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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1929
Page
9
Vague report notes ink waves and loosened timbers by the shore as the ferry was captured by the sea, described like a shingle torn away. The fragment hints at a disaster or escape with dramatic water, but lacks clear details.
Greens Run midgets beat Glouster 24 to 20 on Wednesday at Greens Run AFB School. Kytta led Greens Run with 11 points. Conaway and Bingman scored for Glouster. Green Man girls defeated Tripideaters 8 to 0. Mrs Wes Collins returns from Roanoke Va after visit with daughter Elizabeth Thomas and tour of General Robert E Lee tomb in Lexington.
The Ohio Buckeye Club of Pontiac Michigan held a Halloween party Saturday night. Members and husbands gathered at Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Popely homes with decorations, games, contests, cards, and dancing. John Popely and Ernest Gibbs performed a song not sung in 20 years. Prizes went to Goat Jury Emory Barnes Mrs Otto Kuhne Orville Edwards and Dan Adams. A two course luncheon followed. The next meeting is October 31 at 269 Norton Avenue hosted by Mrs Joe Kay.
Glouster bowlers defeated Cambridge 2815 to 2575 in Cambridge on Thursday night. Harmon Gormsey led Glouster with 612, Ryan Gormley second with 605 as all players surpassed the 500 mark across three games.
Chicago dispatch reports recovery of five sailors including Captain Robert McKay with more than 50 missing after the Grand Trunk ferry Milwaukee sank in Lake Michigan during a storm. Coast Guard boats searched breaking waves off Wind Point Racine area while wreckage washed ashore along shores.
Oct 25 report: Raoul Daladier head of the Natites Socialist Party urged President Gaston Doumergue to form a new government after a call for organizational changes in France.
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