This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 30 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1929
Page
9
A dense OCR fragment lists varied classified items from a historic newspaper including Help Wanted notices for female and male workers, solicitators and canvassers, instruction courses, live stock and pet listings, merchandise prompts, room and apartment rentals, business property, and real estate for sale. It shows broad ad categories without readable specifics.
The report covers live poultry and dressed poultry prices in Pittsburgh with hens roosters and geese listed, while Chicago prices show unsettled receipts and varied figures for poultry, butter, cheese, and potatoes. Slower demand and mixed receipts push market readings in multiple categories across two cities.
Cincinnati markets report higher egg prices with fresh gathered cases listed at 3 dollars per cent and ungraded Arsta jars at 2 cents, noting seconds grades at 3 cents in the latest market summary.
Hog receipts 2750 with Neldover 644. Market steady to 2 dollars lower. weights 34 to 43 pounds, 200 to 3950 lb totals. Cattle receipts 300 calves 499. beef steers 100 to 145. light yearling steers and heifers 950 to 1450. beef cows 775 to 950. vealers 110 to 160. packing sows 80 to 190. Sheep receipts 900. fat lambs 613 to 640 top. fat lambs 50 to 50. fat ewes 35 to 60.
A fragmented ledger from the New York Block Exchange and related listings shows multiple companies and percentage figures such as Continental Motor, General Motors, Timken-Detroit, Standard Oil, and Ford among others. The page includes assorted entries for Missouri Pacific, Kansas & Texas, Canadian National, and United Verde Extension with varying percentages and ownership notes.
IMO WOODGERD Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Vane files with A B WHS as attorney for the plaintiff. Case details appear in court documents dated in the docket and related filings.
Sealed proposals for concrete box culvert construction on Section RB Athens Mockingport Road U S Route 8 in Canaan Township will be received in Columbus until 2 PM EST August 13 1929. Estimated cost 2021.55 dollars with completion by October 1. Plans on file with County Surveyor Resident Engineer and Highway Department. Director may reject bids.
Grain bids in Toledo show Wheat No 2 red at 13608 Corn No 2 yellow 100.642 08 Rye No 2 at 1.14 Oats No 2 white 354c Barley No 2 old 16 Oct 14.75 Timothy old 350 Dec 2.35 Butter 44 48c Eggs 31% 32c Hay 1.25 cwt.
Herman FP Finney aged 79 died suddenly Monday morning at the home of his son W A Finney The Pratna from a heart attack His wife Jane O Nell Finney died seven weeks earlier He had lived in The Plains since 1912 farming and running general stores He leaves a daughter Stella Herrold Columbus and another son Arthur Springfield plus 15 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral at W A Finney's home at 2 pm Wednesday burial in West Union Street Cemetery Athens.
Cleveland father Charlies Wallace says his two children who vanished August 3 may have hitchhiked to Lakehurst New Jersey to see the Graf Zeppelin arrival from Germany. He advances the theory as a possible lead in their disappearance.
Mrs John Schenk of Lansing near Bridgeport was saved from a blaze by volunteer fireman Carl Darnes who forced a kitchen door and retrieved $800 from a pitcher, preventing loss in the Martins Ferry incident.
Kenneth Smith, 21, of Dayton is dying after a pistol accidentally discharged causing a bullet wound to his spine. Police report indicates the incident occurred today and is under investigation.
Secretary of State Clarence Brown was in a hospital here today for observation after a months long ailment.
Roxy Price, 17, of Chillicothe, refused to discuss a rejected suitor and was found unconscious on the Marietta highway late yesterday. Police held the case as a possible poisoning incident pending investigation.
Boston August 6 finer combing fleece wools see slight price rise. Domestic wool receipts for week ending August 3 total 7,984,509 pounds versus 10,389,369 pounds prior week. July receipts exceed last year by two million pounds, while year to date shipments run about 28 million pounds, roughly 18 percent below the same period in the prior year.
Jacob Battler aged 62 from Latonia Kentucky died of injuries after being struck by a car while attempting to move his stalled vehicle in Cincinnati.
Market notes show Potter's extras up to 46 percent with firsts at 32 cents and ordinaries at 29. Poultry prices list fowls at 30 to 32 cents, broilers 28 to 32 cents, leghorn 25 cents, leghorn broilers 25 cents, spring ducks 20 cents, and old cocks at 20 cents.
Mrs. N. R. Kellogg age 67 of Cleveland was killed when her husband’s car left the road near Adrian Michigan. Kellogg was killed in the crash and her husband was not injured.
Cattle receipts 25, calves 60, hogs receipts 500, market mixed with strength. Beef steers around 14 dollars, vealers up to 14, hogs quoted 11 to 13 dollars per hundredweight, sheep and lambs showing strong demand with fat lambs near 13.50.
Gene Hetzel a 3% 2 newsboy was struck and killed by an auto while crossing a road near Dayton.
Cincinnati detectives say millwright John White, 45, was found with three stab wounds and torn currency, believed killed during a struggle to resist a robbery. The incident likely occurred during an attempted theft.
Qualifying rounds for the three tor's personal prize golf tourney occur August 1 at Athens Country Club. The low 32 advance after 18 hole handicapped play. Finals span 86 holes handicap match play with a $10 club prize presented by directors Grover, Johnson, Kerr, Berry, and Biddle.
The Athens fire department will present an exhibition of skill and speed at answering an alarm on Thursday evening. Firemen will display ladder climbing hose attachment and artificial respiration while water plugs at Race Street University Terrace McKinley Avenue and Race Street are tested. A stop watch will time hose connections and water streams as several high buildings are accessed by ladders. One firefighter will portray a smoke victim treated with a lung motor recently bought by the department.
Harold Giesecke, a June Ohio University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, works in the research laboratory of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company in New York. He writes to his parents about his interest in the work and enjoy living in the city, after serving three years as assistant scoutmaster in the Athena Boy Scouts.
William Love, 84, Civil War veteran of the 141st Ohio Infantry, died Monday afternoon at 12 10 at his Long Run home. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 30 at Clarks Chapel with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survived by son George Love and daughter Mrs Elizbeth Cooley of Long Run. Mrs Love died in 1908.
Roy Dickerson, starter at Arlington Race Track, remitted all fines against riders during the meeting. Twenty six jockeys were fined 25 dollars each and one rider 50 dollars. This act made him popular with the jockeys in Chicago.
In Charleston West Virginia Oscar Clendenin a produce dealer and Alonzo Harper were killed when their truck was struck by a C&O passenger train. A crossing watchman said he warned the men to stop but they did not heed the warning.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh met with the Bolivian Paraguayan commission of conciliation and inquiry as an expert consultant on the feasibility of an annual survey of the Chaco region whose ownership is disputed by South American nations.
Probate Judge J. D. Davis announces he will enforce the law on intoxicated drivers. A $100 fine and one year revocation of driving rights will be imposed for each offense.
The times show Northbound trains No 3 leaving Athens 10 32 a m and 7 24 p m daily. Southbound No 2 leaves Athens 11 59 a m and No 6 at 8 15 p m daily. Northbound No 33 leaves Athens 7 25 a m and No 437 at 6 30 p m daily. Train No 34 departs Athens 8 15 p m and No 31 No 33 No 43 No 11 appear in listings.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.