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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1927
Page
9
Personal ads list multiple used cars with prices including FORD models from 1922 to 1926 plus OVERLAND and DODGE offerings. Also advertised are repairs at Logan and a 24 hour restaurant on Main Street with general electrical work and a contacting Lawrence Reasoner in Beasley.
Public auction planned August 20 1927 at the Athens Court House to settle partition of property in York Township Ohio Company Purchase area 8.64 acres appraised at 110 dollars. Property transfers via court order. cash due day of sale. Also notices about street assessments on East State Street Athens and an equipment change application for J F Chadwell Jr a motor carrier with the Public Utilities Commission.
The scattered OCR shows a puzzle page with clues and fragments including references to horizontal entries and multiple wordplay hints. It mentions terms like To rest upon the surface of water and a person with multiple wives, suggesting a cryptic or crossword style round.
Market rundown shows corns and livestock with quotes for cattle and veal. Beef steers bring about 9.50 to 11.00 dollars per hundredweight, yearlings and heifers around 8.60 to 9.90, and vealers near 12.50. Sheep receipts total 6,800 with a steady tone.
In a terse market note traders report hogs steady to lower with prices around 66 to 260, lambs and bulk cull lambs showing varied bids. The text references bids near 11.80 and 11.60 with futures or weight data unclear, noting broad market steadiness and weak demand in parts of the sheep market.
Chicago market notes butter receipts 14 783 creameries 30c standards 38c firsts 36c seconds 40s. Bees receipts 9 14 ordinaries 220 240, cheeses 2c, fowls ducks turkeys price ranges. New York August 9 U P butter prices ease to 40c, best 40c, eggs 24 25c. Wheat corn oats rye clover and timothy futures listed with varied quotes.
Esther Fitten, a 6 piano pupil of Prof. C. Robinson at Ohio University School of Music, performs tonight at 7:90 in Ewing Hall. She opens with the aria Dis Que Rien ne'm Em from Carmen, and a group of German songs accompanies by Miss Barbara zer.
A suit alleging 2996 dollars plus interest from June 26 1924 on a note with collateral was entered against B Young in Athens County Pleas court. A separate matter shows C D Gallom against William Bean was marked as missed without prejudice at plaintiff cost. The No Foundary and Machine Joseph Chapman et al case was set for August 15.
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