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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1926
Page
2
Allan and Homer Dill of Kerrs Run narrowly avoided severe harm Saturday when their old Ford collided with a Hudson driven by Mrs Mary Anderson. The impact caused the Hudson to flip three times before stopping. The Hudson driver fled but was later located and jailed. The Dill boys received medical care. one suffered three broken ribs.
Pomeroy June 7 Ollie Gloeckner brought from Columbus on a worthless check charge settled the case out of court. Gloeckner reportedly gave John Sauvage a about 209 dollars for a check with insufficient funds. Sauvage had a warrant issued for Gloeckner’s arrest, but he arranged to pay the balance and was released.
June 7. John Tivt fen of Racine was arrested Sunday on an alleged forgery charge. Police did not disclose additional details.
Chief of Police Bay Roush reports Jivi den faces charges for forging his father Jap Jividen’s name on several checks. The case arises from actions tied to Ralph Gilmore of Gilmore Supply Store who filed the charge.
Sheldon Story died at his Midway home Sunday after months of illness from flu and a recent stroke. He was 67, survived by a widow and two sons. Story owned a general store at Midway for years and was well known in the county. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Miss Helen Smith entertained a group of friends with a weekend house party at her Sev enth street home. Attendees included Virginia DeMaine Katie Hockins Viola Allensworth Eleanor Lansbury Mildred Fowler Ruth Bradbury and Francis Mc Clure.
Mrs George Joachim and Mildred visited Jackson Sunday with Mr and Mrs Hiobert Morris. Arthur Kaspar and child visited here with friends and relatives. Antone Locke was week end visitor in Columbus. Marcella Fisher spent the week end in Columbus with relatives. Carrie Nye visiting relatives in Cincinnati. Percy Peoples returned home after visiting son Leland in Columbus. W G Downie and C D Reed attended Meigs county picnic at Entangy Park Columbus. Abe Sommers returned to Charleston after a week end here. Edith Ohlinger of Columbus week end visitor. Helena Keehne of Oxford visiting relatives here. Morris and Kenneth Thompson of Columbus visited here. Charles Peoples visitors in Athens Sunday.
Corning Iowa tale of Russell Roland and Miss Lund who wed on a pest house porch while Roland, ill with smallpox, was quarantined. The ceremony was shouted across the road fifty feet away as a minister proclaimed the couple married with vows heard to Des Moines. Relatives blew kisses from the roadway.
In a historical note, Death Valley was named by 12 survivors from a party of 30 who lost their way while traveling toward the Pacific coast during the era of pioneer migrations in the American West.
In the American Association Louisville edged Columbus 15 14 over 10 innings with St Paul 10, Kansas City 5, Milwaukee 5, Minneapolis 4, Toledo 3, Indianapolis 1, Indianapolis 3, Toledo 2. National League New York 15, Chicago 3, Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 0. American League New York 6, Cleveland 5 in 7 innings due to rain. Boston 4, ec 3. St Louis 2, Philadelphia 0. Only games played.
Columbus visits Louisville as Toledo plays Indianapolis and Kansas City faces St Paul. Minneapolis hosts Milwaukee while Cincinnati meets Boston. St Louis travels to Philadelphia and Chicago hosts New York. Pittsburgh clashes with Brooklyn and New York faces Cleveland. Philadelphia plays St Louis and Washington visits Detroit. Boston goes to Chicago.
New York defeated Cleveland 6 to 5 in seven innings before rain and darkness halted play. Ruth walked three times, Smith started for Cleveland and Hoyt allowed a surge of hits before Braxton and Uhle finished. Hoyt earned the win and Smith the loss in a tense early-season tilt.
Glouster wins a tight Local American Legion game 7 to 6 over Martins Ferry. Sam Withem pitched well after early trouble, while Meade Rodgers and Molnar powered a four run fourth inning and Glouster stole three bases. Next Sunday the Midland ABC travels from Pennsylvania to play.
North and South leaders Law Shank and Harry Hartwell visited French Lick Springs to debate youth issues and crime waves. They offered diverging views on education and employment for young people, stressing work, business training, and the value of practical jobs over college-led paths.
Shank argues that white collar workers on low salaries maintain a front that pushes young men into crime as a rising income sideline. He adds that girls who stay home to wash dishes cook and sew will not lead youths into crime for luxuries they cannot afford.
Charles C Cray of Stimpson Avenue Athens asserts he has the first ripened cherries in the city this year. He reports two thriving Early Richmond trees at his home with fruit hanging thickly and told the Messengers of the finding.
Elam Van Gilder allowed three hits as the Browns beat the Athletics 3 to 0. The Red Sox defeated the White Sox 4 to 3 with Todt driving in a run in the eighth. Rain halted the Yankees Indians game with New York ahead 6 to 5 in the seventh. The Giants routed the Cubs 15 to 3 after 16 hits. Bareligh Grimes shut out the Pirates for the Robins in a 3 to 0 win.
The voyage reports 102 people in total on the Mayflower, comprising 41 men and their families.
Paris reports Helen Wills recovering from appendicitis surgery as remarkable. The American tennis champion slept well and was allowed to resume normal meals, sitting up in bed for a substantial lunch under Dr Maurange supervision.
William Koski of Sugar Creek pleaded guilty in Carl Porter’s court to operating an automobile recklessly. He was fined ten dollars and costs after Magistrate Porter noted a period of observation and a Saturday incident in which he drove a vehicle through a fence near his home, striking children.
The annual Army versus Notre Dame football game will be at Yankee Stadium on November 13, four weeks after last year’s meeting. Eleanor Goss will replace Helen Wills in the Wightman Cup tennis matches against England. Fort Collins high school earns national inter scholastic title for the second year running. Tom Eck, famed six day bicycle race founder and trainer, will be buried in Chicago Tuesday at age 69.
A 1897 attempt by Andree Knut Fraenkel and Nils Strindberg to drift to the North Pole aboard a rudderless balloon ended without trace. The craft, a 70 foot globe with a seven by seven foot basket, vanished after sailing north from Spitzbergen. A single carrier pigeon message reported 175 miles north. The fate of the expedition remains unknown.
State Department reports show 1.6 million Europeans seek entry as immigrants. Despite a 164,667 annual quota, applicants endure long consulate lines hoping for future visas. Eastern and Southern Europe and the Near East account for 1,429,003 applications while their regional quota totals 24,019.
The initial commercial shipment of seed potatoes departed from British Columbia to California carrying 69 tons of Burbank certified seed.
The observed effect in Flettner's rotorship matches the curve imparted to a pitched ball. The analogy highlights how rotation influences trajectory, aligning the aerodynamic behavior with familiar sports physics.
The ninth week of the season shows the Yankees with a wide AL lead while the NL pennant chase narrows with Reds and Cardinals separated by only four and a half games. Cuyler leads NL batting at .365, Herman close at .361, and Dugan tops AL averages before an injury slowed him. Ruth nears Dugan’s .410 pace as the Yankees widen the gap.
A million dollar project titled Shoreacres Country Club will establish an American Deauville ten miles south of the Mexican border near Tijuana. The 47000 acre development promises exclusive bars gaming houses and numerous sports for wealthy members with prominent Californians like Claus Spreckels James Rolph Jr and Lew Cody on the membership committee.
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