Fear of Violence in Colorado Mine Zone
In Wallenburg Colorado 3000 coal miners prepared to strike with about half expected to walk out. I W W members held meetings urging action while peace officers guarded towns after threats from other citizens. The local I W W headquarters was raided with papers seized and burned and rumors said national guardsmen might be brought in to prevent rioting.
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Wallenburg
Colo. Qet
Colorado
Walssnburg
Powder Blaze Burns Teens in New Lexington
In New Lexington Ohio near Junction City an 18 year old and two 14 year olds were burned when a powder keg ignited. James Lyon poured powder from a keg touching off the blast that sent him about thirty feet, likely fatally burning him. James Saums, 14, was badly burned. Frank Griffith, 14, aided in extinguishing the fire and sustained minor burns.
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New Lexington
Junching City
James Lyon
James Saums
Freducence Saums
Frank Griffith
George Griffith
Vicum
English grow to like grape fruit after war
Covent Garden dealers report the grape fruit now a staple in London markets. American troops in training and visitors after 1918 helped popularize the fruit, and English shoppers have begun to embrace it. Before 1914 grape fruit was largely unknown in Britain.
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London
Covent Garden
National C of C Demands Tax Reduction Policy Outline
The National Chamber of Commerce executive councilors and directors meet in West Baden Indiana with reports due outlining 1928 business policy. A referendum may approve a flood-control cost for the lower Mississippi and a redefinition of Americanism to guide domestic tranquility justice and union in policy.
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West
Baden
Ind
National Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber
Mississippi River
Napesado
Marshall Bill Aids Enforcement Says McDonald
In Columbus Ohio on August 18 state prohibition commissioner B F McDonald said the Marshall Bill would aid enforcement of law. He cited Judge Taft's Tumey decision and noted bootleggers have grown bolder under the current regime. He warned defeat of the bill would provoke greater defiance by law violators. He also called for a federal tax cut of 100 million dollars.
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Columbus, CO
B. F. McDonald
Prohibition
Taft
Tumey
McDonald
Jail inmate Ray Miller nearly hangs himself in cell
Columbus reports Ray Miller, 23, attempted suicide while in jail on a petit larceny charge. He was found and cut down by a fellow prisoner. In Philadelphia John T. Edgars sues H. J. Rutthhoffer for 15600 damages over defamation tied to a “chicken thief” remark. In Cleveland traffic fatalities rise to 15 percent with the death of Albany Rutledge struck by an automobile.
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Columbus
Ray Miller
NEW Philadsjphia
John T. Edgars
H. J. Rutthhoffer
Cleveland
Alban Rutledge
Interurban car survivor reunites with brother after 47 years
A woman who died in a death crash was later found alive with her brother, whom she had not seen in forty seven years, in a remarkable reunion reported in Vienna. A baby four months old was abandoned on a train from Berlin. The Trenarth village workforce includes every resident. Andrew Forssthe, a deaf beggar, left an estate valued at 259000 dollars. London authorities struggle with renting remodeled poorhouse flats. Eggland tenants face radio dog phonograph and garden bans in a new West Surrey apartment building.
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Vienna
Berlin
West Surrey
Eggland
Local 77-Year-Old Enjoys First Plane Ride in Lancaster
Eza Sowers, 77, a retired farmer from Washington township, stepped from an airplane after a scenic flight over Lancaster. He described his longing to take to the skies and pulled his hat low to shield his eyes as he exited.
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Man
Lancaster
T Oake Wu
Eza Sowers
Washington Township
Bowers
Cleveland Reports First Snowfall of the Year
Cleveland residents reported the season's first snowfall, observed on October 18. The light flakes melted as they touched the ground, signaling an early wintry start for the city amid unbuttoned coats and a wary mood to be claimed or spared.
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Cleveland
Jack Fream
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