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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
3
Local filings at the Courthouse show Republicans submitting petitions for the Athens mayoral race as the filing deadline nears. Several candidates including Rowland and others enter the contest for city council seats, while Democrats also file for positions. the scene is set for a crowded primary.
Mrs. Harvey and Jears plan a honeymoon trip observing their wedding anniversary with a Thursday departure from Street observers note the occasion and celebrate the couple’s plans.
Athens residents packed the Central School grounds for the Scout Sociable to raise funds for three Boy Scouts headed to the World Jamboree in Washington D C next August. Over 800 townspeople attended as Rotary Kiwanis gave fifty dollars and the event earned fifty more. The Knights of Pythias Band performed a two hour concert after a parade, while local merchants supplied soft drinks ice cream and cake donated by Athens women.
Federal authorities announce increased CCC quotas for Ohio counties with enrollments set in June and July. Athens County gains 25 men with June 24 registration at Camp Athens, Meigs 11 enrollments at Pomeroy on July 1, Hocking 10 at Rockbridge June 4, Gallia 15 at Camp Gallia June 2, Gallia unit June 2, Camp Zaleski 10 on June 24, Vinton County 10, Perry 10 at Camp Lexington June 2. Charles S. Ashley serves a 27th mayoral term in New Bedford, Mass.
An editorial lambasts Athens open air dump as a major disgrace affecting a 9,000 population. Citizens led by PTA Council seek relocation, proposing a waterfront landscaping plan and repurposing funds to improve the city front door and curb litter.
A long-hidden Cox painting reappears during West Wing renovations at Ohio University. The center panel recreates the Laocoon group from the Vatican, flanked by deities. Cox, from Zanesville, later served in the U S House from New York, though he never earned a degree.
A reader requests daily delivery of the Messenger to a vacation address with a dialing instruction noted as 0243. The item records a subscription modification or request for ongoing mail service.
An old 1934 ad explains kidneys filter wastes constantly and urges monitoring. It claims healthy people pass about 3 pints of urine daily and warns of symptoms like backache and swelling if waste backs up. The ad recommends Doan's Pills from druggists as relief.
Athens County health commissioner Dr. J. M. Higgins warns that tall weeds on vacant lots breed mosquitoes and disease. The Health Department orders cutting and destruction, plans city workers to remove weeds on nonresident properties, with labor costs billed to owners via the tax duplicate. Prosecutions have occurred and enforcement begins immediately.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church will hold its annual night meeting at the church at 7 30 p m Thursday. The public is invited to attend.
After weeks of preparation eight Athens Boy Scouts prepare for knot tying first aid and ax throwing events against district troops in the Silver Jubilee Car at Parkersburg West Virginia Friday afternoon and night. Troops 5 3 and 1 plan demonstrations Thursday night including clown acts signalling and first aid plus Athens Scouts join in planned games. Vegetables grow outdoors in winter near Redhill Worcestershire England while a mine fire burns in old galleries beneath farm land.
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