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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1927

Page

6

Pryfe Linked to Benson Case Car Mystery

Markham learns Leander Pryfe owned the car tied to the Benson murder and plans to question him at the Stuyvesant Club. Vance doubts Pryfe’s truthfulness while speculation grows on Pryfe’s whereabouts and possible information about Benson’s night.

Leander Pryfe Elm Boulevard Port Washington Long Island Markham Emery Vance Leander Benson Beryond Pryfe Catskills Heath Swacker Ansonia Stuyvesant Club New York Leacock Miss St. Clair

Elimination talk as detectives probe Benson case

The narrative follows Vance Markham and Captain Leacock as they assess suspects in Alvin Benson's murder. Colonel Ostrander impresses with forceful deductions while Pryfe, Pryfe’s gambling links, and Miss St Clair are weighed against Leacock’s alleged threats. A gray Cadillac leads to a garage clue as detectives press for named connections and motives.

Philo Parce John F. Markham New York County H. Benson Wall Street Ajor Anthony Anthon Nson Anna Platz Alvin Benson Muriel ST Clair Philip Leacock St Cisir Pfyfe Alvin A Ee Paula Banning E Hoffman Fim Bigsby Ostrander Wiltiam . Moriarty George G. Stitt Stitt and McCoy Maurice Dinwiddie Skin Emery Ben Hanlon Carl Hagedorn Doremus Prane Swacker Currie Vance S&s. S Miss Stacerpoes Pryfe Markham Leacock Ostrander Benson Captain Leacock Long Island South Africa Colonel Ostrander District Attorney's Office Mark Miss St. Clair Beau Labreur Swacker Homicide Bureau Heath Seventy-fourth Street Amsterdam Avenue Eighth Street Central Park

Beethoven opera Fidelio broadcast on national network

National Opera Company repeats Beethoven's Fidelio on NBC red network under Cesare Sodero's direction. Cast includes Leonore Quest, Marcellina, Pizarro, and Hans Kramer with a regional list of stations from WEAF to WTAM airing dinner music, orchestral selections, and NBC programs.

New York Carl Rollins Woesarchake Hans Kramer WEAF WJAR WTIC WRC WCIH WCAE WTAM wWwi

Color This Flicker Age Name of Your Teacher

A brief note references a classroom activity titled Color This Flicker. It mentions an unnamed teacher and a school task centered on identifying colors and assigning a name to a local bird or flicker for an age appropriate lesson.

Coloring Guide for a Dove and Flicker

The page describes using strong greens for foliage and grass the tree trunk in deep brown shaded with blue gray and green with light brown and yellow highlights. The Flicker features a light red spot on the back of its head a warm gray body black eye and beak a light yellow breast with dark brown spots and a black tail tip with white streaks.

The Flicker Bird Names and Nesting Details

The flicker, a woodpecker seen across the eastern United States, is known by many names such as yellow hammer golden winged and yellow shafted. Its nest is in a tree or pole hole about two inches wide, with chips scattered nearby when it excavates.

Port Washington inquiry prompts social conduct check

In a dramatic exchange Markham agrees to dispatch a man to Port Washington to investigate the gentlemen's conduct and social habits, steering the inquiry toward the woman question. The decision comes after initial hesitation and a brief moment of resolve.

Port Washington

Grand Jury Seizes Ku Klux Klan Records in Alabama

Crenshaw County Grand Jury seized Klan records amid a probe into twenty floggings. James Esdale of Birmingham, Klan Grand Dragon for Alabama, was questioned. records were taken from Ira Thompson home in Luverne. Attorney General McCall declined to comment.

Laverne Ala Ku Klux Klan Crenshaw County C. C. McCall

Four couples attend Woodside wedding totaling 23 years

In Woodside England four couples marked their union as their marriages add up to 23 years of shared life. The event highlighted a community celebration of long marriages.

Woodside Eng

Flicker Bird Folklore and Habits in Spring Wood Life

A 1927 Daily News piece describes the red shafted flicker woodpecker, its jerky flight and yellow flicker color, body markings, and ground foraging. It notes nest habits, eggs, young growth, and seasonal presence from spring through fall, plus its role in pest control and even ghostly rapping myths.

Doherty Company Sells Ohio Gas Properties and Plant

Henry L. Doherty & company has sold its natural gas properties in Ohio and the Toledo artificial gas plant to Columbia Gas & Electric. Ohio Utilities Commission approval is the final step. The sale, expected to exceed 20 million dollars, is being operated by the Ohio Public Service company, a Doherty subsidiary. The Columbia system previously held an option on the Doherty properties that runs to October 19.

Columbus Henry L. Doherty & Company Columbia Gas & Electric Company Ohio Toledo Ohio Utilities Commission Henry {. Doherty & Company Wall Street Ohio State Journal Ohio Public Service Company Doherty Columbia System Columbus Gas & Fuel Company Ohio Fuel Supply Company Logan Gas Company Doherty Gas Commission

Coroner to Examine Death of Howard D Turner

Coroner Murphy will hold a post mortem today on Howard D Turner 61 found dead with a bullet wound in his temple at a cottage near Grove City The coroner doubts suicide given no powder burns and a rifle across the body Otto Galle a workman found the house lit all day while Turner lived alone recently.

Turner Columbus Murphy Howard D. Turner Grove City Otto Galle Buckeye T'ractors

Olive Tablets: Relief for Constipation and Torpid Liver

Dr. Edwards promotes Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative remedy. The tablets use a plant based laxative with olive oil to stimulate normal bowels and liver without gripping. Pleasant tasting sugar coated tablets are taken at bedtime for quick relief.

No Fee For Him In Ohio Senator Case

State Senator Clarence H. Hallman of Cincinnati cannot lawfully collect a fee of 1230 dollars for obtaining a 6500 dollar appropriation to compensate Clarence M. Waddell of Highland for injuries from inoculation and vaccine as a National Guard member. His contracts are illegal but the fee cannot be repealed without an enabling statute.

Columbus U.P Clarence H. Hallman Cincinnati Clarence M. Waddell Highland

Women Can Now Do More in Society and Work

Fifty years ago women faced limited occupations. Now women enter factories and professional fields, though balance with health remains an issue. Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain of Trenton credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for better health and shares her experience with factory workers and inquiries.

Elizabeth Chamberlain Union All Factory Making Overalls Lydia E. Pinkham Chamberlain Monmouth St Trenton N. J

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