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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1924
Page
10
Carl Schafer of Great Lakes offices travels to Kentucky for work and returns to a southern welcome built on biscuits. Aunt Sophia Fisher hosts a meal where biscuits greet the visitors, and a golden biscuit triggers Carl’s easy smile.
Albert Bruch was tried in Justice Gilmore's Middleport court on illicit liquor charges and fined $200 plus costs. He plans to appeal to a higher court, claiming the evidence was insufficient.
El man Maddy aged 26 of Gallipolis and Cleo Chic aged 21 of Middleport obtained a marriage license. The filing lists their ages and hometowns as recorded by local authorities.
Local fans await the Tri-State basketball tournament in Huntington today and tomorrow with Proctorville and Gallipolis representing Ohio. They impressed in the Pomeroy and Greenfield events, and boosters near $200 are planning a celebratory blowout for Pomeroy high basketeers.
Bedford county commissioners approve the Salisbury township plan to improve the Long Hollow road toward the Bedford line. The township will use its portion of the two mill tax levy to fund the project.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Frost may use her late husband's real estate for life but cannot remarry. If she weds again the property passes equally to their children E. W. Frost and Vernie Westfall. Hall Frost receives an automobile and E W Frost gets carpenter tools while the widow keeps the remaining personal property. Other notes from Meigs include Bert Grim's training move to Chattanooga and local obits and happenings.
Harold Pickens McArthur of Lancaster visits relatives this week. John Dawson of Dundas and wife come as business visitors Thursday. John Williams and Roy Thompson buy two houses on South Street from Mrs T A Dowd of Columbus. Williams moves into Parry house. Thompson into Dickerseid property.
Charles Simon of Cincinnati conducted a business visit here on Thursday detailing discussions with local firms and potential investment.
J. L. Beckley of Athens visited on Thursday his son Everett Beckley, indicating family reunion or confirming kinship in a local city context.
William Murphy of Richland township traveled as a business visitor reported in a concise item. No further details on purpose or destination are provided in the readable text.
Wellston high school hosts McArthur high school for a Friday night basketball game while M H S girls travel to Albany for a separate matchup.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church held its regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon at Mrs. O. F. Pitcher's home.
The Missionary Society of the Christian church held a Thursday meeting at the home of Mrs. O FE Vollenweider.
Program guide lists livestock and vegetable reports, children's bedtime story by Uncle John, organ recital, Kiwanis Glendale lecture on Early History of California, dinner concert, and piano solos. Official Central Standard Time announced at 9.00.
At 12 30 p m the stock market reopens and at 12 40 p m product market reopens. At 9 30 p m Roman s Orchestra performs.
The CKAC program lists 7 00 p m Kiddies stories in French and English 7 30 p m Classic Orchestra concert 8 00 p m Special 4 30 p m Dance programme scheduled in the evening at the station
KYW 560 broadcasts outline for the day including late news and market commentary at 9 30 a m plus farm and home service at 10 30 a m Table talk at 11 35 a m News financial and final markets at 6 30 p m bedtime story at 6 50 p m dinner concert 7 00 p m to 7 30 p m musical program 1 00 to 1 58 p m Safety First talk at 9 05 p m Under the Evening Lamp 9 15 p m and KYW s late show from 7 00 to 12 00 p m.
Dinner music at 6 30 p m Digest of the day at 7 30 p m Musical programme at 9 p m listed by the Federal Telephone Co Buffalo New York for the evening program and broadcasts.
Afternoon program includes 12 30 p m organ event followed by a concert from 2 30 to 4 00 p m with dinner music at 3 30 p m in the same venue.
The program lists the Walnut Theater Orchestra performing Just Among Home Folks selections with piano soloists and child pupils from 4:00 to 5:00 p m Then at 7:20 to 9:00 p m the Sylvian Trio gives a concert followed by a reading An Interesting Historical Episode and late news bulletins Also 4:50 p m livestock grain market reports and Official Central Standard Time announced at 9 o'clock
The day’s listings include a matinee music hour from 2:30 to 3:30 p m and a children's program 6:45 to 7:30 p m Bedtime story by Uncle The 8:00 to 10:00 p m program features California Institute of Technology Glee Club A line telephony broadcast from the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Also listed are Shepard Colonial Orchestra Copley Plaza Orchestra and multiple dance and concert segments throughout the evening with WNAC tuning 1:60 p m and 4:00 p m tea dances dinner dances and late dance music
The Church of God announces a Sunday revival starting this week and running nightly through March 23, with additional services at 10 o clock Sunday morning after Sunday school. Evangelist A L Bradshaw will lead, bringing years of successful pastorates in western states and from Anderson Indiana.
Former Superintendent Geoffrey F. Morgan will address First Presbyterian Church in Athens on Sunday at seven. His talk titled Christian Giving will draw local interest as the church is focused on giving. After Athens he heads to Florida for an extended Redpath bureau engagement.
WBZ 337 presents a dinner concert at 6 00 p m followed by The Lost Mine dramatized story at 7 00 p m Current Book Review 7 30 p m a bedtime story and Arlington time signals at 9 55 p m concluding with a program of chamber music at 11 00 p m.
Buffalo and Western New York receive a 10:45 a.m. weather forecast from the Federal Tel Tel. and Tel. Co. hotel stater in Buffalo, N Y.
A Chicago trade program airs on KYW 560 Re. from 6 30 p m to 6 2 00 a m and Mid night Revue follows. The schedule lists Dun's Review and Bradstreet's Weekly Review of Chicago trade cert.
The schedule lists at 7 45 p m a romantic drama If I Were King and a 7 30 p m special program.
The entry mentions Saturday March 8 with 11 55 a m U S Naval Observatory time signals.
Arlington time signals and Boston weather reports lead the lineup with a dinner concert at 7 00 p m followed by a bedtime story for children at 7 20 p m The 7 40 p m cello recital features Gustav LaZazzera with Mrs Eleanor La Zazera as accompanist plus East Standard time KHJ 315 M Pacific Time 12 20 to 1 15 p m news and weather items listed.
The Detroit Free Press lists a 2:00 p.m. news bulletin followed by stock quotations at 2:15 p.m. and a government weather forecast at 2:50 p.m. The snippet records a typical midafternoon broadcast schedule with briefs on markets and weather.
Mrs J L Pickering of this city will address the young ladies at the Plains M E Church on Sunday morning March 9. She will organize a Standard Bearer society and hopes all interested young ladies attend the gathering.
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