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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1924
Page
6
Well over 100 friends and parents gathered at the Brick School for closing exercises on April 26. The day featured a picnic dinner, songs, readings, instrumental music, dialogues and speeches concluding the community event.
About 3 600 delegates will descend on Cleveland for the Republican National Convention next June. Organizers plan extensive hotel and transportation arrangements, neat quarters for state delegations, and measures to keep rates down while welcoming visitors.
Charley Palmer of Redtown was arraigned before Magistrate Helen on four liquor law charges two alleging possession and two selling with Bruce Dickens named as buyer in January transactions. Palmer pleaded not guilty and posted 4000 bond for trial May 14 in the magistrate's court, brought by Constable E C Mariner.
City officials pursue about 600 yen in notes from violators. City solicitor Don M projects possible loss around 2500 dollars if notes are not settled, with expectations of revenue totaling 1608 dollars.
Names of jurors chosen for the Athens county grand and petit juries for May are listed. Grand jurors for May 5 include McClanahan Mooney McGill Goldsberry Little Reeder Davis Bardford Oxley and others. Petit jurors for May 12 include Colnor Ludwick Linscott Elliott Fleming Clark Robinson Chapman Campbell Tiggins Brown Malone Oxley Cunningham Meeks Crosser Evener and others.
Athens high school junior class stages the three act dramatic comedy Putting It Over this Friday evening. Cast includes Norris Beasley in dual roles and Florence Clutts as Eva Lou Lane with Miss Anne Pickering directing. Reserved seats available at Cline's Pharmacy Thursday morning.
The 7th annual Ohio State Medical Association meeting in Cleveland will run May 14 and 15. A noted term is Peneltetrachlorphthalein, the long technical name for one of the diagnostic tar derivatives.
Cambridge, Ohio. Mrs. M. E. Stephenson credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring her health after months of inward weakness. She states six bottles enabled her to resume housework and caring for her baby. She endorses the medicine and offers a trial tablet pack by mail from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N Y.
Advertisement outlines a three piece ladies suit with skirt blouse and jacket patterns. Sizes for skirt 26 to 37 inches waist with hip measurements, blouse bust sizes 34 to 44, jacket bust sizes 34 to 44. Materials specified and pattern patterns mailed for 12 cents plus stamps. Spring and Summer 1924 Book of Fashions offered.
Gifford Pinchot the Pennsylvania governor and conservationist told the Senate agriculture committee that Henry Fords bid for Muscle Shoals would be a bill for the industrial and agricultural hamstringing of the South. He spoke during a hearing in Washington on April 29.
George W. Birk, junior partner in Birk Brothers druggists, has taken over the lease of the Bucyrus Opera House and will manage it for the winter season of 1924 1925.
Frank Howe aged 63 and his mother Katherine Howe aged 78 died within three days of each other in Martins Ferry Ohio. The mother reportedly never recovered from the shock upon learning of her son's death.
The article explains mean solar time as shown by a reliable clock or watch while apparent solar time is indicated by a sun dial.
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