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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1929
Page
9
In ELYRIA August a drill site near Palmer farm reported a gusher of 6,000,089 cubic feet of gas flowing from a depth of 2 900 feet. Drillers had been sinking the well for 46 days when the flow began.
Continued from page eight the notice lists recipients from Goose Run Hartleyville Oakdale Ollister Greens Run and Greens Run with names such as Thomas Pierpoint Dasha Gill Hazel Mace Harold Hook Raymond Maxwell Maxine Rush Floyd Sikoski Olive Andrews Kathryn Jennings Eliza beth Kovack Edythe Leache Helen Mason and Rosa Lee Mitchell among others.
A readable fragment lists individuals including Wilbur Cartright Arthur Kalo Joe Mackey Edna Cartright Daisy Hashman Mary Siitnik Frieda Walish Angeline Zilenski Doris Zglenski Alma Niemi Helen Morrison and Robert Nye as community residents or subjects of a local notice.
A former private in World War II sent a letter to the War Department with a money order to repay $20.43 for pilfered Army shoes. He cites newly found religion as the reason for his restitution. The rest of the item notes tall walnut trees along the Ohio and Wabash basins.
Ohio briefs report the death of the man believed to be the last survivor of President Lincoln's personal bodyguard in Cleveland. Dr. George C. Ashman, 85, outlived doctors' expectations by more than a half century after his Civil War service.
The body of a 69 year old man found on Alum Creek bank near Columbus is identified as Michael Lover a steelworker who had been missing since early this month. Police say they believe Lovers death was self inflicted.
Three Ohio youths were named for admission to West Point. Frederick N. Herr of Delaware, Lawrence L A Savage Jr of Fairfield Airport near Dayton, and Jack Seaman son of Colonel A Seaman of Fort Hayes Columbus were confirmed in Washington dispatches. Police believe gems worth 2000 pounds were stolen from the Albert Hall home in Bexley after an interior plan was known.
Helen Wills, America's queen of the courts, signs autographs for a youthful admirer at the opening of the women's national tennis championships in Forest Hills. Kids now seek tennis ball signatures as they once chased baselines for baseballs.
Officials said a teller at Youngstown State Bank, Novak, 42 percent? was arrested today over a bank incident. Preliminary police reports indicate a fake entry was made in Novak's ledgers tied to a significant sum.
Twenty residents of Holiday near here received anti rabbies serum after exposure when a mad dog bit two other dogs and several head of livestock belonging to those treated.
Cleveland police search to arrest Tony Gaston for the shooting of his wife Catherine Gaston who lay near death from a head wound. Neighbors say the couple had been experiencing marital troubles for some time. a neighbor found Catherine unconscious.
Angeles dispatch quotes Misa Justina M Nich dean at Capital University Columbus Ohio praising modern youth for handling problems frankly and facing greater complexities as a challenge to future generations.
A 12 year old woman Dee soon faces a judge charged with wholesale murder. The attorney seeks a death sentence after she allegedly murdered nearly a dozen men and women, including spouses, to gain wealth. Witnesses support the case as investigators pursue further clues.
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