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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1926
Page
10
Logan August 17 16 year old Richard Helber son of Samuel Helber Marion township was bitten on the foot by a copperhead while walking home from church after rain. His leg swelled and his condition was listed as serious Monday by Dr. Zemer but expected to recover.
Logan Aug 17 H W Larimer superintendent of the Hocking Valley brick plant is injured with several fractured ribs after a fall at the plant Friday He was working around the plant when he toppled and struck his side in the accident
Arrangements are under way to extend the Maysville road improvement started weeks ago by contractor A Lunsford. The $8200 project follows a prior $12,000 appropriation, with a second phase planned toward the United Brethren church property. County forces under Orla Wolfe will perform the work.
Herbert Moore of Athens was arrested for speeding on the Logan Nelsonville pike. He appeared before Magistrate M Yer and pleaded guilty, receiving a $10 fine plus costs.
Logan August 17 state officers Lines and Jonas and Constable C E Poling and deputies arrested Louis Wagner after finding a gallon of moonshine whisky hidden in a bin of wheat. Wagner pleaded guilty before Magister Miller in Logan and was fined two hundred dollars plus costs with arrangements to pay.
John Burt of Lost Run in Logan County was brought to Logan for an inquest and judged fit for treatment at Athens State Hospital after medical testimony by Drs C O Allen and M H Cherrington. Burt, injured weeks earlier when a mowing machine overturned, had leg injuries and escaped from a Columbus hospital before being returned home. He is the father of twenty three children and had farmed on Sunday Creek Coal company land at Lost Run.
Aug. 17 Harry Cowan and associates organized an oil and gas company in Logan preparing to drill on the William Bowlby farm in Fas Gore township. The derrick was hauled and construction started Monday on the Linton farm adjoining the Williams and Starr leases, known for productive wells.
A historical note states that years ago a well was drilled on this lease and produced considerable gas. The fragment implies a notable past gas output but provides limited specifics on when or how much.
Harley Amerine, an oilfield worker for Miller and Moore, is recovering at home in Logan county after a gascock blew off at a drilling well near Zanesville last week, tearing a deep hole in his right leg. He faces several weeks of confinement.
James Logan Smith six year old son of Mr and Mrs Jud Smith of Nelsonville underwent a tonsil rear abscess operation by Dr Zemer Monday morning. The boy is recovering well.
Aug 17 funeral for Lewis Dresher held in Hebbardsville with services attended by Mr and Mrs Albert Kitchen and family and Mrs Rufus Westbrook and daughter Betty at Haydenville on Monday. Dresher died Friday at his Hebbardsville home.
Logan August 17 the Franklin Kerr guild gathered at the Presbyterian church for a six o clock dinner served by Mrs Paul Spears Mrs James Dougherty Miss Esther Hysell Miss Catherine Fort and Miss Mildred Oeffler Mrs Lewis Mack led the devotionals after the meal and committee reports and routine business occupied the rest of the evening
Two 18 year old men Charles Foster of Dorothy West Virginia and Bryant Testerman of Major Virginia pleaded guilty to riding a New York Central freight train. They were fined five dollars plus costs totaling twenty six dollars after magistrate Pearl W Helwig heard their case. Police say riding freights is dangerous and can lead to crime. Foster asked for money to pay the fine and costs.
Annual homecoming of the Guysville M E circuit scheduled for Sunday August 22. Union Sunday school led by C E Kincade at 9 39 AM. Welcome address by Rev E H Darragh. Basket dinner and brief programs from each church planned for the afternoon.
Athens County auditor Fred Cornwell announced progress on the county appraisement with field workers active except in Carthage township and Glouster. About 24,000 real estate cards exist, each itemized and awaiting checking, a task consuming substantial time and effort. It remains unclear if values will rise or fall from the last tax duplicate.
WJZ New York 454 Way Schenectady 8:25 p m E D T features New York Philharmonic Orchestra. WCCO Minneapolis St Paul 9 p m C B S T Russian Art troupe. WEAF hook-up 10 p m E D T light opera The Grand Duchess. KOA Denver 322 8 15 p m Mountain standard 10 30 Division program. WOC Davenport 484 9 30 p m c B S T organ recital.
