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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1940

Page

3

Apple pie contest at York Grange names winner

At the York Grange meeting Mrs Faye Howard led an apple pie contest judged by Miss Mamie Mulligan home economics instructor. Winner was Miss Ann Maccombs of Athens. Edward Howard was named delegate to the State Grange with Faye Howard as alternate. A refrigerator locker sponsorship was debated. A film on ENTERS HOSPITAL will be shown at Grange Hall.

Nelsonville York Grange Faye Howard Mamie Mulligan Trimble Township Ann Maccombs W. Carpenter St Athens Edward Howard State Grange The Grange Grange Hall Don Sanders Albany

Band to Headline at Nelsonville Music Box Opens

Rudy Remple and his band from Logan will headline Friday night at the new Music Box north of Nelsonville, replacing the Grande Cafe. Chauncey’s Gene Bryson is the new proprietor. Wednesday and Friday dances are planned.

Nelsonville Rudy Remple Logan Gene Bryson Chauncey

Nelsonville Folks Share Holiday Visits and Travel

Local notices list Mr. and Mrs. Ben James Sr and others visiting Columbus, Miss Mable Campbell with Earl Campbell, Tom Sheppard’s trip to New York for the World Fair, and families from Nelsonville visiting relatives in Dayton, Zanesville, Ironton, and Flint. Several households host guests from Warren, Cleveland, and Akron as regional travel patterns emerge.

Ben James, Sr Don Jenkins Columbus Adda James Mable Campbell Earl Campbell Tom Sheppard New York Florence George Crosby East Harris Wood Jr J. P. Wood John V. Wood Gilbert Young Little Son William Young Montgomery W. Va Carnes Hickman Jane Ironton Sylvia Grose Nelsonville Ellis Covert Betty Jane Dayton Anna Ohio William Morgan George Johnson Fred Johnson Zanesville J. H. Cuckler Darwin W. L. Whaley Whaley Chester Wright Lynchburg Leonard Allen Cincinnati Allen Asheville Great Smoky Mountains Kenneth Orwiler Detroit Ervin Holiday Warren Lawanna C. H. Holiday Sylvia Pedigo Cross St Otto Kaelin Cleveland Amos Ailes Albert Selbee Grace Scott Sherman McDowell Xenia James’ Hallett Carma Heffner Ina Hall Hallett Hall Marie Georgia Kilpatrick Flint Mich Clayton Murphy John Murphy

Twilight League games start at five in Nelsonville

The City Commission announced that all Twilight League baseball games in Nelsonville will begin at 5 PM instead of 5 30 PM due to darkness hindering several recent games.

Nelsonville

Nelsonville City Finances Show Small August Surplus Cited

City auditor E F DeVore reports August balances across all funds total 38589 04 with July end at 38298 92 and the general fund nearly empty at 79 cents. Anticipated county advance may be needed as sal aries delayed and tax collections continue.

Nelsonville E. F. DeVore Electric

Nelsonville High Band to Practice Friday Morning

The Nelsonville high school band will hold a practice Friday at 10 in the music room at the high school. Band members are asked to bring their instruments.

Nelsonville

Largest blue white diamond weights and rankings

The Cullinan is the world’s largest blue white diamond at 3024.75 carats. The Excelsior ranks second with 871.75 carats and the President Vargas third with 726.6 metric carats.

Vargas

Sultan Abdul Hamid II Feared Poisoning Guards His Meals

The Ottoman ruler Abdul Hamid II reigned from 1876 to 1909 and kept spies to monitor food, eating portions himself to guard against poisoning.

Sultan Abdul-Hamid Turkey

Backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble

An old health advisory warns that persistent backache and leg pains can indicate kidney strain. It explains kidneys remove waste from blood, note symptoms like puffiness, headaches, fatigue, and nocturnal urination. It promotes Doan's Pills as relief.

Nature Dean Doan

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