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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1928
Page
7
A polyglot classified page lists autos for sale including Nash touring car, Ford touring models, Essex and Franklin coupes with prices. repair shops, vulcanizing, and auto services. real estate offerings, rental housing, and room ads. and various merchandise like radios, tires, and tools. Local businesses advertise insurance, balance of services, and delivery notices amid community notices and memorials.
Classified notes advertise 46 volt radio batteries at 2.69 each and 3 for 1. Bleached Turkish towels 20 by 42 with color borders offered at 28 cents each. Dalton’s Grocery serves East Nelsonville while Cable Hardware Co. promotes the towel sale with Ohlinger & Wolfe as the outlet. Contact Alfred Richardson at Nelson 43 J for welding and machine work.
Brokers Buck and Van Meter offer several small farms on Hard Road near Athens for trade for city properties. Contact Athens 851 for details.
Markets show mixed tones with domestic poultry prices quoted near 28 to 40 cents per unit. Corn and potatoes feature from New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho and Nebraska with bagged prices around 3.15 to 3.50 per unit, including homegrown bushels and assorted poultry items.
In Columbus Ohio on January 30 dealers quote fresh eggs at 45 cents after a two cent drop from week end. Storage stacks are exhausted and demand remains steady with production costs likely to level off by late February or early March.
Fragmented OCR lists hogs prices and cattle figures with numbers for fat lambs and bulk fat. Mentions 18 000 receipts and various per hundred weights and dollars. No clear event or location identifiable.
A brief market note shows butter firm with prices around 49 cents for 49-ae ndang whites and 48 cents for other creamery products. regionally, Pacific coast towns and coastal markets display slight variations. Traders observe modest activity across the New York produce scene with prices holding near the 47 to 49 cent range.
unreadable OCR fragment references stock numbers and items. details too garbled to determine event or entities.
A grocery listing notes Old Fashioned Loaf of bread in plain white wrapper baked by Gibson Brothers under Model Home Bakery. Also advertised are cigars and candies from Wy skivers Confectionery in Nelsonville. Radios offered include a DeForest 5 tube table model at 35 dollars and DeForest tube sets with accessories at 50 dollars, plus Everes 4 tube 2 table model sets at 15 dollars each. Contact C. L. Stout at 127 W.
The livestock market shows steer and heifer prices around 88.18 to 98.15 per cwt with ranges up to 190 lbs. Receipts total about 1,100. Beef prices steady near 10.00 to 10.50 per cwt while yearlings and heifers trade around 9.00. Sheep and lamb offerings move slowly with fat lambs at 14.00 and bulk lambs 7.00 to 9.00 per cwt. Ewes bring 4.00 to 6.00 per cwt in moderate demand.
In Chicago a report shows butter receipts with figures for firsts seconds and extras. The data includes several rounded totals and notes an unusual ante column.
A fragmented poetic note discusses Schsslens as sect poetry showing steady movement. It reflects on performance, cadence, and the idea of continuity expressed through trade movement and peer dynamics.
Washington digs out from its second worst snowstorm in 25 years as workers battle near zero temps and feet of drift. Two deaths are linked to the storm: Frank M. Reynolds, 64, died of a heart attack while shoveling, and Charles Devin Davis, 74, died of a heart attack on his Annapolis, Maryland estate.
Overland 1924 91 touring Overland 1926 91 sedan in extra good condition Dodge 1923 coupe in perfect running order priced at 125 dollars. Available on time sale terms. Rohrer and Burdette Whippet dealer.
Toledo police sought a female suspect who passed 22 worthless checks for hats, netting several hundred dollars. Detective Culver says she buys a hat, pays with a high value check, and keeps the change. She has 16 recorded transactions and prior prison terms.
Police and flying squads moved to cripple Chicago gangs by targeting their revenue streams and arresting gunmen during raids. About 40 suspects were held as officers push to identify leaders behind bomb threats against city officials and Mayor Thompson.
Constable Harry Dalton and Officer Fred Heck left Lebanon Indiana to Athens with two suspects believed to have stolen Clark Williams SUV of 73 West State Street. The arrestees Francis Dennison and Lloyd Sherburn of Bremen Ohio agreed to return with local officers without requisition papers per Chief Herb Parker. Williams retrieved his car Saturday night and is expected to return this evening.
A fragment describes a divorce petition in case No. 13653 in Athens Common Pleas Court and references attorneys Woolley and others. It also includes a 1927-04-03 notice from Harry L. Conn, Superintendent of Insurance, Ohio, certifying Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co of Hartford is authorized to transact mutual insurance business and detailing the company’s December 31, 1928 sworn statement assets and liabilities.
A stylish frock pattern uses metal brocade printed velvet georgette and crepe satin. It provides eight sizes with bust measurements 36 to 42 inches and fabric requirements including 4% yards of 40 inch material for a 38 inch size. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of license in silver or stamps.
In Los Angeles on January 30, the state and defense argued over jury challenges delaying the introduction of testimony in the trial of Edward Hickman. The defense contends the jury had been accepted by both sides, while the state asserts the right to challenge remains.
Miss Frances Blackburn spoke at a First M E Church service about the Women's Foreign Missionary Society project in Lima Peru. She described dire sanitary conditions, ignorance, and traditional practices, but noted improved views among former students and the potential of education and Christianity to bridge social divides.
Governor Vic Donahey rejects federal control of public utilities and warns that Walsh bill moving through the Senate would erode state authority. He cites Ohio’s home rule and urges senators to remember Ohio’s rights and local control in utility regulation.
A major blaze at Villanova College last night consumed a vacant hall and damaged property valued around $75,000. Thirteen men battled the flames as six fire companies fought the fire for six hours before the hall collapsed. Other campus buildings were saved.
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