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 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1930
Page
11
A Chicago style holiday shopping guide listing dozens of gift ideas and deals from Marietta stores. Includes appliances from Maytag and Gibson, cameras, electric cleaners, glassware, toys, radios, and car accessories with sale prices and payment options. Also notes local services and a few notices.
Local ads tout electrical gifts and holiday specials from Southern Ohio Electric Co and affiliates. Featured items include radios, hair care, hosiery, jewelry, cookware, lighting, and home appliances with decorative boxes, gift plans, and pre Christmas sales through Nelsonville and nearby stores.
A study of the Athens job market shows Help Wanted notices draw many calls. Harold Pierce reports numerous responses to his own ad, and the piece urges using an ad-taker service at 0243 Athens, Nelsonville 412-W or Logan 272 to attract qualified applicants.
A classified notice promotes trading four city properties for farms and listing real estate with Dalton and Dalton. It mentions a seven room modern home with easy terms, a dandy chicken farm on Route 50, and a note to see Cameron Ros for insurance and real estate services.
A cluttered historical notice lists services from PURNACE REPAIRING and Nelsonville cleaners offering suit cleaning, glove repairs, and pressed garments. It mentions Christmas decorations and a Carpenter's store with seasonal goods, alongside stock market chatter and various vendors.
Baltimore market notes show current receipts and price ranges for eggs meat and poultry. Listings include hens leghorns turkeys ducks and geese with varied weights and per pound quotes. Prices reflect fresh eggs creamery items and live poultry with color descriptors and weight tiers.
Pittsburgh Produce reports Butter-02 results with 334 extras and 28 percent standard score 49. Beare 27 percent. Nearby firsts and second hand cases listed. Poultry figures include hens 13 to 23 and turkeys 20 to 37. ducks 15 to 26. geese 18 416. fresh killed hens 31 to 35.
Hogs 6,509 head including 90 direct holdover 259 moderate activity steady to lower best 130 230 lbs mostly 4.50 240 259 lbs around 86.40 some to 290 lbs down to 8.25 sows steady mostly 6.75 7 calves holdover 240 450 steers and heifers very slow steady to weak odd lots lower grades 6 7.75. bulls 5.50 good and choice weights 9.50 11 lower grades 6. sheep 400 better grade lambs strong to 260 higher 4-4.75 mostly 8.50 common 6.50 7 fat ewes 3-3.
Hog receipts weak with prices quoted around 8.40 to 8.65 per unit and lighter trade. Calves and vealers show slow market with prices near 19.00 to 12.00. Sheep receipts about 500 head with fat lambs steady to firm and lightweights around 4.75 to 7.75.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court Case No 14521 The McArthur Savings and Loan Company plaintiff will sell at public auction on December 2 to 1930 at 1 PM the real estate Lot 1917 in Sycamore Height Addition Athens located on Colum Ave Athens Ohio appraised at 4500 cash. Sheriff William Williams and attorney KE Vollenwielder. Also note John Lind appointed as prosecutor for A Webster estate in Athens County. Dated December 8 1930.
Public notice announces the annual election of directors to be held in the Courthouse on Saturday December 4 polls open from 12:30 to 2:36 Frank Biddle dated 1931-12-03. The notice notes Matthew Bolin has been tinted and qualified as Administrator or administrator of the estate of Ohio.
Market notes show butter steady with tote and tub sales reported in Cincinnati. Prices for No 2% and No 3 butter hover around established ranges as buyers and sellers trade in a calm, uneven lane.
Market notes indicate steady prices for Chicago produce with receipts mixed. Odd lots and extra lots show varied bids, while multiple tubs remain unsold.
A fragmented price sheet from Cleveland shows poultry items and unit prices. It lists leghorn varieties and round white silvers with prices around 2.80 to 2.95 per 100 units other items include Monty Creven and various fowl classifications.
Fragmentary OCR cites cattle values and market figures with mentions of dollars, weights, and sellers. Readable items indicate price points and farm terms, but details are incomplete and some names are garbled.
Nelsonville reports the Presbyterian Choir will present a Christmas musical service next Sunday at 6 pm. The program features the cantata Hall Memrial with 35 voices and several soloists including Mrs Margaret Johnson and Mr Krieg. Seven choristers and three quartet pieces are listed under director Professor Janssen.
Mrs Effie Green and Mise Marie Hinkman spend today and Thursday in Columbus as guests of Dr and Mrs C J Shepard Mrs Alex Nelson and son visited Columbus Wednesday John Snowden in Columbus for a few days Mrs A L Pritchard visiting relatives in Columbus Miss Mary Pritchard of Columbus visited her parents Dr and Mrs A L Pritchard Mrs Alva B Johnson has returned from Carmichael California where she visited Mr and Mrs Frank Honifield Louise Johnson for several days
The Mothers' club of the Grade West School will hold its regular meeting Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock in the West Building. All mothers are urged to attend.
Gifts packed by Franklin County Junior Red Cross under Mrs J B Denney have arrived for 127 Millfield mine disaster families in need. Pearl French of Athens County Red Cross accepts the boxes for individual Millfield households labeled with each child’s name while Nelsonville schools report 10 percent Junior Red Cross enrollment and full participation across grades.
Burglars broke a door to enter the City Loan and Savings Company in Circleville and robbed the bank of about $2,000 on December 17. Police investigation underway and authorities seek information on suspects.
In Columbus Uac a Bascohig announced a large bonus for employees of several banking institutions affiliated with the concern. The payout is described as a substantial sum though the exact amount is not disclosed.
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.