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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
2
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Mitchell refuting Senator Borah's claim that prohibition enforcement officers are indifferent and inefficient. Mitchell defends United States attorneys marshals and other DOJ officials and counters Borah's critique as biased.
Excellent atmospheric conditions enabled Europe and America to exchange Christmas radio programs. From Eindhoven Berlin and London broadcasts were rebroadcast by National Broadcasting Company stations across the United States with clear reception. Hendrik Van Loon, a visiting author, sent greetings from Holland to President and Mrs Hoover as Berlin and London tunes aired.
Byron Hysell, visiting Minersville with his wife to spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs James Hood, was stricken with acute appendicitis at 6 PM Christmas Eve. He was moved to Gallipolis Hospital where a surgical operation was performed. He and his bride were married in Columbus where they worked three months ago. The bride was once a Minersville resident and Hysell lived in Pomeroy.
A young man calling himself Don Garling, claiming to be a Norfolk Virginia military student, sought lodging at the County Jail on Christmas Eve. He said a WV mountain motor wreck delayed him a day and he aimed to reach Columbus for holidays with his parents.
Pomeroy notes holiday cheer with a line of Christmas trees along the second floor balcony of the Mimhurst Tavern. The display features colored electric lights and a tree in front of the new Christian Church commemorating a town pioneer.
Probate records list the late William E. Wright estate at 15820 gross with 6820 personal and 9000 real estate. Net value stands at 14097 81. Ida B. Wright widow succeeds to the property and Rutland Township is named as beneficiary with inheritance tax of 90 98.
Dec 26. In a town recalling Mark Twain humor, a figure akin to his style walked a snowbound street and appeared in a department store buying toys for children with a lavish hand. The straw hat amid fur caps drew notable attention as winter chill persisted.
Highways in Southern Ohio including State Road 56 toward New Marshfield are open to traffic. Plows are working to clear 56 and should reopen tonight. State Road 31 to Columbus and Federal Highway 59, north and south, are open. Motorists are warned to drive carefully on icy pavements.
Jack Eason and Perry Fortney of Zanesville were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Millfield and arraigned before Justice of the Peace Barney Sanders. In default of payment of fines amounting to five dollars plus costs, both were committed to Athens County Jail.
F P Wisecarver longtime Farmers Bank director and former hardware salesman in West Virginia is seriously ill at his weed block home in Pomeroy after influenza. He has suffered two light strokes in recent months and is in feeble health. His wife Nettle Keiser cares for him. they attend the local Presbyterian Church.
On Christmas Day only two prisoners in the Meigs County jail enjoyed a special Christmas chicken dinner prepared by Matron Anna Willock and Mrs. Delbert Welker. Two prisoners were left to celebrate quietly as three were freed Christmas Eve. guests Ed. Taylor held on a wire stealing charge and William G. Garlow held for burglary and robbery.
In Pomeroy Dec 26 the Messenger and its carriers received cash gifts and envelopes with dollar bills. Other local employers also rewarded staff with cash presents including a store proprietor who gave $5 gold pieces to one year staff and $20 to two year staff. Judge I W Crow gave stenographer Sybil Ehersbach a $10 gold piece.
John Kelly freed from jail on a liquor charge by Judge Crow just before Christmas and returned home. Joe L Boleski, an overseas veteran with many medals, arrested on a liquor charge, posted a $1,000 bond and was released before Christmas after pleading guilty to manufacturing liquor. justice W Gilmore bound him over to the grand jury. Mrs Sarah Jane Clark, 66, died at Herman Clark's home in Graham W Va. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Emerson Ratliff of Lansing MI, Betty Lou. Reverend Damon Watkins received a gold watch and chain at Christmas Eve services. Animal claims from Meigs County dog and kennel fund listed. Insurance and real estate man John L Blair of Syracuse travels to Hollywood for winter and property duties. Catherine Davis and daughters Velma and Thelma visiting Columbus relatives. Philip Meier Jr and son Walter visiting Pomeroy relatives. Funeral for Z S Zinn held from his Belleville home. A man walked 89 miles from Hartford to Huntington to enlist in the U S Army. name unknown.
