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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1928
Page
9
Athens area classified column lists painting and papering services, phonograph repairs, tire repairs, electric fixtures, vehicle sales, lodging and employment notices. Includes legal notices for divorce filing and mortgage petition by Nelsonville YMCA, with names such as Blanche Rollins, Leonard Rollins, and law firm Woolley and Rowland.
The Toledo grain market shows varied wheat quotations with No. 2 slightly above $1.09 and No. 3 around $1.07. Dated figures include $1.39 for Wheat No. 1 eye and other prices such as $18.15 for related items, reflecting a cautious trading day in agricultural commodities.
A fragmented 1900s price listing shows hens at 19 to 26 cents, roosters and other items priced, butter at 52 cents, and assorted goods including onions and tubes. It mentions fees and current receipts in a terse catalog style.
Hog receipts total 2 500 with ranges from 10 to 15 cents and 11.75 to 12.40 per cwt in various weight classes. Cattle receipts 25 cents for calves 75 with beef steers and heifers around 10.50 to 18. Heavy calves listed, vealers 15 to 18.50. Sheep receipts 300 with top fat lambs at 15.25 and bulk lambs 12.50 to 15.25 and ewes 5.07 to 9.12. Market described as steady overall.
Hog receipts total 3400 with steady to 10 cent lower market. cattle and calves show mixed gains and price ranges across several weight classes. fat lambs and ewes provide limited movement. Boston market notes inactivity with steady nominal quotations. assorted produce items and fruit prices listed. Chicago produce reports show butter and other dairy prices with standard and extra grades.
Zanesville reports Perry counties 44 year old coal mine fire burns unchecked and nearby homesteaders grimly watch as homes are threatened. The fire began in 1884 after a mine car fire near New Lexington and has destroyed hundreds of millions of tons of coal, disrupted clay deposits and oil fields, and created vast craters and smoke. Residents remain, despite risk, while observers warn the area may be abandoned.
Columbus August 8 The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation board urged release of intangible property from the constitutional uniform rule for taxes. They oppose an open classification amendment and favor retaining the uniform rule on real estate land improvements and intangible personal property valued at true money value.
Atlantic City N J August 8 Organized labor will continue a nonpartisan policy during the present presidential campaign the Federation of Labor executive committee said in a statement issued yesterday It notes expectations of significant labor declarations in upcoming acceptance speeches and reserves final policy decisions for the remainder of the campaign.
Athens city council approves a contract with Ratin representatives for rat extermination. The treatment will be applied in alleys near the City building Herrold place garbage dump and river banks. Work to begin today.
Ida Tarbell the writer and historian was named to the advisory board directing Governor Alfred E. Smith's campaign among women nationwide.
Five miles north of Toledo Sunday noon an accident damaged a large sedan driven by A E Whaley of Congress street and left Arnold Matzinger 69 of Toledo with a fractured skull. Matzinger was hospitalized in critical condition at Flower hospital. The Whaley car carried Mrs Whaley Frank Cross and two Cross children. they were uninjured.
Chester I. Harra and James McGirr of near Sharpsburg were arrested in Zanesville for stealing automobile tires and motor accessories from James M. Stollar of Washington County. Held to the grand jury, they remain in the county jail due to bond default after their capture while attempting to sell the loot at a second hand store.
The State Utilities Commission in Columbus rejected a highway department order issued April 23 directing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to reconstruct the underpass on State Route No 7 near Marietta's western boundary. The action follows a July 1 hearing on the railroad’s appeal seeking nullification of the decree.
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