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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1929
Page
11
A collage of ads and notices lists vehicles for sale including a 1938 Dodge coupe at 400 dollars and a 1924 sedan at 250 dollars, tire specials, poultry chicks, farming land for sale, real estate offerings, and service ads. Also features a legal notice and a short news item about Marcia Kagno and a film casting development.
Toledo markets show cash grain prices for No. 2 and No. 3 corn around $1.00 to $1.03, No. 2 rye at $1.16, oats and butter quotes, and mixed Columbus stock listings with Seaboard and Pure Oil figures. Cleveland butter and poultry prices along with egg and potato notes appear in the regional summary.
A fragmented market note lists produce prices with mixed figures including 5, 2, 25 cents, 48 and 49 cents, and ungraded lots near 39 to 42 cents. References to fresh and firsts seconds imply a wholesale or retail listing with assorted lots.
Butter firm receipts reach 8442 with 500 special market. Eggs show strong receipts 15600 with near white 46c, nearb mixed whites 38c, 43c. Soot not a western whites Bomize Pa 42c 45c, nearby clean boiler stone. Wool prices in Boston reflect cautious buyers and limited purchases as London markets end January with awaiting developments.
Market in East Buffalo shows a 10 percent dip as receipts total 3 400 with 200 holdovers. Price range estimates settle between 250 and 350 at about 109.
Live cattle and hog markets listed with weights and prices. Beef cows and heifers valued at around 9.60 to 9.80 per unit, hogs 9.80 to 10.96 for various weights. sows and calves shown with demand noted. Lambs and ewes priced in the 10 to 14 range and bulk fat figures referenced. Market notes mention cutters, dealers, and bulk fat trends.
Fragmentary OCR shows livestock and meat quotes with weights 200 to 250 pounds and 90 to 130 pounds, prices around 10 dollars, mentions of king sows and beef categories. Receipts noted as steady for calves and beet, with stray figures and units partially unreadable.
A fragmented OCR listing shows multiple company names and tickers linked to the Stock Exchange scene. Mentions include Atlantic Refining, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake Corp, Continental Motors, General Motors, Standard Oil of New York, Tyco, and Ford of England among others, with scattered references to pending trade and notices. The text is garbled with numerous elongated placeholders and misread segments.
Federal grand jury returns conspiracy indictments against 12 defendants accused of running a large manufacturing operation on a farm near Youngstown. The cases allege coordination in illicit activity involving a substantial facility and network. Investigators continue to pursue related charges and asset seizures.
Readable OCR fragment shows daily train departures from Athens including No 2 Leaves Athens and No 83 and No 94 services. Mentions fares around 18 to 20 dollars monthly and connections to Baltimore and Washington areas.
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