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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1933
Page
9
A bold advertisement proclaims fortunes await buyers who invest in real estate at unusually low prices with claims of high returns and cheap property options, urging quick action.
W. H. Kennedy and Howard D. Putnam piloted a refining company plane over Athens seeking the field but could not sight land. They landed at Albany after Claude Dry, an Athens aviator, guided them in. The Athens Airport is not on the Commerce map due to a ditch at one end of the field.
The notice lists Athens departures for several rail lines. Chesapeake and Ohio northbound No 37 runs daily except Sunday at 6 30 p m. Southbound No 30 arrives Athens 11 02 p m. Baltimore and Ohio Westbound No 1 Nail Limited operates daily except Sunday with multiple daily times. No 43 and No 44 run daily except Sunday with evening and early morning departures.
In Pomeroy the First National Bank of Racine sues the estate of W S Reed for one sixth of a 4466.67 loan repayment plus interest. The bank claims directors loaned 2800 to W A Barnitz through A B Alexander, with Barnitz responsible for the debt as Reed’s estate administrator seeks payment.
Chester defeated Murray City 9 to 1 as Quillen pitched five safeties allowed and nine Chester singles produced nine runs. N Knight led Chester with four hits while Einelstein hopes to hear from Oakhill, Silverbridge and Coalton for an Aug. 20 rematch. The box score lists players from both teams with their positions and at bats.
A lengthy honor roll lists numerous businesses and individuals in Nelsonville Gallipolis and nearby towns. The compiled names include merchants, service shops, restaurants, garages, banks, and tradespeople with varied roles and locations. The item reads as a local notices page of business names and occupations.
Trading was extremely dull in New York with most stocks sliding. Farm shares were the sole strength as grain prices were pegged at yesterday's lows, while International Harvester and J I Case rose but most issues fell from their highs.
A report of industrials and utilities shows Allied Chemicals Am Ag Chem of Del Am Home Products Am Un red and Bt Ban Curtiss Wright Gen Mectrie Gillette Safety Razor Gold Dust Reading Union Pacific Southern Pacific Reading and Erie railroads along with Am Red and Bt Bank and Texas Corp stocks, highlighting percentage standings and notable changes across sectors.
Prices and varieties listed for live poultry including young chickens, heavy and light birds, leghorns, white leghorns, pekin ducks, Moscow ducks, and puddle ducks with weights and unit prices. Transactions show per hundred or per dozen style pricing, reflecting a local market listing.
Butter packing prices and fat content numbers listed show 14c for standard, 14% for extra, 19 for seconds, with delivery terms noted as 6e and 12e in nearby markets. The fragment references grading and regional quotes without a clear event or entity names.
Buytter nearby tubs report varied prices with 92 score entries at 21 percent and 89 score at 20K0. Fresh dressed hens and turkeys listed, including young toms and old toms, with prices per pound and regional receipts cited for Southern One Weet Virginia and Kentucky.
Livestock receipts total about 4 000 head with 97 head held over. Cattle and calves slow with steadier to slightly lower prices. packers bid around 4.26 to 4.60 for good steers and heifers, bulls weak to 36 cents lower, beef cows mostly 2.50 to 3.50, sows steady. Top weights 250 to 275 pounds quoted near 4.90. larger heavies around 4.60 to 4.50. lighter calves and cutters down from recent levels.
Receipts total 1327 head with little price change but a weaker undertone across cattle and hogs. Cattle include cows 1.25 3.50 and springer values, veals vary with good at 65.75 to 65.40, hogs show mixed ranges, sheep and lambs light on sale, Pittsburgh market notes steady with prime lambs and ewes priced accordingly.
Pittsburgh dated July 31 reports varying prices paid for crude oil by purchasing agencies and pipelines. Figures include Bradford med Allegheny Crude through Tidewater at 62 cents, Pennsylvania crude in Natl Transit Ines via Pennzoil 1.72, Eureka Pipe One Co. lines 1.62, and multiple grade rates across Buckeye Pipe lines, along with Somerset, Ashland, Western Kentucky, and Indiana crude prices ranging from 5 to 90 cents.
Grain close reports list Wheat No 2 red at 60mG01% with No 1 red at 11% premium Corn No 2 yellow at 814% 52% No 2 white at 99 40c Rye No 2 and seed prices for clover and alsike at cash markets. Produce shows butter at 25¢ and eggs extras 14 14c with timothy hay per owt.
Boston August market report notes unchanged firm prices for cleaned wools while demand eased. Ohio and Delaware staples dominate quotes with fine wools at 30 to 32 cents per pound grease, half blood 32, quarter blood 36, and jetly grade wools priced around 7 to 8 cents per clean basis.
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