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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
6
Glouster on Christmas weekend will stay open each night through Christmas after Wednesday’s arrangements. The move gives shoppers extra time to complete holiday purchases as Christmas approaches.
Duncan Will Have GREENS RUN P T A Charge of Meet. Greens Run P T A clears 147.50 at annual bazaar. Proceeds fund playground equipment, readers, tests, library gear, and educational films for the school. Films shown include The Vanishing American and Julius Caesar. X Words Before Hanging reports Joseph Palbury spent night solving crosswords in his cell.
The Methodist Church in St Louisville starts Christmas activities next Sunday with class services in the morning and an evening sermon titled The Christmas Story. The young people will perform an anthem and several carols, and a play plus miscellaneous events are planned for Christmas Week.
Glouster reports a 2 year old boy struck by an automobile near Dr. Crawford's office as he returned from school. The driver identified as EB C Shirkey of Jacksonville, was reported to be at fault. The child received medical attention and suffered only a bump on the head.
GLOUSTER December 16 A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Feda at Hollister Tuesday making eleven children in the family and all living
Riley Morris C G Faires and E B Watkins of Glouster say they have captured more than five southern states for the W J King Detective Agency. Morris, visiting this week, plans to move his family to Louisville Kentucky where the Giouster Men will base headquarters.
In Glouster on December 16 a special program will be held at the Sunday school hour next Sunday morning. Each class in the school will be represented in the exercises and all adult classes will receive a Christmas treat.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, indicted in Los Angeles over the Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping case, shows improvement after a severe cold. His lawyer Edward W. is hopeful he will surrender to Chief Morgan A. Collins in Chicago tomorrow. A second item notes Javanese cabinet members departing Tokyo for Hayama amid reports of the Emperor's relapse.
Mayor Alex Moore fined Pete Bachus owner of the Betty Shop Louis Deffonos and Nick Dandos after they pleaded guilty to gambling at a Palace confectionery store. Police entered the rear room and found cards and five dollars twenty cents on the table as Chief Herb Parker and Captain Charles Maple made the arrests.
A patented thermostatic control claims miraculous mileage gains for Ford cars with Blancke license. Official tests report 43.8 miles per gallon in one test and 32 miles per gallon average across 200k trials, claiming reduced oil use, fewer repairs, and instant start in zero weather. Agents sought to sell the device with commissions up to thousands monthly.
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