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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1930
Page
2
Classified and circulation notice for The Messenger indicating contact with Virgil Marsh for ads. Reads as a regional blurb about classified listings and circulation details for Bend and Meigs County with a perfunctory reference.
Fifty witnesses are summoned to appear before the Meigs County Grand Jury today and tomorrow to investigate violations of law since May term. The process aims to finish by Tuesday, with possible discharge only if work completes and no need for another grand jury before year’s start. Prosecuting Attorney D H Peoples and Sheriff J A Willock retire in early year. successors to be elected next month.
Bucyrus visitors travel to Pomeroy and Columbus for family and football. Wayne McElhinny, a 1929 Middleport graduate, enters Ohio University Athens. he visits aunt Dana Lambert before returning to Charleston. Max Lambert and Elmer Hugh Davis go to Columbus for the Indiana Ohio State game amid a busy weekend of family gatherings.
On October 6 report from Middleport says Miss Etta Gaskill has hosted her sisters and brothers for a week along with other relatives including Mrs. William Powers of Coshocton, Mrs. Mell Brown and her son Orville, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holdsworth of Pittsburgh, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris and Peter Gaskill of McArthur.
An old advertisement extols Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a non griping bowel laxative that helps during colds. It claims the product keeps bowels open, removes sour wastes, and eases mucus and phlegm while warning it should be given to children when feverish or upset.
Five shadows named IJ Flor Hanid Yam and Knarf, with their masters, talk with sparrows and a neighbor dog about why the woods would lose red paint. They learn red leaves signal autumn and rush to tell their mistresses. A snail confirms the idea before the shadows head home.
Plans near completion to start the farm relief work program in Meigs County by Wednesday. About 206 farmers and farm laborers will be employed on designated roads with township recommendations guiding hiring and division of work if needed. Nearby residents mingle with discussion over relief reach and benefits.
Middleport October 6 Mrs Hattie Morris 85 recounts slavery experiences and escape from Charleston to Old Virginia before settling in Middleport after the Civil War. She recalls the man who owned her and notes her late husband served in the war. Henry Finney 87 was omitted from a Messenger report.
Residence details from Sugar Run Street include Mrs. Frank P. Jackson traveling from Youngstown to winter with sister Mrs. Frank Price on East Main Street. Pomeroy residents Jacob Fisher and Lincoln Ellill journeyed to Charleston to visit son Dan Fisher. Velma Hetzel returned to Cleveland for work after a parental visit. Abe Diehl and Gardner attended Frank Diehl’s golden wedding in Huntington and Pt. Pleasant respectively. Rally day is planned for Simpson M. B. Church next Sunday. A Marietta convention drew many young folks from Pomeroy churches.
Open campaign notes Ohio Republicans plan an aggressive bid for Governor Cooper’s re election and the party ticket. In Meigs County leaders include W F Hawley Long Bottom A D Russell Pomeroy Mrs M E Rathburn Rutland and A H Bradbury Middleport. Speeches scheduled in every township with national speakers to visit the county seat and other points.
Michael Holter aged 70 died after a long illness at his daughter’s home in Marion. His wife had died about three weeks earlier. The body will be brought to Pomeroy for funeral services at Morning Star Church in the Nease Settlement with interment at Gilmor Cemetery nearby.
Dr J. 8. Leonhardt develops an internal pile medicine that targets blood congestion in the lower bowel. After 1000 patients treated, he names it Hemroid. Druggists stock it and Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store offers a money back guarantee if piles persist in any form.
Pomeroy officers report a wreck near Minersville leading to the arrest of John Berschman for driving while intoxicated. Rowell Styles and Harold Packard are jailed in Athens for liquor law violations after discovery of 500 gallons of mush, 80 gallons of liquor, stills, and equipment at a house just over the Athens County line. The injured Racine couple and Miss Spencer were involved in the crash.
Frank E. Bolton cashier of Albany Bank traveled to Pomeroy on Sunday to see Wyatt G. Plantz who lies dangerously ill at his Main Street home. Bolton, formerly with First City Bank alongside Plantz's father the late George W. Plantz, learned of the condition after attending Masonic Lodge in Harrisonville and speaking with local attendees. Bolton is a brother of Rev. Harley Bolton of Rutland.
Relatives and friends in Middleport acknowledge a Dayton Tennessee message that Mrs Lydia Lant Sanborn died at her Dayton home on October 2. She was the wife of C D Sanborn a former Meigs County resident and the step daughter of Mrs Sarah Lant of Grant Street Middleport.
Mrs Cephas J Chase a longtime Meigs County schoolteacher died in Tampa Fla where she and her family have lived for two decades. Her maiden name was Lillian F Trussell daughter of J S Trussell of Chester Township sister of E S Trussell former Pomeroy publisher now in New York City. She is survived by her husband son Ernest L Chase and two daughters Constance and Norma Pyle all residents of Tampa plus a brother and sister in the area.
Middleport reports officers elected for the coming year at the Presbyterian Church meeting. President is Mrs. J. M. Buchanan, vice-president Miss Annie Weed, secretary Mrs. R C. McBride, treasurer Mrs. W. W. Brown. The new president will preside in November and appoint committees.
In Middleport on Thursday morning the Morris and Worthington properties were burned. The Worthington home survived as the cottage next to it is occupied by Arch Worthington and his wife, while Worthington suffered heavy losses from the fire to his tools.
Dr and Mrs C A Poindexter travel to Columbus after the death of their nephew Jack Daniels two year old son of Mr and Mrs George Daniels The child died in a Columbus hospital following a brief illness funeral plans are pending in Columbus.
Clyde Bowman returns home due to wife illness in Minford while Ruth Smith visits Washington County relatives. Masons attend Masonic lodge inspection in Harrisonville. Van McDade hauls potatoes to Marietta. Rev N O Warren preaches in Stiversville. tobacco crop fair. Thomas Deem visits from Portsmouth. Congressman Jenkins and Rep Jones in Portland. good roads meeting at the school. Steamboat Liberty docks, produce shipped upriver to Pittsburgh. Warren leads Sunday service. Garnet Ours recovering from typhoid. Clark Middleswart visits Van McDade.
Eight people aboard an air liner perished when the craft crashed while attempting to land at Dresden. One passenger survived. Among the dead was V. Blackwell, possibly an American, whose address is unknown.
Marietta will air 15 minutes weekly for 26 weeks on Station WJSV Mt. Vernon Hills Virginia from Oct 15 to May 15 1931. A daily 50 word favorable mention will accompany regular broadcasts except Sundays and special broadcast days. Chamber of Commerce provides copy.
A 30,000 watt broadcasting station plans a program to serve travelers in the East and promote Route No. 50. The initiative links with other cities to boost traffic along the road and bring benefits to the city.
Federal Judge Benson W. Hough ruled to allow a writ of habeas corpus for Charles E. Dropps a Minnesota prisoner at the U S Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe Ohio who contends his confinement is unlawful.
Advertisement claims a min ple mixture of glycerin buckthorn and other ingredients acts on both upper and lower bowels to relieve constipation quickly. It promises complete bowel cleansing, relief from gas and sour stomach, with several local pharmacies listed as sellers.
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