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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1932
Page
11
Local coal advertising notes Nelsonville listing Logen 75 and Yarmes A Caldwell, classified merchandise. Readable fragment hints at price and supplier names in a simple ad blurb.
Public sale notice under Probate Court order for January 20 1942 in Athens Ohio for a described land parcel with mineral rights and mining consent. Also rental ads for Walnut Street properties and a garage sale notice with address near Stratton’s garage. Executors and appointments listed with legal notices from Athens County court.
Federal Judge Benson W. Hough heard 31 defendants plead guilty to liquor charges, including Walter Messick and several from Gallipolis Beaver and New Straitsville. Indictments against Eva Smith of Columbus and Virginia Holley of Gallipolis were canceled, while Mrs Hose Congenour of Gallipolis was sentenced to spend one four in custody.
Tobacco growers from in a joint pool sign up at Batavia Ohio to join a proposed sales pool organized across Ohio Kentucky and Indiana. E W Ptchell named chairman G Weaver vice chairman and Walter Bauer secretary of the local association with hopes for 200 more signups. Growers voice dissatisfaction with 1931 prices and the current market.
Junior High football style notes include a basketball game with Middleport Friday at 7 in Athens under Coach Sherman Gilmore. The article lists upcoming games against Gallipolis, Nelsonville, Wellston, Logan, Marietta, plus dates in February including Logan and Middleport at home or away. It also covers club meetings, Student Council activities, and library staff and the Preamble staff preparing the January Junior High School issue.
Night of fights lists multiple results with outpoints and knockouts. Notable: Jimmy McNa mera defeated Harry Goldman in Brooklyn by points. Jon Barre beat Oscar Goldman. Sally Bitz KOed by Charley Milex. In Indianapolis Jack Redmuan won by technical knockout over Matt Adgie. Larry Pratt and Dick Zimmerman drew. Roy Midy defeated George Downey. other bouts decided by points or draws.
Mt Union 52 Kent State 9. Tase 25 Baldwin Wallace 24. Toledo 31 St Johns 23. Evansville 37 Ohio Wenley 27 Notre Dame 24. S J Thomas 18. De Paul 33 Centenary 17. Illinois State Normal 85 Sparks Central 29 St Ambrose 12 Carthage 26 Iowa Wesleyan 20 Western Kentucky Teachers 21 Loutsville 12. Indiana Teachers 6 Eastern Illinois Teachers 28 Kansas 41 Colorado 22. Missouri 87 Washington A 27. Nebraska Wesleyan 26 Nebraska B 24. Manhattan 31 Niagara 18.
In Mt Union’s home game on Tuesday night Cope at center and Reber at forward led a lopsided 52 to 9 win over Kent State. Every Mount Union player scored as Reber and Cope finished with nine points each.
The Vermillion Boat Club announced plans to enter the Great Lakes District semi final in the Olympic Star Boat competition. This event is among the top aquatic events of the year, one of four in the United States to select the national entrant in the Olympic races, with a likely June holding.
The Athens City Board of Education met Monday night to elect officers and reorganize for the coming year. Roe was chosen president, Walker named vice president, and voting on a clerk was postponed. The board approved changes to meeting place and time and authorized borrowing for bonds and payroll. President and clerk discussed finances, noting a year ending debt and balances. Principal Wood received approval to serve as Ohio University summer school principal. Miss Irma Voigt announced a tenth annual Sunday activity starting January 10.
Mid winter seventh and eighth grade examinations for Athena County school children are to be held Tuesday and Friday this week. Tests will cover mathematics history geography and English. College entrance exams for high school seniors in Athens County occur at the same time. Regular semester exams in many county schools follow next week. Some schools gave exams before Christmas recess.
Three children in Athens miss school on a Tuesday during Christmas break and celebrate birthdays. Caroline Barnhart sowes in the fourth grade at Central School, Rey Lloyd Yors attends Rufue Put nam Training School, and Walter Bobo studies in the fourth grade at West Side School, marking a festive personal milestone amid school schedules.
Stock market activity shows broad declines with most major shares slipping while a few gains appear. Notable movers include American Gas and American Telephone reacting to broader market weakness as traders eye midday totals and sector shifts.
A busy column lists numerous companies and stock references including Allied Chemical, Union Pacific, Commonwealth Steel, Continental Baking, Crowley, Curtiss Wright, Fox, General Electric, Gen Motors, Packard, Sinclair, Motors and Mach, Timken Roller Bearing, White Motors, Copper, and other industry names. The scattered OCR reads like a market page with various tickers and firm mentions, highlighting a broad snapshot of equities and manufacturing names active in the market.
Baltimore prices list fresh poultry and eggs with varieties including leghorns, heavy roasters, young hens, springers, and broilers. Cleveland produce shows butter and eggs, with turkey, duck, goose, and offal quotes. Market totals and weights noted. regional items feature Idaho Russet potatoes and greens from Greenb.
Fragmented OCR text describes cattle bids and prices, livestock grading notes, and several market terms. Mentions include better grades, sale lot references, and price ranges around 160 to 240 for outputs, with cattle lots and auction context implied. The passage appears as an irregular livestock market snippet with multiple nonstandard entries.
Mr and Mrs Frank Weiland are parents of a daughter born Saturday. The fragment mentions several women names and a Logan reference. The readable facts identify a birth announcement linked to the Weiland family with minimal additional names.
Jerry Byam aged 41, Civil War veteran and Perry County survivor, died Saturday in Tyne tion City. He leaves a sister and three daughters. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev Cooper presiding. Burial followed at a nearby cemetery.
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