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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1928
Page
5
Beverly resident Mrs. Harry M. Roach visits Athens staying with Mrs. W H McKee and Mrs T R Biddle and joins Mrs W L Kessinger of Kansas City for a Park Place luncheon. Numerous locals attend dinners, visits, and club events as holidays pass, with dental society trip and church activities noted along with a Young People Music Club formation and Christmas party highlights.
Paul Whiteman and his 36 member orchestra will appear at 8 o'clock in the Alumni Memorial Auditorium at Ohio University. The group, praised as top priced orchestral players, has given over 600 concerts in the past three years across the United States Canada and Europe. Doors open at 7 15.
News of the death of 60 year old Columbus man L. E. Craig, well known to Athens business men, was received by friends today. He collapsed Saturday afternoon in Washington Court House. Craig was a claim adjuster for Ohio Casualty Company and worked through Cameron Brothers agency. Funeral services will be held at Frambes Street home in Columbus Wednesday afternoon with burial in Marion.
Louisville detectives probe a possible hoax by Ella McDowell Rogers a young widow who vanished last October. Post cards to a Chicago friend were mailed back home, and an Illinois registered car was seen near her Louisville apartment when she disappeared. Police pursued a murder cremation theory but ashes analysis yielded no results.
The Christmas season drives a busy shopping period as stores display Santa motifs. With 17 days left, merchants expect large sales due to national prosperity. Stores will stay open late on December 22 and again the day before Christmas to accommodate crowds.
A protective bulletin from the Ohio Bankers Association warns of a man using the name Dr. Philip F. Prague who has victimized storekeepers ticket agents and merchants in the Cincinnati area with fraudulent checks. The checks are issued by The Security Collecting Association Physicians Accounts exclusively and printed on green safety paper with a protectograph. The fakes were stolen from a print shop.
Canadian schoolboy sprinter Percy Williams will compete in several races around New York this winter, bringing his noted speed to the city track scene.
Deputy Commissioner Dave Johnson announced that the Beasley family secured 18 of the 29 auto license tags sold Monday in Athens. Licenses covered nine trucks one trailer and eight passenger cars costing a total of 404 dollars 75 cents. Beasley Wholesale Company owned the trucks and led local businesses in truck tag applications.
Clifford Huggins of Athens pled guilty to speeding 63 mph on the Athens Albany road and was fined $10 plus costs, with payment arranged for Saturday after Sunday arrest by Traffic Officer Wilson Ator. M F Brown had reckless driving charge continued to December 8 after posting $200 bond. affidavit by John Smith alleged Brown, a bus driver, crowded Smith off the road causing damage to Smith’s car between Athens and Canannville.
Penn will lose three backfield regulars as Paul Scull Johnny Shober and Paul Murphy graduate in June. Their departures shape the team's returning backfield for next season.
A doctor’s prescription named Thoxine provides rapid throat relief without gargling. It targets the internal cause, is free of iron chloroform or dope, pleasant tasting and safe for families. Also helps coughs. money back guarantee. 35c 60c and 1.00 at Clines Drug Store and other drug stores.
The auditing committee of the K. T. Crossen Post American Legion in Athens will report at a Legion Home meeting Wednesday night at 7 30. Other business matters are on the agenda. Audit committee members include Clyde Gibson A K E McConkey and Rafael R Johnson.
Elmer Howell 40 of Linking View suburb died from a fractured skull after slipping and falling on a metal floor in Muskingum County Jail where he was imprisoned.
Funds raised by the Married People's Class of the Christian Church Sunday School will sponsor a Christmas party for 40 local needy children ages 6 to 12. The event, Friday December 21, is in cooperation with the Salvation Army Athens officers. Captain and Mrs. Richard Benton will supply the list of children. A chicken dinner will be served followed by Santa Claus.
Preliminary surveys for the new bridge construction started Monday morning under John Dowler, state highway department resident engineer. Two drills test the foundations for the wet bridge, with testing to be completed in a week and results sent to the bridge bureau for plan development.
Claus is scheduled to arrive and give a gift to each child. Committee members responsible for arrangements include Mr and Mrs Carlos Cameron, Mr and Mrs Don Young, Mr and Mrs Howard Wood, Mr and Everett Porsen, and Mr and Mrs Harold A Moore.
In a cold dawn service at Calvary Cemetery, mourners attended the burial of Charles Hoppe, 20, the driver executed for the murder of 10 year old Dorothy Sczelagowski, with the community remembering him in solemn rites.
Herschel Harbour a 34 year old Dayton attorney died today in a Delaware hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile crash north of the city last night. Details of the wreck were not available.
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