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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1929
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Lesley Davis of Zanesville announce the birth of their son Arthur Elmo at their home. The mother Miss Flossie Hook of Chauncey is a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hook of Chauncey. Aug 9.
Barbara Jean, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Delman Eva Byers, died shortly after birth on Wednesday at the Chauncey home of Mr and Mrs Fred Byers. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon and burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Five Chauncey mines were marked up for work today, duplicating Thursday activity. The workings listed include Nos. 72, 69, 86 Ohio No. 1 and the L. D. Poston mine. The Plains personals note Miss Maxine Channel Thains visiting Mrs Hayes.
Shieves in Columbus hosted guests Wednesday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Shaffer, Mr and Mrs Eimet Bingman, Anna Lee Channel of Athens, and Mrs Kenneth Sands with daughter Betty Lou of Chauncey.
Chauncey August picnic gathering of Chauncey Church of Christ members drew about 150 attendees for a community outing at the church grounds. Organizers reported a day of games, food, and fellowship with families traveling from the Chauncey area.
Mrs. G. Maxwell of Mill Street in Athens advertised a gas range for sale in the Messenger classified section and was besieged with inquiries. The range sold immediately.
A Thursday afternoon school gathering at the Athens Fairgrounds drew 180 attendees who enjoyed the affair and concluded with a picnic supper.
The body of Mrs. Allen McClellan of Chauncey was taken to Glouster Thursday for funeral services at the Church of Christ led by Rev. F E Roberts. Burial followed at Glouster Cemetery. Large attendance marked the service as she had lived in Chauncey for years and died after 13 weeks of illness, leaving a widower and several children.
Bert B. Buckley former state treasurer petitions for rehearing and a stay of execution in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals Cincinnati after the appellate court upheld his conviction for conspiring to violate the Federal Prohibition Act. He faces two years six months and one day in the Atlanta federal penitentiary and a fin e of 1990 dollars. Buckley was convicted in the U S District Court at Columbus.
Chicago Aug 9 Chief Theodore Schuppe of Tomwood Park suburb was shot and killed by Cook County highway police after terrorizing 10 couples at a roadhouse. Officers arrived as he brandished a pistol and fired. Patrolman Fred Bryant returned fire, hitting Schuppe in the heart. The death ended a wild night of carousing as patrons hid under tables and women cried for help.
The Holiness Church of Federal Valley will hold an all day meeting on Sunday with Reverend Haas in charge.
Eaton. Joseph Edelman held by New York police confessed the December 8 1928 slaying of Dr Horatio Silver 68 Preble County health commissioner during a home robbery. Marshal Armstrong to return the suspect to Maton Advices. It is unclear if Edelman also admitted killing Mrs Silver.
A 606 foot Dock of the Inter Inke Engineering Company burned on the Cuyahoga River with flames seen along the riverfront. Fire crews battled the blaze as smoke rose over the water and nearby facilities.
In Cleveland yesterday, crane operator Tom Jangky drove a 65 foot derrick through flames to reach 85 workers trapped on a barge named Maida moored at a burning lakefront wharf. The blaze began when the barge caught fire from ignited fuel sources aboard.
A tip advises lining bread and cake duties with brown paper to keep them sweet in hot damp weather.
Instructions describe sewing the ball-end snap on the upper piece first, mark placement with chalk, then press the upper piece in place to mark the exact spot for attaching the Rocket.
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