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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1929
Page
9
Bar din Brothers coal ads lead the list with farm and livestock offerings, building materials and services. Numerous notices promote Monuments and Cemetery Lots, apartments, rooms for rent, and real estate sales in Athens and nearby towns.
Numerous ads list used cars from Stratton Motors and Mc’s Chevrolet, a Neu rodyne Plus Philco console radio at $179.50, electric washers with a 10 year guarantee, repairs, car parts, and groceries from Ohlinger & Wolfe. Also features taxi service, funeral home, and hardware offers.
Toledo and Cincinnati report mixed grain prices and steady livestock tones. Wheat and corn quotes. hogs and cattle receipts solid. Chicago and Cleveland markets show butter and produce shifts. Listing of buyers, sellers, and rates appears beside trade data and advertisements.
Scouts from Troop No. 2 earned top prizes in a 13 week Scouting contest held at Scout Headquarters in the first Methodist Episcopal Church. High scorers Charles Herman Roderick Eddy and Warren Higgins received a Scout axe Scout knife and Scout axe respectively, with the Wolf Patrol winning 38 296 points earning a sheepskin.
The Westminster Fellowship of the First Presbyterian Church invites students and guests to a series of informal organ recitals by Ohio S University School of Music faculty and students. The noon events begin February 26 at 12 30 with soloists Marcella Horn Susan Porterfield A R Kresge Marion Morris Velma Young.
Columbus reports that accounts and ledgers from former State Treasurer Bert B. Buckley’s administration are in excellent condition, according to late Examiner Dean C. Jones.
Prof E R Wallace of Ohio University Agriculture Dept will discuss proper fertilizing to insure good production at a farmers meeting in New Marshfield at 1 pm Saturday. It is the third in a series on farm problems and will cover soil tests to be made in Southeastern Ohio in March.
Ice covered Sugar Creek Road near the James farm six miles from Athens caused two auto accidents Tuesday at 10 30 am. R D Nestor and Charles F Henry left the highway after their cars skidded with one overturning. Nestor's vehicle damaged about 150 dollars. William Martin of Chase slid off a light truck on Albany Board near Fisher with slight damage.
Washington Feb 20 The Van Sweringen brothers filed a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking authority to form a new Eastern trunk line system more than 13 000 miles long with 2 500 000 000 in capitalization The plan would unite seven intermediate roads and cover territory from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic seaboard and up toward Montreal with ports at New York and Hampton Roads.
A total of 206 new members joined the K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion in a drive announced by committee member B. M. Gibson. The campaign may close at the next regular meeting on March 6 with a goal of 300 members.
The Athens Elks plan a banquet for Ohio University ball and basketball squads and their coaching staffs. Judge Sam M. Exalted Ruler will preside at the Elks Home on Wednesday at 8 o clock. Tickets are limited and go on sale February 21 at the Elks Home, with about 100 expected attendees from the lodge and university groups.
At a Huntington gathering of Athens Rotary and Kiwanians Rabbi Abraham Feinstein urged unity in diversity and warned a melting pot would harm international progress. He cited Rotary objectives and urged faith, understanding, and fellowship to achieve international harmony amid racial differences. More than 75 members attended as Beckley presided and club leaders led musical items.
Train No 33 departs Athens for Rocking Valley in the daily schedule. The timetable lists No 33 as the departure, with passengers urged to be ready at the station.
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