Presidential stalls set for mass stump drive in 1916 campaigns
Three leading parties plan heavy open air campaigning with speakers touring towns factories and street corners. La Follette's camp mobilizes over a hundred volunteers and a Chicago bureau. Dawes leads a vast Republican effort with visiting speakers. Davis vows quick return from vacation to lead Democratic charge with broad outreach.
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Washington
White House
la Follette-Wheeler
la Follette
Capitol
Chicago
Coninge
Dawes Dawes
Leopold and Loeb murder case defense challenged
Chicago defense attorneys for Ricky Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. face the criminal court July 29 as they seek to prove insanity. The wealthy families’ alienists press to portray the defendants as mentally incompetent amid plans to show killer motives.
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Chicago
Loeb
Leopold
Criminal Court
Ricky” Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Leopold seeks cross examination in Ho murder trial
Chicago July 29 Nath an F Leopold on trial for his life in the murder of 14 year old Bobby Franks asks to cross examine two State witnesses he claims spoke falsely and put words in his mouth His lawyers declined the request The State in its eighth day of the Leopold Lord trial is seeking the death penalty and the defense has invoked psychiatric testimony suggesting paranoia in Leopold
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Davis
Dark Harbor
Islebro
John W. Davs
New York
Charles Dana Gibson
Gibsons
Gibsons, Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Rock
Chicago
Nathan F Leopold
Bobby Franks
Bison
Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert E Crowe
Leopold-Lord
Justice Caverly
William Healy
Boston
Mayor Hinkson Improves. Visitors Barred During Recovery
Reports from his bedside say Mayor Hinkson is very weak but comfortable and progressing as well as can be expected. Justice of the Peace J. George will oversee police court in his absence while visitors are barred from his room.
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Hinkson Ars
Justice of the Peace
J. George
City fountain hosts hundreds of bullhead fry
In the city park fountain a nest of bullhead fish has hatched, with Pa and Ma Bullhead guarding the fry all day. Spectators watch as the parents fan and herd the tiny tadpole sized offspring, protecting them from carp or mud turtles and tucking them away at night at the fountain’s bottom.
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City Fountain
City Park
Contract Award For Lod St Improvement To Lorain Firm
The Service board awarded the Lod St project to Independent Construction Co of Lorain at 748,864 dollars. Several bidders entered, Nolan Co. came in well below rivals and secured the work. Work is expected to start soon with completion anticipated late in the fall.
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the Service Board
Lod St
Independent Construction Co of
Lorain
Nolan Company
Companitos
Oime
Conspiracy on Sugar Charged by Senator La Follette
Senator La Follette accuses sugar interests of trying to intimidate and obstruct the tariff commission's probe into sugar production and tariff duties. He demands complete records from Thomas O Marvin, chair of the commission, citing a Senate resolution ordered over a year ago.
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Washington
United States
Tariff Cone
Robert M la Follette
Republian
Wisconsin
Thomas O Marvin
Commission
la Follette
Marvin
Senate
Bandits Blow Safe of Bank at Tower Minnesota
A bandit gang in a fleet of cars surrounded Tower near St Charles and blew the safe in the First State Bank early today. The attack lasted about two hours and yielded only a few hundred dollars as one robber was injured by a premature blast that failed to open the vault. Two women entered the bank with the robbers and are believed to have helped in the bungled job.
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Minneapolis
Mion
Tower
Minn
St Charles
First State Bank
Liquor Kills Ohio Woman in Dayton
Mrs. Steve Lankly, 54, died at a Dayton hospital after being admitted for alcoholic poisoning. Coroner called to investigate and police probe the liquor source. Few details released while investigations proceed. Delphia Bishop, 13, suffered a badly lacerated index finger when caught in an electric washing machine gear. She was admitted to hospital.
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Dayton
Steve Lankly
Delphia Bishop
Cornell Avenue
Questioner Hooted at Davis Meeting on Paying Costs
Harry L Davis of Cleveland spoke from court house steps to 300 to 400 people about why he should again be governor. Rose Mozaris urged support stating Davis would bring business administration. audience reaction mixed. Ashland report notes State Senator John F Birke challenged bosses and machine politics in his Republican gubernatorial bid.
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Davis
Harry L Davis
Cleveland
Court House
Rose
F. M Stevens
Lewis Hoffman
Rose Mozaris
State Industrial Commission
F M
Stevens
Ashland
John F. Birke
Elyria
Hayed
Abs Masckhe
Honicka
Bobe
Harry Daugherty
Walter Hrown
Burke
Vic Donahey
Senator Burke
Diya
Wayne B Wheeler
Fim
Harry Davis
Roosevelt
R. C. Holles
Lorain
Holles
Burke Denies Wet Claim in Ohio Governor Race
Senator J F Burke Elyma home candidate for Ohio Republican governor nominee repudiates Miss Rose Moriarity and Marty L Davis statements. He says Moriarity’s claim he called Davis wet is false and cites AntiSaloon League quotes on Davis. Burke to respond in Elyria on August 12 before primaries.
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Sen
J. F. Burke
Elyma
Ohio
Marty L. Davis
Miss Rose Moriarity
Mr. Burke
Miss Moriarity
Davis
Durand
Anti-Saloon League
Miss
Mnstead
Miss Morianity
Elyria
Ohio governor candidates clash over policy and contracts
A campaign meeting features Vic Donahey praised for suffrage stance and Davis lauded for state business reforms. Wayne Wheeler backs the governor’s record while Burke is criticized. R C Holles questions road costs and unit price rules, prompting rebuttals about spoils-system influence in welfare, highway, and law enforcement departments.
