Barnes pleads not guilty in Brooks death
Manslaughter charge against Freal Barnes tied to the death of Freal Brooks 69 Hudson Avenue after a Thursday night blow. Barnes bound over to April grand jury. bond set at 2000, later posted. Feth and Huggins charged in connection with the Sugar Creek shooting. others arraigned for intoxication, fines imposed. Funeral set for Brooks Sunday at 2 PM. Barnes, a National Guard officer, with family in Columbus.
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Perl Barnes
Freal Brooks
Hudson Avenue
Barnes
Williams
A Moore
Athens
Frank Mulligan
Frank Worter
Sugar Creel
Willian Willans
Haines
Ampsville-Athens
Georgeeth
Clifford Truggins
Viarnes
Sugar Creek
Feth
Bugsing
Moore
Ther
Frank Porter
Willams
J.D. Martin
Toth
Karnes
Fetch
Huggins
Arctic
Wells
Mrs. Brooks
Will
Lillian Wolfe
Brooks
Berry
Leonard Coates
Crooks
Yas Wise Rockefeller
Yeonard Coates
George Fethh
Zeicht
Peller
Finsterwald
Coates
Beth
Tarnes
Higgins
Neason
Parnes
National Guard
Byrd Sees Antarctic Claims and U S Independence
The article muses on whether nations will recognize claims like Mary Byrd Land as future polar changes shift positions. It cites President Washington’s warning against entangling alliances. It notes Byrd imagining vast Antarctic territories for the United States while amusingly mentioning his wife Mary Lani.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Byrd Land
Wide Earth
Byrd
United States
Mary Lani
Favorite Poem Contest Starts in The Athens Messenger
A reader poll will determine America’s favorite poem and the fifty or more most popular poems, with voting coupons appearing only in this newspaper for Athens and nearby territory. Each reader may vote, with results announced through the paper and nationwide public opinion noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
the Messenger
Ily
Athens Messenger
America
Thia
Natonaby
Gna
Lonely woman confesses to child kidnapping case in San Francisco
In San Francisco eight days after four year old Doris Murphy vanished from a city playground, her mother Adna Sharp confessed to taking the child. Police say Mrs Sharp and her husband had been jailed on kidnapping charges as she wept in custody and admitted she took the girl to have a child of her own.
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San Francisco
Feb
Doris Virginia Murphy
Adna Sharp
City Jar
Kite
Dallas
Sharp
Charles
John A. Willams
Mild Weather Precedes Cold Wave Across Ohio Valley
A weather note from STASHINGTON reports next week will start with scattered showers and mild temperatures in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee area. By midweek and again toward Thursday a cold spell will move in, bringing notably cooler conditions by the week's end.
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Stashington
Ohio Valley
Termésace
Logan Gas Company appeals for rate hearing re-open
In Columbus on February 23 Logan Gas Company appealed to the Public Utilities Commission to re open its rate case. The firm challenges the commission’s recent decision fixing its permanent valuation at 10 million dollars less than claimed, arguing the reduction undermines its value for rate setting. The petition, filed by attorney T Eagleson, cites potential further appeals to higher authorities. The commission’s action could alter rebates and required future rates as the company had started collecting under the Peace Utilities Rate Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Logan Gas Company
Public Utilities Commission
Freemanspected
Commis T. Eagleson
Fovlsion
Supreme Courts
Commmission
lvase/utilities commission
Peace Utilities
Wtilities Commission
Coed Killed Jumping From Flames in Gym
Jacksonville NL Med reports a female student died when a fire broke out at the Wingks Worens venue last night. A male and several others were injured as flames climbed the stage scenery and draperies before the blaze was noticed.
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Jacksonville
Med
Mugenia Norman
Evel
Mosg A. Melelland
Soflege
Meigs County Group Elects in Columbus Meigs County Group Elects in Columbus
In Columbus a Meigs County group held its annual meeting at the Washington Shelter House. W. Bush was named president with Tom F. Lewis and Edith Mrice as officers, and Sturiey C. Martin as director. John W. Hrncker acted as attorney. Key speakers included Miss Rit Downe, John Pa Cale vel render, and James O'Neal pte astancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
County Society of C
W. Bush
Fifth Ave
Washington
Shelter
Tom F. Lewis
Uni
Edith Mrice
Rotary
Sturiey C. Martin
Wilbur Avenue
Suirer
John W. Hrncker
Downe
John Pa Cale
James O'Neal
Spence
Cate Street
Heavy Date Recalled During Daylight Drive Incident
Robert Howard Davis of New York City forgot an engagement while driving through California in daylight hours. The memory triggered a directive to turn back, recalling an appointment for the afternoon and involving Randolph Haslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehos
Robert Howard Davis
New York City
Moonlit Amesville Snow Night Brings Frigid Temps
Amesville Athens temperature readings show 4 degrees above zero at 7 am and 6 degrees below at 10 pm Saturday as moonlight covers streets and snow blankets the town. Residents recall fewer sleigh bells and quiet car horns amid winter beauty. Weather Bureau reports from FL Wy Gibson, Mossenger correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Atic University
Ami
Amesville
President Coolidge Receives Honorary Degrees at University Ceremony
Diplomats applauded President Coolidge’s World Court appeasement push as he accepted honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Overington University. The president urged friendly foreign relations, cautioned against isolation, and praised long standing ties with South America and the English speaking world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Sullivan
United
Washington
President Coolidge
Overgamington University
America
Coolidge
Cloyd W H. Martin
South America
George Wrashington Eareer
Rescuers Dare Lives in Snow Bound West
West Chicago reports heroic rescues as snowbound districts in the Rockies and Midwest face ongoing cold and slides. MITCH Edmund T. Allen Edward Kiviaho and B. H. Meyers travel through heavy snow to deliver food and blankets to isolated communities, risking life in avalanches and high winds.
