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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1924
Page
2
Ebbar ds Vd le Presbyterian Church holds a 1 30 p m Sunday school with preaching at 2 30 p m Reverend Howard Warner speaks on The Moral Challenge of Change.
The Christian Science Society invites all to Sunday service at 10 45 a m with the subject Reality and golden text from Psalms 40 3. Sunday School at 9 30 a m Wednesday meeting at 7 30 p m Reading room open Tue Thu Sat 2 00 4 00 p m.
Church schedule for Co. C. Wise pastor includes Sunday School at 9 a.m. led by T. W. Gold, Prayer and Praise at 10 a.m. led by FE. C. Kenney, and an Evening service at 7:30.
Carpenter and Lancaster streets host Rev H Schuyler Foster pastor Miss Joy Cutler directs music Bible School at 9 3 worship at 10 30 on the Attitude of Expectation 6 00 Young People 7 00 Happiness a Sure Receipt mid week Wednesday 7 pm Studies in the Book of Acts Test Our Welcome
The Christian Church announces a welcome day for Ohio University students. Rev Ludwig, student pastor, will lead the 9:15 Bible School and 10:30 sermon with a 6:30 Christian Endeavor and evening union worship. Hour change aims to fit student schedules.
Abbott Wilcox minister hosts Bible School at 9 15 with Dr Porter Pill addressing Church City in Canada. Dr Gamerts Ider joins college men and women class. Principals Rupp and Marshman meet junior and senior high students. 10 30 sermon by Rev James A Verburg and Miss Merwin leads music. 7 00 evening service opens school and college year with Dr Verburg speaking. Echoes from summer conferences noted.
Pastor O. L. Stricker leads Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. W. B. Pruden supervises the adult class meeting at 7:00 p.m. Mary Milter leads. Preaching at 7:06 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Weather permitting preaching at Strouds Run at 1 p.m. and Circle Hill service at 2:30 p.m.
Daniel McGurk pastors the First Methodist Church with C C Robinson directing music and Alien Kresge as organist. Sunday School begins at 9 15 with classes for all ages. Evening worship at 7 00 features Dr McGurk sermon A Man for the Hour and a Worth League at 6 00.
Frederick Brown, pastor leads Sunday School at 9 10 a m Morning worship and sermon at 7 15 a m Senior Epworth League 6 30 p m topic The Outlook Num 13 17 33 Evening service 7 30 p m Christman Story Tepic wing Homecoming postponed from Clark s Chapel to a later date Preaching at Factory Church 9 a m and Clark s Chapel 2 p m
A. P. Cohagan, pastor, announces regular services next Sunday. Jacksonville services at ten o’clock a.m. with the sermon titled The Power of Worship. Ollister services at seven o’clock p.m. with The Glory of the Cross.
Bowling Green Ohio Sept 26arry Kahly 30 of Toledo was killed when the airplane he was learning to fly fell a half mile west of Moline near Barnessbaugh. 320, another experienced aviator, was seriously injured.
Ruth Bundy, who spent seven years posing as a man and married Elizabeth West, had charges dismissed in Municipal Court under Judge Tankersley after a brief hearing. Bundy, once a railroad hand and farm helper, fled Rhodes with West after release, while West stood by her wife.
Kansas City readers are reminded that attitudes toward flappers and cakeeaters overlook the era's broader youth behavior. The piece notes grandmothers may not have been paragons themselves, urging readers to compare past and present school records and expectations.
An advertisement warns that neglecting the liver leads to self poisoning with headaches nausea biliousness bad breath and digestive trouble. It endorses Dr H B Thacher’s Liver and Blood Syrup as a remedy to restore appetite sleep energy and strength with a money back guarantee.
The Board notes modern students show better punctuality and behavior than past generations. Cake eaters and flappers are admonished for faster pace, yet truancy officers have become attendance officers who investigate homes to help students attend.
Herbert L. Bridgman journalist author and regent of the New York State University died aboard the school ship Newport on September 24 at age eighty. Born in Amherst Massachusetts in 1844 he commanded Peary auxiliary expeditions in 1899 and 1961 and was a recognized polar geography authority.
A female inventor creates square cooking utensils designed to cover a single gas burner. Four of the shapes can be placed together to form a larger surface, enabling versatile cooking configurations.
A historic claim describes a patent medicine labeled 666 marketed as a universal remedy. Advertisements claim it cures colds grippe dengue fever constipation bilious headaches and malaria fever.
An advertisement extols an autumn life without rheumatism urging readers to try S.S.S. as a vegetable blood cleanser. It asserts rheumatism stems from blood poverty and promises restored red blood cells, reduced pain, swelling, and stiffness, with revived vitality and pink cheeks.
Glouster voters will decide six ballots in November including national state and judicial tickets. They must approve a $90,000 bond issue to replace the condemned old schoolhouse and consider a three mill school tax levy. They may also vote on exempting interest and sinking fund levies on outstanding bonds from tax limits.
The Sixty third Regiment O V V I reunion at Chauncey will test whether to continue the annual gathering. Ranks are thinning and many members are infirm. All Sixty third men that can attend are urged to come.
Citizens of Athens county urged to attend the evening session at Chauncey on October 1 to honor a regiment with a storied history and strong national service. The afternoon and evening events are expected to draw larger crowds, emphasizing respect for those who stand by the flag.
Authorities in Adana Asia Minor urge the population to mobilize and destroy insects threatening the cotton crop. Failure of the harvest could bring unemployment and hardship to the town where thousands work in cotton spinning factories.
Mr. B. Kern, long based in Parkersburg running a collecting business, has moved to Athens to start a similar venture. He is at 15 East Washington Street and plans to sell his Parkersburg home and relocate his wife and family to Athens to buy property.
Right away relief for indigestion with Jaques' Capsules described as a scientific formula of standard medicines in small gelatin capsules. They dissolve in the stomach to aid digestion improve appetite and allow eating preferred foods without distress. Take one or two after meals for comfort within.
Lake Magegior reports severe flooding with bridges washed away and the Church at Cannobig¢ destroyed, as communities assess damage and seek shelter.
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