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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1927
Page
3
Dr. Andrew Kaiser of Kansas City announces a rupture appliance with no leg straps belt or gouging pads. He offers a 30 day trial with no upfront deposit or COD. Hundreds report quick improvement and comfort from truss wearers seeking relief. If satisfied after 30 days pay a small price and keep it if not return at no cost.
Nelsonville high school won over Columbus Central high by 25 to 14 at Nelsonville. Howell led Nelsonville with 9 points, Hudson 10, while Kline and Waters had two field goals for Central. Haydenville beat Nelsonville Junior high 25 to 10 in a preliminary.
William Halliday, 66, died Saturday morning at his home in Orbiston. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 PM at the church in Orbiston, with burial in Beth el Ridge cemetery. He leaves his widow and several children.
Harry Sines of Nelsonville is recovering at home after a coal car passed over his left foot at Chauncey mine No 25. The accident broke the big toe and second toe and badly crushed the rest of the foot.
York February perfect attendance list includes Ruth Klinebriel Dale Burchfield John Jacobs Ada Klinebriel John Burchfield Helen Adams Lawrence Klinebriel Mary Gleason Ronald Jacobs Roy Adams Edward Burchfield Russell Klinebriel William Adams Garnet Gleason Raymond Klinebriel and Lucille White for York School.
Nelsonville lodge of Elks will hold its annual election of officers at 7 30 tonight during a regularly scheduled meeting in Nelsonville.
Mrs Mary Ann Adams 65 died Saturday night at Athens. The Plains will host funeral services Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock with burial in The Plains Cemetery. Her husband preceded her in death and several children survive.
In a Sunday lecture Father Eugene Owens discussed English Bible history from early Christianity to 1450. He noted hand copied scriptures served rich and poor, with literacy and language shifts delaying access before printing could multiply copies.
The Woman’s Relief Corps will meet this evening at 7 at the I O O F hall A birthday program for Washington and Lincoln will be presented and luncheon served at adjournment
Mrs Rose E Reynolds entertained at dinner Sunday with guests the Misses Alice Marjorie and Virginia Lou Beasley, Virginia Coe, Ann Evans, Freda Reynolds, Mr F E Olds of Athens, and Mrs Mary A Keeton and Nettie Keeton.
The W B A Juniors held a Saturday afternoon party at Miss Virginia Green’s Jackson street home with ten members. Refreshments and games filled the event, and the group set a March 26 meeting at Miss Mildred Bussey’s Madison street home.
Cols residents and visitors are listed as spending weekends or Sundays in Columbus and nearby towns. Names include John Edington Raymond Wade Helen McCarty Lawrence Lines and families, Miss Ella Minner, Miss Margaret Andrews, Mrs. Washburn Gibson Lines Bartlett, Dr and Mrs W S Jones and daughter Louise, and others visiting relatives or attending events in Nelsonville Logan Pomeroy and Columbus.
Washington county will share in a statewide program to remove grade crossings this year. The Little Hocking and Porterfield crossings, known as the McFarlan crossing, will be eliminated after 248 crossings are targeted statewide. O W Merrell of Marietta has prepared plans and estimates, with work to begin once funds are available.
Forty five persons will take part in a pageant The Gift Bearers at 730 tonight in the high school auditorium to commemorate the thirtieth founder s day of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers Five Athens area P T A groups organize the event A one act play What They Think by university girls directed by Prof W H Cooper opens the program Prof H Bing Southeast district director will address the audience Music by the high school orchestra Admission is free.
The Rev. C. M. Coulter of the First M. E. Church told worshippers that ministers may rightly point out political faults when righteousness is ignored. He argued ministers have a right and duty to address issues in civil life and warned expediency without righteousness would ruin the nation and individuals.
Ottawa officials investigated the death of seven babies at a baby farm. A 60 year old woman, Diana Lacroix, was jailed as a material witness and two infants in her care were at Hull jail.
Robert Johnson aged 28 a former private orderly to General John J Pershing who served in France was executed by hanging in Clayton Missouri shortly after sunrise for attacking a white woman. The drop occurred at 6 20 a m and doctors declared him dead minutes later.
Edward Dunn changed his plea to guilty on a non support charge and received a $100 fine plus costs. Magistrate Pearl W. Herwig ordered ninety days in the Dayton workhouse, with bond to be posted to revoke sentence if support obligations are met.
A bulleted radio schedule lists programs on WEAF and many affiliates. It details orchestras, concerts, operas, dance music, markets, and variety shows with times and station codes across cities from New York to Los Angeles and Detroit to Nashville.
A health note warns that acid-forming foods strain kidneys causing back ache and urinary symptoms. It advises consulting a physician or taking Jad Salts, four ounces in water daily, plus drinking plenty of soft water to flush toxins.
Public health note urges immediate action on coughing or colds to prevent influenza. Promotes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a rapid relief remedy that soothes throat and chest and targets the infection site. If flu symptoms appear, seek a doctor. otherwise take the medicine as directed for strong bronchial tubes and lungs.
In Boston on a Sunday police with tear gas and rifles stormed a Roxbury store to capture a gang believed trapped inside. A crowd of about 2000 watched as officers brought out three unarmed boys aged 14 named William Gallagher Thomas Shaughnessy and James Moran booked for breaking and entering.
Dallas Sanborn 21 and Thelma Knott 17 of Glouster obtained a marriage license with Magistrate C. H. Porter as the officiating officer.
Athens church minister Rav A. Wilcox addresses what it means to believe in the New Testament sense. He contrasts institutional belief with a personal link to Jesus Christ, urging heart and mind surrender for a vital faith.
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