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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1929
Page
9
An extensive, old style classifieds index lists categories for announcements, funerals, society events, lost and found, employment, financial, real estate, boats, autos, tools, and more. It outlines sections for businesses, housing, boards, leases, sales, loans, and personal notices, showing how a local paper grouped ads and notices by topic.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe car models and prices, a garage listing for rental spaces, and price references. Mentions 1929 Studebaker, Hodge coupe, Esser coach, Ford steel dump truck, and general market conditions with unrelated livestock pricing amid messy text.
Readable text lists poultry items and prices at Faveland Produce with Leghorn and duck varieties mentioned alongside general poultry products. Other words indicate market transactions and buyer selections in a brief product notice.
In New York the butter price per pound is reported with mixed signals as market observers note steady demand from bakeries and rising consumer interest. Analysts say supply factors and seasonal shifts influence the 2008 era pricing trends and pricing receipts indicate modest gains.
Proprietor seeks legal damages for property valued at 13 500 after federal prohibition raids. Police report show basement pivots, fixtures, and furnishings seized while officers acted under revenue laws. Meanwhile a hold up at the State Theater in Youngstown prompted a police search for suspects.
Brief notice records 8 M Johnson Jr serving as judge of aaid County with a $20-3 amount noted.
Marguerite Koeger of Wall Calf wins the Orange Show cup at Anaheim in 29 minutes 14 seconds for a 2 mile push. Other fair participants numbered 29, with a notable entrant billed as Misa By ron.
Frances Garwood Quin, 65, wealthy widow, arranged a funeral and left a money belt with about 980 000 in cash jewelry and bank certificates. She was struck by a car in New York City after being found at a Philadelphia hotel and en route to New York. Police recovered a trunk of certificates and assets.
An indictment returned by a grand jury charges FG with shooting with intent to wound during an incident on April 20 in Mansfield. Twenty four indictments were returned. FG pleaded not guilty and posted $5,000 bond though granted release 3 days earlier.
In Fort Worth Texas on May day two aviators Dan Heobbina and Jim Kelly attempted a refueling endurance record in a rebuilt Ryan air plane. They planned to stay aloft for more than forty days, with initial takeoff at 11:32 a.m. and a mission to set a new endurance mark.
May 26 update from U P Street Lake Michigan shows subsidence of the lake’s core but ongoing high seas continue to batter beaches and shorelines, worsening damage from the past week.
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