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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1931
Page
11
Classified notice listing sections for autos for sale, auto trucks for sale, auto accessories and tires, garages for hire, auto repair services, and wanted automotive ads. Includes various listings and brief descriptors for buyers and sellers.
A jumble of classified items shows Nelsonville firms offering funeral services Flowers and wreaths Auto listings include Hudson Essex Desoto models Stratton Motors Mac Chevrolet and FPORC 1929 coupe. Employment notice seeks a live-in helper A woman in care of The Messenger references a cardroom style notice. Baseball notes quote Branch Rickey on Bottomley and Dizzy Dean trade rumors.
Messenger readers frequently find fast results on the classified page with buyers and sellers catching deals like Roy Noland selling a thoroughbred O I C hog within three days. Call 0243 Athens Nelsonville 412-W or Logan 272 to place an ad.
From Joplin Missouri Charles Street forecasts a five cornered National League pennant chase involving the Cardinals Pirates Giants Cubs and Dodgers. Dizzy Dean predicts 26 wins for St Louis but Street remains uncertain about the pitcher and the Red Birds.
Nancy calls it black Peter calls it white as two parties refuse to agree and begin a loud quarrel The shadow children and Bug and Snug argue while birds scatter and a cow departs in alarm Flor explains that agreement would calm the scene Snug boasts of constant agreement while Bug accuses him of constant disagreement The group ends unsettled and urged to be friends
Bug and Snug decide to become friends after a tense moment. They pledge friendship and shake hands firmly, only to accidentally injure each other. Laughing, they head to a doctor for repairs as the shadows cheer the reconciliation.
O Geofty notes Dempsey is healing from surgery on an infected band. He fears Jack would be involved in handling dirty money related to the case.
Professor Roos lectured on modern decorative arts and architecture at Ohio University’s Fine Arts Gallery. The campus show, unique in the region, features works by American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen members. He traced modernism from colonial roots to present design and noted new materials and built in furniture.
Florence P Barron named administratrix of Tillie Barron estate in Athens Ohio. Probate date January 7 1930. Kanawha Michigan Railway seeks ICC certificate for track and yard acquisitions in Perry Athens counties including Corning and Carrington connections plus related lines.
Mary Tall filed for divorce and child custody in Athens Ohio Common Pleas Court on Jan 22 1941 citing wilful absence and failure to provide. The case is set for hearing on and after March 7 1941. Attorney Emmett Keenan represents Mary Tall.
Adessa Crawford filed for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio Cause No 14760 with hearing set on or after March 4 1931 George Crawford named as respondent residence unknown Woolley Rowland attorneys listed for plaintiff on January 22 1931.
Financial report for Rome Township by Clerk W B Spear shows receipts of 10 251.40 and total expenditures of 87 721.27 with balances and taxes including inheritance, road maintenance, and cemetery levies. Notable entries list property tax assessments and depository interest along with ministerial and poor relief costs.
Grain prices listed include Wheat red No 2 at 83.84, Corn No 9 yellow 469, No 2 white 95 36, Rye No 9 63, Clover domestic prime old 14.80 prime new 16.95, cash live March futures 18.15, Alaike cash 13.90, hay timothy 61.60 per ewt. Eggs country run 18 21. Market figures reflect mixed commodity values and futures terms.
Butter price data shows steady market with scores 24 to 37 and discounts of 2 to 3. Packing stock numbers include 1, 30, 2, 13, 9, 10 with butter fat at 29 to 24. Ages steady and cases listed, extra firgis 20, fire to 1 percent, seconds 17, nearby ungraded 128.
Chicago market shows steady activity as total receipts reach 6 806 cases with extra firsts 16 144 and ordinaries 14 16. Butter prices ease with 4 950 receipts and 27 percent extras. extra firsts at 26 4 27. grease items show varied fractions and 20 percent grete.
Baltimore market report lists fresh receipts 29-31¢ per dozen for Bues-TORSY, butter-creme extras 92 score 92-33¢ per pound, standards 96 score 31.12¢, firsts 86-31¢, seconds 87 score 28-29¢. Live poultry quotes include chickens 24-28¢ per lb, ducks 20-23¢, turkeys 24-40¢, geese 50¢, roosters 14-? lb, and other fowl.
Market brief notes price changes with per pound figures for butter substitutes. Mentions extras at 17 percent and standards at 28 percent, reflecting local grocery pricing shifts.
There are figures for Arete Poultry with various per hundred or per unit prices. Leghorn fowls, broilers, old cocks, geese and other poultry show price ranges. Also minor notes on green Att products and russet items with dollar amounts per weight or unit.
Fragmentary text lists scores and codes like 294 20 and B44 Kgee nearby firsts. Mentions brown extras and poultry items, with scattered numbers and phrases such as 3422 5-32 and 39.33. The readable portions lack coherent events or identities.
Hog receipts show generally lower markets with prices ranging from 7.90 to 4.46 per ton in some listings. Cattle and calves receipts index mixed with cows around 4.00 and calves showing weaker to lower, with weights and grades contributing to price spread. Fat hogs and choice weights list around 9.40 to 9.80, indicating softer tone overall.
Hog prices show slow demand with 200 head steady to lower and quotes around 140 to 530.8. Cattle trade weak with calves and cows uneven but low, top cows about 5.25 and vealers near 4.50. Sheep offerings light with steady to lower bidding, lambs at 9.75 and ewes around 2.23.
Pittsburgh January 20 a group of prominent American men of affairs will assist in organizing the third International Conference on Bituminous Coal to be held next November at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. The meetings seek new uses for soft coal and unite top fuel technology minds to exchange ideas and methods. Proceedings of the congresses are published and used as standard references in fuel technology.
Ohio University professor F J Roos urged art training for boys and girls at the Castlegate P T A meeting. He said drawing and color teach appreciation of objects and nature and advocated art classes in primary and secondary schools. The program included songs by East Side School second graders and a history lesson on Ohio and Athens County.
Northbound Train No 38 leaves Athens at 7 38 am daily while No 37 leaves Athens at 6 30 am. Southbound Train No 30 arrives Athens at 10 50 pm daily. Daily Trains Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio lines show multiple daily departures and arrivals at Athens with listed times.
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