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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1929
Page
11
Classified rates show monthly discounts and multi insertion offers. The Messenger lists car ads, services, and goods with 11:30 a.m. deadline and adjustments for errors, plus contact details and district pricing.
A dense OCR of a classifieds page listing categories for announcements, trades, employment, instruction, pets, vehicles, merchandise, real estate, and services. The fragment shows sections and misread headings, illustrating a broad local listings format and typical ad categories.
A long land description details two tracts in Athens County Ohio with measurements in chains and links, including northern and western bounds, acreage totals, and related property boundaries. The notice also covers a transfer petition for transportation certificates and a bank proposal call for Ames Township and Ames School District funds.
Grain prices for wheat rye oats and timothy are listed with cash and futures, plus butter poultry and potatoes. Regional livestock bids show hogs cattle calves and sheep values at Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Chicago markets. Prices from Boston to New York include wool, butter, eggs, and cheese with commodity group notes.
Vercoe and Co noon prices list diverse NYS stocks across rails, utilities, industry and consumer goods. Notable entries include Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Coca Cola, International Harvester, Westinghouse, Montgomery Ward, and Pan American, with several names shown as no sales or partial activity.
William Badwell of Nelsonville was arrested Monday afternoon on an order from the Probate Court by Sheriff William Williams on a charge of contributing to delinquency.
The article notes a sunlit morning ending days of cloud cover as Old Man Sun peeks through. Athens enjoys spring like warmth after a cold spell with snow melting and a thermometer at 45 degrees Fahrenheit around 7 PM, with no immediate temperature rise forecast.
Santa Claus visited a Salvation Army gathering at the new Army home on West Union Street. Capt. Richard Benton led a program with singing recitations and a "One Day In School" performance as caregivers and volunteers distributed candy and toys to needy children. A watch night service began at 10:30 PM and continued into the new year, launching the Jubilee Campaign with weeks of programs scheduled.
A fragmented item indicates a man was placed in County Jail pending arraignment in Probate Court. The sparse text shows detention awaiting formal procedures. Further details are not readable in the excerpt.
Albin W. Norblad, 48, attorney of Antonia Oregon, becomes Oregon's governor after the death of Isaac L. Patterson. Norblad previously presided over the state senate and accedes to office automatically as president of the senate.
Daily northbound trains depart Athena at 10:33 a m and 7:11 p m with southbound service at 11:69 a m and 6:15 p m. Valley line No 83 leaves Athens at 1:38 and No 37 at 8:30 p m with freight No 30 arriving Athens 11th at 9:18 p m on Train No 34 daily. Baltimore & Ohio Weather and timetable references.
Lionhearted cameramen travel with cameras through Animal Land to capture odd shots for The Messenger and NEA Service. They photograph varied beasts in quirky settings, including an Iroquois maiden cradling a rare animal in Northern Quebec. The piece ends recalling the late Mr.
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