Ohio reports bloody weekend with 24 deaths and heat wave
Ohio records another violent weekend with at least 24 deaths and numerous injuries. Drownings were added to auto casualties as heat drew people to rivers and lakes for relief. The day’s fatalities include Celina resident Clara Shearer, 65, killed in an automobile crash. Her brother S. E. Shearer is mentioned.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Celina
Clara Shearer
S. E. Shearer
Sid
Seven Killla Oy Stormin Boston
New England surveys storm damage after violent weather that killed seven people and caused about 1 million dollars in losses. Four deaths from lightning, two drownings, and a tree collapse death are reported. Springfield, Massachusetts suffered $500,000 in damage as electrical display accompanied the cyclone winds. Marie A. Dubois, 19, of Adams, Mass., is among the deceased.
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Boston
New England
Springfield
Mass
Marie A. Dubois
Adams
Alfred
Auto accident kills woman near Celina Ohio
Miss Clara Shearer, 63, of Swanders Shelby county, died from injuries after an auto crash near Celina. Her brother S Edward Shearer, a Sidney banker, was dying. The Shearer car skidded into another vehicle one mile east of Celina. Hugo Steiner and Walter Gilhon were injured. three sisters of Shearer escaped with minor injuries.
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Celina
Clara Shearer
Swanders
Shelby County
S. Edward Shearer
Sidney Banker
Shearer
Hugo Steiner
Walter Gilhon
Berne
Ind
Storm Hits Newark Causes Property Damage
The heaviest hail rain and electrical storm of the season struck Newark on Sunday afternoon, stopping traffic and tearing limbs from trees. No injuries were reported.
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Newark
Tetanus Death Cited From Bicycle Injury
Harold Reeder died after a small cut on his right ankle became infected with tetanus while riding a bicycle. Funeral arrangements were being made July 19. Authorities note tetanus can follow minor wounds if not treated.
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Columbis
Harold Reder
Car Crash Injures Grafton Man Near North Ridgeville
Perry Ruden of Grafton lost control of his car near North Ridgeville and hit a tree. He was unconscious on admission to Elyria Memorial Hospital with nose injuries but later reports say he is not seriously injured.
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Perry Ruden
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
North Ridgeville
Ruden
Dady Found Dead in Highland Park West of Lorain
A ten pound baby boy about a week old was found dead in Highland Park woods west of Lorain at 12:30 p.m. The infant, wrapped in an underskirt, was discovered by Frank Smith near Lorain. Coroner M E Perry ordered a post mortem by Dr M E Kishman. no cause confirmed. Police seek a young girl seen in the park recently for possible clues.
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Lorain
Highland Park
Frank Smith
West 31St Street
M. E. Perry
M. E. ‘Kishman
Perry
Lotain
Lorain Street A A Co Sued For 10000 Injury Claim
Steve Nagy of Huron files a suit against Lorain Street A A Co seeking 10000 for injuries from a June 1 1925 collision at East 28th and Fulton Lorain Ohio his auto wrecked by an apparently negligent streetcar operation. He alleges no warning from the car and long disability plus medical bills. Also C T Wiseley of Findlay fined 10 and costs for speeding by Justice S J George.
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Lorain Street Railroad Company
Steve Nagy
Huron
East 28Th
Fulton Streets
Lorain
S. Nagy
Speeder
C. T. Wiseley
Findley
S. J. George
Duel in woods ends in hospital and jail
In Lorain Ohio two men fought a knife duel after dawn over tobacco. Joseph Gutierrez, 25, was hospitalized in critical condition while Anthony Garcia, 23, was jailed after confessing. Garcia led officers to the scene along a blood trail.
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Lorain
Joseph Gutierez
Anthony Garcia
Garcia
Gutierez
City Budget To Be Submitted To Council 1927 Plan
A 1927 city budget will be presented at the regular city council meeting. Expenditures are estimated at 937 538 dollars compared to 860 749.43 this year. The public safety department receives 17 000 dollars more, with funds planned to cover salaries and operations through the year. Public health, hospital, streets, cemetery, sinking and special funds are adjusted, with total 1927 receipts forecast at 1 006 491.99 dollars versus 929 917.10 in 1926.
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Department of Public Safety
Safety Department
Woman Injured in Auto Plunge at East Steubenville
Steubenville dispatch reports 22 year old Misa Celia Bean of Wellsburg Virginia died at Ohio Valley hospital from injuries after a car she rode in plunged 75 feet over an embankment at East Steubenville. Thurman Scoggins 23 of Follansbee the car owner and driver was arrested and jailed on a temporary charge of operating an automobile while intoxicated.
