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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1927
Page
12
An overflowing old advertisements page lists specials on coats and fabrics, cleaning services, home goods, land for sale, and vehicle sales. It includes items from dress fabrics to real estate listings, used cars, and storage services, with scattered brand names and contact details.
Fragmented OCR reveals a real estate for sale notice with walkin closets and various property listings, plus an automotive ad for gas and tires. Named entities include SMIZH R MCCALHL, DAVIS, CHIlo da pho, MOTTE, GALLON AND WHITE ROSE GAS, and THE MERCHANTS GASH PRISE TICKETS THE ALTO TIRE & GAS COMPANY. The text references Athuns County and a Probate judge JOANSON, with glimpses of a sale hearing and local business names.
A garbled long text appears to mix disparate phrases and clues. It mentions hints of a horizontal and vertical grid style, random terms, and scattered references to plants, animals, and a compass. The overall piece reads as a jumbled OCR fragment with no clear single event or coherent narrative.
Fragmentary text notes Roger J Jones named as administrator of the estate in Athens County Ohio dated September 27, 1997. Included are unrelated lines about Captain Tom Hickman of Fort Worth Texas planning a hunting trip after year’s start, plus a Chicago trip, a rodeo judge role, a Clarksville bank shooting, and two outlaws buried the next day.
Representatives of the American Federation of Labor will convene in Pittsburgh on Monday for the national convention with dissension absent for the first time in five years following an agreement of the carpenters and joiners union to affiliate with building trades. William Green expressed the opinion that an injunction issued against a strike of Pittsburgh coal miners restraining them from interfering with coal shipments would not alter the strike status. He said the association was prepared to seek legality of the injunction in federal district court and would carry the case to the US Supreme Court.
LURAY, Va. Oct 1 UP Tom Short 38 hunted for killing 19 year old Essie Buckners after she rejected him. He fled 84 hours foodless before surrendering to Sheriff Lucas. Short, a widower with nine children, is jailed until grand jury reviews the case.
Michigan weighs a law to create perpetual license plates with annual fees funded by a doubled gasoline tax. The measure would replace annual license renewals with a single perpetual plate and increase fuel taxes to cover ongoing costs.
Miss Dorothy Moore daughter of Rev. William A. Moore sustained serious injuries after falling on a cement walk near North Congress street. She was taken to her home in Corning and treated at a local hospital where doctors projected a swift recovery with no complications expected.
United Press reports Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work says government aid is needed to halt an oil stock glut that may bring a famine after a day of plenty. He warns overproduction across industry transport and defense could halt economies, with small investors hit hard and legal barriers to reform.
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