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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1931
Page
9
A list enumerates service categories including business services cleaning dyeing renovating heating plumbing roofing insurance and bonds moving storage painting decorating repairing tailoring and pressing. The compact catalog outlines areas of work available in the locality for residents and businesses seeking trades.
Vintage ads list dry cleaning 69c suits and 99c coats plus photos and Valentine cards. Probate notices appoint executor Harry Webb and divorce custody actions against Arthur Moore. Bank administers estate of Benjamin Dye while annual financial report for York Township is filed. Babe Ruth training on bicycle raises season chatter.
James B. Reynolds, vice president of a Washington bank, linked to a $50,000 fund held by the National Republican Committee, was summoned before the Senate campaign funds committee examining money sources in the fight against Senator Gebers W. Norris’s bid for re election in Nebraska.
The market drifted lower this week with wavering movement and subdued activity. Rail shares helped early but faded. United States Steel briefly dropped below 149 amid talk of layoffs, while Heidiehem Steel showed weakness in Friday trading.
New offerings totaling over 250 million dollars entered the market as bonds absorbed them early in the period. Investor demand showed resistance near week’s close, with rail bonds steady and United States government issues active, while convertible oil stock saw a sharp but later partial rebound.
Hog receipts rise with a mostly higher market. Prices for 30-210 lb hogs range $8.78 to $8.90, 320-240 lb hogs at $8.95 to $8.64, packing sows steady at $800 to $825. Calves: receipts 80, market slow to steady, better grade dealers at $10.60. Sheep: receipts 280, market steady to strong with good handyweight lambs around $8.78 and higher grades near $9.00.
Readable figures show various poultry items with prices and percentages including eggs nearby firsts and seconds, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, old toma and fresh killed hens. Notable prices include five bens at 24 dollars and old roosters at 12, with no. 1 turkeys at 36 and no. 3 at 25.
Baltimore market notes on fresh receipts and dairy items with price quotes for cheese creamery extras and standard scores. Entries include 92 score Sa 89c per lb and 99 score 31'9-320, reflecting near-term product standards.
Northern bound No 3 departs daily and arrives Athens at 10 47 am while other northbound No 33 leaves at 7 35 am and No 37 at 6 30 pm Athens. Southbound No 2 arrives 11 91 am and No 6 at 7 46 am daily with No 44 at 9 56 am and 1 48 pm service.
Benjamin Franklin Brown, jailed for the murder of Mrs. Merle Ells for $2.20, tells police a set of parental guidelines he says caused his crime. He urges never punish a child unless the child understands the true purpose and to ensure the parent holds the guilty one.
Mansfield January 19 Veterans to be paid adjusted compensation for World War veterans recommended by the Ohio American Legion executive committee. A Legionnaires poll showed a majority in favor of payment and the issue was raised at the national convention in Boston last year.
The Chicago Bruins defeated Toledo 29 to 28 in an American League basketball game after surging in the final period. Toledo led at halftime as a late field goal sealed the Bruins victory.
John Enflesian, a Boy Scout, will join the Syracuse University scientific voyage to the northern Andes in Venezuela as a taxidermist. He plans many adventures in real wilderness beyond ordinary troops.
The listing shows live poultry prices by weight and age including young large ducks, turkeys, and eggs. It notes scale ranges for mediums heavy leghorns and roosters, with assorted packing stocks and sizes and cents per pound across multiple categories.
Market update shows hogs steady to higher with prices mainly around 4.60 for 190 lb class and ranges from 4.19 to 4.50 for other weights. Cattle and sheep activity listed as nominal with limited sales and various quotes.
New York traders saw stocks drift lower as selling by shorts resurfaced. Leading utilities and energy shares fell with American Gas Electric Bond and Shore and American and Foreign Power among the biggest losers. Warrants and investment trust issues were dull, while Goldman Sachs remained near last week's close.
Market notes show round whites priced at 82 cents per pound in Cleveland and New York round whites at 150 pounds per sack. Idaho Russet potatoes around 2.25 to 3.35 dollars per 100 pounds, with Maine Green Mt figures near 2.44 to 2.69 per 20 pounds.
Toledo Ohio stock prices show grain and feed values on January 17 with cereals and hay quotes. Wheat No 2 red 83 844 percent, Corn No 2 yellow 72140, No 2 white 37 28, Rye No 2 65, Clover prices listed, dairy butter at 20 31, timothy hay at 1.60 per cwt.
Market items list jammed with poultry and live stock prices. Includes Maryland Pennsylvania rallg and various poultry categories with weights and prices per unit. Indicates fresh jam and ready stock alongside aged and renovated entries.
Market notes show receipts of 10 078 cases with 2044 99 extra crates and firsts 10 19 percent. Flutter market steady with receipts 10 918 tubs and extras 27 percent plus extra firsts 26 26. Fire's 24 25 percent and seconds 93 24 with standards 26 percent.
Liberty bonds close reading shows prices across several issues. The report lists 4% 4a at 103.1, Treasury 44% at 113.2, 3X58 at 107, and various series around 103.2 to 109.90 with brief fractions and ticker-like data for other series.
Gilbert H. Bessemyer, linked to the Guairaity Building & Loan loot of $8,000,000, headed for San Quentin to start a lengthy term. He stands with son Elmer and wife Matilda in a photographed moment as reporters note the long goodbye.
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