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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1926
Page
7
In Harbor Gardens Long Island Myra Heath is murdered by a whisky bottle after a party at the Heath home. Perry Heath remains missing with doors locked from inside. Inman and Bunny Moore are suspects as annotations of a coroner inquiry unfold at the Country Club.
Rail time card lists Northbound and Southbound departures from Athens with trains No. 1 No. 5 No. 2 No. 6 and Hocking Valley services Nos 31 33 37 with morning and afternoon sailings. Also Baltimore and Ohio westbound and eastbound services with specific departure times. The text shifts to a suspenseful dialogue about a mystery around Mrs Heath and Myra Heath, with residents debating investigation approaches and possible heirs.
Monday's line up across U S radio stations features WEAF WWJ WTIC WSB KFI WHO and more with concerts, bands, opera and news. Listings show times for orchestras, travelogues, dinner music and various musical programs across Atlantic City Baltimore Detroit Chicago and New York stations.
Market opens with General Motors United States Steel and Atchison hitting fresh highs. Cattle receipts near 18 000 with steady to higher quotes. hogs uneven with top around 15.85. Cincinnati bids show mixed gains in hogs and cattle with lambs and sheep steady to higher.
A 175 mile Michigan line and similar northeast Ohio efforts aim to halt the European corn borer. State and federal inspectors guard quarantine areas from Saginaw Bay to the Indiana line as researchers seek new control methods. Despite funds and effort the pest seems hard to stop. spread ignores borders and corn supply is at risk across the Midwest.
Hogs receipts 3000 with market slow to steady up about 50 cents. Prices for 250 to 250 pounds range around 12.10 to 15.25, 206 to 250 pounds 12.25 to 14.55, 160 pounds and under 12.25 to 14.55. Cattle receipts 10 with market slow to steady and top around 14.00 to 15.00. vealers near 14.00. Sheep receipts 400 with market slow to barely steady, fat lambs up to 14.25.
New York produce markets show quiet to steady tone across commodities. Flour prices remain around 15.80 to 15.90 with mixed notes. sugar raw steady. coffee Rio No 7 quoted 19 1/4 to 22 1/4 cents. tallow, hay, dressed poultry, cheese, butter, eggs, and butter receipts listed with various price points and quality terms for nearby and futures notions.
Cleveland produce and packing stock listings show butter in tubs at 43 and 44 cents, extra firsts at 41 and 42 cents, and various egg grades including extra 30 to 4 cents and firsts around 38 to 41 cents. The report records descriptions and price ranges for butter and eggs with several coded abbreviations.
A fragmented market listing from Chicago shows butter prices with extras at 38 cents and standard goods at 9 to 14 cents. Odds and ends include Beggs items with ordinary 26 43 cents and firsts 2 shillings 6 pence, alongside seconds.
Toledo market notes show grain and hay quot ed with No 2 wheat at 1.96 per bushel and corn at 1.37. Prices list rye, oats, barley, clover seed, timothy, and hay with varied futures and cash prices across several months and delivery dates.
The Boston wool market remains steady with last week's gains. Fine French combing wools bring $1, Ohio Delaines 45 cents, Australian Merinoes six to nine pounds in bond at $1 clean. Last period saw improved activity in South American wools.
In Ilford England the Dunmow flitch a prize for a marrying pair never quarreling was awarded this year to two couples. The event marks a rare double honor for the city and its spouses.
In Ealing England a pigeon once sold by J K Atterwill reappeared at his loft seven years after the sale. The extraordinary homecoming surprised the owner and rekindled interest in the bird's remarkable journey.
Porge Issmer of Berlin died during a mountain climb near Innsbruck after suffering snow blindness. Rescue teams found him at a cliff edge and confirmed his death, with authorities noting severe weather conditions contributed to the accident.
Soviet forces announce the dispersion of the last brigand bands operating in Siberia, ending a period of armed insurgency in the region.
The Rev. M. E. Chatley compared human life with the Israelites journey from Egypt to the Promised Land in a sermon at the First Christian Church. He warned Christians against expectations of easy triumphs and urged virile faith to endure hardships without complaint.
Readers share a short notice about a front window sign reading No Walking Here facing the street in Racine. A separate baseball remark notes Brown, Buckeye pitcher in the Nelsonville Twilight league, retiring the side on four pitches and making three assists.
Babe Ruth, famed Yankee slugger, paid a $15 fine in justice court Brighton Michigan after pleading guilty to fishing out of season in June. The incident occurred in Brighton with Ruth admitting the violation and paying the penalty.
Aug 9 Charlies J. Dirks, a Republican candidate for governor, issued a statement predicting his own defeat in the race.
The article outlines President Calles and his cabinet as nominal Catholics with all family members devout, noting confessional practices and a July church crackdown. It cites an archbishop letter, church penalties, and Calles’s stance on religious matters and personal family faith.
Mrs. Mary McConnell investigated after her husband Harry T. McConnell was murdered. A bullet from the rear seat of an auto matched a gun owned by Millard Abel, who was previously arrested but not charged. Abel has now been convicted and sentenced to hang.
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