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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1919
Page
8
The article questions if the Pomeroy Bend streetcar strike was orchestrated to push higher fares and long term franchises. It argues the strike harms workers while benefiting the company and notes receiver Hartwell ordered the road not resume without higher rates approved by Pomeroy and Midleport councils.
The Shakespeare Club schedules its semimonthly gathering at the Pomeroy Library tomorrow afternoon.
Advertising copy touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe, gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims quick relief from constipation, warns against counterfeit fig syrups, and urges buyers to insist on the California Fig Syrup Company product.
Miss Eva Imma led a class of boys at Simpson M B Church for a Saturday afternoon mothers’ party in the church parlors. The event featured special exercises and refreshments and a plan to hold a fathers’ event next.
Funeral services for Mrs Silvia Fulwider are moved from Monday to Tuesday at 11 AM. The funeral party arrives Tuesday at 10:30 AM. The services will be held at the Fulwider home at 93 North Congress Street.
Mr. Neutzling has begun erecting a new residence on part of the Raymond Hood lot on Tincoln Hill. The home is described as a fine, well located dwelling with a pleasant river view.
Burglars, robbers and safeblowers committed twenty two burglaries five robberies and one safeblowing across Cleveland this weekend. The total loot reached 1250 dollars. One suspect is under arrest.
Four men died in a Philadelphia lodging house when a quarter placed in a slot meter triggered gas jets in their rooms. The tragedy occurred after the landlady, unaware the meters controlled the gas, left the device activated.
Mrs. John T. Arnold and daughter Hortense take over the Ambrose hotel at Logan. Captain Geo Hutchinson, previously in charge of the Remington hostel in Pomeroy, has moved to Logan. Hutchinson’s family will depart soon as household goods are shipped.
Miss Amelia Hanna of SColumbus attends funeral of Mrs. Herman F Parters. Pomeroy Chapter 80 R A M to confer the Mark Masters degree on three candidates tonight. Prof Alfred Genheimer returns from Charleston. Mrs Art Tracy recovering enough to sit up. Willie Jacobs returns from Gallipolis hospital and is bedfast. Ten local Boy Scouts take Tenderfoot test Friday.
Lee O'Brien aged 19 and Harry Francis aged 18, both of Zanesville, stood before Municipal Judge Osborne for the highway robbery of Silas Saith, 78, of Indianapolis in the Union Station yards last night. Police report both suspects confessed.
A small classified insertion for a five room house drew many applicants in Athens showing the demand for affordable rentals. The notice, repeated in want ads, highlights strong reader interest and the role of local classifieds in housing and sales listings.
The damage suit of Howard Yount against Mrs. Mamie Biggs is dismissed. Yount must pay the court costs and settle for an agreed sum out of court. The receiver is discharged and the business returns to Mrs. Biggs' control.
Clive Price aged 22 son of Mr and Mrs Ira Price of Portland died in Germany on March 2 from branchial pneumonia after more than a year overseas. He was described as a bright promising young man whose untimely death brings sorrow to those who knew him.
Wedded Willian Moorehouse of Sherman West Virginia and Ruth Derenberger of Pomeroy in a courthouse ceremony Saturday morning conducted by Rev. L G Weber. The newlyweds left for a bridal tour aboard the B and O line.
A memorial program honoring the late Thos E Price was held in the Methodist Sunday school yesterday morning. Rev Cherington, Ebersbach superintendent, and Oliver Hartley delivered eulogies, with a male quartet and devotions marking the service.
The Lomeroy Democrat passes to new owner Probate Judge J B Carlton with Jas M Lyman as manager and Mrs Vincent in charge of the office. The Peacples pere and son relocate their law office to the Whaley building on Court Street.
A project to place a virtual management agent in Meigs County is in progress. Details describe aims to enhance agricultural services and support for local farmers, with milestones planned for rollout and community input.
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