South Bloomingville Man Stabbed Five Times In Fight
Ray Harper, 28, a local Norfolk worker, was stabbed five times Saturday evening in South Bloomingville and is in serious condition at Cherrington Hospital. Oliver Mills, 23, is sought as a suspect after reportedly fleeing by bus. Mills was last seen with Harper’s assailant. Authorities noted multiple wounds including an eight inch abdomen stab and other injuries. Mills’ whereabouts remained unclear as deputies pursued leads and Harper regained consciousness without commenting on the attack.
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Mills
Harper
W.W. A. Mills
South Bloomingville
Oliver
Laurelville
Kenneth Hart
Lester Mills
John Collier
Ohio
Common Pleas
Walter Pleukharp
Classified and Circulation notices in The Messenger
Classified ads for The Messenger or anything pertaining to circulation appear under Classified and Circulation. Call D Y Milne at phone 272 for details. Local society notes and staff contact information list Clinton Webb as staff correspondent and urge readers to telephone Your News Your Society and Locals to 6024.
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Multiple shootings in Ohio area reported near stores and homes
The account describes Harper being stabbed in front of Pleukharp store where Pleukharp was later shot at his general store on June 2 and never regained consciousness. Mills was shot at the Collier home along Route 56 east of South Bloomingville.
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Pleukharp
Harper
Lester Mills
South Bloomingville
Entries Are Made Judge Whitcraft Was on Bench Here Saturday
Logan court actions show Judge Harley M. Whitcraft on the bench Saturday with several docket entries. A $799.66 judgment went to A. Jones as receiver for First Rempel National Bank against Barthlow and others on a cognovit note. The Shaw Manufacturing Co case saw a deed and distribution ordered after sale confirmation. The Nelsonville Home and Savings Association won $524.46 against Ellsworth Coe and others. Leave was granted for Smith W. Bennett to join the N. L. C. Rach elmacher Estate case and plead thereafter.
Boy Scouts District Plans Achievement Roundup
Logan district committee of Boy Scouts will meet Wednesday at the Johnson Building to explain the December 1 to March 15 Achievement Roundup. New committees will be designated, aiming to boost interest and push district enrollment to a new high. A quota will be set for each district troop.
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Logan
Boy Scouts
Hocking County
Johnson Building
Cc. F. Rauch
Ohio
Boy Scout Movement
Carbon Hill Man Fined $200 on Liquor Charge
Logan November 2 Tom McAllister of Carbon Hill pleaded guilty to possessing whisky and was fined 200 dollars plus costs after arraignment before Judge Harley M Whitcraft. Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn arrested him Friday at his Ward Township home. Alfred Rizer also pleaded guilty to assault and received 100 dollar fine plus costs and 30 days in jail for the South Perry fight that left William Messer with a fractured skull.
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Hocking County
South Perry
William Messer
Messer
Bond Forfeited As Walters Fails To Appear
William Walters forfeits bond after missing arraignment before Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Walters faces larceny charges from an indictment tied to alleged theft from Cliff Starkey of Oak Street. Surety, Walters’ mother of Logan, was notified of the forfeiture and return date set for November 25. Officers and Walters’ counsel failed to locate him.
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Walters
Logan native Harry E. Bishop visits hometown
Harry E. Bishop of Dayton spent a short visit in Logan on Saturday. Born in Logan, he recalled the house of his birth behind the Frasch building on West Main Street. He later lived in Columbus for 42 years before moving near Dayton and spoke with old friends during his stay.
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Logan
Harry E. Bishop
Dayton
Bishop
Frasch
West Main Street
Columbus
Halloween Celebration Nets Little Damage in Logan
Halloween revelers packed downtown Logan on Friday despite rain. Masquerades, grotesque costumes, grains and confetti colored sidewalks. grease and soap smeared store and auto windows. Police warned of arrests, but overall property damage stayed minimal as groups moved indoors.
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Logan
Local trio heads to Washington to seek Supreme Court admission
Forest E. Weinrich Eugene Wright and C Wood Bowen left Logan Saturday for Washington D C to seek admission to practice in Federal Court requiring an appearance before the United States Supreme Court. Arrangements had been made for their presentation there prior to departure.
