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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1929
Page
2
NEW PHILADELPHIA December 18 Mrs Mary Jones has been exonerated in the shooting death of her husband Floyd Jones a railroad man who killed himself. The coroner ruled death by own action after the gun used was found in an upstairs room and Mrs Jones admitted she sought to make it look like an intruder killed him.
A Syracuse traffic alert led the Ewing Ambulance to Front Street in Pomeroy after residents reported a man lying roadside. The supposed victim, later found alive, had been helped indoors by friends. coroner Ben Ewing said the death call was a mistaken alarm. Additional notices report J H Nelson’s Iowa death, Cadet Ithamer Weed Jr. promotion, local medical recoveries, job moves in Cincinnati, and a basketball injury in Flatwoods.
Leo Clouse 27 of Rutland Township pleaded guilty to manufacturing liquor in Pomeroy. He received a $500 fine and costs and a one to five year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary. He was not prosecuted for shooting with intent to kill after authorities deemed the moonshiner war rivalry the cause.
In Pomeroy on December 18 the tall Christmas pine in front of the nearly completed Christian Church was wired with electric bulbs. The tree, planted about eighty years ago by a pioneer resident, stands beside the church and its lights reflect in the church’s prism windows. The current was turned on last evening drawing many visitors.
At Heath M. Church in Middleport on Sunday a four generations group attended the vesper service. The relatives were Mrs. Melissa Crary aged 81, her daughter Mrs. W G Davis, Davis's daughter Mrs. Clinton Fisher, and Crary's great granddaughter Mary Eunice Hennessey aged nine.
Mrs. Emily Entsminger, former Middleport resident and widow of Richard Entsminger, suffered a right arm fracture after a fall at Aver home in Albuquerque New Mexico. Doctors could not set the arm due to heart trouble and nerves, fearing possible loss of use of the limb. She has not been well since returning to New Mexico last fall.
The Baptist Church congregation will meet in the church parlor this evening for a farewell party honoring the Rev and Mrs W G James who depart later this month for Oberlin where he has accepted the pastorate of another Baptist church. A 6 o clock potluck supper will be served and the evening will feature social activities.
Pomeroy physicians report a rare spike in local limpness with 48 residents using canes. They attribute the rash of rheumatic pains to the recent ten day pattern of cold ground and warm air, saying colder weather would balance conditions and curb pneumonia germs.
Timothy O'Brien, serving a life sentence for involvement in the Susan Rhoades murder at Ohio Penitentiary, writes Christmas cards to Pomeroy residents. He says he is well, a prison secretary and teacher, and includes recipients such as Judge F. W. Crow, George H. Parker, and Edgar Morris.
The Meigs County Schoolmasters' Club held its first meeting and banquet at Elmhurst Tavern in Pom eroy with C. J. Rhoades acting as toastmaster. The program featured a xylophone solo by Gardner Harris, a short address by A. W. McKay, another talk by Dr. H. T. Houf, and a vocal solo "When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding-Donge" by Taul Hayman with Miss Sybil Ebersbach on piano, followed by a business session.
Pomeroy notes that the Court of Appeals allowed the 27 Middleport ballots to be placed with court stenographer Sybil Ebersbach and stored alongside alleged bribe money from a recent case.
Middleport reports a new scarlet fever case as well as several recent cases. John Harley, son of Mayor and Mrs Harly, has scarlet fever and a quarantine of the home was ordered. The child has been seriously ill since Saturday night. Earlier quarantined cases were mild and show favorable progress.
A petition filed in Pomeroy seeks $378.18 plus interest from F. J. Leifheit of Middleport, alleging due payment from a 1920 sale of coal lands on Thomas Fork behind Pomeroy. Plaintiff is J. B. Brown.
Jean Ann Kollister four by Sugar Creek suffered a serious injury to her left hand when it was caught in a wringer powered by gasoline. Doctors later said no bones were fractured after examination. The incident occurred yesterday as her hands touched the rolls. The wringer must have drawn into the wrist.
