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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1928
Page
6
Middleport high school held its inter class track meet Saturday with Kenny Weisman, a junior, as high point man. Dale Werner, a senior, followed in individual points while Ray Neal led sophomores and Max Lambert led freshmen in total points.
Virginia Brewster moves in with friend Clarissa Dean after her father's sudden death. Nathaniel Dann distrusts Deans motives while Clarissa grows jealous. Dean pressures Virginia with a San Francisco offer and a blackmail threat over a past debt. Virginia vows to earn the money in a year or marry Dean if she fails.
Virginia enters a dim hotel to help a sobbing woman then discovers danger and deceit. She impulsively aids the distressed occupant, faces threats from a neighbor, and escapes to a safer, respectable hotel with plans to retrieve jewels and contact Mr Gardiner.
Richard Rodgers the youthful composer of musical comedies homered on the Chevrolet Hour with Olive Klinese Prams and Lewis James tenor on WEAF. Roxy’s Gang appears on WIZ network. Pioneers perform music new to radio audience on WOR network.
A dense catalog of radio station schedules shows dinner music, dance orchestras, and studio recitals across WPG Cincinnati WLW WSAL MTAM WCX WJSX WEAF and others. Programs include Riverside Hour, Marylanders, Waldorf Astoria Orchestra, and various local ensembles with times spanning afternoon to late evening.
The Eveready Hour presents the life of Confederate general Robert E. Lee on WEAP. The Continentals perform classical and operatic masters with mixed quartet and orchestra on WIT. Muriel Haughey mezzo-soprano sings French Canadian habitant songs on WEAF.
The narrative follows a young woman who recovers her calm after a fear-filled separation from the Deans. She nourishes herself with melon and sandwich, drinks orange pekoe, and vows to find a way. Her youth and adaptability bolster her resilience as she contemplates her future fortunes.
A playful puzzle explains letter golf where you change one letter at a time to transform words while keeping order. The piece notes Memorial Day picnic safety and the sport as a safe, sane pastime with par five and a hidden solution on the last page.
Chicago authorities on May 26 asked Cleveland police to locate Roger E. Watkins wanted in Hartford Connecticut for embezzlement of $200000 from a brokerage firm.
Hobson New York Central defeats K of BP Pomeroy 5 to 4 at Pythian Park in a tight contest. The Saturday tilt described as the best seen this year on the local diamond.
Middleport residents report P. Weber has sold his Grant street property and will move with Mrs. Weber and two children in mid June to a Washington farm on the Pacific coast. He has practiced as a chiropractor on the first floor of the K of P building for several years.
The graduating class members were hosted by Ralph Sayre and the Purity Ice Cream Co at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe in Middleport on Friday evening after class. They were then invited to the Stansbury Drug Company where boys received Ever sharp pencils and the girls gift end cases.
Paul Ebert a retired railroad man visited friends in town. The Wiburns and Misses Gilliland and Gaskill spent a weekend with relatives in Zanesville. The Farmers teams drove to Wellsville and Weverly for visits with cousins. Frank Vrooman and his wife joined a Cleveland B of R T convention trip and toured the Allegheny mountains before returning home Friday. Marion Rife left for Logan West Virginia after a week with local kin. The Guinther and Testch households joined a Wellston excursion on Sunday.
Guinther's parents Mr and Mrs Waltz joined Mr and Mrs Lon Roush and family of Maggie West Virginia in town Sunday. O J Roush and Bill Seipel with two sons Billy and Bobby visited while Harry Sells and baby, from Columbus, arrived for a week with Jilly Hysell. Bennett family were called to Huntington Friday due to Mrs Fred Russel's serious illness and a minor stroke.
The article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe, mild laxative remedy for constipation and related ailments. It contrasts it with strong purgatives and calomel, notes its long market history since 1892, affordable cent-dose pricing, suitability for babies to the elderly, and availability in drugstores.
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