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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
10
Five hundred attended the first Farmers and Merchants picnic at the Hocking County Fairgrounds. Speakers included Mrs. Lottie Randolph and Elmer F Kruse with a focus on rural urban cooperation. Hocking County Granges backed the event with local merchants and citizens joining for speeches games and music.
An advertisement promotes Big Chief Indian Herb Tonic as a general system tonic made from roots and herbs. It claims to stimulate the appetite aid digestion and relieve occasional constipation for every family member.
Ad lists 3 bottles priced at $1.59 and adds ten cents per extra bottle to cover packing and mailing costs.
Advertisement copy for Tonto Snake Oil Liniment promoting use with Big Chief Tonic. Claims to treat neuralgia pains stiff neck from exposure muscular cramps stiffness soreness from exertion exposure fatigue mosquito bites frost bite back chest throat minor sprains and strains of muscles and tendons.
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens Ohio advertises 2 bottles for 79 cents with sale details limited to the store name and pricing offer.
Logan reports that new American Legion team tryouts begin at 5 30 this evening at the fairground diamond. James Dawley Harold Horn Carbton Hill and Bill Clary from Ward Township plan to attend along with Logan figures Tom Weil and others. Batting practice and fielding drills are on the program.
In a community baseball day the Farmers and Merchants team edged 24 to 20 after extra innings. Salt Creek and Perry Township boys led by Paul Hartsough lost 17 to 11 to Rockbridge and Enterprise led by Paul Blosser. Women and girls played afternoon games. Walter Kinney directed a 50 member high school band for its first public appearance under new leader replacing James R. Horwell, now in military service. The coordinating committee praised cooperation and suggested making the picnic an annual event.
Settlement reached in Mike Pantone v. Hocking County Agricultural Society. Pantone, a jockey, was knocked from his horse by a wire across the track during fair activities injuring him. Suit for $10,000 filed. settlement reportedly $100 plus hospital and medical expenses, case to be dismissed from Common Pleas Court docket.
Harrison Henry Hull of Columbus was arrested Wednesday on Zanesville Avenue by patrolmen Litherland and Zanner for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Dallas Kinser on Thursday and was fined $100 plus costs and had his driving rights suspended.
A Farmers and Merchants picnic held at the fairground Thursday prompts merchants to entertain farmers at a one day event next month. Arthur Gasser heads the merchants committee drafting plans for a program.
Logan Clayton Hoskins and Jack Lee traveled to Cincinnati on Wednesday to witness a game at Redland Field and stayed overnight. Charles Hengst in Cantwell Cliffs monitors a hornets nest near his cottage as the hornets settle near the drive to his garage and grow quickly.
Mr Ervin Farnsworth a Marietta resident and United Brethren Church member says neuritis, constipation and nerve strain improved after using TON JON. He details years of dizziness sleepless nights and kidney discomfort before reporting quick relief and better rest. Sold by TON JON Health On the Way to the Post Office 9 W Union St Athens Ohio.
Fragments show a promotional pitch for TON JON health product at Quick's in Athens. The speaker claims improved well being after long illness and invites readers to seek information from a representative. The text evidences a local sales pitch with personal endorsement.
Logan notices report Evelyn Steward and Larry Stoll wed on December 14 1940 in Chillicothe with Rev W S Rosenberg conducting at the Methodist Parsonage. Evelyn a Mercy Hospital Columbus nurse graduate. Larry works at Seagrave Mfg Co Columbus. Also announced: area residents planning trips to Michigan Detroit and other cities, and a church wedding for Marianne Willhoff and Charles Kessler at Holy Trinity Church Coldwater.
Logan Ohio official tabulation of the city primary vote was completed by the Hocking County Election Board. Republicans total 353 votes and Democrats 751 for a grand total of 1104. Write ins include John D Tipton for council.
A marriage license was issued Thursday to Richard L. Griffith, 20, a truck driver from Columbus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffith, and Frances Jeanette Gibson, 21, at home on Laurelville Route 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Gibson. Magistrate Frank St. Clair officiated.
Mrs Buell Eby traveled from Logan to Columbus to be with her brother Bruce Ford who is undergoing an operation at Franklin County Sanatorium. Mrs Eby was accompanied by Mrs Clarence Ford.
Ralph Wycoff was served with a summons for contempt in Common Pleas Court and must appear before Judge Phil Henderson. The action stems from a divorce filed by George Wycoff. the complaint was filed by her counsel on Thursday.
James H. Barker, secretary of the Hocking County Agricultural Society, visited Hillards Wednesday with Mrs. Barker and daughter Nettie to observe fair operations and gather ideas from other fairs.
Arthur Walters returns to Camp Bowie Texas after furlough with Mrs Walters and relatives while serving in the Signal Corps.
Delta Theta Tau Sorority gathered at the Pettit cottage Buckeye Lake Wednesday evening hosted by Mrs Henry Adcock Mrs John R Roberts and Miss Marjorie Brandt camping there for a week After a picnic supper the group toured the park Those present included Helen Fickel Sarah Turner Marguerite King Mary Sloan Virginia Jo Roberts Madge and Faith Wright Margaret Spannow Josephine Rush Mildred Blum Joan Wright Betty Smoot Marguerite Rohrer Mildred Struble Mary Griffith and Jean Weltner
Logan reports Byron Eby will coach Gibsonville this fall with a veteran squad led by Mark Wylie in his final season. The team, runner up in the county league, returns almost intact except for Taylor, and aims to field a strong lineup early. Eby, a multi sport star at high school, Ohio State, and pro baseball, joins to aid junior league pitching next season.
Mr and Mrs S L Nihiser of Sugar Grove announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Mary Olive to Harold David Later son of Mrs Nellie Later of Rockbridge The ceremony will be held at Sugar Grove Methodist Church on Sunday officiated by Rev Ellsworth Allen
Robert Burden retired barber is reported in critical condition at Cherrington Hospital after a stroke of paralysis last afternoon. His condition has grown worse steadily since admission.
The city primary cost totaled 708.25 dollars according to election board statistics. A total of 1104 ballots were cast, yielding an approximate cost per ballot of 0.65 dollars.
Florence Logan of Gallipolis sister to Earl Landis received serious injuries in a Sunday automobile wreck near Louisa Kentucky. She suffered a shattered right shoulder a mangled left hand and a crushed right foot.
In Logan city and surrounding district July births totaled 39 with 17 deaths. City births were 18 including 19 girls and 20 boys overall. rural areas added 21 births and 10 deaths. Notable family names appear for both boys and girls across city and countryside.
The Women's Society for Christian Service plans an ice cream social at M. E. Church lawn tonight at 5. Reports include births, visits, and family events from Jacksonville with relatives in Wellston Ironton Akron Belpre Columbus Buckeye Lake and Trimble.
George Schwenke an express agent is ill at his West Main Street home due to a kidney stone attack.
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