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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1927
Page
2
The report describes a first German attempt to cross the Atlantic by air and notes it was forced to abandon the mission because of severe oceanic weather conditions. A second plane is mentioned as the other example in the relay.
Meigs county teachers gather at the high school Monday for their annual institute with Adent B. O. Skinner of the Marietta schools as lead instructor. His opening topic defines education as making useful changes in human beings. In Middleport scouting note, Scoutmaster John Vrooman asks local business men to extend thanks for donated food to the Beout camp.
Kaspar and Blazewick, both experienced in mining and engineering, have leased the W. L. oat farm on Thomas Fork at Pomeroy and expect to start producing coal within a few days.
A gas well was drilled on the Harper arm about a mile from Pomeroy in the Thomas Fork field. Ohio Fuel Gas company reports rock pressure of 240000 cubic feet per day. Equipment will be moved to the Lafe William farm as operations progress.
Pomeroy August 16 Everett family riding from Athens Pomeroy spied a handbag tied to ropes in Kerrs Run causing a two-vehicle collision. Two women injured and several children bruised. The bag disappeared into undergrowth. drivers held responsible, no arrests after sheriff review.
Aug 16 report from Middleport notes Miss ex Russell daughter of W. C. i of Fort Pierce Florida visiting her sister in Middleport for a period.
A brief note reports Miss Russell recently graduated from the University of Wyoming and, after a visit with her sister Mrs. H. O. Ewing, will return to Florida to teach in a high school through the winter season.
George E. Carson will travel to Monongahela City to recover the body of Harry Ed wards who was killed by a freight train near Storey s Run. The burial expenses will be paid from $500 life policy proceeds for the deceased, with services at Silver Run Baptist church and Gravel Hill cemetery in Cheshire. The article also lists local visitors and travelers.
Edward Smith, 59, railroad engineer formerly of Pomeroy, died at his Logan home after a three week illness. He leaves a wife a son and a daughter. George Howell returns home to Columbus after months on road construction work in Stillwater.
New York Aug. 16 Wall Street believes the successor to Judge Elbert H Gary head of United States Steel will come from a defined list including Senator David A Reed Former Governor Nathan Miller Dwight W Morrow Pierre S DuPont James A Farrell Myron C Taylor and Orlando F Weber The report notes President Coolidge was considered but Rapid City sources say he would not take the post making him unlikely to be chosen.
George D. Selby of the Selby Shoe Company in Portsmouth spoke to the Athens Kiwanis about his fifty plus years building a global shoe business. He recalled humble Bern township childhood, early schooling drift, and a shift toward manufacturing that yielded eight figure annual transactions.
In a talk to the Kiwanians of Bern township the shoe magnate described starting with 65 000 in business in his first year and red ink for years. He traced growth to 9 000 shoes daily and 2 996 workers, with 76 000 weekly payroll, emphasizing credit, fair labor relations, employee welfare, and conservative methods as keys to enduring success.
In Cincinnati and Covington a gunfight of twenty five shots preceded a car chase into Cincinnati. The five youths, identified as part of a gang known for stealing safes, escaped with a recent tobacco package.
Junkers officials in Dessau expect better weather to launch a westward Atlantic flight. Two planes are ready and will roll as soon as meteorological conditions improve from Germany toward the United States. The Bre- model aircraft are prepared for the next testing attempt.
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