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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1934
Page
13
Gallipolis Market to suspend sales after February 23
Gallipolis Burley Tobacco Market will stop sales after Feb 23 as receipts decline. Dave Kelton says most area tobacco has been sold for 1934. eight weeks total about 1,500,000 pounds at just over 10 cents per pound. Three auctions planned next week. market open tomorrow after a slow month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Burley
Dave Kelton
Body of Wayne Grover to be buried in Bidwell
Wayne Grover 42, a former Bidwell resident and baseball pitcher, will be transported from Charleston West Virginia where he was killed Monday night to Bidwell for burial. Charleston police say Joe Godsey killed him in an argument over 20 in a hotel. Grover leaves several children and siblings Nellie Keener Mary Laywell John Grover Howard Grover and Bert Grover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wayne Grover
Bidwell
Charleston
W. Va
Grover
Joe Godsey
Nellie Keener
Mary Laywell
Vinton
John Grover
Washington, D. C
Howard Grover
Freeport
Bert Grover
Battle Creek
Mich
Edward Smith
Smith
Cincinnati
Ohio
B&b
Sinsterwald
Athens
George Bateman
Nelsonville
Circleville
a @ri
Logan
Finsterwald
Bateman
Agsens
Blend Mvedys
Rio Grande Hosts Soprano and Pianist Recital
Rio Grande College presents Mrs Mildred Fowler soprano and Miss Christine Holzer pianist in a Tuesday recital at Community Hall. Fowler leader of Middleport Women’s Music Club studied widely in the US and abroad. Holzer Galopolis student to perform Chopin and modern works before regional events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Mildred Fowler
Christine Holzer
Fowler
Women's Music Club of
Middleport
Margaret Bendict
Ohio University School of Music
Sigma Alpha Iota
John Frances Byrne
Byrne Academy of Singing
Paris
France
Willaem van Giesen
Margaret Neekamp Stein
Huntington
Charlies E. Holzer
Gallipolis
Ohio
Holzer
Janet Bailey
Jackson
Southeastern Teachers Association
Miss Holzer
American Association of University Women
Chopin
CWA List Reductions Cut Jobs in Gallia County
In Gallia County 69 men were removed from CWA projects today as part of a statewide order. The second weekly reduction brings total job cuts to 108, reflecting the Ohio CWA directive to reduce workers by ten percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
CWA
Gailia County
Ohio Cwa
Skating Opens as Ohio River Freezes at Gallipolis
Gallipolis Ohio February 15 for the first time in years people skate on the Ohio River behind Gallipolis Island where the water has frozen solid. The river began to move today as snowmelt in the Ohio Valley sent boilers for the steamer A C In gercol to Louisville for installation aboard a barge and tow to the steamer. The normal river channel remains used by upstream steamers and shows water at many spots this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Gallipolis Island
Ohio Valley
A. C. Ingercol
Louisville
Acme
Pair Sentenced for Burglary in Local Court
Wayford Rathburn received an indeterminate sentence to Mansfield Reformatory and his wife Edith Rathburn to Marysville Reformatory after pleading guilty to burglary. Judge W R White imposed the terms as part of the indictments. Also, Helen Harrison Frost Buck Lewis Unroe Charles Rutherford and Willie Pike each got two years on probation after guilty pleas to robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wayford Rathburn
Mansfield Reformatory
Edith Rathburn
Marysville Reformatory
W. R. White
Helen Harrison
Frost Buck
Lewis Unroe
Charles Rutherford
Willie Pike
Markets rise on hope of regulatory reform in security markets
New York trading extended yesterday's gains as investors priced in potential regulation changes for securities and commodity markets. Stocks edged higher with strong bond demand, wheat and cotton up, and major industrials like Allied, Du Pont, Bethlehem Steel, GM, and Chrysler posting gains amid a firmer overall market tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Treasury
Stock Exchange
Steel
Allied Chemical and
du Pont
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
United States Smelting
Meta
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Wright Aeronautical
Aviation
United Aircraft
Commodity Prices index figures for 30 basics
The Dun & Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities reports today at 108.97 with a 100.03 reading yesterday and a week ago 107.66. The 1980 1982 average is 100. High 1023 on Feb 13 and low 1994 on Jan 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Dun & Bradetreet
United Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Industrial Production Index Comparison Across Years
The Standard Statistics Index shows February production at 77.6 with January 1923 as base 100, compared to January 1934 at 72.6 and February 1993 at 80.9. The letter notes this figure near historic lows, referencing 550 in July 1932 and 88.1 in March 1973 as other low points.
