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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1927
Page
2
Meigs County reported the first complete official election count from Middleport showing 770 votes for the school bond issue and 198 against. Mayoral races in Syracuse and Rutland were reported with incumbents and new council members named as local officials noted.
POMEROY November 10 George M. Bryan superintendent of the Parkersburg and Point Pleasant main lines of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad retired from active service yesterday after 44 years with the company. He began with the Hocking Valley railway as a section hand 48 years ago.
Pomeroy report details the death of John Headley who failed to appear as a voting judge in Middleport. Later, 79 year old Jack Kennedy of Swan Creek died of a heart attack while recording voter names at a Galita county polling place. Funeral arrangements follow for Headley and Kennedy.
Armistice day will be a quiet holiday with many businesses closed. The American Legion Auxiliary plans a dinner for Legion members and ex service men at 6 o clock, after public schools dismiss early.
An advertisement claims McCoy's Tablets are the supreme health tonic and weight producer used across the country. It guarantees gains of at least five to six pounds after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, with a full refund if targets aren’t met. reads for a druggist to provide the product.
Seventh and eighth grade pupils present an Armistice day program at Sugar Run school in the evening at 7 30 with the public invited.
The Rev. W. G. James Mrs. James and daughter Jean left early for Cleveland to attend the wedding of their son Dr Gaylord James to a Cleveland woman. Mr. James will be absent from his church next Sunday.
In Middleport on November 10 a rambler rose and a lilac bush were seen in bloom after Sunday. The lilac bush appeared in Middleport and the rambler rose in the Sayre yard at Antiquity. Frost ended the blooms on Monday.
Columbus arrived Wednesday to attend the sudden death of Mr. Headley. The party will stay the rest of the week with local relatives. Mrs FE Lama and daughter Alice Louise visited Nelsonville Wednesday for a day with relatives.
The Woman's Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet tomorrow evening with president Mrs. E. G. Probst presiding. Program leader will be Mrs. J. F. Dillard. A demonstration titled The Land of the Saddle Bags features Mrs. Clyde Fisher, Miss Erlewine, Mrs. A. V. Smith, Mrs. FE. R. Lama, Mrs. J. G. Talbott, Mrs. Frank Knopp, Mrs. A. A. Dillard, and Mrs. Edward Tewksbury. Social hour and refreshments to follow.
Chicago November 10 Edward N Hurley head of the United States Shipping Board offers a plan to create a powerful privately owned merchant marine. The plan centers on a half billion dollar government revolving fund to be lent at low interest to expand American maritime shipping. Hurley presented the proposal to the Shipping Board.
The speaker stresses the need to prepare for the industrial war that Europe is now girding for, urging readiness and strategic mobilization amidst mounting global tensions.
Marietta Nov 19. Harry P. Curtis of Little Hocking told the Market Advertising club that failure to properly advertise the apple has reduced per capita consumption in recent years while competing fruits such as oranges raisins and bananas have eroded the apple share. He spoke on Marketing the Apple Crop.
A home made cough syrup combines Pinex with plain sugar syrup or honey to yield a pint of effective medicine. The ad claims rapid relief by addressing the cough cause, aiding throat membranes, and helping bronchitis hoarseness and bronchial asthma. It notes Pinex as Norway Pine extract and guaiicol and urges asking for 24 ounces of Pinex with directions, with money back guarantee.
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