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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
10
A shipment of arms is anticipated to reach the area tomorrow, with authorities monitoring the delivery and coordinating distribution as needed. Local officials caution residents to remain orderly and report suspicious activity during the proceedings.
Attorney General E C Turner defended no censorship of motion pictures in Ohio while addressing the Motion Picture Theater Owners of Ohio in Columbus. He argued existing laws suffice to curb indecent films and supported his stance despite backlash over the Tunney Dempsey ban.
Striking coal miners in Northern Colorado planned another entry at the Columbine mine near Erie despite state police with airplanes and machine guns. Deputy Sheriff Bunyan warned guards may shoot if strikers entered. Governor Adams sent 12 more state police to the mine as guards in southern fields moved north.
Entries arrive for the fifth annual fruit grain and vegetable show to be held tomorrow and Saturday at the Athens National Bank open to all Athens County residents with no entry fee. Exhibits include bread and cakes alongside produce with prizes for top entries and expert judges from Ohio State University and Ohio University.
An ad touts Dare's Mentha Pepsin as a lasting stomach elixir that strengthens digestion. It claims the product builds up a run-down stomach so you can eat freely and promises a money back guarantee if it does not provide real benefit, with Cline's Pharmacy and other druggists selling it daily.
The excerpt lists awards for baking entries including angel food cake loaf white bread and Boston brown bread with raisins optional. Prizes total three dollars for first place two dollars for second and one dollar for third. Premiums are not offered for experiment farm displays.
In Pittsburgh heavy rains hinder rescue work at the Equitable Gas blast site as crews search for remains. Parts of two dismembered bodies were recovered in the Ohio River five miles away and a head was found near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks, bringing the death toll to 26, with earlier counts reaching 28 pending identification.
Arthur M. Bringman, 68, an Upper Sandusky undertaker, died when the funeral car he drove went off the road near Portage while returning the body of William S. Gregg, 38, from Flint to Upper Sandusky.
Delegates at the sixty first annual National Grange sessions in Cleveland prepared to discuss the export debenture plan. Master Louis J. Taber said the plan will not cure all farm ills but will correct inequalities from tariff and restrictive laws and help stabilize production and marketing.
A county wide home economics teachers group was formed with Miss Beryl Cone as president Miss Dorothy Riegle as vice president and Mrs Faye Throckmorton as secretary An executive committee will plan programs and bi monthly meetings Linked plans aim to coordinate with county high school departments Enid Lunn state supervisor attended and clothing relief for children was discussed Dayton and Cincinnati clothing shipments were received Mothers and PT A groups may help direct distribution and garment making If funds exist milk and foodstuffs may be purchased and meals served by schools in needy areas.
Robert Lightner, 16, of Magnaolia Ohio, faces a life sentence for murdering his father Jacob Lightner on August 26 after a dispute over an auto. He fled but was captured the next day. It marked Carroll County’s first jury conviction for first degree murder.
The state highway department will pay twenty percent and Gallia county twenty percent to eliminate the grade crossing at Vendens Point where the highway crosses the Hocking Valley railway track. Relocation cost set at 64,600 dollars.
Mrs Hallie Econom a divorcee sues local druggist Richard Zimmerman for 190000 claiming he promised to marry her four years ago and that she bought him three autos an $8000 drugstore and paid a 600 hospital bill for him The suit notes Zimmerman is son of Melbert Zimmerman of Canton Ohio and details the complaint.
A new car owned by Mr and Mrs W F Konkoskie rolled over on gravel near Carnanville while en route to funeral services for Mrs Frances Marshall Bartels. Mrs Konkoskie broke a wrist but attended the services in another car. Mr Konkoskie escaped serious injury as the vehicle damaged entered a culvert and ditch.
At Ashtabula on Nov 17 Mrs. Edgar Allen of Sheffield township held a perfect pinochie hand. The rare hand yielded 1069 points, described by experts as an eight acres hand held only once in thousands of deals.
Washington observers report Senator Walsh of Montana and Senator Caraway of Arkansas foresee the next Democratic presidential candidate chosen by a majority rather than a two-thirds vote.
A Cleveland event plans an auction of steers with about 400000 dollars in value. The notice indicates a large livestock sale set for a future date with participants and organizers named in the announcement.
About 290 champion steers from Ohio Indiana and Michigan will be auctioned tonight in Public Hall as the feature event of the Third Annual Livestock and Horticultural show.
Patterson, president of National Cash Register, returns after hunting big game with a camera. The brief notes his long absence and interest in safari style expeditions.
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