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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1937
Page
5
Logan Ohio officials rejected a natural gas rate proposal after a third reading. The council also considered funding needs for garbage disposal police and waterworks salaries and discussed land leasing for a school pathway and bonds for street improvements.
advertisement claims quick cures for neuritis with Prescription Q-623 taken internally. It urges readers to buy a bottle at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store on W Union St in Athens Ohio, promising immediate results.
WALACE Trego 24 of Akron Ohio was killed and Wallace Greene of Logan Ohio was seriously hurt when a motorcycle struck a cow near Waycross Georgia. Greene suffered a severe head injury and a fractured leg.
A Sunday night crash on W Hunter St saw John Frazier of The Plains strike a bicycle carrying Raymond Chapman 14 and Stacy Beougher 15. The Chapman boy suffered multiple fractures and brain concussion. Beougher had a sprained ankle and bruises. The victims were treated at Cherrington Hospital. Frazier faces further questioning.
Logan County officers linked Wilbur Rainer and Harold Stafford of Columbus to the theft of Edward Lemon's automobile in Logan two weeks earlier. The pair reportedly stole a Columbus car, abandoned it in Marion Township, and then stole Lemon's car in Logan before leaving for Rispey West Virginia. They had stolen several other cars and returned to Columbus by hitchhiking after abandoning a machine at Circleville.
Effie Wharton aged 78 died at her home near Rockbridge after an extended illness. Funeral services will be at Advent Christian Church Rockbridge at 2 p m Thursday with Rev C C Hendrickson of Columbus presiding. She leaves two sisters Mrs Melissa Rider and Mrs L S Mathias both of Rockbridge and four great grandchildren. Burial in Fairview Cemetery
Holy Communion will be held at Union Furnace Presbyterian Church at 10 a m Sunday with Rev William Wilson of Columbus preaching the sermon He previously pastored Union Furnace and New Plymouth Churches thirty five years ago Howard L Richards of Logan filed for divorce from Garnet E Richards citing cruelty and neglect The petition was served in the local court with Garnet residing in Lancaster
Logan Roofing to start on the filtration plant building this week. Project progress is steady with service expected within a month unless delays occur.
Dr. W. B. Lacock and Dr. C. A. Gaffin spent Saturday and Sunday at Fort Hayes for the fall contact camp for reserve army officers. The local men hold commissions in the medical corps.
The C and O railroad wreck crew was called to the Hocking Valley Brick plant switch Tuesday to replace a car that had left the track. The first free delivery of mail in the United States occurred in 1863.
Logan High School football player Jack Smith, injured last Friday, developed pneumonia in one lung on Sunday. He was reported slightly improved at Cherrington Hospital on Tuesday evening.
Logan Chamber of Commerce circulated petitions Tuesday protesting federal action favoring imports of shoes from Czechoslovakia. Local shoe makers employ about 370 at H. C. Godman plants, a payroll boon amid relief rolls, and residents signed to protect jobs.
In some states the nocturnal nighthawk is nicknamed goat suckers due to an obsolete belief it milked goats. The term reflects folk lore rather than zoological fact.
Certification of necessary funds for the Church Street sanitary sewer and $300 for cleaning Oak Grove Cemeteries was obtained Tuesday. Service Director R. R. Loomis said the Church Street sewer project would start early next week if weather permits.
Ralph Miller of Columbus, former representative of the sales tax commission in Hocking County, is expected to appear before today’s grand jury. He was removed from office with other department members and his accounts were said to be investigated. No further action had been taken until the grand jury session.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate two pounds of bile daily and treat digestion problems. It warns laxatives are inadequate and promises gentle, effective relief with the product. The copy emphasizes feeling energized and urges asking for the brand by name.
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