This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
5
In Athens the town and local business people chase winter dust during a house cleaning fever. Police Headquarters shows the enthusiasm with officers washing rooms at the City Building, scrubbing ceilings and walls with hot water and soap.
Miss Florence Andersen returns to Chicago during a two week visit with Dr and Mrs Hansen as Athens District Woman's Missionary Society and Gleaners plan meetings. Mr Clarence Smith travels from Columbus to visit family while Mrs Cora Woodwansee passes away. Local clubs host gatherings and members prepare charitable drives for Columbus and Cleveland.
In Dayton on March 8, Mrs. Rachel Young 22 perished in a blaze with four children. Husband Fred found the house aflame and rescued Virginia 6 and an infant son Robert. The other two children William 4 and James 2 perished with their mother.
Fred Smith was brought to the Athens County Jail by Officers Peter Barrows this morning. He was charged with vagrancy and fined $25 and costs in the court of Mayor L. J. Eberle. Smith was arrested in Nelsonville by Acting Chief of Police George Bateman.
Four firemen were killed and four fatally injured with seven more hurt in a dynamite explosion in the barn of Carl Hollander, the county supervisor, in Cribner Nebraska. The blast occurred after a wire shorted in the barn during a fire. The dynamite was to be used for dynamiting ice jams on the Elkorn River near Cribner. The dead were volunteers from the town fire department.
A proposed congressional gerrymander moves Madison and Fayette from the Seventh District to the Eleventh and shifts Perry to the Fifteenth and Hocking to the Tenth. The plan aims to lock Republican majorities across these three districts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.