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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1934
Page
9
A damaged OCR style classified fragment shows ad acceptance rules and misprint notices for a newspaper page. It includes policy statements about advert misreads, insertion errors, and acceptable content, plus a mix of local notices and small ads for livestock and services. It mentions Jersey cow for sale and free pool swims offer.
Readers can place Economy Want Ads to sell items like stoves ice boxes pianos and furniture for cash. The Messenger offers 3 lines for 72 cents or 6 lines for $1.26 if paid within seven days.
A bud for Carbondale Special School district Athens County Ohio for 1935 has been preferee and is on file at the Clerk's office. A hearing will be held on August 31 1934 at 7 30. D B WAY Clerk. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Norris 66 North Lancaster Street Sheltering Arms Hospital last night. Mrs Winifred Frank of New Marshfield is at the hospital for medical treatment.
City of Athens approves to proceed with grading draining curb and paving West State Street from Court Street to 910 feet NW. Brick on sand cushion and concrete base with raised curb 42 feet wide, assessments by frontage over nine annual installments, bonds issued for city share, and proceeds used for surveys and notices.
Cool weather cooled Athens district as temperature fell to 57 with bed covers needed for comfort. By early afternoon it rose to 82, after yesterday's high of 80, with showers forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
Arthur Graham of Athens was fined five dollars plus costs after arraignment before Mayor Len B. McCune on an intoxication charge last night.
The Associated Press reports union leaders weighing a general transportation strike in Chicago with a police executive saying the bus drivers walkout is near a breaking point. Sympathetic action may spread to Detroit as tensions flare nationwide amid clashes and threatened industrial action.
A mild buying flurry lifted stock prices in early dealings with rails and metals leading gains around two points. Major names such as Chrysler and U S SteelPosted fractional to around one percent higher while bank credit signs show expansion and deposits rise.
Cleveland, Aug. 21. Net income for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for July, 1934, was $1,007,744, down $1,264, 76 from the same month last year. First seven months earnings totaled $15,254,596, up $2,316,372 for the year to date. Boston, Aug. 21. Demand quiet on greasy combing domestic wools in Boston market with no sales and largely nominal quotations for Australian wool imports.
Columbus collects a nine to ten win over Minneapolis with late drama. Key players include Wright Norris and O D e a contributing on offense while errors by the teams factor into the final tally. The game features substitutions and batted for players Greer Sims Ryan in later innings.
Baltimore Produce lists current receipts and price ranges for eggs, butter, beans, cabbage, celery, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, huckleberries, lettuce, pears, peppers, plums, tomatoes, and poultry from Ohio Michigan and Virginia suppliers. Pittsburgh Produce shows nearby current receipts and fresh extra firsts for eggs with varying grades.
Butter higher creamery extras in tubs at 30sper pound and 33 38 cents per pound. Potatoes priced at $2.25 per barrel with sweet potatoes at $2.25 per bushel.
Butter prices listed by grade with range values and market totals. Extras and firsts show varied percentages and totals, with 200 tubs sold and 4 420 eggs steady with no sales.
Toledo Grain reports on track prices for wheat corn and oats with No 2 red wheat at 0.994 4/91.00 and No 1 red at 1.00. No 2 yellow corn 0.75 0.75 and No 8 yellow 0.4075, No 2 white oats 0.60 0.52 and No 1 white 0.595. In store and transit billing shows wheat 4% above track 5c above, cars 4 4% above and oats 2 3¢ above.
The report shows hogs active with price shifts and 200 to 250 pound averages around $7.25, cattle and calves steady with best grass steers near $4.00 to $5.00 and top heifers at $5.00, vealers $6.50 to $7.00, cows $2.50 to $3.25, bulls $3.60 down, and lambs trading from $7.00 to $7.75 with strong bidding on Tuesday and Monday gains. Sheep listings around $3.00 for older ewes and $7.50 for select lambs as market movement continues.
Nelsonville reports the Daily Vacation Bible School run by the Presbyterian Church ended after 12 weeks across 25 schools in three week terms. A total of 1518 boys and girls were enrolled in these programs.
The treasury balance as of August 17 shows receipts of 15.28 million dollars and expenditures of 20.07 million, leaving a deficit of 4.79 million. Customs receipts for the month total 12.21 million, with fiscal year totals since July 1 at 404.43 million in receipts and 763.91 million in expenditures, including 344.11 million in emergency spending. Gold assets are listed at 7.99 billion with various U.S. Treasury securities and Home Owners Loan positions also noted.
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