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The governor said the sugar plan is in effect and has reduced world supply availability while causing a small price increase.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
2
Wire Thieves Target Mines Along River Drive
Sheriff O E says efforts intensify to catch wire thieves compromising county mines. Wires replaced from far mines, with several suspects held on bond or jailed. Industry losses drive calls for guards to protect operations and curb profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Hie
Exwy
Ywi
Upper
Pomeroy
Local Residents Visit in Columbus and Nearby Towns
Wie and Mrs. T A May, Mrs. J grate spent Tuesday in Columbus with relatives. Dennis and daughters plan a motor trip to Tulsa and other points before Mary returns to teach at the Deaf School in bus. H B Bush and daughter tour the West visiting Yellowstone and other sights then move to Youngstown. Edith Russell visits Hunting with Bennett Russell while Vina Bennett stays in Akron with Milne family. Charles McMaster hosts a Wednesday evening for Paul Bean of Columbus. Charles Wilcoxen and family host Dorcas visit. M L Fisk of Columbus visits on New York Central business trip and stays with B T Fults Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmma McCracken
Columbus
J. W. Forquer
Forquer
Dennis
Charles Gregg
Tulsio
Mary
Reynolds
Cuya Falls
G. A. Reynolds
Martindill
Miss Kiesey
Boston
Edith Russell
Bennett Russell
Vina Bennett
Akron
Milee
Paul Bean
Hobart
Edna Stout
Winchester
Earl Smith
Pt. Pleasant
Freddie
Harry Houdashcek
Dorcas
Charles Wilcoxen
Om. L. Fisk
New York Central Railroad
B. T. Fults, Sr
Large wedding party travels to Columbus for DePeiro Wad dell union
Many relatives and friends from here attend the wedding of Norma DePeiro and John Wad dell in Columbus. Carloads left at 3 a m to arrive in time, joining guests from Parkersburg on the way to the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Aug
Mias
Norma DePeiro
John Waddell
Here
Columbus
Parkersburg
Chester Township Sunday School Picnic Planned for Saturday
The Chester Township Sunday Schools plan their annual picnic at Will's Grove Flat Woods on Saturday August 22 with an all day event and a noon basket dinner. Rev Thinger of Middleport and Rev Bright of Pomeroy are scheduled speakers and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Township
Chester
Will's Grove
Flat Woods
Thinger
Middleport
Rev
Bright
Pomeroy
Old River Pilot Charles Prall Stricken in Pomeroy
Charles J. Prall 70, last of a local pioneer family, suffered a severe heart attack in his Moore home in Pomeroy on Wednesday night. His condition is serious. Prall, a veteran river steamboat pilot, was known as the town wit and raised a family centered on Lincoln Hill, with relatives in Texas Columbus and near Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Prall
Moore
Pomeroy
Charles J. Pralt
Lincoln Hill
Charles
Dana
Texas
Anna Mott
Columbus
Joseph
Cincinnati
Herman Kohler
Pennsylvania
Pratt
Pittsburgh
Braybeards
Funeral Attended by Wide Circle for Carrie Glover
The funeral of Carrie Glover was largely attended at Middleport on Aug 30. Out of town mourners included N H Skiles of Lansing and J Herbert of Pittsburgh among many others from Newark Columbus Akron Huntington and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Myre
Carrie Glover
N. H. Skiles
Lansing
J. Herbert
Pittsburgh
John Wildman
Newark
Theo. Wilson
Helene Willson
Georgia Garrett
Palmer Miller
Opal
Columbus
Virginia’ Arnold
Will Wilson
J. 8. Ford
Wilson R. Grim
Huntington
J. C
Jack Willams
Lewis Skiles
Akron
Anna Skiles
Margaret
Anita van Skiles
C. D. Day
Nat Fulks
Esther
Charleston
Ww. Va
Kreinbethi Re-elected Auxiliary Secretary at Cleveland Convention
Louise Kreinbethi of Pomeroy was re-elected secretary for the Highth District of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Cleveland convention. A Syracuse judge and his wife awoke to find uninvited guests in their home when they discovered an unlocked door and a strange car in the yard after visitors from Dayton had driven in during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Cleveland
Louise Kreinbethi
Pomeroy
J. B. Carleton
Syracuse
Dick Carleton
Dayton
Mrs Edith Baldwin Returns to Pomeroy After 27 Years
Edith Baldwin of Winatachee Washington has finished her first visit back to her native county in 27 years. She traveled with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Sapp along the Oregon Trail to Seattle. Returning, she was joined by Nora Robinson and two Carpenter, Illinois residents near the Illinois line, traveling via Mammoth Cave Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edith Sapp Baldwin
Winatachee
Washington
Baldwin
Thomas Sapp
Oregon Trail
Seattle
Illinois Line
Nora Robinson
Carpenter
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Game Protectors Patrol District County in Squirrel Season Prep
Pomeroy reports game protectors patrol hill districts before the September 15 squirrel season. C A White of Belpre was fined 25 dollars after a fall arrest for out of season hunting near Harrisonville Meigs County. Officers W R Sellers and B E Clark led a nets seizure and arrests for illegal net possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. A. White
