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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
3
Nelsonville notes a rally will be observed at the Methodist Sunday school next Sunday morning at 9 30 o clock. A large attendance is desired and invitations are extended to those who do not attend other Bible schools as well as old and new members.
At her East Franklin street home Miss Eula Scheeler entertained Wednesday evening with bridge. Guests included Misses Josephine Porter Velma Backus Oris Smith Elizabeth Smith Virginia and Betty Wolfe. A luncheon followed the play.
State inspector H A Sines with Chief Jack Pearson and Patrolman George Bateman searched two Nelsonville homes with warrants last night. Sixteen gallons were seized at Luther Burch on High Street with seven cases of empty bottles. Eight gallons and bottles were seized at Worley Giffen on Poplar Street. Both men were not home and face arraignment on possession charges.
The senior class of Buchtel high school hosted a birthday party for classmate Elizabeth Schenz at her home on Monday September 12. Attendees included Lucille Glover Marie Schmey Mary Newman Forest Locke Helen Shephard Bernard Colbert Theodore Carlin Paul McConnell Henry Miller Walter Glover Cecil Phillips Ben Sweazy Raymond Brown Margaret Locke Nelma Kirkendall Lucille Graham Jessie Willis Marcia Tolliver John Brown Thomas Hixenbaugh Chester Whitmore Malachy Byron Harvey Sayre John Ludden Gerald Kimble George Gears Margaret Schenz Mark Shelton Alfred Hoover Lew Jones Clyde Tolliver Ira Richardson Laurence Burgess and Mr and Mrs George Schenz and sons George Bill Joe and Bob.
The Esther class of the Christian church will meet this evening at 7 o clock. Mrs P B Verity of 447 Scott street will host and lead the gathering. A pot luck dinner will follow an important business meeting.
Mr and Mrs R A Snackenberg on West Franklin street entertained Thursday evening with two tables of bridge in honor of the hostess birthday anniversary. A luncheon followed late in the evening.
Mr and Mrs Will Townsend formerly of Nelsonville held a basket dinner at their Plain City home Sunday. Guests included Joe Plumo and Mrs Ann Plumbo of Cleveland, Miss Doris Kellner of Jacksonville and many Columbus Plain City residents and relatives.
Mrs. Margaret Wolfe Howell 62 died at 1 15 yesterday afternoon at 166 North Lancaster street after a long illness from complications. Funeral at Central Avenue M E church Saturday at 1 p m with Rev I P Day officiating. Burial in West Union street cemetery. She was born November 7 1865 and married J Nathan Howell in 1889. Survived by husband four sisters and three brothers. One son Bertrand Clement Howell died in France 1918.
Charles Ball elected to take the premises at their appraised value in the case of Charles F Ball against Marion F Ball et al. After Ball pays his share of costs and attorney fees, the real estate is adjudged to him. An allowance of 154.50 for James H Prichard as expenditures of the Freeport Fuel Mining company was made by the Athens County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday.
A marriage license was issued in Probate court to Charles J. Hopstetter and Mary Alice Pedigo. Both are 23. Hopstetter from Buchtel and Pedigo from Nelsonville. Rev. C. M. Coulter to officiate.
George Dailey fled car damage when Grover Montague 52 a sewing machine salesman from Chauncey struck Dailey’s vehicle parked before Mrs. Dave Thompson’s home on Lancaster Street. Montague jailed awaiting arraignment for operating a car while intoxicated by mayoral order.
Ohio coal mines have been idle since April 1 1927 as the United Mine Workers refuse to negotiate a wage scale beyond the Jacksonville agreement. Operators state the Jacksonville pact expired April 1 1927 and efforts with the Mine Workers to establish a new rate have failed, prompting talks for a jointOhio meeting to craft a new wage scale.
The Mine Workers of Ohio refused to accept any wage basis other than the Jacksonville scale as operators proposed a return to work at a higher rate in 1927. Despite offers to meet in Logan, Ohio, and calls from Glouster, attempts to negotiate fell through and the union pressed to maintain the 1917 scale amid broader industry pressure.
