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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1934

Page

9

St Louis Overtakes Brooklyn in Low-Scoring Tilt

Brooklyn and St Louis battle to a 2-0 final with tight pitching and key errors. Lissie, Whitehead, Collins and Durocher anchor defense while Bolten Burke and Benge contribute at the plate for the visitors.

Brooklyn Briloa Bahoa Boylers Lopez Benge Bucher Jordan Brooklyn St. Louis Lessie Whitehead Collins Durocher

Waterloo Boy Wins First at State Fair

Charles Hawk of Waterloo High School won first place in the Junior State Fair with his Buff Rock chickens. Nine vocational agriculture students from Waterloo attended the State Fair with teacher W. C. Barrett and Austin Hawk, entering ears of yellow corn Irish cobbler potatoes and Early Ohio potatoes among other entries.

New Marshfield Charles Hawk Waterloo High School Columbus Waterloo W. C. Barrett Austin Hawk Florence Fair Elmer Gully Francis Young Edgar Morgan Peck Ohio Francis Chesser Cail Ulbrich Darrell Ulbrich Vo Ag

Findlay Schools Set September 24 Opening

Findlay Ohio public schools will reopen September 24 after the board of education approved the date. Finances improved after refunding a $36,000 bond to a Toledo firm to keep operations running until January. Tony Canzoneri versus Harry Dublinsky headlines a W rounds bout at Ebbets Field in New York.

Findlay Board of Education Toledo New York Tony Canzoneri Harry Dublinsky Chicago Ebbets Field Tony

Stocks Rise Slightly In Early Trading On Mixed News

Stocks advanced about a point in quiet trading with rails metals and industrials up. Westinghouse United States Smelting and Goodyear led small gains while major names like United States Steel General Motors and New York Central rose modestly amid downticks in others. The era’s outlook notes steel under use and a dip in electric output with a modest year over year gain in retail food prices.

New York Westinghouse United States Smelting Goodyear United States Steel Montgomery Ward Ggneral Motors American Can Santa Fe New York Central Howe Sound Morgenthau Iron Age Edison Electric Institute Bureau of Labor Statistics

New York Stocks Inch Up Amid Mixed Industrial Shares

Markets show modest gains with fractions of percent changes across major names including Am, Power, United Drug, Westinghouse and Woolworth as investors digest earnings and sector signals. Trading activity remains cautious as Treasury balance and federal receipts for August draw attention.

Rail Time Card Excerpts From Historic Schedule

A garbled excerpt shows New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio timetables with multiple daily trains listed by numbers and service names. Times include arrivals and departures such as No 2 at 10:59 a.m and No 4 at 4:44 p.m, plus Diplomat and National Limited services with varying daily patterns.

NEW York Central South NEW York Central North Baltimore & Onio National Limited Diplomat la Ae

Local Social News from Ravenswood and Surrounding Areas

Mr and Mrs Rex Anderson and son Billy spent Sunday with relatives in Ravenswood West Virginia. The G W Dewees family visited Ed Drain in Before R D. The Robinson Johnson reunion is set at Fred Gillilan home Sunday. Harry Gibbs and children from Coolville R D guest with Frank Russell. Furner guests include Stout family in Wolf Summit and Williams sister. Will Shockner and Mrs Marrs of Akron visited Dewees. Mrs A C Watson returned home from Belpre. G C Jones attended Stout family reunion at Grange Hall Coolville.

Rex Anderson Billy Ravenswood W. Va Harry Gibbs Coolville, R. D Frank Russell Belpre G. C. Jones Stout Grange Coolville

Grimsley and Evans Meet After 52 Years in Ironton

John Grimsley of Ironton visited A L Evans on Sunday marking their first meeting since 1882 when Grimsley and his father helped build the railroad through the area. Nearby, George Evans attended air races in Gallipolis with Mrs Evans.

John Grimsley Ironton A. L. Evans Grimsley George Evans Gallipolis Olan Collins T. J. Colling Vinton County Sherman Parker Collins Home Ed Parker Pleasanton E. G. Pauley West Virginia Mary Whaley

Baltimore Produce Market Report

Eggs steady near term with current receipts at 32 cents for large and 20 cents for henery whites per dozen. Butter at 29 cents per pound, 708 cases of eggs listed.

Baltimore

Market Produce Prices for Beans Cabbage Lettuce and More

Express and Truck Receipts list green beans round stringless and Kentucky Wonders at 50 to 75 cents per unit, Ohio cabbage at 40 to 60 cents per basket, corn and huckleberries from Virginia at 1.50 per 12 quart basket, lettuce and tomatoes from Ohio at 40 to 60 cents per 10 pound basket, various tomato prices per 8 quart and basket.

Kentucky Ohio Virginia

Market Prices for Produce and Dairy Decline in Chicago Sales

An itemized listing shows beans cabbage corn cucumbers and other produce with varied prices. Ohio and Virginia origins appear for several items including green beans cucumbers and huckleberries. Butter prices and grades along with egg and poultry quotes are reported from Chicago on August 22 AP.

Market Prices For Dairy Poultry And Potatoes

Butter steady in tubs and prints priced 30 to 33 cents per pound. Eggs at 23 cents a dozen. Live poultry with various weights and varieties listed, including leghorns and rock springers with prices from 11 to 20 cents per pound. Potatoes at 1.25 per 40 sack and sweet potatoes at 3.95 per barrel.

Market Report Shows Active Livestock Sale Across Classes

Livestock market activity surged with many pecker buyers present. Cattle receipts were 400 with well finished steers and heifers earning higher prices. Veal receipts 460 with top calves around 6.70 and heavy calves up to 6.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 1050, good fats at about 7.15, feeding lambs 4.50 to 5.25, hogs in strong demand with mixed price ranges, sows and lighter weights toward the bottom end. Overall steady to higher across cattle, veal, sheep, and hog categories.

Livestock Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Categories

Total receipts 961 head with cattle, veal calves, lambs and hogs varying. Cattle active with 900 government and 450 commercial calves. best 700 lb steers at 7.25 per hundredweight, cows and cutters traded lower, vealers up to 7.00 with strong demand. lambs scarce with better lots hard to find and plainer sorts yielding lower bids. Hog receipts 187 direct and through. barrows and sows sold higher on lighter weights, heavies around 6.75 to 6.90, pigs 2.10 head, stage hogs 3.55. Sheep 2,150 with weak undertone, best lambs scarce and early sales mostly on plainer stock.

Liberty 3s and Treasury notes show varied figures

The fragmented data lists Liberty and Treasury values with multiple figures such as 103.10 for Liberty 3s and 103.8 for Liberty 1st. Additional entries include Treasury Ds at 106.2 and Treasury 448 at 112.5 vu, plus owners loan 45 5 92.18 and Home owners loan 35 52 98.10.

Liberty Treasury Ds Treasury Owners Loan Home Owners Loan

Quiet Boston wool market on greasy combing lines

The Boston wool market showed little activity with small sales of scoured clothing wool for immediate needs. Greasy combing wools were unchanged from last week, awaiting demand.

Boston

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