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Dare
West
Chicago
Mid-west
Tese
Rockies
Mitoh Edmund T. Allen
Edward Kiviaho
B. H. Meyers
Allen
Paick
Whelaw Weath
Ser Kivinhe
Marty
Diva
Meyers
Silverton Northern Railway
Silverton
Coto
Animas
Myers
Wariner
Perch Reserved for Slugfest at Muang Beach Fight
The Athens Messenger plans a Wednesday radio party to cover the Muang Beach slugfest featuring the Toston Gob and Stribling the Trids of the South. A ringside wire from Miami Beach will relay blow-by-blow results and sidelights, with an on-site announcer providing updates. Attendance at the Messenger event will be limited as fans listen to the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toston
Muang Beach
Athens
Southeastern
Ohich
Athens Messenger
Miami Beach
Practical Joker Deaths After Prank in Canton
In Canton on February 25 Pete Musso, 42, father of four, confessed to shooting Alexander Biller, 25, an electrician at a Fairfield Coat Company plant, after a joke gone wrong. Biller died. Musso fled but was arrested hours later with Sheriff Tid Gibson. Musso, described as author of a joke, planned revenge after a Thursday prank by Miller and three miners.
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Canton
Pete Musso
Stark County
Costine
Alexander Biller
Imine
Folgefield Coat Company
Waco
Pihe
Masso
Tid Gibson
Miller
FESS RAILROAD BILL REPORTED ON FAVORABLY
A favorable report from the Interstate Commerce Committee on the Fess Railroad Consolidation bill was sent to the Senate. It aims to consolidate railways into a few strong systems to improve service and reduce costs while citing differences over details. The 1920 act is deemed ineffective, prompting new legislation to fulfill its goals, with Senate language matching a House bill but with simplifications.
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Washington
Commierce
iFess
Senate
Congress
House
Orville Osborne Finds a Friend at Taylor Station
Columbus Feb 23. Orville Osborne a 20 year old man with long years of loneliness and hardship met Paw Notte 34 at Taylor Station after falling on a freight car. Notte cared for him through Friday night and Saturday, securing food and warmth despite poverty and prisons. Deputies later arrived and Nolte refused to separate Osborne from his new ally, expressing a desire to take him home.
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Columbus
Orville Osborne
Paw Notte
Taylor Station
Pennsy
Osborne
Notte
Ileary Beard
Colonel Johnson
Warren Hawes
Nolte
Slater
Wheeling
Christimas
Toledo
Athens County Sought for New Farm Bureau Branch Site
Ohio Farm Bureau weighs establishing a branch in Athens County aiming to aid local agriculture. Prof Hank Widtree and Prof Wallace discuss potential sites with county officers while state officials push for a decision after securing land and rail access. fourteen branches already operate in other counties.
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Athena
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau
Hank Widtree
Agriculture Department of
Ohio University
Noueme
Wallace
W. F Kamp
Athens County Farm Pure
Whee
Qaoi
Tullmore and Ohio Railroad
Athens
Ion
Hin
ML 1
Libcotn
Ain Usher
Abe
Tune
Columbia
A Ad
Vrelessor Wallage
Dowa
City urged to abandon water system plan in Gallipolis
Feb 20 report cites Columbus sanitary engineer Hoover recommending dropping the plan to abandon the present water supply and sink wells and install water softeners after studying local conditions amid protests from residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AE Gallipolis
Fin City
City Commission
Sly Chi PY. Hoover
Columbus
Kidnaped Infant Stolen Across from San Francisco Home
Donna Virginia Smith Murphy, a four year old girl, was abducted by a woman outside her home in San Francisco. The kidnapper, who sought a baby of her own, was arrested after her husband brought the infant back unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidnaned
San Franncisco
Donna Virginia Smith
Murphy
Senate reverses Marines veto amid voting shifts
In a Friday session the Senate reversed its previous stance by eliminating a DHS amendment from the Naval Appropriation Bill that would bar funds for Marine Corps forces in Nicaragua. The reversal came as Republicans were absent for supper hour, with 48 to 3 votes changing the measure and prompting quick adjustments to the tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul T. Mallon
Unite
Washington
Marne
Niedragini
Senate
Natal
Marine Corps
Azertoun
Whels
House
Europe hit by cold wave and strange black snow
London reports a new cold wave sweeping Europe with blizzards and widespread disruption. Greece and Constantinople report heavy snow and obscured communications as a dust water mix causes black precipitation in various regions.
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London
Alrsal
Europe
Greece
Athede
Ruschak
Phinomenon
Constantiaople
A. Heavy
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Doris Murphy
Meigs County
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Wye
Los Angeles
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Practical Joker
Fess Railroad Bill
Athens County
Farm Bureau
Manet
Nicaragua
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Senator Jones
Enator Harrison
Alect Hoover
Cheinman Borah
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Lejeune
Mastine Corps
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