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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1929
Page
6
Murray City correspondents report social visits and family trips across the valley. Visitors include Mrs. Maria Fisher in Athens and Mrs. Hazel Storer in Nelsonville. several others travel between Crooksville Columbus Pataskala and Marietta. In Columbus the inauguration of Governor Cooper is noted.
J Avery Roberts was summoned by his father C A Roberts Thursday. A prayer meeting led by Rev L O Lineberger will be held at Abury M E Church Thursday evening with a committee to select a leader each week and an official board to follow. The Syracuse I T A plans to purchase a radio for the Public Schools to aid educational programs. A piano Victrola toy band supplementary readers have been secured by the organ. The sick include J B Matthewson Mrs Van Johnson Mrs Mart McBride and Mrs Grant. Mrs Charles Calkins of Pomeroy spent Sunday with Van Johnsons family. Eleanor Karr visited cousin Harriett Ewing of Pomeroy overnight. Belle Carleton assists Postmaster W S White. Newton Roush visited son Hosmer Roush and family at Minersville. Mrs A M Roberts and Belle Carleton host the next Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting at Mrs Roberts home. A quilt with names will be outlined for sale at a day meeting soon. Dan Duskey learned of son Wilbert Duskey death at Nelsonville with funeral there. Evangelistic services continue nightly at Syracuse United Brethren Church.
Probate Judge Sam M. Johnson of Athens County spoke to the Athens Rotary Club on the Ohio inheritance tax. He noted the tax is on the right to receive, varies by class, and applies at death. Last year it yielded 6.5 million dollars, split between the state and local taxing districts, and he urged careful wills with legal counsel.
Report describes drivers failing to pull over for a fire truck at 287 East State Street, Marshal C. J. Allstock testifying. The law requires motorists to stop and yield to emergency vehicles when sirens are heard. motorists faced penalties for not clearing the road.
The drivers explain that dangerous conditions exist once trucks are underway and almost impossible to stop. Mr. Ailstock praised for quick driving that prevented serious accidents this morning and motorists are urged to cooperate with the fire department to avoid loss of life through collisions or delays in firemen reaching a blaze due to truck accidents.
Columbus Jan 16 UPI Ohio will dedicate its longest bridge the three mile Sandusky Bay span on February 2. Gov Myers Y Cooper and Michigan Gov Green may attend with state officials. The vertical span bridge will cut travel between Toledo and Cleveland and bring Sandusky closer to the Toledo trading center.
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Lottridge Mrs. William Nutter returns home after three weeks with her son Farr Nutter in Chattanooga Tennessee. Several families from Parkersburg Athens and Guysville visit relatives and attend illnesses, with Miss Dorothea Runnion and Miss Glenna Flanders among those traveling, and Mrs Halliday recovering from illness.
Flu outbreaks hit Rutland households including Mr and Mrs Harry Snowden and Mrs Allie Carpenter while Newt Hawkins moves into a home owned by Anson Jackson. Dr Leo Bean and family visit Aunt Bertha Rathburn and Fanny Stevens spends weekend at Ryger. David Gardner dies from pneumonia as Athens resident Emma Stevens Howard Pond hosts Salem visitors. The illness continues to affect many local families.
Strouds Run residents Ra leigh Robinson and family join D B Matteson clan for Saturday evening visits. N J Smith stays with brother as Illness flu hit Birchfield home. Ohio University students Glen and Clara Poston visit parents. Floyd Bolin funeral attended by Jess Bennett.
The Veterans Bureau announced contracts for Chillicothe Ohio Veterans Hospital. The 150 bed infirmary costs 257 226 dollars a drainage culvert 10 000 dollars and a laundry 28 388 dollars. Award went to A C Sanford of Montgomery Alabama.
Eugene Windle, jailed for bootlegging in Athens County, rang the courthouse bell for nine minutes at noon, one minute per year since national Prohibition began. Judge L G Wor etell ordered the salute Tuesday, after a request from the local WCTU. Sheriff William Williams carried out the order.
Lawrence J. Lawrence, earning 1680 a year as a Cleveland savings and loan teller, is jailed on embezzlement charges after allegedly diverting nearly 25000 dollars. He previously married Helen Lawrence in 1927 and Vivian Albanese in 1928, funding lavish homes and gifts while claiming bootlegger income. Both wives visited but left, each pledging to wait.
