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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1927
Page
11
The Athens Messenger advertises a classification system with alphabetical headings, three line minimum, and rate rules for short term, irregular, and paid-in-advance ads. It notes editors may edit or reject copy and outlines billing adjustments for three or six day runs and telephonic orders.
Athens Messenger page filled with scattered notices and ads including farm bureau booth invites, epilepsy treatment claim, school bid ads for pupil transportation, lost and found items, auto listings from MacCune Overland Co and Algeo Motor Sales, poultry and feed ads, real estate for rent and sale, and hotel and lodging notices. Dense with named firms like Hunter Laboratories, The Plains Board of Education, Chauncey Feeds, Barry Barstow, Athens Chick Hatchery, and Barry Barstow, plus locations Athens and surrounding areas.
Social notes mention Harold Wise coaching at Athens High School after a Notre Dame course. Miss Mary Virginia Hewitt visited Mrs. Dasa Long in Nelsonville. Local service stations advertise fuel and car care, while merchants list canned goods, hardware, and clothing specials. Pauline Swanson Erma Batts Elizabeth Foley return from Columbus visit with Mrs. Cline.
Sneezing and hay fever patients from across the country flock to Duluth for the interstate hay fever association annual meeting at the Hotel Duluth. Kansas City banker E. J. Thorn will arrive to finalize plans and elect officers. O S Durinham, another Kansas City expert, will discuss pollen based remedies as weathered winds carry pollen. attendees will endure four to eight weeks of events at the lakeside gathering.
Frederick J. Gaskin answers questions on trademarks and house boat history. He notes a trader’s name must avoid confusion with existing marks and explains court reasoning on infringement. He adds that Mississippi house boats emerged around 1770 to sell merchandise.
A certified check for 36000 dollars was received amid railroad time card notes and depart times. The record lists Athens as a leaving point at 7 22 and a 2 35 departure for another service, with Chicago referenced in the report.
The article notes a major ticket sale by Tex Rickard for the Tunney Dempsey heavyweight bout. St. Louis night fans receive the largest single sale by the promoter. General seating from 40 to 5 dollars is approved by the boxing commission.
Athens officials fined two men for alcohol related violations. James Brooks, a painter, paid 108.20 dollars after intoxication charges and license suspension of 90 days. Harry Mitchell also faced a 26 dollar fine with costs. both men were jailed briefly and Brooks released. Authorities cited arrest data and police reports.
An earthquake at 12 04 p m in Eureka caused shaken buildings broken windows and fainting among women. No fatalities reported though communications lines were disrupted for hours. The tremor was the strongest since 1906. In St Louis a plane crash killed Lt George Stumpf and injured Lt Cliff Hutchinson. Funeral services for inventor William Grothe will be held at 2 30 p m in Cleveland.
A three year old Mil dred Bozzer died at Charity hospital from burns after clothes were set alight by matches while playing with her brother Franklin five at their home. Fielding Maness aged twenty one months underwent a tracheotomy to remove a button and wedding ring from his lungs. The Communist newspaper L Humanite threatened reprisals against American Legion members if Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed.
Aug 20 Columbus saw 30 Ohio National Guardsmen placed on duty around the state house governor mansion and state arsenal as a precaution against Sacco Vanzetti sympathy demonstrations. Some guardsmen in plain clothes. They are from Company 1 126th Infantry under Lt H L Hays.
Rapid City, Aug 20. Women of the Congregational church say they wasted 260 spent on a new carpet and improvements after President Coolidge chose Hermosa for his summer worship. They planned to invite him and hoped he would attend here more often, now they plan to raise the issue with Senator Norbeck to urge his church visit.
Quiet prevailed today in Ohio mining districts per Adjutant General Frank D Henderson. National guard observers report all strip mines except one in Harritop county operating smoothly. the idle mine will resume once replacements for workers who quit earlier in the week can be found.
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