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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1931
Page
9
A dense ad and notices page outlines advertising rates with payment terms, deadlines, and penalties. It lists service categories including furniture upholstery, building materials, livestock, real estate, and employment ads. Legal notices, marriage licenses, and obituaries appear among miscellaneous public notices and market data.
The edition details varied price moves in stocks and produce markets with receipts for butter, eggs, and pork. It notes steady to firmer benchmarks in some items while others ease, listing prices and market colors from Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. Strong entities include Pennsylvanian pipelines and Tide brands among others.
A garbled ad from 82 East Mulberry Sho Mansfield lists a heater for sale. Seven people showed interest and the heater is sold to one buyer after calls to local Athens area numbers.
Dee Francisco, a blonde candy store clerk, faced a would be robber today. The assailant leveled a gun demanding currency but fled as the clerk resisted and shouted.
Two candidates filed petitions at the office of David Johnson, clerk of the election board, seeking Republican primaries in May. KL Mardis and Charis Dhugherty join the field for state representative, while Bala of 1952 automobile license firm and C.D. Shafter Co. made forest equipment purchases.
In Sharpaburg, Frank Holcomb pleaded guilty to intoxication before a magistrate after a Sunday arrest by Joe Johia. The court fined him ten dollars plus costs. Other defendants appear to face charges tied to a protest and a hunting matter at an unspecified location.
Royal nurse princess Jennie Urowar, daughter of Charlew Brower Hing, from northern Alabama, served as a nurse at a Berkeley hospital. Her father moved fortune away from the fur trade, but relatives mention activities at Point Barrow, the northernmost point in Alaska.
A film star seen in Havana bar moments, blending music life with screen fame. The camera captures a relaxed moment, showing star Aimaelf-In enjoying a casual pause from concerts and performances.
A chartered five passenger flight from Nassau to Miami made a forced landing near Andros Island after a baby opened a fuel petcock causing fuel to dump into the ses. Pilot Ad dia Stafford and four others, including two children, were aboard. All survived and reached Nassau safely a few hours later.
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