Colson Company Acquires Pine and Mechanic Street Lots
Colson Company officials announce acquisition of land around Pine and Mechanic Streets in an approximate $20,000 transaction. The purchase includes Cedar Pine and Mechanic alleys with about 65,000 square feet of frontage and an adjacent 30,000 square foot block near a colored church site. The firm plans to secure property for protection in cere as ad urit to city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colson
Louis
Detter
Cere
Tice Colson Co
Lake Od
Move Toward Dynamic City Government Passes Endorsement
The city of Indianapolis moves toward a dynamic commission form of government after overwhelming endorsement in a referendum. The plan, supported by officials and opponents, envisions a nine member commission with elected city offices and a city manager, replacing current civil departments. A pending state supreme court suit challenges the change.
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Nmdiansapolis
HEE
Thesdas
Professionsl Poliitiacs
Eny Maneser
Erade Widiagt
Wes" Fraiust
Placiuz
Opr Cossieo
State Supreme Court
Chaane
Jein L. Duvall
City Incil
Miv
Ter
Sesen Mem
Cilsamissionera
Three to Hang for Murder of Warden
Springfield reports that three men convicted of murdering a warden faced execution after the state supreme court decision. The trio, tied to a jail breakout at Joliet, remained imprisoned as other inmates were captured, with court cases continuing in the county court.
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Springfield
Billius Arden
Peter Kiem
Invet
Hans ‘ Junois Supreme Court
Toer Add
Wil
Joulet
Tetroa
Tac Supreme Court
Wal
Duschowssi
Roberto Tor
Thief foiled as buzzer sounds at spaeth visit
Story reports a chicken thief halted by a buzzer at a Chestnut Ridge location after an electric device failed to open a chicken coop. In a separate note, June 22, miners order HOG tents to house evicted families across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaeth
ICTED
Teats 2Fuaire
Ted
Lindbergh Plans Nationwide Chautauqua Lecture Tour
Col Charles Lindbergh nears a two month lecturing swing on a chautauqua circuit to promote aviation and sell the idea of air travel as safe as other transport. He aims to earn capital through speaking and may become general manager of a St Louis aircraft firm after the tour.
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Washingtos
Charles Lindbergh Bes
United Press
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Hhe Makesell
Lindbereh
City Schools Undergoing Extensive Repairs for New Year
Public school buildings across the city are undergoing repairs to ready for the new year. Upgrades include steam recovery from failed water pumps, new fire escapes at McKinley, interior fixture replacement, and doorway openings for better egress. Gates and Jefferson buildings receive heating and weatherproofing work, with Franklin nearly finished.
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Incian
Sickimier
McKinley
Gates
Jefferson Building
Franklin
Hamilton
MefRimer
Frantlin
Prison Guard Killer’s Execution Overruled by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court overruled the appeal of Phillip Orieckh alias Win Fos condemned to be electrocuted for murdering a prison guard at Mansfeld retermetors. The date for execution will be set after Orieck, a paroled prisoner from Mansfeld institute, killed the guard while attempting to aid a friend’s escape.
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Columbus. O
Phillip Orieckh
Win Fos
Mans
Supreme Court
Tiate
Fater Orieck
Mansfeld Institute
Sguard
Lindbergh to Visit Capital for Allied Chiefs Meeting
Reports from St. Louis say Charles Lindbergh plans a Washington visit to confer with Army Navy and Commerce chiefs. The purpose is to gain strategic advantages in the European crisis and map future actions for the armed services and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Chiefs
Army, Navy and Commerce Departments
Washington
Sens
St. Louis
Turner Seen as GOP Governor Candidate in Speech
Friends of Attorney General Edward Turner of Columbus expect him to seek the Republican nomination for governor. Turner spoke to the Logan Kywanis Club last night on what a governor should be, urging administrative experience and warning that campaign contributions should bar officeholders and attacking lobbyists as a menace to good government.
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Columbes
Friends of Attorney General
Edward C. Turner
Columbus
Govenor
Turner
Logan Kywanis
Bret Place
JoSice
Tie
Supreme Court Rules for R. C. Hailes in Mansfield Journal Case
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings in Richland County, backing stockholder Holles in the Mansfield Journal dispute. Holles had bought a majority stake, Watkins and others secured a receiver, and Holles was barred from interfering. The high court disqualified the receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Supreme Court Today
Richland
R. Cc. Hailes
William E. Watkins
Mansfield Journal
Holles
Mansfield Daily News
Journal
Watkins
Otl
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Coolidge Party Members Dine with Cattlemen in Rapid City
In Rapid City South Dakota on June 22 a scene unfolds as Coolidge aides visit the A and F restaurant across from a cigar shop. Personal secretary E T Clark and others including James White Cal Winship Maj Coupal join farmers and ranchers at lunch while in town.
