This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
9
A cluttered local advertisement page features promotions for upholstering and painting services, car washing, dry cleaning, and heating. It also lists real estate options from farms near Liberty Hills to modern homes near college, plus rent-to-own and bond-for-deed opportunities. Businesses advertise groceries, bakery items, insurance, and loans, with several vehicle listings and service notices.
Ordinance 106 amends Sec 2 of Ordinance 624 to fix salaries in Nelsonville Ohio departments and repeals Ordinance 670. It sets pay dates for stationary engineers and firemen, assigns funds, defines eight hour days, and repeals prior amendments. Passed August 6 1928.
The Christian Church of Athens Ohio petitions the Court of Common Pleas in Athens County in case No 13072 to mortgage its real estate in In Lot 95 City of Athens to secure a 3500 loan. Hearing is set for on or after August 18 1028. L Koons smeany represents petitioner.
Local wholesale produce trading moved slowly with homegrown beans at 11.25 per bushel and various poultry prices listed. Cincinnati and Toledo markets show noted prices, with corn around 1.07 to 1.08 per dozen, wheat, oats, and hay figures also recorded for early August trading.
Chicago August 9. Reports of stronger Liverpool quotations and good Can trade triggered a sharp rise in wheat on the Board of Trade. Late trading showed wheat up about 1 to 1 1/4 cents, corn up around 1/2 to 3/4 cent, and oats up about 2 1/4 to 3/4 cent as short covering flooded the pit.
Leon Gold 21-year-old baker escaped serious injury after his small coupe rolled over on Morrison hill on the Pomeroy Athens road about 6 30 last night. He swerved to avoid a parked car that suddenly moved left. brakes locked and the car turned over. He was treated by Dr. J T Merwin then taken home. The driver of the parked car fled.
The clipping lists egg prices for various grades and butter receipts with multiple fractions and percentages. It mentions firsts seconds and extras, with prices ranging from 20c to 44c and standard amounts, reflecting a market snippet from a local dairy column.
Hog receipts total 2, cattle 50, sheep 300. Market is steady with varied weights and prices. Hogs range from 10.50 to 14.90 per hundredweight. cattle include cows around 8.30 to 15.25. vealers and calves mix. fat lambs and ewes priced up to 15.25 and 7 respectively. Sows and heavy calves noted with activity in buyers' interest.
Boston buyers show heavy Sequire driven demand but volumes are modest as bids sit under dealers asking prices. In Cincinnati livestock, hogs at 3,100 receipts with steady to 10 cent lower at 300 lb and above, cattle 925 receipts, veals up to 50 higher, beef steers near 111 to 114.50, sheep 1,700 with fat lambs around 15 and bulk ewes smaller.
New York produce figures show butter steady with receipts at 13 602 and creamery extras around 46 cents. Eggs steady with reece white fancy at 44 47 cents, nearby state tests 34 47 cents, fresh firsts 30 31 cents, whites 32 36 cents. Pa coast 34 44 cents. browns 1 cent 42 cents. Ohio prints 47 48 cents. Fees fresh selecters 35 40 cents, current receipts 29 32 cents.
Local scorecard lists teams Colusa 103 to 108, Miz and Moores & Ross key players with high percentages. Companies including Ohio Bell Tel Paragon Refg and Seaboard Oil feature in the event with notable performances and percentages.
Lancaster Aug 9 Joseph T Ferguson Democratic nominee candidate for state auditor has canceled his first campaign speaking engagements due to an unspecified track issue.
Dr. Price Moody aged about 70 a veteran physician in Washington county died at his Bartlett home Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Bartlett home Thursday afternoon with interment in the local cemetery. A Morgan county native he practiced there before coming to Bartlett 29 years ago. Surviving are three daughters Victoria Moody St Louis Harold McConnell and Gene Harris Newport and the widow.
Columbus, Aug 9. Harry Kirk state director of highways through Attorney General Turner files suit in Franklin county court against Eberbach Construction Co Pomeroy to recover 40000 dollars alleging overloading and speeding trucks hauling road material from Gallpolis since May 1 1928 causing $40000 damage to the road on section D state route 11 Madison town ship Jackson county.
Ray Mc Laughlin of Hollister was arraigned before Justice Carl Porter on assault with intent to kill, shooting in a menacing manner, and highway robbery. He pled not guilty and was bound to the grand jury with bonds of 700, 900, and 1,500 respectively. Woodruff identified Mc Laughlin as one of two men who robbed him at his Hollister office, beating him and taking a gun. the second suspect fled.
Dispatches from Batavia report that the Ro katinds eruption on Paloeweh killed about one thousand people and left 600 injured. Six villages were destroyed and damage concentrated in the island’s southwest as nine ships were also reported affected.
News from Athens reports the death of Frank M. Leavitt at Scarsdale New York. Born in Athens seventy two years ago he was a former Athens president engineer and inventor. He attended public schools in Athens and Stevens Institute of Technology earning a mechanical engineering degree. Leavitt left Athens very young and little is known of his later life to old Athens residents who recall the family name.
A former resident of Barlaiy identified as Mr. Smith, aged about 43, died in Zanesville after leaving his home two months ago. He held a position with Meri Logan Gas company and recently worked for the Creston OM company in Zanesville.
In Bellaire on August 9 a 60 year old Polish man Harry Pluto was found dead in a reservoir near the city. Police believe he took his own life after becoming despondent over unemployment during the coal strike.
An advance of 10 cents per barrel for Corning grade oil was announced at the Joseph Seepeuing Agency in the Dimes Savings building on Wednesday. The new price is $1.80, following an earlier 15 cent increase on June 29.
Charles Hoppe, condemned to death for the murder of Dorothy Szielagowski, writes about his crime career while awaiting execution in Lucas County jail. He is to be executed in Columbus on October 26.
Mary E and Charles A as administrators of the Bert 8 Bethel estate filed an account of payments in probate court yesterday. The court allowed it as their final discharge. A marriage license was issued to Arthur M Wise age 23 of Athens R D 3 and K Headley Chauncey, home.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.