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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1926
Page
12
Logan, Feb 26. The city is better protected from fire hazards with the Seagraves pumper and 2000 feet of hose arriving. The apparatus will undergo underwriter testing Friday before entering service. The old truck is withdrawn for repairs and will be repurposed with hose. A new concrete floor and fresh paint are being applied to the engine house.
Logan Feb 26 Word has been received of the marriage of Miss Blanche Cullumber of Lancaster and Roy Stallsmith of Logan. The ceremony was at 4 20 pm Tuesday at the parsonage of the First Methodist church of Lancaster with Rev. W T Blume officiating. A wedding dinner followed at the White Villa Hookers. The bride is popular in Lancaster and the groom is son of Mr and Mrs George Stallsmith of Logan. They will reside at 66 North Mulberry street after a motor trip.
Logan Feb 26 Deputy Joe Farbearn served a temporary restraining order stopping Hocking Power Co from trespassing on Lewis R. Ruble's Green township farm. Linemen had just begun setting poles last Friday and resumed straightening them Thursday as winds and rain affected the site. The next court fight over extending the Logan Haydenville transmission line is anticipated here.
Logan residents Robert and Chris Gompf returned home after a weeklong southern tour through Kentucky Tennessee and Georgia Accompanying them were Paul Hansel and Wilber Martin The party visited Gainsville Georgia with Clarence Hansel brother of Paul Hansel The Gompf brothers came back by train while the others planned to drive home by car
Laurelville hosts a two day institute starting Friday with W. D. Zinn of West Virginia and Mrs. D. B. Phillips of Mt. Washington as lecturers. The same pair spoke at the Union Furnace Institute which closed the prior day. County Agent Robert W. Lang assists with the programs.
Mrs. Neal Helsel hosted the Loyal Woman’s Society of the First Christian church in Chauncey for a Wednesday afternoon meeting in Athens. President Mrs. Guy Brookins led the session with devotional and program duties, featuring vocal duets, readings, and a social refreshment hour.
The Standard Bearer society of The Plains met at Miss Florie de Shafer’s home in Chauncey on Wednesday evening. A business session preceded an instructive talk on the society’s work by Mrs. J L Pickering of Athens, followed by refreshments in the social hour. Attendees included Jean Mercer Beulah Hawk Evelyn West Maxine Channell Ada West Thelma Nida Frances Hamer Myrtle West Fredericka Nida Florie de Shafer Mrs Fred Nida Mrs John Shafer Mrs Pickering John Slater Willis West and Ralph West.
George Nicholson of Chauncey was taken to White Cross hospital in Columbus on Thursday evening after being injured at the Chauncey mine and undergoing prior surgery there. He had recently returned home but his condition worsened.
Mrs. Charles Bradfield of Chauncey visits Murray City Thursday for a stay with sister and brother Mrs. Leonard Koenig and Marshal R. A. Surtees. Mrs. Lillian Karns spent Wednesday at Miss Lucy M. Dorr's country home near Chauncey. Mrs. John Shafer and daughters Floriede and Maxine Channell of The Plains were at Elmer Bingman’s in Athens Monday. Zinnie Smith is homebound with the grip. Mrs. J. S. Van Dyke of Athens visited Holt Courtney and family Wednesday. Eva Dowler and Elmer Dunn spent Monday in Nelsonville with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barber. Doris Smith was called to Trimble by illness of Mrs. Nancy Winner at her son Clarence Winner’s home. Jennie Courtney, Alva Cunningham and DeWitt Walker visited Mrs. Nancy Saxon in Albany Sunday.
The Rev. H. J. Holcombe D D district superintendent of the Athi ens district will preach at the Methodist Episcopal church Chauncey Sunday February 24 at 10 20 a m.
The United Brethren church will present a movie titled Where is My Wondering Boy Tonight as part of its Sunday evening program. The film will be shown while the church is using the Ruble theater during improvements announced by Rev. T. C. Harper.
Miss Agnes Cogan supervising nurse for the state department spent Wednesday and Thursday in Logan surveying local public health nurses. She advised on future plans and then moved on to New Lexington to assist in installing a new nurse there.
Dr. W. G. Rhoten traveled to Athens to check if a stove found in the cave linked to Frank Lenigar’s death matches the stove stolen weeks earlier from the Cawthorne schoolhouse. The shop’s description matched but ownership could not be confirmed as the stove had vanished after the raid.
Opinion urges providing sunlight and fresh air in Senate settings to reduce bacteria and minor illnesses like colds. Advocates link natural light and ventilation to better health and fewer germs among lawmakers.
The Bureau of Standards proposes adding small pieces of quartz to all broadcasting transmitters to eliminate radio whistling interference. While new and unproven under long term use, the bureau says proper implementation could remove frequency variations and whistles nationwide.
Fountain City Cemetery Association secretary Dr O N Huge announced receipt of 500 from Joseph Goddard of Muncie to be used as an endowment for the cemetery.
The U S Senate faces an epidemic of illness among more than twenty lawmakers as they launch a fresh air initiative to improve conditions in the chamber. The drive, led by sponsors seeking better ventilation, aims to address health concerns without criticizing colleagues who engage in lengthy speeches.
Dr. E L Long chiropractor will relocate from 52 South Mulberry to room 4 Rochester building on Main Street due to new equipment. He has practiced at the current site for four years.
Mr and Mrs George Hengst have returned to Logan after an extended southern trip that included a visit to New Orleans during Mardi Gras. The couple’s travels centered on the south with Mardi Gras as a notable stop.
The Far West holds influence in the U S Senate with sixteen of thirty three committees chaired by Western men and seventeen with Western ranking members. The distribution shows the West extending control beyond chair duties across the chamber.
Glenn L. Martin, aeronautical manufacturer, predicts air travel will rival motoring for millions. He notes safety of airways and aerial police as key to orderly, early adoption by the public.
Madison Wisconsin professor R Ingersoll of the University of Wisconsin reports making a nickel sample that shows no magnetic properties. The finding marks a notable result in the study of metallic magnetism.
New York reports the finance committee of the Northern Baptist group approving a fiscal year budget of 3.36 million dollars beginning May 1. The overall church budget is listed at 86.36 million dollars in related figures.
Readers praise Spinsterhood as real life fiction in The Messenger. Olga Cassels of Athens Ohio submits the nearest correct guess on Barbara’s decision while Mildred Leighty and another reader also submit notable letters about Barbara's future and Violetta. Barbara will move to New York to work in newspapers and later marry Bruce.
A reader critiques a fictional arc about Barbara Hawley choosing independence over love and marriage. The text argues spinsterhood leads to loneliness, wasted life, and unrealized romance, predicting a final awakening to emptiness after forty with no legacy.
Mildred Leighty shares a personal view on the conclusion of the Messenger serialized tale Spinsterhood. Barbara Hawley realizes near the end that love, not independence, completes a woman's path.
Doctors and women endorse a modern sanitary pad called KOTEX replacing old cotton pads. Eight in ten women in higher classes use it with features like no laundry, no embarrassment, greater absorbency, and deodorizing benefits. Sold at drug and department stores in packs of twelve for a few cents.
The narration centers on Barbara facing a crowning life event with Bruce. She recalls happy and bitter times, regrets the advice to Violetta that favored another, and anticipates Violetta’s death. Bruce and his young son will seek Barbara’s help, leading to a wedding and a hopeful, if bittersweet, union.
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