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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
1
Fire in the home of William Janson on Main street caused about 290 dollars in damage. Mrs Janson and her two children escaped as a neighbor halted flames from a front room Duofold. Investigators suspect arson though no motive is known and a break in occurred with a missing item, a book, from Mrs Janson.
President Curry of Ohio Fuel and Supply urges council to approve a new rate franchise costing 28 500 for system improvements. He cites flood and soil salt issues shortening pipes, demands higher rates, and notes leaky mains lose about half the gas. Compare with Gallipolis and share details of local consumer counts and averages. The ordinance committee will review.
Mrs. Annie Jones 82 died at her New Marshfield home after a short illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p m at the M P church with Rev J W Eaton officiating. Burial followed in New Marshfield Cemetery. She was a long time resident and M P church member. Survived by two daughters Erma Shaw Columbus and Cora Nanna New Marshfield, two sons C J Jones New Marshfield and Pearl Jones at home, and brother James Dowler of Dowler Ridge.
Reeves of Meigs County pleads not guilty to a concealed weapons charge. He is held on a $500 bond awaiting arraignment before Justice Carl Porter. Arrested by Deputy Dalton on an affidavit by Mike Brooks. Myron Harmon, an Ohio University student, pleads guilty to reckless operation and is fined $10 plus costs by Traffic Officer Lor.
Athens marked the national holiday with informal gatherings and a well attended second annual community picnic on the fairgrounds. No accidents or arrests were reported, and a fireworks show at the Athens Country Club drew crowds, while gatherings and races filled the afternoon program organized by the Federation of Women's Clubs.
The State Utilities Commission denied a hearing for Central Ohio Transit, operating between Lancaster and Athens, on an order directing the company to use only seven passenger cars on the line. The decision was issued today in Columbus.
Thurman Herrold Morgan and Otha Aileen Frost arrived on July 4, born at their grandparents’ home and at the Frosts’ residence on Grosvenor street. The note marks July 4 as a legal holiday with celebrations to follow.
Miss Rhoda Barker began work today as district nurse for the Athens General Health district to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Francis White. Barker, a Grant hospital graduate and World War nurse, will work under Miss Viola Fell. White, formerly Miss Harper, resigned to marry and lives in Chesterhill.
Jean A. Lussier a 35 year old French Canadian from Springfield Massachusetts rode a giant rubber ball over Niagara Falls in a 162 foot plunge. He emerged with minor bruises and was towed to safety by a rowboat after exiting the ball.
The May grand jury is ordered to reconvene July 16 by Common Pleas Judge L. G. Worstell. The number of cases cannot be obtained due to Prosecuting Attorney R. D. Williams being out of the city, but it is reported as large. All arrested since adjournment will be arraigned.
Amesville reports July 5 reveals F W Gibson states records show June rainfall of 9.05 inches, the wettest in ten years, versus a ten year average of 3.98 inches. He notes the heaviest June month was 5.94 inches and the lightest 1.15 inches.
In Nelsonville district July 5, operators report higher daily output and more job seekers. About 750 men are at work on the 1917 scale, with around 80 cars or 1500 tons of Hocking coal moving through Nelsonville yards. The Western Fuel Goose Run 10x mine resumes with about 50 men while Kimberly mines regain full tonnage after recent trouble. Quiet conditions follow yesterday’s holiday.
Carl Salo of Redtown pleaded guilty to intoxication and carrying a concealed weapon in Justice of the Peace court. He was fined 40 dollars and costs on the first charge and bound over to the grand jury under 500 dollars bond on the second. failure to pay bond lands him in Athens county jail. He was arrested yesterday afternoon by Marshal Williams of Glouster and Deputy Sheriff Heck after a family alleged he threatened them with a gun over a milk bill. Authorities found him in an alley near John Rizer residence. he attempted to draw a gun but was restrained.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Catherine Dennis 48 wife of James Dennis at Millertown church. She died Tuesday morning of cancer and is survived by her husband five sons and one daughter. Burial followed in Monroe cemetery.
