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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1929

Page

11

Athens ad page blends services and goods in late 19th style

An Athens advertisement page lists diverse services and goods from repair shops to coal, harnesses, and hardware. It highlights Crippen's Repair Service, Frank & Murphy Insurance, and Athens Implement Co with multiple phone references and pricing hints, reflecting a busy local marketplace.

Buick S. Martin Athens Crippen Wilson Tae R. White Gable Prank & Murphy General Insurance Service Atteeine Bidg Hulett Virgile Davis Dini Aarts Athens Iovina Herbert Fe Pinish Ped Westies EB. Baughman Ben Bole Pickering

Pinsterwald Undertaking Ambu Lance Service

Local ambu lance service advertised with contact numbers Pomeroy 8631 R and Rutland 285 k. offering care and transport services for the community and the company.

Pinsterwald Undertaking Ambu Lance Service Pomeroy

Local Real Estate and Services Ad Mix

Fragmented notice lists real estate for sale and local services including a cement block company, hardware, and repair shop. Mentions Athens area and a principal’s office for a lost item, with several unreadable lines.

Wi A Or Co Minersville Pomeroy Cement Block Co

Classified Ads and Market Listings Fragment

Timely notices and ad blurbs mix with used car and parts offers. Local merchants such as Hickman’s Pharmacy and McFarland’s Garage promote goods from radios to auto parts while a Stockton of market data shows cattle hogs and dairy prices at local exchange.

Toledo Grain Prices on Wheat and Corn Markets

Toledo cash grain prices list Wheat No 2 at 1.41 dollars No 3 at 1.018 and 6100s at 1.00 dollars. The figures include figures for No 3 90 po and 1.00 percent.

Toledo Grain Toledo U. P

Tangerine repacks and tomato cartons listed in crate note

A fragmentary listing notes crates and repacks including 10 pound cartons and tomato items. The legible terms include Tangerines box 62 3 and tomatoes repacks in 10-lb cartons.

Aye Bugris Loumane

Incomplete OCR Item From Parkersburg Ad

Fragmentary text appears to reference addresses and brands including Dupont De Namours and Pleischmann Pax. Contains scattered words and numbers with no clear event or outcome.

J. D. Merriman Parkersburg Mariette Ee UN Vestesese Baitimors Ois Dupont de Namours Pemous Pleischmann Pax “A

Will Try Again in Long Ocean Flight

Details of a second attempt by Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer to fly from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden and return to the United States were disclosed in Copenhagen. Professor William Hobbs said in a letter to Danish explorer Helge Bangsted that the venture may be assured, following Hobbs' party rescuing Hassel and Cramer after a previous failed attempt over Greenland last year.

Copenhagen Denmark Bert Hassell Parker D. Cramer Rockford Stockholm Sweden United States William Hobbs Helge Bangsted Hobbs Hassel Cramer

Annual Financial Report for Township in Athens County Ohio

The document shows the annual financial report for a township in Athens County Ohio for the year ending December. It lists balance January 1 1928 receipts including interest and tax collections and expenditures for the year such as salaries and wages paid, upkeep and medical services. It notes balances and various line items like general township funds and maintenance.

Athens County Ohio Oscar Bert

Democrats rally behind Smith to form militant opposition

Democratic leaders in Congress rally to Governor Alfred E. Smith's call and prepare to act as a militant minority under Hoover. Representative Garner of Texas says the party must rebuild and then oppose, while others hint at leadership changes and a shift away from past defeats.

Raymond Clapper United Press Washington Congress Alfred E. Smith Smith Representative Garner Texas Garner Representative Box Franklin D. Roosevelt Senator Norris Nebraska

Public Invited to Dedication of Hall at Ohio University

Alumni Memorial Auditorium dedication services will be open to the public. Officials clarified a rumor that invites were required. Invitations were sent only to fund subscribers, while all students residents and friends of Ohio University are welcome to attend.

Alumni Memorial Auditorium Ohio University Clark E. Williams Williams Athens

Oldest inmate Barker enters state prison at 82

Columbus Jan 18 W H Barker aged 82 of Batavia is jailed after a third liquor offense and sentenced to one to five years He becomes the oldest convict at the State Penitentiary after arrest by undercover agents from the State Prohibition Department.

Columbus U.P W. H. Barker Batavia Barker State Prohibition Department

Pioneer Family Member Dies in Dexter

William Ogden 75 of Dexter R. F. D. died Sunday after pneumonia from influenza. He was son of Nash and grandson of Alvin Ogden Ohio Company surveyor and Igna tius Ogden Revolutionary soldier who helped found Marietta. Survived by daughters Sadie Goff Rome Frank Nelson Dexter and Mace Nelson Carpenter.

