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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1928
Page
8
Clothing and food sufficient to fill two autos were collected by Boy Scouts and Coolville school children for Hocking valley mining district relief. Attendance Officer C. H. Porter and assistant county superintendent D. O. Chappell delivered the supplies to the relief distribution center in Athens.
Opinion filed in the case Isaac Brown against Logan Company. Judge Whitcraft ruled the action is for wrongful discharge within an employment contract and struck out other pleadings. Also mentions a birthday party for Mrs. Mary Carter turning eighty eight with family attendance.
Miss Bea Frasure was elected first vice-president at a state meeting in Newark with Miss Maryrasch serving as secretary. Lawrence Derry of Barnesville was named president. local delegates included Mrs. Derry and Miss Frasure plus Marie Bines and others. Additional locals and visitors were listed among the attending group.
Frank, a farmer near Port, received a letter from Fort Wayne Indiana warning him to watch his granddaughter Dorothy at Ridge Township High School. Police said the letter arrived days ago and was signed J V we. Crawford did not report until worry grew about a possible kidnapping.
A new wonder cream from D. Zenner company features cocoa to melt into the skin. The product is hailed as cleansing dirt and delivering a smooth complexion for women.
Grover Ringhis er lost a mandamus action to require the Fats township board of education to pay for Miriam Ringhis er’s transport to Logan high school from Antioch. Judge Whitcraft sustained the demurrer ruling transport is optional unless the county board approves. The county board did not rule, so transport was not mandated.
Kenneth Alkire twelve of Nelsonville is recovering at Cheshire hospital after a Thursday night crash two miles north of Logan. The Alkire car owned by M W Alkire was towed to a local garage for repairs and sustained heavy damage.
In probate court Judge S M Johnson hears the Glouster man plead not guilty to a non-support charge and is jailed in Athens county due to bond default. Stable Tom Blower of Glouster made the arrest. In a separate arraignment Judge L G Worstell handles Isaac Vaulkinberg's whisky selling case. he is released on bond after arrest by Nelsonville Chief Jack Pearson.
Ozark Ripley, noted sportsman and writer, presents an illustrated lecture on fishing and hunting in the Athens high school auditorium tomorrow night under the Athens Izaak Walton league. Boys and Girl Scouts admitted free. boys meet 7 15 at the Methodist church, girls in the school corridor.
The Ath ens High School band under G. E. Stephenson will perform tonight at 8 in Gallipolis auditorium. The program features Victor Herbert works and selections by Boom Skaggs Hartley Seredy Klein Huff Lencke and Hayes with fifty players many new students and the director a World War II U. S. Army band veteran.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover was asked if he plans to use his name in the Ohio primaries. He answered that he does not discuss politics.
Ilesboro high school defeated South Perry to a unanimous decision in a debate at Ilesboro high school on the resolution that direct primaries should be abolished in Ohio. The judges were Jay Nimon Floyd Riggs and Mrs Carrie Stainbrooke. Team members included Kathryn Rohrer Lawrence Griffith and Madeline Kitchen coached by Miss Mabel Wood.
Athens Township Farmers Institute set for Factory Church Tuesday through Thursday at 7 30 pm. Declamation contests open the first night with prizes. D O Chappel leads the event with music by the Millard Bryan quartet and group singing planned. Wednesday features talks on banking and saving by W B Johnson and Mrs Flossie Kilian. Thursday features E R Wallace of Ohio University and N E Mills speaking to older residents. the Grange quartet to sing.
Cardiff Wales reports a historic moment with four inmates, one woman and three men, awaiting execution by hanging at the local prison marking an unprecedented judicial milestone.
An old health note suggests using two Bayer Aspirin tablets dissolved in four tablespoonfuls of water to gargle for tonsillitis or sore throat. Repeat after two hours if needed. Ensure tablets are genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross, sold in tin boxes of twelve.
Chicago on February 6 reports Mayor William Thompson returns in a revamped production titled The Boomerang after staging king George's ouster. Historian Hart Hanson wrote a contested history honoring non English heroes, naming Kosciusko a Pole and Pulaski a Lithuanian, drawing Polish and Lithuanian objections.
Dr A Y Wilcox, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, argued sin is an inner reality shaping impulse and feeling. He contrasted today’s lax attitudes with Old Testament times and urged individual offering to God for forgiveness and strength.
Three marriage licenses were issued in the Athens County Probate Court. Harold E. Smith 22 of Galion and Marian Nussbaum 22 of Athens were married by Rev. M. E. Chatley. Everett Douglas 25 of Albany and Gertrude Gilmore 20 of Athens were joined by Carl H. Porter JP. Arthur Dupler 21 of Nelsonville and Alma Johnson 19 of Nelsonville were wed by Rev. N Q Stuckey.
An ad touts Heet as a fast relief for lame backs and rheumatic pain. It describes applying the cork applicator to the affected area to penetrate heat and draw out soreness and stiffness. The product claims to ease pain in joints muscles and nerves and costs 60 cents.
A fragment suggests tension betweenPolish and Lithuanian communities over historical attributions involving Thompson, Kosciusko. The note accuses a historian of mixing up identities and calls for local Polish and Lithuanian historians to correct the record.
Revival services proceed at night each evening this week led by Rev. I P Day pastor. Last evening's subject was John 3 16 and tonight's topic is The Faultless Pen.
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a new two fold medicine that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. It claims creosote contains other soothing elements and is absorbed to attack the trouble, with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
The ad asserts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, a mild vegetable laxative blend with pepsin, treats constipation and related ailments since 1892. It promotes safety for children and seniors, promises free sample bottles by mail from Monticello Illinois, and encourages trial at drug stores.
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