This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 31 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1926
Page
8
Athens county residents need not file agricultural statistics with tax listings this year according to county auditor Fred Cornwell. The state department scrapped the long statistics requirement. listings are underway with a May 1 deadline and work aiming to finish early to avoid a last day rush.
Two performances of the Mikado operetta by the Athens senior high music department will be held today. A matinee for school children will be presented in full with notable violinist Ronald Roba nette aiding the orchestra. Hi Y and Girl Reserve ticket contest results show the girls selling 190 tickets for $95 while the boys sold 165 for $82.50.
Six battleships New York Texas Utah Wyoming Florida and Kansas will be modernized to resist bombs torpedoes and aerial attacks. The work costing 18 million dollars will be carried out at navy yards in Philadelphia Boston and Norfolk with external shells deck armor strengthened machinery protection and a third bottom to render ships nearly unsinkable.
April 15 report states the dirigible Norge of the Amundsen Ellsworth expedition passed over central Sweden at 6 am bound for Helsingfors. Col Umberto Nobile departed Oslo for Leningrad at 1 05 am with clear weather aiding the journey.
Eighty American teachers and children shelter in a basement of a tongthouse in Tung Chow as two Chinese armies clash nearby. American Marines stand ready to evacuate by motor truck if the danger escalates in Peking.
Shelby reports Harry Porters, 82, of 35 Tarbot Avenue Detroit, was removed from a Big Four passenger engine with serious burns after his clothing was ignited by a cigarette or spark. He was hitchhiking from Cleveland toward Galion and taken to a local hospital. The article also notes a social stereotype claim about women’s sense.
Alpha Kappa chapter of Phi Mu Alpha held its second annual founders day banquet at the Colonial hotel. New officers named: William Conrad Jr president Aubrey Stoutenberg vice president Ralph Dening secretary Willis Edmunds treasurer. Professors Mackinnon and Robinson spoke on campus achievements and future plans. Pledges Olin Manning and Dunkle King joined. retiring seniors cited their service. Banquet served twenty five people.
General Smedley D. Butler recalled to testify before the court martial board trying Colonel Alexander M. Williams on drunkenness charges. He arrived to provide a rebuttal witness and promised to reveal more about his investigation of the colonel's tail party.
In Moscow officials report Soviet studios earn about 150000 roubles per month against expenses over 300000. Government subsidies keep studios afloat but losses grow. Directors seek more nonpropaganda films as public demand shifts away from political pictures amid a swing toward normalcy.
Columbus April 15. The Y M C A bachelors club votes to expel any member attending matrimonial classes. A check shows marriage has reduced the club’s strength by 10 percent in the past year as two members have given in to Cupid.
Roumanian police report several arrests in a plot to assassinate Queen Marie and Prince Nicholas. A package of explosives found under a train rail aimed at the queen's convoy to Italy was addressed to the Turkish minister of war and shipped from a powder factory at Temeshvar Hungary.
Higgins Russell and Howell, an Athens partnership, sued Edward McNabb for autos and supplies in Common Pleas before Judge Worstell. They allege McNabb knowingly misrepresented his age as 22 to obtain vehicles and parts, seeking 169.26 dollars plus 50 dollars for the alleged misrepresentation.
Judge L G Worstell ordered a public sale of the late Herbert Dusker tees property in Alexander township following a suit by Lola Goodin and Lottie Buck who claim one twentieth each. Commissioners valued the property at $1000.
The Probate court granted the first marriage license to colored persons this year. Dewey Morton, 26, miner of Glouster, son of Nathaniel and his wife, and Alphas Lucas, 17, housekeeper of Glouster, daughter of Fremont and his wife, were married yesterday by Rev. E. B. Smith.
The Nelsonville YMCA filed in Common Pleas Court to borrow seven thousand dollars secured by its own real estate. The move aims to encumber the property to finance past improvements.
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy Weaver Moorhead will be held Friday at 1 PM from the late residence 73 Franklin Avenue conducted by Rev Daniel McGurk of the First Methodist Church where she was a member. The Woman's Benefit Association of the Macabees will provide their service. Burial will be in Logan Cemetery.
Chicago dispatch reports Colonel Frank L. Smith leading U S Senator William B. McKinley by more than 110 990 votes with about 500 of 6053 precincts reported. Democrat George F Brennan leads his rivals roughly three to one on incomplete returns for the November race.