Christmas Day brings heavy snow in Pomeroy with boot-top depths and long sled runs. Naylors Run offers over half a mile of sliding, Lincoln Hill to town nearly a mile of downhill track, delighting children and recalling old fashioned Christmas scenes. The weather man added several inches the night before and Christmas Day, marking the heaviest snows of recent years.
Santa Claus popularity in Athens wanes as only 10 letters to St. Nicholas arrived at the Athens Postoffice this year. Postmaster Harry McWinstry notes fewer letters than in prior years while Christmas cards and parcels reached Athens residents by midweek. An extra postal truck and overtime were needed to handle a larger Christmas delivery beyond earlier expectations.
Soviet Russia responds to American pleas by sending a twin motor aircraft to search ice areas off Siberia for Captain Carl Ben Eielson missing since early November. Authorities will seek Junkers Company help at the Bay of Providence.
POMEROY Dee 26. Owing to Postmaster General Brown order no mail except special delivery letters was to be handled on Christmas Day the Middleport news is buried under undelivered mail and will not appear today. The Middleport pouch was not opened Christmas and could not reach The Messenger thus subscribers are not served today.
A delegation led by the Little German Band and Ben Ewing visited the County Infirmary and the Children's Home on a snowbound Christmas afternoon. Each inmate received a candy and musical treat, while the 59 children at the home were given gifts with names written on them.
Pomeroy reports six to eight inches of snow creating scarce feed for birds. Citizens are urged to place food in sheltered spots for quail and other birds. Hunters note quail suffer during cold snaps, with coveys found dead after heavy snows. Farmers are urged to scatter wheat and oats around barns to aid quail as insect eaters for next summer.
In Walnut Cove, North Carolina, on Christmas Day 43 year old farmer D. Lawson killed his wife and six children before shooting himself. He arranged the bodies side by side on the floor before taking his own life in a nearby field.
A disappointed Middletown girl phoned the police asking Santa Claus to visit. She asked the desk sergeant to check if Santa was at the city jail and hung up before revealing her name.
Columbus police arrested 43 year old Andrew Dennison, a convicted felon on the run for more than six years, and recommitted him to the Ohio State Penitentiary yesterday. The capture ends a long manhunt in Columbus Ohio.
Lancaster report records the deaths of Frederick Powers ten and Carl Spencer four after injuries and infection at Lancaster Municipal Hospital on Christmas Day. Both deaths are linked to accidents and medical complications as nurses placed a Christmas tree at Carl Spencer’s bedside. In Cleveland, Vincent Remdielat remains hospitalized with a fractured skull from a friendly wrestling match.
President Hipolito Trigouren escaped with his life in Buenos Aires when a bodyguard shot dead an assassin after three bullets were fired at the president.
A former railroad worker from Ashtabula Ohio describes long illness with neuritis and kidney trouble ending after five weeks on Konjola. He credits eased bowels stomach kidneys and fading pain with returning strength and endorses the medicine sold at Me Kee Drug Store and other local druggists.
Kenbie Senton, 25, died in Akron city jail on Christmas Day with acute alcoholism listed as the cause. He was found unconscious on the running board of a car Tuesday evening after an apparent incident in the city.
Petition filed by Caroline M. Tippie administratrix asks permission to sell real property of the Francis M. Tippie estate to pay debts and administration costs. Upon motion by Prosecuting Attorney R D Williams, cases in Ohio against Mina Tolliver Eva Weartshaugh Myrtle Betow and Bessie Knott for contributing to dependency were dismissed.
Carbon monoxide from a faulty heater killed Mrs. Gordon Geilius Sr. as she sat in her car parked in a garage yesterday in Cincinnati.
Edouard Herriot told the Chamber of Deputies in Paris that Briand's proposal for a United States of Europe is possible and should receive immediate support. He urged France to pursue a definite project for a declaration at Geneva in September to advance world peace.
Youngstown report says 70 year old David Basfield died after being struck while walking home from a shopping trip on Christmas Eve. Police stated the incident occurred on a city street and the driver remained at the scene.
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