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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1929
Page
11
Classified notices from The Messenger list estate matters, livestock for sale, vehicles including Chevrolet models, Ford sedans, and Pontiacs, plus furniture and household items. Readers are urged to contact executrix or owners, arrange payments, and browse local dealer listings and service ads in Chauncey and Athens Ohio.
Local notices advertise an ambulance service and vehicle services including greasing and repair. Listings cover Studebaker parts, a 1919 Fada electric, a 10 foot showcase, and an electric gate. Locations include Mason City and Mipersville with contact and pricing fragments.
An OCR fragment advertises the Sky Rover all electronic radio demo with price and phone, plus auto repair offerings in Nelsonville including radiator service used parts for Ford cars tires batteries and various car models for sale. It lists multiple local businesses and phone numbers.
A jumble of classified ads and public notices includes grocery and hardware ads, coal prices, real estate for rent, and a county tax assessment hearing notice. It lists vendors like Philco Electric, Ivory Soap, Columbus stores, and mentions Athens Township and February hearing dates with a tax assessment appeal process.
Early evening fire at Jackson's Methodist Church caused about 10000 in damage. Firemen found smoke-filled auditorium with smoldering flames likely from defective wiring. organ recently rebuilt was destroyed. roof and ceiling require reconstruction. Rev. L Deck is the current minister.
A reader explains an easy add on for open fireplaces. Install a removable ash pan to hold ashes while burning wood and keeping the hearth tidy. The pan is inexpensive and designed to fit common fireplace fronts for simple removal.
Five persons were injured in a collision between South Shore Electric and Nickel Plate freight trains today in Michigan City Indiana. Officials said none were believed seriously hurt and the cause was under investigation.
A garbled item recalls a Joliet resident named Mies Vivian MeMus involved in a train crossing accident near the South Shore line while traveling from Florida to the East Coast. It frames the scene with a fishing metaphor and mentions a beauty contest context.
Students at Ohio University scan the posted exam timetable as the first semester ends. The notice lists exam slots for Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with class groups and times reflecting rising student concern.
Fort Worth Texas reports the death of A J Waemple, long time engineer of the fuddrel train of Abraham Lincoln, reputed as the oldest engineer in America. He died at 92 after a long career spanning 36 years in service from Albany to Troy New York starting in 1857.
Thomas W Harris of Johnstown Pa reports an Ohio University student had 57 dollars stolen from a locker in the Men's Gymnasium while showering. The crowded locker room offered no clues to the thief as O Q C Bird heads the investigation with local police.
Convicts Anvincent Cassa and Joe Guida two Steubenville quor and gambling riggs were freed at Columbus under $10,000 bond to arrange their business and family affairs. Federal Judge Benson W. Hough released them amid objections from Assistant District Attorney Bartels who warned the move could set a precedent.
The article notes Dr Slutz ill in Columbus Hospital escapes to hospital then struck by a machine. Dn Bari Sluts of Cambridge is critically ill in White Cross Hospital Columbus from infection after influenza. He was taken from home to Columbus about ten days ago. Pector Sluts is brother of Prof Raymond Stutz of Ohio University. He filed the pulpit of the First Methodist Church in Athens for six months after the death of his father the Rev Wy Stutz. In Columbus Jan 22 Russell Howder 23 of Cambridge committed to State Hospital-nare after being run down by a hit skip motorist. He escaped from his hospital room window and was found in the street with a broken collar bone.
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