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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1931

Page

9

Stratton's used cars and local repair notices

An advertisement offers Hudson 1930 coupe, DeSoto straight eight coupe, ESO 1929 coach, two Ford tudors, two Ford 1929 coupes, two Ford 1929 roadsters priced from 24 to 50 dollars. Stratton Motors Nelsonville also offers GAR repair services and car servicing. Also a Kansas-style bankruptcy notice for Edward M. Phillipps with hearing set Feb 13 1931.

Stratton’s DeSoto ESO Ford Stratton Motors Nelsonville

Messenger ads as top salesmen for any goods

Advertisers are urged to use The Messenger for broad reach. Readers are directed to call 0243 Athens, Nelsonville 824-J or Logan 272 to reach an ad-taker.

Athens Nelsonville Logan Messenger City Hall Ohio Stephen Thomas Gall Parker Brothers Battery & Electric Co Illams Athens Armature Athens Armature & Machine B. Kern Coffey W. Union Colonial Pinance Co C. M. Gill Athens Loan Co

Infant prodigy knows all Greek letters

Van Dyke Tiers of Downers Grove aged three years ten months wowed the U P with a grasp of the Greek alphabet and world geography. He names all countries and capitals and reads late, often correcting parents who teach him. His father H W Tiers, a railroad man and attorney, says the child learns by questioning and reference books.

Downers Grove U.P van Dyke Van United Press South America Guiana Venezuela Colombia Scquador Peru Bolivia Paraguay Urugay Argentina Chile Brazil Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

Bidwell Postoffice Is Robbed Again

Gallipolis reports burglars struck the Bidwell Post office and Cottrell Store for the second time in two weeks. County officers were told Sunday that the heist totaled an estimated amount in cash, following a $540 cash theft on the first break in.

Gallipolis Bidwell Postoffice Cottrell

Trapper Shot Dead Near Zanesville

Charles Leo Bowers 26 was shot and killed while running a trap line eight miles east of Zanesville. Acting Coroner G B Trout ruled death an accidental gunshot wound.

Zanesville Charles Leo Bowers G. B. Trout

Soup Kitchen to Feed Unemployed in City of 6000

A soup kitchen will open here Monday to feed the unemployed residents of the city with a population around six thousand.

Jackson Jackson

Industrial stock listings and strong gains across major firms

The tumult of industrials dominates the page with firms like Armour, General Refrect, and Goodyear showing notable percentages. Read across steel and copper producers, tire makers, and utilities as shares move on market activity, with figures such as 148 percent at Goodyear and 90 percent for various steel outfits highlighted among others.

RATLA Allegheny Ootp St Paul Gubbe Cecess Viceessedises Sceere S19 Aramount Qoodrich Eedsetsea Cee Goodyear Sivesreses Sueeewe Oo Frughok Mrotope Cercavaccsarecenare Overland Cccceees Vekavees U. S Cuca Cola Motias Wrens Gillette Sinneis Hahn Dept Ekwéerer Iy Intl Norvester Atendes Ie U. A Bteal Ctensine Am. Smelting Andes Copper Anagénda Copper Kennicott Copper Am. Fr. Power Arm Gee Gab OOM Blec Bond & Share Cceeeseese r@ Motors Ltd Eevepeee Ea Berl OP Reriam Cccesegeeacteres Y Niavara Hudson Power Cleveland Oh!o Frass Hveaaekeaes Geena Ohio Gurtias Wiens Ceovecesccens Cities Service Miesonrt Kansae Pine Cceee Cers

Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Mixed Across Weights

Hog prices range from about 7.50 to 8.75 with lots around 8.25 and 8.40 for various weights while heavy weights show slight softness. Cattle and calves move slowly with most beef cows 4.75 to 5.75 and veal and lighter steers steady around 6 to 7.75. sheep trading slow and generally steady with best lambs near 9. Continue to note broad price spreads and weak demand for light or low quality lots.

Livestock Market Reports Show Sluggish Trade Across Markets

Hog receipts 4 260 head and 750 holdovers, prices down about 15 cents. Cattle receipts light, market weak to 35 cents lower with good steers 9.26 to 10.00, better cows 4.59 to 5.78, calves around 9.00 to 13.00 for vealers, hogs and sheep also showing declines and slow sales with fat lambs down about 25 cents. Sheep counts 3,800, slaughter slow. fat lambs about 25 cents lower. 90 lb. choice down 8.75 to 9.00.

Butter and Eggs Market Report Notes Prices and Grades

The report lists butter tablets with scores 22 26 common scores discounted, packing stock numbers 2.9 3 13 3 10 and butter fat 21 23. Eggs are lower with CARES included. extra firsts 27, firsts 22, seconds 20, nearby ungraded 25.

Market Prices for Poultry and Potatoes Listed

Butter scents per pound 27 extras 27. Poultry prices per pound heavy fowls 22 odium 18 19 leghorn fowls 17 18 heavy rollers 23 25 feghorn broilers 18. Potatoes Maine Green Mt gest 2.59 per sack 120 lb Idaho Russet 32.25 2.35 per 100 lb sack.

Maine Idaho

Poultry market report shows varied scores and prices

The update lists butter quality scores near 92 with extras 28 percent and 8 score 27 percent, eggs with 20 to 30 percent for new cases, hennery whites around 31 to 32 percent, live poultry with hens at 14 to 25 and old roosters at 12, ducks and geese 18 to 20, turkeys No 2 at 20 to 22, old toms 29 and fresh tied hens 30 to 35.

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Unsettled Market Notes with Varied Receipts and Firsts

Market report shows unsettled gas market with receipts totaling 16 682 and varied firsts and seconds. Butter market eases with receipts 8 758 and multiple extras. Regional figures include percent quotes and standards affecting prices.

Ohio Industrial Employment Rises In December

Ohio Bureau of Business Research at Ohio State University reports December industrial employment up 1 percent over November and above the five year average decline.

State of Ohio Columbus C. S&s Younger Federal Life Insurance Company Chicago Illinois Om- Celal C. S. Younger Ins Ohio Oho Bureau of Business Research Ohio State University

Ohio Farmland Decreases 14.4 Percent in Ten Years

Columbus report by Carl J. West of the Ohio Farm Bureau shows Ohio farms fell about 14.4 percent over the last decade, with the largest drops around cities and in less productive areas. County declines vary, Cuyaoga leading at 68 percent and Franklin at 21 percent, while some counties near consuming centers fared better. Total farms drop from 256,698 to 219,459.

Columbus Jan Ohio Carl J. West Ohio Farm Bureau Bureau of Census Cuyahoga County Lake County Fummit County Hemilton County Franklin County Licking County Butler County Delaware Plickaway County Sandusky Vinton County Scioto County

High School Teacher Publishes Visual Education Booklet

Walter P. Porter of Athens Senter High School released a 23 page mimeographed booklet titled Some Visual Badaucation Materisl Available In the Athens City Schools. Free copies are in the Superintendent’s office. The booklet lists films slides lantern slides museum specimens maps and other classroom materials. A motion picture Big Game Hunting In Africa was shown to Porter’s classes this morning.

Walter P. Porter Athens Senter High School Athens W. W. Ankenbrand Africa

University Orchestra Plans Wednesday Concert

The Ohio University orchestra under Prof. DeForest W. Ingerham will perform Wednesday morning in a series of concerts arranged by Prof. C. Robinson. The program features Luigini’s Exeeption Ballade, a four part suite, with about 45 players.

C. (. Robinson School of Music Ohio University Ohio University Orchestra DeForest W. Ingerham Luigini

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