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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1926

Page

2

Plan for Meigs County Farmers Institutes Season

Meigs county holds its fourth annual farmers institutes workers conference in Pomeroy on September 22 to plan the season. F L Allen state supervisor will join the meeting at 10 o'clock in the court room. Independent institutes will be planned for communities without state aid. State aid events include Tuppers Plains November 5-6 Long Bottom November 15 Alfred November 12-16 and Salem Center November 17-18. Rural ministers receive special invitation.

Pomeroy Meigs County Farmers’ Institute Workers Farmers’ Institutes The Grange Farm Bureau Farmers’ Institute F. L. Allen Tuppers Plains Long Bottom Alfred Ber Salem Center

Winners Announced at Meigs County Fair

POMEROY Sept 16 Winners in club work at the Meigs county fair were Ina Springer Tuppers Plains with 92.9 in clothing club first and second years Helen Emrick Reedville 94.7 for third and fourth years clothing work and Therson Johnson Plants 96 best in the potato club. The trio will get a free trip to club winners week at Ohio State University in November. Grace Humphrey won 7.50 Lucille Canterbury 5 and Hortense Humphrey 2.50 in the school children display premiums provided by W F Reed.

Ohio State University Meigs County Fair Grace Humphrey Lucille Canterbury Hortense Humphrey W. F. Reed Farmers Bank

Pomeroy Briefs Highlights Local Visitors and Meetings

O H Stewart visited Point Pleasant yesterday and Carl Wolfe made a business stop in Athens. Rosaland Ebersach left for Vassar College in Poughkeepsie N Y. Jr and Mrs Tewksbury of Zanesville visited relatives. Fred Richards and Rev Walter Jones returned from Union Furnace. A N Kriener went home to Newark. Er E Vining returned from Jeffersonville. Allen Chase visited Columbus at week’s end. Willis Blower of Trimble came with Chase and Lutz. Mr and Mrs John L Leitwiler spent a day in Columbus. Marion Leitwiler returned from Columbus. Mrs Frank Knopp and others spent the day in Huntington. Dr C A Poindexter visited Columbus yesterday. Dan Sullivan spent the day in Charleston. J H Grate visited Athens yesterday. Mrs Harry Fowler, post-surgery at Holzer Hospital, Gallipolis, is able to go out. Judge Charles L Justice of Marion and D Barr of Lima visited with Fred Hunker. Mr and Mrs Herbert Dailey of Columbus visited over the weekend. Mr Dailey was elected president of the Ohio Contractors Association. A meeting of Southeast Ohio school superintendents and truant officers will be held in Athens Monday September 20 at the office of Superintendent McWay. County Superintendent C N Wagner and Pomeroy’s John Phillips will attend. Arthur Kinner Hugh Clifton and Helen [text cut]

Pomeroy Bend O. H. Stewart Point Pleasant Carl Wolfe Athens Rosaland Ebershach Poughkeepsie N. Y Vassar College Mrs. Tewksbury Zanesville Fred Richards Walter Jones Union Furnace A. N. Kriener Newark Er. E. Vining Bertha Jeffersonville Allen Chase Columbus Willis Blower of Trimble John Lutz John L. Leitwiler Marion Leitwiler Frank Knopp Fred Whitlock Clarence Clifford Huntington C. A. Poindexter Dan Sullivan Charleston J. H. Grate Harry Fowler Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Charles L. Justice Mari D. Barr Barr Lima Fred Hunker Herbert Dailey Dailey Ohio Contractors Association Pomeroy South East Ohio Mce C. N. Wagner John Phillips

Ohio University to welcome notable attendees this year

George Baer Phillips Marion Leitwiler Allen Chase John Lutz and Edgar Gilmore will attend Ohio University at Athens this year.

Melon Banquet Set By Fides Lodge No 210

Middleport reports the annual watermelon banquet of Fides Lodge No 210 Knights of Pythias will be held at the lodge club rooms tomorrow night. The event is a major seasonal occasion with preselected melons kept in cold storage. Grand Lodge convention in Cincinnati looms with lodge members set to discuss business before the melon cutting. J. H. Grate and T. H. Mills will attend Cincinnati representing the lodge.

