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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1929

Page

8

Widow Receives State Workmen’s Compensation Award

Marietta June 17 attorney Fred C Myers returned from Columbus where he argued before the Ohio Industrial Commission for Mrs Lorena Dalton widow of Grover Dalton killed in an automobile crash near Lowell October 27. Dalton worked for Deckler Construction Co Athens and was returning home from work in the company car. Myers argued the death occurred in the course of employment and the commission awarded the maximum 6500 along with funeral and doctor bills for Mrs Dalton and four minor children.

Marietta Fred C. Myers Columbus Ohio Industrial Commission Lorena Baton Grover Dileton Dalton Lowell Athens Myers

Flag Day Honors by the D. A. R. at Willow Brook

Governor Worthington Chapter of the D. A. R. held a Flag Day picnic at Willow Brook near Union Furnace. Forty members and guests attended. A silver sandwich plate was presented to the regent Mrs. Longstreth by Mrs. J. Dougherty, honoring her as the first regent and for organizing the chapter. Mrs. Longstreth will retire as leader. A repast and social hour followed.

Worthington

Benefit Match Halts by Rain in Logan Twilight League

Rain shortened the sixth inning benefit game for Eddie Tolbert to five. Hoopes Jewelers beat Brehm’s Dentists 4 to 0 as a crowd gathered. about $100 more may go to Tolbert’s fund. Tolbert, Logan Foundry third baseman, is hospitalized after a facial injury and improving. a second benefit game is planned next Sunday.

Logan-Corning Tolbert Walls Jack Floyd Coough Spanrow Lee Jones Larimer

Local Visitors Spend Weekend Across Ohio

Mr and Mrs Lawrence Harden visited Akron on Sunday. Mr and Mrs William Burberry and son Bernard from Cleveland arrived in Logan for a few days with George Burberry and Frank Burberry. Mrs Samton Bright and daughter Jean, Mrs Myrtle White and Mrs Raymond Lanning toured Columbus to see Mr Bright in hospital after a recent operation. Oliver Mowery of Lancaster, an officer at the Boys Industrial School, visited on Sunday and said a ball game injury will sideline him for three weeks.

Lawrence Harden Akron William Burberry Bernard Cleveland Logan George Burberry Frank Burberry Samton Bright Jean Myrtle White Raymond Lanning Columbus Bright Oliver Mowery Lancaster Mowery Boys Industrial School

Attendance rises at Old Man's Cave and Ash Cave

Logan June 17 Attendance at Old Man's Cave and Ash Cave is climbing this summer says ranger 8S A Reichley. New scenic route boosted Ash Cave access and a Sunday attendance of 10387 marked a high for the year. Rockhouse figures unavailable but trail visits grow as the season advances.

Logan Old Man's Cave Ash Cave A. Reichley Rockhouse

State to Allow S Perry School in Logan

Logan June 17 information shows the State Department of Education consented to keeping a high school at South Perry for another year. A prior survey recommended abandoning the NT school and sending students to Laurelville. Last year 16 pupils studied there with Raymond Skinner as principal. similar enrollment is expected this fall.

Coleman Columbus

Miss Anna Troxel Tours Europe on Three Month Journey

Logan reports Miss Anna Troxel daughter of H B Troxel County Treasurer left New York last Monday for a three month European tour. She sails on a Spanish vessel to Cadiz and will visit France Switzerland Italy Germany and England. Travel from Paris to London by plane. She is joined by a friend who teaches at Columbia College Columbia Missouri.

Logan Europe Anna Troxel H. B. Troxel New York Cadiz Spain France Switzerland Italy Germany England United States Paris London London Will Be Made By Plane. Miss Troxel Is Accompanied By Afriend Columbia College Columbia, Mo Miss Troxel

O Neal Enters Democratic Race for Mayor in Logan

A. J. O Neil joined the Logan Democratic field for mayor. His petition arrived Friday after a county election board visit Saturday to collect signatures. The entry makes four Democrats, one more than the Republican slate, the largest field in recent years.

