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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1928

Page

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Hoover Smith Set for Monday Night Radio Appeals

In a tightly fought race a final campaign push unfolds as Governor Smith plans two radio addresses Monday from New York to farmers at noon and workers at ten. Herbert Hoover completes mass meetings, heads to Palo Alto, and will speak by radio Monday night to voters nationwide.

Raymond Clapper New York Smith Madison Squire Garden Lower Manhattan Herbert Hoover St Louis Palo Alto Init

Coolidge Predicts Victory in Telegram to Hoover

President Coolidge in a telegram to Herbert Hoover waves confidence in a Republican victory after Hoover's St. Louis speech. The piece notes anticipated turnout of 35 to 40 million and discusses campaign dynamics, radio as a national platform, and regional differences in support between Hoover and Smith.

Coolidge Hoover Washington URI Herbert Hoover St. Louis

Cooper Campaign Car Skids Off Roadting Into Barn

A Lincoln sedan carrying Republican governor candidate Myers Y. Cooper and three aides skidded on Athens Pomeroy Road, overturned into a barn but no one was hurt. Cooper emerged muddy and uninjured as the party was en route to a Pomeroy rally after addressing voters in Athens.

Pomeroy Road Pomeroy Myers Y. Cooper Athens Vomeurey Cooper H. J. Burt Citi Campaig Ows Cooner Thomas A. Paking Owas Athens Pomery Union Lake Blufe Til Nere Frieda Knaak John L. Taylor Lake County Gallipolis Connee Lake Bluff Taylor George Hargraves United Press Miss Knaak Misa Knaak Aliee Home Lake Forest Charles Hitchcock

Famous Southern Cook to Present At Athens High School

Mrs Frances Norbeross Northeroys will explain new recipes and cookery methods as the annual Messenger Cooking Soto opens Tuesday November 12 and runs four days in the Athens High School auditorium. She is a North Carolina native with extensive experience across the South and is billed as a famed authority in Southern cooking.

Frances Norbeross Frances Northeroys Athens High School Northcrosy Ashville N. C I Mils Rooks South Indica Ohio Messenger Cooking School Mra Frances Northcross Mra. Northcross MN. C Northcross New York Roerer Mission Hospital Sue Greenville Misa

Earthquake Hits Bogota Area, Colombia

A destructive earthquake struck the department of Boyacá on Thursday. Widespread damage and loss of life are reported in delayed dispatches from interior villages. casualty figures are not yet known due to communication delays.

Bogota Columbia Department Boyaca

Election Returns Broadcast by Athens Messenger Next Tuesday

The Athens Messenger will show national and state election results on a screen in the Messenger Building east window next Tuesday night. The paper will provide rapid, accurate returns via a United Press leased wire with thousands of correspondents and special telephone lines 641 and 542 for readers to obtain results.

Messenger Ohio United Press Association Athens Messenger Columbus United Press Coun Messenthe Athens County Board of Bleeger West Union Street Trai J Board of Elections

Hoover Plan for Federal Farm Board Laid Out in St Louis

In St Louis Herbert Hoover outlined a federal farm board to support agriculture through co operative marketing warehousing and distribution relief. He argued the board would have broad powers to address farm problems as part of his GOP platform.

ST. Louis Herbert Hoover Lalo Alto Calif United States Lonard

Financial Markets To Close Tuesday Election Day

Markets and exchanges will close next Tuesday November 3 as election day affects trading. The New York Stock Exchange and New York Curb Exchange will shut, while some venues may stay open through the day amid rain and political developments.

Calshot Eng New York D'Arcy Greig New York Stock Exchange New York Curb Exchange Chica- Dayton URI Vivego Board of Trade Joseph T Robinson

McNamee Broadcast at Columbus Ohio State Game

Football fans in Athens crowded stores to hear Graham McNamee call the Princeton Ohio State game from Columbus Saturday afternoon. McNamee, touted as a premier radio announcer, delivered a clear running account broadcast by a regional network. reception was good in Athens.

