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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1930
Page
2
County Auditor H. J. Blackmore reports guidance from a state conference on oil and gas well taxes. Landowners with royalty interests pay on one eighth while producers pay seven eighths, with annual totals used to assess and remit taxes next year to the county and state.
A worn Kingston based Ulster County Gazette reprint read at a birthday party recalls President George Washington who died December 14, 1799. The aged paper, dated January 17, 1800, shows mourning lines between columns two weeks after his death.
Washington February 27 Attending physicians said former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft is near death at his home after a 72 year career in public service. The latest bulletin indicated death was imminent as hours remained before the end.
Preparations were made to discharge 500 feet of high explosives in the shale gas well on the Lucius Holter farm in Sutton Township. The Tyree well reaches 3,406 feet, with 500 feet in shale. Ohio Fuel Supply Co crews scouted nearby territory while Syracuse’s Brocalsa property eyes deeper shale prospects.
Dr. David H. Munson of Dayton will deliver a free Masonic educational lecture at the Middleport lodge on Tuesday night March 4. The meeting opens at 6 30 in the Master Mason’s Degree and will include stereo slides illustrating the talk.
Will Jordan moved Monday from the Griff Lewis cottage to property on Gravel Hill. Attendees at the Von Luckner lecture included Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cook and several local residents. Others traveled to Columbus and Cincinnati for family and business matters. The G I A Auxiliary plans a bake sale at Grogan Store on Mill Street Saturday.
In Pomeroy Ohio on February 27 Judge F W Crow presided as John Charles Fridley 25 of Middleport pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny for stealing 100 from Simms Lyons pool room. He received a two to 15 year term to begin today along with Warren Landaker who was given three to 20 years for shooting Denver Hall last fall. Joe Hedrick changed his plea to guilty and awaits sentence after remand. Charles Lathey pleaded guilty to failing to support two children in the Children's Home and was released on bond while agreeing to pay 20 monthly starting April 1.
Col. Julius Held, carrying credentials from the Postoffice Department, visited Pomeroy to inspect old courthouse files for peculiar postmarks. He travels nationwide with a book of cancellation marks and notes a government fund to reward owners of letters bearing rare designs.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Grogan announce the birth of a daughter on February 26. The child is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Taylor Grogan and Mrs Mayme Castle.
Maud Lewis aged 35, an inmate of the county infirmary, died Wednesday. No relatives located and funeral arrangements await. Also noted are Carl Chaney buried in Gallipolis with K of C pallbearers from Pomeroy, John Goodnight 68 dies of Brights disease, a Willis Harper residence struck by lightning, and Mrs Hill critically ill in Pomeroy.
POMEROY Feb 27 Mrs T W Karr 72 widow of the late county superintendent of schools living at Forest Run near Pomeroy was cutting kindling when the ax slipped and cut the top of her right foot severing an artery. Blood loss was heavy until a physician arrived. Members of the Karr family fainted at the sight but Mrs Karr showed courage. She is the mother of County Commissioner Irving Karr.
The marriage of Holly King and Mary Burson of Pratt Fork was announced in Pomeroy. They wed January 25 in the Probate Court rooms, with the ceremony kept secret for over a month.
The Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church met at Mrs. B. E. Talbott's home assisted by her daughter Mrs. H. M. Cross. A program featured readings and recitations with duets by Rodney Heines and Bobby Hoeflick performing Pirate Song and Three Little Chestnuts. Betty Jane Nuckles presented Grandmother's Valentine. Betty Hoeflick played a violin solo and Bobby Hoeflick delivered a reading.
A Beautiful amarillis at Mayor J. E. Harley and his wife’s home in Middleport presented 24 large red flowers on Tuesday evening. The plant, still budding, is described as the most beautiful bloom seen in Middleport in several years.
The Meigs County basketball tournament begins Friday at 1 PM at the Pomeroy Junior High School new gym. The final game is scheduled for Saturday night.
Modern science attacks excess fat with Marmola tablets. The ad claims long use, 22 years, millions of boxes sold, and visible results in beauty health and vigor. Available at druggists for $1 per box.
The Bi weekly Literary Club held meeting at South Third and Lincoln Streets on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Tom W Jones in attendance. Three papers were read: Storied Windows by Mrs J E Harley New England Doorways by Mrs Clinton Welch and The Picture on the Wall by Miss Bess Sanborn. Mrs H E Cook served as critic.
Charles Hannick 22 and George Lord 68 alias Williams of Chicago were named in first degree murder indictments by the Columbus grand jury on Wednesday. Brown was shot during a March robbery at 197 Chittenden Avenue. Hannick and Lord are held in Cleveland on charges of killing a policeman there.
Advertises Pape's Cold Compound as a safe remedy for colds. Claims harm less tablets relieve a sore body and aching head, reducing watery eyes and red nose, urging readers to ask their druggist for a 35 cent box.
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