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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1931

Page

6

Scouts Meet Tonight at First M E Church

Troop 2 Boy Scouts will hold their regular meeting at 7 o'clock in the Scout headquarters of the First Methodist Church. Former Troop 1 members are asked to attend a called meeting at the same location this evening. Mrs Moler returns from Florida after seven weeks with Daytona Beach stopovers and Palm Beach visit. Monthly Esther Class of the Christian Church meets at 7 with Mrs Russell Lamborn on Second Street as hostess.

M. E Troop 1 W. E. Moler Florida D. H. Meclin Columbus Palm Beach Esther The Christian Church Russell Lamborn Second Street

Annual meeting of Pallas Club elects officers

The Pallas Club held its annual meeting in the Women's Faculty club rooms with Miss Edith M Beecher as hostess. Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs. Co D Hopkins president Miss Jane K Atwood first vice president Miss Mary E Kahler second vice president Mrs Emmett Rowles recording secretary Mrs H L Goodwin corresponding secretary Miss Amy Weiher treasurer. Mrs Isaac FE Ash served as program leader with the topic Radio presented by Mrs W F Mercer. New members welcomed are Mrs Hi J Jeddelph Mrs Robert O McClure and Mrs S M Stoke. Mr and Mrs Tom Beck of Akron returned home after visiting Athens and Mrs Morrison on Marietta Avenue.

Pallas Club Edith M. Beecher Co. D. Hopkins Jane K. Atwood Mary E. Kahler Emmett Rowles H. L. Goodwin Amy Weiher Isaac FE. Ash W. F. Mercer Hi . J. Jeddelph Robert O. McClure S. M. Stoke

Election of officers and initiation at White Shrine Lodge

A 6 oclock pot luck supper precedes the White Shrine Lodge officer initiation on Tuesday night. A dance follows the Pocahontas Lodge meeting at 7 oclock Wednesday in Red Men's Hall. Mrs Otis Cornell of Barberton visits sister Mrs John P Dana in University Terrace for Miss C Augusta Morse birthday observance. Miss Morse just turned ninety one after a Saturday birthday. Miss Irene Porter of New York City visits grandmother Mrs R C Morris and relatives for six weeks after the show Smiles and a runway in London. Porter is professionally Avril DeWitt. Mrs A D McPherson at 152 North Congress Street will host the Wednesday Needle Club at 2:30 PM.

White Shrine Red Men's Hall Otis Cornell Barberton John P. Dana University Terrace C. Augusta Morse Miss Morse Irene Porter New York City R. C. Morris North Hill Street London Paris Porter Avril DeWitt A. D. McPherson North Congress Street Needle Club

Mrs. Emmaline Thomas Dies in Columbus at 69

Mrs. Emmaline Thomas 69 widow of David C. Thomas died Sunday at 410 King Avenue Columbus from pneumonia. Survived by son Alfred Thomas and four daughters Katherine Wilson Deborah May Emmaline Rosso Grace Schaffer of Dayton and nine grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at home with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Columbus Emmaline Thomas David C. Thomas King Avenue Columbus Women’s Club the Welsh Club St Clair Hospital Helpers East Side Charity Workers Order of the Fastern Star M. FE Church Alfred Thomas Katherine Wilson Deborah May Emmaline Rosso Grace Schaffer Dayton Green Lawn Cemetery Thomas Hocking Valley Glouster

Boy Drowns In Sunday Creek Near Trimble

Elza Schoenian two and a half years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schoenian, drowned in Sunday Creek near their Mill Street home Saturday afternoon. Neighbor Gerald Skinner, 15, found the body in about two feet of water. Coroner L. F. Jones was notified and the boy’s body was taken to E. F. Carpenter Mortuary, then returned home for funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm led by Rev. B. Courtney. Burial will be in Russell Cemetery near Jacksonville. He is survived by his parents and six siblings: Arthur Jr., Louis, Margaret, Senna, Audrey, and Nerman.

Trimble Elza Arthur Schoenian Sunday Creek Mill Street Gerald Skinner Jacksonville-Trimble High School L. F. Jones Athens E. F. Carpenter B. Courtney Chauncey Russell Jacksonville Arthur, Jr Louis Marperet Senna Audrey Nerman

Rogers Memorial Class Marks Nineteenth Anniversary

Large attendance at the Rogers Memorial Class anniversary service in Glouster with original members present. S. B. Carpenter of Athens taught the lesson, and L. F. Jones of Athens read the minutes of the first meeting.

