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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1928
Page
11
Classified section outlines rates and policies for ads with terms for multi day insertions and adjustments. It lists categories such as Announcements, Cards of Thanks, Lost and Found, and Automobiles for sale. The page includes sample notices for thanks, strays, rewards, and used cars from Athens area businesses.
Athens Ohio classified page listing Moler Auto Sales quality used cars and trade offers. Several makes include Buick Ford Chevrolet Overland McCune and Nash with prices low and down payments offered. Also tire sales auto repair and parts service plus real estate and cleaning services highlighted.
An OCR fragment lists auto and service ads for Pomeroy Chevrolet, French Dry Cleaners, and local shops in Middleport and Nelsonville. It includes radios for sale, plumbing and electrical services, and a Masonic and hospital ad mix. A brief obituary fragment notes Daniel Bateman of Middleport, born 1863, died 1927, with family details and thanks.
Logan and Hay Denville area see new management by NSW, with Jake Mosk in charge. An ad roster touts auto and wreck services by The Logan Knight Whippet Co and Hipch Locks Garage, plus restaurant and furniture rebuilding offerings, employment notices, and a home based phone sales opportunity.
A public sale is set by Receiver in Franklin County Ohio under the Deanville Coal Company case. The sale covers multiple tracts of land in Athens County Ohio including York and Dover Townships with detailed schedules of coal rights, leases, and descriptions. The event proceeds to bid on August 31, 1925, with full disclosure of property boundaries and mining rights.
A dense, fragmented notice describes multiple land tracts in Dover and nearby locales totaling thousands of acres with receivers and auction officials listing terms, bids, and conditions. It cites New York Produce and Columbus property matters, with references to deposits, parceling, and sale procedures handled by court receivers and attorneys. Also intermingled are assorted market reports on livestock, produce, and grain prices from Cincinnati, Toledo, and Boston, signaling a broad post sale and commodity pricing context.
Indrawn reports claim a new wireless system by Badis Say Experts could transmit handwriting fingerprints and even sketches across long distances. The invention promises rapid transmission of news pictures and pages, potentially flashing a New York paper to Paris for European editions within months.
London on January 4 a Surrey boy Harold Deards recited Longfellow lines while playing with a toy bow and arrow. An arrow wedged in a bicycle front wheel causing the rider to crash and suffer injuries including a broken finger and facial cuts.
In Tokio a poor Tokinamachi family uncovered a hidden hoard while sorting generations of rubbish. Scratching grime revealed gold bars worth 350000 yen, plus gold utensils valued at 100000 yen, transforming their fortunes after years of scarcity and medical bills.
In London on January 4, a research department measured clothing on a fashionable woman versus an averagely dressed man. Woman’s attire weighed pounds and 6 1/2 ounces more, with items listed including hat, overcoat, suit, shirt, collar, underclothes, socks, shoes, gloves. The study notes total weights for each set.
Kansas City officials create a coal hauling route for speeders and wife beaters. Prisoners, supervised by guards, wheelbarrow coal along a railroad yard route half a mile from the municipal farm, with no stop signals to curb speed. The plan aims to punish offenders by hard labor and exposure to public hazards.
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