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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
2
Classified notices to appear in The Messenger columns reference telephone contact 322 L for submissions and publication details. The compact item directs readers to place ads via the listed phone line.
Chester Township scene as 55 year old William Stanley Jr collapses after dropping his ax while felling a black walnut tree. Five man crew from Albany witnessed the death on the Van Meter farm where they were harvesting timber for furniture factories. Dr. Manning Daniels deemed the death likely instantaneous.
The August report shows 115 passenger cars 39 trucks 1 motorcycle and 1 trailer sold, generating 986.13. Distributions: Middleport 91.57 Pomeroy 106.02 Racine 17.73 Rutland 2 Syracuse 2 county 280.82 state 485.97. July had 147 cars 37 trucks 3 commercial cars 1 trailer totaling 1089.04 with 264.95 to county and 628.49 to state.
Middleport notes the first regular meeting of the Whatsoever Class of the Presbyterian Bible School convenes this evening in the church assembly room. The president will chair. after business, Mrs E G Probst will lead a short program. Hostesses include Mrs E G Probst and others.
John A. Hinn of Cincinnati testifies that Konjola relieved long standing ailments from indigestion to earache and catarrhal conditions within weeks. He notes rapid improvement and credits the remedy with banishing pains one by one. Konjola is sold in Athens Ohio at McKee Drug Store and other towns.
The Pomeroy Village Council approved an exclusive bus franchise for 10 years from Whiterock to Ravenswood and between Minersville and Hobson with 30 minute service from 6 am to 10 pm. A $25 annual taxi license was imposed to protect the bus line, and traffic control powers were delegated during street work. Mayor Hess appoints ward agents to sell bricks from Main Street improvements.
Mrs Emma Owens and daughter Rachel are home from Gallipolis's Holzer Hospital where Rachel was under observation. Louise Sommers of Chicago visits with sister Mrs Lawrence Bing. Herb Edwards takes a role at the Daily Sentinel in Wellston. Numerous families travel or relocate including the Gordons moving to Front Street and Patten visiting Columbus. The Rhodes Ohlinger families vacationed together in Huntington.
Middleport residents report Mrs W F Harris entertained Wednesday with three tables of five hundred and awarded the high score trophy to Mrs Dan J Sullivan and second to Mrs Winifrede Skidmore.
Miss Julia Miller assisted by Miss Grace Bartels Mrs Nan Moore and Miss Blanche Matthews entertained Middlport teachers yesterday evening at Miss Miller home on Grant Street The event was complimentary to eight or ten new teachers in the schools this year.
A Dillard family gathering in Middleport includes Mr and Mrs J F Dillard and children Bill and Paul Mr and Mrs C O Fisher with three children Rosamond Kathryn and Oro Dillard and Mr and Mrs Walter Owens. They enjoyed a Tuesday evening picnic at Pythian Park.
James Souder, injured in Ar buckle West Virginia while on a railroad run last Saturday, is able to be out on crutches now. The injury affected the ankle of one foot.
In Pomeroy Ohio Meigs County plans a September 16 grand jury session to clear criminal cases from the May and August terms. Local notes report births marriages moves and visits including teacher appointments, a license and wedding, undertakers at a WV convention, and a portrait of the region’s civic life.
Miss Hartinger and her daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth hosted guests at dinner in Athens. Guests Miss Constance Leete and Frank Murphy, both teachers of French, met in Paris and later taught in Athens and Akron. Miss Hartinger traveled from Akron with her guests and stayed overnight with her aunt before heading to Akron for the new school term.
Meigs County uses 25 public buses and many private conveyances to transport pupils to centralized schools. Routes include Portland, Lebanon Township, Racine Sutton, Long Botton, Chester, Reedsville, Bedford, Scipio, Olive Orange, Salisbury, and Columbia Townships. High schools at Rutland Racine Chester and others also draw private riders. Columbia Township’s two new schools delay opening to next week.
Dr Hugo Eckener’s talks with American financiers aim to form a Trans Atlantic Zeppelin Company with regular service planned to start in 1931. Sailings require 14 months to build Zeppelins and construction on one craft has begun. The Graf Zeppelin may join the service. no Germany Tokio route planned now.
Florence Trumbull and John Coolidge announce a frugal household after their September 23 wedding at Plainville Congregational Church. John will ride the trolley to his New Haven railroad job, Florence will cook breakfast, shop for groceries, and they will start with a small four and a half room apartment at $78 a month. The gown is ivory satin with a duchess lace veil.
Athens Grange held Thursday evening programs in Grange Hall featuring a short playlet The First Day of School directed by Miss Harriet Jacoby. Cast included Anna Mae Ruff Anna Jacoby James Briggs Alice A Ruff Billy Jacoby Dorothy Barker Wendell Ruff Eileen Jacoby Rob Barker Maxine Westfall Betty Jane Ruff Ruth Barker. Mrs Claude Westfall received First and Second degrees. Athens County Grange Deputy L F Efaw conducted the annual inspection. Next meeting set for September 19.
Calshot England September 6 The first phase of the 1929 Schneider Cup concludes as all machines from the British and Italian teams complete navigability tests.
A Purebred Ram Special train will tour eleven Ohio cities from September 16 to 21 to educate sheep growers. The event, run by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with K. K. Quivey, will feature ten coaches, an exhibit of Carpenter Test Farm sheep, market fleece displays, wool educational exhibits, parasite control info, balanced feeds, and farm equipment.
A six-car train of pure bred rams will tour Ohio stops to sell at cost. Stops include Mt Vernon To boso Freeport Dus hing Belmont Quaker City Zanesville Malta Waterford Marietta Athens. Rail line Baltimore and Ohio partners with Ohio State University Experiment Station county agents and breed associations.
A 23 year old bride, Fay Duff Grunewald of Fort Wayne, and her husband Perry Grunewald, 30, were in a honeymoon car crash near Van Wert. Their vehicle struck a bridge abutment, overturned, and caught fire. Fay Grunewald died instantly and Perry was severely injured. bystanders freed the couple from the flames.
An agreement to settle the New Orleans trolley strike was reached in New York and must be ratified by workers in New Orleans. Old employees are to be rehired by seniority with a compromise on union domination, credit given to Rev. John A. Ryan for his unofficial mediation.
The Rev. C. M. Coulter of Athens First M. E. Church was named to the Ohio Conference Committee on Reforms at the organization's annual meeting in Columbus. He will serve alongside Thomas B. Roberts, Arthur M. Staples, I. E. Miller, O. L. Seward, Jesse Swank, Donald Timmerman, C. FE Turley, F. N. Swinehart, and H. E. Armacsot.
Fire destroyed the Carbon Products Co stockroom in Lancaster on Thursday night with an estimated loss of 50000 dollars. Officials have not determined the fire's origin. H P Hileman is company president C P Cole is treasurer and J Fleckenstein is superintendent.
A fall outfit features a coca brown duvetyn suit with a small peplum that pleats twice on the left hip. Nutria trims the peplum from each pleat side, creating a high collar and flaring cuffs that encircle the figure.
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