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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
11
Time for home canned foods and vegetables with original delicious flavor. Col-Pac Canner offers easy prep and picnic suitability. Mason jars jar rubbers beeswax paraffin complete stock of canning needs.
An upbeat ad urging readers to try classified want ads for quick bargains in used cars and houses while noting a recent streak ending. The piece emphasizes the efficiency of listings to drive purchases.
Logan offers used cars including a 1934 Chevrolet Master Coupe with rumble seat for 575 dollars a 1931 Ford Tudor with new paint and tires for 265 dollars a 1929 Roosevelt Sedan for 125 dollars a 1931 Ford truck 157 inch flat body in good condition for 295 dollars and a 1928 Chevrolet Panel for 50 dollars from Ogg & Beasley Ford Sales and Service in Logan Ohio.
Sheriff Charles Stratton announces sale of three Athens County parcels under an execution. First tract includes 80 acres plus 20 nearby acres, second tract 160 acres, third tract 68 acres. Appraisals total 1592 dollars, minimum bid two thirds of appraised value. Cash only sale at Athens Court House door on August 27, 1934 at 1 30 P.M. Gordon B. Gray represents plaintiff G D Gorham.
Notice of partition sale in Athens County Ohio from the Common Pleas Court. Addie B. Douglas sues John Williams et al Case No 15781. sale date September 1984 at 1 30 PM at court door Athens Ohio. property describes 81.08 acres in Canaan Township with additional 3.00 acres. except 1.83 acres deeded to Emmett J. Wittess. sheriff sale directed by L R Pierce attorney. Also notice of civil service exam for school janitor in Nelsonville Ohio on Monday August 1934.
Public sale is set by court order for the property at 128 Athens in the city of Athens Ohio. The auction will take place at the courthouse door at 1 30 PM on Monday August 27 1994. Property described as Lot 541 in the E H and D H Addition with current appraisal at 2700 dollars. sale by cash in hand.
Baseball leaders show Gehrig and Manush atop batting and runs lists with Foxx and Ott among top home run and RBI performers. The page also carries a long legal notice about the Jenkins estate and an appointment of Charles R. Spencer as administrator in Athens County, Ohio.
The market opened quietly lower and quickly gained momentum with sizable offerings in rails utilities metals and others. Union Pacific fell about 3 points and American Telephone Santa Fe American Smelting U S Steel Allied Chemical Loews New York Central Chrysler dropped over a point.
Schedule excerpt lists New York Central Nos 2 and 3 with daily and Sunday exceptions, Chesapeake and Ohio Nos 20 and 37, Baltimore and Ohio West and Eastbound services Nos 1, 4, 46, 12, and 2. Times range from early morning to late evening with multiple departures and arrivals noted.
Baltimore market report shows eggs steady with nearby receipts at 15 16c for steady grades, hennery whites and large sizes at 20 23c with some higher prices. medium eggs 18 20c. Butter totals include 468 tubs and 765 cases with unchanged nearby receipts at 16 16½c. Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky current receipts 15c. Cincinnati report lists eggs extra firsts 23c firsts 19c seconds 14c. butter creamery 250 260 No 2 packing stock 17c butterfat 2c.
Green beans 1.50 per basket, cabbage 1 per basket, celery 0.35 per dozen stalks, corn 0.80 per dot, muckberries 272.25 per 12 quart, lettuce 0.40 per 10 lb basket, Ohio tomatoes 0.50 per 10 lb hothouse basket, field 0.30 per 10 lb basket, southern Ohio 0.30 per 10 lb basket, nearby 0.40 per 10 lb basket.
Market notes show creamery extras and standards for butter in tubs and eggs with current receipts and local sales figures. Grain prices on track list wheat No 2 red and No 1 red ranges, corn No 2 yellow, and oats with store and transit billing details as of August 4 AP report.
Livestock prices show mixed signals across species with hogs and cattle fluctuating and receipts varying by weight. Boston wool sales faltered with few transactions and western wool quotations easing amid foreign price declines.
Frank Evener of Columbus was released on $2,000 bond after Athens County Grand Jury indicted him on four charges in the June 30 attempted holding against will of 16 year old Marjorie Joyce. Bonds set by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland: holding against will $1,000, attempted incident $500, mayhem $500, impersonating an officer $200. Bonds posted Saturday. arraignment pending.
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