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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1934
Page
11
A promotional pitch touts increasing income through selling and renting via these ads while also reducing outgo by encouraging purchases through the same listings. It emphasizes using ads to boost earnings and cut expenses.
Bricker warned that in 1982 government costs ran a third of national income and crime added 20 percent, urging tax structure reform. He noted Ohio plans to take intrastate freight rate issues to the Supreme Court after railroads gained ICC intervention. He described state growth, office buildings, and legal advisory expansion, with about 65 in attendance.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division appoints a trustee to sell the White Ash Coal Company estate. Auction to occur at the bankrupt's Bassie Hun business location in Allens County Ohio, with real estate in Chauncey village Lot No 188 and various personal property including mining equipment motors and appliances. Cash payment due at sale, terms set by the court.
The article notes Democrats plan wage refunds totaling small amounts for several city workers. John Collins reduces by seven days, McCune to 190 dollars monthly, Crome to 150, Mrs. Van Dyke to 10. The safety director’s pay remains unchanged. Several new appointments and replacements in traffic, street, and waterworks roles are described with daily wages and duties.
Mrs. Nannie J. Willock, 78, former Middleport resident and widow of James Willock, died of bronchial pneumonia at 12 40 Thursday night at her nephew G B Kail’s home in Little Kgger. Survived by one sister and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at the Little Kgger Christian Church with burial in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Mrs Ed Stark hosted Thursday night at her Sycamore Street home honoring her husband on his birthday. Eighteen guests attended. Miss Miriam Blackmore attended a card party at her Lincoln Hill home. An eight o'clock communion is set for Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church. Ohio University students spending mid year break at home include Marcel la Reibel Mary Elizabeth Chapman Lillian Gloeckner Velma Geary Agnes Reed Amy Kingsland Helen Schaefer Phyllis Duerr Edith Bowen Norbert Compton Ithamer Weed Russell Brown Harold Fisher Albert Coates Fred Crow.
The defense portrays Miss Filley as acting in self defense during a November 29 shooting after a night with Clark Dodds and Delma Barber. She describes confrontations with Margaret Green and Esther Sheskey, a gun pulled in the Nixon Deanville scene, and her decision to shoot to escape.
In Gallipolis on February 2 a newsboy reported a cloud forming an NRA blue eagle motif just before sunrise. The cloud appeared with a blue tint and showed finer features on the fiftieth second anniversary of Roosevelt's birthday, noted by the observer yesterday.
A lively rally in mining shares boosted the overall market after an irregular open. Os. Smelting rose from 103 to 107, American Smelting advanced to 45, Noranda Cerro De Pasco Dome Anaconda Alaska Juneau and Kennecott posted gains, with utilities and farm issues showing mixed moves. Bond market activity remained brisk as commodities drifted.
The Standard Statistics Company fire insurance stock index stands at 623, the highest since November 1931, with a year ago level around 43.5. The 1933 range showed 61.9 to 33.1, using 1926 as the base of 100.
Dun & Bradstreet releases its weighted index for 30 basic commodities showing a reading of 106.26 today compared with 106.92 yesterday. Week and month indices are 104.23 and 101.50, with a year index of 68.11. recent highs and lows were 106.32 on Jan 30 and 101.06 on Jan 3.
Gordon F. Alcorn chief aide of Vern Bankey in the Charlies Boettcher kidnaping case was arrested in Chicago. Federal Investigator Melvin Purvis said the arrest follows Sankey’s arrest in a Chicago barber shop. The two arrests virtually close the two kidnaping cases, officials added.
Milwaukee Feb 2 The husband Earice Wynekoop charged in an interview blames Chicago police for hindering the probe into Mrs. Rieta Wynekoop’s murder. Detectives found him in hiding but Chicago officials said he is not wanted now. He says he came to Milwaukee Jan 1 to avoid subpoena for his mother Dr. Alice L. Wynekoop’s trial for killing her daughter in law.
Mrs. Mary A Lewis aged 91 and one of Toledo’s oldest residents died yesterday at her home. She had witnessed the deaths of all but one of her 11 children.
February 2 report from Columbus states Harold Tanner, 12, drowned Thursday night after falling through the ice on the Scioto River while playing with friends. His body was recovered by police divers.
Live poultry and chicks priced by weight with varied brackets from 4 pounds up to capons over 7 pounds. Egg and butterfat quotes show steady to firm readings with extra firsts at 23 cents and seconds 20 cents per pint or pound equivalent. Local market listings include unevaluated eyas and unsettled trading notes for Cincinnati produce.
Regional markets in Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky show steady to firm butter and poultry demand. Butter firms with 92 score extras and various price marks. poultry and eggs hold firm with colored fowl and leghorn notes. cattle, calves, and sheep receipts cited with price ranges and active trade. overall market strength indicated with higher packer quotes and solid demand.
Boston grain and livestock notes indicate gradual business in wool and grain markets. Wool prices stay firm at the low end, while Toledo grain prices list bids for No 2 red wheat and various corn and oats grades with modest gains.
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