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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1932
Page
11
Read today's ads for Quick Delivery Of The Best Coal At The Lowest Prices and explore sections 11 Automotive for Sale 13 Auto Accessories 16 Auto Repairing 17 Wanted Automotive 18 Business Services 20 Cleaning and Dyeing 22 Heating Roofing 23 Insurance for current offerings and services.
An advertising line promotes a selection of reliable automobiles across budgets. The copy emphasizes variety and value, inviting buyers to explore options available at multiple price points.
The Latin Club at Athens Junior High School hosts entertaining meetings with music speeches and old fashioned spelling bees. Faculty advisor Miss Lucille Duffee leads 30 members including Maynard Aldridge Russell Bolinger Mary Olive Cowan Billy Grubb and Margaret Guthrie among others.
Fred Sapp of Pratts Fork was injured when the coupe he drove struck an elm on Richland Avenue near J. W. Higgins and Son. He was taken to Clyde Sapp’s home on Woodlawa Avenue. condition not serious, with head and body cuts. Police say the car belonged to neighbor Jack King, from whom Sapp allegedly borrowed it during a local dance.
James G. Myers of Portsmouth was sentenced to a year and a day in the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory after pleading guilty to making and passing counterfeit money in a U S Court in Cincinnati.
Public auction will be held at the Athens Court House door on Saturday February 6 1032 at one o clock p m for tracts of real estate in Amen Township Athens County Ohio. Property includes three described tracts total acres 90 14 22 with mineral and railroad reservations and road centerlines subject to legal highways. Premises located about 2 miles north of McDougal Church. Cash on day of sale. Wayne Wingett and Bones Tone s & Eremine Attorneys.
Morgan County Sheriff Lewis Adrean believes he helped arrest Ralph Philbreck, 27, in Memphis for the Amesville bank holdup last week. Philbreck drove a Tennessee plate No 16 201, the same tag on the getaway Hiasex car. Bandits swapped to a larger vehicle after fleeing Ohio.
Parkersburg announces Lee Stern as president of the Wood County Bank after reorganization efforts toward reopening within days. Walter Grogan and Dr. W. Goff are named vice presidents.
The body of Mrs. Anna Lehman disappeared from East Cleveland December 18 was found among rocks along Lake Erie shore. Her clothes were found near the body. In McConnellville Arthur Balding shot his calf at target practice and is mobile on crutches after a misfired calibre revolver.
Morgan County trustees and the McConnellville Fire Department met Wednesday evening to discuss finances for a countywide chemical truck. They hope pledges from trustees will fund real service across all areas in case of fire.
Mrs Edith Zimmer says her daughter became a mother at 15 when she herself was 9 and 10 months old. She claims to be the world’s youngest grandmother, revealing the startling family ages in Cleveland today.
The final day of the midwinter session opens with Attorney General Gilbert Bettman delivering the morning address. Governor Albert Ritchie of Maryland and Guy A. Thompson of St. Louis, leader of the American Bar Association, are set to speak tonight.
Jan 20. George, who pulled a fire truck for over 25 years, was ordered shot for old age and then pordioned by Mayor Paul J. Goldthorpe for a life of ease. His pal Mike, Ohio’s oldest fire horse, mourned by refusing to eat his oats.
Samuel H. De Jong a 65 year old cashier at the closed Marion Savings Bank pleaded guilty to forgery and faced a sentence of one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary officials said in Marion Ohio on January 29.
In Cleveland a thief robbed most of the girls costumes planned for the next scene of the Hari Carroll Vanities last night. A quick thinking property man recovered a handful of handkerchiefs and other items allowing the show to continue its performance.
Colleagues of Judge James B. Robinson of the Ohio Supreme Court were honorary pallbearers at his funeral in Columbus after his death on Wednesday.
Attorney General Bettman ruled that a village bears no liability for a state highway grade change inside its corporate limits if the village did not enter into a cost sharing agreement, even with village consent to the improvement. The ruling clarifies responsibility rests with the state department rather than the village.
