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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1927

Page

12

Logan Council Fails to Pass 50 Year Power Franchise

In a special session on Tuesday night Logan declined to approve an ordinance granting Ohio Power a fifty year franchise after a failed rule suspension vote. Two dissenters Juergenmeier and Schaal opposed the measure. Officers also arrested Canfield in connection with a separate liquor manufacture case as he prepared a still for operation.

Logan Ohio Power Company Juergenmeier and Schaal Canfield Harley M. Whitcraft

Juniors to Run City for an Hour in Redpath Event

Logan June 8 junior town officials of the Redpath chautauqua will run the city for one hour Friday evening from 5 to 6 under Miss Hicks. Elected officials include Mayor Joe Gabriel and Clerk Eleanor Woodard with reporters and commissioners handling law order service health and other duties. Regular officials stand by to assist.

Raid on Logan premises yields liquor jug and beer bottles

Federal and state officers reportedly visited Oscar Steward in Logan on Tuesday afternoon and found a two gallon jug of liquor and several beer bottles. The liquor was confiscated and held by county officials. Officers said they would return within days to file an affidavit.

Logan Oscar Steward

Former Hocking County Resident Ordered for Lindbergh Welcome

Dayne Wardwell of Colorado, a former Hocking county resident and World War I aviation corps veteran, received a telegram ordering him to Washington to aid in the welcome for Charles A. Lindbergh. He has continued work as an aviator since leaving the army.

Hocking County Logan Dayne Wardwell Colorado Washington Charles A. Lindbergh Wardwell

Officers Raid Obtain Ten Barrels of Mash And Twenty Gallon Still

Logan report states that ten barrels of mash and a twenty gallon still were seized two miles west of Mound Crossing in Perry township early Wednesday. Arch Canfield was arrested by Constable Charles Poling and a deputy after authorities had scoped the area Tuesday and watched a four hour undercover operation.

Logan Arch Canfield Charles Poling Mound Crossing Perry Township Outfit Joe Farbearn Canfield

Brights from Valier Visit in Logan for Two Weeks

Mr and Mrs Marion Bright and two children of Valier Illinois arrived in Logan Tuesday evening for a two weeks visit with Mr Brights brothers E E Bright and Charles Bright Mr Bright is a coal miner employed by Valier Coal Company which is said to operate a mine that loads more coal daily than any other mine in the United

Logan Marion Bright Valier Illinois

Answers to Now You Ask One questions

A compact key of Q and A from page five lists figures and facts: Holmes and The Autocrat, Durant and The Story of Philosophy, Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, Cooper and the Leatherstocking Tales, Nevermore in The Raven, Dear Mr President salutation, Taj Mahal as a mausoleum in India, Eiffel Tower height, Crimean War belligerents, and Mt Pelee in Martinique.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Will Durant Ichabod Crane Washington Irving Sleepy Hollow James Fennimore Cooper Nevermore Edgar Allan Poe Taj Mahal India Eiffel

Bright Employed In Coal Field At Herrin

At one time Mr. Bright worked in the coal field at Herrin according to the readable OCR fragment.

States Bright Herrin

Schlaggater in Jail on intoxication charge

Logan police arrested George Schlaggater Wednesday morning then placed him in the city jail awaiting arraignment. He will be charged with intoxication.

Schlaggater Logan George Schlaggater James Thomas

Drilling Advances at Sweaty Lloyd Well Berea Sand Test

June 9 report from Berea Sand shows drilling at the Sweaty Lloyd well on a Washington township farm has progressed to the Berea sand. The sponsoring company also owns the farm, marking the first test on the property. Continued on Page.

Berea Sand Logan Washington Township Berea

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