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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1931
Page
2
OCR fragment mentions public school funding and a call to reduce expenses. It references a September date and a commentary by a columnist. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear names or places.
Work to begin on three bridges along the road from Pomeroy to Carpenter. A concrete bridge will be built at Rutland over Little Creek replacing a narrow iron span. Two additional bridges will be erected between Harrisonville and Carpenter as part of paving the thoroughfare with a new concrete road.
Mrs G E Russell called to Gallipolis Saturday for a special case at Holzer Hospital. Many relatives and friends arrived from Parkersburg Cincinnati and Milwaukee to visit or attend events. The Whatsoever Class meets at 7 45 pm at the Presbyterian Bible School. Arthur Covert returns home after three weeks in Mt. Carmel Hospital.
Mayor C J Bacon visits Pomeroy as Hysels relocate from fire damaged Thomas Fork store. Ohio River traffic shows 27 456 passengers in August per government report. France notes pigs kept in homes. In Pomeroy Upper Second Street autos under houses. Rutland reports typhoid in three cases with water at Rutland High School Building condemned. Hickory walnut pawpaw crops strong in forests. Middleport five released with no charges. Will Koester and wife visiting in Pomeroy. Persimmons plentiful hint at fat possums. Portland Bottom road to be Meigs longest straight. Dale Willis jailed briefly in Pomeroy.
Co A Hartley staff correspondent requests society and locals use the desk and provides contact numbers for circulation and classified advertising. John Sauvage is listed for Messenger ads and circulation questions with a phone contact.
Officers say Malcolm Hartley visited Pomeroy on Sunday with relatives after driving from Columbus via Ironton. In Lawrence County he reported passing numerous apple orchards and observing trees breaking under heavy fruit load.
C W Jones reports a hunting scene in Salem Township where a beech tree held squirrels and three crows. He fired at the bickering group and killed a squirrel and the three crows with one shot, then continued to shoot a nineteen pound groundhog.
Joseph Henry Easter 27 a farmer from Ripley West Virginia and Rebecca Lucile Duncan 21 born Marlington West Virginia but resident of Pomeroy were married after obtaining a license on a Saturday afternoon and departed together.
Captain Hugh Duncan Grant of Armstrong Seadrome Ocean Airways outlined a plan for eight floating islands to connect Europe and America. The first seadrome 1100 feet long and 340 wide will sit 70 feet above the sea, anchored southeast of New York, with service between New York and London on 18 to 30 hours.
Mrs. Andrew Nelson, mother of six, recovered after cortin gland extract for Addison's Disease was airlifted from Buffalo and later supplemented by cortex from Mayo Clinic. Doctors say she may soon be strong enough for discharge, though infection fears keep visitors cloaked in surgical garments.
Dr. E B Bryan president of Ohio University spoke at Alumni Memorial Auditorium on Sunday night outlining three ideals of greatness: right thinking good will and sane emotions. He cited Jesus as the greatest man and noted the world honors others without worship. The service drew 300 students and townspeople with church pastors attending and the Ohio University Girls Glee Club performing.
A swarm of bees stung a cow owned by Richard Johns, railway agent at Rock Creek, near here. The animal died despite veterinary efforts after suffering stings all over its body.
Santiago Chile Sept 26 It was understood today that the flagship of the Chilean battle fleet the Almirante La Torre was put up for sale as a measure of economy.
Paul Weiss of Elba won a silver cup prize at the Barlow Fair in Marietta drawing a crowd of over 3000 as he out fiddled more than a half dozen rivals. Roger McGiffen presented the trophy and Weiss thanked the audience.
Governor White proposes designating two through Federal routes between Cleveland and Toledo. U S Route 2 North would pass through Lorain Vermilion Sandusky Fort Clinton and Toledo. U S Route 20 South would run via Elyria Norwalk and Fremont. Route 20 Association protests the plan in Norwalk as Sandusky Bay toll bridge concerns arise.
Ohio dairy trade improves with firmer milk prices and lower oversupply. Butterfat around 30 cents per pound, with declines in past production due to hot weather and poor pasture. Exports fall versus 1930, oleomargarine output down, and cow prices down to 48 dollars per head signaling tighter dairy herd development.
Columbus reports Ohio consumes more than 70 million tons of coal annually per a pamphlet titled Smoke and Its Prevention from Ohio State University engineering experiment station. The department urges readers to study the pamphlet.
An advertisement asserts piles result from poor blood circulation and warns against salves or cutting. It promotes Dr. Leonhardt's Hemroid tablets as an internal remedy that removes congestion restores circulation and strengthens affected parts.
Kansas City report notes Roosevelt's hoped for Democratic nomination fading in the Southwest. James A Reed, ex senator from Missouri, and Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray enter the race, while Missouri Roosevelt clubs retreat. Reed and Murray avoid firm announcements as they campaign across four states.
W R Kearns of Athens was arraigned in Squire O Neill's court on a charge of passing a worthless check at Barnes Clothing Store. He pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury, released on bond of 200 dollars after waiving exam. Authorities say the check totaled 28 20.
Parkersburg West Virginia September 28 Pure grit saved Claud Alkire a grocery delivery boy forty dollars held up at night The robber grabbed the money sack and ran Alkire chased him for two blocks The thief warned I will shoot but Alkire pursued and the robber threw the sack before disappearing into a dark alley Police found no trace of him
Lancaster George Morrison 45 night watchman at Eagle Machine Works was struck on the head with an iron bar by a prowler during rounds early Sunday. He summoned police. no arrests. Police believe the attacker intended to blow the office safe if Morrison had been knocked unconscious.
Felix Lowy, vice-president of Colgate Palmolive Peet Company, argues no organization can grow too large or product too entrenched to justify a niggardly advertising policy.
Washington sources say President Hoover's advisers urge a tax rise as Treasury studies near completion. With the deficit around 1.0 to 1.5 billion dollars, officials worry about voter backlash next year, while Mellon waits for official results before commenting.
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