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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1934
Page
3
Hundreds of Eagles from Glouster Athens Jacksonville Nelsonville Marietta and Murray City will attend as state officials participate. A parade at 1 15 p m will be the day’s feature with 150 candidates to be initiated.
An advertisement promotes Gas-Go-Mint Tablets as a relief for stomach distress caused by excess acid. It claims the tablets absorb and neutralize acids, enabling comfortable eating, with mint flavor and easy consumption. Available in 36 tablets for 25 cents or 100 tablets for 60 cents, backed by several local drugstores.
A suspect identified by police as Hammel was held in Philadelphia in connection with the $39,000 theft from an express company armored truck in Chicago. He had been a guard on the truck, and the money disappeared during the incident.
Trimble announces Clean-Up Week from Monday through Friday with free disposal to place trash curbside. Mayor Shipley says the effort will keep the village sanitary at no cost. Also reports Richard Cary fined $100 for drunken driving in Shipley court and J T Alumni Banquet set for May 11 by Jonathan Rainey as local alumni group forms.
The Senior Branch of the NAACP will hold a meeting in Athens on Sunday afternoon at 2 30 with a local talent program. Visitors are welcome.
Greens Run P T A draws largest crowd of the year for a year end program directed by Una Miller featuring Grade One Japanese songs and dramatizations Grade Two Japanese voices Grade Three Dutch and folk dances Grade Four Highland songs Grade Five Hungarian and sailor chants Grade Six Kentucky Virginia songs and Grade Seven German and French pieces. Glee clubs perform two selections as part of the program.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Talbert announce the birth of a seven pound girl born Thursday in Jacksonville. The new arrival adds joy to the family with a healthy entry into the community.
Mrs. Mark Rothery Jr and Mrs. Will Seiler sisters of Hollister underwent operations at Grant Hospital Columbus this week. Rothery had a gallstone operation and was accompanied by Seiler. While there Seiler fell ill and required an operation herself.
Mr and Mrs John Darling of Spring Street announce the birth of a daughter born Thursday. The notice lists the parents and street but provides no hospital or time details.
Mayor Lennil Mc Cune says dogs and chickens terrorize gardens while red lanterns mark repair hazards yet are stolen, with $3 lamps disappearing since January. He requires poultry and pet owners to confine animals to their property and warns of harsh penalties for lantern thefts.
In probate court Jake R Hudnell 21 and Geraldine Stover 19 both of Athens Route 9 filed for a marriage license. In common pleas court Lola Tanner was granted a divorce from Edward Tanner by Judge O F Rowling on the grounds that he is incarcerated in Ohio Penitentiary, Lola Oller restored.
An article extols a measured dose of a liquid laxative for adults and children, noting no habit formation and no kidney irritation. It cites Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe prescription based on senna, warning against mineral-based cathartics and advising readers to ask their druggist for the product.
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