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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1929
Page
11
Classified snippets urge quick response to a broad ad section covering auto sales service and employment. The page lists vehicles for sale and repair services, plus notices on real estate, instruction classes, and public notices. Key names include Athens and Chauncey locations and several local businesses.
Toledo markets show cash grain prices with wheat at 1.52 and corn No 2 at 1.01, plus various small grain figures. Cleveland produce lists butter, eggs, and hogs receipts around 10,000 head with price ranges. Columbus and Cincinnati figures cover apples onions grapefruit spinach and cattle, veal, and lamb markets with price spreads and meat class notes.
A garbled market wire notes butter receipts at 5,000 tubs with varied price points across Chicago Cincinnati and Boston areas. Mentions wool market pressure waning and implies some firms see limited demand while price signals fluctuate as segments like tires and rubber in general goods show tentative activity.
Columbus Feb 21 The 1929 European Corn Borer quarantine line across Ohio was set today at a public hearing. The line runs 20 to 30 miles south of the 1928 border, starting southeast in Belmont County and tracing west along Belmont Guernsey and Muskingum counties, then south toward Perry County and west along Fairfield and Pickaway Counties to meet the Indiana line.
Matthew and Alfred Wright pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Athens County Probate Court on charges of possessing intoxicating liquor. Trial dates are set for February 25 for Matthew and February 22 for Alfred, with Alfred waiving jurisdiction before Justice of the Peace C H Porter.
An itemized report by Ath en s County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson details county charity funds for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1928. It lists relief for the blind, mothers pensions, juvenile detention costs, probation salaries, tubercular care, soldiers relief and burial, county jail operation, county home and Children's Home expenses, and totals for state institutions and dependent children, all financed by a 6.65 mill county tax rate.
Dr Andrew Johnson Kentucky Cyclone Evangelist ends revival message at Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church with a warning about worldly pleasures weighing against the soul. He cites Daniel and Babylon as examples and notes growing interest and several conversions reported by Rev N P Day.
Mrs Mary Dell Gilkey 50 wife of Jeasie Gilkey died at 11 15 last night at the home near Pratts Fork from tonsillitis after a week of serious illness Born Shade June 30 1878 she lived most of her life in Athens County She leaves her husband one child Elsie who died at age 1 four brothers and one sister Funeral services will be at Hebbardsville Church at 11 Saturday with burial in the adjoining cemetery
Columbus Feb 21 Attorney General Gilbert Bettman was asked to rule by State Treasurer H Rose Ake after Buckley deposits totaling 2 4 million were moved to banks without required bids. Banks offered high interest and security but did not meet bid laws. Auditor Rykiaya noted potential law noncompliance, yet no loss to state and Buckley accounted for all funds.
Joe Miller of Bailey Run pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a 15-year-old girl and was fined $100 plus costs and held in Athena County Jail until payment. Judge Johnson suspended 90 days in Wright’s case on similar charges with costs to be paid. Low Bay remained jailed on a 16-year-old charge with trial set for February 26.
A correction clarifies that the convention department of the United States Chamber of Commerce reports the average amount left by convention attendees is nine dollars per person rather than the previously quoted amount. The correction addresses the June 28 to 26 convention dates in Athens for the Spanish American War Veterans event.
Fragmentary entry shows annual balance sheet items including taxes deposits clerks maintenance and general expenses. It lists totals for expenditures and balance figures around December 31, 1088 with numerous garbled terms and missing context.
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