4-H Boys and Fathers Tour Athens County Dairy Farms
4 H Club boys and fathers from Hocking County will visit Athens County dairy farms this Saturday. Harold Chambers, former extension agent, directs the arranged tour. Departures are set from Ewing at 8 30 a.m. and from Logan at 9 a.m. The invitation welcomes all interested in dairy work.
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Hocking County
Athens County
Logan
Harold Chambers
Athens’ County
Ewing
Lagan
Giant in These Days Driving Hocking County Dairy Tour
A Arthur Brisbane column notes a farm tour starting at Dr T A Copeland's Stewart dairy, featuring OSU furnished remodeling plans. Stops include K W Hayes Guysville Jersey herd, Athens State Hospital barns, Phil Briley Jackville dairy, Julian Gift Alexander Township Holsteins, and one more farm. T H Johnson extension agent co operates to spark 4 H dairy interest among Hocking youth.
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Chambers
T. A. Copeland
Stewart
Hocking County
Ohio State University
K. W. Hayes
Guysville
Athens State Hospital
Phil Briley
Jackville
Julian Gift
Alexander Township
Gift
T. H. Johnson
Athens County
Husband Married Bride and Child in West Virginia Case
A delayed honeymoon led to the arrest of a man accused of white crime in West Virginia. The groom admitted guilt as the alleged wife and younger victim Mida Good 18 traveled from Middle to Parkersburg by bus. The mother filed the affidavit naming Melvin with alias Roy Snyder.
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Pomeroy
Mida Good
Middle#1
Parkersburg
Court Street
Melvin @ith
Roy Snyder
F. W. Gilmore
Jiff J.A. Willock
Ith
Woman Held for Bigamy In Meigs County Jail
Hattie Roberts is in Meigs County Jail on bigamy charges. Records show she married Harry Trace of Cheshire on February 6, 1928, as Hattie Roberts, 37, widow. Justice M. L. French officiated. She used maiden name Hattie Cromley and father Samuel Cromley of Gallipolis. Authorities say she also married Ben Webster of Pomeroy about six months ago without divorce from Trace.
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Pomeroy
Hattie Roberts
Meigs County
Harry Trace
Cheshire
M. L. French
Hattie Cromley
Samuel Cromley
Gallipolis
Ben Webister
Goad Daughter’s Mock Marriage Case Tied to Smith
In Adieport two years, Golda Goad says Smith wooed her through late 1930s and arranged a fake marriage across multiple towns including Basil and Parkersburg. She alleges coercion and trucking between states, with no license or certificate. Smith admitted guilt to aiding in her removal to another state and is held on $3,000 bail.
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Goad
Adieport
Golda
Parkersburg
Smith
Atngeville
W. Va
Goad Fl
Arkersburg
Middleport
Moth
Oime
Basil, O
Barberton
Ikersburg
Hosekeeping
Pomeroy
Justice Gilmore
Bandit Shot as Escape Attempt Ends in Front of Ning Station
A bandit was wounded while fleeing when his partner pulled him into a waiting vehicle in front of Ning station near Findlay during an early morning incident on April 9.
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Findlay
U.R
Ning Station
Here
Italian fighter Primo Carnera makes light social visit before bout
In Los Angeles on April 8 Primo Carnera despite no training forty eight hours before a scheduled fight with Mr. Neil Clis by a colored opponent, visits with manager Leon See. He avoids eyeing electric lights and responds with a calm Italian smile while asked about temper.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Primo Carnera
Leon See
Doctor Lee
Napoleon
Neil Clisby
Obliging figure bares arm in Michelangelo comparison
The description notes a very obliging man rolling up his sleeve and exposing his arm, then compares Michelangelo's exaggerated depictions of the body to camera exaggeration of reality, highlighting artistic hyperbole and perception.
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Michel Angelo
Camera
Carnera Seeks English Study As Gigantic Boxer Emerges
The Italian heavyweight Carnera, who speaks little English, studies English while mastering French. At six foot seven and 275 pounds with a massive chest, oversized hands and powerful arms, experts say his size favors him in knocking down opponents, though driving muscles are emphasized over lifting.
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Carnera
Dempsey
The Young Italian Praises National Endurance
The Young Italian extols Italy's endurance traced to Roman roots. He notes Dante’s era six hundred years ago and reflects on six centuries since, highlighting national resilience and cultural legacy.
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Dante
Tax Will Be Lower for Perry County Schools
The Perry County Board of Education says economy surplus funds are being accumulated and next year county school supervision will cost taxpayers 2500 dollars. This year the cost was 7200 dollars.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Faulty ALLIANCE Buildings Threaten School Closure
Three Lexington Township school buildings part of a 350000 program face possible closing after a state bounty probe. The Bolton building with 120 pupils teeters on collapse while Lexington and Science Hill structures leak and pose sanitary concerns. Inspector Nichols forwards findings to Columbus.