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Steuberville
Misa Celia Bean
Wellsburg
Ohio Valley Hospital
East Steubenville
Thurman Scoggins
Follansbee
Prophet claims pyramid foresees world chaos tomorrow
London reports Reverend Walter Wynn of Chesham with the United Free Church says study of the Great Pyramid near Cairo forecasts a day of chaos, wars and earthquakes. He claims the pyramid’s inscriptions foreshadow a world upheaval, though he does not predict the world’s end and cites global upheaval across Europe.
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London
Walter Wynn
United Free Church
Chesham
Cairo
Germany
England
Wron
International News Service
Muarope
Dynamiting Wall of Prison Shocks Chicago Jail
Henry J. Fernekes known as the Midget Bandit, in solitary, charged with dynamiting a jail wall to escape. The blast damaged murderers row, endangering six inmates including Durkin, Scott, Reno, and Winn. Explosive traces found in Fernekes cell. Sheriff Hoffman orders enhanced guards and repairs.
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Murderers Row
Chicago
Henry J. Fernekes
Fernekka
Hoffman
New York Storm Halts Traffic Across City
New York endured cooler weather after two major thunderstorms caused widespread property damage and the season’s worst traffic jam as hundreds of thousands of revelers fled back to the city. Floods slowed buses cars and street flow while rail terminals filled and several buildings were struck by lightning. Three people drowned at beaches and two barges laden with explosives drifted away.
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New York
Dynamite Found On Auto Engine In Cleveland Case
Cleveland July 19 union bricklayers to offer reward for information on who placed two sticks of dynamite on the spark plugs of Edward Spencer’s car. Spencer his wife and four children narrowly escaped as they planned a Wakeman visit. Dynamite discovered by E R Steinbrick after the hood was raised and the band of danger exposed. Police removed the explosive before any blast.
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Cleveland
The
Bricklayer’s Union
Wll
Edward Spencer
Spencer
Wakeman
E. R. Steinbrick
Woman Found Dead in Casino Hotel Room
Kneeling in prayer, the body of 44 year old former cashier Mrs Marion Van Aylston was found in a Casino Hotel room in Philadelphia. A man described as about 55 with white mustache and gray hair, who registered as Angelo Zecaro and wife, with the woman, disappeared. The couple had checked into the hotel last night.
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Philadelphia
Agaf
Marion van Alyston
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Casino Hotel
Aoman
Angelo Zecaro
Messengers Ambushed as Robbers Steal 85000 in New York Area
Newark New Jersey authorities say George M. Condit 70 a Reid Ice Cream messenger was killed and Joseph Duff 18 another messenger was wounded when four bandits fired on them as they left the plant with 85000 destined for a bank. The robbers escaped in a limousine and eluded pursuit. Condit was pitched from the car and Duff collapsed on the sidewalk.
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Newark
N. 2
Duly
George M. Condit
Reid Ice Cream Company
Joseph Duff
Condit
Duff
Man Kills New Bride Then Kills Himself in Pueblo
Lester Pilkington formerly of Tulea Oklahoma shot and killed his bride of a few weeks Mary Smith of Pawhuska Oklahoma in Pueblo and then killed himself. Police said the marriage certificate refusal by the bride prompted the shooting.
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Pueblo
Colo
Lester Pilkington
Tulea
Okla
Mary Smith
Pawhuska
Pilkington
Storms wreck plane carrying seven soldiers in cornfield
Seven soldiers under Lieutenant Clifford Nutt of New York recounted a dramatic crash after their government transport plane was caught in an air pocket between two storms near Marietta Ohio. The crew and men survived a perilous landing in a cornfield and reached Beverley, Ohio after a night of hardship.
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Marietta
Cliford, Nutt
New York
Beverley
Ohio
Blacksmith Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
In Des Moines Iowa Frank B Edgar a blacksmith shot and fatally wounded his estranged wife Mrs Mintha Edgar and Charles Rollins a groomer at her home before killing himself today government officials reported.
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Blacksmith
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank B. Edgar
Mintha Edgar
Charles Rollins
Soldiers badly hurt in blast at Devens maneuvers
Seven members of the Massa thesis national guard, one officer and six privates, were seriously injured in a dynamite explosion during maneuvers at Devens Massachusetts. The report notes the incident as a significant training accident with multiple injuries.
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Devens
Mass
Massathesis National Guard
Largest Lorain court suit seeks 220220 against Kansas City Steel
Peebles-Median Company sues Kansas City Steel Corporation in Lorain County Court of Common Pleas for 220220 claiming breach of contract over dismantling and moving Cromwell Steel Mills. Damages cited include unpaid work of 26000 and stock to be issued as of completion. Plaintiff alleges defendant plans to move assets to defraud creditors.
