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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
5
Readers report snow cover in Meigs County with temperatures around 22 degrees. Hunters say several men bagged game while inland stops halt travel. Cecil S. carrier skidded off a twin raI, injuring his motor block. he continues his journey. Also notes legal filings by Charles F. executor of Fannie R. King’s will and upcoming annual Pleasant High School event at the E Church.
Prominent physician on KYW cautions listeners about weight loss claims and dangerous thyroid side effects from certain fat reduction products. He urges cautious use, noting no laxatives and urging medical guidance with a diet plan and metabolism-boosting advice.
Rev Jacob Feltz of Chicago will conduct a Bible conference and lay men's missionary movement at First Baptist Church Gallipolis during the week starting Sunday. He, born into a Russian Jewish family, will give three Sunday addresses on The Story of the Jews The Miracle of the Centuries and The Christian's Attitude Toward World Wide Missions. Weeknight programs include talks on Jesus of Nazareth Nicodemus From Judaism to Christianity The Jew Through the Centuries and a stereopticon lecture The Jewish Passover in Relation to the Lord's Supper.
T R Burke attended a meeting of American Railway Express managers at Chillicothe on Wednesday night. Mrs Stephen Wood, sister of Mrs Drummond, attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Samuel Thomas Drummond in Huntington West Virginia. Mrs Wood was among about 30 guests at the couple’s wedding fifty years ago. Mr and Mrs Drummond were natives of Gallia County. Mrs Robert Price has been summoned to Jackson by a relative’s death.
A surprise party Tuesday evening at home of Mr and Mrs Marcus Shato Union Avenue honored Mrs Shaato and Mrs Russell Scott on their birthdays. Cards, lunch, gifts and guest list from McArthur and local residents marked the event with a pleasant social note.
Gallipolis notes recall Captain William H. Newton, 66, a former Packet C A Hill owner tied to the Gallipolis trade. Reports say steamer Dorothy McBride moves to Pittsburgh with gasoline barges, while towboats Prosperity and Sam Craig carry steel to Louisville, Memphis, and New Orleans. Packet Senator Cordill expected to pass Cincinnati to Pittsburgh.
Arnold Snyder sues A. W. Snyder for 4000 dollars claiming injuries from a revolver last spring. Motion to clarify the petition and describe the body part shot and how the illness followed was denied in Gallipolis.
An advertisement touts Bronchuline Emulsion as an instant cough killer with money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. It claims quick, stomach friendly relief and promotes Quick's Cut Rate Store and other first class druggists as sellers.
This article discusses dictation in business offices and how secretaries should prepare, wait quietly, avoid distractions, and ask questions to prevent errors. It notes executives’ mixed views on interruptions and cites a Katharine Gibbs School survey of 2000 firms favoring asking clarifying questions during dictation.
Judge J B Clark issued licenses to Kenneth Frederick Wrenn 23 a Charleston West Virginia shoe repairer and Mildred Phyllis Godden 22 a Gallipolis stenographer. Raymond Shoemaker 24 a New Lexington miner and Kathryn Cummings 21 daughter of Frank Cummings Cheshire also received licenses.
Nov 16 Crown City Gallipolis bulletin says Rev H H Wilbur and the St John s Male Chorus of Grace M E Church will take part in evangelistic services at Crown City M E Church Monday night Rev Wilbur will preach the sermon and the chorus will sing many hymns
Cheshire column lists multiple residents and guests visiting families in town. Names include Kennedy Bumgardner Guthrie Edwards Mitchell Roush Fife Casto Yauger Grover Spires Comer Mack Swisher Rife Parker Williams Wells Wickline Thompson Autherson Mauck Evans Richards Jenkins Aleshire Wood Wood Eagle Fulton and others with notes on illness surgery and new birth.
S L Osborne of Jimes visited Mr and Mrs John Williams on Friday. I F Fowler made a business trip to Huntington West Virginia on Wednesday. Mrs Mary Carson of Urbana and Mrs Mettie Chevalier of Clipper Hill were guests of Mrs C W Hutchinson on Thursday. Mrs Annie Hastings spent the weekend with Mrs J L Isaacs and Mrs Robert Jones of Gallia. Mrs Josephine Thompson Holley announces the birth of a daughter. Mrs L E Miller of Circleville visited Mr and Mrs L F Allen last week. Miss Jennie Russell was the Tuesday night guest of her parents near Vinton. F W Earles of Gallipolis visited home folks Friday and attended All Parents Day at Rio Grande High School.
Gallipolis November 16. County Surveyor C. E. Fife and four others representing county officials schools rural mail carriers and township trustees met with Governor George White to discuss spending federal money on secondary county roads. Fife planned to return to Gallipolis today.
The funeral of Christina Swartz aged 76 daughter of the late Jacob Hohl Civil War veteran and wife of Wilson Swartz of Dundas was held at the United Brethren Church in McArthur. She leaves her husband four sons Henry at home Beattie Marion Delbert Marietta Emmett Charleston W Va and one daughter Bernice Ramsey wife of Ernest Ramsey London Ohio.
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