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Nichols
Columbus
Beautify Farm Yards and Gardens Contest In Coolville
Eighty five residents entered a farm yard and garden contest in Coolville sponsored by the Troy Chapter of Future Farmers of America. The program aims to boost rural beauty with shrubs trees and flowers and to make Troy Township known as the Community of Beautiful Homes. Initial judging by Art Susatt and others will classify entrants with final judging later in summer. Participants may contact Leo Baker or Samuel Pailet to enroll.
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Coolville
Troy
Future Farmers of America
Leo Baker
Troy Township
Baker
American Farm Bureau Federation
Athens County
T. H. Johnson
Art Susatt
the Messenger
Samuel Pailet
Oklahoma City Gas Gusher Sparks Alert in Oil Field
A gas gusher near the Wild Mary Sudik well in Oklahoma City spurted after dawn on Monday, raising fears of a runaway well. Oil field men moved with special alertness as authorities restrict operations of other producers in the South City field.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
South City
Harrington men sued for libel over credit damages
Virgil F. Grist sues Ralph Hart and W. E. Racey for $10,000 claiming defamation of character and damage to his credit. The case was filed in Delaware on April 9.
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Delaware
U.P
Ralph Hart
W. E. Racey
Virgil F. Grist
Darrow Wins Popular Verdict in Dry Laws Debate at Columbus
Clarence Darrow and Senator Brookhart debated prohibition in Columbus with about 2000 in attendance. Darrow won the audience verdict amid chants while Brookhart denounced alcohol and defended the Eighteenth Amendment as ending liquor traffic.
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Darrow
Brookhart
Columbus
U.R
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Tut
Wall Street
Ohio Supreme Court Consider Petition Candidacy Signatures
Two writs of mandamus filed with the Ohio Supreme Court seek interpretation of the new election code sections on the number of signatures required for a petition of candidacy.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Oil Well Drills In For Rachelmacher Estate
Well in the Penn Coal Company lease on the Rachelmacher estate yields 200 barrels of oil per day in Roseville with April 9 report.
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Roseville
Rachelmacher
Penn Coal Company
Conferees Settle Down on Tariff Talks in Washington
Washington April 9 The House and Senate tariff conferees settled into work with about a quarter of their task done and the aluminum and manganese schedules near completion. They have disposed of more than 390 disputed rates.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Jamaica ginger case set for May 19 in Covington
A special session of U S District Court was called for May 19 by Judge A M Cochran to try Jamaica ginger distributors and manufacturers on a charge of violating the prohibition laws.
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Covington, Ky
U.P
U. S. District Court
A. M. Cochran
Jamaica
Watchman Dies As Ad-Post Building Burns
David Petty aged 70, night watchman for Ad-Post Service Inc, was burned to death when a billboard firm building caught fire in Zanesville. The blaze destroyed the structure in the early hours.
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Zanesville
U.R
David Petty
Ad-Post Service, Inc
Prisoner Harry Stone Dies in Columbus Prison Yard
Harry Stone a 67 year old inmate from Cuyhoga County serving one to 15 years for robbery collapsed and died in the Columbus prison yard. He reportedly suffered heart disease for some time.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry Stone
Cuyhoga County
Apple scab alert broadcasts to Meigs Athens and Washington counties
H A Rannells from Ohio State University, stationed at Coolville, tracks apple scab developments and informs orchardists when and how to spray. Broadcasts run at 11:50 AM on Monday Wednesday and Friday from Station WLW Cincinnati, covering Jackson area Meigs and Eastern Meigs Washington Athens as designated. News ads and Farm Bureau mailings keep growers posted.
Young Child Dies at Home in Athens From Pneumonia
Eugene Dickson four years old, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Dickson of 50 Hudson Avenue, died Tuesday at 3 30 am after a two day illness from pneumonia. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Fairview Church near Coolville with burial in the church cemetery. He leaves a sister Winifred three and a brother Keith one.
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Eugene Dickson
Hudson Avenue
Fairview Church
Coolville
Winifred
Keth
Rev Paul E Kemper Enters Hospital for Goiter Operation
In Glouster April 9 Rev Paul E Kemper pastor of the Glouster M E Church entered White Cross Hospital in Columbus for a goiter operation. He went Tuesday with his wife Mrs Kemper who will stay with him until he can return home after the surgery.
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Glouster
Paul E. Kemper
Glouster M. E
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Kemper
Good Arrested After Hungry Flight From Hills
Virgil Good, sought by Athens County officers for shooting his brother-in-law Troy Fields, was captured Tuesday in Gallia County at his brother CBD Good’s home near Gallipolis. He faced a charge of shooting with intent to kill and was to be arraigned before Magistrate Carl Porter. Fields remained hospitalized with wounds to the neck, arm, and hip as officers noted Good claimed fatigue and hunger halted his roaming.
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Virgil Good
Athens County
Troy Fields
Vore Ridge
Gallipolis
Gallia County
William Wiliams
Fred Heck
Good
Willams
Carl H. Porter
O. Good
Gallia
Gallipolla
Meigs
Albany
Jerseyville
Field
Fields
Army Hospital
Murray City funds raise for new fire equipment
About $3,000 has been subscribed for a new fire pumper in Murray City. The fund drive is progressing satisfactorily and the committee will inspect equipment to determine the best type for the village needs after a pumper was brought in for tests on Monday and Tuesday.
