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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
3
Nelsonville residents are urged to place Messenger Classified ads via Mrs Ines J Evans in Nelsonville. Call her at the listed number for ad placement and rates, including a reference to a $24 daily or weekly display mention.
The Federal Bureau of Mines reports soft coal production for the week ending January 11 at 11,142,600 net tons, up 1,027,000 from the prior week with New Year’s curtailment. For the coal year to January 11 totals reach 404,553,000 net tons across about 241 working days, compared with prior years’ figures. Ohio produced 467,000 tons in the week ended January 4.
Miss Josephine Porter visited her Carroll parents at week’s end and her sister Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs William Morgan Stow spent Monday and Tuesday in Columbus with their children and were joined by Billy Fisher. A meeting of the Ohio Valley Regional Advisory Board was attended in Columbus with a noon Elks Club banquet.
Mrs. Blanche Delph was removed from Nelsonville to Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus for medical treatment and likely surgery. Mrs. T. R. Potts accompanied her.
Mr and Mrs Frank West and others attended the revival meeting at Glouster Methodist Church Friday evening. The revival was led by Rev Paul E Kemper former pastor of the Nelsonville M E Church and attended by J N Cheeseman Jesse Beverage James Shafer and Andrew Wolfe.
Nelsonville January 21 Lester Ramsey of Buchtel is jailed on a robbery affidavit filed by Arthur Sohn. Ramsey was arrested by Marshal Charles Moon ey and faces arraignment before Mayor James Tolliver. Sohn says he was beaten and robbed of 22.80 and a pocket-piece after a fight. Ramsey admits a fight but denies taking the money.
The Faithful Martha Class of the Methodist Sunday School met with Mrs. W H Parks on East Washington Street Monday evening. Mrs Dc A Stover Mrs L R Powell and Mrs Shirley hosted with a two course luncheon for 28 members and three guests. A business session elected Mrs Clarence Butts president Mrs Miles Howe vice president Mrs C D Shafer secretary and Mrs Robert Williams treasurer.
Oberlin, Jan. 21. Victor Brown 21, a student at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, collapsed at the Varsity Restaurant at 10 p.m. and died two hours later at Oberlin College Hospital. Coroner Miles E. Perry awaited the hospital’s formal report on the death. The cause was not yet announced.
Gloria G. Leonard five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dewey Leonard burned to death in Dayton when her clothing ignited. Two small brothers, Robert and Dale, were playing with papers that caught fire from an open fireplace and spread to a blanket wrapping the infant.
Mrs Merrell Green hosts Class 21 of the Methodist Sunday School on Fort Street. Officers elected during the business session include Vice President Mrs Charles Bayless, Secretary Mrs Mary Lines, Treasurer Miss Erma Wilson, and Vice President Mrs Frank O Mara. A two course luncheon followed for many members and guests.
The Faithful Rebekah Lodge meets at 7 o'clock tonight in the Odd Fellows Hall for installing new officers. A pot luck luncheon will follow. All members are urged to attend.
In Cleveland on January 21 the second trial of Frank E. Andrews ended in a mistrial after Juror No. 2 Lawrence Millward denied the jury’s guilty verdict for manslaughter. Judge Frank C. Phillips discharged the jurors and ordered Andrews held for a third trial. Andrews was accused of driving his car with his wife and baby over a Lake Erie cliff, killing the infant.
A. A. Humphries of Roanoke arraigned before Mayor Bill Hickman in Nelsonville on intoxication charges. He pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars plus costs after spending two or three days in jail. He was picked up early one morning partly dressed and in a semistupor by Police Chief George Bateman and left for Roanoke after release.
County Treasurer W. E. Moler announced that the final date for accepting tax payments in Athens County without penalties has been extended to February 1. He urges all able residents to pay this week and asks those seeking road tax adjustments to act immediately to avoid penalties.
The Illinois Boxing Commission was slated to meet in Chicago to formally ban heavyweight wrestling in the state. Gen John V Clinnin, chairman, said the meeting had been called for that purpose.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe substitute for calomel. It claims the tablets purify the blood, improve skin tone, brighten eyes, and relieve constipation by acting on the liver and bowels with no dangerous after effects. It urges nightly use with prices 30c and 60c and notes millions sold yearly.
Berlin reports Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz predicts Britain will dodge freedom of the seas at the Five Power Naval Conference. He calls the London talks futile, opposes submarines abolition, and says England will shield the issue with rhetoric. Tirpitz ridicules fears over the German pocket battleship Erstat Preussen.
A photo shows Judge Charles F. Bull known as Lincoln's double. Born in Texas to Confederate parents, he resembles Lincoln closely and often plays Lincoln in Hollywood films while touring the East for lectures, now residing in California.
The Public Utilities Commission in Columbus ruled Greyhound Lines Incorporated guilty of two infractions of state motor lane laws after a January 26 crash in Eaton that killed one person. The finding cites violations related to bus operations and lane usage.
Thousands suffered indigestion find relief with Dare's Mentha Pepsin elixir. The ad claims rapid easing of stomach agony and lasting health when taken regularly, guaranteed to help or money back.
The commission reserved judgment while noting injuries to seven others and two persons killed. Chairman Frank W. Geiger stated the bus exceeded a reasonable speed for the passengers’ safety, though exact speed at impact was not precisely established.
A garbled note suggests rinsing cloths in sudsy water with ammonia to clean a floor. The line hints at fabric wrung out to apply a wash on the floor surface. No clear dates or names are provided.
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