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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1929
Page
5
A terse, unclear OCR fragment from a local desk includes partial names and phrases. No coherent event or outcome is readable. the fragment suggests an internal note or telegraph-like message rather than a full news item.
Chauncey January 30 Fred Osborne Jr aged 10 son of Mr and Mrs Fred Osborne died Tuesday morning at home after a three week illness. He was an only son and is survived by parents two sisters Dorothy and Rachael Osborne and grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Osborne of Chauncey. Funeral services will be Thursday at the residence conducted by Rev M E Chatley First Christian Church Athens with burial in Athens. The family lived in Athens before moving to The Plains.
Mrs Marie Michaels and Mrs Thoma Lin Scott hosted in Chauncey at the home of the former honoring Vera Whitlatch of Portsmouth formerly of The Plains. Naomi Bible Class members attended with about 20 guests. games and music provided evening diversion. Helen Nelson and Bernice Humphrey won prizes. Refreshments were served.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Millfield Church of Christ will meet all day Thursday at the church for quilting. Members are urged to attend, according to officers.
Sayre Study Circle celebrated McKinley’s birthday with a paper on his life at a club meeting hosted by Mrs. A. E. Wagner at 90 West State Street. Mrs. J. R. Harvey prepared the paper, with patriotic quotations from the eleven members present.
Dr W A Matheny professor of civic biology and botany at Ohio University will speak at the February meeting of the Men’s Brotherhood of the First Christian Church in Athens next Tuesday night. Dinner at 6. Musical program by Athens High School quartet. Dinner served by the Women’s Council.
Millfield reports show Mr and Mrs Emmett Olbers and son Billie of Taylor Ridge visiting Mrs Brown and family in Millfield. Chauncey hosts Epworth League Social for church funds. basketball doubleheader Chauncey-Dover on Friday with girls and boys games at 7 30.
In Columbus on January 30 the Ohio House retained its 1929 rules after a full day of debate. Insurgent minority leaders Ray C. Carpenter and Joseph G. Ehrlich failed to liberalize the rules and limit power of the Rules and Reference Committees. The adopted rules, with minor changes, keep leadership from strong-arm tactics in killing nonmajority legislation.
In 20 years soothing invisible Zemo has seldom failed to relieve stubborn eczema and itching skin. The antiseptic liquid bans pimples rash and irritations quickly and keeps skin clear. All druggists 35c 60c and 1.00.
NEV ER MISSED NELSONVILLE Jan 30 The Doanville school records first semester absentees by room listing pupils in Rooms 1 II NT and IV. Names include Richard Blair James Hall Floyd Irick Walter Lang Paul Stevenson Johnny Thomas Tommy Thomas Leroy Willis Marguerite Hunley Evelyn Robinett Mildred Six Edna Mae Wilson Clayton Canter Earl Delong Harley Hickman Robert Frazer Wanda Hoskins Mary Opal Lang June Katzenbach George Hunley Charles Thompson James Warren Glenford Withem Audrey Cable Lillian Coon Bertha Hoskins Florence Hutchinson Mary Jean Nixon Lucille Six Phyllis Thompson Arretta Warren William Hutchinson Fred Nixon Arretta Bartlett Elsie Cable Alice Coleman Eileen Covert Margaret Finn Philena Nixon Ethel Robinett Margaret Tignor Henry Harvey Robert Hoskins Charles Hutchinson James Schuckert Bobby Wicks Robert Hunley John Schoonover Donald Tignor Roy Warren Eddie Call Garnet Hickman Kenneth Hoskins Henry Iselstein Neva Call Evelyn Barnes Clara Hutchinson Luella Loudner Faye McDonald Lelia Schoonover Dorothy Thompson
An ad-like piece urges Americans to drink water and use Jad Salts to flush kidneys. It claims overindulgence and acidic blood burden kidneys, causing back pain, cloudy urine, and nighttime urination. Jad Saltese, a grape and lemon lithia drink, is presented as safe, inexpensive relief.
Don Grafflin assistant Scoutmaster of Troop No 2 Athens spoke at the Athens Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Berry about expanding activities for boys. Roy L Dupler Athens County Scout commissioner outlined efforts to recruit leadership and form Troop No 3 while volunteers continue basic scouting programs and a new room in the Methodist Church is now in use.
The article notes the intensity of work tied to meeting First Class Scout requirements as Roderick Eddy is cited. It emphasizes the ongoing efforts of scouting leaders and the time invested in guiding candidates toward advancement.
A midcentury beauty note promotes sage tea and sulphur mix to restore gray hair. It adds that Wyeth’s Sage & Sulphur, sold for 75 cents, provides ready use. Using a comb or brush, strand by strand, one application hides gray and one to two further restore color without an artificial look.
The Pomona Chamber of Commerce announced the annual meeting could not be held Friday night because the chamber rooms were booked by another group. An business session will discuss the year’s program followed by a practice of degree work.
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