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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
9
Be sure to get hold of your share of the bargains listed in these classified ads today. You will find that it is well worth a few minutes each day to read them regularly.
Fire originating from a defective flue at the Hobart Dillon Restaurant in Crown City Wednesday caused 1500 to 2000 in losses. The blaze gutted the restaurant and damaged stock at the adjoining Modern Markets Store, with about 1000 to the building and 500 to stock lost. Fire extinguishers and bucket brigades aided the effort.
Two Cornell professors A L Winsor and E J Strongin reported at AAAS that drinking coffee with alcohol can reduce motor unsteadiness. The effect was strongest when coffee and alcohol were consumed within minutes of each other, challenging the idea that coffee only helps after extended drinking.
Frances Spires 14 daughter of O E Spires of Jackson is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after sinus operation on Wednesday Other admissions include Mrs Corliss Niday Gallipolis for appendix operation Miss Alice Neal of this city for tonsil operation and C M White of Marietta for treatment Elijah Williams 41 deputy marshal of Crown City is in the hospital with a skull fracture from an encounter with several men last week his condition only recently serious
Mr and Mrs O H Booten of Williamson West Virginia were guests Tuesday night with local relatives while en route home from Logan after spending the Christmas weekend with their daughter Attorney Harry M Miller was in Ironton Wednesday acting as counsel before Lawrence County common pleas court Mr and Mrs E J Rosener stayed from Sunday to Tuesday with their daughter Mrs Rufus Hopkins and family in Athens Mrs Garnet Parker Erwin of Columbus is visiting her mother Mrs Mary B Parker
Gallpolis announces a civil service examination for the Porter postmaster position at 10 o clock Saturday morning January 6 in the Gallpolis Post Office. W L Troth superintendent of mails will oversee the proceedings.
Deputies Roy Goldsberry and Kari Gardner chased a man mistaken for the escaped bandit Neal Bowman near the C. D. Shaler Co plant. The suspect resembled Bowman but proved not to be him and was released.
William Marshall of Deanville pleaded guilty before Magistrate C. H. Porter to intoxication. He was fined ten dollars plus costs, which he paid.
At the eighteenth annual convention of the National Association of Teachers of Speech educators lauded President Roosevelt's diction calling it American and well used English. Professor Lee Emerson Bassett of Stanford praised the voice saying he embodies educated cultured speech and lacks regional distinctiveness.
Firemen answered a 2 a m alarm at the Steve Clark home corner Fourth Avenue and Cedar Street to battle an attic fire believed to have started near the chimney. The blaze was confined to the attic with most damage from water and smoke totaling about $500.
Gallia Academy High School and alumni teams scheduled for Friday night at the Washington School Auditorium. An additional game pits older alumni against younger alumni.
Repairs are underway at the Courthouse entrance of the Gallia County treasurer’s office by contractor Robert Henke.
Leona Wilmore of Centerville is named guardian of Charles Wilmore Jr 17 and Helen Wilmore 15. Bond posted at $2,000 as part of the guardianship appointment.
A marriage license issued by Judge J. S. Clark on Wednesday names C. T. Mooney 21 farmer Bladen and Myrtle Waugh 21 daughter of C. F. Waugh Crown City.
Payroll for the Gallia County CWA forces for the week ending Thursday totaled about 11000 dollars with 10616.92 paid to labor E. T. Morrison, the county director, according to reports from Gallia County.
Gallia County considers remodeling the 55 year old courthouse to convert half the second floor court room into offices and add a central hallway. Advocates note current acoustics and space waste, aiming to house clerk, judge, library and future offices with CWA funds under $2000 county cost.
River notes report the disabled Julius Fleischman of the Hatfield Campbell's Creek Coal Company being towed by the D T Lane to Dana Marine Ways for boiler repair after a large bag formed in its boiler battery near Mayville Kentucky. Pilot George Hamilton joined the Lane in Charleston.
George Wood a Staith-Hughes instructor at Galila Academy High School was sent to Georgetown by W W Brownfield of Ohio State University to serve as a special representative under the AAA tobacco crop acreage reduction program.
