madison Indiana to Milton Kentucky. William Thrasher fell from a bridge into the Ohio River. QO. G. Kosse killed as his barn collapsed. Matt Frielly injured by flying timbers. Homes damaged in Georgetown and Elizabeth Town. Utilities lines down cutting power to Hardin Larne and Hart counties. Owensboro canned goods plant demolished with no injuries. Lexington $2500 damage. Louisville telephones cut. damage statewide about 400000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Newman
Maunie
Marjorie Hargraves
Cape Girardeau
Buddy Hargraves
Mary Nolen
Fort Brant
Ind
William Thatcher
Louisville
Roy Liter
Milton
Clinton Mahoney
Thompson
Benton
Bernice Tucker
Dorothy Hanley
Charles Moore
Ray Roser
Glen Ervin
Myrtle Rose
Rose
Texas City
Farmer
Illinois
Sterling
Dixon
Freeport
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Trimble County
Ohio River
Madison
Milton Ky
William Thrasher
Midway
QO. G. Kosse
Matt Frielly
Georgetown
Elizabeth Town
Kentucky Utilities Company
Elizabethtown
Dix River
Hardin
Larne
Hart Counties
Owensboro
Lexington
Frankfort
Paducah
Mrs. Rachel Smith Found Dead In Columbus Home
Mrs. Rachel E. Smith, 47, was found dead in a chair at her Columbus residence. She had been in an accident on January 1 when the car she rode in, driven by her husband Thomas E. Smith, collided with another vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Rachel E. Smith
Backsliders h cede Backsliding sermon draws crowded tabernacle
Rev William Sunday delivered a fast paced sermon on Backsliding before a rain soaked crowd at the Elyria tabernacle. The service drew many out of town listeners and special delegations from Methodist Evangelical Congregational Church Baptists and others planned for next week. Rodeheaver led singing including Brighten the Corner in multiple languages. Sunday urged that leaving the world leaves regrets for those you have helped toward God. A girl quipped about sleeping too close to where she crawled in.
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William Aw
Billy
Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Elyria
Homer Rodeheaver
Methodist
Evangelical
Congregational
Church of Christ
Baptist
United Presbyterian
Kiwanis Club
Salvation Army
Lorain
Rodeheaver
Prayer Subject Of Sermon At Tabernacle
Rev William A Sunday preached on Hebrews 13 8 Prayer as a practical faith The sermon compared daily choices to turning a switch and using a telephone stressing belief without full understanding and noting ten days of prayer preceded Pen. Continued on Page 2
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William A. Sunday
the Tabernacle
Jesus
Lorain County Farm Bureau holds annual Elyria meeting
Farmers and families from Lorain county gathered at the First M. E. Church in Elyria for the annual Lorain County Farm Bureau meeting. Reports showed 1928 year totals, savings, and rising membership with 181 new members. Services handled large quantities of feed and fertilizer, and a strong push for cooperation with the county grange and national agricultural policy was voiced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain County
Lorain
C. F. Hales
Columbia
County Farm Bureau
Service Department
Bureau
E. C. Cotton
County Grange
Farm Bureau
The
Grange
Washington
W. G. Caskey
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Esther Rogers
Oberlin
Hot Shots by Billy Sunday
Quotes attributed to Billy Sunday on topics like women, education, church membership, censorship, society, temptation, and spiritual struggle. A collection reflects his provocative statements and moral critiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
110 Year-Old Man Dies at Lorain County Home
Superintendent R B Baus reported the death of Joe Leshinski at 110 years old at the Lorain County Home where he had lived since 1924. He came from Poland in 1914, had 17 grandchildren in Lorain, and was the county’s oldest resident. Funeral arrangements were not set, with burial expected Monday in Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
R. B. Baus
Joe Leshinski
Leshinski
Lorain
Ohio
United States
Poland
Cecil
West 18Th Street
Ignace
West 21St Street
Baus
England
Waterloo
Prussia
Austria
Russia
New York
Heman Ely
Western Reserve
Elyria
Europe
Grand Jury Continues Bank Probe in Lorain County
The Lorain County Grand Jury probing Amherst Savings and Banking Company adjourned to Monday and may not report until Tuesday at the earliest. Prosecutor Don W. Myers noted the panel would issue findings after continuing testimony from four witnesses including Skehan and Hogrefe as officials outline expected developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Grand Jury
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Don W. ‘Myers
Skehan
E. E. King
F. H. Hogrefe
J. J. Smythe
Myers
Smythe
Oklahoma Gov Johnston Impeached On Five Charges
Oklahoma City Jan 19 Governor Henry S Johnston was impeached today by the state house on five articles alleging incompetency and corruption in office. The charges claim he illegally appropriated or diverted state funds. The vote was 75 to 22 with 4 abstentions, and he will be suspended pending Senate trial. Lieutenant Governor Holliday will fill the office.
