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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1930
Page
10
Dr E E Paddock of Kansas City advocates medical treatment for gallbladder and liver gallstone diseases to avoid surgery. He claims operations are often unnecessary and offers a free booklet, The Liver and Gall Bladder, explaining symptoms and treatment. Send coupon to request today.
Yeggs attempted two safes in Logan on Saturday night or Sunday morning. At Keynes Milling Company the outer door was cracked by nitroglycerin but the interior safe remained untampered. At the Chevrolet Garage two blocks away an entry was forced but intruders fled before completing the theft.
Mrs. Margaret Pleukharp of Logan sustained fractures in both bones of her right leg below the knee and facial bruises after being struck by a car said to be driven by Clarence Kalklosch of Benton Township. The accident occurred Saturday night on East Hunter Street near her home as she crossed toward a store. She was treated at home and later moved to Carrington Hospital.
Republican Headquarters have set Gov. Myers V. Cooper to speak in Logan next Saturday evening at 7 45 PM in the Knights of Pythias Assembly Room. Ed L. Ewing confirms the date from state HQ. The American Legion Band will perform a short concert before the address. Cooper also plans a Lancaster appearance the same day.
Logan officials announce the Majestic Trio will perform at the High School Auditorium at 7:30 Tuesday evening. A one hour program is promised and officials urge a large attendance to hear these artists.
Logan reports multiple residents admitted for treatment Sunday and Monday. Ring of South Bloomingville arrived with throat infection at Cherrington Hospital. Mrs Harold Gompf also hospitalized for treatment. Mrs Rollie Sinnott of Haydenville admitted for several days of care.
Robert Eaton and James Dill were released from Cherrington Hospital after a Friday night crash on Union Furnace Pike. Eaton had a scalp laceration needing ten stitches and Dill a deep cut on his right hand. Both residents of Lancaster reported the incident.
Funeral services were held at Bethany United Brethren Church near Logan at 2 PM Sunday for John O Poling 62 Marion Township farmer found dead in bed Friday morning Coroner J P Miller cited heart trouble Mrs Margaret Poling and several children survive Burial took place in Smith Chapel Cemetery
Oct. 13 in Logan Deputy Sheriff L. Hammond arrested Raymond Orndorf of New Straitsville on a whisky possession charge after confiscating ten gallons. He pleaded guilty before Magistrate T. Stephenson and was fined $150 plus costs. a prior arrest also involved ten gallons of whisky.
Arrangements are made for a women’s meeting at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Knights of Pythias Building. Mrs. Louise Ogden Devoe of Ashland will assist with organization work. A program for the campaign’s closing weeks is to be outlined. The meeting moved from Tuesday to fit the state organizer’s schedule.
Otterbein Guild members met Thursday evening at the home of Miss Faith Wright and Miss Madge Wright to discuss Wisdom. Readings were offered by Miss Grace Deible Miss Esther Herron Miss Helen Bright Miss Madge Wright and Mrs B C Peters. Refreshments followed with guest Elizabeth Brooker.
Logan residents flocked to surrounding rural districts Sunday as favorable weather drew crowds to nutting expeditions. An unusually heavy chestnut crop prompted farmers to invite city friends to nutting parties on their farms.
Louisvill e report notes George Wickersham proposed flogging as a possible crime deterrent. He warned about unknown long term effects and urged inquiry into the flogged offenders' subsequent paths. Wickersham criticized U S penal laws as reactive and uneven while noting England and Canada once used corporal punishment.
Athens County health commissioner Dr J M Higgins reports four acute infantile spinal paralysis cases in Athens and Trimble Townships. Each patient is quarantined with no known contacts. He warns the disease is active in Ohio, with no cure or serum. cautious water use and boiling advised amid ongoing typhoid concerns and drought conditions.
The five year old monoplane Columbia sits at Harbor Grace Newfoundland before take off for London. Lieut. Harry Connor and Capt. J Errol Boyd study the route map as the craft readies its second Atlantic voyage. Bellanca designed the plane which won Detroit air race trophies in 1926 and carried Chamberlin and Levine to Germany in 1927.
The Aero-Postale Company confirmed two American deaths after a postal plane crashed near La Roche in Spanish Morocco. Initial reports named Mr and Mrs Thenill, but company records list Mr and Mrs Dix aboard the Casablanca Toulouse flight.
Fayette County grand jury resumes inquiry into Ohio State Bank and Peoples’ & Drovers Bank. Ohio Bank president Mal Daugherty oversaw its closure five months ago. County prosecutor W. S. Paxson says a partial report may be issued later today.
Mrs. Anthony Toerner of this city underwent a surgical operation at Columbus Hospital on Saturday. She rallied well and hopes for a full recovery. Mr. Toerner and their daughter Mrs. Frank W. Harden were in Columbus for the procedure.
Hearing began in Common Pleas Court on an injunction suit by Thomas W. Dent of Columbus to bar construction of the new State Office Building. Dent contends the Struck Construction Co. of Cincinnati secured the contract illegally because limestone selection by the Legislature favored Ohio sandstone while the contract specifies Georgia marble.
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur's leave of absence as president of Stanford University, taken when he joined President Hoover's cabinet as secretary of interior, has expired. The Board of Trustees is expected to decide whether to extend the leave or require his return or resignation, with the leave having expired August 31.
The U S Department of Agriculture warns army worms are multiplying on lawns due to drought. A bran poison is recommended for control, mixing five pounds of bran with a quarter pound of Paris green arsenic, a pint of syrup, and three to four quarts of water. Ten to fifteen pounds covers one acre.
A vintage health ad asserts youthfulness comes from a well–functioning liver and bowels. It cites Dr. Edwards of Ohio and his olive colored tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonics, priced at 15 cents, offering a natural buoyancy and clearer system.
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective laxative to cleanse the bowels. It claims poisons in the system create bilious symptoms and promises overnight improvement with a natural pleasant tasting remedy developed from years of study. It highlights the product's popularity in drugstores and its suitability for all ages.
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