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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1928
Page
7
An old classifieds note urges readers to browse ads for a good serviceable used car. The snippet hints at a car market tone and a request for buyers to act on reliable listings.
Real estate listings show several farms and houses for sale or trade across Ohio including 83 acres near Circleville and 40 acres near Guysville with multiple dwellings and timber. A 1928 Athens city ordinance details bond issuance for a North Hill Sanitary Sewer project with terms, interest, and levies to fund the debt.
The document shows year end balances for 1927 with receipts and expenditures including refunds and interest. It lists expenditures such as compensation clerk services public assistance and machinery costs totaling 801.12. It also references the Common Pleas court and a legal action involving The Lumber Company, Plaintiff.
A fragmentary probate notice from Athens County Ohio identifies a person as executrix of an estate with dates and county reference, but full names and details are unreadable in the fragment.
Northbound No 33 leaves Athens at 7 15 a m No 35 departs Athens at 12 10 p m and another service departs Athens at 6 30 p m Train timetable notices from Shae WI.
Five carpenters William Ronald Harry Charles Wendell Carpenter reside with Fiora Carpenter in Hopwood Pennsylvania are named in Case 13888 seeking partition of two tracts in Athens Township Athens County Ohio. The description covers Leasehold lands and surrounding parcels totaling about 8.90 acres with boundaries via stone limestone and road lines. Defendants must answer by the Sunday of June 1928. Attorney for Plaintiff.
The case before Common Pleas Court, Athens County, Ohio, County Treasurer Rated R Johnson seeks an order of sale to collect delinquent real estate taxes and penalties totaling $600.08 plus accruing amounts and to sell Lot No. 158 in the Village of Albany, Athens County, by May 8. Respondents include Everett Whaley and other heirs of Jasper Naley with addresses in Mt. Pleasant and Burlington Iowa.
Frank Alioto, 30, a laborer, shot and killed his wife at the Alioto home in Cleveland before dying by his own hand. Police said the act followed a bitter quarrel over divorce proceedings contemplated by Mrs Alioto.
A fire followed by a blast damaged the home of Charles Kreindler secretary of the Women Garment Workers union in Cleveland. No one was injured. Police said the blaze was incendiary in origin.
Markets show unevenly higher activity with bulk fat lambs trading around $10.00 to $12.00, reflecting cautious demand and steady breeder interest in the cattle and sheep markets.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Butter receipts, Westar standards, and figures such as 434c 43 and 44c 44%c with unclear context. The text includes references to extras and oxire freee, but no coherent events, persons, or organizations identifiable.
Prices for wool show limited movement as the season advances. Market observers note only a small number of high quality clips remain available for sale, with producer interest steady and trade activity lingering at modest levels.
Hogs receipts on the heldover market show a five lower trend with various weights in the 5.50 to 8.50 range and sow prices around 6.50 to 7.00. Cattle and calves show mixed moves with beef steers around 10.00 and vealers from 9.00 to 12.00, light yearlings and heifers near 10.00, and feeder steers 10.00 to 11.00. Sheep and lambs report fat lambs around 16.00 and bulk fat around 15.80 with cull ewes and ewes at 6.00 to 9.00 and cull prices up to 18.00.
New York butter trends hold steady as markets report receipts of 17,5897 with extras at 48 cents and special market at 48. Egas firm shows receipts 40,570 with fancy butter at 36 cents. Pacific coast and nearby regions feature browns at 29 to 37 cents while whites run 29 to 32 cents.
A fragmented price table lists produce and poultry bids across regions Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Idaho Florida and Maine. Entries show sacks of potatoes 150 pounds and various corn maize and poultry items with prices per unit or per hundredweight, including butter and eggs with assorted quality grades.
Report from Columbus notes across commodities show general firmness with prices rising slightly. Dealers report steady demand though supply lines remain tight and cautious, suggesting cautious buying as a hold pattern if markets stay steady.
Political circles in Columbus discussed a possible appointment to replace the late Senator Frank B. Willis. A Cleveland movement urged Governor Donahey to name former Federal Judge John Weld Peck of Cincinnati to the seat.
City churches announce a week of Holy Week services. St Pauls Catholic Church led by Father William Connolly sets daily masses from 7am, plus Mass of Reposition and Adoration Thursday, Holy Hour, and The Cross unveiling on Friday, with Stations of the Cross and Blessing events through Saturday. Lent ends at noon Saturday. Christian, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches hold evening services, including a joint Methodist service with Rev. W G Hartinger and a Good Friday service at the Presbyterian church from 1 to 3 pm.
Mrs. Mary Bolin age 74 long time Meigs county resident died at 2 this morning at her son Sam Bolin and daughter in law West State street Athens after a thirteen week illness. Funeral is set for Wednesday at Carleton church near Pomeroy with burial in urn adjoining the church. Survivors include sons Lay Sam Bolin Howard Bolin and a daughter Mrs Minerva Howet with others in the area.
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