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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1928
Page
2
The article notes that attendees observe practical and enduring examples in global affairs, highlighting how diplomacy shapes policy. It emphasizes the value of study and discussion to understand complex interactions among nations.
In Middleport on November 27 the Community Club met at the Fides Lodge Building for its first gathering after a summer break. President Harry R. Barnes led with an optimistic outlook, praising past town progress and aiming for higher goals this winter and spring.
The Pomeroy jury for the Daddy Black shooting case includes four women Mrs Wallace Halliday Mrs Will Stivers Mrs E Steele and Mrs Will Davis and eight men as alternates. Judge L G Worstell presides in Athens. The panel viewed the crime scene after lunch and the trial began in the afternoon with proceedings expected to continue.
Post office boxes and fixtures are being installed in the new Post Office Building on lower Second Street. Postmaster Florence Smith will begin moving Wednesday evening and hopes to finish during the Thanksgiving break, with business starting Friday morning. Compliments flow for the new structure and equipment from Simpson and Beegle.
Middleport will hold its annual Christmas Seal sale as in previous years. Each schoolchild can buy one stamp tomorrow, and $1 worth of stamps will be mailed to every household for use or resale, with proceeds remitted to the committee. Middleport expects to oversubscribe its quota.
Mrs Perry Graves broke her left arm when she fell at her home Saturday. The accident is hard on her as she must care for her invalid father Mr Peck and perform other household duties.
Advert reads a laxative syrup claim for children to ease waking and fretfulness by clearing sour bile from the bowels. It touts benefits of regular bowels, clear skin, and better appetite, urging buyers to choose the California Fig Syrup bearing that name.
A proposal to relocate a large foundry to Pomeroy was outlined at a Courthouse meeting. J D Kelgar and Edgar Ervin of Columbus spoke as Kiwanis Club members pledge to study the plan and the town’s capacity to support the plant. Ervin, once of Pomeroy Bend, helped attract the company's interest.
Probate Court issued licenses to Warren French and Martha Feil of Chester and Norwalk pair H C Lytle and Helen Vadish of Pomeroy Columbus. Justice Webster fined Charles Williams five dollars plus costs for a Saturday spree. Williams jailed with Chief Dana Roush arrest and held overnight.
Three men hailed the blaze on Chester Road near Kerrs Run early Sunday and drove on. Mrs Hyseil could not move the sedan from the burning garage and the car and structure burned. Fire department arrived too late. Loss estimated at 1000 dollars. Mr Hysell works at Lan-
The Union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Baptist Church in Middleport on Thursday at 10 o'clock. Rev. Fred Gardner of the Christian Church will preach the sermon. The event draws a large crowd and brings together members from several churches in a spirit of fellowship.
Margaret Roush 12 died of typhoid fever at her parents home in Mason City. Survived by parents H P and Mrs Roush two brothers Grant of New Haven John of Nitro and sister Mrs Leonard Burris of Mason City. Funeral Wednesday at 2 at M E Church conducted by Rev Dearhart with burial at Graham Station Cemetery.
The river pleasure boat Manitou from Pittsburgh, brought for home-coming and bridge celebration, failed to function when its light plant broke down and, after serving at dances, now lies caught on the brick ferry levee as the river falls, with grave risk of hull cracking if water recedes further.
POMEROY Ohio November 27 Meeting of the Drew Webster Post Auxiliary will be held at Legion Hall with the installation of officers for the coming term as a featured event Hostesses will be Mrs Manning Webster and Mrs Tom Crow.
Miss Eleanor B Sayre leaves Maggie West Virginia for Delaware then Chicago after six weeks with relatives. Mrs S P Tinklepaugh remains critically ill at North Fourth Street home. Mr and Mrs Lance return to Columbus after visit with E R Tompkins. Mrs Lucy Boggess heads to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving with niece Mrs Marvin DeMaine. Mrs Robert Grogan of Toledo visits her parents in town. Mrs Myra Rowley returns home from Columbus with daughter and baby. Mrs Lois Thomas visits Kerr for the week. Mrs John Curtis stays in Columbus for several days with her sister.
Mrs. Mike Kraus of Naylors Run fell leaving Sacred Heart Church Sunday evening and sustained a severe head gash due to her age. Mrs. T. P. Hiselstein has been discharged from Holzer Hospital after two weeks of treatment. Jace Hartley arrived from Baltimore to spend Thanksgiving at Lincoln Hill. Bob Slagel returned to Lexington Ky after a home visit. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Conde are back from Pittsburgh. Mrs. A. O. Tracy is home after visiting Roy and family at Logan and suffered three crushed fingers in a door.
Rathburn returns from St. Louis with Robert B. Flesher. Bobby to live with the Rathburn family. Flesher are Tulsa relatives.
Third and second graders at Rufus Putnam School presented two plays The Magic Window and The Fairy Health Queen for parents. The health play, written by the composition class under Miss Pearl Lee, promotes proper foods and hygienic habits with personified fruits, vegetables, bread eggs and milk. A sick girl is cared for by Nurse Jane and examined by Doctor Tom before the fairy health queen assists in recovery.
A school play featured songs on hygiene and daily routines sung by Doc tor Tom and other characters. Cast included Clark Beidel Nurse Jane Dixie Lou Williams Fairy Health Queen and Little Sick Girl among others with “Magic Windows” promoting library access.
Cosmopolitan Club and Ohio University French department will present a staged meeting of the seventh assembly of the Nations on Friday evening December 7 in Ewing Auditorium. Seventy students, under the direction of Prof. Mary Noss and Prof. Willfred Glauck, will act as officers delegates and interpreters with speakers including Benes of Czechoslovakia Everett Shimp Nintchitet of Yugoslavia Robert Leake Ninsen of Norway and others.
The article describes brief speeches prepared from verbatim Geneva records loaned by the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. Delegates from 53 member nations in 1926 are slated to attend in native costume with English and French as official languages and interpreters translating each speech. Professor Bradley remarks such assemblies offer educational value for colleges and the public.
An old fashioned cough remedy touts a homemade syrup using creosote and Pinex to relieve severe coughs chest colds and bronchial troubles. It promises quick relief with a pint bottle and emphasizes palatable preparation and guaranteed results or money back.
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