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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1927
Page
9
The page outlines standardized classified ad rates and rules with three and six day options, editor rights, payment terms, and the alphabetized headings. It lists oversize charges, a tire and tube special, and mentions general merchandise ads and a few available products and a hay purchase inquiry from Higgins & Son in Athens Ohio.
The page spans multiple items including Nelsonville shop notices advertising car parts tires hoses and Christmas decorations from Southern Ohio Electric Co and McFarlan's Garage with prices and a prompt to compare. It also includes Ordinance No. 523 for Athens deposit of public moneys detailing banks, interest rates, bonds, and bidding procedures with the clerk, mayor, and probate judge signatures dated December 1927.
Sarah Seipel has been appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Philinda L. Carpenter of Athens County Ohio, deceased. Dated December 16. Judge of Wald County A Lin Wei and M Johnson presiding.
Gar nett Smith sues Tov Smith for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio Cause No M61. Hearing scheduled for Friday in January 1928. Attorney J W Brolin represents the plaintiff.
Liberty bonds opened higher with mixed results as 4% and 4% 4%s move. Pittsburgh hogs receipts total 4,000 with gains up to 40 cents. cattle and calves show broad activity and price climbs. Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and New York produce markets report slow demand pre Christmas and steady or varied prices across butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, and potatoes with regional differences.
The Athens County commissioners report 1927 as a record year with fifty four and a half miles of rural roads graded and forty three and a half surfaced. Thirty five cement bridges and culverts plus one steel bridge were placed. The program credited to equipment, citizen support, township aid, and the two mill road levy.
The gravel used this year has been washed through screens crushed to size and includes lime. The commissioners state it is satisfactory roadway material, superior to creek or river gravel. Officials overseeing road work are J. H. Grosev enor M. V P. Ohlinger CC A. Daughtery commissioner and J. K. Sands county engineer.
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