Salesman Slain in Columbus Confectionery Store
Police investigate the murder of Louis A. Sherman a 47 year old salesman who was shot in a Columbus confectionery store while with a woman clerk. Detectives plan to question his wife Frances Sherman about recent written and telephone messages she reportedly received.
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Columbus
Louis A. Sherman
Sherman
Asatore
Frances Sherman
Five Million Gas Well Drilled Near South Bloomingville
Renewed interest in the Benton Township gas field grows after the Ohio Fuel Gas Company strikes a five million gasser on the F. A. Lindsey farm. The Clinton Sand gas is reached at about 2,500 feet, with another location reported on the same lease and a large acreage under lease by the company.
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Logan
South Bloomingville
F. A. Lindsey
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Benton Township
Clinton
Ohio Fuel Company
Transit firm seeks intercity bus certificate
Ft. Wayne Parkerburg Transit Company applied to the Public Utilities Commission for a certificate to operate bus service between Ft. Wayne Indiana and Parkersburg West Virginia via Van Wert Delphos Kenton Columbus Lancaster Marietta and Belpre.
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Columbus
Love expert launches bid to exterminate emotionless flappers
Mrs Belle Brooke Stull arrives in New York to lead a campaign against flappers. The self described love expert aims to curb marriages between young women and older men, arguing flappers cause marital unhappiness and insisting older men marry women their own age. She declares flappers are all motion and no emotion.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press
New York
U.P
Belle Brooke Stull
Elyria
Mrs. Stull
Fifty Years of Married Life for Pomeroy Couple
Lewse Schwarzwalder, who moved to Columbus 35 years ago, celebrated 50 years of married life with wife Mary Gloeckner, formerly of Middletown. The couple’s six children joined them for the anniversary. Mrs Schwarzwalder was born Miss Mary Gloeckner. The couple had previously lived in Pomeroy Bend where he worked as a coal operator. Their son David R. Thomas and his wife also marked their golden anniversary in Columbus on a recent Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Lewse Schwarzawalder
Columbus
Schwartzwalder
Mary Gloeckner
Middleport
David R. Thomas
Hoe
Ford reports 1929 indicated profit of 81 million in balance
Ford Motor Company filed its balance sheet with state official Henry F. Long showing an indicated profit of 81,797,861 for 1929. The figure contrasts with indicated losses of 72,221,498 in 1928 and 42,786,727 in 1927.
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Boston
U.P
Ford Motor Company
Henry F. Long
Drownings Reported After Ohio River Boat Upset
Marietta Ohio April 9 two men George Davis 29 and Gilbert Smith 17 nephew drowned last night their boat capsized in a heavy squall and they were swept over a dam on the West Virginia side of Buckleys Island bodies not recovered additional drownings have occurred at that spot.
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Marietta
U.R
George Davis
Gilbert Smith
Ohio River
West Virginia
Buckley
Athens Messenger Publishes Debate Reference Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers readers a booklet of ready references for debaters. The material helps teachers students and anyone tracking current issues in American discussion. Send for a copy today using the coupon.
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The
Athens Messenger
Six Students Injured in Theater Blast at Cathacula
Ten people injured after a film explosion at Cathacula Theater shattered glass and sent patrons fleeing. Six victims attend university, including a South Webster girl hospitalized. many suffer burns and cuts from flames and debris.
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South Webster
Athens
Cathacula
Ohio University
Explosion Triggers Fire in Athens Theater
A theater blast in Athens caused loose glass to fly into Court Street injuring several, most from falling debris as audiences evacuated. Six students among the injured were university attendees. a panic was averted by city official Franz Woodworth. Projection room workers escaped flames. fire spread to a false floor at Atkins Sign Company above the theater.
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Franz Woodworth
Athens
Windows Court Street
Atkins Sign Company
Walter Bobo
Arthur Brooks
Bobo
Pere Sons
Uishing
E. E. Byrne
Tering Arms Hospital
Dre, Goldenberry and Merwin
Drs. V. Ge
Byron Danford
City Service Department
Pilot Huffman Aims at Light Plane Record Flight
Aims at breaking the light plane long-distance record for a flight to New York Pilot Stanley Huffman took off from Cincinnati at 7 PM in a small 400 pound craft heading toward New York City.
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Cincinnati
New York
Stanley Huffman
Here
Film Star Dolores Costello Reported Resting After Birth
Hollywood reports Dolores Costello wife of John Barrymore was said to be resting after the birth of a child at Good Samaritan Hospital. The far a wide star’s condition and timeline were subjects of widespread gossip and dispatches from April ninth.
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Hollywood
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Good Samaritan Hogg
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County
Clinton Webb
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
C. A. Hartley Messenger
Santa Fe Springs
King Tut
Leo Baron
Murray City
Bloomingville
Ford Company
Ohio
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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