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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1929

Page

7

Announcements and Thanks for Our Loss

We express gratitude for kindness after the sudden death of husband and father Jacob Ru ther. Special thanks to Loyal Order members United Brethren Church minister Rev F E Roberts choir and funeral attendees. Also thanks from Mrs Jacob Ru her and family for support during their bereavement.

Sudan Jacob Ruther Loyal Order of United Brethren Church F. E. Roberts Jacob Ruher Hy. T Pamard Thanee Nancy Glidden O. E. Glidden

Real Estate and Livestock Classified Notice

Employment mid aged woman for housework no washing call 3403 address 238 Freisner Ave Logan. Live stock pony weight 600 height 46 inches suitable for coal coe fs0 trade Wheat inquiry by Charles McWilliams Logan phone 5575. Real estate for sale Parm at ten acres six mallee east of Uo an good builds 3500. Ageety cemn Surance and Real Estate.

Freisner Ave Logan Charles McWilliams ME Henshaw Mallee Uoan Ageety Cemn Surance. & Real Estate

Farm for sale near Haydenville with peach trees and coal vein

A 122 acre farm south of Haydenville offering 5000 bearing peach trees and a coal vein. It will be sold at 1:00 PM January 12 at the Hocking County courthouse. Pred Brown Logan administrator of H. W. Stiers estate.

Haydenville Hocking County Pred Brown, Logan H. W. Stiers

Athens Woman Alice Dailey Dies at 74

Mrs. Alice Dailey aged 74 died at 2 30 a m Monday at her Hooper Street home from asthma and heart disease. Born in Lodi Township she lived most of her life in Athens. Funeral service set for 3 pm Wednesday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial in West State Street Cemetery. Survived by three daughters and three sons and multiple siblings.

Alice Dailey Hooper Street Pilgrim Holiness Church West State Street Minnie Larch May Guest Athens Alice Jaynes Morgantown W. Va William Dailey Roy Dailey Charles Dailey Zanesville Polly Brown Angell Ridge Maria Darsey Harmony Thomas Sharpe Trimble

Visit to Grandmother Saved Michael's Life

Michael Rindone and seven relatives survived after a gas-filled apartment lack of ventilation caused by three burgers on the stove. Police believe the fire released toxic gas that suffocated the residents, sparing the boy who had gone to his grandmother.

Michael New York U.R Michael Rindone

Trump Card Still Safe in Heldman Case

Canton, Jan 1. The state bound Wilbur O. Heldman a 28 year old Lorain furnace salesman over to the January Grand Jury without exposing its trump card. Heldman is charged with the moral murder of his wife Margaret and was returned to the county jail without bond after a hearing before Justice Donald Smyth. The attorney expected to force disclosure of evidence, but the state bound him over without revealing key bite of evidence.

Canton U.2 Wilbur O. Heldman Heldman Lorain Furnace Margaret Justice of the Peace Donald Frank N. Sweitser

Empty White House Welcomes New Year

The bugle sounds at the White House mark the transition from 1928 to 1929 with taps and Reveille. President and Mrs. Coolidge are away, and the grounds see no public gathering, leaving only the bugler’s notes in the quiet New Year scene.

Washington U.P White House

Screen Star Alma Rubens Faces Court Arraignment

Alma Rubens, film star, is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Los Angeles on disturbing the peace charges. The city prosecutor's complaint, filed yesterday, cites wild parties and prowling about the bungalow court at night with a flashlight as the alleged misconduct.

Los Angeles U.R Alma Rubens M. Uhl Proprietresa Bungalow Court Miss Fiobens

Ten Lynchings in Country During 1928

The burning of Charles Shepherd near Rome Miss. brought the number of lynchings in the United States in 1928 to ten. Four lynchings last year occurred in Mississippi. Three victims were negroes and one was a Mexican. The historical totals by year show a high in 1919 with 83 and a general decline through the 1920s.

