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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1927

Page

3

Local Nurse Ethel Walker Improves After Mercy Hospital Surgery

Miss Ethel Walker public health nurse of Nelsonville shows improvement after an operation at Mercy hospital in Columbus. She may leave early this week and move to her sister’s home in Columbus. Her parents Mr and Mrs F M Walker visited and several local residents were guests with relatives in Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Ethel Walker Isonville Mercy Hospital Columbus

Auxiliary To Meet Nelsonville Tonight

Auxiliary to meet at 7 30 this evening in Nelsonville for the Glenford Dugan post American Legion. All members are urged to attend.

Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post American Legion

West Parent-Teacher Association Holds Fall Meeting

The West Parent-Teacher association met at the West school on Friday afternoon. They voted to send a delegate to the state convention in Warren, Ohio, on October 6 and 7 and planned the annual fall festival for Friday, October.

West School Organization Warren Nelsonville West Parent-Teacher Association West Ohio

Five Copperhead Snakes Are Killed By County Workers

Nelsonville reports Elwood Reeves and county road crew killed five fully grown copperhead snakes Saturday near the Lick Run schoolhouse as they repaired the road into Star township. Personal mentions note social visits in the area.

Nelsonville Elwood Reeves Star Township Lick Run

Athens Children Return to School Amid Record Enrollment

Athens public schools report a record enrollment for 1927 1928 with about sixteen hundred pupils in city schools and over eight hundred in the high school. Superintendent John Patterson notes families moving to Athens from the valley boosted numbers while thirty high school teachers plus critic instructors from Ohio University will staff the expanded program. County schools also opened with expectations of growth despite industrial conditions.

Athens John Patterson Patterson Athens High School F. E. Harshman Ohio University Essary Rufus Putnam H. R. McVay McVay

Earthquakes Hit Yucatan Interior Killing Many Natives

Mexico City reports indicate interior Yucatan earthquakes in July killed many natives, with advices arriving here.

Mexico City Yucatan

Harve Bartlett Fined for Intoxication in Nelsonville

Harve Bartlett of Doanville was fined 16 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Nelsonville. He was arrested Saturday night in Doanville by Special Officer Ernest Curtis.

Nelsonville Harve Bartlett Doanville L. J. Eberle Ernest Curtis

Mrs. Della McMasters Heads to G. A. R. Encampment

Mrs. Della McMasters departed this morning for Detroit Michigan to attend the national encampment sessions of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Nelsonville Della McMasters Detroit Mich

Siren of New Boat Signals Start of Kelly Barge Line

In Pomeroy Ohio river freight news a strange siren from a tow boat announces the Kelly Barge Line initial trip. The new line bills lower rates and aims to revive river freight with covered steel barges and modern terminals.

Ohio Kelly Barge Line Kelly Barge Mississippi

Ministers Head Home After Sandusky Conference

Ministers of the Sandusky conference of the United Brethren church in Northwestern Ohio counties were on their way home today after concluding the annual conference here yesterday in Columbus Grove.

Columbus Grove Sandusky United Brethren Church Ohio Counties

Watchman Shot Dead at Ohio Skating Rink

Walter Yeager a 40 year old night watch man at the skating rink in Elizabethtown Ohio was found shot to death in his sleeping quarters. Neighbors heard shots at 315 am and saw five men run from the rink. Police pursue hijacking linked murder theory.

Cincinnati U.R Walter Yeager Elizabethtown Here

Wrong Body to Father Cardiff

Samuel Evans sues the hospital where his son died, alleging the facility shipped him the body of a woman instead. The suit seeks accountability for the mix up and details a tragic misdelivery.

Cardiff Samuel Evans

MELLO GLO French Process Face Powder Ad

Women praise MELLO GLO powder for removing shine and preserving a youthful complexion. The Zenner Co promotes its purity and long wear while claiming it reduces visible pores and keeps skin smooth with a peach like finish. Buy a box today.

D, Zenner Co

Election Day set for township and municipal offices countywide

Columbus reports election day on November 8 for township officers justice of the peace municipal officers judges clerks and boards of education. Nominations were due by September 9 and deputy supervisors must appoint four judges and two clerks in unregistered precincts by October 29.

Columbus Justice of the Peace Boards of Education Boards of G. FF. Schlesinger Ohio Common Pleas Court Clarence J. Brown Donahey

State Lunacy Commission Declares Ruth Snyder sane

The state lunacy commission has examined Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray and pronounced them sane. Gray was found mentally sound, though saddened by the absence of his friend Haddon Gray from the death house.