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Coolidge Party
Rapid City
America
Washington
E. T. Clark
James C. White
Republican Natonal Committee
Cal. Winship
Coolidge
Maj
James F. ‘Coupal
Adena Mine Tension as Crowd Attacks Cars En Route to Pittsburgh Coal
In Adena Ohio on June 12 a clash erupted as Strite breakers and Idle union sympathizers attacked cars carrying workers to Pittsburgh Coal Co shafts reopened on a pen union basis. Deputies restored order as officials debated state guards and an injunction hearing loomed in Columbus before Judge Hough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adena
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Sherif
Hough
Columbus
Byrd Awaits Good Weather For Europe Flight
Storms halted the America’s departure to Europe as Commander Richard A Byrd planned a third college degree this week. Yale will award him a Master of Arts at commencement. Byrd, with Bernt Batchen as fourth crew member, is sworn in as an air mail pilot and awaits clearer weather to launch from Roosevelt Field for Paris.
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Roosevelt Field
Europe
Richard A_ Byrd
Teceir
Yale
Bird
Hoosevelt Field
Paris
Bernt Batchen
Mar
George O. Noyilie
Bert Acosta
Bahcueman
Atlantic
Unearth Bones of Mastodon Draws Hundreds in Alto
In northern Alto on W S Simms farm near Loudontile a mastodon skeleton is being exposed by a creek shift. Dr W A Moore and Dr James S Hine of Ohio State Museum examin e the site noting exceptional preservation. The bones may be moved to the Smithsonian in Washington for display.
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Astiland
Alto
W S. Simms
Loudontile
Honercreek
W A. Moore
Loudonrilie
James 5. Hine
Ohio State Museum
Smaithsonian Institute
Wastington
Oberlin Church Seeks Lease to Oberlin College Property
The Congregational Church of Oberlin petitions the court to lease its West College street property to Oberlin College trustees for three years at 1800 dollars annually, with lease fees and a purchase option of 30000 dollars.
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Oberlin Church
Oberlin
Court of Common Pleas
West College Street
College Place
Oberlin College
Ivase
Oberlin Awards Honorary Degrees at 1926 Commencement
Oberlin College conferred seven honorary degrees during the commencement exercises as President Neary Churchill Gink Fill David ends his tenure. Edward Franklin Goin Brad ford Leavitt Timothy Tinogfang Lew Alfred Grant Walton received Doctor of Divinity. William Allen White, Doctor of Letters. Mark Lambert Bristol and William Raymond Green received Doctor of Laws. Sean Roscoe Pound delivered the address.
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Oberlix
Jena
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Wurner
Neary Churchill Gink
David
Edward Franklin Goln
Duwell Avenue
New Haven
Conn
Bradford Leavitt
Union Liberal Church
Pasadena
Calf
Timothy Tinogfang Lew
School of Theology
Yenching University
Peking
China
Sod
Alfred Grant Walton
First Congregational Church
Stamford
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Kans
Mark Lambert Bristol
United States Navy
William Raymond Green
United States House of Representatives
Wars and Means Committee
Sean Roscoe Pound
King
Dudley Peter Allen
Building Controversial Suit Under Trial In Cleveland Court
A L Miller of Cleveland sues Exadore I Smith and James T Brown of Avon Lake over a gunbaliding contract and mechanic's lien foreclosure. Cross petitions seek £781 from Smith. damages claimed total $275 by Smith and $1860 by Brown amid disputed contract completion. Coast guards recover bodies of two women in Lake Erie. one unidentified and Mrs Ethel Gluntz of Lakewood. Gluntz reportedly jumped in. a companion Maribella Finnnesan struggled to escape.
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A L. Miller
89Th Street
Cleveland
Exadore I. Smith
Avon Lake
James T. Brown
W. B. Thompson
Miller
Brown
Eudore Smith
Coast Guards
Cleveland.o
Lake Erie
Ethel Gluntz
Lakewood
Gluntz
Maribella Finnesan
Four Die in Back Bay Fire at Paine Furniture Co Headquar ters
June 22 Boston bulletin reports a blaze at the residence of William L. Shearer Jr president of Paine Furniture Co in Back Bay. Victims include Jeanette Shearer 22 Helen McLaughlin 33 Alice Scott 32 Bettie Owes 16 Angie Dickson 43 governess. Firemen Eugene F Carroll Frank Gruttner Frank Melody hospitalized with injuries. Police and fire crews search for additional casualties. Shearer had just left for New York.
