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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1932
Page
5
Chauncey area reports sixteen mines active today including Chauncey No. 25 Hocking Luhrig Lick Run L D Poston Ohio No 1 No 52 Black Diamond No 69 No 10 No 24 No 28 No 90 No 10 Poston No 6. The district had sixteen mines working yesterday as well per local notes.
Miss Bertha Nixon, a bookkeeper at the New York Coal Company store in Chauncey, displays a bouquet of flowering quince from her yard in the office. The scene was noted in a Chauncey exchange dated January 29.
Fifteen women attended a Chauncey-Dover High School cooking school Thursday afternoon led by Mrs. T. M. Wolfe. Attendees listed include Jennie Courtney and multiple local residents, all participants in the instructional session.
Mrs. A L Preston of Chauncey was the guest of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Jonas in Nelsonville on Wednesday. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs E J Adams of Jackson Michigan and Mrs Mary Jonas of Maple Hill.
Chauncey January meeting of the Busy Bee Needle Club will be at Mrs. Glyde Jorden's Mill Street home. January anniversaries will be honored. At the previous gathering at Mrs. Harry Swart's Lexington Avenue home, nine members attended and refreshments were served. Members listed include Mrs. A L Preston Eddi e Blackford Mrs. Charles Sweeney Mrs. Lawrence Tennehill Mrs. Gerald Blackford Mrs. Marion Schoonover Mrs. Glyde Jorden and Mrs. Swart.
An advertisement touts Musterole for sore throat relief, claiming hours of hourly application boosts cure. The product combines mustard oil camphor menthol and other ingredients and is marketed for adults and a milder children’s version.
A new choir is formed at The Plains Methodist Church Chauncey under M. O. Bryan. Rehearsals occur Mondays at 7 30 PM with pianists Marie Aleshire and Dorothy Cade. Mrs. C. S. Rice elected president and Mrs. Floyd Linscott secretary treasurer. music committee includes Mrs. Ray Michael Dorothy Cade and Ruth McCollough. Community members invited to join.
Chauncey Dover High School basketball team and coach Paul A Theisen were guests at a dinner hosted by Joe Guerra in Millfield. Present were Clark Preston Clifford Shafer Robert Nye Paul Daugherty Glenn Gardner Thomas Dew Paul Green and Joe Guerra with Mrs Louisa Muzio and the Misses Mary and Carolyn Guerra assisting.
This piece notes Staunton Virginia as the historical seat of government for the Northwest Territory and describes Charlottesville and Albemarle County. It highlights Staunton’s origins, the Greensboro area roads, and the University of Virginia’s architecture including Jefferson’s Rotunda and serpentine walls.
Paul W. Litchfield, president of Goodyear Zeppelin, defended the Akron project before a congressional committee. He said the navy airship’s construction was the finest work by his company and that their reputation was at stake.
A nostalgic tour through the Warren Garage loft in Athens Ohio reveals old carriages and hearses linked to the town’s youth. The tallyho coach, pallbearers’ coach, hearse, brougham, and stage wagon evoke revelry, weddings, and funerals from decades past. Ghosts of dances and picnics linger in cobwebbed loft relics.
Barney King a 70 year old retired Ohio River steamboat captain died in Newport Kentucky on Wednesday night. He was captain of the Hercules Cartel after retirement. King was hailed as a hero in 1885 when the steamer Longfellow struck a pier near Cincinnati, sank, and he and the Hercules Cartel rescued many passengers.
NORRISTOWN Pennsylvania January 29 Rose Allen an 18 year old debutante central in Philadelphia society seeks revenge for the death of her fiancé Francis A Donaldson by aiding the state in a bid to convict her father and brother Edward H Allen Rose named as star witness as indictment is announced Rose remains heartbroken over Donaldson who she says he loved dearly officials said
Prisoners in Lorain County Jail signed a note to the county grand jury demanding better food. The note, read during a jail inspection, stated they were starving and wanted more to eat or else. Sheriff Adama revoked outside-food privileges, saying they were properly fed and that more meals would raise medical costs.
Lester D. Kelsey, 33, proprietor of the Shipyards Restaurant, was seriously wounded when a gunman failed to rob the place. He left St. Vincent's Hospital against doctors orders after receiving treatment for a bullet wound to the left lung.
More than 7 percent of Ohio mining companies operating 100 mines and 13 088 workers enrolled by January 1 in the first statewide mine safety contest. Sponsored by the Industrial Commission of Ohio and allied divisions, the program classifies mines by type and size with awards for safety records based on lost time, injuries, and fatalities.
Mrs Turner of Fail River Mass reports six months of relief after using Kellogg's All-Bran Att-Bran. Tests note Bulk and Vitamin B aid the intestinal tract with iron for the blood. Two tablespoonfuls daily advised. not habit forming. see a doctor if not relieved.
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