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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1924

Page

8

Local families host visitors and church events noted

Bates and Ator families welcomed Irene Ator of Athens for a weekend visit. Funeral attendance included members from Pleasant Hill. A revival begins Monday November 2 with Sunday school at 9 30, church at 10 30, and youth meeting at 7 30. Local residents shared weekend visits and the school, taught by Miss Jessie Collins, progresses well.

Herman Ator Irene Ator Athens Parker Pleasant Hill Elbert Sams Helen Sams Nellie Lowther Ijsaac Lost Helen Dorr Carl Edgar Walter Brown Chauncey Laura McClain Mary McClain Cecil Robinson B. H. Pugh Jessie Collins

Community Notes from Trimble Hosts and PTA Event

Trimble residents hosted visitors from Zanesville including Mr and Mrs Hugh Caldwell and their two children. Local guests also included Mr and Mrs John Matson Mr and Mrs E Monahan and John Wyatt. The Trimble Parent-Teachers association schedules a masquerade box social and candy sale at the town house on Thursday evening October 30.

Hugh Caldwell Zanesville Trimble John Matson E. Monahan John Wyatt Parent-Teachers’ Association

Community Quiet Sunday Visits Reported Across East Branch Area

Burr Oak Richard and Eugene Fost joined Mr and Mrs Mar linons of East Branch for Sunday. A birthday dinner honored Miss Ernestine at Mrs Alice Harrison’s home with several guests. Floyd Dawson and Mrs Fit Westfall in Columbus hospitals are said to be improving. Local residents report Miss Siddie Dew of Corning is seriously ill. Weiner roast hosted by Miss Edna Shepard Sunday night.

Richard and Eugene Fost Floyd Dawson Fit Westfall Columbus Earl Dorris William Dorris Loyd Buckley Glousteer William Laita Martha Post Chester Alice Harrison Siddie Dew Corning Sidney Fouts Will Fouts Fred Ivers Harold Dew Edna Shepard

Frost Guests and Local Visits Highlight Weekend

Frost family and neighbors visited friends across the area with multiple households hosting relatives from Jerseyville Jacksonville and Deanville. Sunday school is set for next Sunday at 2 PM with a good attendance hoped for.

Lucile Linton Audrey Johnson Stewart Edward Wyers Wyers Byron Dean Deanville R. E. Linton Athens Tim Russell Howard Russell

Murray City Visitors Visit Friends and Family

Murray City residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Logan Nelsonville Athens and Columbus during the week. Several public figures and local residents traveled for visits including Butch Smith and county commissioner candidate Ad Ulrich.

Local Socials and Tragedy Skim through Athens Area

Athens visitors from Florence Cox join Mr and Mrs William Poling for a Sunday gathering. Pocahontas Lodge to charter at Glouster convention Thursday. Murray City attendees expected. Bridge workers strike at 2 PM Tuesday in memory of a Chauncey area death. Rebecca Lodge hosts masquerade at Odd Fellows and invites Logan Lodge with late Halloween menu. Catholic church box supper masquerade draws large crowd. Mrs Chivers and Mrs Snyder rushed to sister Mrs Scot McLaughlin in Zaleski. Campbell, shot squirrel hunting, home healing but may lose sight in remaining eye. diagnosis by Dr Copeland of Athens.

Athens Florence Cox William Poling Pocahontas Lodge Glouster Murray City Chauncey Rebecca Lodge Odd Fellows Logan William Chivers Robert Snyder Scot McLaughlin Zaleski Campbell Copeland

Coolville Dinners and Pie Sale Highlight Community

Coolville residents S M Bingman Mr and Mrs F E Shafer and daughter along with Mr and Mrs J W Frost joined Mr and Mrs John Gibbs for a Sunday visit. Carol Stout and Huckleberry school pupils hosted a pie supper last Thursday at the school house with a pie sale raising 11 dollars. East Ringgold visitors include Mr and Mrs George Peters and three children Mr and Mrs John Peters Mr and Mrs William Phillips, Miss Helen Devore, and Miss Grace Warner of Parkersburg W Va were guests Sunday at G O Shanks.

S. M. Bingman F. E. Shafer J. W. Frost John Gibbs Carol Stout Huckleberry School George Peters John Peters William Phillips East Ringgold Ohio Helen Devore Grace Warner Parkersburg W. Va G. O. Shanks

Wife Confesses, Husband Held in Infant’s Death Case

In Wooster Ohio on October 29 George Tobias 25 and Blanche 21 are jailed after Blanche admits she was the infant’s caretaker. Tobias arraigned on failure to provide for the infant with a $1000 bond set. Prosecutor Fritz says the charge is to hold him for grand jury action. Tobias denies paternity and claims Blanche falsely accused him.

Confessed Motive in Infant Death Case Shifts Again

Mrs. Tobias retracted prior statements and implicated her husband in a plot to kill the infant. She described a noon incident in which he allegedly gave the child a medicine from a bottle labeled poison at the infirmary, then said the medicine was to end the baby. The husband denies any such conversation and points to his preparations for a home as evidence. The baby was buried in Mt. Zion cemetery. Tobias wept at the grave while Mrs. Tobias remained in jail.

Tobias Holmesville Mt. Zion Milton Township Erain

Madrid economy council opens inquiry into tri-party trade deals

The economy council in Madrid begins public inquiries into terms of commercial treaties among Spain Lithuania and Sinalda. The move scrutinizes potentially favorable or unfavorable provisions for each party and assesses impact on national trade policy.

Madrid Economy Council Spain Lithunia Sinalda

General Wu Pei Fu Advances Toward Peking

London dispatches report General Wu Pei Fu arriving at Vien Tein to concentrate troops for an attack on Christian General Feng Yu Hsiang who holds Peking, as advised by the Foreign Office this afternoon.

London Wu Pei Fu Vien ‘Tein Feng Yu Hsiang Peking Foreign Office

Champion Milk Cow Holds World's Record at Show

Segis Piet éertje Prospect, champion milkeon of the world, on exhibition at the National Dairy Show in Milwaukee. The 11 year old Holstein bred in America yields her own weight in milk every eighteen days and holds the two highest records, including a world record of 37514 pounds of milk in a year.

Milwaukee Wis America

Dairy Queen on Seattle Farm Reigns Over Dairy

The text notes a dairy queen living on a farm near Seattle and reports annual milk production of about eighteen tons, averaging over thirty five thousand pounds for two years, equating to over seven quarts daily.

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