Athens County Fair Opens With Busy Preparations
The Athens County Fair at the fair grounds gears up for a four day run Tuesday through Friday with tents and stands rising, horses and livestock on display, and night programs including fireworks. Children from the Athens County Children's Home and patients from the Athens State Hospital are set to attend Wednesday.
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Children’s Home
State Hospital
Athens County Fair Grounds
Hocking Valley
Mrs. Jones
Little Joneses
Grandpa
Grandma Jones
Athens County
Athens County Children's Home
Athens State Hospital
Income Taxes Paid Are Largest Ever
Federal income tax payments in Ohio for the 1929 fiscal year totaled 121,821,512.04 dollars, the largest on record, up seven percent from 1928 and matching the national average. In 1928 receipts were 113,764,003 dollars and in 1927 they reached 117,649,59 dollars.
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Cleveland
Aut
U.S
Ohio
Treasury
Police Kill Robber During Shoe Store Hold Up
Detroit policeman hiding in a stove fatally shot one of two bandits who attempted a shoe store holdup. The other robber escaped after the confrontation. The slain suspect died at the scene, leaving investigators to pursue the surviving assailant.
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Detroit
U.P
White Shetland pony for sale and peaches for sale
Classified notes offer a gentle White Shetland pony for sale and Elberta peaches at 1 dollar a bushel near Millfield. A five or six room house is wanted for rent with possession possible now or by mid September.
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Millfield
18 Day Diet Plan Promoted By Dr Copeland At Athens
The Athens Messenger features Dr Royal S Copeland promoting an 18 day diet with strict rules. Readers are advised to limit fats sugars refined cereals and dairy, skim milk, bran on cereals, thin soups, and frequent light snacks like apples and tomatoes. A sample Wednesday menu includes grapefruit berries coddled egg bran muffins lobster celery cottage cheese bread orange, beef broth roast lamb cauliflower and salad. Exercise urged to aid weight loss.
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Royal S. Copeland
Athens Messenger
Lr. Copeland
Traffic Toll in State Heavy Over Sunday
United Press reports a high number of Ohio deaths from weekend crashes. Dorothy Banga 21 burned after a car overturned near Dayton. driver Philip Hauer and passenger Marjorie Prickkel injured. Additional victims included Frank K. Tharp 62 near Upper Sandusky, Charles W. Haley 24 near Springfield, Paul Paletchek 55 hit on a Warren highway, and Laura Perrigo 52 of Zanesville with two injured daughters Goldie Baldwin 22 and Pearl 11 at Colfax Crossing near Lancaster.
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United Press
Ohio
United Press Today
Dorothy Banga
Dayton
Philip Hauer
Hauer
Marjorie Prickkel
Miss Banga
Frank EK. Tharp
Columbus
Upper Sandusky
Charles W. Haley
Springfield
Paul Paletchek
Warren
Laura Perrigo
Zaneaville
Goldie Baldwin
Canton
Pearl
Colfax Crossing
Lancaster
Baldwin
Intoxication Cases Heard Here Today
Two individuals faced intoxication charges in justice of the peace Carl H. Porter’s office this morning. Asa Sutton of Athens pleaded guilty, paid 25 dollars plus costs, and was discharged. Earl Goodwin, traveling from Akron with county relatives, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 25 dollars and costs, with failure to pay sending him to the county jail. he also pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and was bound over to Common Pleas Court with 400 dollar bond which he did not post.
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Carl H. Porter
Asa Sutton
Athens
Harry 1
Dalton
Court Street
Earl Goodwin
Akron
Wilson C. Ator
Athens County Infirmary
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
Lightning Ignites Copeland Farm Garage Burning Vehicles
Stewart August 19 A lightning strike on the Beebe Road near the Copeland summer home destroyed a two story garage and multiple vehicles including a sedan touring car tractor and other farm machinery. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade but could not prevent the fire which burned from about 3 a m until daylight.
