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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1927
Page
8
On July 28 guards protected the American embassy and major firms in Buenos Aires after two bombings yesterday. Police searched anarchist and communist quarters while authorities investigated damage to the Washington statue in Padre park and an attack at a Ford agency office. No injuries were reported.
Funeral services for Eva Maude Brinkman 1 wife of Fritz Brinkman were held near Burr Oak from her parents home. The service drew many local relatives and friends with out of town attendees including Gertrude Ryan Detroit and Mrs Louise Marshall Columbus. Several families and residents were noted in attendance and community updates followed about local visits and travel plans.
Marshal David Morns was called to Bert Marshall's home where a dog was found having running fits and terrorizing the neighborhood by snapping at residents. The dog escaped as the marshal arrived and orders to kill or capture it were issued if seen again.
Funeral services were held at the family home Friday afternoon led by Rev L G Ludwich with many attendees including out of town guests. A telegram from Dre J H Harris was read and a conference superintendent offered condolences. Mrs Tharp, a charter member of the Corning United Brethren Church, is interred at New Lexington.
Metropolitan artists Marlo Tiffany and Rafaeio Dias plan an operatic concert broadcast from WPG at 8 15 pm Eastern Sunday July 21 with a slate of picks across stations including RFI KGIL WIAM and WEAF Hookups list performers and venues across the network. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro to be performed Monday night on NBC red network by National Grant Opera Company Cecars Sodero conducts with Frances Sebel De pra Nedwornes in the cast.
President Coolidge allowed a Washington party of 85, including newspapermen and photographers, to visit Sam McKelvie's fishing lodge near Mystic to witness his angling. He previously kept fishing details secret, but this time permitted action photos and portable typewriters to chronicle his dexterity with rod and reel.
Capt. Frank T Courtney and two companions expect to complete wireless adjustments on the Dornier-Napier flying boat at Calshot Naval Base today. They aim to fly to New York via Ireland and Newfoundland, with departure tied to favorable weather and readiness to start at the first opportunity.
In Chicago on July 23 doctors credit a boy with saving Albert Katzen who had suffered a month with pneumonia. After 48 hours with failing lungs, a back surgically implanted artificial breathing tube revived him. Katzen’s condition improves as oxygen needs decline and recovery appears likely.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti enter the seventh day of hunger strike at Charlestown state prison as Gov. Alvan T. Fuller weighs fate. If he does not intervene, the internationally known radicals face the electric chair next month. They were convicted of killing a paymaster and his guard at South Braintree over seven years ago.
Five persons join a Los Angeles guardianship suit over Priscilla Moran. The case alleges the girl’s father Leo Moran bargained with screen notables for her guardian role amid a three cornered legal battle.
President Coolidge attends a farmers picnic in Ardmore amid noisy remarks from Governor Bulow and Senator Norbeck on tariffs and rising prices. The crowd cheers as Coolidge listens while Ray Wagler plays banjo and the event proceeds with light political jests.
Alex Hodges of Beeton Ontario killed a bandit who attacked him in his kitchen early today. Hodges reportedly fought back with brute strength as the intruder was shot dead. Rumors tied the dead man to Harry Duncan alias Kevinsky, a Tennessee murderer who fled Toronto over two weeks ago, but these claims remain unconfirmed.
Ohio officials admitted that Bertillon photo analysis at the state penitentiary failed to identify the men who kidnapped Alphonso Berry the Shelby county treasurer and robbed him of 337000 in county funds. Berry said he could positively identify a bandit from a photo and reviewed the rogues gallery in Columbus accompanied by Sheriff E C Ditbone and Sidney chief William O Leary.
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