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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1927

Page

13

Dreaming of a Concert in a Titan's Workhouse

Billy Wells and two fellow clerks are housed by millionaire T Q Curtis for a year to spur ambitions. Billy, drawn to music, clashes with Dal Romaine as she discovers Curtis may adopt a daughter. Amid factory scenes, Billy helps Clay Curtis see music in toil, while Ralph Truman guides her through the Truman works and romance threads unfold.

Billy Wells Nyca Lomax Winnie Shelton T. Q. Curtis Billy T. Q Dal Romaine Rindu Curtis Winnie Romaine Ralph Truman Clay Ralph Clay Curtis Angie Dal Dalhart Romaine Vulcan Truman Truman Automobile Works

Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Prices Summary

Butter receipts total 11 539 with creamery ex tras 41c 42c standards 43c firsts 38c seconds 35c 37c extras 4c Eggs receipts 35 841 ordinaries 20c 21 firsts 24c extras 26c

Chicago

Cincinnati Produce Prices Report Butter and Eggs

Butter steady with creamery tablets at 41 to 43 cents. Common butter discounted 2 to 4 cents. Pack stock No 1 at 29 cents and No 2 at 14 to 16 cents. Butter fat 45 to 47 cents. Eggs steady with extra firsts 21 cents and firsts 19 cents. Seconds 17 cents. Nearby ungraded 20 and goose 45 cents.

Cincinnati

New York Produce Prices and Receipts Report

Butter receipts 13 831 with creamery extras 48 and special market 47ac 48c. Eggs steady with receipts 38 170 and new white fancy 31c 33c, mixed whites 26c 30c, fresh firsts 23c 25c, western whites 26c 29c, Pacific coast 28c 35c. Nearby towns quoted 28c 32c.

New York Pacific Coast

Cleveland Produce Price List for Poultry and Eggs

Butter extra 43c standards 43 percent Eggs extra 26c extra firsts 25c firsts 23c ordinary 22c Poultry medium fowls 29c 30c heavy fowls 30c 31c Leghorn fowls 250 2c heavy broilers 45c 48c Leghorn broilers 38c 4lc stags 24c 24'sc

Cleveland

Cincinnati Live Stock Market Prices and Receipts

Hogs receipts 4600 held over 875 market 15 to 25 cents higher with various weight ranges and prices. Cattle receipts 500 calves 600 market steady beef steers 9.00 10.25 light yearlings and heifers 8.50 10.00 beef cows 6.00 7.25 vealers 7.00 11.50 bulk stock and feeder steers 8.50 9.00. Sheep receipts 200 market steady top fat lambs 15.00 bulk fat lambs 13.00 15.00 bulk cull lambs 7.00 11.00 bulk fat ewes 6.00 8.00 bulk spring lambs 16.00 18.50 bulk cull spring lambs 15.00 16.00.

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh Livestock Prices and Market Summary

Hogs receipts around 2,000 with market steady to 10 cents lower. Prices range from 10.00 to 11.40 for various weights and sow markets 8.00 to 9.00. Cattle receipts 30 with calves 200 and market up to 56 cents. Beef steers 10.00 to 11.25. vealers 12.00 to 12.50. Sheep receipts 600 with strong up to 5 cents. top fat lambs 16.25 and spring lambs 15.00 to 20.00.

Pittsburgh

Grain and dairy price notices from Toledo Ohio

Wheat No 3 quoted at 1.36 1.37 per bushel. Corn No 3 at 0.07 plus. Rye No 2 at 1.09. Oats No 3 at 0.492 0.49. Clover seed domestic 26.50 cash, 16.75 Oct. Timothy cash 2.70, 2.70, 2.70. Alsike cash 24.00. Butter 0.50 0.53. Fees 0.22 0.24. Hay 25.00.

Toledo Grain Toledo U. P Timothy

Wool Prices Steady at Boston Market Amid Quiet Trade

Good wool remains scarce and commands top prices while overall activity is subdued. Ohio Delaines hold firm at a high grease price with buyers showing increased inquiry. foreign markets softer with Japan buying less in Australia. Sydney notes Australian auctions begin May 17.

Boston Ohio Japan Australia Sydney

ElDEST SON DIES William Eben Brown longtime Iowa businessman

William Eben Brown craft born Amesville Iowa died last Sunday in Sioux Falls South Dakota from paralysis at age about 66 He was the eldest son of Maria Brown and Daniel T Brown moved to Iowa in 1856 He partnered in a Ft Madison book store later ran a lumber business and farmed He served as county auditor on the Republican ticket He later worked in the automobile trade with his son Knapp Brown in Sioux Falls He leaves a widow one son two grandchildren his mother four brothers and one sister.