State Ruth Snyder Henry Judd Gray Ossining N. Y U.P

Lunatic Wields Revolvers Threatening Officer in Watseka

In Watseka Illinois George Mason threatened a policeman with three revolvers. He was adjudged insane by authorities.

Watseka, Ilis George Mason

Taken Home for Mrs Ruth Bowers After Hip Injury

Mrs Ruth Bowers was moved from Sheltering Arms hospital to her Albany home yesterday in Jager's ambulance after sustaining a fractured hip six weeks ago at her residence. Her condition remains as favorable as could be expected.

Ruth Bowers Albany Sheltering Arms Jager's

Methodist Ministers Await Next Year Appointments

In Delaware 1400 Methodist ministers across the Ohio North East and West Ohio tri conference await next year’s appointment announcements after a week of conference sessions. Cabinets worked late and may release names today or tomorrow while business matters and resolutions proceed. More than 10 000 visitors attended yesterdays services with bishops preaching and seventy two candidates consecrated by Bishop Luther B Wilson of New York.

Delaware Ohio North East West Ohio Methodist Church Luther B. Wilson New York

Tomatoes Heavy Bounty Worry Efaw’s Vines

L H Efaw of Athens Route 9 reports harvesting a bushel of twenty five large beefsteak tomatoes. Two fruit weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces and four sold for 45 cents. The bushel weighed 45 pounds on local scales. Efaw says vines grew taller than his head and heavy fruit is damaging the vines.

L. H. Efaw Athens Route 9

Paralyisis toll rises to 13 in Lancaster

Lancaster Pennsylvania reports 13 deaths from infantile paralysis with two more deaths occurring over the weekend.

Lancaster

Marriage License Issued in Athens County Court

A marriage license was issued in Athens County Probate Court to Charles E. Evans 29 a Columbus mechanic and Nellie Frances Kuhn 20 of Amesville daughter of John William Kuhn.

Athens County Charles E. Evans Columbus Mechanic Harry G. Evans Nellie Frances Kuhn Amesville John William Kuhn

Peterson’s Ointment Promises Healing For Skin Ailments

Peterson proclaims its ointment heals eczema rashes pimples and chafing with mighty power. Heals old sores to millions who use the product sold by druggists at 35 cents.

Peterson

Man Dies After Entering Idle Mine Near Crooksville

Charles Anderson 35, formerly of Jacksonville, died from bad air after entering an idle mine at Crooksville to retrieve a piece from a machine. He left Jacksonville 14 years ago and lived at Crooksville, leaving a wife and seven children. Funeral at Crooksville M EB Church Tuesday at 2 PM, burial in Crooksville Cemetery.

Glouster Charles Anderson Jacksonville Crooksville Anderson Mr. Anderson Samuel Anderson Emmett Anderson Maccabee and Eagle Lodges

Two Deaths In Family From Typhoid Fever

Typhoid fever claimed two members of the Stires family in Oakdale near Glouster. Floyd 17 died August 25 and Thomas 13 died this Sunday. The Oakdale church service was held Tuesday at 10 am with burial in Hollister Cemetery.

Glouster Joshua Stires Oakdale Floyd Thomas Hollister

Hollister Youth Suffers Arm Break In Ball Game

A 15 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs James Moody of Hollister, fractured his right arm Sunday afternoon during a ball game. He received treatment at Dr LeFever’s office where the fracture was reset.

Glouster James Moody Hollister

Mrs Harvey Love Taken To St Clair Hospital for Exam

Mrs Harvey Love of Green's Run was taken to St Clair hospital in Columbus today by the C F Wallace ambulance for an examination.

Glouster Harvey Love Green St. Clair Hospital Columbus C. F. Wallace

Scout-era accident injures Bulloch child in Urbancrest

In Urbancrest on Sunday a 10-year-old boy Jimmie Bulloch, son of George Bulloch, fractured his left arm while playing with older boys near his home. He was taken to Dr. Le Fever's office for treatment.

Glouster Urbancrest Jimmie George Bulloch le Fever

Miss Mildred Vickrey Accepts Pedition at Rawsenswood Normal

Miss Mildred Vickrey of near East Branch accepted a pedic tion in the normal school at Rawenswood W Va and left Saturday for that city to begin duties Monday morning. Mrs Clara Biddison of Mansfield spent a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Davis at Hemlock and was in Glosteg Sunday.

Mildred Vickrey Near East Branch Rawsenswood W. Va Clara Biddison Mansfield Ed Davis Hemlock Glotsteg

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