Belpre
Harrisonville
Meigs County
C. T. O'Neil
Marietta
W. R. Sellers
BE. J. Clark
Ohio River
Hiseman
Local residents head to camps and visits across towns
The list follows youths Edith and Evelyn Stalnaker Elma Whiteside Margie Curtis Hazel Milhoan as they depart Monday for a 4-H camp in Jackson County Clara Swan and mother Mary Swan spend week with Cleveland buffer Harold O B German and wife visit Pittsburgh boat crew and Aliquippa towboat carries steel for Jones and Laughlin. Chevalier of Columbus visits with parents and nieces Ethel and Garnett Hodill of Pittsburgh. Mrs I C Matlack and children visit Williamstown W Va. Bigley and Stethem Osborn families visit Hockingport and Paden City. Commencement at Rock Springs Fairgrounds attended by local residents. Riley returns from Russellville W Va visiting relatives Hannum reunion set for August 29 at Hannum homestead Dana and A F Halsey visit cousin R H Hannum. Mrs S R Swan and daughters from Parkersburg visit locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Edith
Evelyn Stalnaker
Elma Whiteside
Margie Curtis
Hazel Milhoan
Clara Swan
Cleveland
Mary Swan
O. BE. German
Harold
O. B. German
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Bigley
Hockingport
William Stethem
Mont Osborn
Paden City
Howard Young
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
W. P. Riley
Russellville
W. Va
Hannum
Dana Halsey
Athens
A. F Halsey
R. H. Hannum
R. Swan
Jean
Jane
Parkersburg
Visit of Mrs Thelma Shipley to Oak Hill Hosts
Mrs Thelma Shipley of Oak Hill is visiting for a few days with Captain Tom W Jones and Mrs Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Shipley
Oak Hill
Tom W. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Gas Well Flow Near Infirmary At Pomeroy
Ohio Fuel Company drilled a gas well near the county infirmary on the Will Seyfried farm and reported a flow of 180000 cubic feet per hour. The same day a second well began on the adjacent John Chase farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Fuel
Infirmary
Pomeroy
Ohio Fuel Company
Will Seyfried
County Infirmary
John Chase
Morarity Dies at Gravel Hill in Middleport
Josephine Morarity 64 died at her brother Charles Morarity's Gravel Hill home in Lower Middleport. The funeral is set for Friday at 9 AM from Pomeroy Catholic Church with burial in the Catholic Cemetery. The family consists only of Josephine and her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Morarity
Middleport
Charles
Gravel Hill
Pomeroy Catholic Church
Tuppers Plains Triumphs 3-2 In Horns of Hobson Series Finale
Tuppers Plains beat Hobson 3 to 2 at K. of P. Park to close a three game series. Hobson scored in the third and seventh innings while TupPers Plains tallied in the second and fourth. Christy and Young paired as battery for TupPers Plains, Stewart and Frazier for Hobson. Soth struck out seven. McHaney umpired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Middleport
Mobson
K. of P. Park Field
Hobson
Toppers Plains
Christy and
Young
Stewart
Frazier
Lasers
Soth
McHaney
Cars Crash on Main Street In Middleport
An evening collision on Main Street in Middleport involved a Johnston car carrying Frank Johnston, Mrs. Bessier, and Mrs. L. J. Heiner, struck by a four Cross boys vehicle emerging from a side street. No injuries. Johnston car badly damaged and towed for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnston
Bessier
L. J. Heiner
Middleport
Cross
Main Street
Johnston
Chapman kin hold reunion and cross Ohio trip noted
William Chapman visited Parkersburg for tonsil removal. Ed Hostotter grandson of Athens spent days with his mother Mrs. Joana Hostotter and son Will. The Cole family reunion set for Sunday Aug 23 on the Church of Christ lawn. B J Chapman and two Pullman grandsons visited I Chapman and Gainer households. William Chapman, aged seventy, his first trip across the Ohio River. Mrs. Alice Ritchey and G E Parker left for Columbus for the D A convention as delegates. Mrs. Ritchey attended from the local council. Elva Dean spent Sunday at her farm near Alfred. Co D Sanborn of Dayton Tenn visited. Ida Whitner of Ambridge returns with Cole family and Mollie Shields of Meigs Creek. Whitner to arrive Saturday for a week. Kathryn Meeker of Racine hired for grades six and seven. Lucille McLane death left vacancy. Georgie Springer works at ice cream and lunch room run by J Earl Snively. Chapman home guests included Hess Nickles and K Christy Stewart and Jimmison families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chapman
Parkersburg
Ed Hostotter
Athens
Joana Hostotter
Will
Cole
Church of Christ
B. J. Chapman
Pullman
W. Va
I. Chapman
M. Gainer
Ambridge
J. Earl Snively
Chapman Home
Hess. Nickles
Pomeroy
K. Christy
Stewart
Jimmison
Local social notes from Nelsonville and nearby towns
Nelsonville and surrounding areas feature visits from Ina Springer, Ralph Swagger, and many residents including Mrs. Ruchel Caldwell, Miss Pauleta Caldwell, and Mrs. Belle Keller. Guests travel between Ra cine, Marietta, Belpre, Parkersburg, and Wheeling as church and family events unfold.
