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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
5
Report of Chauncey and Dover Township polling where officers won by about 200 votes. Mentions state offices race with candidates including Mr Davey and others, school levy passing, and local results for treasurer and sheriff plus amendments.
The readable text shows an advertisement style claim about a medicine or tonic. It references restoring health, oxygen in blood, and a guarantee of satisfaction, with phrases resembling a sales pitch from a long-standing medical remedy. Names and clear details are incomplete.
Chauncey-Dover High School reports the sophomore class dominating the honor roll for the second month. Honored students include Floyd Palmar Ray Chadwell Andy Benyi Gresanthy Keasy and Earle Bridgewater. Freshmen Rhea Keirns Erva Rivers Ruth Close Chester Simpson. Seniors Helen Madek Ruth Leffler Margaret Tippett. Junior Richard Daugherty. Freshmen attendance 97.8 percent. Seniors 97.4 percent.
Eighteen mines in the district are operating now while twenty-one were on the active list Wednesday. Working today are Nos 9 24 68 69 267 255 219 10X Ohio 1 Chauncey 25 Poston 6 Hocking Carbondale Coonville Kimberly Black Diamond Luhrig and Lick Run.
Dora Watkins shows improvement after two weeks ill at home. Daughter Mrs Homer Cunningham of Columbus remains through week end. Cottage prayer meeting held at Clarence Staley home. Lena Wilson returns from Cincinnati visit. Sunshine Club meets after school. Men’s Bible Class to present musical program at Church of Christ. Hollis Stalder and son Richard recovering from scarlet fever. Kathleen Ferguson of Charleston spent weekend with parents in Chauncey. Levi L Sweazy, seriously ill, now slightly improved after moving to Columbus relatives’ home.
Chauncey Blue Devils travel to Rutland for their last game this Friday marking the final appearances of seniors W Simpson Cruikshank Nicholson and Porter. The team aims to finish the season strong after a setback by Buchtel and ends the Thanksgiving Alumni game tradition. Howard Linscott’s son Chauncey is hospitalized in Columbus with blood poisoning in the arm, a condition described as favorable.
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker leads a large transport plane from Union Air Terminal at 5:42 am for a new transcontinental speed record to New York. The flight aims to prove feasibility of a stratosphere one stop service with refueling only in Chicago.
Jesse McCall Chauncey, farm boss at the Coomey Home, is recovering from serious burns after a fall into a kettle of scalding hogs Monday afternoon. He remains at Sheltering Arms Hospital and is expected to remain for about two weeks.
Lottridge reports two hundred fifty votes cast on Tuesday. Edson Dean dies at Oberlin Kansas age and funeral held there. Meigs County relatives noted. many local visits and Sunday dinners recorded. Parade of 22 car Republican candidates passes through the village. Community members from Athens, Tuppers Plains, Frost, Coolville, Little Hocking and Strouds Run appear in visits, church services, and family gatherings.
College and Phil Hagaman of Ohio University Athens stayed with Mr and Mrs Frank Caldwell from Friday to Sunday. The family attended a party at the home of Mr and Mrs Manly Christy near Guysville Saturday evening.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oi Capsules as a safe diuretic to ease kidney and bladder discomfort for a full night’s sleep. It claims quick results and urges purchase from Haarlem in Holland, listing symptoms like backache eye strain leg cramps and burning sensations.
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