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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1929
Page
2
The Mining Company with below Hobson is placed in the hands of a receiver H C Hobart of Middleport to liquidate claims and manage sale proceeds. Among claims is a $1 569 93 filing by Southern Ohio Electric for light power merchandise and labor. Judge Crow of the Common Pleas Court made the appointment with bond of 2000.
Mrs. F. L. Roberts from Glouster joined her husband as they sing at the Church of Christ where Rev Roberts leads the evangelistic meetings. The well attended series includes a baptism with seven converts and plans for social events next Sunday as attendance rises requiring two hundred chairs.
Report says residents spoke of Konjola after Chicago and Philadelphia trials. People visited McKee Drug Store claiming early knowledge and seeking the herbal remedy for stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders. The ad mentions widespread suffering from indigestion biliousness back pain and sleeplessness attributed to disordered systems and claims Konjola relieved many cases.
Middleport March 13 in Middleport School Band organized with nearly 100 members. Rehearsals draw crowds. The ensemble lists players by instrument including Cornets, Mellophones, Saxophones, Trombones, Clarinets, Baritone, Basses and Drums. First public concert set for April 5 at the Masonic Temple.
Three prisoners Ersel Morris Joe Lathey and Orel Dowdy faced Judge Fred Crow and received four to fifteen year sentences in the Ohio Penitentiary on guilty pleas to burglary and larceny for breaking into Snowville store in Bedford Township and stealing substantial goods. Deputy sheriffs took Perry McHaffie and Ernest Postelwaite to the reformatory in Lancaster.
Funeral services for Attorney Henry C. Fish will be held at the Pomeroy Methodist Church Thursday at 2 PM under the Masonic Order. Rev. A. E. McCullough will preach. Burial at Beech Grove Cemetery beside his son Ran som, who died in a prior automobile accident. He leaves his wife and two brothers J. R. Fish of Guysville and William Fish of Joplin, Missouri.
A fire broke out in the North Fourth Avenue residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis early Monday. Mrs. Davis woke to smoke in the house as the kitchen cabinet burned. Mr. Davis, a night worker, is away at Hobson until about seven. Firemen extinguished the flames but origin remains unknown.
The American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting in Middleport with small attendance. Members split into six groups assigned to town soap sales. Mrs Smith and her group will hold their sale Thursday at the Smith home.
Mrs John Halliday died in Dexter last Wednesday at age 83 from flu and complications. Funeral service was held Friday at her home conducted by Rev Bolton of Rutland. Burial beside her husband in Standish Cemetery. She left six children Alfred Dexter Wallace Carpenter Walter Rutland May Rutland Bernice Saxton Athens C W Wilcox Athens. Maiden name Caroline Nelson.
Mrs Irving Karr wife of County Commissioner Irving Karr is critically ill following a nervous breakdown linked to their son’s recent automobile death and ongoing family troubles. She receives care at home with friends including the Rev Howard Pilchard Mrs Pilchard of Athens and the Shumway family of upper Syracuse.
Middleport reports a large funeral service at the residence with many out of town relatives in attendance. Attendees include Mrs. Schneider of Charleston Mrs Julia Martin and Captain John Martin of Gallipolis J P Martin of Pittsburgh and others from Mason Clifton and Promery.
The Presbyterian Church in Middleport outlines a series of events over coming weeks. A member canvass is set for March 24 afternoon, Easter Day March 1, annual congregational meeting April 3, communion April 7, presbytery meetings April 8 to 10 at Gallipolis, and Passion Week services start March 24 with evening services.
Probate Judge Carleton issued a license to B. W. Clair 26 hotel clerk Gallipolis and Margaret E. Tabet 21 hotel clerk Middleport. Harry Wilkinson posted bond to be freed from jail after December detention on a liquor charge in Probate Court.
Amelia Weber of Marietta died at her home at 2 o'clock yesterday morning from burns received two months ago. A prominent woman who recently toured Europe, she had taught for many years. The funeral will be held Thursday.
Mr and Mrs J W Kincaid and daughter travel to Columbus for the New York Central Veterans meeting in session today and tomorrow. Miss Louise Talbott is seriously ill since last Thursday and may develop pneumonia. Elizabeth Russell spends the week at Albany with cousins. T H Davis and wife visit Columbus relatives while he attends an ice manufacturers convention. Mrs Davis visits Greenfield and Dr Robert Jones family. Jones family health remains poor. Lucy Downing and Alpha Somerville visit Lallipolis. Carl Mumford and three sons return to Charleston after visiting Addie Branch and Handley family. Mumford recovers from a recent injury. Gus Kanode and wife return from Cincinnati and plan to stay with Elizabeth Russell for weeks before California home.
Baby constipation causes colic and fussiness in children. experts advise against adult medicines. Ninety percent recommend one remedy Fletcher's Castoria for constipation colds and other childhood ailments. Castoria is plant based harmless and pleasant tasting. genuine bottles bear the Fletcher signature.
Mrs R G Webber of Glouster is at Grant Hospital Columbus and is improving she expects to leave the hospital by week’s end then stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Boyd Wilson in Greenfield before returning home. The Messenger reports a correction stating the altercation occurred away from James Restaurant premises near the street.
Alfred Andrews of Derthick currently at Dayton National Military Hospital has had a tonsillectomy. He is scheduled for an eye operation this week followed by a nasal operation. No return date home is yet known.
Ralph Butts head baker at the Richardson Bakery has returned from a three weeks course at the Fleischmann Research Laboratory in New York City. He passed a written test with a very high grade.
In Glouster on a Sunday morning a Jacksonville resident was fined five dollars and costs in Mayor Gaskalla's court after his wife entered a guilty plea for him and he did not appear.
An old advertisement touts Imann’s Gas Vabiets claiming permanent relief from stomach and bowels gas. It asserts removal of gnawing stomach pain anxiety and palpitations with the product sold in a yellow package for $1 at CLINE PHARMACY.
The New York Central safety exhibit and moving picture car arrives at the Main Street crossing in Corning Thursday evening. The car seats 70 and will show two films, Safety Pays and Gambling With Death, with each 50 minutes long. Shows run Friday from 8:45 a.m. and continue through the day. Saturday hours extend 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Golf critics expect the American Ryder Cup team to win easily against the British squad when they clash this summer.
Herb Pennock, star southpaw for the New York Yankees, says he feels sure he will win 20 games again this year and may reach the .30 mark in victories.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a sangue alterative from herbs to cleanse the liver and restore health. Mrs Henry Hines testimony from Cleveland praises it improving weakness and digestion. Sold in tablet or liquid forms. 65 cents requested for tablets via Invalids Hotel Buffalo NY.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Book, 61, wife of Dr. R D Book of Corning, were conducted at the Corning U B Church at 10 this morning with burial in New Lexington mausoleum. She died in a Columbus hospital Monday at 5 AM after last week’s hospital treatment.
Cottage prayer meetings will be held tonight at the homes of Mrs. Lewis Gatchel and Mrs. J. B. Stiff inviting residents to attend the gathering most convenient.
Mr and Mrs John Sollie of Hollister announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday, their tenth child and the parents say all ten children are living.
Constipation saps energy and earning power. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to purify the system and improve vigor with a vegetable formula used for 20 years as a gentler alternative to calomel. Many users report clearer eyes and brighter complexion as they stay fit for daily work.
An old adage urged readers that success can come late. A doctor advised against relying on luck and praised Najol as a natural aid to health, claiming it keeps body poisons from forming and aids their removal. Sold by Najol Laboratories, New York, in sealed packages at drugstores.
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