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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1930
Page
9
Whippet 1928 roadster features new tires and looks like a fresh 1927 Chevrolet roadster. The compact car comparison highlights restored appearance and road readiness.
Marietta Paint & Color Co advertises durable economical finishes. P. W. Webb lists tire repair services with rates. F. J. Beasley Milling Co and Athens Cash Feed Store promote carload feed and freight offers. Higgins & Son urges orders for $11 per ton grass and feed in Athens.
Gladys Ogg sold a living room suite quickly through a Messenger classified ad. The notice extols the broad reach of Messenger ads for buyers and sellers and urges readers to list item 0243 for an ad-taker.
Classified notices and auto repair ads list services forEssex 1928 coach vanities and tires. Beasley and Linacotta Garage advertise repairs and services for all cars. Victrola records sale includes prices 10 12 and 25 with Crosley store ad. Funeral flowers and wreaths offered by Nelsonville Florals and Greenhouses. Mrs Inez Evans handles ads for The Messenger.
Notice is given that on Saturday August 23 2030 at 1 PM a public auction will be held at the courthouse Athens Ohio to sell 65.40 acres in Alexander Township near Chase Pont office. The property formerly conveyed to Harvey M Saulters and Horton Saulters is listed with appraisal of 1500 and is being sold by Sheriff William Williams under the Common Pleas Court order. Attorneys Jones Jones & Erskis represent the action.
Athens City Council declares it necessary to pave South Court Street from Union Street to President Street and President Street to South Bridge approach. Ordinance requires three fourths concurrence of council.
City officials authorize paving and grading from Union Street to South Bridge approach on South Court and President Street. Plan calls brick on concrete paving with grade elevations and curb height set. Assessments taxed over ten years with bonds issued to cover cost and intersections. Executor appointed for estate of Frank G C Webster.
Rome Township invites sealed bids for furnishing and hauling gravel to Beebe road amounting to 00 yards or more if needed. Gravel to be purchased in Rome Township and delivered on the Beebe Washington County line road. Bids due August 16. right to reject any or all bids. Clerk W Bh Spear to receive bids by 2 pm.
Athens County Ohio board advertises a public auction of timber on the township lot two miles west of Albany, scheduled for August 26 1930 at 2 PM. Bids may be rejected or accepted. cash on day of sale. Officials include W M Throckmorton C E B Richey W Beatt Edward Rickey, Clerk.
City of Athens Ohio council fixes the meter and lineman salary in the water works department at 1560 dollars per year payable monthly. Ordinance repeals inconsistent prior ordinances and takes effect when allowed by law. Passed August 4, 1939. Rufus C. Hopkins president of council attested by C H Harris clerk. Approved by Mayor R B Wood.
Forest fires swept across baked plains and forests in Michigan as gale force winds approached. The blazes endangered several Upper Peninsula communities and had burned thousands of acres, prompting urgent firefighting efforts.
Six persons were injured at a Miami dock when a gasoline tank in a 40 foot cabin cruiser exploded. Three sustained serious injuries. The blast occurred during a salvage operation or fueling at the dock. Local authorities investigated the cause as firefighters and police responded quickly to the scene.
Mail carried by airplanes rose by 12,967 pounds from June to July, totaling 693,627 pounds for the month. The network now includes 24 routes with two trans continental lines advertised to operate over southern routes.
The notice lists poultry and meat prices with various items including live hens at 1049900, springers at 1& 30, old roosters, ducks, and related products. It notes price changes and new stock arrivals increasing slightly more than before.
Fragmentary OCR notes list market firms and payee rents with coded figures. Mentions butter market entries and seconds counted, plus references to receipts and sections. Names and places are unclear. details appear garbled and partial.
Market notes indicate butter is steady with creamery products priced in the 24 to 38 cent range for firsts and seconds. Packaging stock and local trade activity reflect cautious demand with modest price adjustments and slight discounts observed in nearby procurement.
Livestock receipts show cattle at 1 200 and market steady to mostly steady. Pigs trade around 1029 to 1020 dollars with desirable pigs around 8.40, veal 12 dollars, and sheep receipts steady with fat lambs lower than Friday.
A fragmented OCR price outline from the Cleveland market lists poultry items such as fowls leghorn broilers and ducks with unit prices like 32c and 12420c alongside odd codes and missing data. Potatoes section appears incomplete with no clear quotes or amounts.
Hog and cattle quotes mixed with gener al declines in some weights and steadiness in others. Hogs range mostly around 1095 per 100 pounds with bulk sows steady while cattle show solid demand for light weight steers and yearlings, veal prices mixed, sheep activity uneven with weaker general tone yet stronger on top lambs.
An educational hog program will start at the Athens County Fair August 19 to 22 under J. & McClanahan. Prizes are offered for Black Poland Chinas Spotted Poland Chinas Berkshires Chester Whites and Duroc Jerseys. Winners in Athens County receive 26 percent more in prizes. Entries close Monday August 18 at noon.
Kenneth Bump a 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs James Bump of Dover Township died here Sunday from poison self administered Relatives offered no motive for the apparently deliberate act Police cited ill health and a youthful romance as possible factors In a separate case Edward Smith 44 an auto repairer shot himself after a different motive was noted in the report
In Mustang Canyon Texas on August 11 A D Payne confessed slaying his wife by placing a bomb in the car. District Attorney E W Thomerson said no special grand jury would be used and the case will go before the ordinary Amarillo jury convening August 22. The prosecutor urged swift sentencing to the electric chair.
The market saw a midday rally with the Dow edging up slightly while trading remained uneven. Major indices fluctuated as investors weighed gains in manufacturing and finance against declines in some sectors.
President Hoover was informed of unemployment and disease amid drought as John Barton Payne reports from 18 states that farm hands lack work and typhoid and pellagra rise, with some areas facing starvation threats.
Eldoris Taylor, a 9 year old from Duncan Oklahoma, was sentenced to 14 years in Pauls Valley Reformatory after admitting to Judge J W Scott that he started fires at six structures including his home a lumber yard and two chain stores on Saturday He said it was fun to watch them burn and claimed the stores did not pay their share of taxes.
Gilbert Lloyd, 82, a filling station attendant, was shot and killed in Dover Ohio early today. Constable Robert D. Amos reportedly fled after the shooting. police said the death may have been accidental as Amos claimed Lloyd removed the magazine from the automatic weapon during inspection.
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine aim for 1000 hours aloft in the Monoplane Greater St Louis, reporting 508 hours flown and 638 hours as a Hunter record milestone. They say a noon radio message hints at an eight hour stretch, with descent uncertain, possibly soon or possibly next month.
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