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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1926

Page

12

Despondent Haydenville Mother Attempts Suicide

Mrs. Dan Kovach, 88, of Haydenville, mother of five, is in critical condition after a 22 caliber rifle self infusion at 1045 Thursday morning. Despondency from ill health and recent surgery factor in. she wrote a note to her husband and ordered children to neighbor’s home before shooting herself.

Haydenville Rogan Dan Kovech Cherrington Hospital Kovach Daddy Itow

Creomulsion Promises Relief for Persistent Coughs

An advertisement touts Creomulsion an emulsified creosote remedy that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. It claims twofold action to treat persistent coughs colds bronchial ailments and respiratory diseases with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.

Creomulsion Company Atlanta, Ga

Organ Recital at New Church Draws 500

About 500 attended the pipe organ recital at Hunter Court Lutheran church in Logan on Wednesday evening. Prof. Frederick C. Mayer of Capital University led the program with Albert Horn, baritone. The concert featured works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Jenkins, Van de Water, and others, concluding with a lively Allegro Jubilant.

van de Water Oley

Former School Teacher Frances Caro Smith Dies at 81

Frances Caro Smith widow of Culver Smith died at her East Hunter Street home in Logan at 8 p m Wednesday after years of rheumatism She was over 81 a former public school teacher and mother of nine Six sons and three daughters survived with two sons predeceased Funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon and burial in Oak Grove by Leonard Brothers

Jack McBride Edward Smith Hocking Valley Railway Upton Smith Harry Eastman Logan Robert P. Smith Columbus Ben Fisher Portsmouth Oak Grove Leonard Brothers

Lutheran pastor revisits Logan after forty two years

The Rev J H Schuh D D president of the Western synod of the Lutheran church preached two sermons in Logan during dedicatory services. He recalled that forty two years ago he was present for the installation of Rev L F Mettler as pastor and several church members who attended then were in the audience again for the Sunday services.

Mr. Mettler

Vorhees arraigned in Gibisonville on auto damage charge

Earl Vorhees of Gibisonville was arraigned before Magistrate Miller on an affidavit accusing him of unlawfully destroying an auto top curtains and radiator on December 19 last year at the United Brethren church in Gibisonville. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury under $200 bond.

Logan Earl Vorhees Gibisonville Miller United Brethren Church Vorhees

Logan Police Seek Four Runaways From Industrial School

Logan police are asked to watch for four boys who escaped from the Boys' Industrial school near Lancaster on Wednesday. That night the Johnson Beverage store at Sugar Grove was entered, and blankets, comforts, and small merchandise were stolen. Mrs. Ralph Starcher hosted the sewing club dinner and social with six guests.

Logan Lancaster Johnson Beverage Sugar Grove L. D. Johnson

Whisky bottle broken during raid defense testimony

Testimony stated that officers visited the home on raid night and the defendant broke a bottle of whisky in the presence of the officers.

Coal Thief Caught at Work Near Home

Jess Brooks of Haydenville was arrested by New York Central detectives while stealing coal from a passing train near his home. He pleaded guilty to petit larceny, was fined five dollars plus costs, and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse.

Haydenville R. W. Murray Brooks Logan Jess Brooks New York Central Railway Miller

Letter from 1905 reappears to delight Montbrison residents

In St Etienne France Mlle Francoise Belami wife of a noted local figure received a letter from a former suitor dated September 24 1905. The letter was mailed at Saint Jean Sleymieux ten miles away and only reached her twenty years later while she resided in Montbrison.

ST. Etienne France Francoise Belami Mlle Belami Montbrison Saint Jean Sleymieux

Monkey descent debate sparks reversal claim in Chicago

University of Chicago zoology professor H. H. Newman argues that monkeys may descend from humans rather than humans from monkeys, suggesting apes and monkeys are degenerate men. He revises a book to explain the stance.

Chicago C. P H. H. Newman University of Chicago Newman

Fire destroys 6 story loft building in Manhattan cold

Forty families were forced to flee into freezing air after a fire swept through a six story loft building at 29th Street and Tenth Avenue in New York early this morning. The blaze sent residents scrambling from tenements as flames gutted the structure. No injuries are reported in the early accounts.

New York 29Th Street Tenth Avenue

New York Honors Captain Fried Crew of President Roosevelt

Mayor Walker and aides prepared a ceremony to welcome Captain George Fried and the crew of the liner President Roosevelt who rescued the Antinoe crew at sea. They dock on February 15, promising a fitting reception and formal acknowledgment of the rescue.

New York Walker George Fried President Roosevelt

Alfred Wright Fined $300 for Second Offense Liquor Charge

Logan February 5. Magistrate Miller fines Alfred Wright of Ward township three hundred dollars after a guilty verdict for possessing intoxicating liquor in a second offense. Court previously heard the case and took it under advisement.

Logan Alfred Wright Ward Township Miller

Germans Set New Transatlantic Wireless Record

Berlin reports a German wireless company has achieved a new record in trans Atlantic communication from Nauen to American receiving stations. Operators using Kerr Effektlamps transmitted 15 000 picture points per second, equivalent to twenty five written words.

Berlin C. P Nauen Kerr Effektlamps

Stop boils with S. S. S the way to purify blood

Plain talk on curing boils by strengthening the blood with S. S. S. The copy claims boils stem from weak red blood and impurities in the body. It advertises S. S. S as rebuilding red blood cells to fight impurities and dry up boils, urging readers to buy the larger bottle.

S. S

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