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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1930
Page
10
Classified notices for The Messenger and circulation contact details list D Milne and phone 272 amid class ads from LQGAWN and Hocking County listings.
Logan court overruled a motion for a new trial in the Walter Milyard versus Isaac Biosser matter. The defense argued the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence and no appeal plans were announced. The session also noted a $350 malicious arrest verdict against Blosser and entries on partition and a demurrer in Murray City equipment sale case.
W A Collins, born on Main Street near the Courthouse, returned to Logan after sixty years away with relatives who settled in the West. He is a nephew of Jesse Collins, a longtime pioneer merchant, and is said to have a relative named Mrs. Sarah Floyd. In recent years he worked as an inspector in Missouri s Building and Loan Department and served in the Missouri Senate.
Funeral services were held at the Gibisonville United Brethren Church for Ferdinand Zeigler who died Wednesday at the Franklin County Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The unmarried son of W. B. and Mrs Zeigier leaves 14 siblings and belonged to Hocking County's largest family, with six Logan Elks pallbearers assisting. Burial followed near Gibisonville.
Hunting parties form in Logan for the first day of the squirrel season. The Clerk of Courts issued about 1460 licenses on Saturday, with nearly 600 licenses for the year so far, slightly fewer than last year. Alfred B. Campbell notes continued licensing activity.
Modern Bridge Club members met at Mrs L K Showalter's house Friday for the last in a series of contests. Substitutes included Mrs Charles Smith and Mrs Curtiss. Mrs Bell Miller hosted guests from Warner Avenue with daughter Miss Martha of Richmond Virginia. Mrs George Anderson of Columbus attended as an out of town guest.
Mr and Mrs James Eberst and Mr and Mrs Paul Eberst of Columbus were in Logan Sunday guests of relatives. Several Columbus residents visited Logan and Columbus for family and social events. Frank Shaw formerly city wetch master is reported seriously ill at his East Second Street home.
Between eighteen and nineteen thousand visitors toured Od Man's Cave in August, Ranger A Reichley reports. The month set a new record for single monthly attendance and pushed the season total beyond 63 500, with other park rangers also noting record crowds.
Logan Sept 14 Elmer Hamilton was committed to the County Jail by Magistrate E E Right to await grand jury on a charge of stealing a cow said to be the property of Frank St Cisi near Webb Summit Hamilton pleaded not guilty He was arrested in Columbus after being absent from home since July 24 as searchers pursued leads
Logan report: Holis Bowen, a mechanic, was burned up to the elbows Saturday after a car caught fire behind the Dodge Garage on West Main Street. Firemen responded to the alarm as Bowen tended a vacuum tank that ignited.
N Gan on September 18 arrest by Policeman Lewis Reynolds of Clyde New Straitsville for intoxication. Before Mayor Elias Bright he pleaded guilty and was fined 16 dollars plus costs, which he paid.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn reports thieves partially stripped a wrecked car near South Perry. The thieves removed the license plates making ownership uncertain and delaying the case.
Logan High School has organized a public speaking class under principal Fred Burchfield. New faculty member Kenneth Coulter is assigned to chair. About 75 students enrolled. The class meets twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 4 oclock and is planned to become a regular part of the curriculum.
Emery Cox and Delores Gadden tied details show union as crane operator Columbus and shoe worker both named in wedding notes. The Rev Elmer Bliss officiated with Mowery family mention as relatives.
Logan September 18 Cecil Heller of Coonville faced two courts the same day and did not plead guilty in either. Arrested Friday after an Starr Township accident he was arraigned for concealed weapons carry with a $104 bond and held for the grand jury. A separate intoxication charge had a $300 bond and a postponed hearing. Unable to post bond he was remanded. The article notes Athens area enrollment with about 156 nonresident pupils joining local schools.
Sept 13 Logan report states C J Petty will face Mayor Elias Bright Monday night for a reckless driving charge from a recent arrest. Petty pleaded not guilty at arraignment.
Athens schools resumed as 1,450 children returned to classrooms under new superintendent W. W. Ankenbrand. Kindergarten was eliminated and a crippled children class was added. Miss G Vaieska Reitz of New York City leads the new program.
The Athens Messenger offers a booklet titled Religions of the World answering hundreds of questions about faiths. It covers topics from missionaries and prophets to churches and rituals. The item is offered at a price with postage and handling charges.
Information Bureau directs reader to enclose ten stamps for a booklet on Religions Be The World. The note requests name street city state and provides mailing details and contact basics.
Hollywood report recalls a New York master of ceremonies rejected for a film role who later demanded 35000 per picture and won four weeks work. The tale highlights studio misfires and star power shaping pay before and after performances.
Ohio State opened practice as Sam Whiteman aims for a more versatile attack this season. The Buckeyes expect to fill backfield gaps with sophomores from last year and veterans like Bill Carroll and Lew Inchman joining academics and Columbus North High standout players.
Leading scientists discuss a new epilepsy treatment used during World War I era, claiming rapid stopping of fits without habit forming drugs. The booklet explains conquering the affliction and restoring normal life, available free by writing Educational Division Desk 282 SO Fifth Avenue New York City.
An old advertisement urges readers to guard their bowels after forty and use Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for constipation. It claims safety for all ages including babies, notes tested 47 years’ practice, and markets the product as the world’s most popular laxative available at drugstores.
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