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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
13
A cluttered classified page fragment shows multiple small ads for services and goods in Athens, including furnace and home repairs, insurance brokers, tires and auto parts, and auto glass. The text hints at a missing article and a price structure, with references to local businesses and contact numbers.
A classified advertisement lists services from Faultless Cleaners and Dyers and Acme Dry Cleaners. It mentions cleaning and pressing for coats, two pair of pants cleaned and pressed, and a selection of painted light oak items priced at one dollar each. The notices reference B M Gibson University Terrace address and a Messenger Office location.
In The Messenger a baby carriage offered by Mrs Hazel Mc Manus in this city sold quickly. Interest remained with calls and ads for outgrown carriages continued after the sale, with readers invited to place ads via local numbers Athens 0243 Nelsonville 824 Logan 272.
A compact built in weight unit priced at 859.50 appears ready for home use. The note suggests simple plug in setup suitable for various rooms.
Today's markets report shows limited activity across sectors. Wool remains steady in Boston while Texas staple prices stay firm. livestock and hogs in Cincinnati gain modestly with calves and cattle mixed. lambs mostly steady amid uneven pull totals and lower sheep bids.
Fragmentary Cleveland ad listing various produce items with unclear pricing and quantities. Mentions potatoes ducks geese and other items in a shuffled jumble of garbled text.
Cattle receipts 906 with market steady and beef cattle around 4.40 per hundredweight. Calves 100 with calves around 12.50. Sheep 800 received, market active with good and choice lambs around 10.95 and wethers about 4.50. Trade noted as mixed with cattle and calves steady overall.
A garbled early 20th century price list shows poultry items including live and dressed poultry, hens, geese, turkeys and he also mentions 39¢ 84e 46ce and percentages for price adjustments. Mentions of Acubo Ctra firsts and Neateay hermery writing 294 30% appear as stray names and figures.
A terse list from Baltimore Produce outlines current receipts and pricing for poultry and eggs. It notes various classes such as young leghorns and White Pekins, with counts and size categories including adults and pullets, alongside unrelated items and muddled text fragments.
Market report shows steady tone in Chicago produce with 7,361 cases of extra firsts and 6,704 tubs of butter. Prices listed include extran 3a4oc and extra firsta 037, with current receipts around 12% and ordinariea 18% 19c.
The Board of County Commissioners fixes August 20 for viewing the proposed road vacation running from the J McClead lands to a cement bridge near Harry Bennetts in Athens County Ohio. The final hearing is scheduled for September 2, 1990 at 1 PM in the courthouse office. Robert P. Tompkins, Clerk.
On August 15 1030 Justice H E Porter of Athens Township Ohio issued an attachment order in a case involving Willett I Sweeny for the sum of one hundred and eighty six dollars. Beatrice Brown appears in the notice dated August 20 1930.
Public notice from Rea Transportation Co requests a modification of equipment under certificate 2712 for the Columbus to Martinsville route, adding one Lyton truck. Interested parties may obtain hearing details by contacting the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus.
United States Steel helped push the market higher as investors bought broadly, despite a government report showing steel production down 1 percent the prior week. Steel rose to 168 and other major issues followed with gains, while profit taking appeared around midday on several shares.
On honeymoon with Calles shevuatha now Mrs Callaes. The private civil ceremony near Mexico City attended by four close friends marked the union of the former Miss Leonor Liorente and Maxico's famed iron general General Calles. No religious service or photographs were allowed. The bride, a noted Mexican beauty and amateur singer, is said to be the first wife of Calles' late spouse.
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