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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1931

Page

13

Classifieds Section Index Blotter and Notices

A fragment shows a classifieds menu listing categories such as Political Announcements Cards of Thanks In Memoriam Funeral Directors Monuments and Cemetery Personal and Religious Events Societies and Lodges Strayed Lost Found Automotive Auto Trucks Accessories Garages For Hire Repairing Service Stations Wanted Automotive Business Service Cleaning Dyeing Renovating Heating Plumbing Roofing Insurance Moving Trucking Storage Painting Papering Decorating Repairing and Renishing Tailoring and Pressing Employment Help Wanted Female Male Solicitors Canvassers Agents Situations Wanted Female

Nelsonville Auto Ads Promote Low Priced Cars

The Nelsonville advertisements feature autos and tires with bargains including a 1930 Chevrolet coach in fine condition at 435 dollars, a Ford 1926 coupe at 75 dollars, and 29x4.40 tires for five fifty. Beasley Hardware and Mac Chevrolet, Nelsonville, promote services and trade options.

Fred R. Beasley Athens FORD Algeo_ Motor Desoto McFarland Buick Chevrolet McFarland Chevrolet Carrol Bean Len B. McCune Co Plymouth Len B. McCune_ Co Pearl McClelland Glouster Sedam Murphy Motor Co Mac- Chevrolet Nelsonville

Public Forum on Farm Relief and Veterans Bonuses

A reader from New Marshfield comments on farm relief unemployment and the World War Veterans Adjusted Compensation certificates. The letter criticizes Kyne and argues against bonuses and pensions for all, urging targeted aid for needy veterans and unemployed workers while warning of bonus rackets and misuse. The writer questions motives of farmers and unemployed individuals and calls for employment over welfare.

Athens Messenger Peter B. Keyne Mr. Kene B. Kyne Kyne U. S. Treasury

Classified ad fills empty house rental quickly

Mr. E. F. Sells advertised an empty Grosvenor Street house in The Messenger classifieds and rented it after two days. Call 0243 Athens, Nelsonville 412 W or Logan 272 and ask for an ad-taker to place your own vacancy notice.

Athens Nelsonville Logan State ST. E H. C. Sime Grosvenor ST R.G Lawrence Bean & Walker Grosvenor Street the Messenger

Kanawha and Michigan Railway seeksOhio track acquisitions

The Kanawha and Michigan Railway Company files with the Interstate Commerce Commission on January 13, 1931 for a certificate to acquire Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company interests in multiple tracks and structures across Perry and Athens Counties Ohio. The proposed holdings include 8.02 miles from Corning to Corning Yard, 19.027 miles of yard tracks, the Sulphur Springs Branch, the Green Run Branch, and portions of Zanesville and Western Railway in cooperation with Kanawha and Michigan lines. The action covers several connections and branches totaling substantial main and yard track miles in Perry and Athens Counties.

Kanawha & Michigan Railway Company Interstate Commerce Commission Washington, D. C Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company Main Street Corning Corning Yard Perry County Toledo Company Perry Athens Green Run Zanesville and Western Railway Doty Modo Mine 255 Athens County Drakes Carrington Shawnee Buckingham Kanawha & Michigan Railway Zanesville and Western Railway Company Ohio

Divorce and Custody Petition Filed in Athens Court

Mary Tall filed for divorce and custody of minor children in the Athens Ohio Common Pleas Court on grounds of wilful absence and failure to provide. Hearing set for on or after March 1931. Attorney listed as Emmett Hy with advance notice.

Homer O. Tall Mary Tall Common Pleas Court Athens Ohio Fatusyv

Crawford Divorce Notice in Athens County Court

Adessa Crawford filed for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio in Cause No 147 with hearing set after March 1931. George Crawford residence unknown is named as notice recipient and FOOLLAY HOWLAND represents plaintiff.

George .Crawford Adessa Crawford Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Foollay Howland Gotwee

Parole Hearing Recommended for Ohio Penitentiary Prisoner

James Palmer No 61825 confined in Ohio early prison has been recommended to the Ohio Board of Clemency by the Warden and Chaplain as worthy of parole consideration. Hearing set for February 6 or later. Parole and Record Clerk notes.

James Palmer Ohio Ohio Board of Clemency Ohio Penitentiary Carre Snie Dari Huston Op. J Bonzo

Prisoner Seeks Clemency Parole From Ohio Penitentiary

Dari Huston No 61824 confined at Ohio Penitentiary applies for clemency parole through Warden and Record Clerk. Hearing or action slated near April 2 1981 with references to parole records BONZO 2 8 36th.

Good Night Stories from Shadowland

A narrator tracks shadows of children and follows Knarf to Shadowland as the sun is obscured by a cloud. Shadows vanish with the light, leaving the narrator to ponder freedom and the hidden lives of those companions.

Knarf Master Knarf Shadowland

Woman tears up tickets after old train ride memory

In Manchester New Hampshire an elderly woman bought two tickets from ticket agent Guy Damiug and tore them up after explaining she once rode a Raymond to Manchester train. She had not paid for two 12 year old boys who accompanied her and said her conscience has troubled her.

Manchester N. H Guy Damiug Raymond

Influence of the daily newspaper on public opinion

A letter from Trimble Ohio argues newspapers educate households and shape public sentiment through editorials and ads. It praises reading routines, highlights editorials as the paper’s life, notes the Want Ad Page as vital, and urges systematic daily readership for informed citizens.

Messinger Bud Society News Atlantic

Navy reports Los Angeles moving toward Bahamas at speed

The Navy Department said at 8 a.m. EWT the Los Angeles stood 65 miles north of the Bahama Islands, having covered 483 miles since midnight. Commander expected to pass the Bahamas at 9 a.m. Eastern wartime communications indicate rapid movement of the ship.

