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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1928

Page

6

Hollister Man Lafayette Phelps Dies at 70

Lafayette Phelps aged 70 died at the home of his daughter Mrs Jennie Derlach in Leinster after a long asthma illness. He leaves ten children including Mrs Derlach Hollister and Mrs Goldie Simpkins Kingswood Ky Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM at the Buchtel M E church with Rev Stuckey of Nelsonville officiating. Burial will follow in Buchtel cemetery.

Hister Jennie Derlach Leinster Phelps Derlach Hollister Goldie Simpkins Kingswood Eva Crouse Boomer W. Va Garnet Saytor Cleveland Maggie Florence New Mexico Fred Phelps Wenterdon John Phelps Glouster Roe Sid Harry Phelps Margon Buchtel M. E Stuckey Nelsonville Buchtel Cemetery

Assessors to Begin Work in Hocking County Next Monday

Logan May 3 Assessors appointed by Auditor D Melvin Heft will start work in Hocking County next Monday. The auditor notes personal tax returns this year are unusually large. Assessors will check returns and pursue missed filers. if needed the auditor will prepare returns and apply penalties for noncompliance.

Hocking County Logan D. Melvin Heft

Women of Logan Sponsor Law Enforcement Meeting

Women clubs of Logan sponsor a non political meeting on enforcement at the Pythian theater at 2 pm June 3. Miss Irma Voigt of Ohio University will speak. Men are invited to attend as organizers emphasize broad enforcement interests.

Logan Pythian Theater

Hamilton Daughters Suffer Pleuro-Pneumonia Fears

Edward C. Hamilton reports from St Petersburg that his daughter Miss Bartelle Hamilton is ill with pleurisy and pneumonia fears arise. Hamilton and another daughter Mrs Fred Huis returned from the south weeks ago.

Logan St. Petersburg Fla Edward C. Hamilton Bartelle Hamilton

Bridge Session At Mrs Rempel Home Draws Local Players

The Get-Together club met at Mrs. Kate Rempel’s home on South Market Street Monday for a bridge session. Two tables of players were present. William Armstrong of Laurelville was a business visitor in Logan on Wednesday. William Woodruff traveled to Columbus Wednesday afternoon.

Kate Rempel South Market Street William Armstrong Laurelville Logan William Woodruff Columbus

Woman Behind Delay in Ohio Primary Count

Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown said a Darke County elections clerk caused the delay in issuing the official presidential primary tally. Darke County is the last of 88 counties to report, hindering the statewide result.

Columbus Clarence J. Brown Darke County

Glouster High Kitchen Continues Meal Service

The Glouster High School home economics kitchen still serves one meal daily for needy children though supplies are tight. Milk is cut in half while sugar and butter are completely cut off. A miners mass meet is set for Deanville tonight at 7 30 with speakers Frank Bender John Walker and Oral Daugherty.

Glouster High School Glouster Deanville Frank Bender John Walker Oral Daugherty

Talk On Holy Land Trip At Local Meeting

Louis Seidenfeld of Murray City will speak about his summer trip to the Holy Land at the Friendship Circle gathering at the M. E. church tonight at 7 30. A musical program will accompany the talk.

Glouster Louis Seidenfeld Murray City Holy Land Friendship Circle M. E. Church

Woman Charlotte Hall Dies in Nelsonville Church Service

Mrs. Charlotte Ann Hall, 60, wife of Alfred C. Hall of 1465 Clara Street, died Wednesday in St. Clair Hospital. Funeral at 1 36 p m Friday at Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church with burial in Eastlawn Burial Park. She belonged to Auxiliary groups including O R C B L F and E and Royal Neighbors. Survived by daughter Miss Emma F Hall two sons Arthur C and Earl R two sisters Mrs Sylvia Newton and Mrs Lena Snowden and two brothers George and Parry, all of Nelsonville.

Arthur C Earl R Sylvia Newton Lena Snowden George and Parry Nelsonville

Amendment urged to compensation law by physician

Dr Carey McCord urged broadening Ohio workmen’s compensation to cover occupational diseases. He noted lead poisoning is compensated while silica related silicosis is not, and that tenosynovitis from air hammer vibration is excluded despite injury-based coverage.

Cincinnati Ohio Ohio State Medical Association Carey McCord Industrial Health Conservancy Laboratory McCord

Green Warns Labor Against Ohio Pennsylvania Relief Fund

President William Green of the American Federation of Labor warned affiliated unions to refrain from contributing to the Ohio Pennsylvania Relief committee. He said the committee has solicited funds from union members and their friends, and some have already donated.

Washington William Green American Federation of Labor Green Organized Labor Friends of Organized Labor

Polar Dirigible Italia Reroutes Over Sweden

A dispatch from Upsala reports the Italian polar dirigible Italia cruising in perfect weather over Sweden shortly after noon today. The airship's movements and status are being tracked as it continues its Arctic reconnaissance mission.

Berlin U.P Italia Sweden Upsala

Beckler and Bougher Named to County Election Board

Fred R. Bougher of Athens is reappointed to the Athens county election board by the secretary of state. Charles R. Beckler, also of Athens, takes the Democratic seat vacated by Joseph Richards. Remaining members include Republican Harry Kelley and Democrat Robert Huenefeld of Nelsonville. Nearby counties appoint Mel Harbaugh E Henderson Meigs Spires Thoma Vinton Smith Cozad and others.

Fred R. Bougher Athens Athens County Charles R. Beckler Joseph Richards Glouster Harry Kelley Nelsonville Robert Huenefeld Hocking Mel Harbaugh E. A. Henderson Meigs John Spires G. M. Thoma Vinton Carl Smith John Cozad

William Heiser Returns to Ohio Pen for Chicken Theft

Back home in Columbus Ohio on May 2 William Heiser leaves for the Ohio Penitentiary after 37 years serving the area. Heiser is returning to prison life this time for chicken stealing.

Columbus U.P William Heiser William Ohio

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Pink Skin and Energy

Doctor Edwards presents Olive Tablets as a vegetarian liver and bowel tonic that replaces calomel with no after effects. It claims to improve complexion and vitality by stimulating bile and easing constipation. Available in 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ sizes from all druggists.

S.S.S

Seaplane Bombs Shanghai City in Civil War Conflict

A northern army air unit bombarded Shanghai at noon, dropping four bombs on the Chinese section. Two Chinese were wounded and one building destroyed, marking possibly the first use of aircraft to bomb a large Chinese city in five years of civil war.

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