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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
8
Nan Carroll awakes to weighty mood and a long day of resolve. She contemplates resigning from her post to pursue love with Willis Tod, weighing honesty against the pain of leaving Mr. Morgan.
Readable page describes Letter Golf rules changing one word at a time to reach a target. Then a dramatic fiction excerpt follows, focusing on Nan, John Curtis Morgan, and a blackmail threat in a Grace Cox case, with tension over a hidden message and a September 11 alibi.
A dense page of radio schedules and program notes lists shows on WJZ NBC CBS and other networks. It names daily lineups including comedy vaudeville orchestras and live broadcasts with announced times and network affiliations. The entry also references a fictional interlude and a continuation note for a serialized plot.
Nan Carrell private secretary to Attorney John Curtis Morgan. Nan confides she loves Morgan, a married man, despite career aims and loyalty to her employer. Willis Todd accuses her of deception. a snapshot triggers a confession, prompting Nan to resign the next day.
A dense list of radio programming for Crosley, detailing morning devotion, cooking chats, weather, livestock reports, hotels and country programs, baseball games, and late-night orchestras. Highlights include Pat Gilcook organ programs, YMCA activities, School of the Air, and the Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cards game. The guide covers daily start times, segments, and conclude with time announcements.
Seven contestants will speak in the Brown Oratorical Contest at Ewing Hall Auditorium Ohio University on Wednesday May 22 at 6 p.m. J D Grown of Athens funds three prizes 59 39 and 20. Judges include Dr W S Gamertsfelder Prof Raymer Metjuiston and Prof George Starr Lasher. Contest in charge by Prof W H H Cooper.
Hamden on May 21 reports E W Martindill and Paul White, two local bankers, have purchased the Webb and Company general store and assumed management Monday morning. The store is the former Martindill enterprise once owned by W S Martindill.
Marriage licenses issued to T. W. Cordell 25 a soldier from Columbus and Anna Corby 18 from Corning and to Harry Phillip Haumcke 21 a salesman from Cincinnati and Goldie Marcella Jenkins 21 from Crooksville.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a remedy for underweight individuals, claiming to increase weight and improve health. It offers a money back guarantee after four 60 cent boxes or two dollar boxes if a user does not gain at least five pounds and feel improved, with Cline's Pharmacy as a local distributor.
Dr. Charles Whitney age 79 and Mrs. Bien L. King age 66 wed in Akron. The ceremony was conducted by Bishop A Kiplinger of Dayton, a longtime friend. Whitney formerly served in Akron.
A readable Q and A set covers Derby length history branding cattle language capitals and more. It answers about the Kentucky Derby one and a quarter mile change, cattle branding origins, Scotch language usage, Beijing and Nanking capitals, Authors League of America address, and stock holdings of Canadian Pacific Railway in 1927. It also touches maid of honor etiquette and military lodges in the United States.
In 1832 the hot springs and four surrounding sections were set aside by act of Congress, creating the first national park reservation. Hot Springs National Park later renamed from Springs Reservation in 1801 covers 924 acres and includes Hot Springs Mountain and several other peaks. The springs flow about 51 308 gallons daily.
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a trusted alkali antacid used by physicians for decades. It promises fast neutralization of excess stomach acid, relief from pain, and a pleasant, quick return to comfort within minutes.
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