Middleport Fides Lodge No Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Cincinnati Fides Lodge J. H. Grate T. H. Mills

Bucyrus Team to Play Hobson Nine at Pythian Park

The famous Bucyrus team will face Hobson of the New York Central lines this Saturday September 25 at Pythian Park Pomeroy. The Hobson club earlier traveled to Glouster to challenge Bucyrus with some dispute over fairness. Bucyrus won the latest game.

Pomeroy Bucyrus Hobson New York Central Pythian Park Glouster

Poindexters Leave for California from Middleport

Dr. Katherine Poindexter and her mother Mrs. Mariam Daniels departed Middleport for San Francisco California. Mrs Daniels has spent the summer with relatives in Pomeroy and Middleport and the party was seen off in Columbus by Dr. C A Poindexter.

California Middleport Katherine Poindexter Mariam Daniels San Francisco Cal

Officials bring in many squirrels on opening day

On opening day in Pomeroy deputies and officials visited county sites collecting squirrels. Deputy Art Tracy and Marshal Bay Roush led the group returning with five each to show County Farm Agent George W. Kreitler and Treasurer J. S. Hartenbach who had no squirrel tally.

Pomeroy Art Tracy Marshal Bay Roush George W. Kreitler J. S. Hartenbach T. W. Bengel Harry Rice McCullough

Postponed City Council Meeting in Pomeroy

The regular city council meeting in Pomeroy scheduled for this evening at City Hall has been postponed to next Thursday. Councilman NeNames is noted in the report.

Pomeroy NeNames

Marriage Licenses and Local Death in Pomeroy

Marriage licenses were issued to Joseph Sheline, 28, painter, Gail Polis, and Bessie Evans, 27, daughter of William H. Harrison, all in Pomeroy. J. R. Myers, 63, and Jessie McCall, 42, were wed in the probate court room by Rev. Kenneth Reed. Mrs Williamson of Salem Center died at her daughter’s home, found dead by relatives.

Pomeroy Joseph Sheline Bessie Evans William H. Harrison Justice French J. R. Myers Jessie McCell Probate Kenneth Reed O. H. FE Gallipolis Jessie McCall

German Economy Shows Improvement Say Berlin Attaché

Fayette W. Allport, American attache in Berlin, reports a notable improvement in German commercial and industrial conditions. He notes a distinct turn for the better amid ongoing remedies, reflecting hopeful economic signs.

Fayette W. Allport Berlin

Bicycle boom in Japan surpasses four million use

Commerce Department figures show over 4,000,000 bicycles in use in Japan an increase of 1,090,000 since 1925. Estimated one bicycle for every 17 Japanese with most used for commerce and largely domestically produced. Porto Rican immigrants in Cuba admitted to the U S confirm citizenship exemption under immigration laws.

Department of the Interior United States Charles H. Burke Japan Department of Commerce Cuba Roce Dan White

They Never Knew praised by reader in California

O G Monetti of Miami California writes that the novel They Never Knew caused tomato plants to bear canned like barrels and roots to carry tomatoes, expressing high praise for the work.

Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Varicose Vein Relief

The ad touts Moone's Emerald Oil a two ounce bottle claimed to reduce swollen veins and piles with nightly applications. It promises quick, ongoing improvement and a full refund if unsatisfied, noting the product is a powerful germicide and long lasting.

Moone

Ku Klux Klan Plans Active Role in 1928 Campaign

Washington reports the Ku Klux Klan will actively participate in the 1928 campaign while Imperial Wizard Hiram Ewang states the group will back "the man, not the issue."

KLAN Washington Ku Klux Klan Hiram Ewang

Also Mentioned on This Page

Plan Farmers’ Institutes Arthur ®Kinner Hugh Clifton Helens New York Ohio Hobson Nine Tracy Marshall Bay John Flint Union Avenue John Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Kuppenheimer Trojan Baldwin Adlers Collegiate Suits Burnett-Smith Clerk Faris Smithsonian Institute Earth Department of Labor Missioner of Indian O. G. Monetti Miami Calif Nelsonville Logan Columbus Union Depot Hocking Valleyry Mussolini Earbury Learbury Stewarts BY Tom Sims Charlie Chaplin Gulliver the Athens Messenger
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