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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
8
Still in Mine Logan February 28 officers led by H A Lines and J C Yates with Deputy Hammond found a fifty gallon still and two barrels of mash in an old mine near the Culp home in Ward Township. John Culp faces charges of property designed for liquor production as the case moves to Common Pleas. Two gallons of whisky were seized along with the gear.
Pneumonia proved fatal to Miss Kate Kessler age 30 at St. Anthony's Hospital Columbus. She formerly lived in Logan on North Walnut Street and left several nephews and nieces. The body lay at Mrs. Mary Blasius home on North Market Street before funeral services at St. John's Catholic Church conducted by Rev. Lucius Kessler of Columbus. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan February 28 Cleveland Kraft of Rockbridge was arraigned before Magistrate E B Bright on a charge of stealing a muskrat hide valued at 1 25. Kraft pled not guilty and was held on 500 bond for a hearing. John Blick filed the charge and officers say the pelt was identified by marks. Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn made the arrest.
Lieutenant Commander Joseph Le Brix and Antoine Paillard escaped injury when their plane from Istres to Saigon crashed at Theinzeik, about 120 miles east of Rangoon.
Logan Iowa February 28 City Council votes four to two to rescind the plan to buy the L A Ruble tract north of Logan for a dumping ground at 2200 The body then authorizes the service director to fix the eight acre city owned tract north of Oak Grove Cemetery for temporary dumping and to study a filtration plant or water softener with local and Columbus engineer Philip Burgess. council also considers reimbursement for Elza Tolberts doctor and car repair costs from a Warner Avenue accident and transfers 3000 from the general fund to the service fund.
Logan, Feb 23. Mr and Mrs Mark Burgess of Gore celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home. They were married in Parkersburg West Virginia. He is 70, she 66. They have 11 children. A 6 oclock dinner followed a Washington birthday themed gathering with sixty five guests.
A large delegation from the Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge of Gore attended a celebration. Mrs. Burgess is a member. Gifts included a purse of 50 in gold and a gold anniversary cake 17 inches by 24 inches, with many other presents. The couple have 11 children, 24 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The evening was passed.
A Gore gathering featured music recitations and Mrs Gladys Proctor reading Our Parents Past Life. The group included many Burgess and Nutter families with Gore residents celebrating the sole surviving Civil War veteran, Mr John Bagent, who marked his eighty ninth birthday.
Judge A M Ellinger appointed administrators for Viola Voris and Andrew W Voris of Enterprise. C Wood Bowen named administrator of Viola Voris estate and will join Forest E Weinrich in a law firm Thursday.
Fragmentary line lists Voris Samuel Blum Emanuel Billinger Homer Evang and Charles Carpenter with a continuation note indicating page Fourteen. The readable text preserves person names and page reference without further context.
An advertisement by Reverend PD Lee of Pertemouth promotes a tablet named Keller Formula claiming to relieve chronic bladder irritation and reduce nighttime urination. It offers to mail details from 108 ent Way and mentions efficacy similar to epsom salts in cleansing deposits and reducing acidity. The copy lists price or cost as 2 cents and references McKee Drug Company in Mechanicsburg Ohio.
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