Washington Navy Department Los Angeles Bahama Islands Bahama

Van Sweringen plan links New England railroads

Providence report details the Chesapeake & Ohio Nickel Plate merger plan that would connect the Boston and Maine Bangor and Aroostook and Maine Central Railroads as the New England links in the Van Sweringen scheme.

Providence R. LL U.P Boston & Maine Bangor & Aroostook Maine Central New England Chesapeake & Ohio

Oklahoma Reports 3.2 Million Fish Placed in State Streams

Oklahoma records show 3,195,650 fish stocked in 700 streams and lakes during 1930. Hatcheries produced all fish, valued at 181 thousand 519 dollars.

Oklahoma Oklahoma City

Pittsburg NH Livestock Market Report

Hogs receipts 1 900 with market slow and prices down 90 to AOC lower. Ledger shows weights 149 199 pounds at 8.95 8.40, 200 940 pounds at 7.40 8 15, 40 890 pounds at 7.00 7.80. Sows 5.75 6.25. Cattle receipts 28 with steady to slow market. cows 3.40 4.90. Calves receipts 100 dull with 6.60 11.00 dealers 11.00 12.00. medium to good 7.00 10.50. Sheep receipts 250 market slow to steady. choice lambs 9.26 medium 7.50 8.75.

Pittsburg

Cincinnati Livestock Markets Steady With Mixed Readings

Cattle numbers around 609 head with calves at 150 dollars and beef cows 4.25 to 5.98. Hogs 1 400 held over 170 pounds steady, weights uneven with some better 200 to 230 pounds. Sheep and lambs scarce with lambs at 9.9 to 9.80 and ewes 2 to 3, market not strong enough to form a clear trend.

Cincinnaty Livestock Hoge Neven

Baltimore Produce Market Prices Snapshot

Baltimore February market notes list fresh receipts and shelf figures for eggs butter creamery items and packing stocks. Live poultry prices cover chickens ducks and turkeys with range estimates for sizes and ages. Prices cited include Maryland and Pennsylvania rolls and various quality scores.

Cincinnati Produce Butter Market Report Snapshot

Butter-steady creamery tablets and score ranges noted with common discounts. Packing stock levels listed as No 1 No 2 No 3, butter fat around 21 to 23. Case counts show extra firsts and seconds with nearby gradings and related terms.

Cincinnati

Chicago produce markets see mixed receipts and prices

Chicago fruit and dairy markets report varied receipts with EEGS market showing total 10 277 cases across extra firsts firsts ordinaries and seconds while butter market remains unsettled with receipts 6703 and a range of butter grades and prices including extras extra firsts frets seconds and standards. The text notes unsettled pricing signals amid diverse stock classifications.

Chicago

New York Market Reports Butter and Bugs Prices

New York produce market shows butter prices weak with receipts totaling 16,689 pounds and creamery extras at 21 to 27 1/8 cents per pound. Bug icons per dozen remain steady with 22,694 receipts and nearby whites quoted 23 to 25 cents, state whites 20 1/2 to 22, fresh firze at 18 cents, Pacific coast 26 cents, white westerns unquoted, nearby browns 19 1/4 to 24 cents.

New York Pacific Coasts

Cleveland Produce Price List Buys and Weights

Prices for butter per pound and eggs per dozen with extras and standards. Poultry including fowls leghorn heavy birds and broilers with per pound and per dozen rates. Potatoes described as round whites priced at $1.18 per 16 lb sack. Maine Green Mt and Idaho Russet costs given per 120 lb sack and 100 lb lot respectively.

Maine Idaho

Pittsburgh Produce Prices and Varied Egg Poultry Rates

The list shows dairy Butter with 92 score and 26 percent extras, Eggs with receipts 18-1814 and firsts 19-20, Poultry including live hens 14-20 and old roosters 12, and spring geese 15-16 plus fresh hens 22-24, reflecting local market quotes and seasonal adjustments.

Pittsburgh Ems

Two men killed in New York car shooting near Astoria

In Long Island City two men were shot and killed with one possibly fatally wounded. Their bodies were found tossed from a car near Astoria, and the event is being investigated as a fatal shooting.

Long Island City N. Y U.P Astoria

Lincoln a Man of Few Scruples Says Masters

New York reports author Edgar Lee Masters, famed for Spoon River Anthology, calls Abraham Lincoln a man of low intelligence with scruples and a social ethic not of the people. He questions Lincoln’s virtues, noting alleged vanity and neglect of honest labor.

Lincoln New York Graham Lincoln Edgar Lee Masters Masters Spoon River Lew Charaecter

Perjury Admission in Gavin Flood Fraternity Suit

A San Francisco case ties into a share of a million estate as Mrs Forde Willette testifies she perf in affidavits that James Flood was the father of her child. Mrs Constance May Gavin fights for millions and says she doubts Willette is her mother.

Gavin-Flood San Pro Forde Willette Premim San Francisco Jame Flood Constance May Mra Gavin Ing

Fire Alarm Education Initiative in Ellington

In Ellington Connecticut fathers have started a campus to educate residents in using the fire alarm. Farmers favor using telephone party lines to alert the fire department rather than ringing the alarm.

Ellington, Conn

Court Recess As Hot Air Slows Trial in Pont Conn

Judge Carl Poster halted a trial in Superior Court due to extreme heat. Deputy sheriffs opened doors to vent hot air while room reached around 90 degrees, delaying proceedings amid janitorial issues and bureaucratic rhetoric.

Bridge Pont Conn Teo Cor Carl Poster Supérior Cort

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