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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1924
Page
6
Amesville residents travel to Parkersburg and Athens for visits. Numerous social calls and service events are noted, including illness strikes with pneumonia risk, family care, and hospital updates. Caring relatives visit the sick in Athens and Columbus areas. A new baby boy is announced for the Dew family and several residents are reported to have travelled for family duties.
Miss Ava Lanker 22 of Hamilton was instantly killed when a B and C train struck her automobile at Laurel avenue crossing. She was principal at Bo henmyer School on Deerfield Pike.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Co to assume liability for 2.95 million dollars of equipment trust certificates to be issued by Union Trust Co of Cleveland.
Harrisonville and nearby communities report residents recovering from quinsy Mrs Harley Musser attends Ohio State Grange in session at Zanesville Sidney Jordans welcome a newborn son Reverend Brown conducts service at Wilkesville Presbyterian Church Will C Merritt confined by rheumatism causing temporary high school closure Gas stove purchase trip to Athens for the Masonic Hall involving Matt Chase Mellie McClure and Ray Wilson
Lottridge and Ackley families plus Clyde and Clyde Cody guests visit relatives in Coolville and nearby towns. Residents attend dinners and gatherings with friends including Mrs. Will Follrod of Alfred and the Swartz, Boggs, and Barnhart families. Several locals note health issues and travel, with students returning from Athens and Marion trips.
Burr Oak and surrounding towns note a weekend visit by Helen McFarland of Athens to Gracie Ivers. The trip included a ten day meeting at Pleasant Ridge church. Mabel and Mildred Marshall of Corning visited their sister and brother in law in Hatfield. Grace Ivers stayed with her sister and brother in law in Glouster. T W Ryan and daughter Elinor, with Mr and Mrs William Mace of Chappel Hill hosting. Mrs Grant Post and Mrs Albert Post visited the former's mother Mrs Jane Henry. Ida Denth, visiting friends, plans to move to South Zanesville after buying property there. Mrs John Smith and daughter Beatrice of Jacksonville were week end visitors.
Persistent showers halt road work and slow travel while cisterns and streams benefit. Church services drew crowds despite heavy rain. G W Hanson sold cattle to Herschel Carpenter. butchering was common last week. Local residents include Lucille Love visiting Leota Strode and Jean Harris visiting Mrs Hermon. Arch McCune injured his eye from coal, raising concern for his sight.
Carpenter Mrs. B A Howery was a Pome roy visitor Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. F M Swett, visiting relatives in Chicago, was called home last week by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Vinton Jewell.
Morning or night neuritis pain can strike various body parts. Eopa Neuritis Tablets claim to remove inflammation and restore comfort, offered by Fire Co and other druggists, Borricke & Runyon Co. Mfrs. in Cisco.
H S Steward and wife and Earl Starkey and wife shopped in Albany Friday. Carl Caster and wife were in Athens Friday. Jesse Sisson and wife travel to Columbus this week for Mrs Sisson to seek treatment for a long standing broken arm. John Rawlings recovering from blood poisoning in fingers. Sissons and Woodyard attended Mrs S Hooper funeral in Athens Tuesday. A L Tewksbury and family move into Albany home. Lawrence Walker, N Y C brakeman, spent Sunday with family.
Shade residents and Athens visitors are noted as Reverend Wedding shows slight improvement. Miss Agatha Bridwell teaches at Cathers school and visited H. T. Mulligan family. Mrs FEW Colburn and Mrs Mary Kelley hosted Rev and Mrs Wedding. Emmett Sanders home in Chase hosted a surprise party for sons Dana and Vaughn. Ralph Colburn visited grandfather E W Colburn. Ht Burson and family hosted Athens guests. Frank OBrien stayed with Everett Bosworth. Audria Mulligan heads to Baltimore for treatment. Mary Kelley assists at home. Atwood Grim visited Joe Burson.
The item notes visits and family events including Carl Barnes visiting Marietta with his sister, a baby girl arrival to Mr. and Mrs. Asa Cochran, a supper honoring McGranor and Zine Courtney anniversaries, Angi Vore recovering from throat ailment, Matheney family visiting Athens, and relatives from Carbon Hill Frost and Basil visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Fin Cook and Mrs. Learned for a seventy second birthday, plus Monday visit of Ed Micheala.
Vanderhoof and Porter Pritchard hosted guests including Alexander Edwards and the Smith family of Clarksburg. G F Davis from Little Hocking visited his parents. Carter Oil & Gas Co. representative Hamilton was here. Mrs. J W Davis and Guy Davis visited the Blackwood home. The Chase and Boggs families hosted relatives over the weekend.
An old advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as genuine for fifty years with directions. It warns against imitators and urges consumers to protect their doctor and themselves. Bottles priced at 25 cents and 50 cents are available at drug stores.
J. W. Wolfe served as the Sunday dinner guest of W. H. Ashcraft, sharing an informal meal and conversation in Ashcraft's home.
Hockingport notices report travel plans for Mr. and Mrs. EB A Dutton to Copan Oklahoma to visit Mrs. Curtis Sheets sister of Mrs. Dutton. The Methodist church prepares a Christmas program with Rev. Harry Dye to begin meetings December 6. Local schools plan Christmas entertainments under Guy Secoy. Parkersburg visitors include Joe Keever and Misses Jeasie and Gladys Parker. Several residents ill or traveling and oil and gas leases noted on route No 1.
Malaya is identified as producing roughly one third of the global tin output, underscoring its central role in the metal market and its impact on international pricing and supply chains.
Miss A E Dan Davenport Iowa credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing a red itchy rash that started on the face and scalp. She used four soaps and two ointment boxes and says relief came after the treatment. The notice promotes Cuticura products with a sales pitch and a random aside about a shaving stick.
A restrained girl silenced by parental rules falls for Sandy McCandless and faces intrigue jealousy and hate spanning across the Atlantic. The tale of four lives and deep scars unfolds in Derelict Lives featured in True Story January.
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