Kidnapping suspect captured after Vermont escape
Earl Woodward, an ex convict, is seized in a Vermont hay barn with Lucille Chatterton after a seven day manhunt. Nearly 1,000 men and a tracking dog chased the pair through mountains before Lucille is rescued and reunited with her father. Woodward is taken to Randolph jail and a court date set.
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East Brookfield
Earl Woodward
Lucille Chatterton
Lucille
Randolph
George Jord
Vermont
Walter Chatterton
Lucile
Chatterton
Deeka
Weston, Vt
Sumer
N. J. Peabody
Boston
Ernest Dubos
Peabody
Roy Chase
Jord
Woodward
Archibald
Middlebury
Carpenters Strike Ties Up East Liverpool Building
One hundred twenty-five onion carpenters in the East Liverpool district walked out seeking daily wages up from $10 to $11. Contractors refused the raise and operations were crippled while other trades renewed old wage agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
East Liverpool
Masked bandits rob Pittsburgh railroad station
Three masked burglars held up the Fourth Avenue station of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh early today, fleeing with more than $1,000 in cash. Police have no trace of the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Fourth Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tracks Loosened At Curve In Fatal Crash
A crash left one person alive but two children dead after the locomotive derailment at a curve. Preliminary inquiry suggests loosened tracks were the cause, with officials citing possible political plot or robbery motives. May Day reports from several cities describe parades, arrests, and police precautions.
Trio Executions At Sing Sing After Bank Murders
The Diamond brothers Morris and Joseph and John Farina were executed at Sing Sing for the November 14, 1923 murders of bank messengers William McLaughlin and William Barlow in Brooklyn. The article narrates the tensed death chamber scene and Farina’s final words and farewells.
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State
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
New York
Morris
Joe Diamond
John Farina
Wm. H. Claughlin
Barlow
Brooklyn Bank
Joan A. Moroso
Death Chamber
Sing Sing
Diamond Brothers
Faria
Morris Diamond
Warden Lawes
Diamond
Amos D. Squire
Formal Resolution to Terminate Term in Elyria Township
Prosecuting Attorney D A Baird analyzes if rural school teachers can enforce May 3 1924 contracts under Section 5660 and 7780. He notes contracts may be void or enforceable, depending on board actions and section applicability, with possible 32 week year and tax levy implications.
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Elyria Township
D. A. Baird
Hards
Board of Education
General Code of
Ohio
Frmal
Supreme Court
Lorain Safety Chief Pushes Independent Traffic Bureau
Lorain safety director Sidney D. Royca urged creation of a city traffic bureau to operate independently of the safety department. He cited Lorain’s unique traffic problems and proposed changes to the traffic code to require a special department to manage traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Sidney D. Royca
Royce
Police refine theory in double slaying case
Investigators discard James Shell as a suspect in the Lim killings while pursuing next steps. Evidence points to the murdered girl's killer linked to a broad search for Lim. Identification by teeth and close associates confirms the victim as Bernado Genero's daughter amid a complex, high profile inquiry.
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Lim
James Shell
South Shore
Bernado Genero
Sam Ross
Third Man Killed in Electric Chair Execution
The text describes Farina’s execution where muscular effort failed to free him from restraints. The first electric blow seemed ineffective and the staff checked for a heartbeat with a stethoscope. A column of smoke rose from his skull and he collapsed, later being taken to the mortuary.
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Morris Diamond
Dr. Squire
Joseph Diamond
Lewis
Quire
John Farina
Farina
John P. McGaffey
Father Cashin
Sing Sing
Lke
Oberlin Junior High To Present May 8 Music Week Concert
Under Arthur Williams direction the Junior High music groups will perform in the high school auditorium on Friday afternoon and evening May 8. The 3 PM afternoon program and 7 30 PM evening show will feature the boys and girls glee clubs and the school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Arthur Williams
Bars and Girls Glee Clubs
Elyria Home Undergoing Repairs In Church Street Restatement
Mrs Nettle Schaeffer and Mr Wade Wetzel were seen in Elyria as extensive repairs continue at the G H Ruth residence on Church Street. The rehabilitated house is planned for occupancy by their daughter and son in law.
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Tach
Nettle Schaeffer
Elyria
G. H. Ruth
Church Street
Wade Wetzel
Monroe Scholarship Established At Oberlin Theology School
A $20,000 gift to the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology funds The Monroe Scholarship offering $1,000 yearly. The award may go to one or be split between two recipients at the institution’s discretion. The gift was announced in Oberlin on May 1 and linked to graduate study.
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Berlin
Germany
Rote Rahné
Hindenburg
Vorwaerts
London
Hyde Park
Bulgaria
Paris
Vucennes
Japan
Tokio
Oberlin
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology
Monroe
Rev J B Jones To Speak Sunday
Rev J B Jones representing the Children's Home at Worthington Ohio will address Methodist church members and friends at 10 30 a m Sunday telling of the home work and its government and upkeep. Apple Blossom Sunday services led by young people at 10 30 a m featuring decorations and Rev Recard on Under the Old Apple Tree. Kiwanis dinner held with 54 in attendance business meeting and committee reports. Over 500 attend Lo Net showing The Girl of the Limber Lost with music by Mrs Waite Elyria and Powell duo.
