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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
2
Rumor says bond will be raised by citizens opposed to higher gas rates granted by the company to seek an injunction and block collections. The move was not filed before county clerk's office closed in Pomeroy yesterday evening.
Charles Fremont Jones 72 died at his home on the Pomeroy Harrisonville Road. He will be buried Friday in Michael Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and several children.
Members of Heath M. E. Church joined a World Service cultivation meeting at Simpson Church Pomeroy with speakers D R Fulkerson, D G Abbott, J Andrews Dube, and Dr and Mrs Ding. Rev J Holcombe led the event as district superintendent and several locals traveled to Huntington and Columbus on family and estate matters. The Rev W G James has been ill since Sunday.
In Pomeroy on December 5 the county recorder released mortgages for Oscar Wince to Citizens National Bank Middleport for 1000 and Peter Steinmetz and his wife to John K R Ogdin Salem Township for 3000.
Mrs. D L Barker of Toledo Ohio reports rapid relief after using Konjola claiming it cured long standing stomach and vitality issues. She says two weeks brought marked improvement and credits Konjola with restoring her strength. The medicine is advertised in Athens at Mece Drug Store and through all major druggists.
Rodney J. Sanborn filed suit to set aside his mother Callie Sanborn’s will claiming undue influence. He also sues brother Oscar Sanborn, executor, for $1,949.12 plus interest representing loans made to their mother between 1919 and 1928. The estate was described as not large.
Hobart Cozart sues Blanche Cozart in Pomeroy with Judge N W Crow taking the case under advisement for 30 days after hearing the afternoon evidence. The couple reside in the county’s upper end. Also, David Phillips of Minersville is reported to be suffering a severe asthma attack.
Deputy Welker and Chief Mayer with George Martin left for Van Wert to fetch suspect William Garlow, held on a minor charge there. Garlow admitted finding two revolvers at a Middleport business and taking them, linking the theft to the Bert Martin harness and shoe shop robbery reported about the same time.
James Webb died in Newark this week from a stroke. He had married Miss Maria Smith, who died shortly after arriving at her new home. The Letart Falls quartet with E. E. Ashley Rush Hayman and Mrs Mattie Circle will perform on air from Charleston West Virginia this evening from 9 30 to 10 30.
Athens residents follow doctor's advice and use Ayer's Pectoral to end a severe head cold after a driver’s starter jam left him overheated and coughing. The physician notes the remedy provided rapid relief and sleep with no coughing, and the paper promotes the medicine as hospital certified and widely tested.
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