In a district statement, Hocking District miners are accused of striking by choice for unattainable wages. Operators defend pay levels, warn of mine closures and resource losses as coal moves to Kentucky and West Virginia. The coalition argues the miners’ nationalization plan harms Ohio workers and mines.
In Indianapolis, Mayor John L. Duvall seeks to bar Klan activity from his corruption case over a 1925 campaign expenditure omission. Defense fights introduction of Harvey Bedford testimony about alleged bartering of municipal offices. Judge Cassius C. Shirley to rule soon.
Senator Willis sent the Harding Memorial association an X ray photograph of President Harding taken in Fairbanks Alaska by Dr F De La Vergne shortly before his death The image was forwarded to Marion for memorial purposes and reflects the late president.
King Alfonso has ordered that the court's playing cards be purchased at a sixpenny London store in Madrid.
Miss Evelyn Wilgus of Russell Point named Miss Ohio in a Cedar Point bathing beauty contest. She and her mother travel to New York City where she will seek an ingenue role in the Earl Carroll Vanities.
Bellefontaine reports the new state fish hatchery at Indian Lake is finished and bank tests show watertight and satisfactory results. No fish will be placed in the hatchery until next spring.
Henry Ferguson aged 68, missing from his home for a week, was discovered body in a pond on Allied Coal company land along Adamsville road by his son. Police believe suicide.
A gathering of highway boosters from across Ohio will meet in Urbana on September 27 to establish a permanent Simon Kenton Trail association. The group aims to divert traffic between Toledo and Cincinnati to multiple cities along the route.
Mrs. John Connell aged 62 was found dead on her porch swing by the iceman in Hamilton late yesterday. Coroner Edward Cook said death was caused by apoplexy.
Hamilton police hold Doris Rice King 21 in jail on a Wapakona suspect report alleging she aided in a bank robbery.
Mrs. Jessie Elikan of Bellaire sues Belmont county court for 40 000 alleging her husband was alienated from affection by his daughter and son-in-law.
The Royal Windsor Stinson-Detroiter joins the field for the $10,000 air derby from Roosevelt Field New York to Spokane. Pilot C A Schiller joins Phil Wood as Windsor, Canada Chamber of Commerce entries. The craft arrives from Windsor and will compete in the non stop class. Class A starts Tuesday at 5 30 a m Class B begins Monday at 5 30 a m.
The hottest day of the year hit 98 degrees at Lash's Drug Store with 96 on the prior day and similar records in Amesville. A cool breeze offered slight relief but storms may follow, as Chicago rains begin to break the heat wave and Ohio forecast shows little relief today.
Cleveland judge Carl Weygandt steps down to personally interview Mrs. Sam Smith amid doubts about a hospital baby’s maternity. A four‑member panel of blood specialists may test paternity, with other physicians to assess physical similarities between the Smiths and the disputed infant.
A segment from Ohio describes the weather as fair and continued warm tonight and Saturday. The brief mentions a warm pattern with pleasant conditions carrying into the weekend.
William R Brock and Edward F Schiee of the Pride of Detroit arrived in Yokohama from here after abandoning a Pacific flight plan. They will travel by boat to San Francisco and then complete the trip to Detroit without a stop.
Medical authorities link nine tenths of indigestion to excess stomach acid. Artificial digestents may harm. Bisurated Magnesia, taken with water after meals, soothes the stomach, stops excess acid, and reduces sourness, gas, and pain without harming.
In Schuylkill Haven Harry Dress 41 shot and killed his sister Mrs Gussie Artz 47 as she ironed in the kitchen after a dispute over bathing. Dress is believed insane.
Reunion of the McHarg family will be held Sunday September 25 at the Athens county fair grounds. All relatives are invited. A basket dinner will be served at 11:30 o'clock.
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