Logan County Election Board A. J. O'Neil Mound Street

Funeral in Chillicothe for Judge Addison P. Minshall

Jadea and Mrs. Harley M. Whitcraft with son Wayne and Mrs. Charles Lutz attended the Chillicothe funeral of Judge Addison P. Minshall. Minshall had been named to replace Judge Peter Blasser on the common pleas bench after Blasser’s election to the court of appeals.

Glenn A Carpenter and Mary Carpenter named in Hocking County case

Glenn A. Carpenter a 2 percent railroad brakeman of Walbridge and Mary Carpenter age 21 employed by H. Godman Shoe Co in Hocking County are listed as parties in a local matter.

Glenn A. Carpenter Walbridge Mary & Carpenter H.godman Shoe Co Hocking County

Bishop Jenkins confirms class in Logan at St Pauls

Bishop Thomas Jenkins of the Nevada Missionary District confirmed a class at St Pauls Episcopal Church in Logan. He preached on growth from within and noted Newton Slatter was confirmed at home. other attendees included Mrs. Theodore Sawyer Mrs. Henry Watson and Edward Geslin. The bishop then planned to visit Columbia and Detroit before returning home.

Logan Thomas Jenkins Nevada Newton Slatter East Main Street Theodore Sawyer Henry Watson Scott Gestin Edward Geslin Helen Harietta Slattery Sylvia FE. L. Wielow Rielle Hyson Inishon Jenkins Fred Stimpson Worthington Mr. Pielow I. K. Showalter R. White Henry Wilson Robert Burden Bishop Jenkins Columbia Detroit

Donald Bort Recovering From Injury at Columbus Hospital

News from Columbus reports Donald Bort making a satisfactory recovery after a broken left leg from a fall at the Hocking Valley Brick plant. He will leave the hospital Tuesday for a relative's home in Columbus and is expected to return to his own home by week’s end. He has been hospitalized three months and has lately walked with crutches.

Donald Bort Bort Hocking Valley

Adlerika Eases Nine Year Gas Suffering Report

Mrs E Touchstone credits Adlerika with ending nine years of gas and sleeplessness. One spoonful relieves gas and bloating by acting on the upper and lower bowel to remove old waste matter. Available at Gibson's Pharmacy Athens and other listed stores in the region.

Adlerika Athens Hickman's Nelsonville Poling’s Murray City Taylor's Drug Store Coolville

Flag Day observed by Athens Elks Lodge at Majestic Theater

Athens Elks Lodge members hosted a Flag Day program at the Majestic Theater with Attorney General Gilbert Bettman delivering the principal address. Boy Scouts aided in a flag history presentation while lodge officers formed a liberty bell arrangement. Musical interludes featured Mrs. Dorothy Larber and soloists.

Gilbert Bettman Athens Lodge of Elks Majestic Theater Brotherhood of Elks Athens John B. Cross Boy Scouts Mr. Cross Henry VII England St. Andrew G. M. Romine J. R. Featherstone H. Hinman N. N. Burgett Roy Pierce America Bettman

Four Husbands Each One a Soldier Pioneer Woman Speaks

SHARPSBURG June 17 Staff Special Mrs Laura Little of Bartlett aged 51 is a Bartlett pioneer. Daughter of Mr and Mrs RB Arnold, a former tanner turned farmer and stock dealer. She has four children from a single marriage and has remarried four times with husbands all soldiers. Her most recent spouse Olive Miller served through the Civil War and fathered eight children. Mrs Little currently rents rooms in Bartlett and recalls long support for women voters.

Sharpsburg Laura Little Bartlett RB. T. Arnold Arnold Hattie Anderson Marietta Ada Ross Coffeyville Kansas Frank Miler Tulsa Okla Kya Marttert Lenapanagh Nott Ross Perley Miller Teru Charles Miller Barthalow Montana Little

Two Patients Escape Columbus State Hospital

Herbert Mayhew of Bellaire and Robert Daugherty of Cambridge escaped from Columbus State Hospital by climbing through a transom Sunday midnight, police report.

Columbus Herbert Mayhew Bellaire Robert Daugherty Cambridge Columbus State Hospital

Puzzle note hides a quiver of daily word links

A short note presents a word puzzle with a sequence of related terms. The list includes Hide Side Site Sits Setg Sees and an odd iPek, signaling a letter-shifting or keyboard-pattern puzzle common in crosswords.

iPek

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