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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1928
Page
7
In loving remembrance one who died eight peers age s. Mrs. Kyle Gearld and Maxine. Personal repair services and workmanship advertised. Machinery and parts wanted. Athens Implement Co. updates on location and services. Cleaning and dry cleaning promotions appear amid assorted classified notices and business ads.
Athens Ohio classified items include used cars Buick 1923 touring Ford 1924 touring Pontoon and Dodge models with prices. Also listings for household services painting wallpapering papering and plumbing. Automotive parts and radios offered plus real estate rentals and an upcoming city project notice on Lancaster Street underground wiring assessment.
Local classified note advertises Pomeroy auto service with two phone numbers 8631 RB and Rutland 285 ampersand. It emphasizes a quick fill and mentions stucco work as a nearby or related item.
Edward Connor and Donel Corr heirs of Benjamin Wayne Benj face notice in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Bert Walburn as Executor of Fernando Veerene deceased seeks court direction on distribution under the will. Respondents must answer by February 16, 1929. attorneys Woolley and Rowland represent the executor.
Abutting owners along North Lancaster Street from Columbia Avenue southward 1 975 feet in Athens Ohio receive an official assessment notice. City orders action by the assessment office under city authority dated December 18.
Notice states assessment action on a property abutting Exeroel Serres with details partially legible including location wording and reference to assessment process.
Market brief reports hog prices steady to higher across the board with live weights around 350 pounds and price quotes near 9.50 to 10.50. Beef futures show support amid light trading as traders note price movements around 8 to 13 dollars for select cuts and general market firmness.
Hog receipts 4500 across weight ranges with averages around 9.50 to 9.70 for 250 to 350 lb hogs. Calves and beef cattle show lower butcher figures, vealers 13 to 18, heavy calves 10, sows 7, lambs 16 with bulk lambs and ewes under pressure. Market strength noted for hogs and mixed cattle demand.
Market notes from Cleveland show poultry prices with extras and firsts listed for various cuts. Poultry express stocks remain heavy with hens springs and old cocks priced per common auction terms. Also listed are potatoes onions and regional market prices for 150 pound sacks and home grown bushels.
The notice lists Merriman & Company Peers in Arietta New York and Kansas City with prices and bonds. It mentions Pacific, Mid West and Canada stock listings, Telegraph and railroad interests, and notes electric bond and share offerings with percentages around 179.
Butter quiet with receipts 4 659 and creamery ex tras 484c. Specials at 49 40 cent. Bells steak shows receipts 5 666 with nearby white fancy 47 50c and nearby mixed whites 27 46c. Fresh firsts 27 38c, western whites 28 42c, Pacific coast 30 8c, nearby browns 27 50c.
Butter prices fall with creamery tablet scores and packing stock listed. Fresh laded extra at 39c, seconds 32c, nearby ungraded 37c. Butter fat price shown as 49050c with additional case contents and various grade numbers.
Wool trading remains limited to a few western lines with Territory 55s and 60s in demand. Fair sales occur for Strictly combing earners at 56s, with some inquiry for 50s. Prices on active lots are steady and quotations largely unchanged across the list.
Wary Wormsiley, 23, black, was electrocuted at Rockview Penitentiary in Bellefonte Pennsylvania for the murder of Israel Slotsky in Washington Pennsylvania on January 19 last year.
The Public Utilities Commission authorized the Northern Ohio Telephone Company to purchase the Home Telephone Company in Clyde for 145,944.31 dollars.
The South East Ohio Motor Club reports more than 60 percent of cars sold in 1927 were bought on the installment plan and the average note amounted to $574. This reflects a shift toward credit purchases in the regional auto market.
The American Radiator Building towers over New York transformed from a stone pile by day to a beacon of holiday cheer by night. Its windows form the double barred crests that symbolize the Christmas seal campaign.
Today is the final day to obtain the new 1929 license tags for all passenger cars and other motor vehicles. Police will enforce use of the old tags after tonight and arrests will follow for violators. Dave Johnson registrar reports 364 tags issued Saturday, with December totals expected to exceed last year and 300 more may be sold. The office remains open until 8 pm for tag sales.
In Barberton on December 31 Frank Croft was shot and wounded, possibly fatally, by his 73 year old father James B. Croft. Police report the incident ended a drinking party with the shooting occurring last night.
Canton December 31 U.P The state expects to present its case against Wilber O Heldman a Lorain furnace salesman charged with moral murder of his wife Margaret the Phantom Gun Woman Mrs Heldman died December 13 by her own hand while Heldman was taking her to Canton to surrender her for the murder of Bernard Fearn The hearing before Justice Donald Smyth will hear a dozen witnesses and may grant Heldman temporary freedom
Virgil Gist captain of the Chicago basketball team is named outstanding athlete at the university. He holds the half mile and excels in events from 220 yards upward.
Joe Schaaf, football and basketball star at Pennsylvania, was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma with the highest average ever. Don Noble of Dayton, who scored the Penn goal last year, was also admitted to the fraternity.
A professor at Colorado College began today initiation into the ancient order of the Adamans, noted for its pesk scalers extraordinary, marking a formal entry ceremony.
Ollie Whithair of Jacksonville pleaded guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to stealing copper wire from the Hisylvania Coal Company. He had entered a not guilty plea at first arraignment and was later indicted by the October grand jury. Sentence to be passed later.
Mississippi National Guard troops commanded by Adjutant General J M Harston joined a delta wide search for Charles Shepherd 41 an escaped Negro convict wanted for the murder of prison guard Sergeant J D Duvall 60 and the abduction of his daughter Ruth 18 The search was organized by L T Fox head of the prison farm and authorized by Governor Theo G Bilbo with guardsmen to improve coordination.
Two marriage licenses were issued Saturday in Athens County Probate Court. George Allen 32 cabinet maker of Zanesville wed Elizabeth Christmas 24 at home The Plains Ohio. B McPeek 52 farmer of Glouster wed Gladys Parsons 29 housekeeping of Glouster.
Police in Camden seek three Philadelphia gangsters in connection with a brutal machine gun massacre that killed two men and wounded five others. The shooting is described as the area’s most brutal since the Hughie McLean incident five months earlier.
Borchers aged 24 was near death in a Lima hospital after two men accosted him as he parked his car in Ottawa. Police are undecided if the assailants were holdup men.
SBEARSPORT Maine Dec 31 the Armour Fertilizer Co Chicago reports a huge plant with 20 000 tons of phosphate ready for shipment and 100 000 new barrels stored at the facility near the river city.
News reached of Orla Moore II death after years away with New York Central service and frogman duties. Survived by two sisters Zoe Ballenger Angel Ridge and Alfter Desch Jacksonville Fla. Funeral at O berland Church at 1 o'clock Wednesday.
Athens Common Pleas Court reports 58 cases filed to date with hearings set for January. Among them is a first degree murder case involving the wife of Hook. Prosecutor R. D. Williams notes several cases tied to a cleansing and attempted dynamiting near Roines and Baohtel. Jury convenes at 7 and is expected to be finished within four days.
John Sabo of Akron seeks a review of the Summit County court decision denying a new trial for the 1926 murder of Barton Painter. The case notes his prior Supreme Court conviction and a later request for a rehearing based on newly discovered evidence.
Columbus report states State Treasurer Bert B Buckley seeks to testify before a federal jury tied to an investigation of brewery activities. Federal District Attorney E May indicated a letter would seal the jury's action with a decision expected soon.
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