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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1928
Page
9
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Regional market notes from Toledo and Columbus report dull produce in Columbus with apples cantaloupes and grapes listed plus Butter eggs and dairy prices. Cleveland notes unchanged butter and eggs. Pittsburgh reports varied hog and cattle receipts with beef steers around 130 and vealers mixed. overall livestock prices show modest shifts across regions.
The Rev. K. H. McCorkle reports an incident at a New York tourist camp where a nearby tent dweller learned they were from Nelsonville Ohio. The couple turned out to be Superintendent and Mrs. H. E. B. Zuber, moving to Nelsonville from Osborn. Zuber planned post graduate study at Columbia University.
Mrs. L. D. Johnson visits relatives in Springfield and Dayton. Dr. and Mrs. N. Hill stay with Mrs. Charles McCarty in Richmond Virginia. Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Jones and daughter Louise return to Columbus. Mrs. E J Cable and Mrs. 8 E Dean join briefly. Mrs. Tillie Custer leaves for Danville Illinois after ten days with Mrs. Marion Lowthers. Mrs Elizabeth Cooley heads to Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. W F Powell visit Columbus to see daughter Alma Lehman at University hospital. J G Snowden of Columbus visits friends here. Miss Loretta Northrup attends state auxiliary meeting in Columbus. Mrs. D L Wallace leaves for Montrose Colorado to visit her sister. Mr. and Mrs Simon Vaughn and others also noted.
Abutting property owners on Foster Place from West Union Street northward 228 feet are informed that an assessment has been made for grading draining curbing and paving with concrete fifteen feet wide and a two percent sidewalk on neither side. Assessments are on file in the City Clerk’s Office Water Works City Building Athens Ohio for inspection by interested parties. Ordered by the Athens City Council on August 7 1930.
Governor Alfred E Smith defends his record amid White challenged lines and plans at least 20 speeches including Pacific coast stops. Herbert Hoover visits West Branch to meet Republican leaders while Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler defers support. Senator Charles Curtis greeted in Washington en route to New England to kick off GOP campaign. Senator Joseph T Robinson announces Democratic tour from September 3 to 11 across southern and border states.
The compilation of official district returns is delayed as reports from Vinton and Lawrence counties have not arrived. Election clerk Daya Johnson stated the Athens county office will process the district totals since it covers the most populous area in the territory.
The county lists omit several names from eighth grade graduations. Read: Carthage township Deep Hollow school Helen Barnhart The Plains school John Lovesey Lewis Riley Norman Smith Lee Lee Mary Vallo Rome township Stewart school Elsie Cottrill Helen Laughlin Enid Ogg Sylvia Sutton.
Harry Zellick of Toledo who skipped a $25 000 bond after his Crawford county conviction for participation in a 175 000 bank robbery in Galion last year was arrested in Toledo and turned over to Crawford county authorities in Bucyrus.
The Clinton Boyd for attorney general committee in Middletown shows a balanced account with $5,699 spent and $5,699 received from Clara Boyd, per the expense filing to Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown.
Athens County commissioners approved a 300 concession to repair the Bishopville Congress Run 2 Maplewood road in township. An order will cover Doanve near Te to fix a strip mine damage on Happy lows Doanville road. Public health staff sought aid for a tuberculosis patient but county funds for treatment are exhausted.
The jur y found Ernest Aylshire guilty in Athens County Common Pleas court on assault and battery and menacing threats as part of a wave of mine disorder cases. No sentence was given and he faces a later charge of carrying concealed weapons. Trials from this mine case cluster continue through the month with Prosecuting Attorney R D Williams presenting the state’s case.
James Skipper Carsey pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and received a one year license suspension and a 150 dollar fine. He had been fined 400 dollars previously for transporting intoxicating liquor after deputies found 47 pints in his car on Carpenter street near Court street.
Middle western states warn about F. Stevens a supposed agent of the American Automobile Association who sells hotel and garage contracts. He drives a Jordan coach with California 1928 plate 1064746. Contracts require 35 dollars with 17 50 down and rest within one year. receipts claim National Stations a division of National Automobile clubs Washington DC, but no such organization is found.
Police in Cleveland questioned a new suspect in the Katherine Madden case. The Shaker Heights trained nurse was beaten to death on March 30, 1927, with the slugger believed to have attacked two young women in the Shaker boulevard district at night.
Cleveland reports a rising traffic death toll for 1928 with new victims listed as J Saray a five year old and Clarence lipr among the latest casualties. The toll reaches 141 with ongoing fatal incidents under investigation by local authorities.
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