McClure News Letter From Colorado Describes Farm Life
A letter from C. F. McClure of Keenesburg Colorado reports a new son Donald Eugene in the McClure family. It notes beet yields below potential, butter fat at 56 percent, potatoes abundant with poor sales, hogs and lambs price changes, and sugar and gasoline prices. McClure notes land stability and a railroad improving Keenesburg near his ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. F. McClure
Meigs
New Marshfield
Dyesville
McClure
Keenesboro
Colo
Donald Eugene
Me. McClure
Harrisonville
Cad Dutton
Middleport
Colorado
Keenesburg
Couple Honored At Hotel Dinner In Pomeroy
Riverside School, Cincinnati teachers held a dinner and program at the Alms Hotel Italian Grill to honor John Prentice and Oma Hill on their marriage. Twenty attended and presented silverware. Mrs. Prentice taught in Pomeroy schools and earned a life certificate from Ohio University before moving to Cincinnati to teach.
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Pomeroy
Riverside School
Cincinnati
Alms Hotel
John Prentice
Oma Hill
Laban Hill
Univer of Cincinnati
Funeral for Jesse Russell Held at Kanauga Church
Funeral services for Jesse Russell 52 of Ohio were held at Kanauga Church with Meigs County relatives in attendance. Rev Day led the service. Russell died Sunday from tuberculosis after years away seeking health benefits in Arizona. He leaves a widow and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jesse Russell
Uga
Kanauga
Meigs County
Day
Maddy Every
Russell
Arizona
Garden Families Visit Friends Across Counties
The page lists numerous visits and calls among Garden residents including Della Butts, Alice Daily, George McCumber, St Clair, William Colmer and family, Selah Weatherby and son Ho, Athens, Eva Mohler, Goldsberry relatives, and others. Social calls occur Friday through Sunday with extended family attendance and home stays noted in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Butts
Alice Daily
George McCumber
Darwin
Wil- St. Clair
William Colmer
Smith
Pratts
Selah Weatherby
Athens
Peter Mohler
Sarah Goldsberry
E. Goldsberry
Frank Souther
Charles Goldsberry
Eva Mohler
George Woodyard
Arnold King
Allen Weatherby
Charley Goldsand
Walt Williams
Pat. Pratts
Sony
Frank Vint Meeks
Bernice Randolph
Ruby
Paul Jeffers
Frank Shade
Hubert Buck
C. L. Goldsberry
Indiana
Local Visits and Illness Report From Haydenville Area
Mrs Ray Nice and baby suffer flu symptoms. Mr and Mrs Pallas Goodin were in Nelsonville. Mrs Sam Thompson and child from Haydenville visited Mrs Dock Young. Thaddie Hunter and Thomas Yokett called on Mr and Mrs Young. Relatives of Mrs Ernest Dowler in Haydenville. Mrs Thomas Pickett and Mrs Sherman Byers of Grove Sunday. Welyn Young noted as a school teacher at 7 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Nice
Baby
Pallas Goodin
Nelsonville
Sam Thompson
Chilman
Haydenville
Dock Young
Thaddie Hunter
Thomas Yokett
Young
Ernest Dowler
Thomas Pickett
Sherman Byers
Grove
Bunday
Welyn Young
Han Migs Frang
Legion Auxiliary Seeks More Members in Local Drive
In Middleport on January 30 the American Legion Auxiliary plans a membership drive. A meeting led by president Mrs. Tom Jones saw only ten of 40 members present due to illness. Loyal Bereans Class hosted by Mrs. O L Rous at the Christian Church featured a brief program and social, with refreshments served after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
American Legion Auxiliary
Tom Jones
Bereans
Christian Church
O. L. Rous
Lawrence Reed
Hess released on bond in Pomeroy liquor case hearing
In Probate Court Judge Cora Roberts released Leonard Hess on bond of 1000 for a Friday hearing on a liquor charge. John Reed was fined 100 by Justice Gilmore for intoxication and causing a disturbance. he paid arrangements to cover the fine. Mrs. B A Carper of Main and Cherry Streets is recovering from hip and side injuries after a bad fall.
