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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1926
Page
5
Senior Standard Bearers and auxiliary to meet at 7 pm Tuesday at 115 South Court Street Mrs Edwin W Chubb host. Miss Grace McClurg stationed in Hinghau China for fifteen years will speak.
Mrs Margaret McHarg travels from New Marshfield to Cincinnati as a delegate from White Rose temple Glouster for the Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters. Judge H T Phillips had an appendectomy at Grant hospital Columbus. condition encouraging for recovery. Miss Mary McGraner visits parents after Ohio University graduation. now a Marietta High School teacher.
Mrs. Mary A. Fryburger hosts as son Roy L. Fryburger and his wife from Columbus along with Mrs. Morton M. Donnet of Burlington Iowa visit for Saturday and Sunday at 215 West Union Street.
In Washington Sept UK scientists back a 13 month year proposed by Prof C F Marvin head of the U S Weather Bureau. The calendar would have 18 28 day months and an extra year day at year end. A leap day would be added every four years.
Nelsonville Sept 27 The industrial commission granted Robert Arnold, 75, compensation after he fractured three ribs when a wash-house collapsed while he carried a bucket of water. The Clean Coal Co had contested payroll status. The award includes temporary total compensation and medical bills paid from the state insurance fund.
Miss Ernestine Cooley reports Athens people safe in Lynn Haven Florida after last week’s hurricane despite strong winds and heavy rain. No loss of life or property damage. rail washouts caused brief mail suspension. Cooley notes Wayne Roach and Mrs Charles DeMolet returned home before rail disruptions ended. Greenland is the largest island, and U S prisons hold about 170 000 people.
William Gibbs McAdoo argues New York and Maryland are in rebellion against the United States over prohibition. Speaking at a Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention in Los Angeles, he criticizes state support for light wines and beer as hypocritical and warns of constitutional nullification.
One divorce was granted and one petition for divorce was filed in Common Views court Saturday. Eugena Brown of Athens was granted a divorce from Charles L. Brown, husband since 1897, due to absence and neglect. Custody of their minor child awarded, alimony of 40 dollars monthly, home Hazel Trace in Athens involved in petition.
Sheriff P H McKinley and Deputy Howard Gil son led a Sugar Creek raid resulting in three arrests. George Griffin pleaded guilty to possessing liquor and faced 150 dollars plus costs. he could not pay and was jailed. Ella Griffin, intoxicated at arrest, pleaded guilty and paid 25 dollars plus costs, then released. John Snyder was arrested for intoxication.
A spouse files for divorce from Bert Trace claiming absence and neglect. Married in 1922, the plaintiff requests alimony and custody of their one child.
Snyder was fined 150 dollars plus costs after a morning court appearance but could not pay and was committed to the county jail. His wife is dead, leaving two dependent children who may be sent to the county children's home unless neighbors provide care.
A Studebaker driven by A R Frame of Athens and an Overland driven by Alex Kottyan of Millfield collided in front of the Majestic theater on Court Street. A coal truck owned by Ed Bolin and driven by Arthur Sams sat nearby. The Kottyan car swerved to avoid the truck breaking its radius rod, while Frame’s car sustained dented bodies and damaged fenders.
London reports the British Broadcasting Company will enlarge autumn and winter schedules with more ambitious science programs and larger scale productions. Studio work continues at the station and a series of popular operas is planned to broaden English broadcasting and change industry attitudes toward English talent.
The article states the gross area of the United States as 3 026 789 square miles, noting the figure as a geographic measurement. It cites no additional context or comparative data in the readable text.
Advertising copy touts a son’s ointment as a powerful cure for eczema and skin itching. Claims include rapid relief for pimples acne rough red skin itching piles ulcers chafing sunburn and other eruptions. Product guarantees satisfaction and free samples via druggists.
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