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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1932
Page
10
A life insurance firm named The Giousler Office of the V and Sout Life Insurance pany is noted as added to an official list. The wording is garbled but indicates an organizational addition to a life insurance company roster.
The Meigs County town hosted Ex Governor Myers V. Cooper and Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins as crowds gathered for political remarks. Cooper urged finishing tax plans to pay teachers, while Jenkins highlighted his veteran support and pension work. A Republicans Women’s Club event preceded the speeches. turnout indicated strong primary interest.
An advertisement touts Hemroid as an internal medicine cure for piles caused by poor blood circulation. It claims rapid results after treating 1,000 patients with 960 successes and offers money back if not fixed. It credits Dr. J Leonhardt and promotes Hemroid Tablets.
Meigs County reports outline investigation of five potential lake sites for a combined dam and bridge project. The Jay Department and Division of Conservation may join forces with the Fish and Game Club, examining Yellow Bush near Racine, Old Town Creek at Relandus, Ground Hog Creek near Rev eraxant Landing, and Forked Run for possible bridge construction.
Middleport obituary notes the death of Mrs. W H Wood on a Wednesday morning near April 20. She was the daughter of L O Smith a printer and mayor and long a resident who moved with the Smith family to Depor City in earlier years.
A garbled local note reports May events including church chimes to be presented by the Church of Christ and a new pastorate in Middleport. It mentions Mattie Church, H. H. Church of Lincoln Street, and a minister in Las Gatos, California with a 1901 college graduation.
Miss Emma Van Duyn, a longtime Middleport resident, had a serious accident at her home. She slipped from the back porch, breaking her right elbow and injuring her collar bone.
Clayton E Welch died suddenly at his Middleport home Sunday morning apparently from a heart attack. He had lived in Middleport over 40 years after moving from Columbus to serve as city passenger agent for the Hucking Valley Railway and later worked as traveling representative for the Southern Manufacturing Co. in Richmond Va. He was active in the Knights of Pythias and Masonic orders and leaves a widow, four brothers in law and other relatives. Funeral services are set for 3 PM at Jenell with Rev Gary and the Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy referenced.
Funeral services for Mrs Effie Seneid were conducted Sunday at the Methodist Church in Harrisonville, with burial at Greenlee Cemetery. She died early Saturday morning and is survived by her husband J F Aranid and several relatives.
Lena Prine a Segro woman about 70 was taken to jail after officers say she waded into a river with intent to drown herself. She was found intoxicated and dragged to safety, then jailed with no charges filed. She was released Sunday afternoon.
Willis 5 Russell dies at 4800 Adlyn Street Akron early Tuesday due to old age. He is survived by his wife, a son, and relatives from Middlport and Rutland Township. Funeral and burial set for Tuesday at 2 o clock in Akron with relatives expected from Middieport and beyond.
The ad presents a sewing pattern called 2246 by UNA TRACTION and ANSE ADAMS. It promises size options from 3 to 30 and emphasizes easy step by step guidance for creating a stylish model with mindful construction and pleasing results.
The week featured family gatherings as the Talbot and Saunders families hosted relatives including Mrs Ruth E Saunders and Mrs Sue E Saunders in Columbus. Bill Mayer returned from Columbus for Mother's Day with his parents. E M Holmes of New York visited the Roller family and traveled with them to Syracuse to visit Holmes' parents on Mother's Day. Mrs Harry Schoen and her son visited from Charleston to stay with the Williams family on S Third Avenue.
Mrs Massie and her son in law Thomas J Massie aboard the liner Malolo bound for San Francisco after a bow release and a dash from detectives. Also aboard are Mrs Granville Fortescue and Et Thomas J Massie amid criminal case developments and pending gubernatorial clemency actions.
Figures show the May 10 primary costing 5 290.98 versus 11 974 in 1928 for combined elections. Combining presidential and state primaries halves salaries of precinct officers and reduces overall spending. More than 450 precinct officials will handle the election.
The note cites expenditures for supplies and rent totaling $2,475.98 with judges and clerks listed as $86.520.10. It compares to four years prior during a presidential year when supplies and rent were $486.14 and judges and clerks amounts recorded as $0. cost figures suggest oversight or reporting in a local election context.
A May 4 typhoon ravaged southern Annam, killing around 100 natives and devastating a wide region between Bangoi and Phan Thiết. Reports received in Hanoi confirm severe damage to homes as winds swept the area.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a tragic death linked to severe stomach gas causing heart stoppage. Names and full details are unreadable, leaving only a vague medical cause and casualty reference.
Readers across the United States and Canada can submit Believe It or Not facts for a chance at grand prizes. Nine top entries receive prizes including a Cuba trip, a Quebec excursion, a Rockne Six car, an Encyclopaedia Britannica set, and a Gruen Guild Watch, with judging by The Messenger.
Crowds gathered for Memorial Day events at Simpson M E Church Sunday forenoon. Five Civil War veterans were present including Daniel Terrell of Rocksprings J B C Warner of Mason City Robert Griffith of Syracuse and Charles Kraft and Marion Moore of Pomeroy.
Anne Adams selects the season full range from afternoon to evening frocks lingerie and kiddies models in a on page catalog. Send for your copy today price fifteen cents catalog and pattern together twenty five cents order to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department New York City.
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