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Pomeroy
Cora Roberts
Leonard Hess
John Reed
Justice Gilmore
Middleport
B. A. Carper
Main
Cherry Streets
Funeral services for Mrs John Combs in Middleport
The funeral is set for Thursday at 2 PM at the Baptist Church with Rev James presiding. Burial will follow in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
Congressman Jenkins Seeks Carnegie Medal Nomination Help
Congressman T A Jenkins reports to The Messenger that he has notes on Glenn Cline's feat at Dyesville and offers to assist in obtaining a Carnegie Hero Medal. Data will be sent by interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
T. A. Jenkins
Messenger
Glenn Cline
Dyesville
Swisher-Winehart Marriage Official in Columbus
Mrs. Vesta E. Swisher of Vine Street Middleport wed Dr. Murray Swinehart of Columbus on December 20 in Columbus with Rev. O C Wright officiating. The couple reside at 1250 East Livingston Avenue, Columbus, and hosted friends following the ceremony. Mrs. E A Reed and daughter Nancy, with Mrs. Bob Adams and Mrs. Rowley, visited Columbus and returned home Sunday. Mrs. Adams will stay a couple of weeks.
Literary Club Meets in Change of Host
The Middleport Literary Club gathered this afternoon at Mrs. Bessie Hartinger to substitute for Mrs. M. D. Hartinger. With the president absent, vice president Mrs. Genevieve Sherman led. Members gave roll call, visual exercises, and papers on American music. The next meeting is set for February 13 with Mrs. M. G. White.
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Literary Club
Middleport Literary Club
Bessie Hartinger
South Third Street
M. D. Hartinger
Genevieve Sherman
R. W. Harris
E. G. Probst
Legion Drive Reaches 192 New Members for 300 Goal
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion reports 192 members toward a 300 target. Adjutant B. M. Gibson says outreach continues in outlying districts with hope to hit the goal in a week or ten days. A Legion meeting on Wednesday will plan further campaign, and spelling and cross marks on the Court Street board at Athens County Court House have been corrected.
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K. T. Crossen
The
American Legion
B. M. Gibson
Gibson
Legion
South Court Street
Court Street
Athens County
Inheritance Tax Set in Athens County Probate Court
In Athens County Probate Court the estate of W D B Carpenter was valued at 5700 dollars all real estate. Debts and costs totaled 1088.28 leaving a net 4611.72. A 2000 bequest to niece Hester Cole carried tax 75. The remainder to a sister and three brothers distributed with separate taxes. Guardian appointment for Irene Hanson, minor, granted to Otis Hanson with 100 dollar surety. Return of sale of Clarence M Horn personal property filed by executor.
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Athens County
W. D. B. Carpenter
Neice
Hester Cole
Nee
Iréne Hanson
Otis Hanson
Clarence M. Horn
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph D. Martin
Mrs. Joseph D. Martin age 53 died of a heart attack Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held at her home 56 West Union Street at 2 pm Thursday with burial in the West Union Cemetery. The Rev. Co. M. Coulter of the First Methodist Episcopal Church will conduct.
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Joseph D. Martin
West Union Street
West Union
Co. M. Coulter
First Method Episcopal Church
McCoy’s Tablets Boost Claimed Confidence and Energy
An ad extols McCoy’s Tablets as a solution for rundown nervous women, claiming the McCoy girl now appears confident and lively. It insists the product restores vitality, with a 60 cent package of 60 sugar coated tablets and a 30 day money back guarantee.
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McCoy
Cline
Installation of Middleport Rotary Club February 11
Middleport hosts a formal Rotary Club installation on February 11 with visitors from nearby cities and plans for a greater event. An inter-city Rotary organization among Middleport Gallipolis and Point Pleasant clubs is being advocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Miller Couple Fetch Greenville Couple for Visit
Mr and Mrs D C Miller travel to Ironton to collect Mrs Lambert and Mr Lambert of Greenville South Carolina for a visit with Miller for a few days and Mrs Lambert for a month Mrs R H Horden recovering from influenza is now around the house but has not been outdoors for weeks Clarence Clark in Charleston for a ten days turn on the Pea nut Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Miller
Ironton
Lambert
Greenville
South Carolina
Redecorating Office of County Surveyor
Work began this morning to redecorate the office of J. H. Wilson county surveyor with wall painting varnishing and new furniture. Lighting fixtures rearranged additional furniture installed and a new stove added. Mrs W G Davis entertained the Tuesday Club this afternoon at her North Third Street home.