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Boston
William L. Shearer, Jr
Hlea
Paine Furniture Co
Jeanette Shearer
Helen McLaughlin
Alice Scott
Bettie Owes
Angie Dickson
Watertown
Eugene F. Carroll
U S sticks to 3-5-3 naval ratio at Geneva conference
Washington reporters state department officials reiterate the United States will adhere to its 3-5-3 naval ratio plan at the disarmament talks in Geneva despite British and Japanese proposals. They emphasize that the American plan, developed by the president and departments, aims for a treaty aligned with American aims.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Geneva
iState Department
Coolidge
State
Navy
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Technical Commission
Naval ‘Disarmament Conference
Hugh Gibson
United States
W. C. Bridgeman
Saito
Agwiiral Saito
Toldugh Gipson
Fire disrupts guests at Park Central Hotel in Gallipolis
Fire on the second floor of the Park Central hotel forced guests to flee their rooms in Gallipolis Ohio early today. The city fire department saved the historic hotel. A separate blaze was found in the Gallipolis Furniture Company plant engine room overnight, narrowly avoided destruction.
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Gallipolis
Park Central
Galllpolis Fire Department
Ohio
Gallipolis Furnefture Company
Escaped Prisoners Flee Ferguson Farm Near Midway
A 400-strong posse including 300 citizens and 100 officers with bloodhounds hunted 32 inmates who broke from Ferguson prison farm at Midway. By noon only three of 35 escapees had been captured as the others evaded thick Trinity river bottom woods. Local reports say guards were overpowered and telephone lines cut, with authorities seeking further details.
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Houston
Tex
Trinuty Riter Bottom
Ferguson
Midway
Bulletin
Ter
Madisonville
Trinity River Valley
Federal Prohibition Dept reorganized for Ohio Michigan district
William H. Walker announced the reorganization with Columbus as the new district headquarters. Charles Hurlbut named in charge of the Columbus district while William Foss moves to Columbus to oversee enforcement and implement daily reports and case files for the district.
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Columbus. O
Federal
Prohibition Department
Ohio- Michigan
William H. Walker
Tmder
Columbus
Charles Hurlbut
William D_ 4foss
Detroit
Walker
Russell Scott Granted New Trial in Murder Case
June 22 Springfield Ul Russel Scott a former Canadian millionaire once sentenced to hang for the murder of Joseph Maurer a drug clerk was granted a new trial by the Illinois supreme court The decision cites a failure by the first court to grant a change of venue and notes Scott previously faced reprieves and insanity evaluations before being returned to Chicago for appeal proceedings
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Springfield
Russel Scott
Joseph Maurer
Illinois Supreme Court
Scott
Clinois State Hospital
Chester
Chicago
Revrval
Irist
Supreme Court
Prisoners Hold Guards in Mine at Kansas State Penitentiary
In Lansing Kansas inmates kept four guards with them underground after a mutiny sparked by cigarette and coal bans. Warden Hudspeth ordered calm as prisoners barricaded the mine at 7200 feet below the surface and refused to surface, while surface guards prepared for a possible surrender. No further action was planned despite ongoing standoff and limited water.
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Lansing
Kans
Jaso
Kansas State Penitentiary
Bering
Guant
J. F. Thomas
Denng Lauler
Erev‘en
Thomas
R. H. Hudspeth
Hadspeth
mPo
Testimony Opens in $50,000 County Suit
Witnesses begin their testimony in the suit of Adelaide Farmer against the county commissioners for fifty thousand dollars. The trial is in Judge Charles B. Newton’s court Ravenna with special assignment from the Ohio Supreme Court. Proceedings include scene visits and ongoing cross examination as jurors view the accident site on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Farmer
Chead
Genjares
Kolbe Road
Amherst
Beavers
Charles B. Newton
Ravenna
C. T. Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
Medina Jerr
Wlnesses
Verdict in favor of miners union liability in 1921 strike case
The United Mine Workers of America won a 230000 damage suit from the widow of John Major over the 1921 New Liberty mine riot. Judge C A Reid ruled the union could be sued for lack of incorporation, while individuals could be liable if linked to actual attack or conspiracy.
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United Mine Workers of America
New Liferty
C. A Reid
Washington
Todgar
John Major
Henrysbure
Plain
Dia
Mete Hare
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Cat Concern
Pine
Mechanic Streets
Dvanapol
Orator
Ghar
Capital
R.C. Hailes
Byrd
Peron
Joan Drew
San Francisco
John Drew
Drew
Texas
FED. Prohibition Dept
Oric-Mich. Dist
Wey
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