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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1935
Page
13
The notice lists daily passenger time cards for the Baltimore and Ohio routes. It includes No 1 National Limited No 3 Diplomat daily schedules with no service on Sundays.
Leis Ann Johnson eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Johnson of Dorcas died at 6:30 am today of pneumonia. Funeral services set for 2 pm Saturday at Bethany Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by parents and one sister.
Athens acting mayor Dan Carr was fined $10 and costs after a charge of intoxication was handled by Acting Mayor GC C. Cornell. No further details were provided in the readable text.
The State of Ohio Athens County will hold a public auction of Lots 302 305 308 in McCoys Addition Albany Lee Township on Monday March 1935 at 1 30 p m at the Athens County Court House. The property is appraised at 275 00 with bidding not less than two thirds of that amount. Cash only day of sale. Harle Sheriff of Athens County Ohio. Attorney KR Pierce Batotw
Two young women Elizabeth 23 and Jane 20 died in a fall from an airplane. Officials called it the strangest air tragedy since a 1928 disappearance over the English Channel. Their father is United States consul general at Naples.
A proposal to print and sell a roster of Athens County’s 1957 World War I enlisted men, compiled by Mrs. John Finsterwald from the Ohio Roster, is postponed for next meeting. The roster will go into the Athens County Scrapbook in the Columbus Chi Omega Library.
In the probate court of Athens County the First National Bank of Amesville files against glmer W Cunningham and Villa Cunningham. Pursuant to an order, sale will occur at the courthouse on Monday March 2, 1935 at 1 30 p m. Two tracts totaling about 35 38 acres with river and road frontage are offered for cash. Sheriff Charles Stratton and attorneys Jones and Erskide handle the sale.
New York reports a modestly lower opening with moderate activity. Fractions slipped for Santa Fe American Tobacco B Consolidated Gas Du Pont General Electric General Motors New York Central United States Steel while American Telephone held steady. Westinghouse and Certo De Pasco edged up. Autos boosted steadiness as production rises, counting on a first quarter output near 1 million vehicles.
West Side School marked Washington's Birthday with a February program by fifth graders entertaining lower grades. Readings included poems for Groundhog Day Lindbergh Edison Lincoln Valentine Lowell and Longfellow with students Jean Bingman Gerald Wiseman Charles Chase Clarence Poston Wendell Bretz Marjory Gibbons Edna Young Ruth Mason and others. The event ended with patriotic songs. The Richland Avenue M B Church postponed a Friday night community dinner indefinitely.
A 7 o clock gathering is announced for American Legion Auxiliary members at the Legion home. The docket also notes a parole hearing for Hubert McGinnis, an Ohio penitentiary inmate, with details of conviction for larceny and eligibility for a parole hearing after April 1, 1935, under the Board of Parole.
A condensed exchange page shows Baltimore produce notes with eggs and butter prices and receipts, plus Chicago details on butter quality and extras. Toledo grain prices list wheat corn oats with track quotations and local potato and poultry prices for 100-pound bags and crates.
Cleveland produce and dairy prices report butter and creamery extras in tubs at 38 with standards 34 percent. peas weak with fresh extras at 29 percent. current receipts at 25 percent. other items unchanged.
Nearby current receipts show 27 percent, 8, fresh extra firsts 28 29, hennery white extras 25 percent 430.
Butter sales show prices steady with current receipts and graded firsts values. Eggs move with 1 car fresh graded firsts 20 and 1000 cases current receipts at 27, 22 cases at 26 percent. market activity reflects unchanged price levels across the offerings.
Hogs 1900 head with early bids steady. 180 Ibs and heavier to 9.50. Cattle 475 listed with strong demand. steers around 66.95, vealers 85. The day shows light activity in sheep, with buyers targeting best lambs and yearlings. Sows around 7.75, light hogs mixed bids, and calves steady near 10.90 for top steers.
Treasury report shows February 19 receipts 66,124,002.68 with expenditures 12,690,427.99 leaving a net balance of 3,196,085,772.78. Customs receipts for the month total 16,286,294.32 and fiscal year receipts since July 1 reach 2,212,176,882.14 with expenditures 4,345,969,901.98 including 2,261,980,707.88 emergency outlays and gold assets at 8,479,506,300.62.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists various codes and figures such as BERTIES 3s, TREASURIES, Sea, and Fed Farm Mortg with multiple numbers and dates. Content appears as unrelated financial shorthand and inventory-like entries lacking coherent context or complete descriptions.
The market shows fine Ohio and similar fleeces selling around 27 to 271025 cents in grease, French combing from similar lots at 22 to 24 cents, and graded French combing 64 and finer at 63 to 65 cents scoured. Twelve month Texas wool brings 64 to 67 cents scoured while average game grade runs 62 to 63 cents.
The Athens Junior High School Washington program in the senior high auditorium featured the Eighth Grade History Class led by Eu gene Cottle. Seventh Grade Girls Glee Club opened with America, then Paul Slaughter spoke on A Biography of Washington. Elizabeth Wood read George Washington. Earl Watkins interpreted What Washington's Life Means To Us. A violin quartet Alice Carpenter, Alice Maccombs, Virginia Segale, and Donna Galtten performed with Grace Faster as accompanist.
On Thursday February 28 starting at 10:00 a.m. at the farm of L. H. Blackwood near The Garden in Lodi Township Athens County James S Day administrator and Chas McNam auctioneer conduct a genera sale of farm goods and property.
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