Great Minds and Global Echoes in Bright 1927 Headlines
A eclectic 1927 column surveys famed figures and ideas from Edison to Rockefeller, and hints at a possible fifth American. It references Ford’s mass wagon production, Lot’s salt pillar lore, Mecca’s Black Stone, and Mecca’s Mecca, plus aviation feats by Costes and Le Brix. The piece notes shifting views of emperors, sultans, and a Berlin murder case, and closes with Nicaragua’s Sandino warning to Americans.
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Em. Ludwig
Napoleon
Bismarck
Edison
Jane Addams
Rockefeller
Orville Wright
Honey Ford
Ford
Mecca
Mohammed
Adam
Lot
Seil
Hoover enters Ohio primary bid sparks bitter delegate fight
Washington reports Secretary Herbert Hoover announced he will enter the Ohio presidential primary as a receptive candidate challenging Senator Frank B Willis for the Buckeye State’s delegates. Hoover warns against excess spending and pledges Coolidge policies if nominated, while Willis insists the contest will be no child's play and questions Hoover's timing. The letter hints at possible entries in Michigan California Oregon New Jersey New Hampshire Maryland and perhaps more states. Continued on Page Fire
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Hoover
Coll
Thad Brown
Columbus
Coolidge
Willis
United Press
Michigan
California
Oregon
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Maryland
Heindi
Mine Death Toll Reaches 25 in Hollinger Disaster
Timmins Ont February 13 The Hollinger consolidated gold mine disaster deaths climbed to 25 with 18 more bodies recovered overnight and seven found earlier Fourteen miners remained trapped on the 550 foot level as rescue teams pressed a last effort amid monoxide fumes Officials and rescuers tempered optimism with caution while many miners held little hope of survivors
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Timmins
Ont
U. P
Hollinger Consolidated
Duty Pin Awarded Faithful Scout in Warren County
John Smarz, hailed as the most faithful scout in Warren County, received a 100 percent duty pin with a two year bar at a Grace M. E. church ceremony marking Anniversary Week. About 250 attendees heard that Smarz has not missed a meeting, hike, or camp in two years, as Frank C. Roud, Scout Executive, invited others with similar records to come forward. Scores of merit badges were awarded, and the service capped the week’s events. Governor Fisher planned to attend a Harrisburg event in Washington next day, where Secretary Work would host a reception for National Commander Spafford of the American Legion.
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John Smarz
Warren County
Grace M. E. Church
Smart
Frank C. Roud
Fisher
Harrisburg
U. P
Washington
Hubert C. Work
Department of the Interior
Spafford
Terin
Abandonment of Many Ohio Mines Looms Large
Ohio faced a major coal mining crisis as widespread strikes idle forty thousand miners. Governor Donahey launched relief with kitchens feeding thousands daily, clothing and food shipped to destitute areas, an $18,000 fund, and state action amid rioting and threatened mine closures by Sunday Creek Coal Company.
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Columbus
U.sp
Ohio
Jacksonville
Kentucky
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Vic Donahey
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Pinchot Says Petitions Are Unauthorized
Former Governor Gifford Pinchot has not decided whether to run in the Republican senatorial primaries against Senator David A. Reed. Petitions to place his name on the April primary ballot are being circulated by labor men without his consent, according to reports from Harrisburg. Pinchot said he has not decided his candidacy. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers says labor friends circulated petitions without authority, and the union does not endorse Pinchot.
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Washington
U.P
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
David A. Reed
Pinchot
Harrisburg
U. S
Pimchot
J. AL Fox
Legislative Committee of the Brotherhood ‘of Locomotive Fremen and Engine
County Fair Dates Set for August 28 to 31
Warren County Agricultural Association directors announced the 1928 fair will run from Tuesday August 28 through Friday August 31. R T Jones leads committees to plan a larger exposition while pledging no greater overall expenditure than prior years.
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Warren County
Warren County Articultural Association
Court House
R. T. Jones
Federal Troops Rout Rebels in Michoacan Battle
Federal troops in a four hour clash near Las Trojes Michoacan State defeated 400 rebels and killed twelve in addition to some prisoners executed a dispatch to the Universal today said Father Francisco Del Rio a Catholic priest led the rebels.
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Mexico City
U.P
Las Trojes
Michoacan
Universal
iFather
Francisco del Rio
Warren Man Possesses Lincoln Assassination Paper Copy
Rex M. Pratt of 10 Brook Street owns a New York Herald from April 15 1865 the day after Lincoln was shot He reads the account each February 12 Lincoln's birthday noting the front page bulletin and reports on Booth’s act and reactions to the president’s death and Appomattox aftermath.
