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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
10
The Plains Church of the arene schedules Annual Children's Day on Sunday with songs, recitations, dialogues, and a missionary fund offering. Dover Township boards hire janitors and plan school staff changes. Community notices cover local visits, funerals, and residents' movements across Millfield, Chauncey, and Greene Run.
Married at Newark Gilbert Swart and Ruth Wilson wed on June 20 in Chauncey with both families present. The groom, son of George Swart of Layton, is a 1930 graduate of Anderson Bible College, Indiana. The bride, from Newark, is a Newark High School graduate class of 1950. They plan to live in Dayton.
Daniel Fulton, a Millfield miner, was severely injured Tuesday when coal fell in the L. D. Poston Mine north of Chauncey. Three toes were crushed and the injury treated by Dr. N. Sanders in Millfield.
Middleport was nearly deserted Tuesday as many townspeople traveled to Pomeroy for the mary tinge ceremony of Miss Yolandi Lippi to Mr. Santi Barsotti at Sacred Heart Church. Mrs. Riva Craus and son visit Bucyrus with the former’s daughter Mrs. Date V Winebrenner’s family for a few weeks. Mrs. Noah Haskins and Ada Holmes with son Oliver Wondel traveled to Columbus where the latter enrolled at Ohio State University.
Miss Ida Mayes and Mr Milter of Toledo visit Mrs Fannia Mayes in South Third Avenue. Miss Sarah Dobbs visits relatives in Columbus and will travel to Detroit to see Mr and Mrs Charlea Vai and Mrs Marie Stobart. A 10 year old, George Taylor, travels with his father to New Mexico for bull fighting and plans to see the Southern Rocky Mountains. Conductor C H Snider goes to Cincinnati to visit his son recovering from a serious accident. Charlies Wormeldorff visits relatives in Columbus while Edwin Hult returns from Greenfield to join his wife.
Mrs. W p Ohlinger and Mrs. Peter Stace hosted a Menic dinner in Middport for Mrs. John Rose sell with 26 attendees including degree staff and Pythian officers. Reports mention travels, paroled inmates, a July parole for Paul Gibbs and William Sayles, and various hospital treatments and visits across Meigs County towns.
Ohio lawmakers clash over a 7 million bond issue to fund welfare and penal institutions. A cigaret tax proposal 2 cents per pack could yield about 4 million annually, with a Sept 1 start date pending Senate action. A state board finance measure was tabled amid budget cuts and expense oversight debates.
In pursuance of an Order of Sale the Mutual Home and Savi Auctioneers will offer at public sale at the court house door in Athens County Ohio on Friday July 1 at one o clock the described real estate. First tract west half of NW quarter section five town six range twelve about 83 acres plus a second tract with river line boundaries about 35 acres and a third tract northeast quarter of northwest section eight town six range not specified about 40 acres. Premises located on the Hocking River between Stewart and Reche. Terms cash in hand.
Healthful Living emphasizes tuberculosis control through hygienic living and social improvements. Copeland argues poverty, crowded housing, and overwork fuel spread while wages, better food, and playgrounds reduce risk, urging continued public health measures and reforms.
Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Public Service of Nelsonville Ohio at his office until two o clock the afternoon of June 1 1951 for furnishing and laying the coal run of mine coal under the Nelsonville water plant and electric light plant project for one year from January 1 1931. Bids must include per person or company compensation with a head bond of five hundred dollars and a bid bond on a solvent bank. If awarded a contract the bidder must sign and perform. the city reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to award to the bidder submitting the best offer.
The excerpt presents a quirky dialogue where characters Flor Knarf and Keart discuss shouting to reach the man in the moon. They wonder if gnats hear better and plan to signal the moon, while a side note promotes a false teeth product. The text mixes playful fantasy with an unrelated dental ad fragment.
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