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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1928
Page
11
Fragmentary ad copy shows promotions for roofing, coal, tires, and electrical wiring. Mentions Nelsonville and Ridenour's service, with several price references and grocery items noted in rough OCR. The readable fragment suggests local business notices and sales in a small town newspaper.
Prices for eggs butter and vegetables listed for markets in Cincinnati and Chicago. Live stock quot es show hogs cattle and vealers steady to higher with notable quotes for fat lambs and sheep. Wool prices in Boston and grain and bond data round out the regional market snapshot.
A shortage of 3558.44 dollars in the accounts of George J. Dillhoff 40 druggist of St Bernard prompted U S Marshal John Theobald to seize him in Cincinnati. Dillhoff was taken into custody today on the suspected embezzlement.
Ol ver Scheibell a 34 year old salesman for A G Spaulding & Bros shot and killed himself in his Columbus residence. Policeman Fred Cohagen said Scheibell had been acting queerly for a week.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the two cent gasoline line tax law, enacted by last year's legislature, invalid. The decision came as Springfield awaited further guidance on tax legality and funding implications.
A sale date in March 1927 for real estate in Athens County Ohio with address on Grosvenor Street. The notice lists Lot 159 west side 6844 feet, several easements, and a right of way four feet wide to a garage. Appraised at 2100 dollars. Cash in hand sale. William Williams Sheriff. Deputy Turner. Attorney M D Hughes.
Bernard Noon, 69, died at his Corning home Wednesday evening at 5. The funeral will be at 9 Saturday at the Catholic church. He is survived by sister Margaret Crooks and brother Micheal Noon.
The Ladies Aid Society met in the United Brethren church basement in Corning on Thursday evening. After a lunch, the program featured devotional by Rev. Moore, piano solo by Mrs. H. W. Cox, vocal solo by Mrs. F. A. Cady, reading by Mrs. James Miller, vocal duet by the Spence sisters, whistling solo by Ernest Foraker, and piano logue by Rachel Moore.
George Wakefield filed a $750 money suit with 6 percent interest from December 26, 1934, in Athens County Common Pleas Court naming John Coleman and others as defendants.
Columbus February 24 four men had their minimum penitentiary terms commuted by Governor Donahey to expire April 2 making them eligible for parole by the state board of clemency. David Wise Clever Sand former president of Fidelity Savings Loan Co embezzled 128 500 from company funds Neil Kerr Toledo embezzled Marta 5627 from Commerce Guardian Trust and Savings Bank where he worked Charles Schaefer Cincinnati automobile thief Otto Van Kirk Columbus four year minimum for attempted burglary of a commercial storehouse.
A public forum in Buchtel Ohio discusses wartime issues raised by miners and residents. Questions address seventy nine soup kitchens feeding schoolchildren, coalworker plight, and settlement talks with U S officials. Participants urge governor and state leaders to meet and provide provisions and cooperation.
Mrs. Jack Mc Call, 30, of Mercer Pennsylvania, fatally slashed her son Law rence, 17, at a mine school visit. She collapsed in jail and is believed to have become suddenly insane.
Hamden boys overwhelmed Wellston 26 to 14 while the Wellston girls edged Hamden 24 to 20 after a hard fought second half. Sprague led Hamden with six bankers as hamden night school and service club activities followed with a talk on Washington Lincoln and a chicken dinner for sixty attendees.
A group plans a Sunday trip by river to the old home of Harry Jacoby at Long-Bottom Meigs. The outing includes Bible lesson, sermon, dinner, and social with swimming on the Ohio River and a stop at a shady hilltop overlook.
The Campaign LC reports Captain Slayton’s anti Amendment push and Hoover’s prohibition stance as a dominant issue if Al Smith is the nominee. New York Democrats seek Smith’s consent to address the national convention in Ogden as treasury official L. Milla forecasts a split in votes and predicts Hoover gains.
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