William Eben Brown Amesville Maria Brown Ft. Madison Iowa Sioux Falls South Dakota Daniel T. Brown Nellie van Vorhes Mr. Brown Brown D. T. Brown Knapp Brown Knapp Brown Company

Swart Ordered to Appear in Common Pleas Court

Under Judge L. G. Worstell's ruling, Leona Swart must appear in Common Pleas court on May 2 to explain noncompliance with a writ of mandamus and why she should not be punished for attempting to court. The writ directed Swart, former Chauncey school board clerk, to turn over district books and funds to James Taylor, clerk of the merged Chauncey and Dover boards formed April 26, 1926, with a new clerk appointed.

L. G. Worstell Leona Swart Chauncey Common Pleas Court Swart James Taylor Dover

Prisoner Crowder Escapes from West Virginia Prison Squad

George Crowder a 25 year old Kanawha man serving 15 years for robbery escaped from the state prison road gang at Moundsville after serving six months of his sentence. He left a note claiming he headed to China to join the army.

Moundsville W. Va U.P George Crowder Kanawha Crowder China

Wrestling with Friends Youth Killed on Train

Gus Jaswinski 17, Michigan 115 pound amateur boxing champion, falls from moving Red Arrow train on rear platform en route to Detroit, dies from fractured skull. The incident occurred near Harrisburg Pennsylvania as the train travels.

Harrisburg Red Arrow Limited Pennsylvania Railroad Detroit Gus Jaswinski Michigan

Ohioan Held in Waterloo Bandit Case

Edgar Snyder of Springfield is jailed in Waterloo, Iowa, charged as the sole bandit who robbed five players at a card game, escaping with more than 13 000 dollars in cash and jewelry. An affidavit was prepared by I Zerkle of Urbana, a victim. Snyder will be returned to Urbana to face charges and is said to have confessed to Iowa police.

Urbana U.P Edgar Snyder Springfield Waterloo Iowa I. Zerkle Snyder

Schlup Named Probate Judge in Guernsey County

Cambridge businessman Samuel Schlup is appointed probate judge of Guernsey County by Governor Vic Donahey to fill the vacancy after the death of Judge T. A. Bonnell. The announcement comes from Columbus today.

Columbus U.R Samuel Schlup Cambridge Vic Donahey Guernsey County Schlup T. A. Bonnell

Lengel May Return To Canton Police Chief Post

A mandamus suit seeks Lengel’s restoration as Canton police chief. He was ousted after a clash over alleged police underworld ties that led to editor Don R R Mellett’s death. The civil service commission held charges of inefficiency.

Canton 8. A. Lengel Common Pleas Court Lengel Police Department Underworld Don RR. Mellett Civil Service Commission

Chaplin Offered $75,000 for 20 Weeks Musical Comedy

London report states Charlie Chaplin was offered 75 000 dollars for 20 weeks of work in a musical comedy. Harry Day MP and producer cabled Chaplin about 3 750 dollars weekly to create the Bunty character in The Mountaineer to be produced on September 5. Chaplin reportedly planned a London visit in August.

London U.P Charlie Chaplin Harry Day Chaplin Bunty

Warner case motion for new trial continued into May term

Della Warner as administratrix of Howard E. Warner’s estate appeals a $9,300 verdict against Adam Niggemeyer et al for her husband’s death caused by a vehicle driven by John Niggemeyer on September 5, 1925. The request for a new trial was held over from the jury report and remains pending into the January and now May term.

Della Warner Howard E. Warner Adam Niggemeyer Common Pleas Court Warner John Niggemeyer

E R Miller Dies in Barberton After Illness

E R Miller former photographer of Athens and resident of Barberton for nine months died at his home 114 East Baird Avenue Barberton Tuesday evening from paralysis. He leaves a widow a son Edmond and a daughter Alice Elizabeth at home. Funeral services were held at 2 this afternoon burial in Lakewood Cemetery.

FE. R. Miller Athens Barberton Baird Avenue Edmond Alice Elizabeth Lake Wood

Painter Survives 50 Foot Fall Through Damaged Spout

James Campbell a 30 year old painter fell fifty feet from a spouting to a concrete street and landed head first in a rain barrel of water in Wheeling West Virginia. He escaped injury though the gutter gave way and sent him plunging to the street.

Painter Wheeling W. Va U.P James Campbell

Telegram asks Congress session for flood aid

A telegram from Senator Robinson of Arkansas proposing an extra Congress session to handle flood rehabilitation for farmers was presented to the president this forenoon. President Coolidge gave the message serious consideration but did not immediately state his position.

Washington U.P Robinson Arkansas White House Congress Coolidge

Harvard M I T track meet vaults record set in Cambridge

F B Clark of Harvard cleared a new meet pole vault record after a bar was elevated to twelve feet during the annual Harvard M I T track and field encounter at Cambridge Massachusetts.

F. B. Clark Harvard

Flinging Medal to Court Ends Damages Suit

In Northampton England Thomas Jackson, after losing a damage suit, threw his war medal to the court declaring there is all he has.

Northampton Eng Thomas Jackson

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