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10 Jan 1929
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Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
1
Inauguration Preparations For Governor-Elect Cooper
Columbus prepares for the January inauguration of Governor-elect Myers Y. Cooper. Platforms rise on the capitol and Broad Street for the oath and parade as merchants plan attire and officials arrange formal receptions and a press smoker at the Neil House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
High Street
Ohio
State House
Capitol
Broad Street
Carrington T. Marshall
Cooper
Capitol Rotunda
Mrs. Cooper
Deshler Hotel
Governor Cooper
Senate Chamber
Neil
Artificial Sunlight Devices Promoted for Health Use
A discussion notes devices producing ultraviolet and infrared rays as a method to treat the human body. It cautions that such artificial sunlight is valuable only when used properly and under proper guidance.
Unwise Use of Rays Warned by Academy of Medicine
The Academy of Medicine cautions that amateurs using rays on children without knowledge of proper exposure times can irritate tissues and may cause cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Medicine
Rickard lies in state at Madison Square Garden
In a bronze coffin costing fifteen thousand dollars Tex Rickard rests in Madison Square Garden. Spectators who came to view a fallen promoter reflect on a life spent shaping boxing and the inevitable loss that comes to every man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex” Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Air-Mail Flight Amazes Early Boston Audiences
An air mail pilot flew from New York to Boston a 212 mile journey in 0 minutes, a feat that would have astonished conservative Bostonians of earlier years and would have pleased Benjamin Franklin who long traveled between Boston and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Air mail line to Cuba and Porto Rico announced
Postmaster General New opened a new air mail service from Miami to Cuba Porto Rico and the South yesterday. The venture aims to boost rapid correspondence and commerce as mail costs and routes are reorganized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Cuba
Porto Rico
Tax case centers on books of Ebersbach Company
Meigs County Tax Revision Board seeks to raise bond for Edward Ebersbach as receiver for the Martin Ebersbach Company to cover taxes owed on personal property from 1923 to 1928 totaling 101 846 75. The Ohio Tax Commission ordered the company books produced but has failed to comply. The case has drawn state wide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebersbach Company
Pomeroy
Meigs County Tax Revision Board
Edward Ebersbach
Martin Ebersbach Company
Meigs County
Ohio Tax Commission
Columbus
Situa
Tion
County Tax Revision Board
Meigs
Ohio
To-Wit
County of
Principals of Schools Meet to Review County Program
County meeting led by H R McVay discusses Athens April 26 events with changes to music and oratorical contests. Cornet solo replaces piano. manuscripts due one week before contests. Athletic events stay the same. Debaters may win an award funded by the county association. Charter plans for grade schools paused pending equipment upgrades. Emphasis on school standardization and radio classroom broadcasts from Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Wesley Walburn
Fred Linscott
Don Goddard
County Association
McVay
School of the Air
Cincinnati
State Department of Education
Influenza Cases Rise in Athens County Health District
Athens County Health Office reports 23 influenza cases over three days with 1 on Tuesday and 20 on Wednesday. Two new Buchtel cases lift Athens Health District total to 240. Health commissioner Dr Higgins warns pneumonia is riskier for the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Health Office
Buchtel
Health Office
Athens Health District
J. M. Higgins
Car Crash Claims Brady Lake Man in Ravenna
Kenneth L. Frazier 25 of Brady Lake was killed and Donaldson O'Dell 26 of Wooster seriously injured when their car was struck by an NOP traction car in Ravenna last night according to U R dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AUTO
Ravenna
U.R
Kenneth L. Frazier
Brady Lake
Donaldson O'Dell
Wooster
Governor Donahey Receives Gift Car From Friends
Governor Vivien Donahey owned a $5,500 Lincoln motor car presented by state highway director Harry J. Kirk at the north entrance to the Statehouse in Columbus. Donahey recalled liking Ford runabout before, while Mrs Donahey preferred a closed car if a gift was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Viv Donahey
Friends
Ohio
Harry J. Kirk
Statehouse
Pay Cut for UMWA Officials in Pomeroy District
A report says salaries of most United Mine Workers of America officials in the Pomeroy District have been discontinued, except District President Richard Campbell. Campbell is to operate from the Columbus headquarters, and the local UMWA office in the Oddfellows Building is closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
United Mine Workers of America
Pomeroy District
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Columbus
United Mine Workers
Oddfellows
Warning of more severe influenza at health meeting
Health officers and scientists from 20 states gathered in Washington for a conference on influenza. Surgeon General Cumming warned of a more deadly flu type may follow the current epidemic, with 196 000 new cases last week. Dr. Jordan noted influenza knowledge remains limited since 1918 and described the germ as hard to isolate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Cumming
U. S. Public Health Service
W. F. Draper
West Coast
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Edwin O. Jordan
University of Chicago
Jordan
Freight Rate Reductions on Ohio Coal Explained at Chamber
Mardis outlined a bill at the Athens Chamber of Commerce meeting to cap intra state coal freight rates at 170 percent of the January 1917 level. The bill would require rail carriers to file compliant schedules with the Public Utilities Commission within 60 days of enactment. Examples showed substantial savings from Nelsonville to Logan Athens and other routes if passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mardis
Chamber
K. Mardis
Ohio General Assembly
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Berry
M. M. Kerr
O. F. Rowland
Frank Murphy
B. M. Covert
