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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
12
News from Toledo reports the death of Gladys Johnson, 22, wife of Leonard Johnson, following an operation. Her body will be brought to Logan for funeral arrangements with her husband, her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Six, and their four children, two brothers, and three sisters. The Johnsons moved to Toledo about a year ago after living in Logan.
At Logan High School the Hi Y Club led the Presbyterian Church service with W I Krieg in charge during Rev Geddes absence. Joe H spoke on clean speech and life, followed by Pearl W and Harley Ellinger on clean athletics. A friendship circle and prayers closed the evening.
Ohio and federal law bar possessing malt syrup for making intoxicating liquor. Attorney General Bettman rules the intent to use the syrup must be determined per case. It remains legal to sell or possess malt syrup not intended for liquor making.
Ray Featheroff, who confessed to killing Jacob Konchler, was committed to Lima Hospital after a jury returned an insanity verdict. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft ordered the transfer as the Featheroff case ends for Hocking County though a later trial had been tentatively scheduled.
TO TALK TO MEN LOGAN March 8 Announcement by the Men s Club of the Presbyterian Church says John W Bricker of Columbus will speak at the next meeting Friday evening March 15 at the church. Rev H L Geddes arranged Bricker s visit after being in Columbus Wednesday. Bricker was originally set to address the club earlier in the winter program but could not attend.
In Logan on North Market Street around 9 30 p m Wednesday accumulated gas exploded in the basement of the home of Commissioner and Mrs Frank St Clair. A sheet of flame blew out the living room window blinds and plaster walls a davenport was thrown across the room Mrs St Clair and daughter Grace suffered shock authorities attributed the blast to a leaking pipe and said ignition cause was not yet determined
In Logan a petition for divorce from John W. Armstrong cites cruelty and habitual drunkenness for three years. Vivian Armstrong, married January 1 1921, seeks custody of two children, alimony, and decree. She left July 1928 and has lived apart. defendant works for a coal company at Coonville.
A concise solution path to the Letter Golf puzzle shows a chain of rhyming words moving from life to boat by incremental vowel and consonant shifts. The sequence demonstrates a consistent phonetic pattern terminating at boat.
Logan March 8 arrangements for an open meeting at 6 30 p m next Thursday at the Easterling Clubhouse replacing the regular session J Keller Kern Lancaster will speak with a music program. Chamber Rotary and Kiwanis members invited reservations due by next Wednesday through any club member.
Twenty-five men were recalled for work at the Logan Clay Product Company plant on Wednesday. The plant resumed operation on a full time schedule the following morning. An official told the Logan Chamber of Commerce that many orders are booked and steady summer work is likely.
Hocking County Fox Hunters Association met in the Elks Building with music by Foster Bobo and Virgil Wright. Dancing followed led by Clarence Brooks George W. Nixon Charles McLain Tom McDonald and Miss Brown and Miss Wilson with Miss Brown's father Commissioner Charles Brown. Leonard Bell spoke from Maxville. Next meeting planned for May 1 at Grotto Grounds south of Logan.
Reports indicate Mrs. 8 A. Phillips has been ill at her home near Logan for ten weeks. A special nurse attends to her condition during the difficult illness period.
County officers were alerted to a burglary at the store of Mrs. Love Kammerling in Carbon Hill. Entry was gained through a broken window Wednesday night. six boxes of candy and a box of chewing gum were stolen. Traffic Officer Joe Farbenn pursued several leads likely to bring an arrest.
Advert says pale puny children gain strength with McCoy's Tablets, a health builder. It claims energy, appetite, and better school work in 34 days with a 40 cent price at Cline Pharmacy and other drugstores, offering a money back guarantee if no improvement.
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