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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
3
A brief notice invites Mrs. Iper to contact Evans via telephone about circulation matters. The message cites a phone line 413 W and directs inquiries to that number for ongoing distribution issues.
Nelsonville news reports four babies born recently. Spencer Stanley Steenrod arrived September 11 at West Washington Street home with Spencer Steenrod and Gl Steenrod as grandparents. Elenore Joan Hatch born September 10 to Floyd Hatch and spouse. Mary Margaret Lowery born September 7 to Morris Lowery and spouse. Mary Margaret’s birth announced by Leroy Bagley and spouse for the September 4 arrival.
Don C Cable returns to Huntington Beach after a multi day visit with relatives here. Many locals from Columbus and surrounding areas visited the homecoming and fair events including Mrs M J Pahl Virginia Columbus, Mrs O G McCain Maria Stein and Mrs J H Nissley Columbus.
Athens County taxpayers paid about 50 cents per ballot in the August primaries for 9,962 voters. Total cost was $4,973.24 with salaries to judges and clerks at $3,759 and expenses across supplies $429.25 and other costs. Rent, printing, and miscellaneous items added further charges.
John F. Wagner, 28, of Dundridge, Ohio, was impatient with a slow freight train and drove his auto onto the tracks of the New York Central into the path of a Twentieth Century passenger train near Toledo. He died instantly in the wreckage.
Andrew J. Wolfe died in a Columbus hospital after an operation. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist Church under the auspices of the O U A M with the church pastor assisting. Out of town attendees included Mrs. Dora Hickman of Cleveland and relatives from Columbus Lancaster Thurston Athens Logan.
Willard Lairson 12 son of Mr and Mrs Al Lairson of Jackson Mich formerly of Nelsonville sustained a left leg fracture and other injuries when a baseball back stop collapsed at the Jackson Fair. He was admitted to Foote Hospital in Jackson for treatment.
Mrs Cora Lowery Pierce 61 wife of J W Pierce died Thursday night at their East Canal Street home after a long illness. Survived by husband, father Harvey Howard, four sons, three daughters, four sisters, two brothers. Funeral at Pilgrim Holiness Church Sunday at 2 PM with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Miss Ellis Morgan Brandon, longtime newspaper serial model for Rash Romance, will wed William J. Lohman on October 19 in Poplar Bluff Missouri where her parents reside. Brandon has posed for noted artists Harrison Fisher and McClelland Barclay.
Funeral services for Zora Helle North two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs James North Millfield will be held at the home at 16 o'clock Saturday morning with burial at Glouster
U P Alex Groesbeck who lost the Republican nomination for governor by about 5000 votes to Wilber M. Brucker said he would petition for a recount. He has ten days to file with the secretary of state and post a bond for a full canvas of Michigan with a Lansing ballot.
Police raided Cleveland's alleged vice resorts in a early morning operation netting 35 arrests, 17 of them described as gangster suspects. A sweep targeted one of the city's most exclusive beer districts as part of a broader crackdown.
A raid by a raiding squad known as the American Business Men's Association Club arrested 16 patrons including prominent businessmen and held them at headquarters for hours. The club was closed after furniture was wrecked and two waiters were detained to face liquor violations. This marked the second raid in a week.
A sharpened dagger was found near the scene of a nude man’s body discovered in brush near Akron. A boy picked up the weapon and wiped it clean leaving bloodstain unclear. Deputies also recovered clothing fragments and a gray cloth while theories about gang feuds and bootlegging haunt investigators.
Modoc man George Van Bibber was fined 100 dollars and costs by Magistrate C. H. Porter after being charged with possessing intoxicating liquor. He was arrested early this week by Constable Joe Jonas.
The extra 50 million dollars for Federal-aid highway improvements cut unemployment nationwide. The Bureau of Public Roads notes 20,200 workers on such projects in April, 4,000 more than April 1922, with May figures rising to 81,400 workers.
The report shows May 1929 employment at £6600 with a 4860 increase and June figures at 888,060 versus 34,500 in June 1919, a 1,300 difference. It notes these figures cover contractors’ road construction workers only and exclude prep and transport labor for materials.
Chicago reports Nicholas Muscate known as The Little Man, head of the 42S gang, charged with murdering two followers after a dying victim Nicastro identified him. The case cites Nicastro’s dying statement and a prior betrayal within the gang.
A terse notice from the bureau outlines mandatory requirements tied to the augmented program. The document emphasizes compliance steps and timelines within a formal government framework.
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