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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1929
Page
9
A historical column lists numerous small business categories from 18 to 31 including cleaning, heating, insurance, printing, and tailoring, plus 32 to 37 employment and 41 financials. It outlines rooms, board, real estate rentals, and sales, with scattered references to mortgages, loans, and notices for rooms or property.
A cluttered page lists low price 1929 cars including Buick Whippet first series coach at 385 and Studebaker Dictator with 8009 miles at 700. It also flags Ford and Dodge touring models and tire shop details. Subsequent lines present a packed agricultural and livestock market report with cattle sheep butter and egg prices, receipts, and market tone, plus regional wool and utility stock notes and company listings.
The Probate Court of Athens County has filed accounts with hearings pending publication and exceptions until September 3 at 9 00 AM. Names include Hall Rowland administrator for Alexander J Hayes and Luella D Grones administrator for Addie Norris among others with first final or amended accounts dated July through August 1929. Judge M Johnson presides.
A historic look at the United States Steel Corporation from 1901 to 1929. Morgan’s advice echoed as the firm grew from $9 shares in 1904 to near $250, with value leaping from about $43 million to roughly $2 billion. Dividends ran in most years. 1929 first half earnings doubled 1928.
Dr JH Berry heads dedication events at Apple Creek six miles from Wooster for a new state hospital to serve northern Ohio. Governor Cooper spoke at the forenoon ceremony and dinner, with 560 guests. The facility will house about 2000 inmates. a companion institution at Lebanon will serve southern residents.
The Ohio University Board of Administration announced an extra assistant professorship in the Dee partment of Psychology to meet rapid growth. Thurman C. Scott will fill the position, arriving from Princeton University where he taught in the experimental psychology course. Scott holds a PhD from Princeton in 1929 and degrees from the University of Virginia. He previously taught at Mercersburg Academy and the University of Virginia.
Joseph Gross a Louisville Kentucky airplane pilot and three passengers died when his plane crashed in a forested German mountain near Fulda in fog. One other person was seriously injured in the Aug 24 crash en route to Frankfurt am Main.
Qualifying rounds for the Athens Country Club Championship for women run August 26 to 28 with sixteen players qualifying. Elimination matches follow from September 10 to October 2.
Washington reports to the pace of tariff action as Republican leaders threaten to delay the measure if Congress fails to pass it by January 1. Democrats fear post election stalling while farm bloc Republicans push for agricultural provisions. Leaders warn the bill must advance soon or be blamed for its fate. The Senate opens September 4 and the Hawley Bill faces opposition and likely changes in conference.
A Greyhound bus traveling from Cleveland to Pittsburgh left the highway at Emsworth and crashed into three telephone poles. Twenty four people were injured. fourteen taken to hospital, ten treated at the scene.
A munitions dump near Nanking exploded causing 17 deaths and millions in damage. Fifty nearby houses were leveled and the city imposed martial law as the blasts terrified the populace.
Revival services will run nightly this week at the Pres oressian Church in Albany with Mrs. Kimmey preaching Monday and Tuesday evenings in Rev. Pugh’s absence. An all day meeting is planned for next Sunday. Trains schedule lists multiple departures from Athens including No 3 at 10:32 p m and No 9 at 7:14 p m daily, with several other northbound and southbound options and a Baltimore & Ohio connection.
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