Glouster Rogers

Tomcats Draw Hamden In District Tournament Opener

In the district basketball tournament at Pomeroy this week Glouster High Tomcats draw Hamden for Friday's opener. Glouster is barred from the Athens County tournament but invited to the district event.

Tom Cats Pomeroy Glouster Glouster High Tomcats Hamden Athens

Gold en Apple operetta to suit Hollister grades

The Four th Fifth and Sixth Grades at Hollister School present The Golden Apple, a four act operetta, at 7:30 Tuesday night. Proceeds go to the Hollister Parent-Teacher Association.

Glouster Hollister Parent-Teacher Association

Weekend Guests Highlight Huntington and Ohio University Ties

Paul Smith and Miss Crump of Huntington West Virginia joined S. P. Smith of Proctorville and Dorothy Mae Smith of Ohio University at Athens as week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Smith.

Paul Smith Miss Crump Huntington W. Va S. P. Smith Proctorville Dorothy Mae Smith Ohio University Athens R. B. Smith

Plan Benefit Card Party at Lamborn's Pavilion

Glouster Parent-Teacher Association hosts a Friday night card party and dance at Lamborn's Pavilion to raise funds for wiring the Madison School Building. Proceeds cover building costs. pavilion and orchestra services donated. Bridge and euchre planned. committees listed. donations of card tables requested.

Glouster Parent-Teacher Association Lamborn Madison Gladys Richardson Sara Meredith Olive McKee Agnes Clark

Death in Coshocton prompts funeral for Mrs. Kim

GLOUSTER March 2 The Stiff family Theodore Stiff and Tom Gibson traveled to Coshocton after the death of Mrs. Joe Kim, Mrs. Stiff’s sister. Funeral services for Mrs. Kim are scheduled at Shawnee today. she is a sister to T. R. Reese.

Glouster J. B. Stiff Theodore Stiff Tom Gibson Athens Coshocton

Alabama Legislature Acts Over Short Pint Bootlegger Issue

The Alabama Legislature adopted a resolution to urge the governor to appoint a commission to address bootlegger short-pint sales. The measure denounces bootleggers for harming the public and calls for enforcing a standard 16-ounce pint. Representative Massey Edgar introduced the resolution. Speaker Tunsdell sent it to the Temperance Committee.

Montgomery Ala U.P Alabama Massey Edgar Tunsdell Temperance Committee

Soviet Union spends freely in this state

Peter A. Hogdanov, Amtorg Trading Corp. chairman, urged closer US Russia business ties and denied Soviet five year plan aims to destroy foreign business. He highlighted Ohio firms providing machinery, agricultural implements, and tools for Russia, noting 1929 Ohio purchases valued at 7.8 million and 1930 at 10.57 million, with Ohio Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan accounting for about half of US Soviet purchases.

Cleveland Peter A. Hogdanov Amtorg Trading Corporation Russia United States Bogdanov Ohio Illnois Wisconsin Michigan

Miners Wife Ends Life With Poison

In Marietta on Friday evening Mrs Henry Polling 35 wife of a Noble County coal miner committed suicide by swallowing three tablets of bi chloride of mercury. She died at Memorial Hospital Caldwell six miles south on Friday night after hours of illness. She was brought by Murphy's ambulance with her husband. Domestic trouble and destitute conditions are cited. the family includes nine children.

Marietta Henry Polling Noble County Caldwell Memorial Hospital Murphy's Ambulance

Young hobo sent home by Ohio police

Owsley Treppard an 18 year old from Nashville Tenn ran away a year and a half ago. Marietta police questioned him after he sought lodging. After officers verified his tale and identity efforts from Fort Worth Denver St Louis failed. He cried when telegrams from his mother offered funds for return to Nashville.

Young Hobo Ohio Marietta Owsley Treppard Nashville Tenn Jack Sims Oklahoma Cleveland Charleston W. Va

Trotzky Manuscript Destroyed in Turkish Fire

Fire gutted the large white villa on Prinkipo Island near Istanbul destroying part of Leon Trotzky’s library and an unfinished book. Trotzky and his family escaped in night clothes as neighbors fought the blaze with water but could not save the interior. Firemen arrived too late to save the shell of the house. Lenin correspondence reportedly unscathed.

Istanbul Turkey U.P Leon Trotzky Trotzky Prinkipo Island Here Nikolai Lenin

Mothers Sweet Powders Promote Healthy Babies

Duriteee mothers report children suffer headaches fevers stomach issues and irregular bowels. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders offer easy pleasant relief for the family and prompt mothers to share with others. Sold by druggists everywhere. Do not accept substitutes.

