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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1924
Page
3
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Rev and Mrs Lloyd Evans travel to Columbus after the death of his aunt Mrs Sarah R Davis. Funeral services are set for Wednesday. Bernard Skiver of Lima visits with his parents a few days. The Circle of Ruth will serve dinner at 6 15. John Jackson enters Ohio State for his junior year. This is one of the year's major meetings.
Members of Class 19 of the M FE church were guests at a party Friday evening at Mrs. Anna Riley's Grouser o street home. Amy Boehm Hazel Katzenbach Hildred and Mildred Hutchins Beva Duncan Navada Quinn and Mrs. Retta Howe led the program. Three guests attended. After a short business session and program refreshments were served.
Substantial improvement in soft coal production marks the nation with an estimated 9,902,000 net tons for the week ended September 20, up nearly four percent from the prior week. Since early August the upward trend remains, reaching the highest level since early March and showing output well above 1921 but below 1920 and 1923 peaks. Southern Ohio increases to a 17.5 percent boost for the week ended September 13.
The first fall meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is set for Thursday evening at the Y. Residents urge all members to attend as reports on summer work will be reviewed and plans for fall and winter discussed.
Albert Dilcher Roy Barron and Miss Freda Smith supervised Sunday School classes in the Christian church social room Friday evening from 7 to 10 o clock. About sixty five boys played games and contests and were served refreshments afterward.
At the regular meeting of the Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church plans will be made for the district meeting to be held here October 29. Mrs. Retta Howe will also give the last chapter of the study book.
William Cecil and Wylie Cecil of Columbus Mrs. Charles Ruff and two daughters Hazel and Mary Owens of Lancaster Mrs. J A McConnell Mrs William Medert and Mrs Lydia Grummer of Chillicothe Mrs Mary Potter and Mrs Harland Ansel of Zaleski attended the funeral of Mrs May Powell.
Louise Ray and Thelma Haas entertained thirty five friends Friday evening at the Haas home on Madison Street with games and contests enjoyed by all.
This evening at 7 o'clock the Past Matrons and Patrons of Eudora chapter will meet at the Masonic Temple to plan a program for their anniversary day. The chapter was chartered October 11, 1897 and will be twenty seven years old at the next regular meeting.
The women s auxiliary of the Glenford Dugan post will meet in the lesson hall at 7 o clock this evening. All new and old members are urged to attend.
The dispute threatening the League of Nations peace is virtually settled as Japan and Australia accept a compromise formula on the aggressor clause of the arbitration protocol. The formula, based on article eleven of the League covenant, was studied at a secret meeting of British, French and Japanese delegates. An amendment will be drafted for insertion in the arbitration protocol.
Washington reports the trans Atlantic flight in the ZR-3 cannot start before October 7 at the earliest. Captain George W. Steele at Krefeldschen Germany cites need for a general overhaul.
Glouster and Nokomis residents travel east and back home due to deaths and illnesses. Mrs Anna Jane Richards dies prompting visits from relatives including Mrs E O Sanders. Mrs George Parker undergoes appendicitis surgery at Grant Hospital with family support. Unionville visitors attend to Mr Ray’s mother’s illness. A W P Rice Mining sells Palos farm surface to John Wagner. Dean Bailey moves to Bellaire for work. Leake family reunion held at William Leake’s Lew Straitsville home with rain and a gum contest winner Bob Leake and plans for annual gathering.
The notice lists numerous Leake family members across several households in Athens Greens Run Haydenville and New Straitsville plus Kinney relatives in this city. It includes spouses and multiple children with names Velma Helen Phyllis Clayton Calvin Garnet Ada Rae Floyd Elizabeth Bob Harry Jr Mildred Isabelle Robert Dorothy.
An official report praises Logan passenger conductor Frank McBride of the Hocking Valley Railway for stopping his train when an epileptic patient wandered from the Ohio hospital for Epileptics at Gallipolis. The act and related humane incidents highlight McBride’s concern for patients and travelers.
