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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
3
Harve Henry and Perley Perkins who pleaded guilty in Mayor's court to liquor violations were ordered to appear Tuesday evening for sentencing. They are two days past due and have reportedly disappeared according to late reports from Nelsonville.
Local friends of Mrs John Briggs a former resident learn she has recovered sufficiently from a recent operation at Bellevue Ohio hospital to be moved to her home in Willard Ohio Her condition is satisfactory and she will be glad to hear from friends
Ernest Chapman was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor L. J. Eberle after pleading guilty to reckless driving in Nelsonville on August 5.
Have new son Lonnie and Mae Eaton announce the birth of a son named Wilford Scott born Wednesday August 3 in Nelsonville.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bartels and daughter Jeanette of Nelsonville join Mr. and Mrs. Ralph White of Athens for a ten day camping excursion in the mountains near Kingwood West Virginia, departing yesterday.
Outing in Michigan describes Mrs. Harold Mechem and two children of this city leaving Wednesday afternoon for northern Michigan for a two weeks excursion. Also traveling are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hawk and their son James of Glouster.
The Junior Home Guards of the M. E. church will meet Friday at 2 p.m. at 130 Jefferson street with Clara Margaret Galvin. A good attendance is requested.
Funeral services for Mrs George Dille will be held at the family residence 748 Poplar Street Friday afternoon at 2 o clock conducted by the Rev E L Morrell of the M E church Burial will be made at Greenlawn
The Standard Plumbing company of Nelsonville is installing pumps running water and sanitary equipment at The Plains school building. The project proceeds in the Aug 5 report from Nelsonville.
Arthur Caldwell of Happy Hollow was badly hurt at the shale pit in Ruchtel when he fell from a car and landed on rocks. He suffered back and chest bruises and two ribs were broken, with Dr. Cable attending. Also, Nelsonville reports Sugar Bowl of Twilight league wins first game of season after a string of losses.
Barber, Barron and Evans formed the battery for the victors while Dilcher Adams and Hawk officiated for Central in a 6-5 victory. The pitchers and catchers managed the lead late as the scoring stayed close throughout the game.
Members of the W. B. A. are asked to meet at Fourth and Chestnut streets Friday at 1 15 P M to attend the funeral of Mrs. George Dille, a group member, in Nelsonville on August 5.
Nelsonville August 5 Mr and Mrs Walter Whitlatch entertained at dinner Wednesday evening honoring their daughter Papline on her sixteenth birthday. Guests included Miss Marian Mills of Chattanooga Tenn Misses Betty Wolfe Helen Sharp and Lenore Owens.
Mrs John Ruscoe and her son Boyd travel with Mrs Leonard Cooley to Columbus to meet Miss Mamie Ruscoe of Phoenix Arizona. They take her to Nelsonville for a month long vacation. Willis Hickman returns home after six weeks in Hudson Bay with a college friend. Louise Wallar of Bridgeport visits grandmother. Mrs Irvin Pritchard returns from Chillicothe visit. Mrs James Hoye and sons Noah and Ralph of Columbus visit sister Mrs Isaac Hellyer Tuesday.
Henry Ford and Mrs Harriett R Foote visited Marblehead Massachusetts where she grows roses. Ford promptly employed Foote to lay out a great rose garden at Dearborn Michigan.
Laredo area and other Rio Grande localities in southern Texas show new potential as Dr Dolson of the U S Department of Agriculture identifies isolated date palms. The sub tropical date expert notes prospects for expanding date cultivation in the region.
Love letters from the rector's lover, found with the bodies of Dr. Hall and his wife, are now central to reexamining the Hall Mills murder. Prosecution views the letters as evidence of a motive and avenging hand, not blackmail, suggesting calculated revenge and staged scenes at the crime site in New Brunswick.
The passage argues that the love letters scattered around the bodies were a final touch by the killers. It states the murderers planned the killing from the start and took obvious pleasure in their night's work.
In Youngstown Ohio on August 5 a boy found a lone albino robin with pink eyes in P. N. Bathory's yard. The tree had housed a robin family for several years, but this year's offspring is the white bird, the only albino among the nesting pair.
In Cushman Arkansas a manganese mine near town employs one woman miner, Mrs A Shinn. Her weekly output is modest but buyers note it as the cleanest and highest grade ore from the field. She works alone on her husband’s farm owned mine.
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a powerful penetrating treatment for foot pain and bunions with a money back guarantee if it fails to end pain and remove the coin issue. It claims to aid swollen or varicose veins and urges readers to buy from druggists.
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