Gray

Old B. and O. Railroad Man Passes Away

CHILLICOTHE March 2 Word was received here of the death of H Hiatt a retired B and O conductor who died Thursday night at his Madeira Ohio home after a short illness He retired two years ago after long service with the railroad and in the passenger run between Cincinnati and Parkersburg Funeral services and burial were held at Martinsville Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock

Chillicothe H. Hiatt Madeira Ohio Hiatt Cincinnati Parkersburg Martinsville

Laws Clash With Prison Legislation In Ohio

Ohio General Assembly statutes conflict with clemency efforts to curb prison population, the 1929 Ohio Board of Clemency report notes. It cites the Habitual Criminal Act, third and fourth term penalties, life terms for bank robbers, and a mercy-based minimum. Parole changes lessen effects, with 1799 prisoners admitted and 621 released in 1929 at Ohio Penitentiary.

Columbus U.P Ohio General Assembly Ohio Board of Clemency Parole Board Ohio Penitentiary

Navies Pact Approved by Ministers in Paris

The naval accord among France Italy and Britain regulating ship construction to 1936 was approved by the Council of Ministers. It goes to Parliament once the United States and Japan accept the 25 000 ton limit on future warships.

Paris U.P France Italy Great Britain Council of Ministers United States Japan

Quick's Parmint Remedy For Catarrhal Deafness Head Noises

If you suffer from catarrhal deafness or head noises, use Parmint double strength one ounce mixed with one half pint hot water and a bit of sugar. Take a tablespoon four times daily to ease symptoms, open clogged nostrils and stop mucus drainage. Pleasant and inexpensive, a trial is advised.

Quick’s

March brings spring hints as United States warms

The article notes March arrives with mild to warm forecasts after a February marked by warmth. Temperatures range from the 40s to 60s in many areas, with Florida and California seeing higher readings. Despite snow in parts of the Northeast and Rocky Mountains, spring appears gentle at first, with northern Wisconsin and Minnesota still holding some snow.

Chicago U.P United States Florida California Weather Bureau Pennsylvania New York New England Rocky Mountain Wisconsin Minnesota

Real internal Pile remedy offers lasting relief

Ad advertises HEM-ROID tablets from Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store. It claims piles stem from bad blood circulation in hemorrhoidal veins and promises cure by an internal medicine found by Dr. J. S. Leonhardt. The note cites 1000 patients treated with 960 successes and offers a money back guarantee.

J. S&s. Leonhardt Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store

Weather notes across the west and plains regions

The report describes a blizzard in Springer New Mexico and 12 inches of snow at Rocky Ford Colorado. It notes stormy conditions over Wyoming, western Kansas and Nebraska, with California enjoying ample sun and Oregon and Washington forecast for moderate temperatures and coastal rains.

Prospect Springer N. M Rocky Ford Colo Wyoming Kansas Nebraska California Oregon Washington

Oklahoma City Mayor Adopts Anti Chicago Campaign

Oklahoma City mayor Walter Dean announced a re election plan built on an anti Chicago platform. He said he would retire if Oklahoma City mayors must meet Chicago city standards and dismissed blocking traffic kissing babies or employing elephants or acrobats as campaign tactics.

Oklahoma City Okla U.P Walter Dean Chicago Dean

Chicago Mayor Billy Thompson Calls for End to British Propaganda in Schools

Mayor Thompson urged Dean to cooperate in driving British propaganda from schools. The Oklahoma City mayor responded curtly with a single exclamation.

Big Bill’ Thompson Chicago Thompson Dean Oklahoma City

Machine tests air flow through fabrics for parachutes and wear

A machine to measure how freely air moves through different fabrics has been developed at the bureau standards. The device aids parachute and flying suit design and improves comfort of underwear and outer garments.

Washington Vreau

Mello-Glo Face Powder Promises Youthful Bloom

A promotional note claims MELLO GLO Face Powder protects skin and reduces large pores using a new French process. It says the powder stays on longer, does not irritate or give a pasty look, and offers a purest face powder made by D, Zenner Co.

D, Zenner Co

Grateful Chicago Mother Praises Smith Brothers Cough Syrup

Mrs M C Seaver of 1030 Hyde Park Blvd Chicago recalls giving Smith Brothers Cough Syrup to her children since girlhood. She reports Joan recovered in hours and Ethel overnight, expressing immense relief and gratitude.

Smith Brothers Joan Ethel M. C. Seaver Hyde Park Blvd Chicago

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