Dexter William Ogden Dexter R. F. D Nash Alvin Ogden Ohio Company Ignatius Ogden Ohio Country Marietta Sadie Goff Rome Frank Nelson Mace Nelson Carpenter Ohio West Vic Madison Square John B. Hammond Hammond Madison Square Garden Corporation Tew Reunion

Probate Court Actions Highlight Athens County Docket

Court orders dividends in the Cheanut Hill Coal case. Eva Rets filed a claim against the assignor. Probate admission for Pearl Reed's will sought. Leroy Hill faces a paternity case in Common Pleas after arrest and arraignment. State petitions against North HoKing Coal seek back premiums and franchise penalties with judgments requested.

Athens County Cheanut Hill Coal Company Eva Rets Pearl Reed Athens

Massillon Bank Teller Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Case

B F Clapper a Massillon bank teller pleaded guilty before Judge A W Agier to embezzling 13500 from Ohio Merchants Trust Co Massillon he declined probation and said he would feel better after paying the penalty as he prepared for an indeterminate sentence at Mansfield Reformatory.

Canton B. F. Clapper Massillon Mansfield Reformatory Common Pleas A. W. Agier Ohio Merchants Trust Company Clapper

Missing Portsmouth Woman Found Visiting Relative

PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 18. U R Search for Mrs. Tillie Boyer, 67, wealthy Portsmouth woman, reported missing from her home yesterday, ended today when relatives learned she was visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma Strong, on the Scioto Trail several miles from here. Mrs. Boyer, widow of Oscar Boyer, real estate dealer who died recently, left an estate estimated at 250 000, was first missed Wednesday night when she failed to call her niece as is her custom.

Portsmouth U.R Tillie Boyer Emma Strong Scioto Trail Boyer Oscar Boyer

Driver 18 Killed in Columbus Collision

A traffic accident in Columbus claims the life of an 18 year old driver. Police report two other occupants injured as responders rushed to the scene yesterday. Details remain sparse as investigators review the wreck outside the city limits.

Columbus Gien Pares Hillaboro Titan

Mabel Willebrandt Targeted Over Atlanta Prison Spy

Washington report says the Special House prisons investigating committee draft accuses Assistant U S Attorney General Mable Willebrandt of sending a Detroit federal agent to Atlanta Penitentiary under an alias. Cooper says the panel will include a detailed critique of the Justice Department prison system. Willebrandt was invited to testify but did not appear.

Washington Special House Ailive Cooper Mable Wilebrandt U. 8Ney Atlanta Cooper Justice Department Willebrandt

Fred Louis Case Sees Overruled New Trial Motion

The court overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of Fred Louis who was indicted and found guilty of intoxicating liquor. Judge L G Worstell ordered Louis to appear for sentencing after a plea on appeal. Bonds totaling 9080 were posted by Oscar and George Loveey, who were released from Athens County jail to Chauncey. George Loveey faced charges including shooting with intent and dynamite possession. Oscar Loveey faced charges of dynamite destruction and unlawful possession among others.

Leroy Hill Columbus Grace McAfee Athens Athens County Common Pleas Court Hill Court of Justice of the Peace Carl H. Porter Common Pleas Court Fred Louis L. G. Worstell Parsons County Chauncey George Loveey Oscar Lovney Pipraar Namite

Appoints Laylin as New Chief Counsel

Columbia native Lewis F. Laylin named chief counsel in the office of the attorney general. Laylin has served since 1927 as special counsel and will join to handle new duties created by recent legislation, while the attorney general retains signing opinions and supervising litigation.

Columbus Lewis F. Laylin Columbia Gilbert Laylin Bettman

Mrs Amos Holland Dies Thursday Night

Mrs Margaret Holland 71 wife of Amos Holland died at 96 Thursday night at home on Grosvenor Street after three weeks with flu and complications. She spent her life in Athens and leaves four sons George Clarence Wilford and Earl Akram. daughters Mrs Samuel Frost Mrs Lote Tridge and Mrs Curtis Cogn. a sister Mrs Smith of Oklahoma. 18 grandchildren. Funeral services at 10 30 Sunday morning at Clarks Chapel with burial in adjoining cemetery.

Margaret Holland Amos Holland Grosvenor Street Holland Athens George Clarence Wilford Earl Akram Samuel Frost Lote Tridge Curtis Cogn Smith Oklahoma Clarks Chapel

Plan for wholesale disarmament of China's armed forces

Shanghai January 1. A United Nations Arms Conference proposal advocates broad disarmament measures in China. The plan, described by a U.S. official, calls for substantial reduction of military forces and reallocation of resources amid ongoing instability.

Shanghai China Jan U.R Askaan

Deaths Probed After Tragedy Near Middletown

The county grand jury will probe the deaths reported yesterday near Middletown involving three members of a section killed by a train on the Ohio line. Investigators expect to determine cause and accountability as officials review the incident.

Middletown Uif the County Grand Jury Ohio

Train schedule fragment yields scattered timetable bits

A garbled OCR fragment hints at daily train times and stations. It mentions trains, times like 7.3 and sporadic words such as daily and station references, but the exact schedule details are unreadable.

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