Washington U.P Charles Shepherd Rome Miss United States Mississippi

Search for Melvin Horst Returns to Orrville

In Columbus on Jan 1, Melvin Horst the 4 year old of Orrville remained missing from his home since last Thursday. Grandfather Charles Horst with Deputy Marshall O M Watts and Detective John Stevens traveled from Columbus after a woman reported an elderly couple on a street car with a boy matching Melvin. A futile scan followed in West Jefferson as investigators pursued the lead.

Columbus Melvin Horst Orrville Charles Horst Marshall O. M. Watts John Stevens Melvin West Jefferson

College Slayer Feud Ends in Fatal Shooting at Birmingham

In Birmingham Alabama Montres Freeman a 220 pound Southern football star was shot and killed by Olen H Westbrook a Howard College junior during a long running rivalry between Birmingham Southern and Howard Colleges ahead of the Thanksgiving game.

Birmingham-Southern Howard Colleges Birmingham Ala Montres Freeman Olen H. Westbrook Howard Westbrook Freeman

Nan Britton files three libel suits

Nan Britton sues three Marion Ohio residents for 100000 damages in federal court over statements in The Answer to the Presidents Daughter she says were written by Joseph De Barthe. Defendants Klunk Marion Hotel Bever and Hudson allegedly displayed ads and distributed copies in Marion.

Toledo Marion Nan Britton Joseph de Barthe Miss Britton C. A. Klunk Marion Hotel Charles J. Bever and Claybourne V. Hudson Bever & Hudson

Busy season promised as Ohio General Assembly convenes

The New Year opens with the 88th General Assembly set to convene on January 7. The Senate will welcome six new Republicans among 31. the House has 55 freshmen among 133, with five new Democrats for a total of 11. Governor Myers Y. Cooper will be inaugurated January 14 amid a large street parade.

Columbus U.P State House 88Th General Assembly Senate House Ohio Myers Y. Cooper Offic

Army Plane Takes Off for Endurance Flight Record Attempt

The service plane Question Mark lifted from Van Nuys airport at 7 20 A M on a bid to exceed all endurance records. The tri motor craft, heavily fueled, taxied and then began circling as it sought to set new flight duration marks.

Los Angeles Calif van Nuys

New State Public Safety Department Proposed in Ohio

Columbus reports the joint committee on economy in public lag proposes a state department of public safety with 169 200 inspectors under a governor appointed director for a two year term. It would absorb prohibition enforcement and motor vehicle functions plus film censorship and labor statistics.

Columbus State Department of Public Safety Joint Committee On Fice Bureau of Criminal Identification

Funeral for Mayor Hazen Set in Marion

Funeral services for Earl M. Hazen mayor of Marion will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church. Rev. L. A. Wood and Rev. H. F. Weckmueller will conduct the service after his death Saturday from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Set Marion Earl M. Hazen Trinity Baptist Church L. A. Wood H. F. Weckmueller

Man Shot by Burglary in Salem

Charles Doll, 25, a contractor living near East Palestine, was wounded by a burglar when he woke and lit his bedroom at his Salem home. He remained in serious condition at a local hospital with gunshot injuries to the abdomen and arm.

Robber Salem Chariles Doll Palestine Doll

Plane Used In Search For Missing Bosworth Daughter

Cleveland January 1 an air plane search tonight was the last hope of F C Bosworth Lakewood attorney for finding his daughter Elizabeth 21 missing since Friday night through the area authorities stated.

Cleveland Aire F. C. Bosworth Lakewood Elizabeth

Apprentice Now President at Graybar Electric

Frank A. Ketcham, who joined Graybar Electric in 1900 as a stock-room apprentice, was elected president at the first director meeting in New York. He succeeds Albert L. Salty, elected chairman of the board.

New York Frank A. Ketcham Graybar Electric Company of Albert L. Salty

Man shoots mother mistaken for burglar at home

Waymond Wofford of Sulphur Springs fired on his mother as she entered the back door last night killing her. Police reported the shooting occurred after he mistook her for a burglar inside their residence.

Sulphur Springs Tex Waymond Wofford

Funeral for Janes Held at Home Wednesday

Funeral services for Janes who died Monday take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the home 38 Central Avenue. Burial will follow in West Union Street Cemetery.

Clark Janes Central Avenue West Union Street

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