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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1930
Page
2
Oct 8 reports from Middleport and Pomeroy detail survivors recovering after Monday evening’s blast. Rescue teams praised for swift action and West Virginia firefighters aided the response, with local meetings and charity efforts organized to aid the affected families.
County commissioners heard bids for coal fueling courthouse jail county infirmary and children's home. Blue Diamond Coal Company won the courthouse and jail bid at 2 56 per ton for clean coal while other offers ranged 2 40 to 2 53. Awards for the other institutions were not yet made with bids from M Rathburn M L French and W J Wagner. The final award to be announced later.
The hospital states both patients are recovering from injuries sustained in the sun explosion Monday evening. Other items note local events and travel details, including a bake sale at the tier Salon room hosted by Loyal Woman's Circle of the Christian Church Bible School and various family visits and trips to Columbus, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Huntington.
A Meles County drought relief committee group travels to Columbus with County Auditor H. J. Blackmore and Attorney A. O. Russell to press authorities for a legal provision to appropriate funds. They seek state assembly action to permit borrowing against next year’s tax to finance road construction locally.
The Wolfe family reunion at the Athens Fairgrounds drew 114 attendees from Athens County. Officers elected last year, Dr. Jot M. Noward as president and Mrs. Nora Wolfe Atkinson as secretary-treasurer, will serve next year. Three births were reported in the year, and a grave marker was placed for Gerke Wolfe in Concord Cemetery. Attendees came from multiple counties and towns, with a cafeteria style dinner served and Gladys Swales reading a commemorative poem.
The Plaine schools held an assembly in the grade auditorium to introduce year officers. Principal Mr. Rice spoke on the honor of leadership and pep filled the meeting as officers and class presidents were presented.
An advertisement-style fragment touts Cascargis tablets to increase appetite and stimulate bowel movements. It claims rapid, drastic digestive effects and a promised transformation into a “new person” while implying easy, over-the-counter availability. The text uses garbled wording and misspellings but centers on a laxative product.
The passage describes scouts arriving at a cave, establishing camp, cooking supper, and sharing campfire talk before turning in around 6:30. They broke camp after breakfast the next morning, with some who were present noted as being preavit.
A fragmented OCR fragment lists individuals including Paul Darnell James Burtin Clarence Stalter Gerain Gardner Joseph Mandate Humphrey Gilbert Donelson Fred Gabriel Benny Marin Woodrow Sherwood Harris Con Elmer Cade and H W Humphrey with unclear context or event details.
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