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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1928

Page

9

Good Things To Eat and Hardware Bargains In August

A collage of ads from Athens Messenger lists grocery and poultry notes, a furniture sale with Velvet Davenport and kitchen cabinets, and a broad August cash sale on hardware including oil cook stores and lawn mowers. Also offered are hay, teeth purchases, housing rooms, and a strip coal land inquiry. The page features local merchants Albany Milling Co and Kerr Hardware Co Athens Ohio.

Athens Messenger Athens Baine Guanty Canaan or__ chard Lewis Jandes Stewart Ohio Martin Kincade Athens R Walnot Athens Furniture Exchange Kerr Hardware Co Lancaster Greenhouse Co Lancaster P. O Wester Metal Company Bloomee Millnots W. Easler Middleport Person Realty Co Oregon Ridge Joe Spisak Millfield R

Local Services Advertised by Pomeroy Firms

Pomeroy business offers upholstering and furniture repair by Wm Hetzel with reasonable rates and phone contact. Painting and car washing by John R ve at 202 Condor Street. House painting promotion at half price, $1.96 per gallon. Carlier Iron advertises cleaning and pressing by French Dry Cleaners in Middleport.

Crippen Athens Armature Purnaces G. H. Marten Athens R. 1 Purnace Millfield Electric Repair CO Weemees & Specialty Long's Barber Shop Wash Ington St Rickett's Pigely Wiggly N. Court Street Wm. Hetzel Pomeroy John R Ve Condor Street C.arlier Iron French Dry Cleaners Middleport

Local Notices Offer Ads and Services in Nelsonville Area

Nelsonville announcements include funeral flowers and a classified ad service in Buchtel, plus a lost tire near Hebbardsville Nelsonville. Automotive listings from The Scott Paint Co and Nelsonville Buick Co advertise used cars and service. A probate notice appoints Carl B. Wharton as administrator and Charles Creesy as executor. Dated August 1928. A separate report notes James Clancy, 55, drowned in Cleveland when he fell through rotten bridge planking into the Cuyahoga River.

Whitmore Buchtel Bartlet Nelsonville Sauters Hebbardsville Atwater Kent Scott Paint & Wall Paper Co Cleveland U.P James Clancy Cuyahoga River

Athens Train Schedule Amid Confusing Times

A garbled timetable shows departures and arrivals to and from Athens with numbers 2 6 33 37 32 and 4 11 p m. The text includes inconsistent days and times such as 11 51 a m 8 44 p m and 5 12 p m with Sunday exceptions unclear.

Athens Peeves Pibens Hocking Valley Pinens Soi Daly

Professor at Ohio University critiques Brisbane writings

Professor C E Cooper of Ohio University urges public scrutiny of Arthur Brisbane's Today column. He questions Brisbane's treatment of Gulf Stream science and climate explanations, noting overstatements about London, Labrador, and Britain’s weather. Cooper calls for accuracy and cautions readers to demand verified facts.

Arthur Brisbane C. E. Cooper Ohio University The Messenger Today Henry Ford Saturn Brisbane Earth Zion City Cooper Athens Messenger Athens Ohio Great Britain Britain London Labrador Scotland Dominions Australia London Bridge Europe Atlantic Ocean England Atlantic

Markets Mixed Prices on Produce and Grains

Markets show mixed activity as New York and Columbus produce reports list varied gains and declines. Grain futures falter on slow demand while Chicago and Cincinnati livestock and produce prices move with sober shifts in butter eggs corn oats and hogs.

New York Pacific Coast Columbus Duchess Maryland Calif Georgia Bu Tennessee Bartlett Chicago U. P Board of Trade

Senator Hardin Marries to Avoid Tax on Bachelors

Jackson Miss Aug 18 State Senator William B Hardin of Mississippi wed Miss Mary Lou Prather of Jackson to dodge a proposed law taxing all single men of age if passed at the last legislature. The bill aimed to raise revenue but would have yielded none if every bachelor chose marriage.

Reap M Zimmerman Pike County Revtine Zimmerman Elizabeth United Brethren Church Leona Gibbs Christ Henry Kent Robert Carbondale Raymond Edwin Carrie Jones William Rosser Marion Johnson Hebardsville Joseph Anderson Ashland Virginia Amby Weillston Abraham Nebraska Alice Bone Jackson Miss William B. Hardin Mississippi Hardin Mary Lou Prather

Classified Display Wanted Opportunity for First Class Salesmen

Short ad notes demand for top sales talent with experience. Emphasizes needing first class men for immediate opportunity in display sales. No other details provided.

Burgett urges motorists to register cars in visiting cities

H N Burgett of the South East Ohio Motor club advises drivers on longer visits to register their vehicles locally and obtain traffic regulations. He says it shows good faith, aids fair judgment in accidents, and supports efforts toward uniform city rules, though it remains optional for short visits.

H. N. Burgett South East Ohio Motor Club Burgett American Automobile Association Motor Club

Longshoreman Sol Erickson Dies by Gas In Rooming House

Sol Erickson a 53 year old longshoreman in New York died by his own action inhaling illuminating gas in a west side rooming house. He was jobless and penniless though he had a $10 000 legacy awaiting in Sweden. The death was a suicide according to police.

New York Sweden Sol Erickson West Side

District Club Urges Adoption of Model Traffic Ordinance

The South East Ohio Motor club backs adoption by district municipalities of the Model Municipal Traffic Ordinance to standardize rules and boost safety. It emphasizes strict observance of traffic signals at intersections and cautions motorists to follow amber warnings and use proper signals when leaving curbs. Cooperation with police and local groups is urged to reduce accidents and enforce safer driving.

South East Ohio Motor Club Committee On National Conference On Street and The Automobile Association H. N. Burgett

Warning issued to look out for check passer

A notice from the American Automobile Association warns touring bureau clerks to watch for A L Phillipa, who uses a Cleveland Automobile Club card to cash small checks. Descriptions label him a first class crook and urge police hold until arrival. The alert, dated in July, comes via Fred Caley and Ernest N. Smith.

H. N. Burgett South East Ohio Motor Club American Automobile Association Washington A. L. Phillipa Cleveland Automobile Club Fred Caley Ernest N. Smith

Man Arrested After Alleged Disturbance in Mechanicsburg

William Bailey asked the sheriff to arrest a neighbor in Mechanisburg claiming threats. Deputies found Bailey had created the disturbance and he was arrested for intoxication and jailed in Athens awaiting arraignment.

William Bailey Mechanicsburg William Williams Wayne Wingett Bailey Athens

Forest Fire Outside Yosemite Out of Control

Forest rangers report a forest fire on the outer edge of Yosemite National Park is out of control. A force of 200 personnel has prevented the blaze from entering the park.

Yosemite, Calif Forest Rangers Yosemite National Park

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