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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1929
Page
2
English sportswoman Marion Carstairs arrived in New York to challenge for speedboat honors. She brought the three engined 3000 horsepower craft Estelle IV to contest the Harmsworth Trophy in Detroit on Labor Day.
C A Snow, former Athens resident and neighbor of Dr and Mrs Snook, testified as a defense character witness. Chester cross examined him about Snook’s conduct and interaction with a child in the home. Snow had described Snook as a model upright man but denied seeing him with the child.
Rocksprings fair opens a month early with many missing items in the agricultural hall. No pumpkins watermelons or ripe corn are on display though Log Cabin and patch work quilts remain. The June Sweet apple tree from Alonzo Kesterson bears fruit after a 300 foot slide, near the upper gate of the fair grounds.
Middleport and Pomeroy residents learn Milton L. Farber now practicing law in Columbus is delivering a series of radio talks on Station WCAU Sundays at 445 p.m. The second address covered legal questions including the Snook murder case. The Farber family’s Middleport roots are noted with past graduates Jesse and Mollie.
Aug 7 has A J Beaver and daughter Rosese Fowler to Rutland for a birthday dinner honoring Josephus Tellows aged 86. The event at Emma Stansbury home brings relatives to celebrate the old soldier who wore the blue and spent his life in North Dakota before returning to Rutland.
Mr and Mrs Will Graham and their children depart Middleport for a ten day trip to Cedar Point and Niagara Falls. They will call on relatives in Bucyrus on the return leg of the journey.
Joseph Bedmark of Sandusky says eight weeks on Konjola relieved his long battle with neuritis. He walked without crutches and now climbs four flights pain free. The remedy is sold at McKee Drug Store in Athens and by local druggists in the region.
The August 1 meeting will cover salvage money from bridge approach land and buildings at Pomeroy Bend. County donors amount to 24 606, Pomeroy 20 000, Dundge 18 000, and State 17 500, with State now absent from any share. The Board will invite a Bridge Company representative to explain why the salvage sum should not be divided pro rata between the county and Pomeroy, the major contributors.
Middleport August meeting notes all members present except C L Brooks. Mayor Harley oversees. Walnut Street from Second to Front and Rutland from Second to Front will be paved as soon as possible due to written requests. Additional streets and alleys to follow as work permits. Next meeting called by the mayor.
Mrs. H L Crary reports great improvement after a week in Kanawha Valley Hospital and family visits in Roncerverte and Columbus. Residents travel for illness, visits, and family events, with coal contracts awarded for Middleport schools and legal notices on local court actions. Obituaries, political primaries, and road work on Main Street in Pomeroy are also noted among community updates.
Lancaster Aug 7 Robert Molden 16 who was with Leo Clouse at the time of the shooting of Junior Hale near Rutland last week was sentenced in Probate Court yesterday to the Boys Industrial School for an unspecified term ending in September.
In Pomeroy Aus on Sunday the pastor announced excavation for the foundation of a new Bashan Church of Christ will start Monday. Volunteers rallied, midday meals will be provided by the Loyal Women during August and September. A church business meeting formed a local church group with about a dozen expected charter members and services planned from August 11. The Bashan Church is the effort of the Men's County Evangelistic Club, active for two years.
Chicago August 7 Jack Dempsey former heavyweight champion has been granted a promoter s license in Illinois to promote for the Chicago Coliseum Club He posted a bond and was approved yesterday but the bond must still be approved by the state treasurer
The Meigs County Board of Equalization began an adjourned session to hear the Ebersbach tax cases. Twelve witnesses are expected as the inquiry covers property assessed for last year and the year before. The Ebersbach and county sides are represented by attorneys A P Miller Chalmers Parker D H Peoples and A D Russell.
Aug 7 notice of an educational skit at the Southern Ohio Electric Company office corner Second and Coal Streets. Cast includes Miss Nancy Reed as Charlotte Ray Miss Lucile Dutton stenographer Miss Mary Wilmetta Larmer teacher and Bill Stansbury bond salesman.
A Washington bulletin posted in the Athens Postoffice lists closing dates for Civil Service examinations. Positions include agricultural economist by Aug 14 and soil conservationist by Aug 28 with several other posts such as livestock estimator physicist mechanical engineer English teacher Philippines curator tonicologist metallurgist and penal guard by late August. Applications must be given to J J C Kelley at the local police office one day before the due date to reach Cincinnati for processing.
At Hawthorne Race Track the rank outsider captured the $2000 Cuddelier purse. The long shot paid 43.98 to 1 for a $2 win, delivering a distinct upset victory in Chicago.
Dr Edward Griees argued Benjamin Franklin was the best American journalist and versatile genius in a Memorial Auditorium lecture. He cited Franklin’s Autobiography prose, Poor Richard's Almanac, inventions like lightning rod and ventilating stove, and his pivotal role in American governance and science.
Great increase in deaths with a startling decrease in births cited by Ohio Health News. State figures show birth rate fell to three fewer per 1600 in 1927 versus 1926, eight fewer in 1928 versus 1927, and 17 fewer in the first half of 1929 versus 1928. Death rate rose from 11.82 in 1927 to 12.1 in 1928 and 14.85 per 1000 in 1929, influenza blamed for the population toll.
Burleigh Grimes, once slowed by two poor seasons in 1916 and 1917 with the Pirates, is now pitching effectively after his trade to Brooklyn. He previously won five and lost 19 games across those two seasons.
At the International Political and Reparation Conference secret session in The Hague Britain urged a full revision of the Young Plan. French and Italian delegates led the attack while Antonio Mosconi and Cheron defended the plan as agreed in Paris by reparations experts under Owen D. Young, insisting it be accepted as an indivisible whole.
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