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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1925

Page

10

Vacation Bible Schools Watched In Ohio Presbytery

Religious workers in the Hocking valley monitor a six site daily Vacation Bible School program under Rev. J. L. Evans of Nelsonville and Rev. C. R. Douglass of Logan. Hoyt Tribble of Wooster College directs. Haydenville hosts opening sessions with teachers Mrs. Lew Mock and Miss Charlotte Work.

Logan Hocking Alley Athens Presbytery J. L. Evans Nelsonville C. R. Douglass Hoyt Tribble Wooster College Deanville Floodwood Murray City Haydenville Greendale Synod of Ohio Tribble Lew Mock Charlotte Presbyterian Church

Neighborhood celebration at Mrs. Asbury Riggs home

A happy event occurred at the home of Mrs. Asbury Riggs on West Second Street Sunday drawing neighbors to gather in a cheerful community moment.

Infant Welfare Drives County Health Work This Summer

Dr. J M Higgins health commissioner says infant welfare is the county’s main summer focus. Early life is most at risk from hot weather as delicate digestion cannot handle spoiled food. Nurses educate on summer dieting and use a $24 monthly fund from the City Federation to buy milk, largely for tubercular patients but sometimes for babies in emergencies. Travel ease allows expanded outreach to remote communities.

J. M. Higgins Health Department

Illicit liquor raids net two more arrests in Logan

Western Hocking deputies raided two places Sunday and seized liquor, arresting Charles Starkey and Grover Bone. At Magistrate Miller’s court they pled guilty to possession, fined 200 dollars plus costs. Starkey faced prior suits for alienating a wife. Bone had a 1913 arson arrest. The two arrests raise the two week total to eleven run-down illicit stills.

Starkey Bone Sheriff's Office Starskey Martin McDonald

RODE HOME FREE LOGAN

Don Francis left Georgetown University to return home to Logan. He rode from Washington to Hagerstown with a college mate then found a ride to Columbus to stay with his grandparents. The journey was inexpensive and enjoyable for the Logan lad who plans to return this fall to Georgetown to continue his studies.

Logan Don Francis Georgetown University Washington Hagerstown Maryland Columbus Don Edward Francis West Hunter Street Georgestown

Cream Men Meet Logan In County Milk Meetings

Cream producers of Hocking county held meetings last week under the Hocking county farm bureau. The Goat Run school session featured E. D. Wade explaining a cooperative market plan. Committees in each community will gauge sentiment and report findings.

Logan Hocking County

urn of Frank R. S a le f to rest in Oak Grove cemetery

Logan reports the Harden company received an urn containing the ashes of Frank R. Salef of Washington DC. He was a brother in law to Miss Ida Steinman and August Steinman of this city and died in Washington from pneumonia. The urn will be placed in the Steinman family plot at Oak Grove cemetery.

Logan Frank R. Sale Washington, D. C Harden Company Sale Ida Steinman August Steinman Washington I Steinman Oak Grove Cemetery

Messenger Pattern Department offers four bust sizes

A pattern for an attractive model with simple lines, four size runs from small to extra large, and a medium size requiring 4 1/4 yards of 27 inch material. Patterns mailed to any address on receipt of 15 cents in silver or stamps.

Seining Moths Become Latest School Passion

A humorous note from Athens describes a student plan to catch butterflies and moths with nets, mount them for civic biology, and earn an A from Professor Matheny. Teachers join summer biology study, nets reach ground, and the pastime is warned to be as risky as golf on the local course.

Sidney Ohio University Agriculture Matheny Athens Country Club

Court rules baggy trousers a Chaplin theatrical property

A court declares baggy trousers a theatrical property of Mr. Charles Chaplin, noting the rest of the public is in contempt. The remark from the Cincinnati Ohio Times- Star captures the humorous legal stance on Chaplin's costume.

Charles Chaplin Cincinnati Ohio Times- Star

War report stirs London on unconfirmed Japan claim

Hong Kong reports an unconfirmed message that Japan declared war on Southern China. Central News dispatch adds gasoline producers in France offered free pumping to sellers, risking bankruptcy as prices rise and supplies dwindle.

London Hong Kong Japan China

Unpopular Winners and Penny Saving Wit

A compact collection of quotes highlighting the tension between successful players and peers, a stingy remark on teaching children to save, and a quip about money. The snippets contrast winning prowess, frugality, and the silent nature of those who earn money.

Diseases spread by kissing touch old married women

A cryptic item notes that kissing spreads disease rarely affecting an elderly married woman, from the Newark Ohio American-Tribune.

Newark Ohio American-Tribune

Birth Control Debate Sparks Akron Beacon Editorial

The Akron Beacon Journal observes that some men are reduced to being arguments for birth control, framing the remark as a pointed editorial stance on social policy and reproductive rights.

Akron Ohio Beacon-Journal

P. D. Q Bed-Bug Killer Promises Quick Death

Advert discusses P. D. Q Pesky Devils Quietus as a 35¢ box that claims to kill bedbugs roaches fleas and moths and their eggs leaving clothing unharmed with a patent spout and liquid bottle options.

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