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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1926

Page

7

Nye Cemetery Holds Soldiers From Six Wars In Ohio Valley

Chauncey June 3 The Nye cemetery one of the oldest burying grounds in the Hocking valley holds soldiers from six wars. Among the buried are Revolutionary War men Thomas Mansfield Nehemiah Davis and Azel Johnson minister Nehemiah Davis planned Ohio's first Baptist church. 1812 war soldier William Powell Mexican War Joseph Etten Civil War with over fifty soldiers including Lewis Tinkham Melvin Douglas and others. Spanish-American War George Chadwell World War I Leslie Chadwell and John Harvey Ohio National Guard. The cemetery is more than a century old.

Chauncey Nye Hocking Valley Thomas Mansfield Nehemiah Davis Azel Johnson First Baptist Church Ohio William Powell Joseph Etten Lewis Tinkham Melvin Douglas John Bulschfield Clark Southerton Tif As Bowden William Smith Sau Ayles A. G. Lewis Charles W. Roberts Andrew Jackson Jap Schoonover David Cunningham Hiram Grahm Joseph Howard W. A. Burge W. N. Schoonover L. R. Tittle Isaac Smith Ira R. Fuller Lemuel Birge Samuel Harvey John Fiske S. W. Knowles James M. Amos Jerome Stephenson B. F. Stalder William Henry James Reeves Norvel James R. W. Fitch Calvin Mingus Asa W. Phillips William A. Birge Jr Resolved Fuller S. W. Cass Joseph Boileau Hiram Robinett Nathan Karns Leroy Woodworth Stineman

Miss Ortha Sweazy Visits Chauncey From Buffalo

Miss Ortha Sweazy of Chauncey arrives to visit parents Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Sweazy on Main Street. She has endured several appendicitis episodes and plans surgical operation before resuming employment in Buffalo, N Y, where she lives with brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sweazy.

Chauncey Ortha Sweazy Buffalo N. Y Melvin Sweazy L. L. Sweazy Main Street

Helen Sweazy Undergoes Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery

June 3 Chauncey reports three year old Helen daughter of Mr and Mrs John Sweazy underwent an operation for removal of tonsils and adenoids Monday. The procedure was performed by J Warren V Sprague of Chauncey and the child is recovering nicely.

Chauncey Helen John Sweazy Gerx J. Warren V. Sprague Chauncy

Columbus Woman Expected Home After Surgery

Mrs James of Columbus formerly Cochran of Chauncey is expected to return to her parents Mr and Mrs William Cochran in this city later this week. Mrs Thompson had an appendicitis operation three weeks ago at a Columbus hospital.

James Columbus Nth Cochran Chauncey William Cochran Thompson

Mrs Zen Lampley Leaves Chauncey for Chicago Visit

Mrs Zen Lampley Lampley leaves Chauncey this morning by motor with her mother Mrs Riley Tedrick and grandson Don Pencelii heading to Chicago for a family visit. Mrs Lampley and another sister reside in Chicago and the party traveled after a short Chauncey visit.

Chauncey Zenith Tedrick Lampley Riley Tedrick Don Pencelii Chicago

Minister Attends Church Convention

Rev. Lewis E. Lenheim of Chauncey and his wife are in Milwaukee Wisconsin for a quadrennial Seventh Day Adventist General Conference meeting running May 27 to June 14. Delegates from 115 nations attend the convention described as one of the greatest in the church’s history.

Chauncey Lewis E. Lenheim Seventh Day Adventist Church Lenheim Milwaukee Wisconsin General Conference

Recital Attended by Courtneys and Fiske Family

Harvey Courtney and Miss Ruth Fiske with Mrs. Paul Fiske were in Athens for a private voice recital by Christine Courtney Brown at Ewing Hall hosted by her father.

Chauncey Harvey Courtney Ruth Fiske Paul Fiske Athens Christine Courtney Brown Ewing

Millfield Visit Highlights Turner Stall Family

Mr and Mrs Carl Turner and daughter Alma Mae and Martin Stall of Shawnee spent the weekend with Mrs Nora B Stall in Millfield. Miss Mary Turner of McConnelsville visited two days with Miss Grace Stall. John Stall and Mr and Mrs James Kesterson and daughters Mary Frances and Cora Belle returned to Columbus after a Millfield stay with Mrs Nora B Stall.

