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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1929
Page
9
A garbled listing blends categories from police and civil notices to auctions and real estate. It references lost and found, memorials, employment, automotive, and business services with numerous mis-spellings and misalignments, suggesting a damaged classified section outline.
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company invites all employees and families in the Stewart District to its annual picnic on July 27, 1929, at Jackson Lake Park near Jackson, Ohio. Also notes personal disclaimer by Leo C Kinsel and parole hearing notice for James Heiskell, inmate No. 22556, with a July 6, 1929 hearing date. Also mentions used radios for sale by G W Hopkins.
Markets report mixed gains and declines across commodities. Beef cattle and calves show varying prices while hogs firm to higher. sheep and lambs trend weak. Pittsburgh receipts include hogs 3,500 head and cattle 1,250 with prices listed by weight. Ohio produce section shows butter and poultry prices with multiple grade ranges.
Al Paumett of Monroe Washington signs to ride over the 212 foot Shorhone Falls in Twin Falls Idaho on July 28 using a canvas boat with inflated tubes for buoyancy. Ponssett, famed for conquering Silver Falls Snoqualmie and Bunset Falls, emphasizes safety measures and prior rides with injury history noted.
Receipts Lion hogs 3,000 cattle 1,900 calves 490 sheep 400 with market signals mixed. Hogs steady to lower, prices 50 to 359. cattle uneven with steers and heifers 11 to 18.5. beef cows 9 to 10. vealers 14.9 to 16. fat lambs 13.5 to 14.5. fat ewes 60 to 86. Market compiled by J. D Holloway & Co Parkersburg.
Sir Herbert Austin announces the seven horsepower Austin car, tested in Britain, will be produced in large quantities in America at Butler, Pennsylvania, with a sale price expected under 590 dollars in the United States. The move marks a notable entry of a British maker into the American low priced auto market.
Financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30 1929 shows cash on hand loans on mortgage security deposits and accrued interest and other funds with totals including 10847450 21674229 and 50647450. Secretary T N Hoover sworn July 9 1929 certifies accuracy and notary Arvilla Van Dyke. Auditing committee certifies truth of the statement with signatories Charles Kirch er Will W Coe and Chas Bethel.
Twenty five University of Athens psychology students under Dr James P Porter will travel to Columbus on Tuesday to visit the Juvenile court institution for the feeble minded and the Bureau of Juvenile Research They study as they visit executive children adolescents abnormal psychology and mental measurements They will leave Athens at 6 am.
Four dogs that had been bitten by a rabid dog belonging to Dolph Jeffers, a Meigs County farmer, were corralled and shot by their owners, dog warden Porter Dick reported. The Jeffers dog died a week earlier after showing rabies symptoms, with recent victims owned by Jim Kern and Emmett Sanders of Athena County and two collies owned by Bliss Woodgerd of Meigs County.
Roosevelt, speaking in Hyne Park, New York, said he is not a candidate for president. He called his position a "man’s sized job" and noted his office prevented him from making speculative comments beyond state concerns during his goodwill tour.
Cleveland July 22. After a four month illness Frank Lander aged 67 longtime county surveyor for 12 years and a colorful figure in Cuyahoga County politics for more than fifty years died at his home last night Lander concluded his twelfth year as surveyor January 1.
Fire swept the Gondert and Leineach Box Company plant in Dayton, starting in a frame annex and spreading to the sheet metal works. Fire officials estimated the damage at $100,000 after flames were brought under control.
Daily and numbered trains depart and arrive at Athens with mixed northbound and southbound services. Train numbers 3 9 2 6 and others show departure times around morning noon and evening. Some lines indicate Sunday service gaps and unidentified parentheses.
Bridgeport July 22. James J Tunney accused of alienation of affections and seduction in a $600000 damages suit filed by John Fogarty former husband of Katherine Fogarty. Fogarty claims Tunney induced a divorce and that Fogarty and Mrs Fogarty lived as man and wife. The story mentions attached property and assorted insurance company affidavits from Ohio and West Virginia.
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