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Rex M. Pratt
Brook Street
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Pratt
New York Herald
Booth
Lincoln
Forg Theatre
Washington
Herald
Tanight
Kave
Lindbergh Latin Tour Rounds Central America Aerial Mission
Col Charles A Lindbergh completes a goodwill flight segment through Central American nations on his Latin American tour with nearly 40 000 miles flown since leaving St Louis for New York. The Lone Eagle notes no retirement for Spirit of St Louis and highlights ongoing efforts with We in the journey.
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Charles A. ‘Lindbergh
Lindy
St. Lous
New York
Senate Teapot Dome probe tracks bonds to political groups
Washington hearings probe a tip that a prominent oil man parceled $10,000 Liberty bonds to state political outfits years ago. Barry Sinclair allegedly delivered part of $75,000 to fund the 1920 Republican campaign, with subpoenas issued as Nye and Walsh pursue movements of $3,060,000 from the Continental Trading Company of Canada. Hodges denies knowledge of bonds entering the Republican treasury, noting it may predate his tenure.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Republican National Committee
Nye
Walf Hays
Continental Company
Sinclair
Fail
Baker Suggested as Democratic Presidential Possibility
Washington February 12 Former Secretary of War Newton D Baker was suggested by Edwin T Meredith of Iowa as a strong Democratic presidential contender Meredith noted Bakers Middle West following and chance to carry the Iowa delegation He added he himself is not seeking the nomination Meredith has been linked as a likely McAdoo legatee in the party
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Washington
U. P
Newton D. Baker
Edwin T. Meredith
Towa
Meredith
Wilson
Baker
Middle West
Iowa
McAdoo Atvaneth
Parol
Woman loses third husband to Black Hand murders in Wellsburg
In Wellsburg West Virginia on February 13 a Black Hand gang killed Charles Calizone of York Pennsylvania with nine close range shots. Patrolmen chased three fleeing suspects after the attack near the police station. Calizone’s wife had already lost two previous husbands to similar killings in 1929 and 1922.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Charles Galizone
Charles Calizone
York
Calizone
Paul Lucia
Calzone
Tony Leon
Jury completes Jackson trial panel in Indianapolis case
The jury to try Governor Ed Jackson on conspiracy to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray was completed as court opened. D C Stephenson, ex Ku Klux Klan leader, was en route from the Michigan City penitentiary to testify, adding drama to the proceedings. The panel included David Porterfield, Fred Hollweg, Elmer Geiger, FE Penn, Rev. H B Hostetter, Percy Allen, Wm H Howard, Samuel Colbert, Hubert Adams, Tra A Minnick, Ivan Fowler, and Everett McClain.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Ed_ Jackson
Warren T. McCray
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Michigan City
Elmer Geiger
S. Penn
Rev. H. B. Hostetter
The
Presbyterian Church
Percy Allen
Wm. H. Howard
Indianapolis, Board of Trade
Samuel H. Colbert
Hubert Adams
Tra A. Minnick
Ivan Fowler
Everett McClain
Lindbergh Flight From Havana Reported Over Talladega
A US plane believed to be Charles Lindbergh’s passed over Talladega Alabama at 1 05 p m on the Havana to St Louis return trip. Cloudy skies and mist obscured identification with an estimated 100 mph speed. Reports say Lindbergh’s approach remains uncertain due to fog and distance.
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Talladega
Ala
Cal
Charles Lindbergh
Ilavana
St. Louis
Birmingham
Tallahassee
Lindbergh
Atlanta
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Havana
United States
Torturgas
Key West
Georgia
Alabama
Latin America
U. PB
Weather Bureau
Charles A. Indbergh
Wng
Weather Forecast Western Pa Rain Tonight Through Tuesday
Western Pennsylvania forecast calls for rain tonight and Tuesday with a warmer trend tonight. A low pressure system over Oklahoma drives a broad storm with a northward trough toward Iowa Minnesota and western Ontario bringing cloudy skies and rain in the Mississippi Valley states. Snow is noted west of the low center while temperatures remain chilly with no severe cold on the map. Observations at 8 am show Chicago 36 Cleveland 23 Philadelphia 26 Pittsburgh 28. Yellowstone Park at zero. Tuesday sunrise 6 55 sunset 4 00.
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Oklahoma
Iowa
Minnesota
Ontario
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
New England
Idaho
Rocky Mountain States
North Atlantic
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Washington
Yellowstone Park
River
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Berlin
Arthur Brisbane
Ve Bright
New York American
Jme
John Dockefeller
Dead Sea
Cornell University
Costes
le Brix
Coolridge
Japan
France
Britain
Hans Krantz
Scheller
Hildegard
Hidegard
Otto Stephan
Hang
Stephan
Krantz
Constantinople
Sandina
Nicaragua
Sandino
Aniernes
Buckeye State
M. E. Church
Jugo-Slavia
Stefan Radice
Radic
Alexander
of Directors of Association
Warren
Leonard
Appomattox
Arrec
Denver
Colo
William D. Hodges
Continents Trading Company
Hodges
Jackson
Lone Eagle
Southland
Tortugas
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