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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1929
Page
12
J W W, county superintendent, completed a round of visits to all 186 rural schools in Hocking County. He noted extensive classroom observations and full attendance by the district’s 186 teachers with a few exceptions, as final exams approach for eighth graders and term ends loom in two weeks.
April 22. Bartelle was granted a divorce from Frank J. Mitchell of Miami in Common Pleas Court by Judge Harley W. Whit on grounds of neglect. She was restored to her maiden name Bartelle. The case was uncontested.
C and Clark were honored by the Nondescript Club Friday evening at a West Street house warming. A six o clock spread followed, with two program items featuring Mia who received a gift from club members. Attendees included Dr and Mrs F, Mrs Deila Bishop, Ernest William Brooke of Logan, and Charles Hyland of Lancaster.
Miss Flossie Burson aged 117 died Sunday morning at 3 30 in Sheltering Arms as the second victim of Friday’s explosion in a house at 35 Race Burial services for Franklin Rice the first death from the blast were set for 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in Chester Burson is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs R E Bur and two sisters Doris and June Funeral services will be in Richland Avenue M P h with burial in Jerseyville The body is at the home of Mrs ed Kilman 18 North Street where friends may call Two pay fines J M Kenney and Cas Marshall each paid a fine of d costs after arraignment before Magistrate Carl H Porter on Monday
Henry Carpenter 60, despondent over ill health, hanged himself in a barn behind Brashare's in Enterprise at 8 this morning. A note found on an oil truck left by his nephew Olin Carpenter carried a plea for rest and forgiveness and mentioned a watch and $24. Coroner J P Miller investigated. funeral plans unavailable at noon.
April 22 report notes Mr. and Mrs. R. D. McManigal and two children as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Toerner from Friday evening to Saturday evening. The visitors are on a six months furlough from Japan where McManigal represents Westinghouse and serves as district manager in Kobe.
Logan April 22 Clay Mathias was arrested at his home in Marion Township Friday morning by Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond and Deputy William Bellhorn of Fairfield County. Mathias was taken to Lancaster to answer a charge filed in connection with the alleged theft of an automobile.
Logan April 22 Siamese kit tens born at the home of H H Marriott of Gibisonville attract neighbors who visit to view the unusual freak of nature. The cat family includes four kittens with three uniting living on their third day Saturday.
April 22 in Zanesville two men were held on hit-skip charges. One is linked to a boy's death, the other faces separate questions as a severely injured woman’s condition remains perilous.
An explosion and fire wrecked the home of Joseph Tucci in Youngstown early today. Fire Chief Harry Callan suspects the blast was intentional, raising fears of a bombing targeting the prominent local figure.
Fred Wolfe pleaded not guilty before Magistrate E E Bright on Saturday to a charge of stealing copper wire. He was placed under $1000 bond to await grand jury action after arrest by Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn and Acting Chief George Bateman of Nelsonville. The charge follows an investigation by Spencer Hollow Coal Company into the disappearance of 1000 feet of copper wire from their mine.
Members of Union and Math Bible classes at the Methodiest Sunday School held a program Friday evening marking the end of a four weeks attendance contest. The Union class won after a four week progress. Speakers included C E Strain, Mrs. Cora Morgan, Rolland Bright, and Charles Smith. Local residents attended visits and performances followed, with piano solos, readings, poems, and a women's quartet. Mr and Mrs Fred Kreysig announced the birth of a daughter at Grant Hospital.
Sixty four Athens County dairies have been tuberculin tested and reported to the Athens County Health Office. The inspection, led by JR Swain the state inspector and I I Tucker sanitary police, is progressing rapidly with reports from veterinarians daily. Millfield serves as the inspection site today.
Geneva April 22 The United States plans maximum concessions in land armaments and agrees to drastic naval cuts. Ambassador Hugh Gibson head of the American delegation announced these sentiments to the Preparatory Disarmament Commission, marking the Hoover administration’s first public statement on disarmament.
Three investigations opened after a mid air collision near East San Diego killed two pilots and four passengers aboard a giant liner. Army officials Rockwell Field the coroner and a civic board probed claims the crash was caused by Field Lieut Glenn Howard Keefer performing daredevil stunts.
The Treasury reports a net balance of 268,122,012.82 dollars for April 19. Customs receipts to the same date for the month total 83,193,681.66 dollars.
Mrs. M. Meyer reports relief from gas, sleeplessness, and irritability after Adlerika. The ad claims Adlerika neutralizes gas in ten minutes by acting on upper and lower bowels removing old waste matter for a real cleansing. Available at Gibson's Pharmacy in Coolville and Hickman's Pharmacy in Nelsonville.
The decisive reparations conference session scheduled for today is postponed. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Dr. Albert Voegier of the German Reich delegation were delayed in Berlin after consultations with the German cabinet.
Mrs Ella Riley former Lodi Township resident and eight year Athens resident died at her Depot Street home at 1 am Sunday. She leaves four daughters Elizabeth Burns Columbus George Snowden Akron Robert Halts Athens and four stepchildren Peartie Rameey Columbus Clarence Riley Huntington W Va Arthur Riley Luhrig Claude Riley Cleveland. Funeral at 2:30 pm Tuesday Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may visit Monday and until noon Tuesday.
A gasoline blast at Montgomery Ohio left one woman dead and a child and another woman in serious condition in Cincinnati.
Toledo agent McGaw, under arrest after a raid at Frank Pellegi’s soft drink shop, may be freed on bond today. Pellegi was shot during the raid when he allegedly resisted McGaw’s liquor bottle claim and a gun was fired. Pellegi’s condition is reported as recovering. Public feeling cooled after an initial uproar.
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