Sins of Civilization and Famous Artists in Nebraska
A brief syndicated column by Arthur Brisbane surveys sins of civilization and mentions Monet Renoir and others, alongside a city note about Nebraska. It references a mayor named Datiman and questions moral standards.
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Monet
Renoir
Nebraska
Mayor Datiman
Civilization as seen from wrecks and art in Chicago
A fragment recounts shipwrecked men praising civilization in pagan Greece and Christians, noting triangles and right angles. It then shifts to landing in Chicago, a drowned Chicago bride in Wisconsin and police hunts for a husband. The piece extols Monet and Renoir paintings in Chicago’s art museum as a vivid lesson in living color.
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Greece
Chicago
Wisconsin
Hearst
Chicago Examiner
Art Museum
Claude Monet
Augustus Renoir
Martin A. Ryerson
Alaska
Renoir
Unfavorable Weather Delays Sun God Refueling Run
Spokane Sun God piloted by Nick Mamer and Art Walker was refueled near Cleveland after stormy conditions delayed their cross country endurance flight toward St Paul. Two refuelings provided 250 gallons of fuel plus breakfasts, as they battled weather and scheduled time.
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Cleveland
U.R
Spokane
Sun God
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
St Paul
Minn
Pennsylvania
Bellefonte
Endurance
Third Offense Liquor Charge Plea Heard In Court
John Duffy Nelsonville proprietor of a shoe shining stand faced a third offense liquor charge. He pled guilty after jury impaneling and evidence introduction in Common Pleas Court. Judge Worstell released him on a 21006 bond to arrange business and return for sentencing next Monday. The business was formerly run by Tom James, twice convicted of selling liquor.
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John Duffy Nelsonville
Common Pleas
TL. G. Worstell
Duffy
Tom James
Lewis Skinner of Athens Arrested for Intoxication
Lewis Skinner of Athens was arrested Friday night by Chief of Police E S Finsterwald and Police Captain Charles Maples on a charge of intoxication. He pleaded guilty before Mayor E F Woodworth Saturday night and paid a fine of five dollars plus costs, then was dismissed.
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Lewis Skinner
Athens
Finsterwald
Po-lce
Charles Maples
EF. ©. Woodworth
Athenian Drivers Injured In Sunday Collision
In Parkerstore area near Athens on Sunday two cars collided injuring four people. Johnson, Daft, Tate and Miss Honshire were hospitalized with cuts bruises and a sprained ankle. Witnesses reported the other driver fled after the crash.
Busy man in Athens names Sanders for fair entries
The Athens scene centers on W. Sanders of Millfield as the rush begins for Athena County Fair entries. He handled last minute inquiries for the $8,000 in premiums and focused on showcasing sheep and embroideries for the event.
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Athens
T. W. Sanders
Millfield
Dog Bites Woman at Athens Fairgrounds During Reunion
At the Hunter reunion at Athens Fairgrounds a Pomeranian Spitz bit Mrs Curtis Grace on both legs while the dog, valued at $1,000, was kept for rabies observation by dog warden Porter Dicken. A veterinarian found no rabies. the dog remains in custody for a few days with six accompanying puppies.
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Union
Curtis Grace
Athens Fairgrounds
Porter Dicken
Athena
Mra. Groce
Mra Groce
Dicken
Ldoemerene Spita
Hastay
Graf's Trip To Japan Is Made in Less Time Than Was Expected
Graf Zeppelin lands in Tokyo at 6 25 p m after 100 hours 48 minutes flight from Friedrichshafen completing another record run. Commander Hugo Eckener credited with pioneering voyage as weather uncertainty and long route posed challenges for the first leg around the world. Thousands crowd the hangar and surrounding area amid rain as news broadcasts confirm the over Japan signal.
