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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1921
Page
2
Lobo the wolf, long feared as a cattle killer on the Arizona plains, is dead. A government hunter shot him with a rifle missing its rear sight, ending a three year toll reported to the Biological Survey in the United States Department of Agriculture.
A notorious Hereford thief known as Lobo evades hunters near Kingman. In two weeks he skirts pursuit, and on one ranch alone 50 white faced yearlings have fallen to his thefts within the last year. Other ranchers report similar losses.
Wooster reports Henry Dalby produced the first rapid fire gun in the United States shortly after 1861. Dalby demonstrated the model in Washington to army experts, then built a second smaller gun in Berlin Holmes county though it was not finished before the war ended. The piece weighed about fifteen pounds and fired roughly one round per second.
Ohio supreme court asked to resolve which of two widows should receive death benefits from the state industrial commission. Hiram J. Plumsteel died from injuries in 1917 while employed by F. O. Schoedinger Co. One widow recognized by law contested by another, both later died.
Commissioner Murphy explained to the Messenger that the board inherited old overdrawn funds totaling 38,645.31 dollars across road, bridge, Children's Home and election funds. He said funds are scarce and taxes must cover prior overdrafts before new spending, stressing no malicious intent but transparency for taxpayers.
Attorney William E. Peters, notable as both lawyer and civil engineer, earned national recognition as a leading authority on public lands and especially Ohio lands. He compiled Ohio Lands, aided by state and national offices, and later prepared a twenty-volume codification of Ohio land laws still used by the state auditor.
London—Councillors imprisoned for refusing to levy taxes on the poor in Poplar district were released from jail today.
Mrs Rebecca Rice Barker aged 51 wife of Dr Fred D Barker of Dayton died in a Zanesville hospital from typhoid fever contracted a week earlier while on a pleasure tour with her husband through Wheeling. Painters have adopted Blue Devil to clean their hands.
Jewelry salesman Sol Kauffman was bound gagged and drugged by two men in a St Louis hotel room. They robbed twelve trays of rings including valuable diamonds, with losses estimated near 50 000 dollars.
Mr. Peters praises his book Ohio Lands for teaching land titles via natural boundaries. A girl locating a farm from descriptions shows the method’s accuracy, while the text argues school boards should study land division to improve taxation and prevent deed confusion from changing township and district names.
The piece urges people to prepare for sickness death unemployment and rainy days by saving money. It promotes safety and liberal interest on savings and time deposits offered by Buckeye State Building and Loan Co at Rankin Building 22 West Gay Street Columbus Ohio.
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