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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1929
Page
11
A jumble of classified ads and notices includes bargain listings for used cars coal and poultry, job ads, real estate pitches, memorials, and a funeral notice for Andrew Wilson. The page blends sales pitches with personal thanks and local business promotions from Athens area merchants.
Market notes show light activity with provisions steady and prices lower on futures. Bullish sentiment fades as futures trade and grain quotes remain unsettled amid winter crop concerns and limited sales.
Norman Thom's Princess Show Boat Company 14 river crew units prepare to leave Beverly for New York. They entrain at Parkersburg and arrive near noon Sunday, with rehearsals at Belmont theatre Monday. The act, featuring blackface, is set to headline at the New Amsterdam roof nightly with Eddie Cantor among Ziegfeld proteges.
Federal Judge Benson W. Hough sentenced 34 individuals in Columbus to sentences ranging from one hour to 80 months for violating federal laws. Among those named were Garland Kidwell and Jemen R. Webb of Gallipolis.
Gus Winkler known as the ghost of North Royalton was jailed in Cleveland on arson charges. The 1 year old hermit recently vanished from the Royalton farm where a house and barn burned, officials fearing foul play. He later surrendered to Sheriff Wanratty and County Detective Gideon Rebshaw admitting he set the fire to get himself talked about.
Four veteran Pennsylvanian Railroad workers were arrested in Columbus on charges of robbery and merchandise theft. Detectives, federal officers, and railroad agents recovered about one thousand dollars in assets. The suspects named are Howard Dawnon 32 Howard Lereh 52 Wary Sex ton 49 and Ire Fhirey 79 all former switchmen.
Ghent Belgium January 13 Van Hove de saint Po a well known composer directed an orchestra in a lively funeral music march at Stekene last night when he abruptly stopped the piece and collapsed dead after the march ended.
Dispatches recount a violent uprising in Ecuador with Indians killing and burning, including the sacking of a house linked to an American name, as authorities note 6,000 involved in the rebellion at Cajtabamba and surrounding areas.
Lieutenant Governor George Braden of Warren appears set for appointment to the State Tax Commission. Cooper has not announced officially but Braden is expected to receive the post after his term ends Monday.
A dynamite bomb tossed from an automobile wrecked a groceries store and damaged the Martin Hotel in Chicago. Hundreds of guests fled into the street in nightclothes as investors watched stock prices slip with steel and chemical shares leading declines.
Col Charles A Lindbergh plans a February departure from Miami in a twin motor Sikorsky to blaze a mail route between the United States and the canals. He aims to fly the coast to coast air rail mail route as technical adviser for the Transcontinental Air Transport Company.
JAMESTOWN Tenn Jan 12 WP Elmore Gentry 48 year old high school principal may be called before the State Courts to answer charges that he taught the theory of evolution in Clark Range Village Schools Parnell attorney for the Fentress County Board of Education announced that Professor Gentry who was exonerated by the board yesterday would be cited in a state warrant charging violation of Tennessee law prohibiting teaching of the evolution theory to state schools
In Franklin Ta a second Supreme Court stay delays the scheduled hanging for at least 15 days. Condemned slayers Bonner LeBoeuf and Dr. Thomas B Praher gain new hope as Mrs LeBoeuf and her husband await a possible plea of inawatty.
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