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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1926

Page

3

Hold Two Alleged Ticket Thieves to Grand Jury

Joe Butts and George Haynes of Nelsonville appeared before Mayor Eberle on January 26 for trial over missing Athens Nelsonville game tickets. The waiver of jury trial was withdrawn. they waived preliminary examination and were bound to the spring grand jury on $200 bonds each. Prosecutor R. W. Finsterwald led the state.

Nelsonville Joe Butts George Haynes Eberle Don R. McGill R. W. Finsterwald Athens

Knights of Columbus Honor Guest at Local Club

Special supreme agent Daniel K. Butler visited Nelsonville on Tuesday evening as a guest of local Knights of Columbus members at their club rooms.

Nelsonville Daniel KE. Butler The Knights of Columbus

Dr Hubert Hyde Joins Nelsonville Rotary Club

In Nelsonville on January 27 Dr Hubert Hyde was received into Rotary membership with an installation sermon by Rev Lloyd Evans. The club conducted routine business in its final meeting of the month.

Nelsonville Hubert Hyde Rotary Club Lloyd Evans

Phi Sigs to Meet Y Youngsters and Legion Seniors

In Nelsonville on January 27 the Phi Sigs face the Y youngsters and American Legion Y seniors in the next city basketball league game. On Friday January 29 Rockbridge high school teams meet Carbon Hill teams at the Y M C A court.

Nelsonville Phi Sigs American Legion Rockbridge Carbon Hill

Former local woman taken in Nelsonville

Mrs. Sarah C. Aumiller died Tuesday at her daughter’s home, 1251 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland. Funeral services will be held Thursday and the body will be brought to Nelsonville for burial at Greenlawn. The funeral party arrives Friday at 3 30 p m. Leighton Aumiller and his mother Gay Aumiller left for Cleveland Tuesday evening.

Matilda Hartman Nelsonville Enos Hartman Old Floodwood Matheny Abraham Hartman Sarah C. Aumiller Lottie Ailes Detroit Avenue Cleveland Greenlawn Aumiller Leighton Aumiller Gay Aumiller

Parent Teachers to Meet Friday at Senior High Auditorium

The high school PTA will gather Friday at 7 p m in the senior high auditorium. The junior high will lead the program with patriotic songs and a musical pageant. A life sketch of William McKinley will be read and Miss Lutz will present the chapter from the study book. Good attendance is expected.

Nelsonville William McKinley Lutz

Local residents visit Columbus and return home

M Shamansky spent the first time week in Columbus. Miss Hannah Evans has returned to her home here after a several weeks stay in Columbus. Miss Lucille Hartley of Columbus visited over the weekend at her home here. Mrs Leighton Aumiller and her little son of Columbus are guests of her parents, Mr and Mrs Will Burnell, while Mr and Mrs J L Murphy spend the remainder of the week in Columbus.

M. Shamansky Columbus Hannah Evans Lucille Hartley Leighton Aumiller Little Son Will Burnell J. L. Murphy

Former local resident Frank A. Thompson dies in Columbus

Nelsonville notes the death in Columbus of Frank A. Thompson a former Nelsonville merchant. He married Sally Henry of Nelsonville and the family remembers him as highly regarded. He leaves a widow three brothers A Clarence and Charles and one sister. Funeral services are set in Columbus Thursday with Mrs. C G Sheppard traveling to attend.

Nelsonville Columbus Frank A. Thompson Thompson Frank Thompson Sally Henry A. Clarence Charles C. G. Sheppard

Drill Team To Meet As D A Members Attend Friday

Members of the D A degree team are asked to attend the regular meeting Friday evening. The organization will host a social at its hall following the session.

Nelsonville Ir Hall

Plans for Meet Completed Nelsonville

Final plans for entertaining the Eastern event are completed in Nelsonville dated January 27. The article notes preparations, organizers, and venues as the expectant audience awaits the gathering.

Nelsonville

Hostess Entry for Sunday School Class members

Ethel Johnson hosted her Sunday school class at her Jackson street home in Nelsonville. Guests included Margaret and Aileen Betts, Margaret Johnson, Hattie Allen, Geneve Beagle, Elizabeth Hartley, Ruth Butt, Ruth Call, Ruth Fleck, Lillian Hellyer, Helen June, Janice Mitchell, Mary Ruscoe, Juanita Wood, and Margaret Scott amid games contests and music followed by luncheon.

