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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1931
Page
2
Community notices detail society events and local happenings in Bend Meigs County. The piece directs readers to Hartley for staff correspondence and Virgil Marsh for classified ads related to The Messenger circulation.
Pomeroy officers, alerted at 3 AM, searched the Davis home after a reported break in. Sheriff Tracy with deputies checked the basement and upper rooms amid a snowstorm but found no intruder or signs of theft.
Pomeroy reports dangerous driving as streets turn icy after wet snow. Auto traffic to basketball games created crowded conditions and poor visibility.
Nature painted a striking landscape in Pomeroy on an edge weekend. A shower dampened branches, snow clung to twigs with a silvery glow, then sunlight broke through to flood the scene in a vivid sunlit view granted to early risers.
In Pomeroy Ohio on March 9 jurors awarded $3,750 to Homer Smith’s heirs in a suit tied to an auto collision. The real defendant was the casualty company behind Robert Marquard, Gallipolis, who appeared mainly as a spectator. The insurer hired the defense attorney at $250 and forced Marquard to testify. Smith had offered $4,000 to settle, which was refused.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered Friday afternoon with Mrs Lucy Downing hosting on South Fifth Avenue. The group lists 75 members and reporting officers noted dues payments while the president spoke on boosting interest.
Clyde McKnight a Spanish American War veteran drives off Hyse Run bridge in snow near South Rutland. He crawls from the wreck after the car pinned him. He binds head injuries with snow and is carried home by his wife. A wrecking crew frees the vehicle after hours. A second crash in a blinding snowstorm involving I E Danford near the Meigs County Fairgrounds causes no damage to his car.
In Pamos, Val Jones digging on his farm uncovered a pint of pre war whisky buried years ago by a cautious resident. A son of Jones also found $15 on the same spot as he tilled the ground. Jones keeps digging for more treasure.
Pomeroy residents read that West Virginia passed the Free Bridge Bill in Congress to acquire inter state toll bridges with toll revenues funding the scheme. The Legislature and delegation backed the measure with Horg and Brooks promoting it. West Virginia claims the first state to free toll bridges without tax money. the Bridge Commission may proceed to acquire all toll bridges.
Friends send ecards to Lulu Mae Ashley at White Cross Hospital Columbus where she rests under observation awaiting a diagnosis. Many local residents visit kin in Columbus Zanesville Bucyrus and Marietta. several travel to see relatives and attend funerals.
News from Pomeroy and area includes obituaries for Mrs. Katie Mees and notes on Civil War veteran families. Plan discussions with Gallia Council in Gallipolis. Mae Terre starts at John Sauvage confectionery. A local tale of Red Cross relief and weekly subsistence criticism circulates amid community updates.
The Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company, run by John W. Hubbard, has filed bankruptcy with debts of 182 804.08 and assets of 250 205.99. The large sidewheel Cincinnati is valued at 497 933.70. Hubbard blames losses on competition from truck lines and opposing freight boats. Managers include William E. Roe and Martin F. Noll.
Norman Lee, arrested recently and before Mayor J Harley, faces three charges: housebreaking intoxication and destruction of property. He broke the lower halves from three windows at the recently vacated Fred Conway house.
Kenneth Guinther was moved to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis by Tocai ambulance Sunday morning for treatment after a weeklong illness of tonsillitis. He is accompanied by his wife and mother and Dr. Raymond Boice. This is his third admission to the hospital.
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co. offers an accident policy paying up to $1 a month for disability and $1,000 for deaths, costing under $3.50 a year. Over 60,000 acres have this protection. send name and address to obtain the policy with free inspection and no exam.
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