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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
9
Col Pac canner 24 quart capacity and 57 quart jars offered with prices. Also described as suitable for picnics and a beer cooler. Mason jars and jar rubbers beeswax paraffin listed. Complete stock of canning needs.
Ogg and Beasley Ford Sales and Service in Logan Ohio lists a 1934 Chevrolet Master Coupe with rumble seat for 575 a 1931 Ford Tudor with new paint and tires for 265 a 1929 Roosevelt Sedan for 125 a 1931 Ford truck 157 inch flat body in good condition for 295 and a 1928 Chevrolet Panel for 50.
In pursuance of an order of sale the court house door in Athens Ohio sells on Monday August 27 1964 at 1 30 PM the described real estate located at 125 Moore's Addition Athens City with appraisal 2700 and minimum bid two thirds thereof. The sale is conducted by the estate attorney Stratton for the heirs Stratta
The State of Ohio Athens County sheriff sale notice lists three parcels in Troy township to be sold at public auction on August 27 at 1:80 p.m. The parcels include the west half of the southeast quarter section 19, a 160 acre southwest quarter, and a 68 acre tract, with appraised values and two thirds minimum bid. Cash terms. Sheriff Charles Stratton and Attorney Gordon B. Gray oversee.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court announces a partition sale in Athens on September 3 1934 at 1 30 p m at the courthouse door. Real estate in Canaan Township 81.08 acres plus 3.00 acres and 183 acres carved out, with parcels described and deed references cited, proceeds to the sheriff for auction.
The Civil Service Commission of Nelsonville Ohio will hold four competitive examinations at the City Building on Monday August 19934 at 7 PM. Applicants compete for the position of school secretary with Raymond Sommers listed as secretary.
The column lists batting leaders from Manush to Ott with figures for average runs and RBIs, plus pitching and fielding leaders across several teams. It also includes two legal notices from Athens County Ohio announcing a receiver appointment for Joseph N Jenkins and an administrator appointment for Bethel Delton with court dates and names.
After a quiet start, stock trading intensified with sizable selloffs in rails utilities metals and others. Major names like Union Pacific American Telephone Santa Fe U S Steel and Chrysler declined while steel industry activity showed mixed signals amid drought linked effects on canning tin plate output.
Rail timetable snippet lists New York Central and Chesapeake and Ohio lines with daily and Sunday exceptions. Notes arrival and departure times for multiple trains including National Limited Diplomat and No 43 No 11 No 12 services with morning and evening slots and transfers in Baltimore and other hubs.
Baltimore and Pittsburgh produce report steady egg receipts with nearby prices and small increases for hennery whites and large eggs. Cincinnati lists egg prices for extra firsts firsts and seconds, plus butter creamery and packing stock prices with butterfat figures.
Beans green round stringless per basket 1.50 to 1.75. Cabbage Ohio per basket 1. Celery Michigan and Ohio des with stalks 0.35 to 0.60. Corn green per dozen Sugar 6 to 8 cents. Huckleberries Virginia 12 quart basket 20.25. Lettuce Ohio field 10 pound basket 0.40 to 0.60. Tomatoes Ohio hothouse up to 10 pound basket 25 to 50 cents field southern Ohio 10 pound basket 25 to 30 cents nearby 10 to 12 basket 30 to 40 cents.
The report lists butter prices in tubs and creamery extras with varying percentages and receipts, notes no butter sales, and provides Toledo grain prices on August 4 with bids for Wheat No 2 red No 1 red Corn No 2 yellow No 3 yellow and Oats No 2 white, including in store and transit adjustments.
Hog market was slow to lower with 1 800 head priced at 86.40 to 240 pounds and higher. sows down to 64. Cattle and calves showed mixed gains with good beef cows at 39.50 and vealers up to 6.80. Sheep and lambs rose with fat lambs around 87 to 90 and good ewes at 62.25.
Receipts and bids show hogs, cattle, and sheep across several markets. Prices range with hogs 6.15 to 5.50 per hundredweight, cattle around 7.00 to 4.00, and sheep near 7.0 to 5.0, while lighter weights and packing sows fetch mixed quotes. Boston wool market reports limited trading and lower western wool asking prices amid domestic and foreign price shifts.
Frank Evener of Columbus, indicted by an Athens County grand jury on four charges in the June 30 attempted kidnapping of 16 year old Marjorie Joyce, was released on $2,000 bond. Bonds: kidnapping 1000, attempt to rape 500, mayhem 500, impersonating an officer 200. Arraignment set for today.
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