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Oklahoma City
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Johnston
House
State Senate
W. J. Holloway
Senate
Cleveland Man Fined Three Hundred For Transporting Whiskey
Jacob Huzard of 229 West 106th Street Cleveland faced police and later a police court in Elyria after a roadster with a gallon jug of white mule whiskey was found. He admitted paying four dollars and pleaded guilty to transporting liquor. Mayor James A. Hewitt fined him 300 dollars plus costs.
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Jacob Huzard
West 106Th Street
Cleveland
Huzard
Elyria
West River Street
Hazard
James A. Hewitt
Colonel Shupe Dies On 65th Birthday in Cleveland
Colonel Henry Pierce Shupe a prominent figure in Ohio laundries mergers died today on his 65th birthday from pneumonia. He led the Cleveland Grays for years and once commanded the unit. Shupe chaired the Board of the Associated Laundries of Ohio and was a noted industry leader.
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Cleveland
Henry Pierce Shupe
Lauk&dries
Ohio
Col. Shupe
Cleveland Grays
Associated Laundries of Ohio
Babe Ruth Returns to New York After Tragic Week
Babe Ruth leaves Back Bay station for New York carrying 900 telegrams and letters of sympathy. The baseball star, visibly strained by his wife’s death in a Waterbury fire, endures a somber return after a week of distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostson
Babe
Ruth
New York
Watertown
Back Bay
Walter F. Brown Named for Hoover Cabinet Post
Elyrians report Walter F. Brown of Toledo is slated for a cabinet post under Herbert Hoover. Brown counts A. L. Garford as a close business ally for fifteen years and serves as vice president of Cleveland Automatic Co. and Electro Alloys Co. He also holds multiple interests in Elyria and the Cleveland region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Herbert Hoover
Brown
A. L. Garford
Cleveland Automatic Co
Garford
Mr. Brown
Electro Alloys Co
Elyria
Cleveland
Flood rescues amid Cleveland flood and Ohio storms
Six people marooned in their homes by floods swept across northern Ohio after Fridays heavy rain. In Willoughby volunteers used a one oared boat to reach Grant Downing and his family as waters swirled eight feet deep. Cleveland firemen rescued two caretakers from a roof on The Flats while others fled to safety as storms pounded the state.
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Cleveland, CO
Chagrin
Willoughby
Grant Downing
Julia
Grace
Dorothy
Cleveland
Ohio
Downing
Poiice
Winfield Scott
Scott
Jennings Road
John Shurik
Steve Lewandowski
Big Creek
Cuyahoga
Akron
Ashland
C. J
Mansfield
Albert Stoodt
Baltimore & Ohi
Here
Portsmouth
One Killed in Miss Storm Tore Through Shelby Area
A Mississippi storm yesterday killed one man, injured three, and left one missing. Em lia Ferretti, 49, died when the roof of a three story building collapsed onto his shoe shop in Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Miss
Emlia Ferretti
Many Cellars Flooded In City Wide Downpour
Nearly a thousand homes in the south and west sections reported flooded basements after a night of heavy rain. City officials estimated damage near ten thousand dollars as Gulf road near Gulf hill saw a four foot deep runoff. Street Commissioner Hastings and a twelve man crew diverted water while East avenue and Woodland avenue areas were heavily flooded and streets closed. Mayor Hewitt and City Engineer Powell supervised and reported conditions subsiding with no sewage system damage.
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Lorain
L. A. Hastings
Gulf Road
Sixteenth Street
Fifth Street
Wooster Court
East
Middle Avenues
East Avenue
Woodland Avenue
Woodland
Spruce Streets
Furnace Street
James A. Hewitt
Jack Powell
George F Bursley to Head Lorain County Education Board
George F Bursley of Rochester was elected president of the Lorain county Board of Education for 1929 at the annual meeting. E F Cotton of Clearview was elected vice president. R P Vaughn, county superintendent, continues as clerk. Bursley succeeds C T Winckles as president and Cotton succeeds Bursley as vice president. Meetings set for the first Wednesday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Bursley
Rochester
Lorain County
Bank Bandits Meet With¢ Failure
In Nevada Missouri on January 19 three men attempted to rob the Dederick bank. One died by his own hand, another was blinded by buckshot, and a third was arrested. Charles Allen 50 a 45 caliber revolver wearer killed himself in the woods. Vern Ward 26 was captured at his wife’s home in Capgido Kea.
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Nevada
Dederick
Here
Vickers
Walters Touch
Clark
Charles Allen
Vern Ward
Capgido
Kea
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Oweepo
Agrosd
Methodist Church
Grand Jury
State
Amherst
Okla
Shupe
Babe Ruth
Chagrin River
George Bursley
Unty Education Board
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