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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
6
Health writer Bernarry Macfadden argues tuberculosis kills millions daily, including nearly 100000 in the United States, and calls the disease a civic crime. He urges personal toxemia reduction and a “clean up” as essential to prevention, noting susceptibility depends on the body’s condition.
Chauncey residents host relatives visiting from Toledo Columbus and Zanesville while church news notes the Chauncey Methodist circuit quarterly conference in the Chauncey M E Church Rev W V Harter presiding and a postponed Foreign Missionary Society meeting. Community members travel between Chauncey Millfield Martins Ferry and Columbus with updates on schooling and local building progress.
State Game Protector B T LeFever announces a carload of fish will be received this fall for distribution in Shade Creek a 35 to 40 mile waterway in Athens and Meigs counties The stream is among the few in Athens where water is not contaminated by mine discharge LeFever says state game laws will be rigidly enforced and district supervision covers nine counties with five to ten spotters per township to report offenses Sportsmen clubs back the plan to protect game during the closed season.
Walter Moody 23 of Glouster Ohio died from injuries after a southbound mine train cut off both legs while he slept with limbs over a rail near a northern city cut. He was taken to Columbus hospital by miners ambulance but died en route. Funeral plans were announced.
All names appearing on the primary ballot must file expense accounts before midnight Friday. The law requires every candidate to submit accounts whether defeated or successful.
ARMY OFFICER DIES. Col. J H Nicholas 58 United States property and disbursing officer for Ohio died of a heart attack. A picnic will be held today at his home. The Ohio lodge and chapter of a local fraternal order will host a daylong event with a noon dinner. Donations toward a motorized fire fighting unit total 3086.99 to date with various small gifts reported.
Glenwood, West Virginia, returned to Ohio on Wednesday and will stay with his brother and sister in law, Mr and Mrs Charles Hollington, at Jacksonville until Friday.
The piece argues the paper, published for servants, fails to allow capablistic propaganda in its pages while giving extensive publicity to butlers parlormaids crooks and gardeners in its columns.
Alots of apples from a tree that originated on George Washington's Virginia estate arrived in Glouster Ohio staged by D F Reese who runs a pumping station for the K M branch of the New York Central Lines. The Miller family farm at Gauley WV holds the tree with long family roots in railroad service. The tree is old but yielded many apples this year.
A Wandeworth resident reports their cat caring for a brood of chicks hatched in an incubator. Neighbors note the unusual tale of a feline foster parent in this quiet community.
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