In Columbus on April 15 Dr Roy Bowman formerly married to Ferne Rogers is identified by Mrs Robert Lesser of Newark New Jersey as the husband she wed in New York in July 1914. Lesser accuses Bowman of desertion and failing to obtain a divorce before marrying Rogers. A grand jury will consider bigamy charges today.
After Adlerika use J C Tuttle reports relief from abdominal heaviness and a good night’s rest. Adlerika claims to remove gas in ten minutes and flush out waste matter, aiding constipation and stomach trouble. Gibson's Pharmacy.
Superintendent H. R. McVay reports strong interest in the county eighth grade examinations to be held at multiple centers around the county. Tests cover Arithmetic and Geography in the morning and English and U S History in the afternoon, each one hour long.
In Norwalk on April 15 two sides pared jurors for the trial of James Lyon a two gun outlaw charged with killing Special Agent Frank McGrath. Lyon is kept under guard by two American Legion members in the county jail bullpen during voir dire.
The fifty first annual session of the Athens Presbyterian concluded with Rev A V V Skinner defining Christianity as heart and life aligned with God and man. He urged Christianity as a force for better lives and shared salvation and judgment. Delegates from southern Ohio heard discussions on opposition to Christian teachings. Licensure and ordination exams were held for William A Martin and Rev Howard E Warner, with Warner to be ordained April 21 at Hebbardsville. One hundred fifty delegates attended the meeting.
The Bath area hosts public baths whose origins date back to Roman times with early facilities established around 54 A D. The Roman influence marks the site as a long standing public wellness tradition in Bath.
Mrs C L Jones of New Marshfield visited Athens yesterday staying with daughter Miss Maurine Jones. Mrs James Sharpe and Miss Mary Sharpe of New Marshfield came on business. Sam Baughman and Miss Clarice Baughman from West State Street were in New Marshfield this week. Fern Baughman visited her parents Cash and Mrs Baughman. Dr A C V Skinner of Middport returned home after attending the Athens Presbytery. Mrs Besse Mutchmore of Logan visited her son William Mutchmore to attend the Athens Presbyterial. Miss Sarah E Cochrane of Cosby Tennessee spoke at the Presbyterial and left yesterday.
The county nurses Miss Amy Cunningham Miss Bess Harper and Miss Alice Haviland are at tending the State Association of Graduate Nurses being held in Cincinnati from April 14 to 16.
Mrs. F M Hutchinson travels to Columbus for the funeral Friday of Mrs Clarence W Smith formerly Miss Cora Woodmansee who once led the D Zen ner company millinery department. She died Tuesday of influenza. Mr Smith is a nephew of the late Henry O Bl ness father of Mrs Hutchinson. He was a former Athens resident and an engineer for the Brick company. Mr and Mrs J Halliday Cline left last night for Woodward Oklahoma after receiving a telegram.
The article recalls the serious illness of Mrs. Fe Marion Cline, noting her long stay in Athens at the State hospital and her former home there. It mentions Mr. Cline as steward of that insulagp and praises Mrs. Cline’s hospitality and artistic talents. Dr. M G Blunden of Cincinnati is visiting Athens relatives. Mrs Blunden has been in California for health reasons and will return home in May.
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church will meet Sunday at 2 PM in the church parlors. Mrs. BE. W. Chubb Mrs. L. G. Worstell and Miss Mina Fry will present the program. Special music will be featured.
Nine miners died and seventy were seriously injured in a coal mine explosion at Ringenmen, Korea, according to advices received today. The incident adds to mining dangers reported from the region.
Mrs. G. W. Bushong of Bloomington Illinois reports relief from bladder weakness after taking Lithiated Buchu tablets. She describes nightly disturbances diminishing within a week and notes the medicine is not a patent remedy with the formula on the bottle. The tablets cost 2 cents each and are sold at Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio and locally at McKee's Drug Store.
A meeting at the Presbyterian church in Amesville is planned for Sunday April 18 at 2 30 PM to organize a local Sunday schools association for Ames and Berns townships. Rev Harley W Fletcher Albany acting president Rev W H Reitz secretary and Dr S K Mardis superintendent will assist. The Copeland class first M E Sunday school Athens chorus will sing. Everyone is invited.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.