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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1928
Page
8
Logan will host the Hocking county extension poultry school at the courthouse auditorium on February 7 at 7 30 p.m. The six lesson course will run on successive Tuesday evenings through February and early March with Robert W. Lang reporting eighteen poultry growers already enrolled.
Taxpayers in Hocking county face three elections next year costing an estimated 7250 dollars. Four thousand will fund the general election in November while primaries total 3250. Costs are in addition to Logan city election expenses.
Justamere club members gathered at Mrs. tt Wonn house with Mrs. A. T. Spears presiding. The program included Edgar Guest verses read by members, readings, two vocal solos, a piano duet, and a group reading of Forest Rose verses. Several nonmembers attended, with Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Smith assisting in hosting.
A famous authority warns that overindulgence in rich foods produces kidney trouble as acids irritate kidneys. He recommends drinking ample water and using four ounces of Salts in water to flush kidneys and relieve backache, headaches, and urinary irritation.
Logan Jan 31 two board members meet to name Henry Robey as janitor successor to George Anthony at the Hocking county courthouse. Robey will earn 110 dollars monthly, manage the boiler room, and assist in janitorial duties, provisional for three months before a civil service exam. Anthony retires after supervising courthouse construction.
Logan reports the death of H C Ferguson 54 of Oakdale California from apoplexy. He born in Washington township and later moved west to Whiting Indiana then California where he owned a fruit ranch and was in the canning business. He leaves his widow and son Nolan W Ferguson as the body returns to Logan for funeral arrangements.
Logan Mr and Mrs Chester Blake and daughter visited Sand Run over Saturday and Sunday to see Mr and Mrs Eugene Blake and family. Mr and Mrs R B Hansel were in Columbus over Sunday visiting Mrs Hansels aunt Mrs W P West formerly of New Straitsville and their daughter Mrs Kar Kline.
In Logan on January 31, Ernest Carrel, South Perry school bus driver, stood trial for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge A M Ellinger presided with a jury hearing testimony as Frank Redfern of Adelphi defended Carrel. more than twenty witnesses testified amid a large crowd, with verdict timing expected late Monday evening or Tuesday.
In Logan on January 31 Anna Kesterson filed in common pleas court for dissolution of marriage to Charles Kesterson after eighteen years of marriage begun January 27 1910. She cites cruelty and neglect and says she was driven from the home in September 1927. Two children are named. Also noted is the death of Mrs Edwin G Webb Urbana with services in Springfield.
In Columbus on January 31 Probate Judge Homer Z. Bostwick overruled Joseph Slater’s bid to end guardianship of his son Clarence C. Slater. The 77-year-old Nelsonville former mine operator asked to be released from the Rest home at Worthington, citing loss of liberty. The judge offered a trial release as a compromise while setting an appeal bond at 100 dollars. further actions are planned in common pleas court.
Andrew Powell was taken to Mansfield Reformatory by Sheriff W R Liogd after a jury convicted him of larceny for copper wire theft from Sunday Creek Coal Company’s mine. Judge Whitcraft sentenced Powell to an indefinite term at the reformatory.
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