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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
11
One year remembrance for Issac Y. Ham es. Autoware listings include Ford sedans and roadsters with prices, Chevrolet roadster, Dodge sedan, Buick light truck, and a Graham truck. Also offered are painting, paperhanging, violin repair, and finishing services. Local hardware and bakery ads round out this classified page.
Logan business notices advertise Mast's Restaurant open day and night at Red Star location. Also listed are baby chicks Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds at 15 per 100 with a live guarantee. Real estate in Logan Spring Addition offers a 60 by 60 lot with trees and garages for 300 total.
Glouster adopts a mixed page with auto ads for 1920s cars and parts from Midway Junk Co Burson Chevrolet Co and Ridenour service station. Parole notices list Mes Hicks and Garrett NeNutt awaiting hearings in 1028 with Ohio clemency and Mansfield reformatory references. An Athens County real estate sale is scheduled March 81 1028 by Homer J. Cooksey et al. Common Pleas Court case 13817.
Columbus area bids on petroleum and grain with Pure Oil and Bell Tel listings. Livestock markets show hogs to 30 to 260-300 lb ranges, cattle and lambs at varied prices across Chicago Cincinnati and New York reporting steady to weak trends. produce markets note butter, eggs, and meats with regional price shifts and New Zealand wool trade details.
Eighth grade exams are set for April 16 in Athens County with supervising teachers listed including H R McVay and named instructors. Pupils will test at the high school they plan to attend. those aiming for Athens, Mechanicsburg, Kimberly, or Nelsonville high schools have specific reporting sites. Attendance urged as there is no final exam, and teachers not assisting will hold regular classes.
William H Mohler 81, inmate of the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, struck Edmond Scott Riegel with a hammer, causing fatal injuries. Mohler, who killed his wife and disposed of her body in a well in Bluffton, was placed in a padded cell as officials investigated the case.
An appeal was filed in Athens County Common Pleas court challenging Justice of the Peace Felix Riley’s ruling to discharge an attachment in the case of C. B. Hunter against Co. V. Hester. The lower court had allowed the plaintiff attachment of property valued at $20.40.
Citizens Central Bank filed a common pleas action to collect a note for 14227.18 against Carrington Coal Co. The filing names Carrington Coal as the defendant in the case.
The fragment discusses butter and produce pricing at Chicago markets with specific receipts and price quotes for firsts standards seconds and extras. It notes totals such as 6 177 receipts 16 271 points and various price levels around 47 to 48 cents for firsts and seconds and 26 to 42 cents for ordinaries.
Daily trains connect Athens and Valley with southbound arrivals and departures. Timetable shows Athens departures at 2 35 pm and 5 30 pm, with corresponding arrivals to Athens at 11 68 am and 6 10 pm in a concise rail schedule.
A circular from Athens county outlines a fertilization and pruning school to be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. The letter, from T. H. Johnson, explains fruit trees thrive when properly pruned and cared for. McConnell of Salem will direct the horticultural department’s specialist.
A home management demonstration is set for Saturday at noon seeking to show the order of work for kitchen tasks and cleaning. Leaders Mrs Bell and Mr Victor Ca discuss meal preparation, dish washing, utensils, and equipment selection to make chores easier and more pleasant.
Seventy five members of the Hello Happiness cast held a midnight supper at the Vi to honor directors Evans and Prof C C. R Jimmie Entin. Entin, listed as a cast member and specialty artist, could not appear due to a sty and cosmetic makeup issues. Substitutes filled in as hoofer and choir, while the Black Bottom club scene was omitted from the program.
Four passengers were seriously hurt when an automobile left the road after a punctured tire caused the right front brake to fail. The car turned over several times before stopping. L. A. Persons, foreman at the Ford shop, Pomeroy, and Mrs. Persons were among those injured along with an accompanying couple.
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