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Oberlin Grange
Ollowing
Sacker
Cleveland Iluminating Co
Frank van Arsdele
Columbia Station
Oberlin
A. L. Werner
Elyria
First Methodist Church Ladies’ Aid Society
Harold Cook
South Pleasant Street
Steele
Pekin
China
Women's Association of the United Congregational Church
James Brand House
J. D. Bates
Susie Bailey
Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
H. Hayden
East College Street
Waillington
J. B. Jones
Worthington
Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Wellington
Congregational Church
Recard
W. R C
Methodist Aid Society
Lo- Net Theatre
Waite
W. J
Marcey Powell
Kline
Henrietta Social News and Church Anniversary Notes
Henrietta May items recount visits among local families and friends. Attendees include Mrs. Marcella Sherwood in Toledo and various area couples visiting the Dellefield, Bates, and Rothe households. Church anniversary at St John’s in South Amherst is noted plus a Birmingham Ladies Aid visit. other items mention travel, illness, and a May Parent-Teacher meeting planning session.
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Henrietta
George Unger
Toledo
Marcella Sherwood
P. H. Latteman
Clearence
Robert
George Dellefield
Carlton Bates
Theodore Wyllenbach
Akron
John Bauman
Henrietta Ifill
St. John’s
South Amherst
Grayanak
Chicago
Ill
Mittawanga Ladies Aid Society
Birmingham Ladies Aid Society
James
LaGrange
Edd Rothe
William Decker
Columbus
Oberlin
Elmer Battenhouse
Elan Searls
Camden
Byers
Myrna Gegenheimer
Milton Parrish
Elyria
Lena Gegenheimer
Rose Grauman
Mr. Hahn
Cleveland
Graumans
Crauman
Henry Gieisner
Germany
Lena Gleisner
Berry
Beal
Chas. Gleisner
Howard
New Overlin
Henry Gleisner
Ed Cook
Oberon
John Smith
Chas. Cook
Robert Harr
Peter Bucks
George Deilefield
John Unger
Albert Miller
Amherst Institute May 21 Planned At Congregational Church
Plans are underway for a local institute to be held at the Congregational church on May 21 with a splendid program arranged. The Amhersten Bribes section notes a fire destruction at a chicken coop belonging to George Menzgle on Cleveland Ave. The fire, started by an overheated lamp, destroyed a large brood of chicks. Other items include birthday celebrations, injuries at the Ohio quarries, and social events in Amherst.
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Amherst
Congregational Church
George Menzgle
Cleveland Ave
John Koehl
Anthony Datis
Lorain
Louis Herbst
Laura Witt
Fred B.1lett
Koens
Gust Kerschnefaky
Ohio
Kremecias
Amherst Hospital
Plans for Lorain improvements take more definite form
May 1 Lorain council ordinance committee discussed electrification installs for four pumps at Lorain water plant at 33000 dollars. They will visit Warren Ohio to study electrical pumps. Erie avenue plans include widening, boulevard strip, track removal, repaving and bus service to city limits with possible white way later. West Erie repaving starts next week. Walter Hagen arrived in Macon for spring exhibition and will play Bobby Jones in Atlanta tomorrow.
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Lorain
Ohio Public Service Co
Warren
Erie Avenue
West
Macon
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Harry Duff
Watts Gunn
Horace Wright
East Lake Club
Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Harold Callaway
la Grange
Jones
Guono
Cattle Calves Sheep and Hogs Market Report
Receipts for cattle 300 steady market with prices from 4 to 11 dollars for various stock. calves 400 receipts with values around 11 to 12 dollars. sheep and lambs receipts 2000 with lambs 12 to 13.75 and wethers 9. hogs receipts 2500 with steady to 10 cent lower trade and prices near 11.75 to 11.90 for standard and heavy hogs.
Rep A B Williams Dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Washington May 1 Rep A B Williams Republican of Michigan died at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore two weeks after an appendicitis operation Williams served on the congressional committee investigating land grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad He was born in Ashland Ohio in 1873 and first came to Congress in 1923 to fill an unexpired term He resided in Battle Creek Mich Williams death followed complications after surgery Rotterdam May 1 police seized 100000 dollars worth morphine cocaine and heroin weighing 2200 pounds in seven packing cases destined for Canada two Canadians and a Swiss were arrested
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Washington
A. B. Williams
Michigan
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Wiliams
Johns Hopkins
Congressional
Northern Pacific Railroad
Willams
Williams
Battle Creek
Mich
Ashland
Ohio
Rotterdam
Canada
Switzer
Wake Up Before a Complete Breakdown Warned
An advertisement urges readers to avoid a deterioration in health by using Gold Seal Tonic. It claims half-sick people face fatigue, poor sleep, and lack of appetite, and warns breakdown may appear as grip, indigestion, varicose veins, or eruptions. The tonic allegedly strengthens vitality and cleanses wastes, sold by druggists.
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Tokyo
President van Buren
Dollar Line
Kobe
Madrid
Constantinople
Spee
J. Ty.key
Sion
Jerusalem
Moses
Financial District
Trotzky
Lenin
Workers League
Trade Union Educational League
Z Foster
United States
Workers Party
Coolidge
White House
SY Mra
W. N. Chapin
Jinor Hugh
A. B. Courtice
Theology
Oberlin Briefs
Miss Luce Ada
Amherst Institute
Eagles
Ehrmen Hall
Martha Lee Club
Claire Stiwald
Dangle
F. I. Hubbard
Robert Patterson
Wm. Dangle
Rep
A.B. Williams
Blie Bird Sweet Shoppe
Court Street
New York Central
New York Central Steel
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