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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
15
Jessie Reed 38 once praised by Ziegfeld as the highest paid charine faces eviction from a five dollar weekly hotel room in Chicago. She says she may apply to city relief bodies for aid as she cites poverty after four ex husbands and rising living costs.
W. W. Ankenbrand former superintendent of Athens City schools Ohio has been offered the Rockford Illinois superintendency for three years. He previously led Rocky River Ohio and Mansfield Ohio schools and would move to the Illinois post as a major career step. The notice lists historic casualty totals from major wars.
Eva Bowen hosted Sunday dinner with Jess Gregory from Columbus and Wade Halliday from Carpenter. Misa Gregory returned home to Columbus after three weeks with her grandmother. Paul Dye of Cleveland arrived for a few days with his mother Lena Jordan. Locals traveled to Rainbow Lake for outings. The Friendship Circle Sunday School class picnic was postponed due to rain, with a larger picnic planned for August 4. Frank Gibson of the carriers association visited Zanesville for a three day carrier convention. A Public Works Administration claim says it created three billion hours of employment and benefited seven million people.
Genevieve Kemble notes planetary configurations as mostly adverse with spurts in activity. She warns of duplicity and strife affecting private life and business affiliations while suggesting cautious, constructive use of mental faculties.
Stocks and produce prices drift higher in early New York dealings led by gains for rail and industrial names. Railroads face mixed signals from June operating income while several industrials and mercantile firms edge toward profit territory amid rising costs and wage deductions. Grain and livestock prices in Toledo report No. 1 red wheat around 80 cents, corn around 64 to 84, oats near 37 to 39 cents, with varied store and transit figures for other grains and poultry prices listed.
The column lists many company names and percentages tied to wool sale figures and prices. It notes irregular prices across territories with fine and combing wools and prices around 62 to 70 cents a pound scoured. A closing note describes Robina Hood Bay iron codfish monument where villagers drop pennies to fund a lifeboat.
Market notes show steady prices for butter eggs and cheese with poultry receipts steady. Live poultry demand weak with medium fowls and leghorn quotes listed and potatoes noted in barrels.
Livestock markets show slow hog trading with 1400 head and $200 directs. Cattle demand mixed with top steers around $9.75 and calves steady to higher. Sheep and lambs steady to higher with strong vealer prices and direct sales noted. market uneven but near steady overall. Prices quoted include hogs, cattle, sheep, lambs, and feedlot lots across multiple weights and direct sales channels.
A financial statement fragment lists cash on hand and in banks bonds deposits in other institutions loans on mortgage security and notes due from borrowers for insurance. It mentions core real estate owned and real estate sold on contract and Federal Home Loan Bank stock plus claims receivable and other items. The text includes figures like 25 and 8.08 00 103 184.78 45.
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