Stock Market Figures and Company Names Listed
A fragmented listing shows shares and percentage figures for numerous companies across sectors. Prominent names include Am. Home Products, Armour, Col. Gas & Elec, General Foods, Westinghouse Electric, Goodyear, Firestone, and U.S. Rubber, with varying percentages reflecting performance. The page reads like an industrials sector roundup with mixed gains and losses among steel, oils, chemicals, and machinery firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Rad
Bt Sen
Sumatra
Aimee
Armour A
Commonwealth & BO
Curtian Wright
Curtion Wright A
Crenely Radio
Poe Film Amrocceesonscoesoancess
Aleska Jun
Allied Chem
Mand
Bron AM
Bism
Alreraft
Carbon
Warner Bros Wollworth E Westinghrouse
Nis Netonneepekon
A Motors
Tungotl
Liesinacseenbatindn
Owe
Owe Oom Curiee Cicinsetpanet
Continental Motors
Oreeeette Bec
Auioilo
Goodrich
Goodyear
Nash Motor
Deenanenebine
Elec
Bond
Magara Gud
Pwr
Scheniey Distilere
Ccomencececen
Switt & Co
Founders' Day PTA meeting and local notices in Gallia
Feb 15 Washington Parent-Teachers Association held Founders Day in Washington Auditorium with Dr B A Hansen as speaker on PTA Congress themes. Open house allowed parents to tour classrooms. Also Feb 16 Mrs A C Bailey of Pt Pleasant admitted to Holzer Hospital for appendectomy and several dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galaapolis
Washington
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Washington Auditorium
B. A. Hansen
Rufus Putnam
Ohio University
Gallipolis
A. C. Bailey
Pt Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Amos Swisher
R. C
Joe Evans
Pomeroy
Max Irion
City
Gallipolis Teams Set for Gallia County Girls Final
Gallipolis February report says Mercerville girls meet Cadmus or Mercerville in the finals at Washington Auditorium on February 24 per county superintendent H. B. Bradbury. Judge W. R. White assigned to Lawrence County common pleas bench for the week of March by Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mercerville
Gallia
Washington Auditorium
H. B. Bradbury
Cadmus
W. R. White
Common Pleas
Lawrence County
Carl V. Weygandt
Insurance reps dine with Western Southern at Libbey Hotel
Representatives of the Western and Southern Life Insurance Company were entertained at a dinner at the Hotel Libbey in Gallipolis on Wednesday night. The event brought together company officials and local guests in a cordial social gathering at the Libbey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Bidwell Man Sues for Partition of 142 Acres in Huntington Twp
Ele Wellington of Bidwell files in common pleas court on Wednesday for partition of 142 acres near Woods Mill Huntington Township. He seeks fee simple to two thirds of the land after the deaths of Mary L. Harmon on Jan 16 and David F. Harmon on Feb 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wellington
Bidwell
Common Pleas Court
Clarence
Phoebe Harmon
Huntington Township
Woods Mill
David FE. Harmon
Faith Healer to Face Judge for Sentence
Cleveland report says Rd Borgen a Mansfield self styled faith healer was found guilty by a jury of advertising the practice of medicine without a state license. Judge Frank Day will set sentence later. He allegedly treated lame and sick persons at his Shrine and faces a second charge of operating an office without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Rd Borgen
Mansfield
Frank
Sorgen
Hartford City Woman Mary Strobel Dies at 81
Mrs. Mary Strobel, 81, of Hartford City, died at Holzer Hospital after an abdominal operation on Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Gallipolis
Mary Strobel
Holzer Hospital
Packet Senator Cordill Tied to Mardi Gras Cruise
River men recall the Cordill left Natchez Mississippi twenty years ago February 14 for a Mardi Gras excursion to New Orleans. The Cordill was a Mississippi River cotton boat before being brought to the upper Ohio River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Senator Cordill
Dam 14
Natchez
Miss
New Orleans
Cordill
Ohio River
Fined $10 for Using Fictitious Licenses
Ralph Stone of near Luhrig was arrested Wednesday by Constable Frank White on an affidavit by William Quivey for operating a motor vehicle with fictitious license plates. He was arraigned before Magistrate Carl H. Porter and fined $10 and costs. Stone pleaded guilty to the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Stone
Near Luhrig
Frank White
William Quivey
Carl H. Porter
Stone
Baltimore and Cleveland Produce Prices and Poultry Notes
Produce and poultry prices across Baltimore and Cleveland show steady egg markets with varied poultry rates. Butter and eggs quotes, with light details on ducks, turkeys, geese, and capons, accompany regional price ranges and current receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cleveland
Maine
Idaho
Ohio
New York
West Virginia
Kentucky
Butter-Packing Stock Prices and Grade Notes
A brief list of butter stock pricing and grading terms. Includes No 3 butter at 6 cents per pound, extra firsts at 16 cents, with mentions of egg goods and nearby ungraded items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egge-Gready
Livestock Receipts And Prices Mixed At Local Market
Hog receipts 3500 with prices 4.80 to 4.90 per hundredweight, pigs down to 3.25 to 4.80 in spots, good packing sows around 42.75. Cattle receipts 700 with calves 250, fat cows and bulls steady to strong, calves 6.50 to 6.75, sheep receipts 200 with good to choice lambs from 9.60 to 10, ewes and cull sorts lower.
