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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1930
Page
9
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Local ad page promotes Hudson Essex and other used cars at Stratton Motors. Probate court in Athens County lists multiple estates with first or final accounts filed between January and February 1930 and suspends hearings until March 3. Also a divorce petition filed against Bessie Cable with hearing set after April 1930.
Baltimore produce prices list creamery and market grades with rounds of firsts seconds and chicks while Pittsburgh and Cincinnati markets report receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs. Steel and industrial stocks show no sales with several major firms noted as inactive.
Mags continued lower and were offered at 20 supplies heavy. The market on fruit and fresh vegetables weak with slow demand and generally lower prices. New cabbage active with high quality crates. Beets carrots and celery slow with lower prices. Head lettuce fair demand and price dip affects leaf lettuce. No. 1 sweet potatoes scarce with slight price drop. No change in dressed poultry or butter.
Price list shows diverse produce and poultry rates in Cleveland. Butter extras and firsts quoted 39Xc to 38s¢, kegs 29c, poultry items with varied ages and weights, ducks and geese priced per 100 pounds or per unit. Potatoes priced per 180 lb sack for Ohio New York at 414 dollars, Maine Green Mt 63.50 per 120 lb, Idaho Russet 3.854 to 4.15 dollars per 100 lb sack.
Boston wool market report shows 648 and finer domestic wools firmer with some prices advanced though not yet at higher asking levels. Receipts in the week ending February 22 totaled 380,500 pounds, up from 259,800 the prior week.
Charles Evans Hughes, age 67, is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States and takes the chair of the Supreme Court. He previously served as associate justice from 1910 to 1916 and succeeds Taft who resigned due to illness. Oliver Wendell Holmes administers the oath in robes.
Rome Grange meets at 1 pm on Saturday March 8 in Stewart to discuss hash dishes and domestic science topics. Speakers include Mrs Rolla Waggoner on the kitchen and equipment Isadore Montle on homemaking Edna Shuler on dish washing and Mrs Blanche Bean on home manners for men Thurman Kincade on home manners for women. Mrs Addie Laughlin to lead a discussion on protection for families. Mrs Nettie Nickoson to display feed sack uses. Mr and Mrs Fred Dorr to sing.
A religious survey of Athens will be conducted within two weeks by the Visitation and Survey Committee of the First Methodist Church. District teams will gather data on church attendance and affiliations to support a March religious enlistment crusade led by Rev. C. M. Coulter.
A Mes senger classified ad by Mr. O. E. Reading advertised a short horn bull and used a long arm approach to reach buyers. The ad attracted many responses and the bull sold immediately. Call 243 Athens or Nelsonville 824-J to place livestock ads and attract buyers.
Twenty nine members from the local Salvation Army Church attended the Congress in Cincinnati. Colonel Walter Jenkins delivered the main address while Captain Richard Benton opened the afternoon service. Local Life Saving Guards and Red Shield Club members participated, with Athens sending the farthest delegation.
The Chicago Butter market reports receipts at 12 419 tubs with extras valued at 30 cents. A note indicates miscellaneous entries and standards appear in the metadata.
The New York stock market opened with a bearishly broad wave, sending United States Steel down 34 points to 178 1 2, and Consolidated Gas slipping below 120 after a strong early rally. American telephone and International Telephone dropped 1 to 2 points while other utilities fell. Standard Oil of New York held. Trading volume was 344 200 shares in early action as call money firmed at 4 percent amid end month demand.
A compiled table shows prices and percent changes for numerous railroad lines and industrials including Pennsylvania, Reading, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Armour, General Electric, International Harvester, Radio Corp, American Sugar, Standard Oil, Texas Corporation, Bethlehem Steel, and Bethlehem Steel among others. Some entries note no sales or no quotes.
A Salvation Army youth conference banquet in San Francisco left 126 people ill with food poisoning. At least eight cases were serious and 80 were moved to Central Emergency Hospital with 45 under physician care. All are expected to recover.
The Athens County Chapter of the American National Red Cross earned an honor flag from National Headquarters for meeting its quota. Southeastern Ohio counties are recognized for filling the requirements. Athens County previously failed to meet the 1,000 member target but this year 1,300 persons pledged.
Dry police continuing their drive against illicit liquor traffickers near New Straitsville seize a 150 gallon still 19 gallons of whisky and 380 gallons of mash in an old mine. The huge still had to be broken up inside the mine. State Prohibition Director J D Hayes reports ten thousand dollars in liquor and equipment destroyed in Perry County over the past week.
Daily train departures from Athens list Northbound No. 3 at 10 26 a m and No. 9 at 7 11 p m. Southbound No. 2 leaves at 11 29 a m and No. 6 at 8 38 p m.
Northbound No 33 leaves Athens at 7 25 p m and No 37 at 8 30 p m daily. No 30 arrives Athens at 11 10 a m and No 34 runs daily at 9 10 p m.
A damaged OCR style railroad timetable fragment shows Westbound No 2h and Eastbound No 43 with cryptic station and time data. The segment lists times like 40:08 and 37 DP and includes letters indicating signaling or car codes, without readable context or complete train names.
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