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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1926
Page
8
Logan Presbyterian church reported a new Sunday school attendance record with 201 attendees as Easter preparations begin. Leaders Harry Smith and W I Krieg oversee growing classes while sermons emphasize temperance and Christian witness.
Archie and Charles Speedman of near Logan were arraigned before Magistrate Miller on Saturday. Both pled guilty and fined five dollars plus costs. They were arrested the day before by Sheriff Shaw and deputies who had been at Haydenville on official business.
Betty Sherman, 11, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Sherman of Maxville, was brought to Logan Saturday for an operation at Cherrington hospital. Her condition Monday was reported favorable with a rapid recovery anticipated.
In Logan on March 1 a Sunday evening service at the Presbyterian church featured a male quartet performing a program titled Negro Spirituals. W. S. Krieg explained the songs origin while quartet members Dil Sanderson Edward Myers and W. D. Thurness performed. The church was filled with regulars and visiting worshipers from other churches.
The logan report notes Rev. W. L Hickey spoke to a large crowd at the hall on Sunday afternoon about pressing American life issues and preached at the United Brethren church in Gore that evening.
Logan March 1 Boyd Goss bought the Co W Krinn farm at a Saturday auction. The eighty acre Falls township tract sold at sixty dollars per acre. Auctioneer was Joe Hamilton. The sale completed a solid land deal in this locality.
Mr and Mrs Byron Moorehead and Anthony Toerner entertained at Anthony Toerner s home on South Mulberry Street Saturday evening for the pleasure of several local guests including Mr and Mrs Buellaby Mr and Mrs Frank Hanien Mr and Mrs Merle Weymueller and Mr and Mrs Fred Brown plus additional attendees.
A Columbus Ohio testimonial touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a health tonic. The unnamed speaker describes recovering from a prolonged cold and flu with the remedy. The ad urges readers to obtain the product from local sellers or by mailing 10 cents.
Clinton Webb Miss Lara Lytle and John McBroom attended a social evening where lunch was served after the gathering.
William McCullough a 22 year old miner of Haydenville and Pearl Green 21 at home in Haydenville were issued a marriage license.
The Rev Frederick Brown of Central Avenue ME Church argues that Christianity has not failed but that people have not applied it in their hearts. He cites John the Baptist’s question to Jesus to explain contemporary doubt and says the kingdom grows in lives, not through political upheaval.
An Athens reader John Kerns reports a dull backache from morning to night with weak kidneys and scanty secretions. He credits Doan's Pills from Sashi's Drug Store for restoring his health and relieving dizziness.
Howard Robbins of Athens pleaded guilty in police court to intoxication. He paid a $10 fine plus $0.20 in costs.
An ad touts Thoxine as a guaranteed cure for sore throat and night coughs caused by throat irritation. It promises relief within 15 minutes from a single swallow, demands no iron or narcotics, and offers money back if unsatisfied. Prices listed 35c 60c and $1.00.
Miss Nellie McGowan, writing to her aunt Miss Jane Philips of 6 Kern Street, says snow fell in Rome a rare sight. She notes mountains see snow and a hot sirocco from Africa. Rome’s buildings are built to stay cool in summer and feel very cold in winter, and fuel is scarce with wood sold like groceries.
Failure to appear at a trial before Justice of the Peace Carl Porter led to the case of B. Kern sued by William D. Robinson of Athens for a $98.82 promissory note. Trial set for February 13, Kern did not show, appeal made to Common Pleas court. Kern and J. L. Tripito signed a $200 bond.
A timepiece concealed inside a Mexican twenty dollar gold piece is shown at a display in San Antonio Texas.
An advertisement touts a successor to cloth pads called Kotex offering greater protection and disposal ease. It claims eight in ten fashionable women use it, with no laundry or embarrassment, five times more absorbent, deodorizing to prevent odor, and available at drug and department stores for a few cents per package of 12.
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