Merchants Exposition Opens At Athens Armory Tonight
The Athens Merchants Exposition begins at 7 p.m. at the Athens Armory, featuring 31 prizes, showings of spring fashions, modern kitchen gadgets, radio demonstrations, and a mystery guest contest with nightly prizes. Participating firms include Cox Brothers, The Stedman Company, Athens Messenger, and many others with music, dancing, and refreshments planned.
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Athens
Athens Kiwanis Club
Burnett and Smith
Sommer’s
McHenry and Sisler
Athens Lumber Company
Athens Chick Hatchery
Athens Messenger
Kerr Hardware Company
Southern Ohio Power and Electric Company
I. J. Beasley Milling and Grocery Company
Athens Ice and Storage Company
Parker Brothers
Swanson Furniture Company
Zenner’s
Coe Shoe Store
F. L. Preston Company
Harvey Baker
C. D. Shafer Company
Herbert Kalklosh
Howard
Pinkie
Blaine
Athens National Bank
Armory
Benjamin Moore Company
Cleveland
Brick Homes booklet from The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger offers readers an illustrated booklet titled BRICK HOMES. It shows exterior views of sixty residences and includes floor plans by experienced architects. Send for a copy now using the coupon.
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The
Athens Messenger
Information Burea inquiry for booklet copy
Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. encloses four cents for a copy of the booklet, Street Home. The note is brief and garbled but references a request and payment.
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Information Burea
Washington, D
Srick Home
Mormon Church Marks 100th Anniversary Celebration
On April sixth the Mormon Church turns one hundred. Plural marriage is ended yet the church grows stronger, with nearly one million Mormons celebrating. Main event in Salt Lake City with widespread observances across Europe, Mexico, Australia, Hawaii and the South Sea Islands.
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Salt Lake City
Mexico
Australia
Hawaii
South Sea Islands
Enduring Faiths Through Ages
The piece notes few religions endure as long as time, citing the Shakers nearly vanishing and the Quakers still represented in the White House, while thousands of new faiths emerge but few persist.
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White House
Mor mon founder Joseph Smith and visions in New York hills
Joseph Smith a young farmer from Seneca County New York led five men to a hill near his home after claiming angels visited him. There he found a sacred history of this continent detailing ideas from the Indian forefathers.
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Joseph Smith
Seneca County
New York
Plates of gold yield Book of Mormon discovered
Written on gold plates and translated by Joseph Smith with the aid of the Urim and Thummim, the sacred tablets became known as The Book of Mormon and continue to exert influence over many adherents.
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Joseph Smith
Dozen Tax Proposals Under Study in Ohio Committee
Nearly a dozen new taxes plus changes under the Classification Amendment are studied by Governor Cooper's Taxation Committee. Subcommittees will report recommendations on sales taxes for cigars tobaccos cosmetics and entertainment and a proposed general state income tax. Plans for license and property taxes on vehicles and changes to gas tax distribution are also discussed.
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Columbus
U.R
Cooper
Charles L. Halter
U. S. Savings Deposit Tax
Bettman Rules Transfer of School District in Ohio
Attorney General Bettman ruled that a petition to transfer a school district to an adjacent county lacks authority without agreement of both boards and annexation by the receiving district. The opinion states that both boards must approve and the annexing board must consent for the transfer to proceed.
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Columbus
Board of Education
Bettman
I. M. Soliday
Muskingum County
Vettman
Religion as Faith for Many Free From Doubts
A brief meditation notes that for many people religion remains a simple matter of faith without burdensome questions. The piece reflects on individual belief as a private, uncomplicated aspect of life.
Five Killed and Six Trapped in Yukon Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Yukon Mine of The Crown Coal Company in Arnettsville, Fairmont area, killed at least five miners and trapped six others. Two miners escaped. A night shift crew had just reported off duty.
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Fairmont
W. Va
U.R
Crown Coal Company
Arnettsville
Dry Law Cuts Rate of Death Says Lentz
John J. Lentz, president of the American Insurance Union, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, said Prohibition lowered the nation's mortality. He cited survey data from 77 insurers showing actual to expected mortality dropping from 60–63 percent (1914–1919) to 50–53 percent (1921–1927) under the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Washington
U.P
John J. Lentz
American Insurance Union
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
Lentz
Hoover Signs Deficiency Bill For Government Establishments
President Hoover signed the first deficiency bill providing 149.5 million dollars for government establishments with the largest item of 1.09 billion for the Federal Work Board. The funds are to be available for immediate use.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Federal Warn Board
Advancing Old Age Pensions In Ohio Politics
Ohio delegates at the State Old Age Pension Conference in Cincinnati say pensions will shape the fall legislative campaign. The conference, backed by the Ohio Federation of Labor and groups such as the Eagles Moose and women’s clubs, notes ten states already have pension laws. Ohio and New York are seen as pivotal for national adoption.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio
Ohio State
Ohio Federation of Labor
The
Eagles, Moose
Ohio Federation of Churches
Er. M. Peelman
Waiters Alliance
New York
Former Waite and OSU star held in bank swindle case
William Herb Colvin 29, once Waite High School and Ohio State football standout, was held at Toledo Safety Building on charges of forging a promissory note for 549.98 and, with associates, defrauding three banks and three financial corporations of at least 50,000 via fraudulent guarantor signatures.
