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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
1
Wayne Wheeler, longtime critic of the Anti-Saloon League, is summoned by Senate investigators. The article traces his career and notes his many questions about League activities.
Wayne B. Wheeler head of the Anti Saloon League testifies to a Senate committee probing the 2 million dollar Pennsylvania primary. He outlines duties as general counsel and says he attends prohibition hearings and advises state groups on anti liquor policy while recounting past roles and salaries.
A Washington Bureau item offers a free guide to reading that promises to help readers advance in any job and earn more money. The piece notes the guide was compiled by the American Library Association and distributed by the paper’s Washington Information Bureau. Readers are urged to send two cents for postage.
An oil well is being drilled on the Peter Walsh land on East Mill Street near the railroad in Athens. Raymond Cook and son hold the lease. Four men work the site and drilling began last Tuesday. Depth reached is 300 feet. expected to reach 1200 feet in about ten days.
A dialogue excerpt discusses involvement in political campaigns and fundraising. Reed asserts activity starts with primaries and continues to elections, while the other party asks about money raising for the organization.
A Messenger reader reports a girl in her early teens wearing a khaki overall suit and chin chin straw hat, standing on a hay rack and guiding two horses along West Union Street toward Court Street. The eyewitness tone captures a casual street scene and curiosity about local daily life.
A Nelsonville man drove to a local filling station and asked for one gallon of gas. While the boy measured it, he quipped a risqué line about “wean it.”
A report from Albany notes a man on the street on the 15th day of June wearing a heavy overcoat and felt boots. The brief adds no other identifying details or context.
June 17 report from Pomeroy describes James Clifford Harlan Eiselstein of Sugar Run and Gerald Walker of Pomeroy choosing bicycles for a vacation trip to Athens and Columbus. The trio opts for cycling as their transportation on this day.
Probate court issued 115 marriage licenses since January 1 compared with nearly 200 in the same period last year. Most brides resided in Athens area towns including Glouster Nelsonville Chauncey Carbondale and Athens. June shows early momentum with 20 licenses in 17 days. Average ages were 24 for men 22 for women, with several underage marriages and a license granted to a couple in their seventies.
About 11438 students have registered for the summer term at Ohio University per the registrar’s office. The total is not final, as many more are expected next week from Cincinnati Cleveland and other cities where schools are not yet closed.
Frank P. Kennison, prominent Toledo banker, died from heart disease today following injuries from a revolver that was accidentally discharged on Monday.
Cleveland police say Kay Williams 27 died after being shot during an argument over gambling. Henry Gaze 26 faces a murder charge in connection with Williams death.
Probate Judge L. M. Staats files a divorce petition against his wife Ethel J. Staats in common pleas court alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple married March 18, 1907.
Two men and a girl were detained by police in Cleveland today in connection with thefts totaling thousands of dollars. A check writing machine and 100 blank checks were found at their quarters, police said.
WNYC New York schedules Franko Goldman's Concert Band from The Mall Central Park. KDKA Pittsburgh airs Symphony Players at 6 30 p m EST. CNRM Montreal presents Elysian Night Orchestra at 9 p m ET. WSB Atlanta features Smith Sacred Singers at 8 p m CST. WLS Chicago showcases Opera program from 7 30 p m CST.
Governor A V Donahey approved Mayor Harvey C Kistler of Niles for denying a permit to the Ku Klux Klan for a June 3 demonstration. The governor praised the mayor in the presence of Niles citizens during a visit for a Public Utilities Commission hearing.
Glouster brick plant received an order for one and a half million bricks to be shipped to Detroit. The order is filled at four cars per day on the M. C. railway, needing 175 cars and about forty four days, with at least two months of full capacity work represented to meet the order.
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruled satin and baby bunting articles embroidered with braid are not subject to the higher shoe tariff. The decision explains such items are not dutiable at the elevated rate.
A new Messenger serial titled The One Who Forgot debuts with a dramatic storyline about Nan seeking to win back her lover Peter Lyster in Logidon. John Ott cannot awaken Lyster to their past life as conflicts unfold across thirty days of daily reviews.
A Pennsylvania railroad collision at Gray station near Blairsville between the Chicago, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Limited and a Pittsburgh-Washington express left eighteen dead and about fifty injured. Relief trains rushed to the scene as officials feared the death toll could rise to about 22 with nine bodies taken to Latrobe morgue and others to Latrobe hospital.
In Blairsville Pennsylvania a Pennsylvania railroad wreck killed Co. F. Bowman a 34 year old Erie railroad general agent based in Columbus. He was traveling to Mackinaw Pennsylvania to visit his four year old daughter Lucy Alice when the crash occurred. His wife Elizabeth was in Pottsville visiting her ill mother.
A crash near dawn when the Cincinnati bound train failed to stop for a signal, colliding with the Pittsburgh to Washington express. Five bodies recovered from one car. fourteen passengers and four crew dead. Relief efforts and on scene investigations followed as doctors and investigators arrived.
Meigs county officers raided Pomeroy to arrest alleged moonshiners after warrants were sworn by a resident with a dispute. Officers found no targets but confiscated whisky, two complete stills, twenty five barrels of mash and about six gallons of finished product.
A Canton man W A Schreiver of the Anti-Saloon league asks Governor Donahey to establish martial law in Steubenville to curb crime. Citizens question the move while awaiting actions, and the governor orders a special grand jury probe if properly supported by evidence. Prosecutor Merryman says no prior complaints have been filed.
The report lists identified dead including E A McConnell and W B Gordon engineers of the Chicago Cincinnati Limited, Mrs W R Dunmoody and five others. Injured victims include R H Jones and Ray Hoelcker among travelers from Cincinnati, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Washington with many cities represented.
Logan city officials led by Mayor Rochester and Service Director Ed Sherman visit Athens to inspect its curbing lighting system. They will review costs and lighting features as a Logan contract to install a Main street system is reported near. The Logan group recently toured Columbus for the same purpose.
J L Murdock was fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding by Carl Porter Justice of the Peace. Deputy Sheriff Howard Gilson made the arrest.
The Rural Letter Carriers Association of Athens County will hold a picnic supper and business meeting at the Athens County Fair grandstand on Saturday June 19 from 4 to 6 pm. Forty four members are in the county with wives and children invited. Delegates for the state convention at St Marys on August 2 to 4 will be selected. Pearl Russel Frost is president and Pearl Carr Richland Avenue is secretary.
Logan June 11 7 County officials deepen investigation into auto thefts tied to Byron Somerville alias Lloyd Dett, Lloyd Collins and Byron Burdette. Arrested with James J. Collins in Akron Buffalo connections suspected as officials press juvenile hearings and exact the Wildermuth case details.
An Indian style performer known as a "Sandow" chased a dramatic stunt in Rangoon. A three ton roller was lifted and then slipped, crushing his legs and injuring him seriously as passengers watched in disbelief.
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