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Lorain
Lawsuits Grow From North Ridgeville Car Crash
In North Ridgeville two lawsuits were filed this morning against Anthony Orlowski of Buffalo. Gay Marshall seeks 6000 for injuries claiming negligence in which Orlowski failed to slow his car. Clarence Vogel owner of the car Marshall rode in seeks 382.25 for damages to the auto. Three suits total 10382.25 now pending in common pleas court.
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Anthony Orlowski
Buffalo
New York
North Ridgeville
Gay Marshall
Orlowski
Clarence Vogel
Common Pleas Court
Three Sunte
Auto Order Fined S80
William Keasy of Grafton was fined $56 and costs in police court this morning after pleading guilty to driving a car while intoxicated under a traffic ordinance. The case highlights enforcement actions against impaired driving.
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William Keasy
Grafton
Costa
Keasy
Former Elyria Man Attacked in Cleveland
Joe Dressier a former Elyria resident lies in St. Luke's hospital Cleveland with a fractured skull after being found at Quincy and 5th Street. He says a colored man in his employ assaulted and robbed him. the assailant was arrested. Dressier's wife Mrs Dressler was notified as she stayed with her sister at 17 West Avenue. He is expected to recover.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Joe Dressier
St. Luke’s Hosipital
Quincy
S5th Street
Bisamploy
Dressler
West Avenue
Cleveland Police
Dreaster
Minister Held in Murder in Local City
Rev J Frank Norris of Fort Worth Texas is tied to a fatal shooting after an altercation with D Chipps in a city church study. Norris says Chipps threatened him, Norris escorted him out, then fired with a church janitor’s revolver. Norris was released on bail and preached as usual.
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J. Frank Norris
Ft. Worth
Tex
Baptist Church
Norris
D. Chipps
Was
Chipps
Rev
Nollis
Two Killed in Ghosing Crash Near Lucky
Toledo Ohio July 19Coroner Charles Henzler began a probe into a grade crossing crash near Lucky Ohio where a Big Four passenger train struck an automobile. Adam Winchender and Elizabeth Winebender died in an ambulance en route to Toledo. Mrs Josephine Winebender was reported dying and others suffered injuries.
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Toledo
Charles Henzler
Lucky
Adam Winchender
Elizabeth Winebender
Josephine Winebender
Pinchot May Swing Support to Wilson in 1920s Race
Washington July 19 Cov Gifford Pinchot who spent 185000 in an unsuccessful effort to win the Republican senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania from the Mellon Ware forces spending more than 2,000,000 will not reconcile with the organization. He has not committed to Wilson but may shift backing to the Democratic candidate as Progressive Republicans urge bolting the GOP. Pinchot declares the primary fight will continue and that future battles will decide the principles he fought for with allies likely on the same side.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Mellon-Ware
Wm. B. Wilson
Notable Western Pa underworld figure arrested in Canton murder probe
George Patalia known as George Greek was taken into custody by police in Canton Ohio after being questioned in the Don Mellett murder case. He admits to being in Canton the night of the shooting but denies knowledge of the crime. Authorities say information came through read. The report continues on page three.
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Pittsburgh
George Patalia
George Greek
Pennsylvania
Don BR
Mellett
Canton
Psialias
Warren
Pinling
SLAIN CANTON PUBLISHER 13 LAID TO REST
The earthly remains of Don BR Mollett, publisher of the Canton Daily News, were laid to rest at Crown Hill cemetery Indianapolis after simple services. Rev. Alexander Sharp of Columbus led the funeral, with pallbearers E E Clay Joseph Staley John Burton Henry Churchman Jr and Dale Bessire, all close friends of the slain editor.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Don BR. Mollett
Catton, O. Daily News
Crown Hill
Cer
Aiexander Sharp
Preapyterian Church of
Bicknell
Henry Churchman, Jr
Dale Bessire
Nashville
Investigation into Canton Murder Surfaces at State Conference
July 19 conference in Canton brought Gov Donahue Adjutant General Henderson and Prohibition Commissioner McDonald to discuss a state secret inquiry into the murder of Canton Daily News public editor Don R Collett. The governor pledged full effort to apprehend the killers amid alleged local corruption. He urged Canton residents for patience as operatives worked.
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Columbus
Canton
Don R. Collett
Canton Daily News
Donahey
John Henderson
B FL McDonald
Sjo
Donahoy
Bern
Cowider Ideate
Thagdy
I Department
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