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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1927
Page
7
Dear Bee faces a wedding decision between a fiancé and another man. The adviser urges testing true love, delaying marriage, and choosing personal happiness over family pressure, warning that jilting now leads to a loveless life. The guidance emphasizes time, courage, and self possession.
An Atlantic City testimonial credits McCoy's Tablets with rapid weight gain and improved health. The ad promises a money back guarantee after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes if a user does not gain at least six pounds and feel better.
Through the work of Congressman T A Jenkins Gloucester rural route number six has been re established after being removed by the postal department for economy reasons.
Evangelistic services at the Church of God on The Plains will continue indefinitely due to rising interest and attendance. The Sunday night closure was canceled amid strong turnout.
Pursuant to ICC authority the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway leases the new 63 mile Chesapeake and Hocking Railway from Gregg to Valley Crossing Ohio. The double track line connects C&O with Hocking Valley and expands coal outlets to the Great Lakes and Northwest. construction involved 6.6 million cubic yards of grading and 20,000 tons of heavy rail.
The proposed route would connect major northwest cities to the seaboard, running through eastern territory and providing new transportation facility. It would boost revenue for the counties and municipalities along its path and enhance regional commerce.
Police investigated a report that a robber tried to enter the home of Clarence Williams at 24 Spring Street. Captain Charles Maple answered at 2:40 this morning and found no signs of entry or anyone in the house.
The Ohio attorney general’s ruling that red squirrels are not protected and have no closed season creates dispute among game protectors. Some insist no red squirrel exists, others equate it to ground squirrels or fox squirrels. Washington county reports many red squirrels along the Ohio valley. officials vow to enforce the law while awaiting tests.
George Ramsay trains his four year old twin sons to be expert boxers and also teaches them three languages in Glasgow.
James Davice, jailed for dis orderly conduct, asked to be sent to confinement claiming only separation from his wife would bring him peace.
Readers are invited to request a booklet containing the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Send four cents for return postage with name and address to Frederic J. Haskin director formation au Washington DC.
Printed volumes of the eighty-seventh General Assembly acts arrive for distribution. The new Columbus auditorium at Front and Town streets opens with the fall festival, boasting 6 000 seats and 6 200 feet of exhibit space. Public health notes say infantile paralysis cases have fallen in the worst-affected areas, with 55 cases and 42 deaths since July. Senate bill No 72 referendum debates proceed with committees drafting positions. State Treasurer Buckley reports about 133 million dollars in bonds secured in a modern vault with 776 safety boxes and a heavy reinforced door.
At Hamden early Saturday a Baltimore & Ohio employee P L Sanders hit an eastbound freight on the Main street crossing, wrecking his car. The train blocked the line until the track was cleared for the National Limited to pass. Sanders later found three tires and the battery stolen from his car.
One hundred steamboat operators from rivers lakes and harbors arrive in Cincinnati for the annual National Board of Steam Navigation convention. They travel aboard the steamer Cincinnati and plan a 40 Louisville return trip.
A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the France Slag company plant in Toledo. The estimated loss is $75,000, covered by insurance.
Mr and Mrs Earl Woltz move to the Jerry Martin property between Main and Buffalo streets. Hiram Wiseman of Wilkesville becomes a meat cutter with Lee Stanton. Wiseman will relocate his family here as their future home. Ed Kleffner of Portsmouth, a former Hamden boy, visited relatives. Bernard Essman of Columbus visited Hamden. Mr and Mrs W E Stanton return from Yellowstone Park with stops in Chicago Salt Lake City Colorado Springs Denver and St Louis. Mr and Mrs James Clark and daughter Mary Jane visited locally en route from Coolville to Wilmington. Clark is a former Hamden boy now with the B and O Railroad at Coolville.
Hamden High School announces its first issue of Hamden School News on September 13. The four page paper covers school year happenings and local advertising with Iwiwin Saits as editor leading the staff.
Gerald Woolweaver of the B and O railroad ended a three week tour visiting Yellowstone park Salt Lake City Colorado Springs Denver eight and J Louis and stopped in Cincinnati to see a double header between the Reds and Giants. While sightseeing near Penyer Bear Creek canyon an automobile plunged into the creek killing a young baby Woolweaver leaped in pulled two children to safety and with others helped release an 18 year old boy trapped under the submerged car.
A worker trapped beneath a machine was rescued when colleague Mr. Woolweaver used artificial respiration to revive him. The incident highlights quick action and life-saving aid on the factory floor.
Mina D Fry of University Terrace 70 percent reports the death of her sister Mrs M D Knight at her son Glen Knight’s Pine City Washington home. Knight born in Athens county moved west after marriage to David Knight who died five years ago. The couple’s children included three daughters and three sons.
A notice warns readers of transient imposters who imitate and pirate wording of ads and seek to impersonate the author. It cites references to government and court materials likely missing from counterfeit notices.
In a tense exchange, the narrator calm asserts the jade and silver neck lace suits her gown as Dicky vents rage over a gift. She deflects praise and notes summer attire while he rages, then shifts to gossip about Miss Licein attending their boner effect and a joking line about a statue honoring the narrator.
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