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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1931

Page

11

Automotive Classifieds and Services Overview

A compact listing of vehicle sales and services including automobiles for sale auto trucks for sale auto accessories tires parts repair and service stations moving trucking storage painting decorating and various help wanted ads for male female and flexible positions. It also notes pets horses poultry and room and board categories.

Lji Ford Chevrolet Murphy Motor Co Athens Junk Co

Furnished Rooms for Rent in 202 Adams Street

Real estate notice offers 3 modern furnished rooms with soft water in a good location at 202 Adams Street. Contact Mrs. Clara Backus or Mrs. Dora Kerr. for ahead inquiries call 802 W.

Melville Gifford Amesville Adams Street Clara Backus Short ST Dora Kerr

Safeway Transit seeks vehicle substitution under Ohio certificate

Safeway Transit Company Inc applies to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to substitute 17 passenger cars and 2 21 passenger cars for 21 passenger cars on routes between Parkersburg and Chillicothe and Parkersburg and Chesapeake. Interested parties may contact the commission in Columbus for details. filing party is Safeway Transit Company Inc with a Charleston West Virginia address.

Motor Transportation Company Pquiremeen Safeway ‘Transit Company, Inc. & Motor Transportation Company Public Atitition Commission of Ohio Parkersburg Chillicothe Vparkersbure Chesapeake Public Utilities Commission Columbus Ohito Safeway Translt Company, Inc Charleston W. Va

Appointment of Cletus Stoecklein as Administrator

Cletus Stoecklein of Glouster Ohio appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of James V Stoecklein late of Athens County Ohio deceased. Dated January 27 1931. Judge 8 M Johnson probate judge of said county.

W. T. Martin Corge Martin Athens County Ohio Cletus Stoecklein Glouster James V. Stoecklein M. Johnson Said County

Earthquake Hits Koritza District Causing Wide Damage

A violent quake struck the Koritza district in Albania on Jan 28 shaking homes and structures and causing widespread damage. No casualties are reported in the available text.

Tirana Albania U.R Koritza

Britain Bans Sunday Movies in Court Ruling

The Court of Appeal ruled Sunday motion pictures illegal in Britain, a decision likely to affect thousands of theaters just after a dispute over revival of ancient Sunday laws.

London Court of Appeal Britain

Murdered in Chicago as Brother Slain by Gangsters Earlier

Morria Berkovitz aged 27 was ambushed and shot to death early today in Chicago within a block of the site where his brother Howard Berkovitz was killed by gangsters in September 1925.

Chicago Morria Berkovitz Howard

Roos Lectures At Ohio University Art Exhibit

Professor Roos spoke at the Fine Arts Gallery about modern decorative arts and architecture as the region’s first college exhibition from the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen. He traced the machine age inspired style, comparing it to Gothic and Colonial forms, and noted new materials and integrated furniture designs.

Roos Diaplay American Union of Devrorative Artista and Craftsmen Roos Heresy

Music at Ohio Convocation Highlights Student Performers

Thelma Thomas a soprano student at Ohio University School of Music sang Take Joy Home and A Birthday with accompanist Eleanor Bush at Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Prof. GC Robinson directed the student body in four Ohio songs My Ohio Sing Ohio He loved Ohio and Alma Mater with performers and faculty from the university.

Thelma Thomas School of Music Ohio University Bassett Huntington-Woodman Eleanor Bush GC. C. Robinson Ohio Dean E. W. Chubb Professor Robinson Heloved C. D. Giauque Kenneth Clark Ohfo University

Disappearance of John Inskeep Sparks Search efforts

In Columbus on January 28 a thorough search was conducted for four year old John Inskeep son of William A Inskeep Jr who vanished Tuesday while playing with two neighbor children. Police and volunteers scoured nearby streets and parks hoping for clues to the missing boy's whereabouts.

Columbus John Inskeep William A. Inskeep, Jr

Liquor Rules Made Easier

Treasury Department issued new rules easing liquor prescription restrictions. A Jan 22 circular to doctors eliminates the requirement to certify the disease treated for a prescription. Dentists may be allowed the same office-use liquor as physicians once final approvals are obtained.

Wickersham Commission Treasury Department James M. Doran Wickersham Treasury Secretary Attorney General

Bert Johnson Guilty In Malicious Destruction Case

Bert Johnson was found guilty of malicious destruction of property in Athena County Common Pleas Court. Sentence not pronounced. Trials for Riley Saltz Harry Oreisinger and Donald Harkina were reset for next week with Harkina set for February 4 and Saltz February 6. The trio were indicted for perjury by the grand jury regarding testimony in Ray Steinmetz’s grand larceny case.