Athens Princeton Ohio State University Columbus Graham McNamee Mike

Contested Election Possibilities Loom Over 1920 Vote

Washington observers debate chances of a contested election as fraud reports and calls for federal polling supervision mount in several states. A potential Smith Hogan style challenge could hinge on reapportionment issues since 1911, with fears courts may rule the election unconstitutional if outcomes were altered by outdated House seats.

Ty Kennetid G. Crawford Washington House of Representatives Congress

Small Boy Kills Mother by Accident in Chicago

In Chicago a year-old Leo Krock killed his mother, 47, by shooting her through the head with her brother’s rifle on the back porch. She was a widow with nine children. seven of them are supported at home. The rifle discharged as she stepped in front of the boy.

Chicago Leo Krock

Three Men Die as Auto Burns En Route to OSU-Princeton Game

Newark reports that three men, F. A. rer of Sherrodaville and E. C. Ghilakataer with Dr. A. W. Boda, were killed when their car crashed with a truck near Newark on November 3 while en route to the Ohio State Princeton football game. A fourth man was injured. The victims perished in the flaming wreckage. Sherrer died later in Newark Hospital.

Newark U.B Columbus F. A

Campaign winds down as Athens County heads to polls

Rallies and speeches wrap up for 1928 campaign with focus on getting voters to the polls. In Athens County, precincts prepared for a broad turnout as parties urge early voting ahead of Tuesday’s opening at 6:20 am.

Man Gives Up Wife and Weds Mother in Law

Atlantic City November 3 A strange marital tangle reaches Vice Chancellor Robert Ingersoll as Claude E. Vanaman seeks an annulment claiming he married Mrs Edward M. Ford in 1907. Ford, who had married Vanaman’s wife, later wed the wife’s mother after he abandoned his wife. The double wedding produced Mrs Vanaman with seven children, two by Ford and five by Vanaman.

Atlantic City U.R Robert Ingersoll Claude E. Vanaman Millville N. J App Yi Edward M. Ford Ford Vanaman Marrie

Giant Oil Merger Reported With Sinclair as Nucleus

Rumors circulating in Walk Street describe a massive oil merger led by Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation. Sinclair would acquire Fratric Oil and iGay Company and possibly additional interests, forming a giant firm to rival Standard Oil of New Jersey. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of Standard Oil, is named as potential head.

U.ri Walk Street Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation Sinclair Fratric Oil and iGay Company Pinny Anid Standard Oi Company New Jersey Agatn Robert W. Stewart Standard O17 Tidlatia

Cooper speaks at Athens Courthouse rally in race for governor

Republicans fill Athens County Courthouse as Cooper pledges honesty decency and self respect to guide his term and promises top government. Congress member Jenkins praises Cooper and campaign closes with stops in Pomeroy Gallipolis and Portsmouth amid election push.

Mycra Cooper Athens County Atheny County E. C. Woodworth T. A. Jenkins Pomeroy Gallipolis Portsmouth Athens Tenth Mr. Cooper

Mother 28 with 13 children in Washington County case

In Marietta Judge David H. Thomas heard a unique Washington County delinquency case involving Sarah and Mary Pugh of Grandview Town their ages 14 and 13 years and their mother 28. The hearing referenced a memorial supporting Kellogg antiwar pacifism and Council on Churches in America.

Marietta Washington County David H. Thomas Sarah Mary Pugh Grandview U.P—8 New York United States Pugh Yellow House Federal Mary Council of the Churches of Christ America Commission On Internationallacter Hdustice Good Wish

Cooking School Set to Open at Athens High School

The Messenger Cooking School begins November 14 for four days at 1 PM in the Athens High School auditorium. Mrs Frances Northcross, noted Southern dietitian and hotel veteran, will demonstrate practical recipes, budgeting, and homeeconomics skills for Southeastern Ohio housewives.

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