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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
2
Local post office in Pomeroy reports a revised incoming and outgoing mail schedule. Postmaster Florence Smith asserts the office now offers the best mail service to and from town, listing arrivals from Star routes, B&O trains, and Minersville stops, with additional Sunday routes.
Reports from Pomeroy Ohio describe a massive hillside movement endangering homes along Mulberry Avenue and Breezy Heights. Coal seams shift, fissures widen, and residents fear property damage while officials monitor the cliffside danger.
Pomeroy January 31 Post Commander Robert Warner announced Drew Webster Post American Legion will join the national observance Know the Legion Week from February 3 to 9. Special programs are planned and a membership drive will be conducted to enlighten the public about Legion purposes and achievements locally and nationally. Novelty stunts are promised to spark interest.
Mrs Dea G Hayes of the Women's Missionary Society leads a six weeks course titled Brеads of Africa. The adult class met at the church after prayer service with Mrs L J Heiner presenting the study chapter. The Junior Class began with 17 members under Mrs Peagres Mrs J M Buchanan and Mrs W H Juhling and will meet Sundays at 2 PM.
Meigs County adopts a plan shifting burial expense payments from the county to the U S Veterans Bureau in Cincinnati. The government now pays 107 per burial, allowing up to 1000 as deceased estate protection. Undertaker claims go to the bureau, counties relieved of burial duty. Mr and Mrs George Sayre of Antiquity visit son W R Sayre.
Pomeroy January 31 Dog Warden Henry Seidenable vows enforcement of dog tag wearing. Untagged dogs will be impounded and destroyed, owners fined from ten to twenty five dollars with no suspended sentences.
Jan 31 Miss Martha Hartinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hartinger will host the Loyal Sons and Daughters Class of the Christian Bible School with assistance from Mrs Gladys Watts Meyers. The class enrollment is larger and monthly meetings are well attended. Mr and Mrs Noah Gibbs moved today from the Sullivan Sayre house to the G F Reynolds property on Gravel Hill. Mrs W J James returned home Tuesday after a Cleveland trip due to her daughter in law Mrs Gaylord James illness, who is improved.
Quick safe relief for head colds with no griping or ear buzzing. Chocolate coated easy to take for kids. From Musterole makers in Cleveland Ohio. Available at all druggists or direct postpaid 3K.
O N McElhinney leaves house after five weeks of flu illness. A gas office and salesroom will open soon in the Lyons Building at the old Postoffice location. Rn J O'Donnell traveled from Columbus to visit his wife and children at the Davis home and plans to stay until early March. Mrs Claude Flemming departs for Tampa Florida after visiting her relatives, with Mrs J C Fisher and Mrs William Lowe among those seen.
Mrs. BE. M. Harrah and Mrs. H. S. Root departed by car this morning for a brief visit in Columbus.
In a Norfolk village the majority of green peas come from a seed stock believed to be 2,400 years old. The crop relies on this ancient lineage, linking modern vegetables to distant agricultural traditions.
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