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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
3
Local notice reports a woman leaves her husband and two adult children, Miss Ethel and Raymond, at home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Dr. W F Mercer of Ohio University spoke to the Rotary Club in Nelsonville on heritage heredity and eugenics. He described how familial traits reemerge after generations and urged stricter marriage laws to curb birth of criminals and feeble minded individuals. W H Parks was welcomed into membership.
The annual marble tournament by the YMCA will be held April 11 and 18 with two age classes under 11 and 11 to under 15. The winners and runners-up of each class meet April 18 for finals. Prizes include two three month passes to city picture shows plus additional awards. Practice games will intensify and a free Majestic theatre show will entertain marble fans.
In Nelsonville on March 25 neighbors and friends surprised M. J. Carter for his birthday anniversary. A pleasant evening followed with a dainty lunch served to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Nanna and others including Henry Malone and families, Brancomb Davis and children, E. R. Carter and relatives, Maude Adams and Mabel Adams, Bell Bumgardner, and Sohn Duskey.
A resident describes two hospital confinements and cruel water injections before claiming Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy saved life. The testimonial asserts the product removed intestinal mucus, reduced inflammation, and cured ailments including liver and appendix issues. The ad cites McKee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville and others selling the remedy.
Out door basketball and volley courts have been established at East School. They are being greatly enjoyed by the pupils of that institution. Insistence is being made by the administration on sufficient exercise in the open air by all students. Proper supervision at all times is, of course, supplied.
Nelsonville March 25 The final number of the high school senior class lecture course will be presented in the auditorium Friday night by Mr and Mrs Glen Wells. The duo bring fifteen years of Lyceum success with two person dramas and will offer a thirty minute prelude of duets and arias in costume before the play. Season tickets are honored and single tickets will be sold at the door to support a substantial gift to the high school.
Local city officers searched the residence of Clarence McGill on Chestnut street Tuesday night. A crate of bottles alleged to have contained liquor was found and a pitcher smelled of intoxicating liquor. McGill pleaded guilty to possession and was fined $200 and costs.
The Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will entertain in the church parlors Thursday afternoon. Aprons and sun bonnets will be on display in connection with the event.
Funeral services for John Coates will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the late residence. Rev. Howearth will conduct the rites, and burial will take place at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Nelsonville Ohio March 25 prize winners named at the high school for an essay contest prompted by a factory tour of the McGovern Nelsonville shoe plant. First prizes were three dollars, second two dollars, third one dollar, with honorable mentions across both high schools.
Mrs. Clara Pritchard, 56, wife of Thomas Pritchard, died Wednesday morning at the family home on Myers Street after a long illness. The Pritchard family has resided in Nelsonville for many years and was well known in the community.
An old advertisement touts Tanlac as a blood purifier and liver booster that aids nervousness indigestion rheumatism and fatigue. It claims quick improvements from the first days and suggests two to three bottles restore vigor, plus Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation.
Nelsonville officials expect a new adding machine to arrive within days. The Burroughs unit will be installed at the senior high school after the makers, learning of the need, lent a fresh machine from stock, a favor gratefully received by the administration.
Mrs Minnie Davis departed Tuesday for an extended visit with her brother Frank Bryson in Wellston and friends in Chillicothe. Mrs John Riley also left Tuesday for Mt. Clemens Michigan.
Advert says stomach upset stems from a clogged liver and bowels and promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a purely vegetable remedy that arouses the liver without griping. It recommends one or two tablets at bedtime for relief and notes the product is mixed with olive oil and known by its olive color.
By the serious illness of her brother, Joe Francis. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. McLaughlin spent Monday in Columbus. Alfred Richardson has been called to Columbus by the serious illness of his mother and daughter. Donald McLaughlin left Tuesday to accept a position in Chicago.
The Esther class of the Church of Christ held its annual dinner and officer election in Nelsonville on Monday evening. Sixty Esthers sat at a long blue and gold table after a 6 o'clock dinner. A program followed with violin, vocal duets, humorous reading, and an original poem, as officers were elected: President Eva Gillam, first Vice Maggie Betts, second Vice Beth Verity, Secretary Nellie Ben.
Assistant Secretary Mrs Ma bel Johnson and Treasurer Miss Lulu Parry presented the Esther class year end report. Net funds rose from 21.03 on April 1 1924 to 184.63 on March 18 1925 with 895.62 earned and deposited. expenditures included 25 to O E Liggett 14.90 for baskets and coal 150 for silverware 30 for dishes 5 to American Legion 20 to Johnson Bible College 50 to Living Link Missionary. Flower fund started 15.88 earned 42.22 spent 49.25 leaving 8.33.
Miss Helen Sibthorp, a British woman reportedly aged 102, has never been photographed. The claim notes she declined all portrait sessions and public visibility remains limited.
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a quick remedy for a persistent cough. It claims the product loosens phlegm soothes inflamed membranes and stops the urge to cough, available for 80 cents at all stores.
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