Chilean President’s Granddaughter Stars in Sea Adventure
Christina Montt, who plays a key role in Columbia’s Fifty Fathoms Deep, is the granddaughter of a former Chilean president, linking the film to a notable political lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Montt
Columbia
Chile
Indigestion Treated With Bisulated Magnesia Claim
Advertises Bisulated Magnesia as the cure for stomach indigestion caused by excess hydrochloric acid. Claims the remedy sweetens the stomach, prevents acid buildup, and eliminates sourness gas and pain after meals. Recommends purchasing at Quick's Rate Drug Store or a similar outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick's Rate Drug Store
Famine Looms In Oil Fields as Wells Stay Closed
Oklahoma and Texas governors insist on martial law to keep all wells shut until crude oil hits one dollar per barrel. Refineries and distributors fear a nationwide shortage with about 900,000 barrels blocked daily and major companies holding only four days of Texas field output in storage. Smaller refiners and service stations are closed nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
William H
Alfalfa Bul) Murray
Rose Shaw Sterling
City Hopes Light Rate Talk With West Penn Monongahela
Marietta officials on the light committee seek a conference with West Penn Monongahela Company to push for lower electricity rates in the city. The move signals a formal effort to reduce power costs for residents and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Light Committee
West Penn Monongahela Company
Cotton Holiday Is Suggested By Gov Huey P Long
In New Orleans August 20 the United States government is urged to back an international one year cotton holiday. Governor Huey P Long of Louisiana proposed American growers suspend cotton production in 1932 to trim global supply and lift prices. He said Colonel Thomas L Chadbourne, who led a sugar production ration plan, assured cooperation from other nations to save the world cotton market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Thomas L. Chadbourne
New York
Chadbourne
Youngstown man accused over illicit cheese making device
Carmen Anzevino, 26, told police he planned to make cheese in a still found at his home. Officers were skeptical and arrested him on charges of possessing property designed for manufacturing intoxicating liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Carmen Anzevino
Anzevino
Hemroid Tablets Claim Cure for Pile Agony
The ad promotes Hem-roid tablets as an internal remedy that cures piles by improving blood circulation and removing the cause of the condition. It credits Dr. J. B. Leonhardt and asserts the product heals and restores affected parts with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adv
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Pomeroy Bend
Ee. A. Hartley
Messenger
John Sauvage
T. A. May
J. Grate
Mays
A. May
Imtan
Emna Jettick
W. B. Coon
Brown
Bill Peters Diamond
Ault Williams
Ye Old Time
Coe’s Cash
Nelsonville
Ilegal
Long Bottom News
Ruchel Caldwell
Pauleta Caldwell
Ina Springer
Reed
Racine
E. G. Kim
Ralph Swagger
W. B. Matlack
Belle Keller
Mary Baker
Baker
Mary Keller
Ray Smith
Clara Louise
Virginia
Bettie Flowers
Mr. Smith
P. Lodge
J. K. Swindier
St . Shade
Ottie Turban
Evergreen
Tillie Reed
Ottie Milhoan
Ada Bahr
Cieta
Eagle Ridge
Lavina Brannon
P. W. Beam
Reedsville
Cora Hamilton
Leslie Blough
L. L. Keller
Dana Hoffman
Wheeling
Vivian Hoffman
F. W. Chapman
Leona
Coolville
Karicofe
I. C. Chapman
Misa Mable Keller
Ohio University At
Hall Parker
Carl Parker
Harvey Person
Howard Johnson
Baltimore
Johnson
Selah McLane
J. C. Parker
Nora Rice
W. HB. Matlack
P. E. Shields
H. Green
Floyd Matlack
Bellville
Lowell Matlack
Leota
Matlack
Iy Osborn
E.F. Matiack
Hawkins
Cross Bros
Union Street
Ohio
General Electric
Join Us
N. B.C
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Baby
Quick’s
OUICK
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
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