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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1927
Page
3
Nelsonville Aug 22 Valley lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias will hold a home-coming at Castle hall Wednesday evening August 24 opening at 7 30 o clock. The event honors old members and features speakers music and refreshments.
The funeral party accompanying the body of William Conaway arrived from Sharleston West Virginia by automobile and burial was conducted at Greenlawn cemetery. Conaway was well known in Nelsonville where he lived for many years and many friends attended the service.
Nelsonville reports Mrs James Guy of this city is convalescing satisfactorily after an operation at St Anthony hospital Columbus on August 12. It is expected she will leave the hospital by September 1.
The Woman's Relief Corps will assemble this evening at 7 30 for a regular meeting at the I O O F hall with all members urged to attend.
Mrs. Maria Powell left Saturday to spend two weeks with relatives in Canada. Mrs. William Siddle went to Columbus today to meet her daughter Miss Evelyn who has spent the last two weeks with relatives in Ailesburg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stover, Mr. and Mrs. S. 8. Blackburn and son Don were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Ansley Blackburn at Torch Hill. Mrs. Orland Gandee is spending a few days in Columbus. Mrs. Joseph Toth and son Bobby of Youngstown have returned home after visiting relatives in Murray City. The Misses Margaret and Jeanette Pugh Columbus are guests.
Trucks moved toward the Athens county fair grounds as preparations ramp up for a week of exhibits and events starting tomorrow and running through Friday. Entries closed today and the nine racing events on Wednesday Thursday and Friday carry purses totaling 3300.
Miss Frances Julia Gray and Rush Elliott were married in Niles Ohio on Saturday in a service held at the head of the coffin of the bride’s mother. Gray, a Ohio University graduate, taught art in Fos toria public schools. Elliott, an Ohio University biology graduate, has served as assistant professor. He belongs to Phi Kappa Tau.
Detroit flyer Edward F. Schree and pilot William Brock began an around-the-world attempt from Ford airport bound for Curtis Field New York aiming to beat the existing 28 day 14 hour record. Accompanied by Richard Blythe the duo flew a Stinson-Detroiter monoplane leaving at 10 30 am as they head toward the next leg of the journey.
President Coolidge travels by special train to Yellowstone National Park escorted by guards and officials. He will stay at Mammoth hotel then Old Faithful Inn before Lakeside Inn to fish and ride, with length of stay undetermined. Twenty companions include Mrs. Coolidge, John Coolidge, journalists, photographers, aides, and physicians.
Three people were killed and 17 others were hospitalized from three separate automobile accidents in and near Dayton by week’s end.
Relatives of the missing Pacific flyer’s brother resume hope as the man reappears at his job. Authorities maintain search efforts continue for the flyer connected to the case.
Flint residents attend church services for Mildred Doran missing 22 year old pilot. Bill Doran resumes work at a local plant after six days vigil at a newspaper office. Father William Doran Jr. stays on his farm as prayers for her safety continue.
A 24‑hour general strike protests the impending execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. In Forest Hills, tennis matches were halted by darkness, preventing the game of love from being played.
In New York an oblong box bearing two nations seals yielded about a hundred love letters to aid the murder investigation aboard the American Trader. Louis Fisher, a refrigerator engineer, died after alleged poisoning by Mrs. Mary Waits, the vessel stewardess. Officials said Fisher died of syncope. a supplementary autopsy will be held.
The penitentiary term for Joseph Specs Russell, Cleveland's Smoked Glass bandit, ranges from 54 years 11 months 27 days to 55 years as of today. His attorneys withdrew the insanity motion during the morning sanity hearing.
A fire starting in rubbish on the third floor of the E. R. Walburn apartments was found about 10 am by Mrs. Walburn. Firefighters aided by the department extinguished the blaze with no serious damage.
Six youths injured in a collision with an Athens Nelsonville traction car at 8 p m Saturday night rest at home nursing bruises and cuts. Ethel Wandling revived after being picked up unconscious and remains poorly though improving. others include Luella Wandling Velma Caplinger and three young men Delm Gillett Leonard Fulton William Smith. Motorman H I Hall says he whistled as crossing approached. Mrs Wandling notes no one heard it.
Chicago authorities restricted and policed foreign district areas with intensified guard measures to prevent demonstrations in sympathy with Sacco and Vanzetti. No protests were observed on the opening day.
State militiamen patrol the Ohio state house and will remain until after the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The adjutant general said guard stations are precautionary, not due to anticipated violence from sympathizers.
In London a Sacco-Vanzetti demonstration at Hyde Park sparked a mass march toward the U.S. embassy. Two thousand foot and 150 mounted officers halted the crowd. Later about 10,000 people moved about the embassy area, with police keeping them in motion amid extraordinary precautions.
Pittsburgh reports say a riot at Acmetonia near Tarentum left one state trooper dead and several wounded as 1,500 union miners gathered against Sheriff Braun’s orders. Troop A from Greensburg and deputy sheriffs were sent to disperse the meeting after gunfire as attendees left.
The Windland evangelistic party will hold a camp meeting at Athens fair grounds beginning September 18. The event invites the public to attend religious services and sermons during the period.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Lawson with Mrs. Cc. C. Lawson and Mrs. W. G. Miller of Columbus spent last week in West Virginia visiting relatives in Weston Buckhannon and Clarksburg. They attended a McWhorten family reunion at the Jackson Milla 4-H camp near Weston where about 300 relatives gathered.
A Fokker twin engined monoplane of the Dutch air service crashed at Seven Oaks, 22 miles southeast of London, shortly after leaving Croydon airdrome at 8 a.m. today. The mechanic was killed and several passengers were injured.
Oliver Tippie, 26, a miner, was arraigned before Mayor Herb J. Parker on intoxication charges. Tippie was fined 38.20 with costs, his funds were lacking, and he was ordered to work on Athens streets until the total is paid. Harry Mitchell of Athens agreed to pay 10 dollars nightly until prior fines 25 dollars costs are covered. If he fails, he will be placed to work on city streets as announced.
In Sandusky we search Sandusky Bay for the bodies of Walter Gast 24 and Edward Gast 22 both sons of Jo Gast and Leroy Kaufman 17 of Max Kaufman drowned Saturday when a small boat capsized relatives and guards from the United States Station assist in the search today.
Secretary of State Kellogg announced that the United States accepts participation in League communications and transit discussions at Geneva starting August 23. The move signals U S involvement in the third round of talks as Washington confirms its stance.
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