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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1929
Page
9
A dense OCR styled page lists classifieds across categories from real estate to automotive, services to employment, and public notices. It includes memorial thanks for a mother, ads for garages, autos, insurance, laundry, moving, and various shops, with vehicle listings and a Cincinnati bus fatality brief.
McKinley Hayes, wounded in a Thursday night gun battle that killed his brother Alexander, remains in critical condition at Sheltering Arm Hospital. Edward Hicks, the suspected shooter, reportedly wounded himself as he fired. police have not received updates from Officer Dorst. Investigators say reports of Hicks prior imprisonment in Moundsville Penitentiary are untrue.
Toledo cash grain markets show higher bids with wheat and corn advancing. Reports indicate No 1 wheat around 1.48 and corn prices improving amid steady demand as timothy and other feed grains trade on the spot market.
In Parkersburg West Virginia a gun battle between police and two bandits lasted about an hour in the business district after the duo dynamited a safe at Ruth Furniture Company. One bandit Hugh Dilley was shot in the foot and escaped with a companion. Harrison Riggs a police officer was shot in the thigh and Richard Murphy bystander wounded while aiding police. One bandit escaped and a lookout may have fled from a second story window. Bullets struck near the Elks Club as panic spread through the area.
Alliance reports Sergeant D. W. Gemmill died and Patrolman J. H. Towns was seriously injured when their police car collided with a Pennsylvania passenger train. The officers were en route to a call at the time of the accident.
Columbus February 12 Miss Thurza Black of Malta will serve as financial officer for the State Insurance Department. The appointment comes from Insurance Superintendent C S Younger with Governor Cooper’s approval.
Athens residents avoid shouting for workers instead placing ads in The Messenger. A B & B book store seeks a girl for book keeping and stenographic work and hires promptly after advertisement. Dial 02343 for results and try Nelsonville 412 W for further help.
Ohio University campus groups adopt a scholastic rule barring students with averages below C from extra curricular activities. Dean Irma Voigt announced that no girl with less than a C average may take part in the 1929 Skit Show. The unwritten policy may become a campus requirement next year.
Putnaville Ind Feb 13 The Rev E M Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League began serving a 60 day sentence for contempt of the Indiana Supreme Court He surrendered after giving up the fight to escape the sentence arriving at the State Penal Farm at 515 yesterday with Sheriff George L Winkler He had fought the sentence for more than two years citing a report in The American Issue Anti Saloon League publication in February 1936 Arthur Gilliam then attorney general charged Shumaker with contempt in criticizing the prosecution of prohibition cases
Otto B. Mast, 48, died of heart leakage at his South Third Street home in Middleport. A Spanish-American War veteran, he belonged to Co L of the 15th O V I and was active in the Gerber Post of the Veterans. He lived with his mother and had been a traveling baking powder representative in Cleveland. Funeral services are Thursday afternoon, under the Gerber Post’s charge.
The continent endures record cold with forty eight fatalities reported over three days. Hungarian beggars seek arrest to stay warm in Debrezem while a Polish peasant arrives at Cracow City Hospital with his frozen wife and daughter. Britain suffers heavy snow with Scotland and the Isle of Wight covered as Wigtownshire reports fifteen feet of snow.
The Athens County Red Cross will hold a Thursday evening meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Rooms at 7 o'clock. Fred Spaulding of the national organization will attend. County board chairman R Finsterwald urged all who joined the drive to attend as board vacancies will be filled and routine business will be conducted.
A. Churchill, 73, former editor of The Conneaut News-Herald and Hyde Park Herald in Chicago, and editorial writer for The Philadelphia North American, died today in Conneaut.
Officials report a efforts to stop thefts in Sunday Creek Valley affecting Ohio Collieries Company properties. Police plan to patrol the area starting Monday and renew cases in Athens seeking renewed orders to curb predations and protect assets.
Cincinnati mourns the death of Bishop Henderson a tireless and ardent worker in the Ohte Kentuky Appleco Sinlastice In the Come War clealaatice. His faith and life of service are remembered as he died late Monday.
Court House notes report probate matters including ignition of estates for Frances Bryson and Wilbert Dushey with executrix Maude Dean named, real estate transfers to heirs, and wills admitted. Marriage licenses issued for Gould Phelps Wolford Shingler cases. final settlement accounts filed and approved. estate sale ordered. praisers appointed.
Gallipots, February 19. R H Jones, 48, an insurance man, killed his wife here today and then killed himself. Bodies were found by members of the family who were summoned to the home. Authorities believe the motive was linked to a personal grievance.
Fragmentary OCR shows partial rail timetable notes with unclear time entries and illegible station names. The readable bits mention movements, routes, and times toward a listed schedule, but most details are unreadable.
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