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Graf
Japan
Tokio
Augio
Friedriehshafen
Friedrichshafen
Mastern
Lakehurst
N. 4
Hugo Kekener
Doctor Eckener
Doctor Eekener
Woman Hurt in Amesville Car Crash Near Marietta
Mrs. Jank Bean of near Marietta sustained two serious head wounds and body bruises when a touring car driven by B A Coffman collided with a ditch and fence on a Hambleton highway. Coffman and his brother J Frank Coffman suffered minor injuries. Mrs Bean was transported from Amesville to a Columbus hospital and then home for treatment. Her condition was improving but travel to Marietta was delayed several days.
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Jank Bean
Mariella
Mra. Bean
J. Frank Coffin
Amesville
Mean
Howard
Marietta
Coast guard boats resume patrols on Lake Erie off Cleveland
Three coast guard picket boats returned to patrol duties along ram running channels in Lake Erie near Cleveland. Each vessel carries machine guns rifles and revolvers with weapons reissued after removal on July 25 as tensions ease following wartime deployment.
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Cleveland
U.P
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Crown
Death Row Convinces Snook Faces Courtroom Exit
Convicted professor Dr. James Howard Snook awaits execution in Ohio State Penitentiary along with four other death row inmates. Among them Joseph B. Locke and Arthur Maul, each awaiting their own dates, while Rev M Rhodes and inmate Ithodes anticipate spiritual support and camaraderie with Snook. A pending judge ruling on a new trial could alter the timeline as Maul and Locke eye possible last interactions with the condemned scholar.
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Harry Wilson Sharpe
United Press
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
James Howard Snook
Arthur Maul
Snook Snook
Death Row
Locke
Maul
Snook
Chatr
Lee Akern
Ithodes
Jenkins Chosen to Speak at Athens County Graduation
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins of the 16th District will deliver the commencement address for Athens County Schools eighth grade exercises on August 15 in Ohio Universitys Alumni Memorial Auditorium. More than 660 students are expected to participate and invitations will serve as theater tickets for a 10 20 a m all talkie feature at the Majestic Theater. The event occurs with the Athens County Teachers Institute on August 28 and 29. Jenkins previously awarded prizes for best commencement descriptions two years ago.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
16Th Congressional District
Athens County
Poin
Alumni Memorial
Ohio University
Majestic Theater
Athens County Teachers’ Institute
Jenkins
Ship Ogono Sinks Six Minutes After Sighting Grim
Grimiby Aug 19 A U P report details the sinking of the Spanish freighter Ogono in the North Sea thirty miles from the Humber. The vessel carrying 2416 tons of iron ore sank in six minutes. Fifteen of the crew of twenty five were lost. The King's Cross tug rescued one crewman and recovered one body.
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Grimsby
Eng
U.P
Ogono
North Sea
Humber River
King's Cross
Manchuria Sees Soviet Invasion and Mobilization
Soviet forces invaded Manchuria from the west with reports of 150000 Manchurian mobilized troops and ongoing battles near Dalamor Hallar and Manchall. Chinese and Japanese observers note towns occupied and civilians wounded as China and warlord Chang Maueh-Liang reinforce the border with renewed efforts to defend territory.
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Chang Maueh-Liang
Manchuria
Russia
Mukden
Manehalt
Manchall
Hallar
Manchheul
Red
Dalamor
Ree
Beegan
Chang Chang
Manchua
Nanking
Meanewhile
Washington
China
Pole Slips Injures Worker at Frankfort Lumber Yard
Clare Mansfield of 7 Palmer Street sustained facial cuts and a split nose at 10 AM when a telephone pole slipped from a loading chain during hoisting into a freight car at Frankfort Lumber Company yards. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for treatment and is expected to be discharged in a few days.
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Clarence Mansfield
Palmer Street
Frankfort
Glenn Hea Molfield Improves After Hospital Treatment
Glenn Hea Molfield, treated at Shettering Arma Hospital, was reported to be improving Monday morning as doctors monitored his condition.
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Glenn Hea Molfield
Shettering Arma Hospital
Athens Messenger Promotes Dog Breeds Booklet
The United States Government issues an illustrated guide to dog breeds. It details history and characteristics of leading breeds. Readers can request a copy by sending four cents for postage and handling with the coupon.
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United States
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