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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1928
Page
5
Mr and Mrs George Douglas of Jerseyville road hosted seventy guests Saturday night for a kitchen shower honoring their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Sam Jeffers newlyweds of recent date Gifts were many and useful The evening featured games and music.
In Northampton Massachusetts on March 27 the mother of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, was reported slightly improved at Dickinson hospital after an early morning visit by her daughter. No formal bulletin yet but authorities said condition was somewhat better than yesterday.
After four feet of water flowed over its crest the Union Ice company dam near Reno held against its severest test in 20 years. By early today the Truckee river levels began to fall and the danger of a dam break appeared past.
One-fourth of the annual fee for Ohio truck license plates will be remitted by the secretary of state effective as of April 1. This will mean a considerable saving in Athens county as rural truck owners who have not yet purchased their plates will benefit. No reduction is announced for pleasure car tags at this time.
Columbus March 27 H C Reed of Batavia present secretary of the state tax commission was named by Governor Donahey to the commission succeeding Judge John R Cassidy who resigned His successor has not yet been named.
Washington March 27 A partial Labor Department survey shows 1 874 050 fewer people employed now than in 1925 Secretary of Labor Davis told the Senate in response to the Wagner resolution. He said a full survey would be too costly and based his estimate on current industrial activity compared with 1925.
Columbus dispatch reports that in three weeks more than 2300 volunteers qualified for Citizens Military Training camps, filling over half of the 4000 vacancies allotted to Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia, surpassing prior enrollment records.
Forty two children were served a chicken dinner at the hotel in Canaanville on Sunday. Mrs James Ogle prepared the meal with her regular helpers Mrs Mahaffy and Mrs Lee Dunfee.
J R Ramsay former Klan official testifies in Indianapolis that the Ku Klux Klan supported and elected Vic Donahey as Ohio governor in 1924. Attorney General Arthur Gilliam plans to use the deposition to oust the Klan from Indiana.
Coroner Edward Cook verdicts death by own action in the case of Mack A. Wisecup 28 a Miami University student found with a bullet wound in his heart at Oxford Saturday night The ruling was announced in Hamilton March 27 by the coroner U P report.
In Paris many men adopt Afghan silk dressing gowns with Oriental life designs after King Amanullah’s visit. Some opt for Venetian silk with gondola and canal motifs, reflecting fashion influence from Afghan and Italian sources.
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge visited her seriously ill mother Mrs. Lemfra Goodbue at her bedside in Land today, arriving from Washington just after midnight. The trip marks the third time in six months that the First Lady has gone to be with her mother as her condition worsened.
Columbus report says 60 year old mechanic John Jones dropped dead while crossing a street and fell against a passing automobile’s rung board. He was dragged a few feet before the startled driver could stop.
Jan Welltsch a dwarf sought police protection after being kidnapped from his Hungary home by two men and brought to Germany for display.
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