Troy Grangers schedule a January 19 meeting at Rock Street hall with a current event roll call and a talk on selecting reading material for youth. Grass seed orders will be taken. Local obituaries note Harve Humphrey dying after flu illness near Coolville and services held for Lewis Dye and Mrs. Crislip.
Shade Leo Williams traveled to Columbus Friday on business. Rev and Mrs Browning and children from Glouster visited the Browning family in Jerseyville Sunday. Walter Smith at Mt Carmel Hospital shows some improvement. Clyde and Gladys Smith visited relatives in Jerseyville. Mrs Vienna Kelley mourns the death of her uncle John Schumacher 84 near Holliday. Emerson Clank of Frost visited Jerseyville weekend. Roy Goldsberry called on his mother. Mrs Sarah Goldsberry visiting S J Smith's daughter.
Rabbi Lee J. Levinger of Columbus Ohio was elected national chaplain of the American Legion by the National Executive Committee. He succeeds Rabbi Herman J. Beck of Pottsville Pennsylvania.
The automobile industry is estimated to have spent about 6,008,000 dollars on advertising over the last two decades. This figure reflects broad media campaigns across print and radio outlets during the period.
The New Marshfield W H M S of the M P church met Wednesday afternoon at president Mrs. Fred Hoodler’s home. Devotionals were led by Mrs. Mina Baker. After the business session a program was given under Mrs. George Mace. Refreshments followed.
In Athens County Common Pleas Court a plea of guilty was entered by Delilah Ann Matheny on adultery. She was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 15 days in jail. Mitten Cooper faced fornication charges, fined 150 dollars and jailed 30 days. Divorces for Freda Shepard vs Dale Shepard and Jesse Robert vs Bessie Roberts were postponed due to illness and service delays. no new dates set.
An application was filed in the Athens County Probate Court to admit the will of D. D. Leadbetter. A hearing was scheduled for January 24.
A consented or similar application seeks admission of the will of Wilbert Duskey Sr with a hearing date set for February 11.
The Garden Floyd Williams made a business trip to Pomeroy Saturday. Mrs Dana Goldsberry visited her sister Mrs Fred Carsey. Athens is seriously sick. Charley Ross drilled in the Max in land on the George King farm last Friday. They pulled the casing and are going on down to the Berea sand hoping to get better results. George King and William J Clair are on the sick list this week. Wayne Swartz spent Sunday evening at the home of A C Meighen and family. Catherine Goldsberry was the Saturday guest of Laura Butts. Deputy Sheriff Roy Goldsberry Glouster spent Sunday with his family. Mr and Mrs Harry Dinsmore
Mus Guentaupe Burts of 414 Market St Mt Carmel Pa says after her husband died she faced exhaustion and weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after years of hard work and caregiving. She notes improved energy for housework and dressmaking and offers to answer letters.
Mrs. Gil Hartman cared for her ill mother Mrs. Mary Snider in Nelsonville. A 21 year old Peach Ridge man died after a fall at Hocking Mine. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hutchins visited Mrs. Seth Robinson in Logan, 85, over the weekend. Beulah Hawk and cousin Eldon attended a basketball game in Albany Friday. The Hawk family, including Elizabeth and Roy, plus guests from Athens and Columbus, were mentioned across several visits and hospital reports.
Mrs Dinsmore’s sister Mrs Flo Blackwell is very ill with pneumonia in Wellsville. Local residents are asked to send wishes and prayers for her recovery.
Ohio schoolchildren will study contemporary poetry via radio broadcasts by poets. Edmund Vance Cooke of Cleveland opens January 23 for three age groups, with Juvenile verses for primary grades and advanced matter for older pupils. The Education Department aims to include Guest, Markham, Rhin hart, and Ferber later.
An old labeled ad promotes Baalmann's Gas Tablets claiming to end gas in stomach and bowels, relieve anxiety from bloating, and ease post dinner drowsiness. It touts faster breath, warmth return to limbs, and general comfort with circulation, ending by directing readers to CLINE PHARMACY for purchase.
Eugene Jones of Glouster spent Saturday night and Sunday with Dwight Smith. Mrs. Hal Chapman of Coolville is ill at her parents home. Miss Jessie McDonald of Ohio University spent the weekend with her parents. Inclement weather and sickness have reduced news in the area.
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