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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1928
Page
11
Classified blurbs list spring grounds to be ordered for Bionuments and cemetery lots. Notes advertise McCune Motor Car Co heating plumbing rootting services and various local trades. Ads feature Atkins high test chicks poultry nutrition and Pomeroy Mrs Bartlett for classified ads. Listings include used cars Chevrolet 1926 coach to Ford 1924 pickup and pricing.
New York figures show Liberty Bonds opening strength and Treasury notes holding near unchanged levels. Cattle and hog markets in Cincinnati and Columbus mixed with steady beef prices, vealers, and lambs. produce prices unchanged for butter eggs and apples with mild activity in wholesale wool trading in Boston.
Athens school head John R. Patterson spoke to over 200 Marietta Chamber of Commerce members and guests at the Betlsy Mills club banquet. He urged chambers to target one or two major problems and praised Marietta’s industrial and tourist commissions. Attendees included Arthur R. Priest, Charles H. Fouts, I. E. Sears, Herman Carpenter, Judge A. Dye, and C. Wells. E. E. Harensias accompanied Patterson to the dinner.
Hundreds attended the New Marshfield high school exhibition and carnival on Wednesday. The art gallery showcased many small reproductions of masterpieces and a facsimile of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, borrowed from L. A. Koons in Athens, created for the Soldiers' and Sailors' fair in Baltimore in 1864. Relics and antique furnishings collected by students adorned every room as the fair lasted all day.
Daily train schedule lists No 1 leaving Athens at 11:31 am No 5 departing 3:35 pm No 2 leaving 2 No 4 leaving 4 dp am Southbound arrivals show Athens 11 08 am and 4 45 pm Descriptions include daily except Sunday and times adjusted for readability
Columbus reports Mrs. Jam N. Cannell of 1811 Sullivan Avenue, born in Ohio, is a stateless woman after Greek citizenship via marriage and U.S. naturalization changes. Her husband James N. Cannell, Greek-born now American, filed for a special passport to enable Greece travel. Attorney Arthur Rowe seeks state department aid while Mrs. Cannell seeks U.S. citizenship.
Corning residents note the M E church Ladies' Aid will hold its monthly meeting in the church basement Thursday evening. Mrs. F A Cady hosted visits from Athens and Crooksville relatives, with several local residents called out for social visits this week.
John R. Patterson superintendent of Athens public schools will travel to Boston for a sectional meeting of the department of superintendence. This marks the fourteenth consecutive national education gathering he has attended as 9,000 attendees expected for the department sessions and 16,000 more for affiliated group meetings.
Mrs Eva Black wife of Rev A FE Black former minister of the M P church of Richland Avenue died last night at the family home in Jeffersonville Funeral services will be held at 180 oclock Saturday afternoon at Ebenezer church in Mt Vernon where burial will be made
A reader hails St Jacobs Oil for banishing rheumatism pain from damp work conditions. He reports swelling joints and muscle ache fading after use and credits relief enabling long work hours in various weather. The ad touts it for rheumatism neuralgia neuritis lumbago and says the oil penetrates to the affected parts without burning the skin.
In February two years ago I suffered pneumonia and loss of flesh while under treatment in Cove Ohio. By March a baby girl was born and my weight dropped to 107 pounds. After taking Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and the Pellet remedies since August I regained health and now weigh 158 pounds. Dr Pierce's medicine is said to work wonders with a thorough trial.
A U.S. Army Air Forces malt i plane was forced down in Toledo last night due to severe weather. The pilot landed safely on a makeshift emergency field as heavy rains drenched the area.
A vintage advertisement touts Paper's Cold Compound as a simple pleasant tasting tablet that prevents or relieves colds and flu symptoms. It promises quick relief even for throat and lung irritation, selling at thirty five cents.
An 18 year old resident of 1% Tam street waived examination before Magistrate Carl Foam on Wednesday and was bound over to Common Pleas on a $100 bond. Traffip Fred Heck made the arrest. William Davis pleaded not guilty to forgery before Magistrate Porter. trial date set. Alleged transfers involved sending items to another William in Nelsonville. Probate court proceedings noted.
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