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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
3
Athens councilman R A Dalton warned at Hotel Berry that a proposed Ohio Legislature bill would cut municipal shares of gasoline tax, forcing higher local taxes or poorer streets. He noted Athens has received 33 440 since 1925 from state warrants based on Kens County gas usage.
Fred Beckler a local contractor said the proposed measure aims to spark citizen interest inOhio highways and good roads though he doubted it would pass in the Legislature. The Mardis freight rate bill hearing is set for February 13 in Columbus. Plans for World Airplane Corp include a ground school and a Mineral plant with Athens as the base.
A terrific explosion at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company coal pulverizing plant in Akron last midnight caused extensive damage and left one man injured. Authorities reported no other casualties.
Athens doctors endorse home use of Ayer’s Pectoral to treat colds rapidly. Mrs. Alice McNeil followed double strength doses and reported instant relief from congestion fever and aches, with the cold clearing within a day. The ad notes daily certified by physicians and lists price 60 cents or hospital size.
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Col. Charles A. Lindbergh rests in Cristobal after delivering the first air mail from the United States to the Panama Canal Zone. He plans recreation before Sunday's return flight to Miami. The welcomed flyer, in the Sikorsky amphibian, waved to about 2,000 spectators at France Field.
Harold Evans announces The Revelers founded 1925 and revived last year will join the broader Playshop. The department now includes scene building lighting directing play writing and costuming. In March a first one act play by Alan Maguire will be produced with more works in preparation excluding The Comedians annual men’s musical.
Martin Jensen, flying the Green Flash, abandoned his solo endurance record attempt after a fuel shortage forced an emergency landing at Mitchell Field. He took off from Roosevelt Field at 9 04 05 a m yesterday and landed at 2 10 a m today, failing to surpass Royal Thomas's 35 1 3 hour mark.
Freshman athletes at the University of Wisconsin who do not pass their work will not be given numerals or sweaters by the athletic association.
Science at St Louis University claims to have trained an ordinary English sparrow to sing and act like a canary. Father Hubert Gruender says sparrows learn harsh voices and rough behavior from slum surroundings, not genetics. Six months with two pure-bred German canaries yielded a tame, refined bird with neat plumage.
Columbus Feb 7 Earle Rutledge Kenton newspaper publisher or former State Senator A Ross Ake Canton are the leading candidates to succeed Bert B Buckley as state treasurer. Governor Myers Y Cooper and the Republican State Central Committee met in a closed session to choose Buckleys successor with the appointment expected today. Buckley resigned at the governors request after federal court conviction on attempted bribery charges, and impeachment proceedings were looming.
An ad touts a simple compound in tablet form to cure colds quickly. It claims anyone can shake off a cold in hours without "doping," promotes Pape's Cold Compound available in drugstores for 35 cents per package, and promises relief from sore throat and stuffed head.
Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholds the Riggs Tuberculin Testing Law as constitutional in key provisions. It also sustains the appraisal section for condemned cattle, with 75 a area testing triggers quarantine and 90 percent completion allowing compulsory testing. The case involved Dorsey Honeyman and William Kroplin, Miami County cattle raisers.
A church revival begins Sunday February 10 at the Central Avenue MBE Church Athens. Pastor Rev I P Day assisted by Rev Dr Andrew Johnson author scholar and evangelist. Johnson preaches February 15 to March 3 with daily 7 PM services and special music led by G W Pierce.
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