Nelsonville Ethel Johnson The Christian Church Jackson Street Margaret Aileen Betts Margaret Johnson Hattie Allen Geneve Beagle Elizabeth Hartley Ruth Butt Ruth Call Ruth Fleck Lillian Hellyer Helen June Janice Mitchell Mary Ruscoe Juanita Wood Margaret Scott

Ohio Graduate Advanced in Work Rapidly

Miss Uarda Faine daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Faine of New Straits ville specialist in malnutrition of children has moved from Columbus to Cleveland to assume a new post in the welfare department there She is a 1921 Ohio University B S graduate and has studied under Dr Franklin P Emerson Her duties include supervising several workers in the Cleveland department and she began work last Monday.

Columbus Uarda Faine A. E. Faine New Straitsville Department of Health Ohio University Athens Faine Harlem-Bellevue ‘Hospital New York Franklin P. Emerson Boston Emerson Ohio Miss Faine Midland Bank Cleveland San Francisco Phi Upsilon Omicron Zeta Tau Alpha Cleveland Welfare Department

Woman Charged With Forging Multiple Checks in Athens

A woman accused of forging several checks in Athens has been located as police pursue prosecution. She admitted forging the checks returned to stores including The Fair Jones Novelty Cash Feed Fuller Shoppe Rowans Woodworth Beckley's Gross Novelty and Logan's, with one exception. Her identity is being withheld pending further investigation.

Athens D. Zenner Company the Fair Jones Novelty Cash Feed Store Fuller Shoppe Rowans Woodworth Company Beckley’s Gross Novelty Logan's

It Started Something About MAYA'S Medicine

A local tonic named MAYA'S gains attention for claim to cure stomach and intestinal ailments including gall stones and appendicitis. Advertisers promise one dose convinces with money back, citing McKee Drug Co in Athens and Gem Pharmacy in Nashville and widespread druggists carrying the product.

Maya McKee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonsville

Gypsies Rob Mother of Life Savings in Frauds Display

In Middletown a show window exhibit features a blessed candle holy water and a cretonne bag linked to a scam by Charleston gypsies. They stole Mrs Theresa Kraus 600 dollars meant for her 11 year old crippled daughter's medical care after promising a cure. The bag contained only 10 dollars when opened.

Middletown Theresa Kraus Charleston West Virginia

President Coolidge Hosts White House Breakfasts for Lawmakers

Washington January 26 President Coolidge opened a series of White House breakfasts this winter with about a dozen Republican House leaders. Speaker Nicholas Longworth said there was a general discussion of congressional matters and nothing specific was taken up or decided.

Washington Coolidge White House Nicholas Longworth

League of Ohio Sportsmen Convention Opens in Columbus

Governor Donahey and state officials headline the fourteenth annual League of Ohio Sportsmen convention at the Chittenden hotel with fishermen and hunters from across Ohio in attendance.

Columbus Donahey J Ohio League of Ohio Sportsmen Chittenden

Cleveland Surgeon Brings Dead Man Back To Life

Dr Theron Ware a Cleveland surgeon revived patient Earl F Hauserman on the operating table after a halted heartbeat during an appendix operation. The nurse feared death but the surgeon crossed to the heart and restored circulation. Hauserman recovered and left for the road to recovery.

Cleveland Theron Ware Earl F. Hauserman Ware Hauserman

Woman Fractures Arm After Ice Fall on Court Street

Mrs. S. Rhodes, 58, fell on Court Street between Walsh Electric and Palace Confectionery while walking with her daughter Mrs. Kenneth Galvin and two men nearby. The left wrist fracture was reduced by Dr. J. L. Henry and she was taken to her home at 43 Moore Avenue.

Mm. S. 8. Rhodes Court Street Key Street Walsh Electric Palace Confectionery Kenneth Galvin J. L. Henry

Fractures Arm in Fall While Visiting Cincinnati

Mrs. John Finsterwald of East State street fractured her left forearm in a fall on an icy Cincinnati street last week while visiting her daughter Mrs. J R Hayes. She returned home to Athens a few days later and is convalescing.

John Finsterwald East State Street Cincinnati J. R. Hayes Athens

Rubber drive makes headway in breaking foreign monopoly

Secretary Hoover announced the campaign to break the foreign rubber monopoly has saved millions for American consumers in 1926. He cited crude rubber at 1.09 per pound last month and 68 cents yesterday, highlighting reduced costs for the nation.

