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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
9
Page lists various Nelsonville area offerings including car repair, poultry, coal delivery, gifts, poles, rugs, radios, gloves, boots, and a Hereford bull. Also details a land sale in Dover Township, with sections 3 and 4, total acreage about 45 acres, minimum bid not less than $300, cash due sale day, sheriff William Williams overseeing.
Messenger Help Wanted ads work well for general housework jobs in Athens. Mr Hunter Macarland of The Colonial received up to a dozen calls after placing such an ad, showing the format reaches the right workers. Call 0243 Athens Nelsonville 412 W or Logan 272 to place your own ad.
The State of Ohio County common pleas court case 14464 lists The Nelsonville Home and Savings Association as plaintiff and Rhoda Perry et al as defendants. An order of re appraisal enables sale of surface of south half of southwest quarter section 4 town 10 range 14 in Athens County at public auction January 7 1981 at 1 pm at the courthouse doors in Athens. Premises near New Floodwood appraised at 400 with mineral reservations to Imperial Coal Mining Company. Cash in hand day of sale. William Williams Sheriff Athens County Ohio Deputy Sheriff Frederick Heck. Emmett Keenan.
Ohio Common Pleas Court in Athens County orders sale of two tracts in Canaan Township and Athens on January 17 1951 at 1pm. First tract 30 acres with road access and prior conveyance, second tract on Mound Street within Athens. Appraisals 900 and 350 dollars. Terms: one third cash and two equal notes with mortgage security. Sheriff A B Welis signs.
Ada Davies, Orland Willard and Grove Evans with unknown residences and Iva Martin of Washington DC are notified that on November 1 EK. Irving, heir of J D Evans deceased, filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio seeking partition of 101.60 acres in Section 29 and 35 Town 5 Range 12 Carthage Township and they must answer by January 18, 1931 or the allegations will be taken as true.
In Youngstown on December 26 a safe was moved to a rear room and blown open. Early today vegetables were seized in a holdup and multiple burglaries added to a holiday loss tally reaching 5000 dollars in loot and cash.
Markets weather risk as rate cuts lift sentiment in New York trading. Major movers include United States Steel, American Telephone, General Electric, Coca Cola, and Wright Aircraft with varied gains while rails hold firm and copper and utilities show mixed results.
Bank clearings totaled 1.043 billion with a clearing house balance of 127.6 million and Federal Reserve credit balance at 93 million for the period ending December 24-10.
The snippet lists butter-neer and poultry prices with several figures such as 62 score extras 904, 89 score 26 percent, 68 score 2744, and nearby hens, ducks, turkeys, and geese with ranges like hens 12-23, turkeys 35-37, fresh killed hens 33-37, old toms 22-25. It also mentions new cases 33-3544 and nearby hennery whites 3614.
Chicago market report notes overall steadiness with produce and butter sectors. Produce receipts reach 3,679 cases including extras and firsts while butter shows 4,602 tubs with various grade counts.
Cincinnati butter market runs steady with tablets priced for creamery goods. Quotations include common scores 3 25 and 30 29 25 butter fat marks 27 34 27 plus various firsts seconds and ungraded lots across inclusive case counts 1 2 10 and nearby items.
Grain prices in Toledo Ohio on December 23 show Wheat No 2 red 84 85 cents per bushel Corn 724 per bushel Oats 34 36 cents Rye 14 50 to 18 35 per bushel Butter 33 34 cents per pound Eggs 25 28 cents per dozen Timothy hay 1 75 per cwt.
Hogs receipts 1 206 holdover 450 market 10 to 200 higher sow weakness noted weights 140 220 pounds $8 76 8 85 220 260 pounds $8 50 category 160 140 pounds $8 40 4 75 sow prices 7 00 7 cat Calves receipts steady market steady choice dealers around 1 000 11 50 bulk 6 50 10 50 Sheep receipts 4 000 lambs 256 lower better grades to medium weights 8 25 8 75 early heavy lambs 7 00 7 25
Hog prices around 8.75 to 8.50 with choice lots at 8.75 bid, 150 to 300 lb ranges. Sows steady near 6.75, light cattle and calves scarce with steers and heifers generally 6 to 7, better lots up to 9. Beets and cutters mostly 3.25 to 4.25, bulls up to about 10, lambs 6.50 to 8.75. Oat hay and other notes indicate varied demand and weights.
Miss Bertha Cornsweet rose from a sick bed to wake six relatives and flee as an ammonia gas tank exploded after a fire in the Cornsweet home. Firemen said her actions saved her parents two brothers and two sisters from being trapped on the second floor.
The Union Trust Co of Cleveland says high grade bonds have declined like stocks in 1929 but favors a near bottom for business downturns. It predicts recovery driven by credit at low rates, reduced inventories, and rising retail demand, with Christmas sales improving.
The Union Trust Co of Cleveland reports a record year for air travel and development in 1930. Passenger and mail volumes, miles flown, routes operated, and airport expansion rose, with 255,000 passengers carried in the first nine months versus 179,408 in all of 1929.
A playful tale shows the Goggle forcefully pushing King Hat-Wat toward a boiling pot, intent on cooking him. His captor's three-eyed Goggie appearance prompts curiosity as the king resists, leaving his fate uncertain.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for a junior mathematician forester range examiner medical officers and other posts. Positions offer from 2000 to 2600 dollars annually with duties in Coast Geodetic Survey Forest Service Veterans Bureau Public Health Service and other departments. Applications available from J L C Kelley Athens secretary and the Board of Examiners at the Post Office.
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