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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1929

Page

10

Funeral sermon held for Miss Florence Bland in Logan

The Rev. E. L. Pielow delivered the funeral sermon in Westerville for Miss Florence Bland daughter of Health Commissioner Morton W. Bland. She died in Madison Wisconsin earlier in the week. Dr Bland planned to return to Logan to resume duties next Tuesday amid suggestions of possible further leave.

Logan E. L. Pielow Westerville Florence Bland Morton W. Bland Madison Wis Bland

Temporary restraining order dissolved in Redd divorce case

Logan report says Judge Harvey M. Whitcraft dissolved the temporary restraining order in the Camille Redd vs J. Harold Redd divorce case after a Monday hearing. The judge found the defendant had no interest in the business, making the order unnecessary. The divorce case itself will be heard later.

Two Local Injuries Reported in Ohio

IS SERIOUS LOGAN Aug 20 Mrs Jank Dennison is seriously ill in Lancaster Hospital with peritonitis. She is a daughter of Rep A C Woods of Perry County and was visiting her father near Manville when illness struck. Her sister Mrs E S Brown accompanied her. The husband works at the Boys Industrial School as an officer. LOGAN Aug 20 A Hocking County woman was injured in the C A C railroad wreck near Sunbury. Miss Mary Hite 61 Gore suffered a painful right shoulder injury per casualty list released after the crash.

Logan Jank Dennison Lancaster A_ Hocking County Sunbury Mary Hite Gore

Word Ladder Puzzle Towns Gate to Yard

Here is the answer to the Letter Golf puzzle of today. The sequence shows progressive word transformations from Gate through Dare Dare Darn Yarn Yard, illustrating incremental letter changes that lead to the final target.

Ohio to cut grade crossing deaths by signals push

Gov Myers Cooper leads a statewide drive to reduce Ohio grade crossing fatalities by at least 50 percent this year. Roscoe C. McCulloch of the State Utilities Commission orders railways to appear Aug 28 to justify flashing lights or devices at all crossings, noting historic rising deaths since 1923 and limited existing protections.

Columbus Ohio Myers Cooper Roscoe C. McCulloch State Utilities Commission McCulloch Commission

Theora Hix's Father Speaks of Suffering and Hope

A. E. Huls and son Fred visited Columbus to meet Melvin T. Hix, father of Theora K. Hix, as he calls for the university to reform and for truth about the tragedy. He hopes Ohio State University becomes a better force and says he and his wife are ready to be buried together.

Logan A. E. Huls Fred EK. Huls Columbus Melvin T. Hix Theora K. Hix James H. Snook Ohio State University Hix Ohio Huls Ohio State Universiy

Injured Woman in Park Road Accident Near Wellston

Aug 26 Mrs Thoben sustained slight injuries when her husband Harry L Thoben foreman of a Wellston steel plant lost control of their car and left the road into a ditch at Kachelmacher Park South Lowan. The Thobens and their five children were not hurt and continued toward Litnna after a local wrecking crew removed the vehicle.

Logan

Wreck Victims Travelled Toward Canters Cave and Hospital

TAGAN Aug 20 As infection from a head wound in a week old automobile wreck sent Mrs Thomas Connors to Grant Hospital Columbus Monday morning. She and her husband and sister were en route to Canters Cave near Jackson when the crash occurred. Mrs Connors confined to home since Sunday due to infection.

Tagan Aso Thomas Connors Grant Hospital Columibus

Farm Bureau Meeting in Athens County Office

Night members attended the Athens County Farm Bureau monthly meeting at the County Extension Agent office. Reports on last month’s work were given by N. FE. Mills the service director and by T H Johnson the agent.

Athens County Farm Bureau T H. Johnson N. FE. Mills Mr Johnson

Logan Marked for Aerial Identification Over Logan City

Logan Ohio marks the city for aircraft navigation with a 26 by 12 foot yellow Logan sign on the Owens Manufacturing Company roof. A north arrow accompanies the lettering, installed Friday and Saturday by the service department under Harvey Linton, conforming to Commerce Department rules.

Logan Logain Harvey Linton Owens Manufacturing Company Service Department Linton United States Department of Commerce

Florence Riggs Weds in Florence During Bermud a Honeymoon Planned

Miss Florence Riges and Kenneth D Ledman wed at Hunter Street Lutheran Church in Logan at 1 30 PM Saturday. Officiant Rev Amos I Heyde. Reception for 50 at Easterling Clubhouse. Couple to honeymoon in Bermuda and live in Columbus Ohio.

Logan Florence Riges Prank Riges Kenneth D. Ledman James K Ledman Huntington Ind Hunter Street Lutheran Church Amos I. Heyde

Local Chamber’s bid for wildlife exhibit fails for Fair Festival

Locan Chamber of Commerce efforts to bring the Slate Game Department's wildlife exhibit to the Fair Festival from October 2 to 5 were unsuccessful. The department regrets the request could not be met due to a prior show in Coshocton that week, preventing the exhibit from coming.

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Townsend Family First Reunion Held in Meigs County

Reunion of descendants of James and Catherine Allen Townsend gathered in the grove near W. H. Townsend residence Mount Blanco Meigs County Sunday. Two hundred people attended with Adda Gorby Carpenter as the eldest, Martin Townsend Carpenter as the eldest man, and Donald Dailey VanDyke youngest. Seventy sixth generation included James Townsend a Revolutionary soldier who settled in Columbia Township around 1816.

W. H. Townsend Mount Blanco Meigs County Townsend Adda Gorby Carpenter Martin Townsend Donald Dailey VanDyke Arthur VanDyke James Townsend Columbia Township

Second reunion date set for August 1930

It was decided to hold the second reunion at the same place on the third Sunday in August 1930. Officers elected include Ray Hartman of Columbus as president C. K R. Cline of Athens as vice president Drue Townsend Hoodlet of New Marshfield as secretary and Mrs. Wilson Weyand of Carpenter as treasurer.

Ray Hartman Columbus C. K R. Cline Athens Drue Townsend Hoodlet New Marshfield

Soviet Troops Cross Border in Manchuria Clash

An official Chinese Telegram, transmitted to the State Department, reports 10,000 Soviet troops with 30 field pieces and machine guns crossed the border and attacked between Manchuli and Chalainor. American consul Myro 8 Myers in Mukden, Manchuria, filed the report.

State Department

Fifty Chinese Die In Clash Saturday

Fifty Chinese soldiers were killed Saturday in a border clash with Chinese and unspecified forces. The report notes a significant loss amid ongoing hostilities and cites war desk dispatches from Washington.

Washington U.P

Rates Change on New Republican Tariff Pill Heads Senate

Washington August 26 Democrats receive the revised Republican tariff measure from the Senate Finance Committee as the Senate reconvenes after summer recess. The party in power studies the bill amid ongoing tariff policy debates.

Washington Senate Finance Committee Senate

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