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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1927

Page

5

Mrs McKinstry Receives Farewell Gift Before Columbus Move

Mrs Richard W McKinstry plans to move to Columbus with husband Mr McKinstry who manages Buckeye Produce and Oyster Co. A bridge club farewell gathered at Mrs Griff L Evans home in Park Place with a yellow white color theme, calenda and bodelei centerpieces, for twenty six guests. Pythian Sisters meet Friday night and state hospital hosts a social with Dr and Mrs John H Berry.

Richard W. McKinstry Mary Poston Griff L. Evans McKinstry Park Place Columbus

Thomas Littler Attends Ohio Bakers Convention in Columbus

Mr. Thomas Littler spends a few days in Columbus attending the Ohio Bakers convention, meeting industry colleagues and exploring new baking methods and equipment.

Thomas Littler Columbus

Exhibit of English work by third and sixth grades

An exhibit of work in written English from third and sixth grade children will be on display in room 106 Ellis hall all day Friday and Monday and Saturday forenoon. Parents interested in this work are invited to visit the exhibit and students who expect to teach will find it useful for study and guidance.

Ellis Hall

Family visitors visit gravely ill Elizabeth Morris at West State Street

Mr. Rufus Morris of Dayton and Mrs. Wilbur Stansbury of Blanchester came Wednesday to see Mrs. Elizabeth Morris who is seriously ill at the home of her daughter Mrs. L. L. Wickering on West State street. Mrs. Stansbury is a sister of Mrs. Morris.

Rufus Morris Dayton Wilbur Stansbury Blanchester Elizabeth Morris L. L. Wickering West State Street Stansbury Morris

Nurse Ruth Porter Passes Ohio Board Exam

Miss Ruth Porter, a May graduate of the Mt. Carmel Hospital nurses training school in Columbus, informs her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Porter that she has passed the Ohio State Nurses examination. She is currently nursing at Mt. Carmel Hospital.

Ruth Porter Nurses Training School Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus Fred Porter Grosvenor Street Ohio State Nurses’ Examination Board Miss Porter

Business Woman's Club Meets Tonight at 7 30

The Business Woman's club will hold a regular session at 7 30 this evening in the club rooms located in the City building. Harley M. Littler, coach at South High School of Youngstown, is visiting home folks during school examination period.

Business Woman's Club Harley M. Littler South High School Youngstown

Honor guests at Athens dinner by Chapter 6 P FE O

Members of Chapter 6 P FE O hosted a 6 30 dinner in Athens with husbands as honored guests. The event followed an evening gathering and featured fellowship among attendees.

Chapter 6 P. FE. O Athens

Haney Visits Athens During West Coast Trip

Mr. Oliver C. Haney husband of Addie Bardin Haney of Los Angeles is visiting Mrs. Haney's brothers in Athens. He will depart this evening. Haney works with the Western Oil and Refining company of Los Angeles and is returning home from a business trip to New York City.

Oliver C. Haney Addie Bardin Haney Los Angeles Calif

Miss Georgia Stenrod and John W Evans Wed at Nelsonville Church

Miss Georgia Stenrod and Mr. John W. Evans of Nelsonville were married at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Christian church parsonage with the pastor Rev. M. E. Chatley officiating.

Georgia Stenrod John W. Evans Nelsonville Christian Church M. E. Chatley

East Side PTA Names New Vice President and Plans Opera

East Side Parent Teacher Association met at the East Side building. Mrs. C. W. Fink was nominated vice-president replacing Mrs. F. E. Harshman who moved out of the district. Plans were finalized for the operetta Forest Court to be staged February 26 in the high school auditorium. Miss Viola M. Fell reported on the Schick test and discussed child diseases noting measles as highly fatal. The banner was awarded to the third grade for attendance. the pennant went to the fourth grade.

East Side Parent Teacher Association East Side C. W. Fink F. E. Harshman Forest Court Viola M. Fell Schick

Wisconsin man confessed to murder and dismemberment

Authorities searched forests near Platteville Wisconsin after a confession by William Coffey a bond salesman and part time evangelist that he killed his wife Mrs William Coffey with a baseball bat and dismembered the body burying each section separately Coffey hoped to guide investigators to the burial sites in a second confession.

Maulton Wis U.P Plattesville William Coffey Coffey Bond

Tanlac Restores Health to Cincinnati Lady

Mrs. Elizabeth Fuhrman of 429 Klotter Ave Cincinnati credits Tanlac with curing a lifelong stomach and nervous ailment that began in girlhood. She describes relief from fatigue headaches and dizziness and endorses Tanlac as nature’s tonic with 52 million bottles sold.

Tanlac Cincinnati Elizabeth Fuhrman Klotter Ave Ohio Mrs. Fuhrman Taniac Tanlae

New Moon-Saturn Eclipse Visible Early in Hocking Valley

Astronomers predict a brief sky event tomorrow as the moon crosses Saturn. Viewers should rise before 6 45 AM to catch the sight, weather permitting, with Saturn east of the moon near the meridian center and the event lasting over an hour after about 7 03 AM.