Chauncey December 18 The operetta College Days will be staged tonight and tomorrow night in the high school auditorium under the direction of Mrs. Christine Brown music supervisor in the Chauncey schools. The cast includes Neil Tippett Dean Hamilton Virgil Swart Ebert Minister Doc Daugherty Paul Theisen Lucinda Sands Albert Franz Robert Nye Charlie Simpson Mary Savage and Mary Fiske. The cast is supported by a chorus of 30 voices.
Evangelist Maffin of Marion leads nightly revival at the Independent Holiness Church Chauncey with mission ary meeting and Sunday basket dinner. Pictures from India to be displayed and an evangelistic sermon to close the day. Public invited. Initiation event at Mazon Council Pocahontas Lodge in Millfield with social hour and refreshments.
Mrs Min tie Stalder and sister Mrs Nancy Bowden of Chauncey attended the funeral of Laura Fierce 68 in Logan after her death from pneumonia. The service was at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Woodruff. Survivors include several children.
Will feature a Christmas program and gift exchange at the home of Mrs. William Collins on St Main Street. Mrs. Bess Cunningham president of the association will preside. The event gathers members of the Pythian Sisters in this city on Thursday evening.
The annual Christmas program by Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday School will be presented Sunday evening. Children under Mrs. Charles Ogg and Mrs. Donald Henry will recite sing and play music while the choir under Mrs. Ralph Brown performs several carols. The public is invited.
In Mountain View Arkansas December hearing, 17 year old Tiller Rumier repeats that “them fellers beat my Connie until he was dead” while four defendants deny harm. Reuben Harrell, deaf and dumb, claims to have seen a body believed to be Franklin’s carried away, as jury edges toward verdict in the Connie Franklin case.
The Village Council reported taxi license payments from Pomeroy and surrounding areas. Drivers listed include Ralph Gilmore, Happy Nelson, J. M. Bogess, Earl Denny, Norman Leishett, William Matthewson, Harry Carman, J. H. Molden, Ira Persinger, and Carl Stalder.
A woman recounts a fatal night when Connie and she fled pursued by Herman Greenway Joe White Hubert Hester and Bill Younger after planning to marry Justice Finisford. Connie is beaten and killed while the couple is dragged toward the woods. the killer is identified as a man claiming to be Connie Franklin.
London officials report 21 hours of radio silence from the Fairey Napier monoplane flying from Cranwell to Capetown. Squadron Leader A G Jones Williams and Lt N H Jenkins are aboard with an expected arrival over the Mediterranean coast near Tunis, then into a desert and jungle crossing toward Capetown.
James Robert Page Jr., 22, of Roanoke Virginia, died from injuries after falling from a horse during a riding class at Ohio State University. He was a cadet officer in ROTC and a junior in the School of Engineering. The body will be sent to Roanoke for burial.
Columbus December 18 The State Supreme Court failed to announce action on Dr. James Howard Snook’s appeal for the murder of Theora Hix a OSU med student. A special decision or another stay was anticipated as Snook faced impending execution.
Edward Jh. Kelsey, 51, secretary of the Toledo Rotary Club and longtime conductor of the column Snake in the Toledo News Bee, died early today at his Toledo home after more than a year of illness. He was a former Rotary governor.
An alleged robber shot to death in Dewey Wood near Clyde last week has been identified as Raymond Beck of Erie Pennsylvania an escaped convict
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The War Department may delay action on Chicago Lake Michigan water diversion beyond December as Special Master Hughes recommends cutting the July 1 deadline to 6500 cubic feet per second for sewage use. Existing 8500 cfs permit could be kept or adjusted amid appeals from Chicago interests and Great Lakes spokesmen. The report also envisions a long term drop to 1590 cfs to restore lake levels and ease shipping charges tied to previous diversions.
The Ohio Newspaper Association announced it has retained former Attorney General Edward C. Turner as organization counsel. Turner will work under the direction of the association's legal legislative committee.
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