Stocks advanced fractions in a quiet session led by American Telephone and Western Union with gains around 1 percent. Rails and industrials posted small increases while oils and copper shares climbed modestly. cotton rose slightly and grain eased as bonds remained steady.
Cleveland packers have contracts with the United States Government to daily purchase 1100 hogs at the Cleveland Union Stock Yards. Hogs must weigh 150 to 200 pounds and be bought at the Cleveland Terminal Market. The program runs 15 market days from Dec 27, totaling 16,500 hogs.
Ohio Farm Bureau Grain Department head C W Eberhard says feed grain prices should rise as demand for animal feeding improves. Weather, dairy poultry and meat prices will influence the trend, with Ohio seedings at 1 790 000 acres and soil stands about 83 percent on December 1, down from 87 percent last year. Prices for grains hit their lowest point in October, with a small rebound as elevators hold near last week levels.
Dun and Barletts daily weighted price index for 39 goods shows today at 101.00 with yesterday 100.23. Week and month changes listed plus 1933 high 313.52 and low 67.80 recorded. Copyright 1993 by Dun and Bradstreet.
A fragmented OCR list shows industrial and utility stocks with percentage figures for companies such as Allied Chem, DuPont, General Electric, Westinghouse, Sears Roebuck, Standard Brands, Libbey Owens Ford, Owens Corning, Atlantic Refining, and Westinghouse Electric. The entries reflect fractional ownership or performance weights, mentioning multiple corporations and holdings across sectors, including oils, chemicals, and consumer goods.
Butter unchanged and live poultry largely steady with small gains for certain weights and preparations. Turkeys young gobblers up to 12 pounds, and over 18 pound birds at 20 cents. eggs unchanged.
A historical market listing shows prices for butter fatile and Fres-Higher cases, receipts and storage standards, and varying grades from nearby markets. It lists poultry and livestock rates including hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and hog dressed meat with multiple regional references to Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky.
Butter market steady with extras 21c and standards 2b. poultry firm with colored fowl 14 15c per lb and up, Jeghorn 10c, springers 12e, ducks 5Ibs and up ide, geese 3e, turkeys 2.20. potatoes quoted by grade with Maine Green Mountains at 1.90, Idaho Russet at 2.02, Ohio and New York at 1.50 to 1.35, frost-damaged grades noted.
Hogs receipts 600 and cattle 700 with calves 175. Hogs mostly 10 cents lower. top 160 to 250 lbs at 3.65. 250 to 300 lbs 3.40 to 3.55. 130 to 160 lbs 3.09 to 3.40. few pigs 6.24 to 6.50. good packing sows 6.20 to 6.25. Cattle steady to strong. small lots handyweight heifers 5.75. cows and bulls steady to strong. fat cows 8.22 to 9.54. bulls 9.50 to 10.50. vealers 6 to 7. good to choice vealers 6 to 7. lambs scarce with prices up to 7.50 for choice handyweights. most throwouts 6.50 to 6.75 and fat ewes around 2.3 to 2.5.
Hog receipts show activity with mixed bids for various weights from 150 to 260 pounds. Prices listed include 3.75 to 3.85 per pound for midweights, with sow quotes around 2.75 and lighter pigs from 3.25 to 3.50. Cattle and calves steady with good dealers bidding 6.50 to 7.00 for heavy calves, while sheep receipts total 800 with fat lambs mostly 68 to 83, and clipped lambs around 87. Aged welthers noted at 3.50.
Boston buyers wait with a watchful stance as only small lots of wool sell. Prices hold steady with anticipated gains on stronger demand. Ohio and Delaine fine combing wools quoted near 35 to 37 cents in grease. territory graded staples around 60 to 85 cents clean.
Toledo grain market reports mixed bid prices for wheat corn and oats with No 2 red wheat around 89 cents to 90 cents. No 2 yellow corn bids around 52 to 59 cents with various yellows and white oats listed. Clover seed cash and hay prices noted along with butter creamery price and eggs.
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