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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1925

Page

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Trimbles Man in Jealous Rage Fires Three Bullets

A man in Trimble shoots at his wife in a jealous rage, then dies by his own hand. The article also covers Gail Westbrook, 30, killed when an oil tank exploded at the Fisher farm near Fisher, with several injuries in the same incident and details on the Westbrook family.

Trimble Sle el Pat Burton Woo Bear Gail Westbrook William Whaley Fisher Westbrook Fisher Field A. A. Westbrook Faye Ross County Goddard & Bode Marietta W. A. Craft Messenger Glouster Mble Pat’ Burton Burton Maple Street Wee Marshal Chalfant Lantz Button Atill von Scheele Jacksonville Doctor Crawford Grant Hospital Columbus Andrews and Wallace Errett Tanner

You cant mix love and a career oldest woman says

Mrs. Louisa Kirwin Thiers of Kenosha, age 111, advises choosing marriage and motherhood over chasing a career. She recalls life in 1836 when women were expected to stay home and emphasizes motherhood as a great blessing, urging women not to seek spinsterhood.

United States Kenosha, Wis Louisa Kirwin Thiers Kenosha Thiers

Relief From Cold Wave In Sight Over Eastern Country

The report notes easing of a cold wave for the eastern region as details unfold from a local shooting incident. Burton, son of Mrs James Galbraith of Springfield, longtime Trimble area resident, had lived in the village since youth. His mother’s whereabouts and funeral plans are being awaited as authorities confirm the case.

Burton James Galbraith Springfield Trimble

New York Christmas Drinking Sees No Fatal Poisons

New York hospital returns show no fatalities from poison hooch this Christmas season. About a hundred drinkers required hospital care for alcoholism or related issues, while Broadway venues saw padlock summonses and weak holiday trade. Home drinking predominates. enforcement and bootleggers report mixed results.

New York Broadway

Suspect Charles Hudwell Freed After Canton Garage Robbery

Charles Hudwell, held since Christmas as a suspect in a Canton garage robbery where $700 in supplies were taken, was released by Chief Herbert J. Parkeer today. Secret Service Agent R. W. Biffle of Canton said Hudwell is not the man sought and further arrests are expected.

Canton Charles Hudwell Herbert J. Parkeer Secret Service R. W. Biffle Hudwell

Northwest Warmth Ends Record Blizzard in Montana

A twelve day Northwest blizzard ended as temperatures rose from 20 to 50 degrees below zero. Reports from Montana and other areas show the cold spell broken with warmer weather ahead.

Butte Mont Syell Prospect

Big Money Shapes Panama Canal Era Business

In a brisk market view, the Panama Canal project grows from a proposed three hundred million to a string of billion dollar scale contracts. Standard Oil in California expands by absorbing Pacific Oil and distributing hundreds of millions to stockholders as a routine daily flow of capital.

Sam Panama Canal Panama Standard Oil California Pacific Oil

Thirteen Die From Cold in Windy Illinois City

Chicago dispatch reports thirteen deaths from cold and exposure as a harsh winter wave grips the area. More than 200 fires were fought in the prior 24 hours with hundreds suffering. officials record subzero readings, ranging to 22 below in some suburbs.

Chicago

Marriage Licenses Issued to Names in Ohio Towns

On Saturday marriage licenses were issued to Elmer Forest of Allen Akron a carpenter and Phoeba Geraldine Phillips of Chauncey Richard Burchfield a Chauncey miner and Thelma Riley The Plains Pearl Withem Hocking county miner and Ethel Norman Murray Athens county.

Elmer Forest Allen Akron Carpenter Phoeba Geraldine Phillips Chauncey Richard Burchfield

Fire million dollar crash outlined before federal court

Federal officials reveal losses near fifty million dollars from the Consolidated Realty and Theaters case. Eleven officers are to be arraigned this week in Chicago with investors including teachers and city officials among the more than three thousand affected. Former teachers were used as salesmen in the scheme.

Chicago Consolidated Realty and Theaters Corporation James H. Wilkerson United States District Court Florida Illinois Indiana K. P. Aldrich Moving Picture Company Clinton Ind Indianapolis Ment Hst Leon Hornstein Harry G. Hardin Frederick H. Gruneberg New Orleans Frederick H. Gruneberg, Jr

Elder Coolidge III Again Plymouth

Col. John C. Coolidge, 80 year old father of the president, is described as attacked by rheumatism and troubled by past heart attacks causing considerable unease during the rheumatic seizure in Plymouth Vermont.