J. E. Bailey
F. W. Cone
J. D. Martin
T. W. Craig
Public Utilities Commission of
Nelsonville
Logan
Athens
Hocking
Columbus
Toledo
Boy of 14 on trial in witchcraft murder case
In York Pennsylvania on January 10 the trial of 14 year old John Curry opens for the murder of Nelson Rehmeyer. Testimony shows accomplice Blymyer planned to control Rehmeyer and steal hair to end family troubles and break a spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Penna
U.R
John Curry
Curry
Nelson Rehmeyer
John Blymyer
Clayton Hess
Rehmeyer
Benefit concert in Logan postponed to January 24
The Ohio University Symphony Orchestra first out-of-town concert in Logan is delayed. Prof DeForest W Ingerham announces postponement due to arrangements conflict. The Logan High School Association sponsors the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Symphony Orchestra
Logan
DeForest W. Ingerham
The
High School Association
Women Lecturer Miss Colvin Speaks On Biography In City
Miss Mary Miles Colvin from Youngstown will lecture on Women In Biography tonight at 8 in Music Hall of Ohio University. Dean Irma E. Voigt announces the talk is free and open to all. the speaker is guest of the local A A U W chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Mary Miles Colvin
Music Hall
Ohio University
Irma E. Voigt
Miss Colvin
Dean Voigt
Budget seeks over $3,000 for Athens Red Cross year
The Athens County Branch of the American Red Cross requests a total budget of 3085 for the coming year. Of this 1885 covers operating expenses and 1200 is earmarked for relief efforts. The report notes relief is given only after thorough investigation and deemed worthy. It highlights aid for ex soldiers and families, insurance and compensation claims, treatment and rehabilitation, and general health protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Athens County
American Red Cross
Thelma Grubb
Miss Grubb
Veterans’ Bureau
Hoover Says He Will Lead Supreme Prohibition Enforcement
President elect Hoover plans a broad campaign to enforce prohibition with new legal tools and an educational drive. He backs criminal prosecutions for negligent dry officers, aims to tighten enforcement during the transition voyage, and supports public education to shift attitudes toward alcohol curbs. The Senate Judiciary Committee will study an independent prohibition commission to consider repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Stokes
Searn
Washington
Hoover
Rio de Janeiro
Norfolk
Ciry
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gillett
Massachusetts
C. Basom Slemp
Porto Rico
Lord
Language advocates Richard J. Jones dies after illness
Richard J. Jones, 54, husband of Mabel Wag nalls Jones and son in law of Adam W. Wagnalls, died in Northport after a relapse from a cold. The Lithopolis resident and Esperanto supporters traveled worldwide to promote the universal language and spoke to civic groups. The Wagnalis Memorial in Lithopolis recalls the family’s prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jones
Mabel Wagnalls
Lithopolis
Richard J. Jones
Mabel Wagnalls Jones
Adam W.wagnalls
Northport
L. L
Jones
Funk and Wagnalls
Joneses
Wagnalis
Be a Better County Through 4-H Beautification Campaign
Athens County launched a spring beautification drive led by county farm agent T H Johnson through the 4 H Clubs. The 1928 report highlights 347 girls and boys completing 4 H work and a joint summer camp with a neighboring county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Johnson
Thorugh
Chuck
Athens County
The
Athens Messenger
Accident Kills Logan Man on Farm Near Ewing
Elmer F. Krinn aged 45 died when a measuring oil machinery piece loosened and struck him on the Harsh heirs farm near Ewing. He was thrown through an engine room door and died minutes later after an investigation by Coroner J P Miller found accidental death. He leaves a widow and son Ernest at Ohio State University. Funeral plans were not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Miller
Logan
Man Smothers Two Children at Home in California
A Long Beach mother and police search follow the discovery of two babies, Dorothy age 2 and Charlotte nine months, smothered with a towel in their home. The husband, G. W. Dyer, disappeared after leaving a note promising to join the children in heaven and take his own life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
U.P
G. W. Dyer
Dorothy
Charlotte
Funeral services for Mrs Martin to be held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. C. J. Martin will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Studer 155 Grosvenor Street. Burial will follow at West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the Studer home at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
C. J. Martin
R. J. Studer
Grosvenor Street
West Union Street
Studer
Opening Trial in Vote Fraud at Cleveland
In Cleveland on January 10 a jury of seven women and five men was sworn to hear the first trial on August primary election fraud in Cuyahoga County. Three election officials face charges of falsification and aiding and abetting after a statewide investigation led by Attorney General E. C. Turner. The judge instructed that intent must be proven. if the jury finds no fraudulent intent, the defendants must be acquitted. Charles F. Kahoun is charged with writing 70 names and James E. Neville and Frank Masanec with aiding and abetting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
E. C. Turner
Common Pleas
Irving Carpenter
Norwalk
Charles F. Kahoun
James E. Neville
Frank Masanec
Booth
Wife Accused of Plot to Kill Husband for Insurance
Detroit authorities say 25 year old Mrs Cecil Holt conspired with two men to kidnap and murder her husband Ralph Wood of Wyandotte Michigan to collect life insurance and property. Wood survived after gunfire erupted when detectives confronted the group at his office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ralph Wood
Sing
M. Wood
Ceeil
Holt
Wiliam
Taylor Pierce
Wood
Haggerty
Pierce
Thompson
Mary C. A
Nesses
Wod
Herbert Wood
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Garland Hick
Rickard
Lizzie
Donahey
Pomeroy Bend
President of Commerce Body
Frial
Blymer
Witch Doctor
Budget Bureau
French
Idaho
Hawley
Oregon
Davenport
N. Y
Treadway
Mass
Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas
Logan Man
Elmer F. Krinn
Surance
Sity
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