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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1926
Page
8
Lela Ruth Shannon, 20 months old, nearly drowned when she fell into an outdoor closet at the family home near Greens Run. Her mother Rufus Shannon and spouse struggled to save her before assistance arrived. the child survived.
A marriage license was issued in Probate Court yesterday to Francis Paul Frebault 43 theater owner of Athens and Sadie Miclen Lyons 29 nurse of Athens. Rev Father J W Byrne officiated.
Vintage advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children of all ages. It claims to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels within hours and prevent illness, urging readers to ask their druggist for the genuine product made by the California Syrup Company.
Collegians all Richard Wilson of the University of Wisconsin caused a minor disturbance by bringing eight pet snakes to his dormitory. The incident ended with the snakes and Wilson's fellow students getting along well, and Wilson pictured with his snakes Mark Antony Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.
Radio listings from WIZ New York and Chicago stations show Baldwin string quartet and soloists at 10 p m Eastern time, Gilbert Sullivan at WBAL Baltimore, Wisconsin football dinner on WMAQ, Anna Byrne’s orchestra hook-up, and Major General Summerall dinner on WNYC New York with times noted in Eastern and Central zones.
Oslo reports Roald Amundsen intends a six month American lecture tour to aid bankruptcy dividends and write his memoirs likely with serial installments. He will write on the Pacific coast with Lincoln Ellsworth, aligning for next summer's secret plans. County Grange to Meet at Stewart November 20 with Rome Grange.
The local Grange will serve dinner at noon with Mrs. Frances Nichols in charge of the literary program. The meeting will include the annual elections of officers and county Grange representatives are urged to attend.
Berlin reports renewed friction as Polish Upper Silesia elections show German majorities in relief towns and many villages. Germans claim plebiscite was pressured. Polish nationalists dispute finality of the decision and call for reannexation debates.
Century old advertorial touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for sour stomach and indigestion. It claims the product neutralizes stomach acid more effectively than bicarbonate of soda and aids gas relief without purging. The ad notes its trademark status and available 25 and 50 cent bottles at drugstores.
Ohio legislators plan a broad bill to curb justices of the peace and kangaroo courts and limit mayoral jurisdiction. The measure targets fee splitting constables and aims to shift enforcement to state coordinated efforts with automobile clubs. Cambridge officials are cited as a fee splitting example.
The bill would require court sessions to occur only during regular hours and in a public stipulate d place, effectively ending secret road side sessions.
Moscow Nov 18. Dmitri Kursky peoples commissar of justice said many hundred thousand women previously unprotected in Russia now have legal standing in the eyes of the law as the central executive addressed the issue.
After two days of discussion late Tuesday a committee approved a sweeping family code proposed over a year ago. It removes the need to register to legalize marriages including church weddings and common law unions, aiming to protect women many of whom live in wedlock without formalities and risk abandonment.
In Moundridge Kansas a 76 year old man reports lasting relief from indigestion and stomach issues after using Dr Jackson's Digestive Powder. The ad touts instant stomach dissolution and lasting effect for heartburn sourness and related symptoms with a money back guarantee and 36 years in use.
Alfred Bradford, claimed to be eight feet six inches tall, dies at 71 in Leicester England. The obituary notes he may have broken longevity records for dwarfs and references his extraordinary height.
The Hep Pardsville Presbyterian Church Ladies Auxiliary will host a chicken supper next Saturday evening November 20 from 6 30 to 9 30 in the church cafeteria served cafeteria style.
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