Kings Bay Spitzbergen July 5 three of the 24 men trapped in the Arctic wastes have emerged alive. Babushkin the Russian aviator and his two aides were among the rescuers and had joined an air search with the ice breaker Maligin for Italia crew members.
Four days pass without word from Babushkin who offered to aid the stranded Italia men. Fog reduces radio range as he lands in open water and battles ice bars with two companions. He flies back to the Maligin reporting no sight of the missing Polar explorers.
County commissioners ordered the clerk of courts to hire an attorney to collect more than a thousand dollars in court costs from the Wilson Russell libel case settlement. The prosecutor cannot handle the matter due to employment by Mr Russell.
London July 5 Captain Alfred Loewenstein aged 60 a prominent international financier leaped from a fast plane over the English Channel and disappeared as searchers and Dunkirk fishermen sought his body. His death follows a career marked by bold but controversial loans to Belgium and France and a dramatic fall from public favor on the London stock exchange.
Ruth Dewey Groves launches Love for Two in the Magazine section and moves to the fiction page thereafter. The tale follows Bertie Lou a young bride resisting a scheming rival who once attracted her husband. Read the first chapter in the July 8 issue.
Harve Love of Modoc was arrested after a complaint by Ross Hedget of Hocking valley. He pleaded not guilty before Mayor Gormley and was bound over to the grand jury under $400 bond, with security posted by Worthy Parker and Lewis Mingus.
Glouster on July 6 reports no disruption from Independence Day. All employees returned to work and one new man reported. Labor train riders remained between 40 and 50, with little change from prior counts.
Pete Miller of Modoc was released after Hedget could not positively identify him. A positive ID was made in Love’s case. Hedget was reportedly stopped by a crowd of a dozen to fifteen men en route to the Modoc mine to seek work, beaten, then the officers arrived with Deputy Heck and Constable Blower to detain Love and Miller.
In Glouster on July 6 three Redtown men James Collins Albert Collins and John McConahey were fined 25 dollars plus costs for disturbing a Holiness church meeting. They could not pay and were jailed until fines are paid by Deputy Fred Heck and Marshal Henry Williams.
Cincinnati July 5 Castle Farm the former roadhouse padlocked last February by Federal Judge Smith W Hickenlooper will probably reopen some time next week as operations resume under new stance and monitoring.
Columbus reports relief from a 60 hour heat wave as the United States Weather Bureau notes cooler conditions gracing the state.
Enock M Blower files in Athens County Common Pleas seeking a receiver to manage the Hisylvania Coal Co of Glouster. J W Blower named receiver. company assets include brick plants tile works and coal lease valued at 100000 with 26000 unsold products. Company operates at loss and owes 20000 with 5200 wages and 3582 38 taxes. creditors threaten action. Joseph W Blower admits petition and consents to appointment.
President Coolidge will receive Governor Fred R. Zimmerman of Wisconsin at the summer White House after Zimmerman's pledge to support Herbert Hoover. Zimmerman, a former Republican insurgent, will be an overnight guest following his July fishing triumphs in Superior.
Don R. McGill coal operator from Nelsonville was moved from Cherrington hospital Logan to Grant hospital Columbus. Amputation of the right foot was deemed necessary after a June 8 shooting at his office with Pete Merz Jr. caused a shattered ankle. The operation was scheduled for this morning as McGill endures intense suffering.
Ohio Independence Day caused at least 34 deaths with 12 traffic and grade crossing fatalities, six drownings, and six other deaths. Across the United States, over 200 were killed in Fourth of July incidents, with heat prostration and fireworks blamed for many, and traffic crashes exceeding two thousand injuries nationwide.
Twenty three airplanes departed Tulsa at 9 a m from the municipal airport for Fort Worth Texas in the sixth leg of the national air tour.
Dave Johnson, chairman of the board of elections, reports three petitions for candidacy to the district court of appeals covering 15 counties. Names listed are Peter J. Blosser from Ross county Republican, Louis M. Day from Ross county Democrat, and Benner Jones from Jackson county Republican.
This fragment describes methods to clean clothes and remove stains. It mentions using specific approaches for particular stains and hints at steps or products to secure a desired result. The text is disorganized but centers on laundry care tips.
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