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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1931
Page
9
Logan and Hocking County society and locals columns advertise classified telephone news service. Readers urged to use the Meascnger service with contact details for circulation and office phone.
Logan reporter details a Sunday stabbing of 85 year old World War veteran Harry McConnell allegedly by Joe Biffle 24 in a county jail area after a dispute at Owens Manufacturing Co. plant. Biffle arrested by Sheriff Lot Eltinger and Deputy Stanley Sparnon. witness statements reviewed. McConnell wounded in back and chest and transported for care.
Logan readers saw four sections of the Barnum and Bailey circus train pass through the city Sunday causing crowds at the depot. The sections did not follow closely with a gap of an hour or two between trains as the circus moved from Charleston West Virginia toward Columbia where the show was to open Monday.
Three judgments for 5000 dollars each were taken in Common Pleas Court by Farmers and Merchants Bank against Knights of Pythias members who signed notes to raise funds for the lodge building. Defendants include Alfred Campbell Henry LeNill Frank Adcock E W Davis Earl Hood C E Bileckston Homer Blackaton L F Hammond WE Lyke Thomas Ramer G S Schwenke JW Gabriel James L Martin Lewis E Price Paul Collison Charles L Adcock Harry W Shaw C J Juersiner Rensineler George W McVey P M Waugh LP Mooney M C Martin Howard Rolstein Carl M Brown J W Brian R E Hansel Warren Lannin. Some defendants held on all notes others on one or two.
The Service Department contracts two bins on Warner Avenue to trap sand and gravel washing from Brown and Shaw properties after heavy rain. Debris fills sewers near the Wernet Avenue Hill and covers Cougar Street over a long stretch after storms. A temporary ditch is planned in Zanesite Avenue to divert surplus water reaching the pottery property.
Logan July 20 police chief Lewis Reynolds reports the arrest of nine local youths linked to a string of deity thefts over six months. Juvenile officials will handle the cases after homes were withheld in adoption. Officers also found a considerable amount of pot, with the largest haul being $5 from a Mule bottle. Judge A M Ellinger will oversee disposition of the cases.
George Bright and Clayt Kanade recount a fishing day in Logan on July 20. The two men fished with two lines each along a stream but returned without a catch. Local members of the fishing fraternity noted their unusually truthful admission and odd tale.
Logan report July 20 describes a potato theft at John Fyssure's truck garden near New Straitsville. The thief cut three rows of tubers, replaced the tops to hide the crime, and disappeared. Aciter Frasure discovered the loss while checking the patch for Sunday supplies.
Logan July 20 Lines of taxpayers line up before the treasure office windows as HM B Troxel and deputies oversee the crowd. Officials announce the extended period for payments on the final day, with commissioners set to accept late taxes.
After collecting opinions from representative persons Miller tallies figures beside each name, divides sums by the candidate with the smallest number, and the quotient indicates the probable winner. A smaller scale version is used where more candidates enter, showing similar results.
Ina Claire, screen and stage actress, filed divorce papers against Jack Gilbert in Los Angeles accusing him of mental cruelty and frequent tirades. She says he ordered her from their Hollywood home and cooled on their Las Vegas elopement after a brief romance. She details months of cruel treatment beginning around November 1923, while portraying herself as a loving wife. no alimony was sought and a property settlement was reached.
United Press survey shows rent reductions 5 to 50 percent in most cities with Salt Lake City and Omaha reporting increases. Memphis sees 25 to 80 percent cuts, Oklahoma City 20 percent drop in eight months, while Chicago records 5 to 16 percent declines.
Chicago faces a wave of unpaid school staff as 14 000 teachers and district workers go without two to three months of salaries. Families struggle with eviction, unpaid medicals, and rising debt while the city’s wealth contrasts with widespread hunger and utility and tax pressures.
Arthur Hal, famed for long roller journeys from Marietta to Miami, returns home after weeks away. He claims a single legal trouble, a trespass case dismissed, and recounts skating nearly half the trip before ditching his skates. Hal also mentions a lightning incident at Union Furnace farm shelter and notes a court ruling in the Logan area over a gasoline contract dispute with Enterprise station defendants granted 30 days to answer.
Bellefontaine Ohio July 20 The estate of the late Dr Earl Sloan of Easton will benefit the schools of Zanesfield a village near here funds were in prospect today from his bequest to public institutions and charities with details expected later
A Boston court decision awards Zanesfield $24,000 from the Doctor Sloan estate immediately, with an additional $3,000 to follow later to benefit the Schools of the Village of Zanesfield. The ruling clarifies the legatee arrangement and timing of payments.
Phoenix reporters describe a perilous second expedition into Superstition Mountain to locate Adolph Rath and a rumored Lost Dutchman mine. Explorers Ruth Adama and Tex Barkley search for clues amid crevices while mining markers hint at a possible find. Best Frealy Players claim Texas UT wins SWC baseball title, football fails.
Stockholms reporting notes Herbert Hoover or Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald as leading candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prize of 173 kroner. Hoover's disarmament push and a debt holiday plan are cited as peace movements, while MacDonald’s antiwar stance is highlighted after a meeting with Baldwin and Lloyd George. Announcement likely late October or early November. prize decided by the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo.
Villagers thought lightning struck when robbers dynamited a 1200 pound safe at the Charles Wagner Feed Store. The blast wrecked the store interior, but Wagner said there was no money in the safe.
Charles E. Miller of Stewart Street claims a personal method for forecasting Athens area votes. He says his system, used for four years, has never failed to predict victors in county and arty elections. Miller gauges opinions from about 30 men and women when two leading candidates contend.
A brief notice from Columbus lists the incorporation of To-Date Libraries, Inc with 50 shares par value. Officers include Phil W. Schmidt and Viola F. Logan and Samuel Erskine, connected to Security Bank 3 in Athens.
A new powder from Zenner Co promotes smooth skin and longer wear. It claims to prevent dryness and flaking, blends naturally with any complexion, and features a coloring matter approved by the United States government.
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