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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1926
Page
8
Fire breaks out in Paint Creek Coal Company mine at Gallagher prompting telephone reports to Chief Mine Inspector Lambie. No injuries listed in the brief. Local emergency crews respond as officials assess damage and containment.
Old time fiddling rises in demand across Ohio as W. W. Harden, Clem Harden, and A. L. Linn tour with engagements in Columbus and Stoutsville while broadcasting occasionally. The trio head to Niel House for Ohio dairy men and later perform at Marion and Logan area farms and a Gibisonville courthouse event.
Logan January 26 After reviewing W D Mosure's 1925 poultry records Cray Ohio State poultry specialist reports high profits per bird exceeding feeding costs suggesting poultry should be part of every profitable farm. He notes Ohio farmers overlook poultry and other livestock in favor of grain. More growers with records to meet Cray before he leaves for Columbus.
Logan January 26. L C Sternberger of Jackson will visit Logan February 2 to inspect Hock Hocking council No 39 R and S M in royal and select degrees. M G Harbaugh recorder issued invitations. Sternberger inspected Logan council New Year s night when the super excellent degree was conferred. Lunch will be served.
Logan January 26. Fertilizer soil and feeding schools will be conducted Wednesday and Thursday by Earl E and L A Kauffman of the State university.
Day off officers arrest William Spence after Constable Charles Poling and Special Officer George Hooper find one dozen bottles of home manufactured beer at his Washington avenue residence in Logan. Spence pleads guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor, fined 160 dollars plus costs, and plans to pay. He showed officers where liquor was cached.
Logan Jan 26 These figures from Auditor D M Heft reveal ongoing farm stock in Hocking County despite urban migration. Poultry worth 39760 accounts for 61346 head while cattle total 9139 head valued at 251870. horses 3331 valued 157476. sheep 6639 worth 43116. hogs 5324 valued 38550. mares 176 valued 16420.
Ruth Richards, married only a few months, files for divorce in common pleas court at Logan. She attributes the separation to alleged faults by her husband Howard Richards and names her next of kin Edward Stephens as her filing contact.
For indigestion and sour stomach mix Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water. Physicians have prescribed it for fifty years, claiming it neutralizes stomach acid more effectively and leaves the bowels free from gas without purging. Bottles cost twenty five cents at any drug store.
Columbus radio fans faced poor reception during the week's first international test. Regenerative-squealing sets blamed for the low success, with only one or two fans catching fragments of English broadcasts.
Rochester special notes camera man R. B. Callum credits a Los Angeles barber for discovering Lucky Tiger. He reports dry lifeless hair improved after using the product, with scalp cleansed and hair staying in place. The item mentions money back guarantees and availability at drug stores and barbershops including Cline Pharmacy.
An advertisement touts Heet as a topical cure for rheumatism neuritis and general pain. It claims instant relief through penetrating heat that draws out pain and swelling from joints muscles or nerves. The ad notes two soothing ingredients and that Heet won’t stain blister or irritate skin, priced at 60 cents.
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a fast remedy for chest congestion and cold symptoms. It claims immediate tingling heat, warming of the congested area within minutes, and relief from pain stiffness and muscle soreness. The product is sold by Whitehall Pharmacal Co at 50S Madison Ave New York.
Washington Jan 25 The White House considers clemency for Mitchell with an expected final approval forthcoming. Reports say Secretary of War Davis recommended reducing the sentence to a three year suspension while restoring a portion of Mitchells pay.
Lynn Massachusetts obituary notes the death of Alphonso Benjamin Bowers in his ninety sixth year. Bowers was known as the inventor of the centrifugal hydraulic pump and dredger. His passing closes a long career tied to hydraulic engineering and industrial progress in the region.
Detectives linked the shooting death of Herbert Brammal, 37, longtime butler to James R. Deering, to an earlier attack on Miss Mary Page in Fifth Avenue. Brammal was killed when he opened the Deering door last night. Mrs. Deering narrowly escaped. Brammal had served the Deering family three years after stints with the Biddles of Philadelphia and the Duke of Northumberland.
Richard Acton Hayes, 72, a leading Ohio lawyer and son of former President Rutherford B. Hayes, died at his Toledo home yesterday evening after a long chronic stomach ailment.
Paris January 25. M Tchitcherin the Russian foreign minister told the French ambassador in Moscow that Russia has no intention of intervening in Manchuria according to the foreign office announcement today.
Three men robbed an oil filling station in Toledo after binding and wounding a guard, securing 1400 dollars in cash and 300 dollars worth of gas coupons before escaping. Police search for the trio.
The Norwalk ad touts Musterole as a grandmothers plaster substitute for cold symptoms. It claims soothing relief as mustard oil-based formula penetrates pores and stops bronchitis sore throat stiff neck and various pains.
Dr W B Caldwell of Mon ticello Illinois, after 47 years practice, decries harsh cathartics for infants and children. His Syrup Pepsin provides a gentle laxative that aims to restore natural regularity without sickening purges.
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