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J. H. Wilson
W. G. Davis
North Third Street
How Best to Use Vins Vapour in Case of Flu
Simple external treatment at first sign of cough or cold. If possible, go home and rest in bed. Apply hot wet towels to throat and chest, rub with Vicks, spread thickly, and cover. Repeats every four hours with light meals and bed rest until the cold breaks. Vicks works through the skin and as a poultice. Mothers value it for children. demand remains high with over 375000 jars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicks Laboratories
Arena staff announced by student committee
Members of the arena staff were chosen by a committee of the class president editor in chief associate editor business managers and faculty advisers. The complete staff lists Virgil Cross as editor in chief Dolores Phelps literary editor Jack Swanson Russell Hall advertising manager Allan Keene and Lee Beasley as art editors William Cooper athletic editor Mildred and Dorothy Wilson as class prophecy Thelma Cox Esther Lewis as class history Elizabeth Ong as class will Audrey Shame! Bernard Matheny as class poets Janet Bing Kenneth Jones as joke editors Raymond Carmichael Paul Dalton as snapshot editors Rex Koons as photoman Margaret Johnson junior class representative Tersa Woolley sophomore representative John Pickens junior high representative.
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Virgil Cross
Dolores Phelps
Jack Swanson
Russell Hall
Sara Bailey
Alice Keene
Lee Beasley
William Cooper
Mildred
Dorothy Wilson
Thelma Cox
Esther Lewis
Rats in biology class thrill girls and scare heroes
A large wire box centers an anatomy lesson as two white rats explore their home. Girls gush over the pink eyes and tiny tails while the brave "heroic cave-men" endure nervous, twitching arms from the rat antics and retreat to the box to resume their venture.
Green shaving tush seen in glass room surprise
A green shaving tush planted in a glass appeared in Room No 204 on Tuesday morning. Though it may not be real, observers noted its convincing appearance as a pine cone in rich soil sprouted grass seeds creating an unusual leafy look.
Temptations and Influence Highlighted at Hi-Yi Meeting
Rev C M Coulter spoke on overpowering temptations with stronger benefits at the Tuesday noon Hi-Yi gathering. He cited local student behavior and noted high school youths imitate university habits. Forty-one members attended as plans for a father and son banquet on February 7, 1929 were made.
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C. M. Coulter
Faith in Athletics and Character Building
The article argues that games aid education and improve youth health and welfare. It emphasizes supervision and school representation as moral training, building character, discipline, and the drive to excel, citing Charles W. Kennedy on the reasons for faith in athletics.
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Charles W. Kennedy
Duty and discipline in student athletics and locker security
The piece argues boys must mobilize skill and cool judgment to face opposition with chivalrous sportsmanship. It condemns lax locker security and urges students to not assume immunity, noting open basements and privacy risks while stressing administrative duty and education in youth.
Prime of a Man's Life and the Nujut Health Claim
An ad-like excerpt discusses aging and prime years, then promotes Nujut Laboratories Pure NATWA substance marketed as a health aid. It claims the product supports regular function, removes body poisons, and boosts energy, urging daily use and purchases at drugstores. The language is promotional and targets general wellness.
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Clara Belle Batt
Alice Beasley
Raymond Carmick
Virginia Coe
Ruth Flegp Howett
Margareth —— Kilpatrick
Rex Koons
Miliirg, Reynolds
Helen Townsend
Ben
New Hamley
Legion Auxiliary
Hess
Mrs. Carper
Jenkins
Legion Drive
Court House
New Rotary Club
Anne Pickering
Bears
the Athen High School
ARENA
New
Isaac Wilson
Chauncey
Ohio
Telis OF Temptations
Woodworths
Court St
Vlad
Clare
Nate
Nujut Laboratories
New York
the Swanson Furniture Co
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