Elder Coolidge III Plymouth John C. Coolidge Col. Coolidge

Impressions of Athens Folks by a Former Resident

Dr Frederick Treadley a former resident of Athens has written a series on Athens people his neighbors from his time here The impressions reveal how everyday actions affect others and will run in the Sunday Messenger January 8 under a series heading.

Frederick Treadley Athens Sunday Messenger

Amesville Records Freeze as Fire Damages Home

Amesville and Athens county record subzero readings with Amesville at zero to one above while Athens reports three to four degrees below. Hospital lakes are frozen and skating is fine. A fire damaged the Gif ford homse in Amesville, occupied by Lyle Harris, caused by a defective fire Sunday morning.

Burton Stacy Vess Sayre Brothers Trimble Parkersburg Amesville Athens County Athens Gifford Homse Lyle Harris

End in Sight as Cold Wave Eases Across Regions

The United States Weather Bureau promised relief from the severe cold that gripped the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic. The cold spell is to peak tonight with warmer temperatures likely in the East and Middle West. Washington recorded its coldest weather in years at twelve degrees above zero.

Rocky Mountains Atlantic Wines States Weather Bureau Alabama East Middle West Washington

Winter Cold Snap Grips Cleveland and Ohio Towns

Ohio endures frigid weather from below zero to a few degrees above as Cleveland and northern cities toil cleaning heavy snow. More than 400 workers cleared streets, 200 more continued overnight. two deaths linked to the cold. Lancaster hit 11 below, rivers iced over at Zanesville, and the Ohio River froze in places for first time since 1918.

Ohio Cleveland John Peterson John Seeley Lancaster Zanesville Muskingum Licking Pomeroy Bucyrus Cincinnati

Anthracite Miners Won’t Stampede Back to Work

Hazelton Pa Dec 28 The United Mine Workers official Thomas Kennedy says ads urging a return to old wage contracts will not drive miners back to work. He notes workers will resume only under direction of the scale committee or a tri district convention, as happened when the suspension began in September.

Hazelton Thomas Kennedy United Mine Workers of America

Marry in haste and you may pay later in regrets

A proverb notes the risk of rushing marriage as a life choice. It warns that quick commitments can lead to ongoing difficulties, including personal and financial strain, if partners fail to align values and goals over time.

Suit filed to recover auto and $600 in Common Pleas

Mercantile Acceptance corporation of New York sues David Wallace Carroll Bean and Ashler Kasler partners in City garage for a Hudson coach 1925 seeking possession and $600 judgment claim the car is theirs and was detained causing $500 damage after a December 23 demand was refused.

David Wallace Carroll Bean Ashler W. Kasler Common Pleas Mercantile Acceptance Corporation of New York

Harding letters burned by widow before death

The late President Harding’s widow burned many pre inauguration letters and turned over president era correspondence to the Harding Memorial Association. The trustees plan to seal the file and may resist Library of Congress requests to add to archival collections.

Washington Harding White House Harding Memorial Association Library of Congress Congressional

Restaurant-style Kitchen Cabinet Promised for Households

A booklet from the Department of Agriculture promotes kitchen cabinet rearrangements to save steps for housewives. It offers guidance on choosing or building cost efficient units, plus plans for a fireless cooker a dish drainer a serving tray and a folding ironing board. Readers are asked to send two cents for return postage.

Department of Riculture

Postage Stamp Change Noted in Booklet Title

A fragment notes two cents in stamps per rotary postage on a tree of the OME CO TENCE BOOK LET with a name mentioned.

Nerewith

Miners and Operators Readying Row Over Contract Talks

Observers predict a hostile start to the coal regions conference as miners and operators prepare for negotiations. John L. Lewis and union leaders stress wage and check-off disputes while operators seek annual readjustment and working conditions in a joint conference set to begin tonight.

Giffoschot Pennsylvania Tors Presis Inglis Mir John L. Lewis Presiden United Mine Workers Springfield Til Fia Dent Ames of Labor

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Bry Paes Elmer Don Mary Isabel Nora Helen Wight Siberia Insull Arthur Brisbane Star Company Metropolis Realty and Theaters Corporation Lapper Fanny EMI Ry Eenet Ltd Robert T. Small The Consolidated Press Frederic Jaskin Athenaena Lwatce
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