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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1931
Page
11
A compilation of local notices including political announcements religious and social events societies and lodges personal notices and missing found items. The column lists various classified items such as memorials obituaries and community news with emphasis on palace listings and public notices.
Real estate for rent in modern furnished rooms and kitchenette options. Ford-1926 coupe offered at $75 in a separate listing. Also wholesale poultry, Atwater Kent radio, and a drophead sewing machine priced $25. Frank B. Tidd appointed administrator of George D. Chase estate in Athens County Ohio with probate notes dated January 21.
Wayne county sheriff will offer for sale at public auction the mineral rights and a 4.14 acre parcel in Fraction No 6 Town 11 Range 74 Ohio Company's Purchase. The auction at the Athens County Court House will be on February 28 1981 at 1 PM with cash on delivery and roe from Took from Republic Coal Company.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court Case No 14603 lists The McArthur Savings and Loan Company as plaintiff with Wayne Wingett U E and Wollenwider defendants. Proceeding involves sheriff sale of real estate under court action.
Former Mayor Marshall McCormack of Herrin Illinois, released after a two year term in Leavenworth prison, announces another bid for mayor. He says he was framed by politicians over protection money from bootleggers and seeks vindication.
Cornelius Van derbilt Jr. confirms in a Phoenix letter that his 1926 Mussolini visit inspired Major General Butler s court martial assertions. Vanderbilt says Mussolini’s car killed a child and left the scene, a claim he supplied to Butler via a Los Angeles contact. No mention of the Mussolini remark apologized for by the U S Government is included.
A package of bills from the Ohio State Bar Association was to be introduced by Rep. Car D. Sheppard in Columbus. Proposals include bonding for deputy sheriffs and police, US citizenship for bar exam eligibility, quicker appellate review, and real estate reforms such as repealing the Torrens Title Law and standardizing deed and mortgage acknowledgments.
Michael Smith 61 longtime Nelsonville resident and former Glouster night marshal died Monday night at St Francis Hospital Columbus. He leaves one son two sisters Mrs Elizabeth Nibbe Anaconda Mont Mrs Andrew Ginnan Jacksonville three nieces Mrs George Thompson Glouster and Mary Elizabeth McMahon Columbus. Nieces will accompany body to Jacksonville tonight. Funeral set for Wednesday in Holy Cross Church Glouster with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
In Los Angeles on February 3 Judge William C. Dorada considered Daisy De Voe's plea for mercy after denying her a new trial on charges she stole money from her employer Clara Bow.
Washington leaders in Congress devised a plan to halt immediate cash payments to World War veterans. If blocked, a compromise on government bonds is considered, saving about 3.5 billion dollars. The strategy delays action by keeping the bill in dispute between Senate and House hearings.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi, a top critic of cashing the soldiers bonus, said the Senate will likely end its session Tuesday without enacting the legislation. He spoke as ranking minority member of the Finance Committee, which is examining redemption proposals.
Major General Smedley D. Butler planned to leave confinement at Quantico to travel to Washington and learn the exact charges he will face at a court martial set for February 16 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Gallipolis city commissioners named Glade Jones chief of police to succeed H. W. Sowards, who resigned recently. Jones takes the role amid shifting leadership in the local police department with Sowards stepping down.
New York stocks opened higher with most issues up a bit while auto shares pushed gains. Electric Auto Lite held at 64 3 4, American Can and American Telephone moved little or edged up, Westinghouse slight rise, rails steady, and amusement shares weak with small losses.
A murky listing of stock prices and industrials shows activity across sectors. Key names include General Motors, Ford Motors, Studebaker, Timken, Westinghouse, Paramount Publix, Warner Bros, and Anaconda Copper with varied gains and percentages noted.
A Baltimore market note lists local produce prices with cents per item and assorted dairy extras. The fragment includes eyas nearby fresh receita and Hutter creamery items with numerical values, reflecting a brief 2 February U.P. update.
In Richland Ga on February 4 a farmer’s daughter led a herd home after the cows wandered to a concealed liquor distillery in the pasture. A veterinarian stabilized the animals before prohibition agents raided the still at the site thereafter sparked by a call from Charles Price.
A nine year old Memphis boy, Herbert Osburn, was injured when a banister broke as he slid down it at home. A stick in his mouth was driven into his head, nearly costing him his life.
The record lists percentages and weights for live poultry and stock categories. It includes figures for hens and roosters, young ducks and turkeys, and various age groups with weight examples such as 2 lbs and over and old toms 27-28. It references Marylee and Pennsylvania as sources or points of reference.
A fragment notes a creamery with butter fat 32-24 and various stock numbers 2 and 3, plus discounts 2-3 and a graded nearby stock 17 percent. The text includes scattered scores and records such as 24-27 and 19 petalt seconds, but details are incomplete.
The clipping lists varied produce prices including heavy broilers at 71-98 and ducks at 34, potatoes with potatoes and russet potatoes priced at 2.00 to 2.40 per 100 lb sack, plus miscellaneous items like heese and capona with uncertain figures. It notes cents per dozen and per bag rates, reflecting a bustling market snapshot.
Market notes show steady prices for CHC Age pro Bees with 10 case totals and extra firsts. Arete and Sain entries list 14.18 and 11-13 seconds while Nutter entries hint at weak market demand with noted receipts and extra firsts. Bry. firsta 24 4 28, seconds 29 334, and stan 38 percent reflect incomplete OCR data.
The notice lists current poultry prices and weights for Pittsburgh area produce. Includes live poultry such as hens, roosters, ducks, and geese with varying prices and yields.
Entries list grain and hay prices including Clover Wheat No 9 and No 2 oats, rye, domestic clover, and farm butter. Mentions prime scores, cash prices, and March futures with Timothy hay noted at 81.60. Prices given in old currency format for Toled o area market.
A dated listing shows crude oil prices by region and supplier. Bradford and Allegheny crude via Tidewater at 2.14, Pennsylvania Grade Oil via National Transat Company 1.4 percent, and various Pennsylvan ia grades through Buckeye Pipe Line and other firms with prices around 0.25 to 2.11, plus entries for Cumberland Ragland and Paragon Development among others in Kentucky and Canada.
Cattle and hogs sold unevenly with hog prices near 2.15 to 2.25 per 100 pounds and lighter weights steady near 7.50 to 8.00. Beasts aged and beef cows softened, vealers mixed, and sheep and lambs mostly steady with fat ewes around 2.00 to 3.00.
Hog prices ranged 7.85 to 8.50 for 260 to 990 pounds with steady receipts around 10. Cattle saw cutters and common cows 2.50 to 9. Calves receipts 25 with vealers up to 12.40 and other grades 9.00 to 11.00. Sheep market steady with fat lambs down 9.95 to 10.50 and medium grades 7.60 to 8.75.
Northbound No 8 arrives Athens at 10 47 am and No 9 at 7 46 pm Daily trains. Southbound No 2 arrives Athens 11 21 am and No 6 at 7 19 pm. Chesapeake and Ohio Northbound No 39 leaves Athens 7 35 am daily and No 87 at 6 8 90 pm. Southbound No 30 arrives Athens 10 60 am and No 44 at 4 38 pm. Baltimore and Ohio Westbound No 3 shows 9 64 am, 1 28 pm, 10 48 pm.
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