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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1932
Page
11
Local classified section lists cheap autos such as 1919 Ford Tudor and 1928 Oldsmobile coupe with prices ranging from 375 to 65 dollars. Includes sheriff sale notice for Athens County property, and a funeral directors entry, with ad rates and publication deadlines for the Messenger.
Miss Mabie Edith Wycuff and Llgud Ash ford Simonton, both of this city, were united in marriage on Wednesday in a formal ceremony. The couple's families and local residents attended the event at a city venue.
Coach Julian Yantis will address the Endeavor Society of the First Presbyterian Church at Sunday’s 6 pm meeting. Jack Raybould will sing and Miss Mary Lou Studson will read the scripture lesson.
Stocks and produce items show mixed movement with several issues advancing. American Can Allied chemical and Westinghouse Electric push gains as New York trading opens with several leaders rising while others hold steady. United States Steel climbs to around 46 percent as some declines balance the day.
The Messenger Classified Section invites readers interested in profitable poultry raising to use a Classified Ad to list what they have to offer. Ad-takers in Athens 0243 Nelsonville 412-W and Logan 272 will assist in writing an ad to attract results. The service is free.
Public auction to sell parcels in Section 83 Town 6 Range 13 and adjoining tracts 1 2 and 3 located about two miles north of the church by order of the Ohio Pennsylvanian Joint Stock Land Bank. Sale includes 90.15 acres and several fractional tracts with mineral and rail freight reservations. Cash on delivery of deed to be made at courthouse door February 6, 1932. Sheriff Jones and attorneys listed.
Mrs. Robert Veon and her son Bob Edington return to Lorain after visiting since Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. EB Rosser and Mrs. Charles Edington. Mr. Veon Win Love and Miss Sylvia Shintz traveled from Lorain Tuesday to accompany them home.
Nelsonville on January 22 witnessed a wedding ceremony officiated by Mayor J. W. Hickman at the City Building. Details of the couple were not released in available text.
A telegram to Mr and Mrs Dow Bowers announced the safe arrival of their sons Dow and Max in Asheville North Carolina. The youths left Wednesday morning by motor for Hendersonville near Asheville and plan to stay there for several months.
Four Ohio University students are registered in the University Hospital behind the Agricultural Building on University Terrace. Miss Elsie Druggan and Miss Edith Skinner Granville manage the hospital where injuries from a Hillaboro auto crash last Saturday are being treated. Edith Skinner is part of the university delegation returning from a Glendale educations conference near Cincinnati. Carl Duffy of New Lexington is treated for grippe while Alvin Scheel of Lorain and Viola Laude of Clarington remain for minor ailments.
The fourth grade at Central School reports one hundred percent Junior Red Cross membership with 88 students under teacher Miss Carrie Rinehart. Members include Betty Lou Ator James Abraham Caroline Barnhart Charles Barnhart and others.
Program lineup lists various performances and talks including Dr. Klein assistant, Fisk University Chorus, Angelo Patri lecture, Roxy Adventuring show, Count Von Lack, Hanche Wallace Hopper variety, Hutcheson pianist, and California melodies across hours from 6 to 11 PM.
A chaotic timetable lists programs and guests across the day from 1:30 to 12:00 including Silver Flute American Singers Wayne King and His Orchestra Dr Parkes Cadman International Broadcast from Berlin vocalists and organist soprano Dunenne Ciannini Eddie Cantor Washington dramatic sketch and other guests. The mix features music, talks, opera style acts, and a late night government piece by David Law.
Sunday lineup lists church services children's programming and music segments from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm including Arthur Chandler Walter Damforch the College of Music Recital Shrine of the Flower youth group and various orchestral and vocal performances with multiple time slots and program notes.
A Baltimore produce page item lists prices for butter, pure cream, and various poultry. Fresh receipts show Butter Creame extra at 92, poultry stock includes chicken young colored 18 30c and leghorns 15 18c, ducks young 17 20c, turkeys 8 lbs and over 30 3c.
A Baltimore style price list shows market rates for poultry and eggs. It lists tub prices for eggs at 24 and 89 cents, various fowl including hens and roosters, and live ducks and geese with per unit prices. Fresh killed items are priced per a standard unit.
Market steady with varying price quotes for butter extras at 26 percent and standard 26 percent. Meissen idizats and curren sections show 10 to 18 percent ranges. Poultry prices quoted: fowls 10 cents, leghorn around 15 to 16 cents, other dicks at 20 cents, turkeys 25 cents.
A motion to dismiss misconduct charges against Fairfield County Prosecuting Attorney Russell B. Cunningham was overruled by Judge Joseph W. Adkins. Seventy-seven citizens filed the case in the Fairfield County Common Pleas Court in Lancaster seeking Cunningham’s removal. trial set to begin next Monday.
Ohio heiress Ann Sharer, 19, vanished during a European trip after starting from Conneaut Lake with her aunt. Cousin William H. Morgan Jr. reports she was found aboard an unnamed vessel and is en route home from London. She had been in Naples and Florence before her London location.
Railway brief notes Train No 34 runs daily at 6 35 p m Westbound 43 and No 1t appear in the obituaries section of the Baltimore page with limited readable text.
Fragmentary OCR note references price 2.28 per 100 pounds and terms about pen Ma ma Pets. Unclear full context or entities.
A terse note records a basin setup mentioned as second in line by an ante of 189, with grading unclear. The fragment hints at a sequence or placement in a mechanical or mapping context without full details.
Market notes indicate steady to higher cattle and hog prices with moderate activity. Garson reports test prices around 35 dollars, aided by general demand. traders expect prices to hold as receipts remain mixed.
The fragment describes varied cattle trading figures and prices with references to sales data, numbers for cows vealers and steers, and price ranges. It mentions totals like 3 3009.70 and 1,286 figures, plus terms such as medium and low cutters and average veal. The text is a garbled market blotter from a historical page.
Fragmented OCR text reports wool market activity with mixed quotes and several price mentions. References to fleece, combing, and territory sales appear, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear entities or outcomes.
Grain markets show a 2 percent change with mixed prices for feeds and dairy inputs. Prices for clover and timothy hay edges fluctuated while creamery costs remain steady amid cautious trading.
Fragmentary item mentions Jan. B.J. and Adjt. Gen. W. W.BHD in reference to husbands and a Texas Be context. Exact meaning and identifiable individuals are incomplete in the readable text.
In Columbus a committee studied unemployment finance and debated mutual job insurance as a remedy. Senator James A. Reynolds of Cleveland, chairman, urged directing the study and reporting to the Legislature, while opinions varied on feasibility. The commission weighed structural options and awaited legislative action.
The Senate Manufactures Committee backed a bill to provide 378 million dollars in federal funds to aid the unemployed. The measure would release 822 million? and remainder through next year with allocations to states. Senators La Follette of Wisconsin and Costigan of Colorado supported it while Navy Republican Goldsborough opposed.
Rutland miner Berrell F. Freeman is identified as a victim in the erre va ot te incident. The report notes Freeman’s death near the mining site with authorities investigating the circumstances. Other details remain readable in the fragment.
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