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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1928
Page
10
Logan reports a large audience heard J. Nichols discuss retail merchandising methods. He, a consultant with Moore and Ross, noted only 25 percent of sales are price driven while 75 percent depend on lighting, store layout, clerk knowledge, and merchandise familiarity. Modern transit methods let merchants buy smaller orders and turn stock faster.
Marion Mace of Haydenville pleaded guilty before Judge A M Ellinger to reckless driving. He was fined $25 plus costs after being arrested on the Nelsonville road by Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn and jailed over Sunday when he failed to report for arraignment.
Authorities in Logan report a window broken in the McCarthy building's law office of G. W. Christman late Sunday night. Police have not determined if the break was accidental or an attempted break in. nothing of value was missing by Monday afternoon.
William Rudolph a claim adjuster for an East Liverpool based company spent Friday and Saturday in Logan visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hull and Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Sloan plus other relatives. He has worked for the company eight years and noted Mrs. Rudolph and the two children are doing well. The youngest, William Jr., was born four months ago.
Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond arrived home with Charles Kienzle who was pursued by local authorities. Kienzle is jailed awaiting arraignment before Magistrate J F Miller on a non support charge.
A pleasant surprise was planned at Mrs Amy Easterling’s East Second street home by her daughters Mrs Stanley Sparnow and Miss Ruth Easterling for her birthday. The celebration followed a visit by Mrs Easterling in Nelsonville with Mr and Mrs John Wilson. Relatives and friends attended a three course dinner and Shamrock leaf tables with green decorations and candles. Attendees included Custer Cline Harry Stewart Micheal Plantman Charlie Deible Kate McBride Kenny Glenn Joe Bernhart and the Wilsons from Nelsonville plus Logan guests Ruth Fosterling Astella Littlejohn and Louis Littlejohn.
Logan Ohio March 20 Names were drawn Saturday for grand and petit juries for the April term Judge Harley M Whitcraft presided at the drawings Grand jurors report April 2 at 10 o clock Petit jurors report April 16 Those drawn include C Matheny Haydenville W C Johnson Marion township Dan Lemon Logan Ell Coe Carbon Hill Wash Meldrim Falls township George L Wright Green township Carl Cross Logan Alice Chute Green Charley Marks Falls Stella Linton Falls Anna Wellman Logan William Bowlby Falls Gore Mrs Adam Schaal Logan Calvin Swackhammer Salt Creek T A Wharton Rockbridge Petit jurors include Reuben Sparnow Carbon Hill Otis Mercer Salt Creek Della Hull Rockbridge William Sauders Orbiston Alice Wyskiver Haydenville Edward Fickel Logan George Burgess Logan Charles Shultz Nelsonville R I D Zetta Mathias Rockbridge William Disbennet L E Price Logan William Cherry New Plymouth Lewis Fox Laurelville Route 1 Nick Till Logan Anna Bell Thomas Murray City
In Green township 75 picked from Hocking County joined 100 at Green Hill Stock farm for a three hour fox hunt as Sir Reynard led the chase. Judges did not arrive in time to award prizes. Lunch by James Mast. A third hunt is planned for April 14 with location to be announced.
Vernon Kitchen obtained a 151.75 judgment from Judge Whitcraft on a cognovit note held against John and Gladys Woodgeard. The ruling followed a confession by the defendants.
Col Theodore Roosevelt former secretary of the navy and son of the late President Roosevelt gave $108 to Senator Borahs fund to repay the $160000 Republican campaign contribution by Harry Sinclair. Borah said about $300 arrived that morning and total cash on hand neared $1000 with donors giving $1 to $319.
Comrade John Krinn of this city marked his eighty seventh birthday with a family gathering at his Glenview Heights home. Krinn served in the Civil War, starting as a private in Co H 68 O V I and rising to lieutenant by war's end, and he thanked friends for their gifts and cards received.
Lida J Huffer was granted a divorce from Homer Huffer in common pleas court on Saturday. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft awarded the decree on grounds of cruelty with costs assessed against the plaintiff.
Columbus March 7 Over two and a half million dollars in road and bridge work will be let at the next contract setting by the state highway department. Key project includes ten miles of paving on the Ohio River road between Marietta and Belpre. Bids close March 30.
A Brussels dispatch to Midi reports Alexander Zoubkoff, recently married to the sister of the former Kaiser, and pilot Wise intend to fly from Paris to New York this summer.
Logan March 20 William Matthews was arrested on Main Street by Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn and Deputy Sheriff L I Hammond on request of Franklin County authorities after a long distance call with Sheriff Walter Gump Columbus. A warrant alleged he gave papers in Logan that were of no value and the arrest involved more than $200. Matthews planned to be arraigned immediately in Columbus.
Twenty-five strikers and sympathizers arrested by U S deputy marshals and deputies at the Dillon No 1 mine of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal company will be brought to Steubenville for arraignment before U S Commissioner C J Borkowski. They were seized from a crowd of about 1000 at the mine end of the week. They face federal injunction violation charges. Seventeen were arrested Saturday night and eight more last night. All were sent to St Clairsville for processing.
Officials of the Union Trust company announce a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the robber who held up the downtown branch last Saturday and escaped with 1654 dollars.
Columbus March 20 More than 2,000 young men from Ohio and neighboring states have been accepted for Citizens' Military Training camps this year, an increase of 700 over last year. In Athens County last week, Laurence El Wood Barron Chester Lewis Johnson Walter Pearl Keplar Stanley L. Partlow were accepted. There is no cost to attend. government covers railroad fare food uniforms lodging laundry and medical care. It is a voluntary program with no obligation for future service.
In Washington March 20 U.P. Canadian government implicated in a plot to reduce American coal miners’ wages. W R Woodford of Rail and River Coal testified Canadian national railways own the company. shutdown followed Montreal talks after West Virginia coal undercut Ohio production. A letter from Eastern Ohio Coal Operators' assoc cites a plot to oust Ohio from coal business. Senators Wagner and Wheeler noted in the letter.
Irving ad touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the safe cure for sour stomachs and excess stomach acid. It claims a five minute relief, urges readers to choose the genuine Phillips product, and notes its 50 year physician endorsement and trademark by The Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co.
The Southern Ohio Electric Company of Athens seeks Ohio Utilities Commission approval to buy the Mutual Electric Company of Middleport and the Hocking Power Company of Nelsonville. The Hocking Power price is 530,826.31 dollars and Mutual Electric 65,455.16 dollars. The petition asks to sell 5,962 shares of no par value stock to cover debt, and separately to issue 66,000 dollars of no par common stock for constructions and extensions from 1925 to 1926.
Delaware March 20 Ohio Wesleyan University officials announced that Charles H Lewis Harpster president of the Ohio Wesleyan Alumni association and Republican gubernatorial candidate donated 5000 to the 1923 alumni annual fund to endow a permanent scholarship, the largest gift to the alumni fund to date.
The article frames a looming heavyweight clash as a bout for the ages, noting the escalating tension and the potential for a historic confrontation that could define a generation.
An old advertisement touts Dr James Headache Powders as a direct cure for headaches. It claims they stop the worst headaches in two minutes and any headache in one minute, selling for a dime at drug stores.
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