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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1929
Page
3
Nelsonville Aerie No 91 Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a special Mothers Day service at its West Washington hall on May 12 inviting all Eagles and the public. The program hour is to be announced later with lavender and green decorations.
Miss Emma Johnson visits Columbus as a guest of her cousin Miss Dorothy Nissley. Miss Mae Morris travels to Columbus to take a position with the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. The Rev Lloyd Evans O A rider Cecil Shafer and Baird Stuart are in Columbus today. Mr and Mrs Harry Kelley and Mrs William Morgan were visitors in Columbus Monday and Tuesday.
Striking members of the National Textile Workers Union gain momentum in Gastonia and nearby mills as 100 or more workers abandon Osage Mill and American Mill No. 2 in Bessemer City. The total in the Piedmont Carolinas rises above 10 000. A special grand jury convenes to probe deputy sheriffs accused of brutality and the destruction of union headquarters by masked assailants last week.
Nelsonville April 25 The body of J W Vance a Nelsonville jeweler who died in a store fire on West Washington Street last Monday night has been sent to St Louis Missouri for burial H G Vance a brother accompanied the body leaving Nelsonville last night No new developments or criminal action are expected An inquiry by Acting Police Chief George Bateman Assistant State Fire Marshal W B McCormick and Coroner L F Jones concluded with release of the body Co Lout Stout will be appointed administrator of the estate HM G Vance applied for the appointment yesterday
Romance blossomed during a Nile houseboat trip with Mrs Anson Wood Burchard as the couple wed in Paris. The bride, widow of Anson Wood Burchard of General Electric, becomes Princess of Reuss as Prince Henry XXXIII traces lineage to the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
Thirteen year old Jack Kilpatrick of 72 East Mulberry Street fractured his left wrist Wednesday night while playing in a neighbor’s yard after falling from a chain swing. The fracture was reduced and he returned to school today.
Edward Mitchell aged 17 died in Cincinnati after attempting to hop a train. He told friends he would show them how to ride trains, slipped on the embankment, and was decapitated when struck by the locomotive.
Berean Bible Class will present special music at the Christian Church Sunday at 9:30. Elmer Siddie will perform a solo. Bereans participate in the weight contest now in progress, and all men are welcome to attend.
Mr and Mrs E Washburn Mrs Richard Gibson and Mrs Mary Sines left today by motel to visit relatives in Kansas. They will attend the Supreme Shrine sessions of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem in Kansas City May 6 7 and 9.
Mrs Henry Lancaster and Mia la A Whitmore attended the district convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society in Pomeroy. The group announced that next spring's convention will be held in Nelsonville, Ohio.
Members of the Missionary Society of the Christian Church will serve a public chicken dinner Friday evening April 26. Service begins at 5 30 o clock.
Chicago reports the murder of 82 year old dentist Frank L Brady in his private office. Police say Brady faced charges tied to alleged gangland dealings with safe blowers and drug addicts. A woman patient and Dr R B Best witnessed as two gunmen fired through Brady.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh says he will continue flying as long as he can and compares it to travel by train or automobile. He notes no age limit should stop him and that safe night flying on regular U S airlines is not yet ready due to current aircraft designs.
Detectives within two hours of the murder uncovered a tale tying a reputable dentist to a ten year web of safe-blowers, dope peddlers, and gangsters, revealing a remarkable hidden history behind the crime.
Washington April 25 treasury data shows a net balance of 238 million 524 thousand 335 dollars and 2 cents on April 23. Customs receipts for the month to that date totaled 39 billion 086 million 785 thousand 465 dollars.
Coroner L. F. Jones says Nelsonville jeweler J. W. Vance died by cause other than foul play after a thorough scene check with state fire marshal W. B. McCormick and Deputy Sheriff Stanley Dew. The body was shipped to St. Louis for burial. evidence suggests the death may have been accidental due to a cigaret fire in the store. Lancaster, a clerk in Vance’s store, is cleared of suspicion amid shortage allegations. the coroner reopens the case for thoroughness.
The 110th anniversary of the I O O F is set for Friday evening at the Court Street hall. J H M Rice, G C Nicholson, and Harvey Porter lead a committee with Rev. I B Day to give an address. All Rebekahs and families are invited to attend the program and refreshments follow.
Federal Judge Burrows overruled a motion to set aside the conviction of Mrs Mary Ware Dennett 55 charged with sending obscene materials through the mails. The ruling confirms a jury decision that her sex pamphlet was obscene.
Louis J. Taber and the National Grange leadership refused President Hoover's request to withdraw support for the export debenture farm relief plan. Taber, master of the Grange, stands firm against the administration's push on agricultural aid policy.
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