Carl Turner Alma Mae Martin Stall Shawnee Nora B. Stall Millfield Mary Turner McConnelsville Grace Stall John Stall James Kesterson Mary Frances Cora Belle Columbus Nora BK. Stall

Local visits mark a Millfield and Middleport weekend

Miss Emma Tracy of Middleport spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Homer Tracy in Millfield. Richard Dunkle and three children of Millfield visited the former's mother in New Lexington. Miss Myrtle Stace of Millfield left for Columbus for a stay.

Emma Tracy Middleport Homer Tracy Millfield Richard Dunkle New Lexington Myrtle Stace Columbus

Oklahoma dairy heroine finds relief with Vegetable Compound

A tired Oklahoma woman in a blue apron endures dairy life until Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound lifts her health. She reports better sleep, more energy, and a weight gain from 115 to 135 pounds after seven bottles, prompting neighbors to ask for her secret.

Oklahoma Lydia E. Pinkham Cora Short Oklahoma City Okla

Visit at the home of Peter Stace noted

A fragment details a visit at the home of Peter Stace with unclear surrounding context and no additional facts available.

Peter Stace

Chauncey Weekend House Visits Highlight Local Families

Miss Louise Moody and Louis Moody of Lancaster spent the weekend in Chauncey visiting relatives including Andrew Kranyik and several Chauncey cousins. The Moody party and Mr and Mrs Melvin Sweazy then left for Logan Murray City and New Straitsville for a multi-city family visit. Locals Roy Crosser and George Scott with Mrs Catherine Johnson also spent time in Chauncey visiting kin.

Louise Moody Louis Moody Lancaster Chauncey Andrew Kranyik N. S. Harvey Nile Dew Ira Cunningham L. L. Sweazy Farailvy Melvin Sweazy Logan Murray City New Straitsville William Killenbauger McAtee John McGinley G. B. Courtney Charles Bradfield S. P. Tinklepaugh Middleport Leonard Koenig R. A. Surtees Luther Warnee Roy Crosser Wheeling W. Va George Scott Catherine Johnson Columbus Earl and Berry Johnson Nancy Saxon Albany Harvey Hoyt Courtney W. V. Sprague Jennie Graham Dayton Gus Graham

Dollar Charlie Kline Escapes Alderson Prison

Columbus reports federal authorities confirm the escape of counterfeiter Dollar Charlie Kline from Alderson Federal Prison in West Virginia. Kline had operated across Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia.

Columbus U.P Charlie’ Kline Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Alderson W. Va

Rabid Dogs Killed in Columbus and Ohio April

Ohio officials report twenty rabid dogs killed in April across the state. Each dog bit at least one person and one man died from a bite’s effects in Columbus.

Columbus Ohio

Ohio Transit Company seeks through parlor car buses

The Public Utilities Commission continued the hearing on Ohio Transit Company authority to run through parlor car buses from Columbus to Pomeroy via Athens. Railroad objections cited lack of notice and postponed hearings. About fifty witnesses testified on public convenience for the larger equipment and through service. The company has twelve parlor car buses ready to operate from Athens hourly once approved.

Ohio Transit Company Columbus Pomeroy Athens Public Utilities Commission New York Central Railroad Lancaster Logan

Columbus Woman Shoots Herself at Mt Carmel Hospital

Mrs Florence Madeline Slater 46 wife of Columbus Railway Power & Light vice president was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot in a hospital bathroom. She had been ill for five years and had been a Mt Carmel patient since May 1936.

Columbus U.P Florence Madeline Slater C. C. Slater Columbus Railway Power & Light Company Mt. Carmel Hospital Slater Mt. Carmel

Savings teller Harold Williams arrested in $50,000 shortage case

Harold Williams, a paying teller at Dollar Savings & Trust, who vanished amid an alleged $50,000 shortage, was arrested today at a relative’s home in Youngstown.

Youngstown U.P Harold Williams Dollar Savings & Trust Bank

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