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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1928
Page
7
Classifieds show merchandise and estate listings including autos, fuel, farm goods, dairy products, and housing. Local names and places appear with prices and contact details for sales, trades, and employment ads across Athens area.
The document presents the annual financial report for G L Township listing salaries, allowances, and receipts. It includes figures for salaries and wages, interest, general property tax receipts, and various expenditures such as maintenance, poor relief, burial expenses, and road construction. Figures are shown for the years 1927 and 1028 with totals and allocations to trustees and officers.
Mireley T. Mckee files an amended divorce suit in Common Pleas Court case 13853 of Athens County Ohio. Hearing set on or after March 1928. Woolley Rowland, attorneys for plaintiff.
Report from Cincinnati markets shows eggs at 28 cents a dozen farm receipts. Beef and lamb prices move, with cows at 4.00 to 15.00 and heavy calves near 17.50. Fat lambs sell around 15.50 with bulk fat at 15.25 and cull lambs at 11.50. Butter steady at 43 to 45 cents per pound based on creamery scores.
A brief notice lists professionals and firms based at 1005 Huntington Bank Building in Columbus Ohio. It notes accountants and attorneys serving business needs in the area.
Mrs. Faye Brimberry of Frankfort Indiana, 28, is said to have confessed writing and mailing threats to five prominent businessmen. The letters promised death to the recipients' families unless money was paid, signed "Dangerous Sam."
Livestock receipts and prices across Cincinnati markets show steady cow and steer bids with meats ranging from $6.00 to $14.26 for feeder and fat cattle. Sheep and lambs at $4.00 to $7.00 and bulk cull cows near $7 to $9. Butter markets report quiet with small variations. regional price references include Ohio Wisconsin and Idaho spots with rough bag prices and freight notes.
An orphan pig on the farm of J. C. Heber in Hastings Nebraska is being fed by bottle observation. The item notes the unusual care given to the pig and identifies the farmer owner.
Hamilton police investigated a fatal shooting involving 85 year old G las Reffitt and Talvin J. a man who worked with him. Henry a former boarder at Reffitt's home was shot after a struggle over a gun. A letter from Henry to Reffitt’s wife was intercepted and referenced in the case. Reffitt, father of four, whose wife had died two years ago, previously lived in Vine Kentucky.
Dover authorities probe after Elizabeth De Jeanes 36, notable author, is found shot in her home. A pistol bullet pierced her right temple and a will was found sealed in a box. Her father Leroy De Jeanes, Civil War veteran and former editor, is named in connections to historical notes and a potential motive remains unclear.
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