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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1927
Page
11
The new Ford launched a massive five day advertising blitz costing 1 300 000 dollars, with full page ads in about 2 000 daily papers across the United States and Canada. Dealers added publicity bringing total to 1 700 000 dollars. The effort focused solely on daily newspapers.
Mrs. Mary D. Ballenger and her daughter Mrs. Mary Bryan died when their car was struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania freight train in London Ohio. Ballenger was killed instantly. Bryan died about two hours later. Mrs. Bryan had been elected clerk of Union township and was among several women office holders in Madison county.
Tony Harrison loses his father to a poker game in Caldwell Kansas and Pawnee Bill befriends him at the Bar K ranch. Craig discusses a cattle buying plan and a Bar K return while editor John Blake probes Oasis saloon links. A Caldwell Tribune editorial tease foreshadows future trouble.
Nennett J. Doty of Biloxi was formally released from the French Foreign Legion in Marseille. He received a passport and plans to depart for Paris Wednesday en route to the United States.
President George W. Rightmire of Ohio State University collapsed in Portsmouth after delivering three speeches in one day. Doctors say his condition is not serious.
In New York on December 6 the Spirit of St Louis, Charles A Lindbergh’s famed plane, struck a rut during a landing at Teterboro airport New Jersey bending a propeller blade after a test flight.
Cleveland hosts 500 Ohio dentists for the sixty second annual Ohio State Dental Society convention. The conference will run through Wednesday with new procedures in dental practice to be discussed.
Don C. Wolf as executor sues Charles I Wolf and others in case No 674 in the Probate Court of Athens County Ohio alleging the decedent Finley J Wolf died insolvent. Real estate includes Bretland Lick Run lots 42 and 43 in York Township and a half interest in 40 acres in Starr Township Hocking County. Defendants Will Wolf Ola Panck and Virgil Wolf Burnett must answer by December 21, 1927.
Ashford Hankeison is appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of George Hankeison, late of Athens County, Ohio, deceased. Dated this 21st day of November, A. D. 1927. M. Johnson, Probate Judge of said County.
Joseph N. Howell of 166 Lancaster St Athens Ohio has been appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Bertrand Clermont Howell late of Athens County Ohio deceased. Dated this 19th day of November 1097. S. M. Johnson, 41-22-3 or w
A dense page of radio program schedules across multiple stations including WEAF WJZ WLS and WTAM with orchestras talks concerts and NBC features. It also notes an upcoming Weber opera Der Freischuetz to be broadcast and a county court motion in Toledo regarding a post office site.
An advertisement touts Pinex pine extract as a rapid cough and bronchial remedy. It markets a 2½ ounce Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar or honey syrup, promising relief within 24 hours and refunds if unsatisfied. The notice urges asking pharmacists for Pinex and notes the Pineex Co of Pt Wayne Tod.
A garbled puzzle page listing clues and word fragments in horizontal and vertical orientations. It includes references to time, astronomy, units, music notes, and various common nouns, creating a dense wordplay puzzle with scattered thematic hints.
A vintage parent guide touts California Fig Syrup as a cure for biliousness and a laxative aid for children. It claims a pure vegetable formula, gentle to both kids and adults, with a fruity taste and cautions buyers to seek genuine California Syrup.
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