Cattle and Sheep Receipts Reported With Mixed Prices
Market receipts show varied quotes across cattle calves and sheep. Cattle receipts range from 4.68 to 6.10 per cwt with heavy calves around 6.0, while sheep and lambs see prices near 19 for good fat lambs and lower for medium grades. Fluctuating demand noted with bulk and packer quotes cited.
Wool and grain prices dip in Boston and Toledo markets
Wool trade shows small volume with mixed quotes led by Ohio quarterblood fleece at 42 cents and 4 cents. Texas wools at 8 to 9 cents clean. Toledo grain closes with No. 2 red wheat around 9.0, corn No. 2 yellow about 5.3, oats No. 2 white near 41, rye No. 3 around 66 to 68, with various yellow and white oat grades and cash prices listed for clover seed and alfalake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ohio
Texas
Toledo
U.P
Grein
Wesleyan Alumni Hold Annual Athens County Meeting
The Athens County Alumni Association of Ohio Wesleyan University held its annual dinner meeting at the Hotel Berry with 31 attendees. Guest of honor was Herman M. Shipps, executive secretary, joined by Dr. Gilbert H. Barnes who spoke on university affairs.</s>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
C. M. Coulter
John Dowler
C. H. Beasley
Scarlet fever quarantine for Maple Street preschooler reported
Maple Street preschool child placed in quarantine for scarlet fever by city nurse. McKinley Avenue case released from quarantine yesterday. Athens County Jail detention follows defaulted fine. Howard Ashcraft of Ames Township arrested on a charge of failure to provide for a minor child with a $400 bond. bond not met and he remains jailed awaiting Grand Jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Street
McKinley Avenue
Athens County
Howard Ashcraft
Ames Township
White
Margery Ashcraft
Ashcraft
Porter
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M. Price
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Mat Ee
McFarland
Clyde E. Parsons
Iue
Pe ‘Id
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Fred R. Beasley
Carpenter &J
General Auto
Selby’s
N. Cemetery
Gulf Gas
Top Morrison Brown Hill
Sunrise
Sohic Gas Atlas
K. E& McAfee
Athens Armature Aga Machine Works
Dia
Star Dry Cleaners
N. Court St
Acme Dry Cleaners
Union St
Federal Farm Loan
Merchant Industries, Inc
Dayton
U. S
Sage
the Messenger
Moler
Yetem
Jersey
Edgar Produce Company
W Union
East Bridge
M. E. Snow
Higgins
Fred Landis
Poston
Bardin Brothers
Mansfield’s
East
Washington St
G. Krepper
Rome
C. &. Oakes
Little Hocking
COX Brothers
W. Union St
Swaepson
North Court
Usical Merchandise
Wheaton Hardware CO
Summers & Son
Carpenter Hardware CO
Kerr's Hardware
Athens Lumber Co
Grouster
Athens Implement Co
East Carpenter
Mill ST
Rauch's Bakery
Smith ST —House
Bardin Bros
Hobson Shops
Meigs County
Pricelow
E. P. Roush
Cheshire
R. D
Buck & Burk
Dial
Person Realty O
Cline Bldg
Federal Farm Loans
A & B. Realty Co
Newonville
T Bowman
Adams St
Pat Cable
Jones Novelty Store
Carpenter Hardware
Ward Conaway
C. R
Johnson
Pomeroy and
P O
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Amar
Liberty Bonds
Inter
Senate
Wth General Assembly
Board of Athens
Totel
Aqty Cte
Board of County Commissioners
T Board of Commissioners
Board of Comsioners
Board of Commissioners
United States
The
NS County Commission
Maude Lowry
Mrs. Mildred Fowler and
Christene Holzer
Washington School
MYERS
W. D. Myers
Fourth Avenue
Court Street
McCormick Garage
Foster Champer
Verne White
Court of Justice of Peace
Fred Milliser
Charles Coyer
Coyer
Mercerville Pinalist
Judge Whith Asstursen
Sees Estate Division
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati Produce
Cencinnati Livestock
Pittsburgom Livestock
Heidovers
Sane
Wesleyan
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