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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1926
Page
3
Nelsonville reads Emancipation Day program at Grotto grounds sponsored by Carbon Lodge No. 62 F and A M featuring speeches and music. Buckeyes of Nelsonville face Lancaster in a featured ball game.
Faithful Workers class of the M. E. Sunday school met at Mrs. Charles Moler home on Poplar street with teacher Mrs. Thomas Spencer. Guests included Mrs Nora Reeves Miss Doris Frank Miss Margie Rose Hoch and Miss Leah Reynolds. A two course lunch was served after games and social chat. Also noted were conventions in Elyria and a motor trip for Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Hyde to Maine and Canada.
Nelsonville reports two local youths, Watson Wolfe and Charles Maffin, left today for an extended hiking trip to California. They plan to support themselves by taking odd jobs along the way as they travel toward the West Coast.
Regular meeting of St. Bernard Chapter No. 156 R A M will be held at the Masonic temple tonight in Nelsonville.
Nelsonville Sept 18 The grand aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles has sent Deputy Grand President M A Farley to assist the Nelsonville Aerie in a membership campaign. The local aerie, among the oldest, enjoys a fine club room. A meeting is set for Tuesday evening Sept 14 with Mr Farley attending to meet local members.
Nelsonville September 12 regular Methodist service drew a large crowd with Rev Delbert Mills of Bremen presiding. Special music featured the vested choir singing Praise My Soul the King of Heaven and a quartet including Mrs LeFever Morrell Parks and Bobo performing Even Me. The day marked the close of the conference year.
The Circle of Ruth of the Presbyterian church meets in the church parlors at 7 tonight to begin its fall and winter work. Irene McDowell social service worker will outline valley activities.
Mrs. E J Kessinger hosted a dinner with Mr and Mrs O B Sloane of Athens and Mrs Florence McGrew of Brenham Texas. Numerous residents visited relatives in Columbus Zanesville Marietta Parkersburg Newark and Athens while others returned from trips to West Virginia Chicago and Springfield.
Four women claiming to be Massachusetts nuns were to be arraigned in federal court in St Albans New York on charges of attempting to smuggle Breton race winnings worth several thousand dollars across the border.
Detroit resident T. G. Rockestrom reports twenty five years of piles reduced after using four boxes of Peterson's Ointment. He praises it as the greatest ointment and notes a big box sells for 35 cents at all druggists. The product is also claimed to soothe old sores itching eczema rashes chafing burns bruises and tired aching feet.
Walter H. Mallory, secretary of the China famine relief commission, argues that without birth control China’s population could reach 900 million in a century. He says sanitation and medicine won’t solve the problem without reducing the birth rate, warning against saving lives today only to face starvation tomorrow.
Akron report recalls five year old Frances Bolton who died after her clothing caught fire while playing with matches her sister Katherine was present and the mother could not save her before others arrived.
An essay compares Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller Sr. noting striking facial symmetry and features suggesting high intellect and strong mental focus. It argues both men show balanced brains and refined physiognomy aligned with their successful careers, while contrasting criminal types.
Washington authorities indicated they will oppose the Democrats’ announced plan to pass a 500 million tax cut in the December session. The report notes official stance and political context surrounding the measure.
An affidavit in Los Angeles alleges Aimee Semple McPherson paid Mrs. Lorain Wiseman three hundred dollars and was to receive five thousand more to fake a tale that Wiseman shared a Carmel-by-the-Sea cottage with Kenneth G. Ormiston. Wiseman, held on worthless checks charges, is said to have staged a hoax involving a mythical Miss X and Mia McPherson.
London dispatch reports a farcical war scare arising from a captain misidentifying Chinese forces. Two British merchants anchored 600 miles above Tankow near Wanhsien, unloading munitions to General Wu. A Canton red army detachment then fired the alarm, accusing the British of treachery.
The state of Pennsylvania failed to collect death taxes on 32 million dollars of John Wanamaker department store common stock transferred to his son and two daughters in 1920, two years before Wanamaker's death.
The week end saw two marriage licenses issued. Walter R. Hartley 20 a miner of Millfield and Fay Beatrice Tipple 17 living with her parents in Chauncey. Deamond Whaley and Rosie Miller 16 of Glouster received licenses and were wed by Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig.
W. M. Throckmorton auctions sale at Jacob King residence one mile northeast of Pratts Fork on Thursday September 16. The catalog lists 70 sheep and ewes, a 10 year old grey horse, a grey team, two cows, fat heifers, yearlings, a red brood sow, farm harnesses, wagons, cultivators, plows, mowing and raking equipment, seeders, a DeLaval separator, stoves, a baled straw inventory, and other items. Lunch served on grounds. Sale starts 10 a.m.
J B Harnels sues Randolphs and Harvey Hayes over a $1000 note and mortgage on real estate in Hockingport. Ella T Glenn files for divorce from Meredith P Glenn alleging she was never supplied clothing during their marriage. The couple wed April 17, 1924 in Los Angeles and have a child in Sausalito. State action urged for Brinton crippled child medical care and education.
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