Mia Filia A. Boole national president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union urged prohibition supporters to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Ohio Division of Insurance certifies Royal Union Insurance Company Des Moines Iowa meets state laws and reports year end 1990 figures: assets 42.40 million liabilities 30.75 million net assets 1.66 million capital 1.01 million surplus 559 thousand income 6.44 million expenditures 5.15 million. Names Charles T Warner Supt. of Ins. Ohio and seal. Also notices Lincoln Fire Insurance New York and Acadia Mutual Life Association Washington DC with 1930 financials and sworn statements by Warner.
Trading ended with a general setback as many major issues declined from the prior close. Woolworth General Motors and Atchison showed notable losses while a few rail and industrials posted smaller drops amid a cautious session.
Fresh receipts and various dairy and poultry items listed with prices. Includes eggs standard and firsts, live poultry such as chickens and leghorns, roosters, guineas over two pounds, ducks young, and turkeys young with per unit costs.
State police continued today to investigate a burglary at a U. S. From general store in Waverly West Virginia. The early Wednesday morning break in left general merchandise mostly dry goods valued at 75 dollars missing.
Birmingham dispatch notes Charlies Dawes aged 96, a Crimean and Indian Mutiny veteran who was cared for by Florence Nightingale, recently passed away.
Sunday listings show NBC station broadcasts from 1:00 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. featuring Sentinels of the Republic Walter Damrosch Symphonic Hour Negro Dramatic Sketch Herbie Kay Orchestra National Youth Conference Tito Schipa cellist and more across music drama travelogue and talks with ensembles and recitals.
Readable lines show prices for produce and poultry including turkeys potatoes and russet varieties. Figures are inconsistent and difficult to interpret due to OCR errors.
The readable parts describe a damaged newspaper OCR segment with stray letters and numbers. It mentions dates and measurements in unclear order, with no coherent event or names clearly identifiable.
A fragmented report lists odd items and numbers including ducks, weights, and a few proper nouns such as Henry Whites and Polity. The text is incomplete but suggests a local sale or auction with mixed entries and unclear context.
Market figures show cattle receipts around 16 00 with steady underweights and scarce mid grade offerings. Sheep receipts about 10 with prices near 6 80 for high grades and mixed lower for common grades. Hogs trade weak to lower with around 1600 head reported and prices pressured by softer demand.
The request compiles fragmentary quotes from a 19th or early 20th century livestock listing. It notes 4G or 4Gne terms, prices around 3.50 to 4.50, beef and veal steady, mixed cattle and sheep prices, and references to buyers and buyers invoking lower grades.
Wool market tightness pushes prices higher as several manufacturers report limited availability. Quotes vary with some sellers noting recent sales and ongoing demand for low quarter merino and similar grades.
Grain quotes show oats and corn varying in bid prices with No 2 red and white varieties listed alongside futures notes. Prices for alfalfa and butter gear appear with March figures and weight-based hay terms included.
General Railway Signal reports no dividend loss and notes earnings per share of $7. Suburban traffic and tax burdens are discussed. Graham Paige shipments rise 67 percent year over year with new Blue Streak model. Lincoln Life reports insurance in force and reserves with asset totals and per share values.
The report notes modest gains in steel and other sectors with mixed progress in honey production. Automobile output remains steady into December while shoe manufacturing shows a decline. American Petroleum Institute cites profits of 4 020 124 with 969 466 in 1939, and dividends in Detroit indicate an extra payout. The New York market shows surplus in some sectors and a deficit in 1939 compared with 1930.
The notice lists several trains and depart times from Athens including No 3 at 12, No 9, No 2 at 11 29 a m, No 4 at 6 24 am, and Northbound Train No 33 from Athens at 2 48 with Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley. It also mentions No 37 southbound at 8 30 daily and Seals at 10.ae F.
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