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Toledo
A.P
William
Herb) Colvin
Waite High School
Ohio State University
Colvin
Fmnancsr
Cooperation in Construction of New South Bridge
State Highway Department official J R Burkey pledged cooperation for the new South Bridge this summer after a Columbus meeting with Athens County leaders. He urged early talks with B & O Railroad chief engineer H A Lane to confirm railroad funding, possibly about 25 000, and to consider a trestle over tracks. The department would waive an 80 day hearing once funds are certified, with commissioners present at the Columbus session. Attendees included county commissioners Grosvenor Daugherty and Lax, Chamber secretary Gill, resident engineer Dowler, county surveyor Wilson, and auditor Edmundson.
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New South Bridge
State Department
J. R. Burkey
State Highway Department
Athens County
Columbus
Mr. Burkey
State’ Highway Department
Burkey
Lane
J. H. Grosvenor
A. Daugherty
J. W. Lax
M. Gill
Athens Chamber of Commerce
John Dowler
Athens
J. W. Wilson
J. Clyde Edmundson
Attending Highway Meeting in Cincinnati Delegations Arrive
Seventeen Athens residents are slated to attend the National U.S. 60 Highway Association meeting at the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati. Officers will be elected and plans drafted for Highway No. 50 development as platted by the Department of Agriculture.
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Athens
National
U.S. 60 Highway Association
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
Department of Agriculture
Washington
H. N. Burgett
Carl H. Beasley
G. K. Bush
Charles Woodworth
Gus White
C. O. Wingo
Car of Athens County superintendent found after theft
A Buick sedan owned by H. R. McVay superintendent of Athens County schools was stolen from near the Courthouse on March 7 and found in Chillicothe after three weeks with no damage. Police say the car was abandoned in Chillicothe days before it was identified as stolen.
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H. R. McVay
Athens County
Chillicothe
McVay
Bandits Foil Bank Heist Near Toledo
Two bandits robbed an Ohio Bank & Trust branch in Toledo grabbing several thousand dollars. They locked four employees in a vault and fled the scene.
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Toledo
Ohio Bank & Trust Company
Water outage leaves Athens baths unusable after plug installation
Athens residents awoke to murky thick liquid instead of water from washbow faucets. The city water was off for two hours overnight to install a new fire plug on Court Street at Washington, causing the morning disruption and cloudy water after restoration.
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Athens
Court Street
Washington
Meeting Time Adjusted for Crusade Events at Local Armory
The Athens merchants exposition causes a schedule shift. crusade meetings at First Methodist Church now start at 7 PM on Thursday and Friday nights instead of 7:30 PM.
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Athens
Armory
First Methodist Church
Grand Jury indicts 19 in 32 cases. Tolliver charged with murder
Athens County January Grand Jury returned 20 indictments against 19 people after two days of testimony from about 150 witnesses. Melvin Tolliver, 45, Bailey Run, is charged with first degree murder in the March 6 White Ash Mine No. 68 killing of Floyd Katzenbach, 32, Bailey Run. Arraignments set for Friday or Saturday before Judge L. G. Worstell.
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Melvin Tolliver
Bailey Run
Floyd Katzenbach
Athens County
L. G. Worstell
Common Pleas Court
Tolliver
Katzenbach
White Ash
Joseph Teremi
Joe Wright
James Palmer
Williams PP. Douglas
Lester Riges
Carl Huston
Roy Bircher
William Warren
Bertha De-Long
Carl Summers
Pearl Jenkins
Frank Conner
Albert Collins
Clarence Skinner
William F. Douglas
William Smith
John Rush
Everett West
William Rush
Cleveland Man Robbed of 2724 Dollars in Daylight Hold Up
Vincent Lumber, a Cleveland grocer who cashes pay checks for railroad workers, was robbed of 2724 dollars after two men followed him from the Cleveland Trust Company branch. They forced him into his auto, then drove to a secluded spot where an accomplice, in another car, joined the crime.
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Ernest Watal
Cleveland
Mary McGranahhan
Vienna
Austria
Watal
U.R
Vincent Lumber
Cleveland Trust Company
Lumber
Freak Storm Strikes Midwest With Record March Blizard
Chicago reports the worst March blizzard in memory with 12 inch snow across the Midwest from Indiana to Wisconsin and wheelmen trapped in the city. Two Rapid Transit Elevated wrecks spark injuries and hundreds of mishaps clog streets as communities dig out after the storm.
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Chicago
U.R Af
Midwest
Inots
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Snow Closes Roads Across Athens County and SE Ohio
A spring snowstorm coated Athens County and southeast Ohio with two inches of snow late Tuesday night into today. The Hocking Valley District saw rain turn to snow and temperatures drop to near freezing. Citizens in Amesville and nearby areas note slow warmup with no immediate relief from forecasters.
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Athens County
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Mercury
Cibsen
Amesville
Robbery at busy west side intersection targets lumber
A man named Lumber was driven to a garage where they bound him to a steering wheel with wire and robbed him. The assault occurred at a busy west side intersection, a location noted for heavy traffic and activity.
Rescue Car to Aid Arnetteville Mine Disaster
The United States Bureau of Mines ordered J. J. Forbes, Pittsburgh division manager, to investigate the Arnetteville West Virginia mine explosion. Forbes and a rescue car were expected to reach the scene this afternoon.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Mines
Mosday
J. J. Forbes
Pittsburgh
Arnetteville
W. Va
Forbes
Positions Open For 3 Women in The Messenger Classifieds
The Messenger notes three women canvassers are wanted at once. Also advertised is a Buick roadster in good paint for 175 dollars. A public sale is scheduled for Saturday one and a half miles north of Glaushen.
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the Messenger
Glaushen
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