Bert Johnson P Gruilty Athena County Common Pleas Court Thesday Riley Saltz Harry Oreisinger Donald Harkina Hisleathe Nhat Harkina Dielsiagrer Saltz Ray Steinmetz

Benefit Dance at Hotel Berry Supports Red Cross Relief

Ohio University students plan a benefit dance at Hotel Berry to aid drought relief. The Campus Owls student orchestra will provide music and the hotel management furnishes the dance room. The event follows a quiet exam week and aims to raise funds for relief efforts.

Red Cross Berry Ohio University Hotel Berry Campus Owls

Bond issue for Ohio County roads defeated in Wheeling

An $8,800,000 bond issue for highway and street improvements in Ohio County was defeated by a heavy margin, according to returns from all voting precincts reported today. The proposal aimed to aid unemployment through projects in Wheeling and surrounding areas.

Wheeling W. Va Ohio County

Cubs Pitcher Hack Wilson Denies Request for $40 000

The notes suggest Hack Wilson denies seeking forty thousand dollars. Mordecai Brown, after guiding the Cubs to four pennants, asked for a raise from five thousand to seven and a half thousand. The club granted the raise but then traded Brown to Cincinnati.

Hack Wilson Mordecai Brown Cubs Brown Cincinnati

OGeoffy Buys Ticket for Southern Points in Warm Weather Note

OGeoffy purchases a ticket for southern points noting he would need an overcoat if he stayed north longer. He mentions a pass around anti freeze solution circulating locally.

O'Geoffy

Heavyweight Boxers From Many Nations Meet a 276-Pound Japanese Contender

A report notes boxers from Egypt, Mesopotamian and other nationalities earning money, highlighting a 276-pound Japanese fighter Muasanshiyama. The line humorously doubts his suitability as a chauffeur due to his weight.

Muasanshiyama

Public Utility seeks permit for milk hauls in Athens County Ohio

W H Buck filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate a motor transportation company hauling milk and return of empty cans. The proposed route runs from Asbury Church Carthage Township to South Canaan Willow Creek Federal Route U S 30 and other county roads through Guysville Stewart New England and ending in Athens Ohio with multiple reversals and returns.

Weet Athena Ohio Bennett Company Hawks Fee Cream Company Corporation One U. 850 Guysville Gogaviie U. 890 Canaan Pike Public Utilities Commision of Columbis HH. Buck Cittyevillea Jones, Jones & Erskine Attorneya W. H. Buck Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Asbury Church Carthage Township Athens Count Shot Town Road Canaan, Wike Willow Creek Carthage Gap U. S

Baltimore Produce Prices From Baltimore Market Report

A dated market snippet lists vegetable and dairy items with prices. Fresh receipts and creamery extras show varied rates, with standards around 90, firsts near 88, seconds at 87, and packing costs noted. Live poultry prices for chickens, leghorns, and small to heavy weights are included, alongside assorted items and minor coins in current trade.

Baltimore Pennsylvania Wei

Cleveland Produce Price List Details Various Items

A Cleveland market list shows Butter prices per pound with extras and firsts, poultry weights and prices for heavy and leghorn fowls, geese, stags, and old cocks. It also lists potatoes by region and sack weights with price ranges for Ohio round whites, Maine Green Mt, Idaho Nusset, and other sacks.

Ohio Maine Idaho Nusset

Chicago Produce Market Report Summary

Chicago produce market shows steady tone with receipts at 11 dollars per unit and various grades. Butter market remains unsettled with receipts noted and mixed premium levels for extra firsts and seconds amid fluctuating tub supplies.

Chicago

Butter and eggs market notes from Cincinnati listing scores

Butter stability shown with scores 24 27 and 32 24 for fat content, common grades discounted, stock numbers 1 2 8 with quantities. Eggs rise with cases totaling extra firsts 20 firsts 18 seconds 17 and nearby ungraded 18.

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh Livestock and Produce Markets Report

Hogs receipts 1,800 with market mostly 10 to 18 cents lower and packing sows about 24 cents off. Berit receipts 15 with market little changed. Cows and calves mixed with vealers up about 1.00. sheep strong to 25 cents higher. Pittsburgh Produce shows butter grade levels, eggs prices, and poultry values across various grades and live stock categories.

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati Livestock Prices Hold Steady With Slow Trading

Market watchers report slow sales and mostly steady bids across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Prices range from 6 to 11 dollars for beef and veal with lightweights and sows steady or slipping slightly, heavy cattle and heifers showing modest gains or declines. Lambs and fat ewes also steady, with higher grades near nine dollars per head.

Cincinnati

Seven Burned to Death in Williamsport Fire

Seven people perished when a house fire destroyed the Clyde Smith residence near Williamsport Pennsylvania. The blaze occurred January 28 and left no survivors among those inside.

Williamsport U.P Clyde Smith Powys Here

Public lecture on Modern Tendencies In Art tonight

Prof P F La Roca of Ohio University will lecture at 7 30 tonight in the Fine Arts Building on Modern Tendencies In Art. The talk accompanies a current exhibit of modern decorative arts.

Roos PF. la Roca Tre Art Department Ohio University

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