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Logan
Forest E. Weinrich
Eugene Wright
C. Wood Bowen
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Judge reschedules petit jurors for two week term
Judge Whitcraft orders petit jurors to report Thursday morning instead of Wednesday. The two week term will hear a number of criminal cases arising from indictments returned by the recent grand jury.
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Logan
Whitcraft
Healed Ulcer Told by Mrs Henderson
Mrs J C Henderson of Winston Salem North Carolina says a thirty year ankle ulcer healed after using Petersons Ointment. She reports two boxes cured it without needing the second, praising the remedy as the best. A big box costs 35 cents at any drug store.
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Peterson
Local Boy Scouts Receive Court of Review Awards
Logan scouts appeared before a Court of Review last week and earned awards. The reviewing panel included S. C. Bright the Rev Amos L Heyde Harry Heinlein and Walker L Franks. Jack Allen and Vance Friend received second class ratings Ray Colison earned a carpentry and leathercraft merit badge Paul Zimmerman earned merit badges in animal industry handicraft and book binding.
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Logan
S. C. Bright
Amos L. Heyde
Harry Heinlein
Walker L. Franks
Jack Allen
Vance Friend
Ray Collison
Paul Zimmerman
Fall visitors boost Ash Cave attendance past fifty thousand
Logan November 2 Ranger Lewis Jones reports 2000 visitors at Ash Cave last Sunday, with fall weather drawing tourists to Hocking County. He notes the season total has risen above 50,000, though a final count is not yet compiled.
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Logan
Lewis Jones
Ash Cave
Hocking County
Jones
Missionaries W Thomas Cook Speakers At First Presbyterian
The Rev and Mrs W Thomas Cook spoke at First Presbyterian Church during the regular worship hour. They have served as missionaries in Manchuria since 1908 and shared many facts about the region amid the current Japanese Chinese controversy.
Trial over Nan Britton Harding affair libel suit nears close
TOLEDO Ohio November 2 A packed gallery watches the Federal Court jury hear Nan Britton's libel suit against Marion hotel keeper C A Klunk The suit seeks 50000 over love affair claims involving Warren G Harding and Britton's story may be told in court as the trial crowds grow.
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Toledo
U.P
Nan Britton
Warren G. Harding
C. A. Klunk
Marion
Five Die in Snoqualmie Pass Plane Crash Near Snoqualmie Pass
A hunting trip to Eastern Washington ended in tragedy as five men and an English setter were killed when their plane crashed near Snoqualmie Pass. Victims include Dr. Russell J. McCurdy, Arthur Hodge, Ray Sutherland, Harold De Spain, and Pilot John Blum. bodies identified after fire and burn injuries. Deputy Coroner Homer Koontz coordinated the investigation as weather was considered, officials offered alternate theories.
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North Bend
Wash
U.P
Washington
Snoqualmie Pass
Seattle
Russell J. McCurdy
King County Medical Society
Arthur Hodge
Hoge Piston and Ring Co
Ray Sutherland
Harold de Spain
John Blum
Okanogan
Homer Koontz
Snoqualmie
Pilot Blum’s Crash Likely To See Federal Probe
Blum was described as an able reliable pilot. Federal aviation authorities will conduct a crash investigation, though the fire that followed likely leaves few details to disclose.
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Blum
Federal Aviation Authorities
Forty hens stolen from Marietta poultry farm
Forty barred Plymouth Rock hens were stolen Friday night from the Staunton farm poultry house a mile northwest of Bartlett. Staunton a former Standard Oil employee and, with his sister, operates the Washington Athens County line farm after retirement.
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Plymouth Rock
Schooley Staunton
Bartlett
Staunton
Standard Oil Company
Marietta
Washington-Athens County
McArthur P T A Launches Membership Drive
In McArthur November 2 the P T A will visit every child born in McArthur to enlist members. A membership week has been set, and the value of the association was outlined on the back of recent grade cards.
Webb elected president of Southeastern Ohio Teachers
William G. Webb Washington County superintendent of schools won the presidency of the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association at the closing session of the Cambridge meeting held Saturday.
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Marietta
William 4. Webb
Washington County
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Cambridge
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