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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1923

Page

8

Glouster Stores Advertise Fall Goods And Insurance Hire

Glouster news highlights new fall and winter lines for boys and children coats at seven dollars for pants sizes eight to sixteen. Shop showcases include hats and shoes from top makes, plus a sales pitch for Snappy Styles. Harry Elkins, formerly with Western and Southern Life in Athens for ten years, will open an agency in Glouster next week at the Glouster National Bank building, occupying the New Street home vacated by Mr Kimmett Bridge.

Harry Elkins Athens Western and Southern Life Insurance Company Glouster Glouster National Bank New Street Kimmett Bridge

Death of Miss Nellie Vernon in Columbus

Miss Nellie Vernon 36, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Vernon of this city, died Wednesday night at Grant hospital Columbus after gall bladder trouble and appendicitis operation on September 22. A hospital message said she could not live thru the night. family drove to Columbus and arrived after her death. Funeral arrangements to be announced for Sunday.

Nellie Vernon Sarah Vernon Grant Hospital Columbus Miss Vernon

Four-Year-Old Struck by Jitney in Front of Home

Billie Richards narrowly escaped serious injury when a northbound Athens jitney bus driven by Alden Bands struck him near the Richards residence on South High Street. He stepped from behind a car as the vehicle approached around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon.

Billie David Richards Athens Alden Bands Trimble Richards South High Street Behid the Richards

Boy Struck By Car Near Bus Sidesustains Minor Injuries

A young pedestrian was knocked aside by a car parked on the street in front of an approaching bus. He sustained four head cuts needing eight stitches. He rested well and was not expected to have serious injuries. The driver could not stop in time.

Crawford

Mrs Catherine O Leary Dies In Jacksonville At 76

Mrs Catherine O Leary died at her son Arthur's home in Jacksonville this morning at 3 39. A longtime Jacksonville resident she was a respected member of the community. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

Catherine O'Leary Arthur Jacksonville

Giouster High to Meet Chauncey High on Glouster Grounds

Giouster High and Chauncey High schedule a Friday football game at Glouster grounds set for 2 30 pm. It is the second meeting of the year after Chauncey won the previous clash by a six to two or six to percent score.

Giouster High Chauncey High Glouster Chauncey

Columbus Faces Jacksonville In Big League Prospect Test

Interest runs high as Columbus of the American Association meets Jacksonville at the Jacksonville grounds. Fans expect to see how Jacksonville’s roster of prospective league players will fare against the local club in fast company.

Columbus American Association Jacksonville

Millfield and Trimble duo visit Columbus over weekend

Goldie Boudinot of Millfield and Parker Boudinot in Millfield with Ernest Thomas of Trimble spent a weekend in Columbus visiting Erma Thomas, Bliss Business College student.

Goldie and Parker Boudinot Millfield Ernest Thomas Trimble Columbus Erma Thomas Bliss Business College

Thieves Loot West 36th Warehouse For Furs Worth 125000

In New York on October 11 a gang of five burglars looted Frederick Hunt's warehouse on West 36th Street while one bandit held a gun to the head of a watchman. They spent five hours gathering furs valued at 125000 and fled at dawn in an automobile truck. The watchman, on the job three weeks, was confronted as two men spoke with him before the attack.

New York Frederick Hunt West 36Th Street

Railways must build safe road beds says Pennsylvania court

The supreme court of Pennsylvania rules that railways must construct their road beds so engineers can observe ahead with safety, enforcing rigorous standards for track design and obstruction clearance. The decision underscores railway responsibility for safety measures and ongoing maintenance.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Trimble Ardent Socials Highlight Local Visits and Road Upgrade

Trimble residents host and visit relatives from Ohio and nearby states. Local social rounds include Mrs. Clarence Tignor and daughter Margaret Jane of West Virginia with family, Misses Cronin and Brown in Jacksonville, and Charlotte Meeks at Bliss College. The Amesville road junction near the Amesville Hooper road forks gains a new turning place and the Pike's surface is improved with lime and ash top coat.

Clarence Tignor Margaret Jane West Virginia George Duncan Margerest Cronin Jeanette Brown Jacksonville Wayne Vera Fierce Mabel Cary Ohio University Robert Meeks James John Zinners Lee Howard Columbus Charlotte Meeks Bliss College George Thomas William Maynard Trimble Maynard South Carolina Fern Carpenter Athens Otto Duncan Alice Easler Laurence Wyne K. F. Fierce Mary Fierce James Fierce Athens R. D Lou Eli Spaulding New England Carl Autel C. L. Koons Hazel White Bishopville Oliver Steinmetz Akron Steinmetz Clara Penrod Amesville-Hooper Road Thomas DeKing Cincinnati John Seckineer Rodney

Phillips and Family Visit Rodney Phillips

Phillips and family from Wellston including Mr and Mrs Charles Dickerson and Mr and Mrs L Phillips spent the weekend with Rodney Phillips and his family.

Quarrel in Court Over Shared Driveway in Elyria

In Elyria Ohio two local figures clash in court. David J. Nye dean of Lorain lawyers sues A. B. Taylor president of Lorain County Savings and Banking company alleging abuse of the joint driveway between their homes on Washington Street.

Elyria David J. Nye Lorain A. B. Taylor Lorain County Savings and Banking Company Taylor Washington

Man Spying Spurred By Field Glass Mystery

Alexandra Bay story notes Howard Sanford a sportsman and shoe maker in a canoe trip with Rose F Atkins on the St. Lawrence River when he misstepped into a spying episode.

Alexandra Bay N. Y Howard Sanford St. Lawrence River Pretty Rose F. Atkins

Divorce suit follows surveillance by wife and guest corespondent

Mrs Emma Sanford, confined by illness, used field glasses left within her reach to spy on her husband. The resulting surveillance triggers a divorce suit naming the dashig husband and Miss Atkins, her guest and girlhood chum, as corespondent.

Emma Sanford

Bavarian Dam Redirects River for Mega Power Plant

One of the world’s largest power plants becomes possible as engineers redirect the Mid die Isar river in Bavaria. The project hinges on altering river flow to create new generation capacity at a major facility.

Middie Isar Bavaria

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Glouster News Just Clark’s Shoe Store Peoples Store Heatrola Richardson Headquarters Hamburg Miss Mrs. Glouster The First National Bank Ohio William James Garry Kiener’s Atlas Store Glouster, Ohio ARS Goldberg Cole Eddy Hardware Glouster, O Carey Wall Board Bryson Lumber Co Trimble, Ohio Super’ Vision Christopher Columbus America Coumbus Glouster State Bank F. P. Dulaney and Sons General Merchandise Store FI. Hatfield Rogers Electric Co Anything Electrical Morris Paul’s Dept. Store H. Margolin High St. Bridge Athens Lumber Company Boston RUBEN Burson Rome
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