Licenses to wed issued to two couples, William Howe Foss and Anna Gertrude Tucker of Nelsonville, both 18 and 17, respectively, with Rev. J. D. Bass, and Jean Darling and Freda Zimmer of Glouster, both 21, in Athens county.
A vintage remedy ad promotes Naga-Tone for sound sleep reduced nervousness and energy to feel refreshed in the morning. It claims improvements in digestion appetite and mood with a money back guarantee if not benefited. widely recommended by druggists.
A woman becomes entangled with a man who shows little care, amid tensions in their uneasy relationship. The piece follows emotional strain and the consequences of unhealthy dating dynamics.
A charred marble bust of George Washington by Pierre Jean David, found in a junk dealer's yard, sold for several thousand dollars and could reach ten thousand. Experts confirmed its authenticity. the piece was reportedly donated to the United States by France around 1830 and survived a 1851 library fire.
The Dispatch secret preferential poll in Ohio shows President Coolidge ahead of Democratic nominee John W Davis as La Follette gains slightly. Current totals: Coolidge 11,453 (58.9%), Davis 4,841 (24.9%), La Follette 3,148 (16.2%). total votes 19,442.
Funeral services and burial for 2 months old Michael Wajduk will be held at the Catholic cemetery at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Mrs Rachael Cline Hopkins 81 widow of George W. Cline died this morning at daughter Mrs John W Race home in Baltimore Ohio. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday in Baltimore with burial in Hebbardsville cemetery. Cortege to arrive Thursday. She lived near Albany most of life, survived by sons Charles D. Hopkins George W. Hopkins Athens Glenn Hopkins and daughter Mrs John W Race along with a sister and two brothers.
Marion Illinois September 30 State's Attorney Delos Duty announced immediate indictments for murder in the first degree against Mr and Mrs Robert Tate. The Tates confessed to slaying Joseph Jodie Hearington a Johnson City coal miner in southern Illinois poison mystery. Mrs Tate confessed Saturday.
A severely decomposed body was recovered from the Ohio River in Wheeling West Virginia requiring immediate burial. Fragments of clothing were saved for potential later identification.
Sept 30 Marysville report says 10 year old Howard Mobley son of Mr and Mrs Callie Mobley of Veoria fell 20 feet from a walnut tree and fractured his neck. His older brother and two other boys were present during the accident.
Reverend Fremont Ruth is in Athens on business and conducts revival meetings at Moonville in the schoolhouse. Good crowds attend, with likely two weeks of services and a baptismal event near the schoolhouse on Sunday. On Saturday he will conduct a sale for Herb Linscott at Strouds Run.
Plainly write your name and address on the slip and mail to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa with 5 cents to receive a trial package. The kit includes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds and flu. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion and pains. Chamberlain's Salve for burns and wounds.
Four fatalities in Ohio mines Monday pushed September’s total to a record for the year, as reported by the state mining division. The month’s final tally will be announced on October 1.
A vintage promotion touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets as a tasty, flesh-building alternative to fish oil. It urges mothers to ask Cilne Pharmacy Co. or McKee Drug Co. for the 60 tablet bottle at 60 cents, claiming easy digestion and vitamin content.
Fifty people are recovering from a suspected poisons in coltsian served at a Lancaster church dinner. Officials say a poisonous spray used on cabbage likely remained from a dry season, though all victims are reported out of danger.
Miners killed Monday were Joe Yakus and Stanley T. W. Orbukki at Clarkson Coal Mining No 3 in Mt Peasant. John Sabo at Ohio Collieries Co No 361 in Congo. and John Detre of Wanna Furnace Co in Latonia.
An advertisement touts Kellogg's Bran as a natural aid for bowel health. It claims regular use relieves chronic constipation and promotes overall vigor, endorsing doctors and promising money back if results fail. Suggestions include serving ideas and urging widespread family use.
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