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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1928
Page
5
Society notes report H M Burgett Jr sixth birthday celebrated with a lawn picnic at the Burgett home on Richland Avenue in Chillicothe. Guests included Giauques Haights Toms and several Burgett relatives with gifts noted. Other items list society visits and travel among Athens Columbus Warren and Cincinnati connections.
Columbus reports WEAO at Ohio State University will broadcast WAIU programs after WAIU's station burned yesterday. Co operation continues via shared wavelength and both stations will carry on the broadcasts without interruption.
Leslie Cochran formerly of Mile Run traveled from Zanesville to Marietta after hearing police were seeking him. He surrendered at headquarters on a warrant from Pomeroy for defrauding a hotel keeper and was jailed. Dana R. Roush, Marietta chief, returned him for arraignment. Cochran said he incurred the bill and that his employer had promised payment and thought it settled.
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Cleveland announces support for Graham P. Hunt of Cincinnati in the Democratic race for U S Senator. Pomerene praises Hunt's candor ability and integrity and says he will vote for him in the primary. Hunt was campaign manager for Pomerene in 1926.
Marietta Aug 3 The wreck on the B and O main line near Porter field November 15 1925 left John C Stone of Belpre seriously injured and his motor car destroyed. He sues in common pleas court for 5000 against the railroad charging negligence and claiming disfigurement crippling and loss of the car.
The seaplane Numancia, used in Captain Ramon Franco’s attempted westward Atlantic crossing, was towed back to Cadiz today by a tug boat and steamer.
Senator Curtis will receive official notification of the Republican vice presidential nomination at 5 p.m. August 18 on the Capitol steps in Topeka Kansas. George N. Peek, farm belt committee chief, backs Alfred E. Smith due to farm relief plank and conferred with Smith. Dr. Hubert Work will stop in Chicago en route to Hoover notification at Palo Alto to confer with Midwestern Republican leaders.
A petition from the First Presbyterian Society of Athens asks Athens County Common Pleas for leave to encumber real estate to borrow 2000 dollars to pay church debts. A second petition seeks permission to sell a four foot strip of ground north of the church to Security Savings Bank. Both petitions are signed by board member Thomas C. McCracken.
A mad dog unleashed in Lancaster yesterday bit nine people, mostly children, who started Pasteur treatment today. The dog, owned by John Kile, was shot after two boys fought it off with clubs. Carl Ramsay, eight, suffered the worst injuries to chest and arms and a finger nearly bit off.
Cleveland authorities issued an ultimatum to known racketeers warning of immediate action to end terror tactics or forceful removal from the city. The move aims to curb violence as police pressure mounts.
Ollie Hudson aged 24 from Watertown Tennessee and Buford Cunningham aged 19 from Novane Tennessee were killed when their car collided with a Nickle Plate freight train late yesterday near Toledo.
A fashionable morning and afternoon dress pattern suitable for linen cotton crepe polka a slender figure. It features a diagonal line and revers facing with plaits along the front. Sizes 34 to 44 bust. 8 1/2 yards of 36 inch material for size 38. pattern mailed for 15 cents.
Washington reports Teapot Dome and Elk Hills reserves will remain in underground storage as long as possible under Navy direction. Admirals and staff guard the sites while Geological Survey tests run to check for drainage and future recovery potential.
Mexico City reports prosecutor Correa Nieto announced the state will seek the life of Jose de Leon Toral for General Alvaro Obregon's murder. Mother Superior Concepcion faces a 20 year term as alleged intellectual author, with questioning over nun branding and possible coercion by Toral and others.
Clifford Meadows, 16, confessed to shooting and killing his friend John Halley, 16, near Ragoon, Greenup County. Meadows, held in the county jail, said the crime occurred while both were intoxicated and that Halley fired first. He did not recall a preceding quarrel.
To remove discoloration on doorsteps mix chloride of lime with water to form a thin paste. Apply at night, leave until morning, then wash off with clear water for clean steps.
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