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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
11
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McFARLANDS guaranteed used cars include Chevrolet 1929 coach and sedan, Essex 1928 sedan, Ford 1927 tudor and coupe, 1926 coupes, Buick 1926 coach. Also Chevrolet and Ford trucks. General auto repairing on all cars at St Parker's Garage, dial 763. Also machine work and motor repair at Electric motors bought and sold near The Old Athens Foundry. Auto wreck work by The Hocking Valley Mine Supply Co. Townsend & Brothers, dial 717 Wind. Collections and claim adjustment services offered by local firms.
Wet and dry groups in Washington begin shaping Hoover enforcement proposals. A House Judiciary subcommittee invites Wickersham Pound and Kenyon to discuss enforcement bills while a Senate committee organises to move Prohibition Bureau transfer to the Justice Department. Wets plan open hearings and a national referendum concept to sustain the issue before elections.
In pursuance of an execution in the action C A Howard et al, the defendant will offer for sale at public auction at the door of the Athens Court House in Athens County Ohio on Saturday January 24 at 1 PM. The estate described as 121 acres in the north part of Section 86 Town 8 Range 18 includes detailed bearings and landmarks with an exception described for a smaller portion.
Prof. Sven V. Lekberg of Ohio University School of Music will lecture at Phi Mu Alpha's second monthly meeting in Music Hall at 8 tonight. He will discuss Cyril Scott John Alden Carpenter Delius and others. The football pep song contest offers a $50 prize and closes February 15, says Donald Dowd president.
The sheriff will sell two parcels in Ames Township Athens County Ohio. First tract includes four acres with described boundaries ending at a 13 acre parcel. Second tract covers 66 acres with metes and bounds in Section 31 and 7. Mortgage of Wesley B Lawrence recorded. appraisal about 4000 dollars. Cash on day of sale. William Williams sheriff. Woolley Rowland attorneys.
The Toledo cash grain report lists prices for Wheat No 2 red at 1.96 1/4, Corn No 3 yellow at 81 3/4, Rye No 2 49 1/2, Oats No 2 white at 49 1/2, and butter and hay values with March and February futures. Cincinnati tobacco market notes December 1920 leaf sales totaling 48,37R,396 lbs and December 1929 averages around 14.40 per 100 lbs with total producer sales for the season near 444 million pounds.
A fragmented price list shows assorted produce and poultry terms with regional markers like Ohio and New York. Entries include potatoes, greens, geese, leghorn references, and various per unit or per sack prices such as 4.49 per 130, 3.90 per 120, and 64 25 per 100. The text resembles an old market ledger with scattered product labels and inconsistent spellings.
Market notes show receipts of cattle 440 and calves 350 with slow to steady demand. Slaughter cattle and beef cows traded lower, vealers higher on scarcity, sheep and lambs softer with some top bids, throwouts and bucks listed, bulk ranges provided for pricing.
Stock trading showed strength as United States Steel climbed with industrials. Tobacco and amusement shares rose with United Cigar Stores and United Stores advancing. Cigarette price changes boosted retail stocks while Hecht Warner Brothers Pictures and Radio Keith Orpheum gained in the amusement group. Call money steadied around four and a half percent as markets anticipated a rate cut by the New York Federal Reserve.
The column lists varied stock prices and percentages for multiple companies including American Sugar Coca Cola General Electric Montgomery Ward and Sinclair. It shows percentage changes and notes no sales for several entities while outlining utilities oils and refiners in a dense catalog style of market reportage.
Market notes show live poultry items including hens roosters geese springers and ducks with varying prices. Dressed poultry hens are listed at 3864 with a price of 43 cents. Various brands and items such as Hutter prints tubs Ohla Bugs fresh western select and current receipts appear with prices noted in cents.
U S DA Hogs receipts 2 000 market 15 to 25 lower heavy hogs and light weight pigs 10 60 to 10 75 sows 8 aa 75 cattle receipts 25 market nominal calves receives 150 market 600 lower vealers 18 sheep receipts 650 market steady bulk sales 12 49 14 heavy lambs 12 to 13 fat ewer 0 et 25
Carload carrot demand fair with prices around 3.50 for Texan stock and 4.50 for California. Beets at 3.50, Florida celery 2.75 to 3.26, California stock unchanged. Florida grapefruit 4.50 to 8.50 per box, head lettuce 3.26 to 3.50 with California 5, hothouse lettuce 1.25 to 1.60 per 19 lb basket. California oranges 7 to 8, parsley 1.25 per bunch, tomatoes 2.78 to 3, repacks 2 to 2.75, egg prices down, dressed poultry and butter unchanged.
The Athens High School Association announced the meeting is moved to the first Tuesday in February, delaying the planned gathering this week.
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