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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1931
Page
11
Classified page outlines cash rates with 20 percent discount on a trio of insertions and six-day payment window, plus monthly yearly specials. Ads due by 11 30 A M for same day classification. errors settled if not user fault. Various listings include lumber, coal, feed, apartments and auto services with contact details.
A dense list of auto repair, washing, painting, brick work, vault cleaning, jars, lawn mowers, granite items, home repairs, and hardware offers. Businesses include Linncott's Garage on Chestnut Street, Beasley Service Station, G. W Shaner vault services, Carlco hardware, Kerr Hardware, Sayre stores and Hopkins Radio Shop. Multiple phone numbers and locations appear throughout.
Guthrie's Algeo Motor Sales Co advertises a Pontiag-1020 sedan with new tires priced at $395 and a 1928 Oakland cabriolet with six wire wheels available for a $150 down payment.
Classified notes show 1929 Chevrolet coach for 300 dollars and coupe for 365, Ford Model A sport coupe 425, Tudor 375, 1998 Pontiac coupe 278. Also mentions 1929 Chevrolet trucks sold to Athens Umplement and "Athens Junk Co" with parts for ton and half tracks.
A page of opportunity news outlines savings in multiple areas and urges readers to set aside time to read, emphasizing practical ways to stretch budgets and find value.
The Wickersham Commission finds inefficient and wasteful crime fighting costs in 300 cities. Jersey City tops per capita spending at 11.30 dollars yearly, with Boston Philadelphia Hoboken Detroit and more among the high-cost locales. The average and many figures rely on the 1950 census data, urging further study to identify value for money.
Knights Templar of Ohio cancel the three day annual con clave set for Sept 22–24 and announce a single meeting on Sept 23 due to financial strains from Toledo bank closings. Grand Commander Robert J. West says no social activities will accompany the session.
Columbus August 20 Plans for state wide poor and unemployment relief for the coming winter to be considered at an executive session of Governor White's emergency relief committee. Ad Gen Frank D Menderson chairs the committee which includes cabinet members. Meeting at 3 30.
Creditors must present claims to the Ville National Bank within three months from April 27, 1931. Claims not filed by the deadline may be rejected. Official action of the Currency Bureau governs this notice and timing.
Sheriff Wayne Wingett traveled to Louisville to arrest Lincoln Stanley of Mechanicsburg. He was held there with a local National Guard unit at Camp Knox and escorted back to Athens to face the statutory charge brought by Leona Perry.
Ruth Jayne Cranmer's arraignment on the Roy T. Yates shooting case was postponed for 94 hours after she fainted on the stand. Recommitted to the women's prison without bail, Judge Michael Ford warned her attorney Ferdinand Pecora that bail would be set so high it would amount to keeping her jailed.
Deputies head toward Peavine Creek region after reports that about one hundred men gathered near the Morris farmers home following the killing of Elmer Van Dyne. Van Dyne, who urged his estranged wife Laura Morris Van Dyne to return home, was beaten to death with stove wood. The Morris brothers were released on $3,000 bond for second degree murder.
Mike Casey of Sharonville faces manslaughter charges in the death of Ruchelle Lamb near Middletown after her injuries from being struck by a vehicle. He is charged with reckless driving and expected to be charged with manslaughter.
The tri metered transport plane of Ernest Jahncke assistant secretary of the navy was forced down in Lima Ohio by bad weather. Jahncke, traveling from Milwaukee to Washington, continued by train.
A compact note traces a whimsical title tied to Cowan Nickels and a phrase about dimes and affluence for a night, suggesting a light feature or literary snippet from a bygone column.
The readable text is garbled and fragmentary, with no clear event, names, places, dates, or actions to summarize into a valid newspaper card.
Coolville resident Golden was arraigned before Magistrate C. Porter on assault and battery and intoxication charges following a Wednesday night arrest by Sheriff Wayne Wingett. He allegedly struck 70 year old Frank Maxon after attempting to pull flowers fromMaxon’s yard, leaving Maxon with a head wound treated by Dr. Westervelt.
Readable text shows garbled numbers and names. no coherent event or entities can be confirmed from the fragment. Accurate summary cannot be produced from the corrupted OCR.
Columbus Aug. day plans to receive bids for highway construction aid projects in over 80 counties. Projects total about 2 088 742 dollars with work to be awarded tomorrow. Major item is the South Bridge over the Ohio River at Athens and is expected to attract several bidders.
A dance contest contestant named Birch and his wife, Jimmie Paseo, attempted a ocean swim marathon after a June 28 rule, but both were swept out. Birch’s body was recovered two days later while his wife was not found.
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