Columbus reports H H Griswold assistant attorney general said Starke County prosecutor C B McClintock would withdraw his request to appoint J A White as special assistant prosecutor in the Mellett case.
Bert Trace of near Trimble pleaded guilty to intoxication charges and was fined five dollars plus costs by Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig yesterday. He paid part of the fine and costs and was released on a promise to pay the rest. Trace was arrested Sunday night by Joe Jonas and H A Seiber.
Samuel L. Lewis Z. McCollister and Margaret England owners of about 233 acres ask a court to stop the New York Coal Company from pumping water into a ravine. They claim the action makes water for stock unfit and seek 300 to cover damages plus an injunction against continued practice.
Plans are completed for a memorial in Milan honoring Thomas A. Edison the inventor. The event marks a tribute to his contributions with details announced for attendees and participants.
A patent offer claims a fast bed bug and roach killer named P.D.Q. Candono Gamage promises a quick, safe solution. The ad touts a double-strength liquid form ready for use and a money back guarantee if bugs persist tomorrow.
Pittsburgh August 17 National League president John A Heydler arrived and began a probe into the friction between Pirates management and players Max Carey Babe Adams and Carson Bigbee. He barred reporters from the meeting but said any charges beyond player management friction would be heard openly.
Government employees Andres Araujo and Senorita Dolores Lemus were arrested in Mexico City on charges of plotting to murder President Calles. Secret service agents detained them amid alleged Catholic group involvement and plans tied to the religious controversy. This is the first photograph of the pair to reach the country.
Reports from Washington indicate German visitors in Paris and the Riviera spent more ostentatiously than Americans last summer and winter. President Coolidge suggests Americans travel more prudently as debates over debt and anti American outbursts gain attention.
In a fierce August storm off Cape Gris Nez France Miss Lillian Cannon of Baltimore abandons a two and a half hour attempt to swim the English Channel. She started at 12 55 a m and quit at 3 25 a m despite determination to try again.
Lima hosts the annual state conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opening for a six day session. The conference faculty met this morning and will continue in session throughout the day with official opening tonight and brief formal services.
The note provides a quiz answer list including Charles Dana Gibson Samuel Taylor Coleridge and others. It names figures such as Wagner Berlin Loos Stallings Fairbanks and mentions a radio tenor soloist and a moving picture director.
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick remedy for sour stomach gas and indigestion. It claims the product neutralizes stomach acid more effectively than bicarbonate soda and is gentler to take. Available in twenty-five and fifty cent bottles and sold at drugstores.
At Athens a batch of children recently underwent operations to remove adenoids and tonsils at the Ter ing Arms hospital.
Dana Tracy of Gallipolis visited here with his parents. Many local residents and visitors from Columbus Cincinnati and Chicago spent weekends or short visits with relatives and friends. Delgaar, Dr. Igel ill. several trips to Columbus Cleveland and Detroit noted alongside attendances at family gatherings and funerals.
Mr and Mrs Boyd Dilgard left Sunday for a week long visit with his sister Mrs Mathews in Fredericksburg. L M Entsminger returned to his Nitro home Monday ending a trip.
Clat Jones of Stillwater Tom Fugate of Huntington Harvey Jones and Pat Jones of Columbus and Mr and Mrs Charles Bartells of Parkersburg attended the funeral of Mrs Jennie Roller at Simpson M E Church Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Nancy Boles aged 86 died Saturday at the home of her sister Mrs Tom Ferguson in Middleport. The obituary notes her long residence in the area and references family survivors.
Laurel street resident dies following a third stroke suffered Saturday. Widow of John Boles she leaves a brother Robert Boles of Leon West Virginia and a sister Mrs Tom Ferguson. Funeral services were held at Syracuse Presbyterian church with burial in Syracuse cemetery.
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Taylor were held Monday at Poplar Ridge church with burial in Poplar Ridge cemetery.
Albert Smith, arrested three weeks earlier at Redfield by Officer Dana Roush, was released on his own recognizance. He faced charges of removing a mortgaged car from the county via the local Chevrolet company and will work at Mine No. 16 while arranging payment of court costs and settlement with Chevrolet.
Old fashioned skin troubles are described as still present and Loska offers soothing cooling healing at 50 cents. The Ry-Toff Co. lists 404th Avenue Lowell Massachusetts as the source and seller of the product.
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