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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1925
Page
2
A new oil well on the Charles Eser farm at Long Hollow north of Thomas Fork creek produced an initial 20 barrels per day. It is the first well in the territory and promises strong output. The Berea formation was encountered, the first time in years, prompting expectations of additional drilling nearby.
Middleport November 8 Helen Thomas 21 died at St Francis hospital Columbus after surgery. Daughter of Mrs Daisy Thomas of Middleport. Body brought home for burial. De Maine in charge of the funeral.
Mrs Lucy Boggess entertained the Monday Whist club at her Grant Street home with guests from Pomeroy and Middleport yesterday.
Middleport delegates Mrs. F G Probst and Mrs Poindexter of Middleport along with Mrs George Nye and Mrs Arthur Boatman of Pomeroy depart for Trenton by motor to attend the annual conference of the Southeastern District of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. The event will be held today and tomorrow with similar strong turnout expected in Ironton. Middleport funerary and Shakespeare clubs are represented by these delegates.
Paul French of Middleport has purchased the interests of Mrs. Sommers in the Allen hotel and will assume active management soon. Fire damage earlier last month gutted the interior. repairs are complete and French plans to refurnish the second and third floors. Mrs. Sommers plans to relocate to Charleston.
The New York Central Railway, by attorney L Crary Davis, filed suit in Pomeroy on November 3 claiming Vulcan Coal owes 2869.15 dollars plus interest from 1921 for switching charges.
Mrs Ed Steele of Gravel Hill left yesterday for Pittsburgh to visit her daughter Mrs George Clark Mr and Mrs R A Miller returned Sunday from a visit at Buckeye Lake Miss Kathryn Petty is ill at her home on Second Street F A Macken left yesterday for Columbus where he will visit relatives.
The Messenger arranged to deliver papers to Pomeroy an hour earlier each evening so readers get the first copies before Athens streets. Subscription offer: five daily papers and the big Sunday edition for 15 cents a week. Local social notes list visitors and trips by Alfred Murray and family, Frank and James Murray, Homer and Horace McEihinney, Dorothy Wessy, Ruth Wise, Ruth Bradbury, and Richard Macken.
Miss Clarice Maag and Miss Francis Miller appear in local notices as Bar ibarton and Middleport residents involved with public works. Plans call for underground garages along main streets to relieve congestion with Judge A P Miller presiding in Gallipolis and Tronvenient stops noted for court.
Judge Fred Roberts ill. Willam Rump returns to Cincinnati from estate work. Wiggins couple welcome a daughter. D. Curtis Reed back from Logan. Eugene Bing arrives home after funeral in town. W G Downie travels to Grayson Ky for Ariel Barney funeral. mother of the deceased connected to Meigs. Charlie Fredney returns from Pittsburgh. Thelma Phillips becomes assistant deputy in county treasurer’s office. Mrs. Alice Moore of Columbus visits her mother Susan Downie. Albert Ebersbach visits after weekend in Stillwater. Marguerite Meter and Mildred Mees visit Miss Maryline Woodrum at Clifton. R G Webster to Florida on business. H W Dailey to Akron on business. John Schaaf and Ed Parson return from Columbus and Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Werry visit Gallipolis on business. Eva Entsminger returns to Akron after funeral of her brother Andrew Ling. FE T France returns to New Plymouth after Pomeroy visit. May Snider returns home to Durgan from work here.
Officers stand on octagonal safety islands at busy Berlin intersections. The islands provide a secure platform for officers and serve as small billboards with advertisements on their sides.
Ana Cavanaugh daughter of Eliza Fisk filed suit in Common Pleas against Charles Brown Harry Brown Edith Matheny Edward Fisk and Pearl Fisk seeking her one ninth legal share one twelfth inheritance and one thirty sixth as niece of George Brown Jr in the Lonestretch addition estate plots 4112 and 413 that have been in Brown brothers possession since 1906.
County commissioners adopt resolutions to improve the old Floodwood road in York township and to furnish a truck for two days on the Carbondale road, which the county built and is extending to connect with another improved segment.
At the regular meeting on Monday the board completed routine business and arranged for the purchase of a new typewriter for the county recorder.
Heavy fog last night halted airmail flights with planes held at Chicago and New York terminals, delaying service between Cleveland and those hubs.
A grandmother’s remedy uses Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound advertised at drug stores for 75 cents. The brew supposedly darkens gray hair naturally and evenly with simple application by comb or brush, producing glossy, youthful-looking hair by morning after one or two uses.
London reports twin sisters aged 71 charged with involvement in an illegal operation. Authorities note it may be the first instance of octogenarian partners in a single crime.
Fashion notes report milady dresses in novelty coats made from duck skin imitating fur. The lightweight outerwear resembles seagull gray and is praised for its ease of wear. The furlike material, likened to Australian opossum, offers a pale gray finish.
Yellowstone National Park reports its best year with 154,282 total visitors. A single day record was set on July 21 when 2,693 people entered the park.
Air pilots who fly over Tokyo below 1000 meters risk arrest. One aviator who landed near the Imperial Palace faces trial on charges of flying at 500 meters.
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