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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1923

Page

8

Local Notes From Athens and Nearby Attendances

Several residents attended a Ku Klux Klan meeting at the Athens fair grounds Thursday night. Mr and Mrs S J Biddison and two children stayed with Mrs Biddison’s sister Mrs Charles Roland in Athens Sunday. Mrs Florence Chalfant and two children visited her sister Mrs Leroy Nickoson in Asbury. Edna Dunfee visited Athens Wednesday. Nathan Sutton’s little child is seriously ill but improving. A missionary play will accompany the North League program tonight. Frizbie moved his family from Carbondale into part of Dewey Newman’s house. he works for the Ohio Fuel Company. An Epworth League cabinet meeting was held at Mrs C W Townsend’s Monday night.

Fairgrounds Athens S. J. Biddison Sonight Frizbie Carbondale Dewey Newman Ohio Fuel Company Epworth League C. W. Townsend

Free trial offered for rupture treatment claim

An advertisement urges readers to request a free trial of a “wonderful stim application” to mend abdominal ruptures. It promises muscles tighten, openings close, and supports no longer needed, warning of gangrene risk and urging immediate coupon submission. It targets men and women at W. 8. 281-C Main St., Adams, N. N. for the trial.

Main St Adams N. N W. S. Rice N. Y

Local Social Notes and Obits from Hamley Run Area

Miss Robinett Poling and Miss Lottie Wyskiver spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs John Thompson and family of Hamley Run. Mrs Ed Simmers learned of her brother Verigan's death in Ath ens. Doris Mathews is ill with mumps. George Garner Jr and two children visited his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs George Morrison. Sam Pettit learned of his father’s death at St Anthonys Hospital Columbus. George Morrison John Faulkner and Donald heard world series results on the radio from Jobs. Mrs Violet Poling and Mrs Laura Peacock were business visitors in Buchtel. Rev Humphrey colored minister of California ended a one week Gooston Holiness church series. Mr Worthman school principal planned to take a telegraph operator post at Hocking Valley depot in Jobs. Willie Cheeseman of Nelsonville stayed with his aunt Mrs Charles Lyons and family. Mrs Lizzie O Rourke went to Columbus to be with daughter Miss Lillie who was to have tonsil and adenoid removal tomorrow.

Doris Mathews George Garner Jr June Gail George Morrison Sam Pettit St. Anthony's Hospital Columbus John Faulkner Donald Violet Poling Laura Peacock Buchtel

Drink Water When Kidneys Hurt Advice From Authority

An article advises drinking water when back ache and kidney discomfort occur due to acidic foods. It recommends Jad Salts as a remedy, explains its grape and lemon acid basis with lithia, and urges physician exams of kidneys at least twice yearly. It promotes soft water intake and consulting a pharmacist or physician.

County tax rates show wide variance across Athens districts

County Auditor Fred Cornwell released a compilation of tax rates for 53 districts in Athens County. The Murray City special school district tops at 3.08 per $100, while Amesville village school is lowest at 1.92. Township rates range from 2.09 to 2.69, with Coolville and Jacksonville tied at 2.93 among municipalities, and Albany lowest at 2.13.

Athens County Fred Cornwell Murray City Amesville Village Trimble Township Athens Township Coolville Jacksonville Albany Athens Alexander Ames Bern Canaan Dover Lee Lodi Rome Troy Trimble Waterloo York Amesville Chauncey Glouster Trimble Village the Plains Waterloo Township Carbondale Daleton Marshfield Mineral Happy Hollow Buchtel Village Nelsonville City

Glycerine Mixture Advertised for Stomach Ailments

A merchant claims his wife recovered from stomach catarrh after using a combination of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adlerika. He says one bottle acts on both upper and lower bowel and relieves gas in ten minutes. Advises as a guard against appendicitis and obstinate constipation. Gibson's Pharmacy Athens. Sold in Murray by Poling's Drug Store.

Gibson's Athens Murray Poling

Defiance couple first pictured under new Ohio crime bureau

Esth er P. Dunbar and her husband James Dunbar, awaiting trial on indictments for burglary of an unoccupied dwelling on the late John Hane estate and theft of 90 dollars in furnishings, are the first Defiance county prisoners to have their photos taken for the Columbus based state bureau of criminal identification under the new law.

Defiance Esther P. Dunbar James John Hane Defiance County Bureau of Criminal Identification Columbus

Courageous 12 year old foils burglary in Lakewood

Denice Shaver, 12, a Emerson school pupil, spotted three men burglarizing her Lakewood home. She hid, tailed them as they left, boarded a street car, and alerted police who arrested W. J. Murphy of Detroit, Harry Dalton of Montreal, and Fred Gebhert of New York. Loot including money and jewelry was recovered.

Cleveland, O Denice Shaver Emerson School Lakewood Shaver W. J. Murphy Detroit Harry Dalton Montreal Fred Gebhert New York

Premier Zeigner Attacks Bavaria in Diet Demanding Action

Dresden October 18 Premier Zeigner of Saxony denounced Bavaria in the Diet and urged German state action against Bavarian nationalists amid rising tensions between the two states.

Dresden Zeigner Saxony Diet Bavaria

Lands least touched by earthquakes listed

The article identifies regions with the fewest earthquakes including Africa Australia Russia Siberia Scandinavia and Canada highlighting their seismic stability.

Africa Australia Russia Siberia Scandinavia Canda

High School Auditorium Show Draws Large Crowd

The grades performance Tuesday night in the high school auditorium drew a large crowd and earned 32 dollars in proceeds. Mrs. Sarah Hatch visited Coolville Saturday. Mrs. M. L. Sherman was a business visitor in Athens one day last.

Sarah Hatch Coolville M. L. Sherman Athens

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