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Welfare
Highway Department
Kiesel and Toth Hurt in West River Road Crash
At 6 50 a.m. on the West River road near Stop 5 Albert Kiesel R D No 3 dislocated his shoulder when the machine swerved into the ditch and turned over. Miss Stella Toth riding with him suffered slight cuts on the right cheek and wrist. both were taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Albert Kiesel
R. D. No
West River Road
Stella Toth
Woman Hurt As Car Strikes Fish Wagon
Yesterday afternoon on Lod street Fred Getunterman drove a fish wagon when a woman stepped in front of an approaching city street car. The collision damaged the wagon modestly and Mrs Getunterman said she was injured but refused hospital care. Columbus July 29 State teachers attended a conference of vocational agriculture teachers to hear State Director Truax.
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Fred Getunterman
West Street
Lod Street
Getunterman
Columbus
Truax
Three Murders and Shootings Sweep Across Cities
Reports from Mansfield Chattanooga and Youngstown detail multiple murders and fatal shootings. In Mansfield a gay party ended with the proprietor slain after an argument over money. In Chattanooga authorities link a skeleton found in a Bennetts home to a decades old disappearance. In Youngstown Mrs Manusov was killed at her door and her assailant wounded himself and fled.
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Mansfield
Wass
Daly
Road House
Clara Willams
East
Qnre
Williams
Willams
Boston
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. H. Bennett
Rome
Bennett
Offier
Musa Augusta Hoffman
Mary Manusov
Mike Jerechich
Four Divorce Suits Filed In Lorain County
Four new divorce cases surface in Ohio courts with two Lorain complaints alleging extreme cruelty and neglect. Katherine Lattangio is accused by Daniel Lattangio of abandoning home life and nightly outings. Edith Allen faces Clar Jones Allen over similar claims following a July 5 incident in East Liverpool after a $350 bank withdrawal. Earl Harris cites Florence Harris for cruelty and abandonment after marriage, while Mae Garrison of Elyria sues H R Garrison for gross neglect and cruelty and alleges verbal abuse.
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Cout
Lorain
Elyria
Earl Harris
Florence Harris
Mix
Mae Garrison
H R Garrison
Jim
State Briefs From Columbus and Cincinnati
July reports cover Ohio legislators to address prison labor needs, Cincinnati officials' critique by a Detroit municipal expert, Samuel Mintzer’s detention as a fugitive linked to a mail fraud case, a Cleveland Coast Guard search for two drowned men, and a Columbus bread price forecast as flour stocks deplete.
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Columbus
Donahey
Cincinnati
Pratt
Citizens Committee
LD Upson
Detroit
Samuel Mintzer
Chicago
Victor Phillips Company
Cleveland
U 8 Coast Guards
Cochin School Collapse Kills Sixty Five During Flood
Report from Madras indicates a school building collapsed in Cochin due to floods, killing sixty five. Calicut houses wrecked and Malabar residents left homeless as floods sweep timber yards and livestock to sea. Other notes include Osaka flood damage and a mill collapse in Ahmadabad with feared heavy casualties.
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Madras
India
Cochin
Calicut
Malabar
Tokio
Kwansar
Koito
Flond
Osaka
London
Ahmadabad
Bombay
Lorain drives on reckless drivers
Judge Strenick in municipal court launches campaign against reckless driving after Sunday accidents. Rudolph Wagar and B Brumby arrested. each fined 100 dollars plus costs, Brumby jailed for nonpayment. He vows heavier fines to curb careless driving and enforce driver respect for others rights.
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Lorain
Strenick
Rudolph Wagar
B Brumby
Keng
County youths to attend Cleveland Park game free
The boys and girls of Loran county will have free admission to Cleveland baseball Park tomorrow for the Philadelphia versus Indiana game. All youths are urged to meet at the YMCA where transportation will be provided. Chief Standard will start the cars at 12:30.
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Loran County
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Indiana All Boys
YMCA
Lorain Agate Struck by Wind Storm Fears Renewed
July 29 a high wind storm with thunder and hail shook Lorain causing two theater panics and a downtown fire. The Pantheon and Hlyira theaters doors opened and crowds fled, nerves frayed by the recent tornado. A lightning hit Metzge and Robinson store causing a $15,000 loss as Donahey neighbors discuss Red Cross relief.
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Columbus
Lorain
Citzens
Pantheon
Hlvira
Metzge and Robinson
Mens Clothing
Donahey
American Red Cross
Coolidge
Foreign News Nuggets from Around the World
A compilation from Geneva to Paris and Rome reports on missing Italian pilot Locatelli being found safe near Strasbourg, Mussolini tied to the Matteotti case warning, Hughes urging better Franco American understanding, Countess Picto alleging a $21700 four year gain in a separation, French experts drafting bond protection for a German loan, Lee Woelwine improving after hemorrhage, American air crew readiness for a trans Atlantic hop, arrests over the Teheran consulate killing, a Paris divorce grant for Julie Vorce, and Herriot signaling Allied peace efforts.
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Geneva
Locatelli
Strasbourg
Rome
Impero Today
Mustsolini
Matteotti
Mussolini
Countess Picto
Florre Roger Picco
London
Brough
Eng
Guardian
United States Army
Robert Whitney Imbria
Teheras
Paris
Julies Vorce
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Hinkson
Pershing
John L. Hines
Army
John J. Pershing
MPC Cmert
Lorain Firm
Fred D. Plennog
The
Ohio Bankers
Ccoclatiom
Bannister
Chaping 1 Banister
Belden
Grover
Berea
Lorain Agate
Charles E Hughes
Palace of Justice
Lee Woelwine
Dterter
Los Angeles County
Cal
Fresnh
Sra
Edoward Herriot
Wen Reed
Chamber of Degetion
Zanai
Argestine
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