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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1931
Page
11
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A Brown County jury awarded the Maysville Bridge Company between 500 and 600 dollars for a quarter acre of land needed for an approach to Kentucky’s Toll Bridge linking Aberdeen, Ohio, with Maysville, Kentucky. The company sought 25,000 dollars. the state condemned the property after Illinois? The land had reportedly been purchased for 250 dollars with the state offering 300 dollars earlier.
Tulsa, Aug. 20. A suburban filling station posted a sign claiming the gasoline tax and price breakdown as “Sad but true Alfalfa Bill 5 cents Phillips Petroleum Company 4 cents Me 2 cents total 11 cents per gallon.”
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company will operate units within Sears Roebuck stores in Cincinnati Chicago and Minneapolis as announced by president Albert H Morrill. Additional departments will open in Kansas City Memphis and two St Louis stores within a month with Detroit stores also expanding. Eight or ten more major city units are under consideration with equipment costs around 50 000 to 75 000. Kroger will handle operation and servicing.
A fragmented letter discusses surplus wheat, planting plans for next year, and a cautious market outlook. It mentions McKelvie and Long, unnamed corn concerns, and a vague plan to avoid layoffs while pursuing prosperity. The reader references evolving schemes and market conditions.
Athens chapter members outline progress on a lake project in Waterloo Township. Eight workers cleared land, burned brush, and marked the site for a dammed lake of about 18 acres fed by cold springs on a Waltonians farm. John Wapean explains the plan and aims to show details at a chapter meeting.
Fair official Frank Biddle warns that only five days remain to enter exhibits for the Athens County Fair. Entries close at noon August 24 and may be submitted in the Courthouse office of David Johnson, with encouragement for women to enter fancy work and baked goods promptly.
Rome reports an early settlement is anticipated as the way is cleared for renewal of negotiations between the Vatican and Italy regarding their long standing dispute.
Jean Hersholt, famed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer character actor, is filming between scenes with Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox. The note mentions a new book on obscure justice of stamps and hints at ongoing studio activity and industry talk.
The late Harriet Hector, famed dancer, used about 600 slippers yearly. She has worn 10,000 pairs and spent roughly 5,000 dollars on them during her dancing career, she said recently.
The text reads as fragmented notes urging caution amid debates on aging and authority, with unclear context and several garbled phrases. It mentions Ras and Wile as potential figures involved, but specifics are not recoverable from the OCR.
Six thousand striking miners confront the Tom Corwina in a tense labor scene. Reports describe halted operations and escalating tensions between workers and company guards amid a dispute over pay and safety.
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