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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1928

Page

8

Legal notices from Athens County estates and guardians

Probate and guardianship filings listed for numerous estates and guardians, with first and final accounts, and notices in court. Christian Science Society of Athens seeks authority to encumber real estate to secure a 4100 loan. Mellie Phillips seeks divorce. notices name Mellie Phillips and respondent.

Christian Science Society of Athens Ohio Court of Common Pleas Athens County Trustees of Gaid Congress Street City of Athens Iniot the Christian Science Society OF Athens

Annual Directors Election of Athens County Agriculture Society

The Athens County Agriculture Society holds its annual directors election in the jury room of the Court House on Saturday December 1, 1928. Polls open from 12 50 p m to 2 30 p m, with seven directors to be elected. FRANK BIDDLE Secretary.

Athens County Agriculture Society Curt House Frank Biddle Sec'y

Restless Night Reported for King Geecore at Buckingham Palace

An official bulletin at 11 a m said King Geecore had a restless night with fever fluctuations. About 1,000 people braved rain and winds at Buckingham Palace gates awaiting the latest news from the king’s suite.

London U.P Geecore Buckinghan Palace

Book Week Poster Contest Brightens Kuivs Putnam Fourth Grade

Fourth grade pupils at Kuivs Putnam School wrote an account for the Messenger about the National Book Week poster contest. They describe visiting Carnes library, crafting posters with scissors paste colored paper crayolas and paints, and the posters still hanging for public viewing with Miss Woolsey to show them.

Satoh Kuivs Putnam School Carnes Library Children Withvns

Local Travel and Visits Across Pomeroy Area

Mr and Mrs Richard Densmore of Columbus traced a week long hunting visit in Langsville and Middleport with his mother on Fourth Avenue. Frances Daniels visited Point Pleasant and Harriett Burnell while Mrs Dale Leonard and children stayed with Joe Taylor family in Bucyrus. The Rawsons attended a funeral in Smithburg West Virginia and returned home. Sidney Russell moved from the Lochreiner cottage to an apartment with his parents on Lincoln Street. Billy Horden and wife left after two weeks for Charleston where he is employed.

Middleport Richard Densmore Columbus Langsville John Rawson Smithburg W. Va Sidney Russell John Russell Lincoln Street Billy Horden Mr. Horden Charleston

Plan for Good Roads in Gallia County

Gallia County Good Roads Federation and Gallia Improvement Association approve a four year road upgrade plan. The program aims to bring out of the mud conditions for those living off main highways with annual spending near 100 900 dollars. State highway officials pledge full cooperation. Financially the plan combines county 100 900 annually with state aid and township funds to improve significant roads.

Pomeroy Gallia County O. W. Merrill State Highway Department Community Association

Middleport High launches yearbook style paper The Flashlight

The Middleport High School paper The Flashlight will debut on Thanksgiving Day with distribution to subscribers and friends, appearing officially on Wednesday. The Sociology Class sponsors the senior staff led by Editor in Chief Nancy Reed and Adviser Lyston Fultz.

Middleport Middleport High School Nancy Reed Associated Josephine Curtis Lyston Fultz Mary W. Farmer Wayne McElhinny Shirley Sauer Lucile Dutton Eugene Baldwin Gerald Liewlgan Jesse Swisher Helen Hess

Severe storm batters Northwestern Europe spreading floods

North eastern Europe faces a severe storm with deaths feared as lowlands flood and ships sound distress calls. Denmark Germany the Netherlands and France suffer major damage as Copenhagen records a barometer near 28.25, the lowest since 1907, with the storm continuing.

Pass Europe Denmark Germany Nethrlands France Copenhagen

Jerry Ray joins chorus amid theater chaos and desire

Jerry Ray is introduced to wealthy Alester through fate after a plane crash. She nerves through harsh rehearsal with Mr Hale while rivals and Evelyn Starr scheme. Alester warns of love’s burn as Jerry contemplates Broadway ambitions and possible rivals.

Jerry Ray Alester Jerry Dan Evelyn Starr Myrtle Mr. Hale Ace Alester Mr. Weinertz Miss Ray Hale Thane Joel Thane Evelyn

Letter Golf Coast Into This One Snow Bank

A playful note for letter golf fans describes a snowy scene and a par eight challenge with a single solution hinted on the last page today.

Letter Golf Rules Explained In Brief

The article outlines a word ladder game where you change one letter at a time to form valid words, preserving letter order. It uses COW to HEN in three steps via HOW and HEW, stresses complete common-usage words only, and excludes slang.

Myers Cooper appoints first state directors in Ohio

Governor elect Myers Y. Cooper announces Harry D. Silver of Preble County as director of finance Perry L. Green of Portage County as director of agriculture and Edward D. Schorr of Cincinnati as director of commerce Each post pays 6500 a year as other offices and salaries are outlined House session set for December 12 to organize with a speaker and staff Secretary of State Clarence J Brown recovering at Battle Creek sanitarium with expected discharge soon Highway Director H J Kirk invites bids on Route 7 and Route 146 projects with completion targets through 1950 1929 license plates now in hands of Bureau of Motor Vehicles deputies across Ohio handle them

Columbus Myers Y. Cooper Harry D. Silver Preble County Perry L. Green Portage County Edward D. Schorr Cincinnati Industrial Relations Public Welfare Department of Education Cooper House of Representatives House Clarence J. Brown Battle Creek Mich Mr. Brown H. J. Kirk Belmont County Muskingum County Maumee River Perry Street Napoleon Bureau of Motor Vehicles

Plates go on sale December first under new rules

The article notes plates will go on sale Saturday December 1 with 1928 plates usable from December 21 to midnight December 31. Ohio regulations apply to residents driving in other states. A roster shortage due to administration changes prevents a new edition and the current roster will not be reprinted for months.

Ohio Clarence J. Brown

Refuse Visa for Hungarian Count

New information about Count Michael Karolyi prompted the State Department to again refuse a visa to the former president of Hungary. The decision followed reports from the Hor thy government.

Washington U.R Michael Karolyi Horthy Hungary State Department

Wife Shoots Husband and Woman in Ohio Incident

In Youngstown Ohio Mrs Fanny Perlingo 21 shot and killed her husband Fred 24 then wounded Miss Josephine Mungzello 23 who was with him as they left a garage. Police said the couple had attended a party at New Castle and were driving away when the shooting occurred.

Youngstown Fanny Perlingo Fred Lowellville Josephine Munzello Perlingo Mungzello New Castle

Immense Fortune Is Left by Ryan

Thomas Fortune Ryan founder of immense wealth lay in state at his Fifth Avenue mansion after his death at age 77. Wall Street paused to mourn a financier famed for ties to a pope a king and American cabinet members as estimates of his fortune ranged from 100 million to 500 million.

New York Thomas Fortune Ryan Virginia Fifth Avenue Wall Street Ryan

European government seeks Karolyi exclusion

A recent received request from a European government urged that Karolyi be kept out, and the department acted on this request.

Karolyi

Pleasant hospital method ends colds quickly in Athens

Mrs. Albert H. Haines ignored her cold three days then followed a doctor’s advice for double strength Ayer’s Pectoral with wild cherry and terpin hydrate. Relief was rapid, temperature normalized, congestion eased, and symptoms faded within a day. The ad claims the medicine soothes air passages and chest congestion, with hospital size bottles.

Albert H. Haines Athens Ayer

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