Hocking Valley Saturn

What a Night Radio Highlights Mar Nighttime Opera and Drama

Friday radio features include WEAF WJZ hookups at 9 30 p m with Verdi aria Ti Trovatore by Chicago Civic Opera stars Muzio Lindi Van gordon Boneli plus Met Opera singers Lucrezia Bort Martinelli and Casals. WGY Schenectady airs Revelation drama at 380 9 30 p m ET and WABC New York presents Rollo Maitland organist from 8 30 p m ET.

WEAF WJZ Chicago Civic Opera Company Muzio Lindi Vangordon Boneli WEFI WJAR WTAG WGR WLIT WRC WCSH WCAE WTAM WWJ WSAI KSD WOC WCCO WDAF WGY

Half Mile of Eggs Falls From Truck in Chicago

A truck carrying 3 000 eggs skidded in Chicago with driver H V Brown at the wheel. The broken eggs spilled over a half mile of roadway, creating a slippery mess reported in the day’s local briefs.

Chicago H. V. Brown

Quit Getting Up Nights A Healthy Bladder Acts During the Day

A Republic Ohio reader reports relief from night-time bladder trips after using Lithiated Buchu Keller Formula. The notice warns against drugs that suppress bladder action and notes the remedy increases daytime activity while cleansing the bladder. Cost is 25 cents per tablet at drug stores or Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio McKee Drug Co.

N. Shuman Republic Ohio Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg McKee Drug Co

Publicity Causes Four Pages to Quit Campaign

Four of seven Washington debutantes serving as pages at a W C T U convention resign after being touted nationwide as non-smokers non-drinkers and non-potters. Helen Catley Sally Phillips Olive Sherley and Harriet Whitford deny any pledge to abstain though they personally avoid liquor and tobacco. President Ella A Boole cited the group as examples that girls who do not smoke or drink can still be popular. The notice drawn by their claimed pledge was excessive, the girls state.

Washington U.P Helen Catley Sally Phillips Olive Sherley Harriet Whitford Ella A. Boole

Two Bandits Kill Clerk In Harlem Hotel Robbery

Two young bandits entered the Hotel Charles in Harlem and killed the night clerk. They wounded two guests and escaped with a diamond pin and $143 in cash under cover of revolver fire. A woman guest was seriously hurt by jumping from a window.

New York Charles Harlem

Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Cold Relief

An advertisement touts Red Pepper Rub as a fast remedy for chest tightness congestion and cold symptoms. It claims tingling heat penetrates in minutes and relieves sore muscles joints and rheumatic pain by applying a pepper based rub from Rowlea.

What’s Wrong This Test Puzzles Adults and Kids Alike

The page presents ten questions including unusual running posture in an illustration, states bordering Michigan to the south, comparing Rhode Island and DC size, a colonial governor nicknamed Old Silverieg, feminine form of comedian, nearest heavenly body to Earth, ocean bed level, Maine’s capital, professor abbreviation, and the Royal Gorge location in a state.

Michigan Rhode Island District of Columbia Silverieg Maine Royal Gorge

Snooping by Dry Officers Frowned Upon by Treasury Official

Washington January 27 United Press Assistant Secretary Andrews says prohibition agents must be straight shooters and stop unfair stalking tactics. An internal investigation into undercover work by Andrews and Commissioner Blair revealed officials did not know agents were engaging in bootlegging. No undercover operations will proceed without Andrews approval.

Washington United Press Andrews

East Wins Cold Wave Sees Records Across the Nation

The nation east of the Mississippi faced extreme cold with a 62 mph north gale driving temperatures to new lows. New York City logged six degrees below zero and Drainord Minnesota hit 89 below, while Florida showed a rare 170 degree swing.

New York Mississippi New Lowa Atlantic Seaboard New York City Drainord Minn Florida

Two Killed as Train Hits Bus in Tulsa

A fast passenger train on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line crashed into a school bus in Tulsa on January 27, killing the bus driver and another person and leaving several children and others seriously injured.

Tulsa Okla Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad

Edna Wallace Hopper Youth Cream Advertises Beauty Aid

Edna Wallace Hopper promotes Youth Cream as more than a face cream containing lemon and strawberry ingredients. She claims regular Paris trips inspire ideas and recommends Edna Wallace Hopper's Youth Cream sold in jars for 60c and tubes for 35c at toilet counters.

Paris Eivery Edna Allace Hopper Edna Wallace Hopper

Doctor Leaves Practice to Stay Close to Stenographer

Dr Steven W Gregory Goold, a Royal Academy of Surgeons fellow, quits work in Pawtucket Rhode Island to live near the stenographer who initially rebuffed him. Local report cites his devotion and unusual move as a personal decision.

Doctor Goold Leaves Scalpel for Ledger Work at Coal Company

Former surgeon Doctor Goold now spends long hours daily at the books of the Blackstone Coal Gas Company. His heart’s with Miss Grace Conway, a Falls stenographer.

Goold Blackstone Coal # Gas company Grace Conway

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