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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1929
Page
2
Middleport March 21 The company has purchased J H Williams Building now occupied by the Middle- Prouce House and asks occupants to vacate with 0 days. The produce company leasing until July will seek new quarters to accommodate the automobile business. The building runs from Iront Street to Second Street.
Officers in Columbus recovered part of meat and lard seized during a hold up in Pomeroy last Friday. The search for the two men continued as Sheriff Willock and a Columbus police party pursued the suspects who may be the same men who robbed local women.
Mrs. Ida Payne of Marietta Ohio endorses Konjola as a miracle medicine claiming her 17 year old daughter Emily suffered yearlong stomach and intestinal pains and sleepless nights until after using three bottles. She says full sleep returned and weight gain followed. The product is advertised as sold in Athens Ohio.
Frank Gloeckner 70 a long time Middleport resident was struck by a car driven by Cc L Kendall near the Standard Oil drive in front of his home. He suffered severe head and chest injuries and was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with little hope for recovery.
Word arrives of Sophia Mack death in Los Angeles on March 15 due to influenza and complications. She was the youngest Mack sister, a longtime milliner in Middleport, class of 1892 graduate, who moved west eight to ten years ago. Survived by brother Charles Mack of Ryger and two sisters, burial in Los Angeles.
Mrs Harry Mills traveled to Huntington Tuesday to visit her father Fred E Russell in Guthrie Hospital. He is not improving and will undergo a second operation once his strength returns. Russell is a Middleport native and relatives mourn his illness.
Noah Ogdin recalls five elder residents dying in eight weeks from influenza then pneumonia near the Columbia Township line. Names and ages include William Ogdin 75 Elizabeth Ogdin 32 Mrs Johan Holliday 83 Mrs A M Steele 82 Hugh Ogdin 88 totaling 410 years. Other Meigs County locals affected though conditions are improving. O N McElhinney and grandson Carl Mossman returned from Huntington.
The article cites doctors urging home use of a cherry remedy for head, chest, and cough colds amid pneumonia weather. It recounts J H Driscomb who hid from a fever, then improved after double strength Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. others are noted with illnesses and local moves. The ad-like piece promotes the remedy as inexpensive and pleasant to take.
An automobile party of three couples arrived at the Courthouse early yesterday. Denver DeWeese 21 farmer of Jackson County West Virginia and Virgie Sheen 21 of Letart Falls Ohio sought a marriage license. Justice R G Webster performed the ceremony before they departed quickly.
A supper for the first and second boys basketball teams at Minnie Davis home is set for 5:35 this evening with the coach and manager. An evening tea follows with a silver offering for Pomeroy High School. Sponsors include Mrs. A Q Tracy, Mrs. Minnie Davis, Miss Sadie Phillips, Mrs. Don Wetzel, Mrs. Barbara Wildermuth, Mrs. George Wildermuth, and Mrs. Richard Campbell.
Mrs Edward Anderson travels to Columbus to visit her son Ralph Anderson and daughter in law Fanny Lippi along with Erma Smith who motored there to visit the former’s aunt.
Mrs. C F P Besserer leaves Holzer Hospital after more than ten weeks for observation and treatment and is brought home by ambulance. Her nurse Mrs. Price and sister Mrs. Hattie Bennett accompany her. she will be kept quiet with nurse in charge.
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