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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1932
Page
9
A cluttered paste of rate cards for CASH ads, discount details, deadlines, and acceptable content appears alongside fragmentary classifieds. It mentions six day payment terms, six day bill receipt, six day processing, and special monthly rates, plus a few used tire listings from Totman’s Service Station.
Readers learn how a home seekers story ends with an ad in this classified section. The page notes that a Messenger Want Ad costs 25c and reaches over 11 000 people daily.
Hoax private detectives and police from three cities pursue Allen B. Monks, heir to a wealthy Boston family, in a high profile case with unclear motives and possible fraud.
Miss Cora Stanton Jahncke, daughter of the assistant secretary of the navy, will christen the Navy's new light cruiser New Orleans next November at the Brooklyn yard. The sponsor was chosen by Secretary Charles F. Adams amid reports of a related arrest and a hoax kidnapping claim involving a Monks family member.
8. J. Hungerford, formerly operating vice president, is named to fill the acting post as successor to Sir Henry Thornton who resigned. Hungerford rose from a machinist apprentice to rail chief.
After an ingenious escape from the model penitentiary at Eastview New York Ralph Richards and a fellow convict became the targets of a wide police search. The pair kept their cell door from locking by inserting a leather strip in the lock niche. Richards is a half brother of tennis star Vincent Richards. Two other escapees were recaptured.
Columbus July 25 reports say accidents in Ohio industries claimed 72 lives in June. The figures were released by Thomas P. Kearns, superintendent of the Division of Safety and Hygiene.
Sir Walter Ranciman leads Uritigh trade figures at the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa. The meeting gathers key leaders to discuss global commerce and policy changes amid rising economic tensions.
Cheshire meets the K P Gallipolis tonight in the Gallipolia Recreation Ball League. Weekly schedule includes Tuesday Judson versus Womeldorff and Thomas, Wednesday Business Men versus Addison, and Friday American Legion versus Farmers Club.
A gasoline tank exploded at the Greyhound Garage in St Louis injuring seven people and damaging the building. One man remained missing after the blast.
The New York stock market showed strength despite profit taking in a short session. Trading opened steady then dipped but finished higher with Atlantic Refining hitting a yearly high at 144 and several railroads and utilities posting modest gains led by American Telephone and steel stocks tightening losses.
A volatile ticker shows Allegheny and B&O rail shares among mixed results as major industrials and utilities swing. Paramount Publix Radio Corp and U S Steel post notable moves while technology and coppers show varied activity across the session.
The Rainbow Sewing Clubheld its fourth meeting at Katherine Horns home and after a business session the group and guests hiked to a creek for a swimming party. Picnic supper served to members and guests including Faye Brandenberg Helen Grace Elanor Siy Katherine Horn Anna Mae Murphy Bernice Burt Ruth Wilson Lucile Lohse Nelle Huseman Mary McDonald Edith Pollard Thelma Lohse Eileen McDonald Ruth McDonald Katherine Wilkes Betty Lou Six Mrs Charles Grace and Howard Mrs Wm Horn Mrs Howard McDonald Mrs Kenneth Wilkes Mrs Wm Six and club advisor Mrs Ells McDonald. The next meeting is set for Tuesday July at Edith Pollards home.
New York July 99. Bond market advances lead the way to a tentative recovery with rail bonds surging on news of a four party merger plan for eastern routes. Industrial and utility shares climb as demand strengthens, with major gains seen in Chicago and North Western, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Union Pacific among primary carriers.
New York reports a week of rising Carb Market prices amid improved sentiment and Washington development. Pure Oil and Standard Oil of Indiana led gains with other majors like Humble Oil Gulf Oil Intertool Petroleum and Keystone listed among firms showing strength. Gas and traction stocks such as American Gas and Lone Star Gas posted gains while many utilities moved irregularly higher.
Fresh receipts list poultry items including leghorns ducks geese and broilers with varying prices and stock numbers. Markets in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky show steady to improved activity with butter and eggs also noted.
Cincinnati livestock receipts show hogs 600 to 1200 head with prices from 4.25 to 4.75 for heavy weights and 64.40 for certain grade. cattle and sheep receipts steady to weak with veal prices around 6.60 and calves up to 9.76. Toledo grain prices list track rates with wheat around 49 to 44, corn No 2 yellow 92 to 89, oats No 2 white 20, and butter 24 cents. Chicago final grain review notes wheat steady near prior close, demand rising for exports, corn steady, oats unchanged with minor losses.
Partial rail time card fragment mentions schedule codes and times with unclear details. No clear events or named entities emerge beyond generic railway notation and timestamps.
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