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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1936
Page
10
Merchandise and supplies for sale including building materials fuel feed fertilizer and household goods. Rooms for rent board wanted exchange real estate listings and rental ads appear alongside farm and land sales and business spaces.
One owner listings include a 1929 Olds Coupe a 1920s Chevrolet Coupe and a 1929 Pontine Coupe with new paint. Also offered are a 1920s Graham sedan a DeLuxe Hh six wheel vehicle and a 1 ton Chevrolet truck with ongoing availability at W McFarman Chevrolet.
Charles Stratton sheriff of Athens County will sell on February 24 1936 at 1 30 PM at the courthouse door Athens Ohio in York Township fraction 7 section 14 town 12 range 15 Ohio Companys Purchase 41 15 acres more or less appraised 1800 dollars on order of sale in partition from the Common Pleas Court sale to the parties in the action cash in hand on day of sale WOOLLEY ROWLAND attorneys 1 20 50tw
Frank McCann of Albany Ohio is appointed executrix of the estate of Mary McCann Blake who died in Athens County Ohio. Probate Judge S M Johnson dated February 7 1936 seeks official appointment and filing in Athens County.
Harpers Ferry West Virginia faces the loss of Herrs Island as a hydro electric project plans submergence forcing relocation. Once a thriving 1783 settlement linked to mills and pulp plants the island now houses only two families awaiting move order amid demolition of old mills and status as a potential reservoir site.
New York AP reports a steady stock market at the open with gains for Western Union American Telephone United Corporation Public Service of New Jersey Bethlehem Consolidated Gas Westinghouse Howe Sound Packard and United States Steel. The Steel magazine notes improving railroad and manufacturing demand boosting mills, while auto prospects remain cloudy though a pickup is anticipated.
Fights to upset a lower court ruling that she was not legally married to Oklahoma Creek oil millionaire Jackson Barnett who died last May. In the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco she says the verdict denying her a share interferes with her citizenship rights.
U S Treasury data for February 7 lists receipts at 8 696 971 43 dollars and expenditures at 13 460 983 40 dollars leaving a net balance of 1 918 912 785 06. Customs receipts for the month total 7 185 684 58 with fiscal year receipts since July 1 at 2 198 509 600 28 and expenditures at 4 417 883 128 05 including 2 003 041 624 24 in emergency spending. Excess expenditures amount to 2 224 373 527 77 and gross debt stands at 30 503 669 440 38, down 1 886 106 00 from the prior day, with gold assets at 10 166 992 810 73.
In Boston market last week foreign wools comprised a large share of spot business as domestic line offerings were sharply restricted. Secured basis prices for 64 and finer domestic wools rose slightly. Quotations for Ohio combing wools held firm at 34 35. cents for 48 and finer, 35 36 cents for SA fibers, 608, blood at 1043 cents for 668 and 48s 0s blood fibers.
Grain on track with quoted No 2 red wheat at 100 101 No 3 red 97% 1100 corn No 2 yellow 62 62 1/4 No 3 yellow 61 611/2 oats No 2 white 32 34 1/4 No 3 white 28 53 Grain in store adds 5c for wheat 4 1/4c for corn 2 3/4c for oats Butter tablets creamery 35 36 common score discontinued 2 3c per lb Eggs cases Extra firsts 29 1/4 firsts 28 1/2 seconds 28 nearby one graded 28 1/4.
The Cleveland market lists prices for creamery extras tubs at 39, eggs at 27, live poultry prices across hens turkeys ducks and geese ranging from 15 to 31, local fresh dressed poultry with heavy hens and ducks at 31, government egg prices for U S extras and standards around 27 to 28, potatoes old at 102.25 per 100 pounds and new at 2.15 per bushel, sweet potatoes at 1.50 per bushel.
The list shows firm receipts and price quotes for eggs and poultry including white extras 27s 28, heavy hens 23 25, leghorn broilers 20022, old roosters 14 15, ducks 22 24, geese 18020, turkeys young toms and hens 23025, old toms 18420, fresh killed full dressed hens 35 and hog dressed 30.
Chicago market reports butter at 7,329 steady prices unchanged. Fegs 8,482 firm with extra firsts and local grades. fresh graded firsts at 26 percent and current receipts 26 percent.
Feeds steady prices include commission current receipts nearby 27 southern 25 26. Whites large size 28 few higher medium 28. Exchange no offerings. Butter 331 tubs eggs 715 cases.
Hog run of 2 809 with 1 180 direct and through holds. prices advanced 25c. Cattle 1 200 with calves 250. steers and heifers up 25 50. Sheep 100 offered. fat lambs 10.25 10.75. Hog demand strong with top 11.25 for 160 140 lbs. cattle prices mixed. best heifers around 8.50. bulls 6.50 7. Calves 675 with top dealers at 13. Sheep steady with late throwouts 9.50 down.
State officials discuss high rental costs for department offices in Columbus. Hartman Building costs $1.32 per sq ft, Peters $0.72, Kresge $1.28, and State Office Building $0.64. A potential rent reduction of about $20,500 is anticipated if tenants relocate, with total annual expenses around $54,425. Possible moves would shift Liquor and Motor Vehicles to the State Office Building and Peters Building respectively.
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