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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1932
Page
9
Ads for the Sunday edition will be taken until 3 p m Saturday. Classified sections list seven categories including Personal Religious Social Events and Societies, Lost and Found, Automotive Real Estate and Rentals, Livestock, Business Services, and Help Wanted with various subheads and price ranges.
Regular readers know real thrift news in these classified ads. Prices may rise and fall but a 25 cent Messenger Want Ad reaches over 11,000 readers daily, delivering value and exposure to listings.
The fragment presents a title style line about a character named Sam in a humorous or military setting. The readable text lacks a complete narrative, names, places, or an event to confirm specifics for a full summary.
Ordinance No. 766 amends salaries for two stationary firemen in the Electric Light Department and one in the Waterworks Department to 155 dollars per month. Provisions suspend these changes until January 1, 1933 and set a sunset for January 1, 1985. City officials certify the measure with mayoral approval in August 1932.
Sheriff Jess L. Larber in Allen County seeks aid for Elizabeth Fletcher a 20 year old Portsmouth girl hitchhiking from her home. She collapsed in Lima after walking barefoot with swollen cracked feet and was taken to a hospital. She said she is one of eight children and her father works only three or four days a month.
State examiners began an inquiry into the Cuyahoga County treasury loss when the office passed from acting treasurer Alex Bernstein to Treasurer L G Collieter. Bernstein served until Sept 2, 1229.
Vice President Charles Curtis officially opened the Olympic games in Los Angeles as crowds cheered. An enthusiast in the stands waved a tall silk hat while the starter greeted the event with evident gusto.
U S Steel and American Telephone led the day with gains around two to three percent as orders and prospects buoyed the market. Railroad stocks advanced modestly while industrials posted broader strength with several issues showing fractional to moderate increases.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co announced the regular quarterly dividend on its 6 percent Series A preferred stock. The amount is $1.50 a share, payable September 1 to stockholders of record August 15. There are 600,000 shares outstanding.
James R. Quirk, New York movie magazine publisher, died today in Los Angeles. May Allison, former screen actress and Quirk’s wife, was at the hospital when he passed.
Cleveland Produce markets list current receipts totaling 12 vehicle extras and 10 464 pease and 1 444 firete across ButterMarket Hutter Market and Kidney exchanges. Cincinnati Produce Fuller Packing Stock No 3 shows graded lots with cases and weights including fat Weise and Sage Ciwady.
Market notes show Butter-Nearty tube priced at 28 cents per pound with 84 extras. Standards 30 cents, 88 score 164K c, and 68 snore Te Seee Nearby current receipt 13 percent Gide. Nearby hennery whites Waite Ohio West Virginia Kentucky receipts for Poultry colored and leghorne offerings with varied prices for broilers ducks and fresh killed hens.
Live stock prices show unevenly steady to higher mood from Saturday with Pridey better graded cattle. Cattle and calves totals around 1400 and 600 respectively with feeders lower, veal steady, sheep at 4500 with lambs steady to higher, don’t miss notable prices and ranges across weights and grades.
Receipts totaled hogs 1900 with steady to strong bids, prices per cwt feature ranges from 4.00 to 4.95 for various weight cuts. Cattle receipts 800 show steady to firm tone with good steers and yearlings around 7.88, medium grades 6.50 to 7.40, cows and bulls lower. Calves 100 with bulk better vealers around 6.10 to 6.80. Sheep receipts 9,000 steady to good with weights 64 to 78 pounds and prices 5.60 to 6.80. light to medium grades 4.50 to 5.20 and wethers around 2.20 to 3. Next week likely similar market activity.
June automobile production in the United States and Canada totaled 190,304 units, down from May and June 1931 figures. Six months output reached 911,009 units. Bond offerings this week amounted to 2,250,000, far below last week and year-earlier totals. Tidewater Associated Oil reports June quarter net profit 1,578,007, reversing a 885,689 loss in 1931, and six months ended June 30 show a 1,099,700 profit versus 1,070,404 loss in 1931. United Gas Improvement for 12 months ended June 30 shows consolidated net income of 36,622,444, or 1.41 a share, vs 1.62 prior year. second quarter equals 3 cents per share, down from 9 cents.
Daily departures and arrivals for Athens rail services on multiple lines including Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio. Timings show northbound southbound and mixed services with trains from early morning to evening and listed connections at Athens.
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