Washingiam Yan Herbert Hoover Hoover

Athens Woman Grows Lemons in Dining Room

Mrs. George C. Bean of Athens living at 105 Ioor'cia Avenue nurtures a lemon tree in her dining room. Six large lemons remain on the tree after fourteen appeared earlier, most drying or falling away. The lemons are larger and more bitter than store fruit, and the plant was bought about seven years ago from a greenhouse with only one fruit two years ago.

George C. Bean Ioor CIA Evenue

Americans Regard: A German View On U S Society

A German perspective urges Americans to visit and study other countries before criticizing. The writer praises American women yet warns of crowding and haste harming nerves, noting Germany’s slower, calmer pace and longer work hours as a contrast.

America

Mellogio Beauty Cream Promises Rose Complexion

An advertisement touts Mellogio beauty cream as giving a wild rose like complexion quickly and with lasting effect. It claims whitening nourishing purifying qualities and use as night cream or powder base with no stickiness or oiliness. The product is from The D Zenner Co Chase Drug Co.

Mellogio D. Zenner Co. Chase Drug Co

Ely's Cream Balm Relieves Nasal Congestion Quickly

A nostalgic advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm to unclog noses from colds or catarrh. It claims instant relief as the antiseptic cream soothes inflamed mucous membranes and clears air passages for easier breathing. The copy urges readers to buy a small bottle from their druggist.

Ely

Q and A Compilation From Historical Gazette

A Q and A page answers diverse inquiries on fireworks deaths, tobacco oil, butterfly and bee diets, Indian names, Halley’s comet, electric bulb efficiency, woolen cloth tests, and the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. It cites 500 cities in 36 states reporting 111 deaths and 1,030 injuries, with 899 on Independence Day.

Bosphorus Dardanelles Oxford Dardanus Hellespont

Washington warned soldiers against violent language in 1832 letter

A historian Park Holland of Petersham Massachusetts wrote that George Washington did not cuss and often cautioned his troops to avoid profanity in battlefield speech. The 1832 letter asserts Washington’s restraint and emphasis on disciplined rhetoric during war.

New York George Washington Park Holland Petersham Mass Washington

Principal accused of flogging students with hose in Elmont

William Stehel father of a pupil will ask the Elmont board of education to investigate charges that Mrs. Pearl Burt principal flogged four students with a rubber hose at a public school in Elmont New York.

Elmont N. Y Pearl Burt Board of Education William Stehel

Creomulsion Promises Relief for Persistent Coughs

A medical advertisement touts Creomulsion as an emulsified creosote treatment that soothes infected membranes and inhibits germ growth. It claims two-fold action, with relief for persistent coughs colds bronchitis and other respiratory issues and offers a money back guarantee if not relieved.

Creomulsion Company Atlanta, Ga

Local Social Notes from Pratt's Fork and Athens

Pratt's Fork residents report visits and small trips including J. Smith calling on Elza and Mrs. Sapp in Athens. Mrs. Alex Sapp returns from Athens relatives. Floyd Williams and Pearl Smith travel to Pomeroy. Fred White guests of Will Gilkey. Mrs. White visits parents. Franklin Wingett with Luella Wingett’s family visits home. Helen Pixon returns to Jerseyville to school after weekend with kin. Williard Ackley arrives from Marion for work. Mrs. Fanny Orr and Dorothy visit Holzer hospital. Doctor Orr improving. Fraley Fox and daughter visit George and Mrs. Ackley. Gladys Smith weekends with parents S. J. Smith. returns to Athens.

J. Smith Elza Sapp Athens Alex Sapp Floyd Williams Pearl Smith Pomeroy Fred White Will Gilkey Dorothy Holzer Hospital Doctor Orr Fraley Fox George Ackley Gladys Smith

Garment Design Sketch From 1926 F Ions Book

The text describes a braided silk fabric model with soutache and embroidery for a long waist and skirt. It lists sizes 36 to 44 inches and a 38 inch sample, with material width 64 inches and a lower edge width of 3 inches. Pattern details require 2½ yards and a receipt of 15c in stamps. Submit 12¢ in silver for up to date Spring Summer 1926.

F. Ions

Burial at Haga Ridge for Rev James Lucan D D

The body of Rev. James Lucan D D arrived in Athena from Maryland and is taken to the Newson Walborn parlor. Short services and a funeral cortege leave at 10 38 for Haga church where services will be led by Isaac Kennedy. Burial follows in the adjoining cemetery.

James. Lucan Athena Newset Walborn Newson-Walborn Haga Church Berp I Isaac Kennedy

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