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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1934
Page
11
The opening air market shows steadiness with slight gains for American Consolidated Gas Public Service Jersey Loew's and Chrysler as demand cycles hint at a stronger year. Analysts note a shift from earlier declines with automakers and tractor manufacturers boosting orders and mill operations, signaling a robust year ahead.
The article discusses the National Housing Act and Better Housing program driving renovations and new construction. Officials expect widespread property rehabilitation and modernizations to combat housing shortages and stimulate local economies through owner-led projects and mortgage programs.
Market notes show eggs with assorted sizes and prices, butter at 202 tubs, and grain quotes. Wheat No 2 red around 96 to 98 cents, No 1 red near 97 to 98, corn No 2 yellow about 89 to 89 5, oats No 2 white 54 to 55, oats No 1 white 55 to 56. Transit billing adds 5 cents for wheat, 41 to 5 cents for corn, 30 to 33 cents for oats above track quotations.
Listings show assorted potatoes and poultry prices across regions. Michigan round whites fetch 95 cents per 100 pounds or similar units, Maine Green Mountains 1.15, Colorado Triumphs 1.90 with some at 2.10 or 2.00, and poultry items including poulties colored broilers 2 pounds and over, leghorn fryers 3 pounds and over, and roasting chickens 4 pounds and over priced around 19 to 42 cents per pound.
Market snippet records butter and egg pricing and grades. Mentions creamery specials, extras, firsts, seconds and standards with numeric codes and percentages. Also notes no butter sales and Fege sales with extra firsts.
Meat prices and cattle, hog, and sheep quotations show mixed movement with hogs up to 50 cents higher on most weights, cattle steady to higher, vealers strong, and sheep steady to firm. Treasury December 2 receipts tallied at 16.5 million with total year deficits widening, while Boston wool market slows due to holidays and textile demand shifting.
Daily schedule fragments show various numbered trains. No. 2 Daily Except Sunday No. 90 arrival times, No. 37 departure, West Bound No. 1 National Limited, No. 8 Diplomat, and No. 43 with multiple daily times 5:30 am to 10:35 am and 6:51 pm.
The article describes Queen Annes Lace motifs formed by French knots and lazy-daisy stitches for tea cloths scarfs pillows and linens. Pattern 564 offers four large sprays and four 8 inch sprays with transfer patterns material needs and stitch illustrations. Send 19 cents in stamps to The Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept New York for pattern.
In Savannah the sea going Santa Claug descended from the Yamacraw to hand out gifts to the crew. Rockets replaced sleigh bells as the event unfolded aboard the coast guard cutter with Christmas stickers reading Dont open until Christmas.
A Nelsonville Athens County effort aims to start building in March to complete a subsistence community for crop production in 1935. About 400 workers would be hired for construction with bids on materials. The committee includes H M Boone and Rev Lloyd Evans among others with state rehabilitation and relief officials coordinating plans.
County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson announced licenses for merchants under the new state sales tax. Applications will be available in Albany Coolville Chauncey and Glouster on December 26 27 28 and 31 with Peter Barrows in Nelsonville handling distribution. Licenses cost 1 and must be obtained by December 1. H G Householder owner of the grocery and meat market at 12 North Court Street secured the first license as applications began selling today.
Newtown High School students plan to raise 400 dollars to complete a memorial for Clement Clarke Moore in a Long Island cemetery. The PWA funded a monument project, but funds ran dry, leaving an unfinished stone tribute to the poet of A Visit From St. Nicholas.
PENASSE Minn December 4 UP Only the dog team and aiplane can compete with Santa Claus in reaching his first stop in the United States at Darbyshires near the Northeast Angle on the Lake of the Woods border. A fresh heavy snow has fallen and the nearest railroad is 60 miles away.
East Liverpool patrolmen, firemen and incinerator employees who had been unpaid since August received 3,000 dollars in back salaries. The gift comes as a seasonal aid from Santa aiding city workers.
Stabley Frankowski 22 of Chicago a University of Michigan student and football player was in serious condition after a shooting that police say arose from a quarrel at a north side dance hall last night.
Clever housewives seek easy to wear dress that launders well and flatters. The frock has long panels, no belt, notched lapels and optional long sleeves. Pattern 2062 offers sizes 16 to 46 with detailed yardage and illustrated sewing instructions. Anne Adams book priced at 15 cents, 10 cents with pattern. Address ordering details provided for The Athens Messenger Pattern Department.
Bernie Moore named head coach of the LSU football team at Baton Rouge succeeding Capt. Lawrence Bill Jones who resigned after a dispute with Senator Huey Long. Moore, a LSU freshman coach, takes over the Tigers starting immediately amid upheaval and leadership changes.
Ohio shows strong Yuletide spirit with plans to distribute at least 50,000 Christmas baskets of food and clothing to needy families. Community dinners and Christmas trees organized by civic groups, churches, and volunteers aim to spread cheer across the state. Charity Newsies in Columbus raised over $25,000 for relief after January 1.
Misas Car tie Magee daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Magee of Delirey Carroll County and Mr Harry Anderson of Rio Grande were wed at the Dellrey parsonage on Saturday December 22. Anderson a Canton native and Ohio State graduate 1933 teaches vocational agriculture at Rio Grande High School. They will reside at A J Clarks home in Rio Grande and be at home after January 1.
A travel sketch invites visitors to the Blue Ridge country in Scott County Virginia. It highlights Natural Tunnel near Fort Blackmore, the Wilderness Road route via Gate City and Clintwood, Sinking Creek, Dorten’s Fort, Big Stone Gap home of Bascom Slemp, Norton as a coal hub, and High Knob.
The Christmas pageant The Coming of Christ was presented at the Baptist Church Sunday night. A Christmas party followed on Monday night. Fr id with pupils after a basketball game at Vinton, the town notes mention family trips and a clerk’s return from a weeks visit to Springville Columbus and Union Fur.
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