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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
7
A dense OCR fragment shows varied classified headings including automotive, business services, merchandise, real estate, and rooms for rent. The readable items list selling categories, rental notices, and advertisements with numerous typos and misplacements. Names, dates, or addresses are not discernible from the fragment.
Imo Woodgerd administratrix of Joseph Evans deceased files petition in Athens County Probate Court on June 2 1920 seeking dower for Mary Evans widow and sale of Verity additions property in Verity and Athens Townships to satisfy debts. Eva Willis a minor must answer by August list date.
Sealed proposals for concrete box culverts on section RB of the Athens-Hockingport Road in Canaan Township are due August 13 1920. Estimated cost 2921.85 dollars with 5 percent bid bond. Plans on file with County Surveyor resident engineer and Department of Highways. The director reserves right to reject bids.
Market report lists multiple corporations and stock figures with names such as Dupont, General Motors, Allied companies and others. It references the New York Stock Exchange and various firms like Chesapeake Corp and Continental Motors with scattered percentage figures and standings.
Grain prices listed include corn No 2 at $1.49 and No 2 rye at $1. Oats No 2 58 to 59 cents. Barley No 2 12 to 13 cents. Clover and timothy hay values shown with old and December figures. Butter and eggs prices noted as well.
A market sheet lists butter at 46 cents per pound with 414 percent firsts and 942 percent seconds. Poultry figures include fowls 30 to 31 cents per pound, broilers 20 to 24, leghorn 24 to 26, and leghorn broilers 25 to 27. Spring ducks shown at 26 to 28 cents per pound with old cocks 15 to 12.
Market remains firm as Chicago produce receipts total 35 194 with butter showing 16 905 to 18 289 units. Extra firsts sell at 33 to 41 cents, firsts around 29 to 40 cents, seconds near 25 to 38 cents, and standards about 42 to 43 cents.
Cincinnati fruit and produce listing shows eggs steady with cases including run priced at 34 cents per dozen. Firsts at 32 cents, seconds 22 cents, ungraded at 39 cents. Market notes reflect steady demand.
Hogs receipts 2 506 with holdovers 1 174 and steady to 25 cents lower. Prices quoted per hundredweight include 250 to 350 pound at 10 50 to 11 50, 200 to 250 at 11 50 to 12, 166 to 200 at 11 75, 130 to 160 at 11 50 to 11 75, 90 to 130 at 10 to 11 75, packing sows 87 5 to 969 50. Cattle receipts 450, calves 375, market dull. veals steady to 50 cents higher, cows 298 50 to 87 50, cutters 5 73 to 7 50, vealers 149 to 16 50, stock and feeder steers 9 to 11. Sheep receipts 1 000, market steady. fat lambs 13 50, bulk fat lambs 12 to 13 50, bulk ewes 9 86 to 50.
Pittsburgh market notes show hog receipts 500 with mixed bids from 11.25 to 12.50 for various weight ranges and packing sow quotes 9.50 to 10. Cattle receipts none for calves 125 with market weaker and beef steers at 15.96 to 15.25, yearling steers and heifers 14.50 to 18. Calves light to heavy priced 10 to 15. Sheep receipts 425 with weak market. lambs 12 to 13, ewes 10 to 8.63, and cull lambs around 4.0.
Live poultry prices show hens 24 to 31 cents, roosters 18 cents, geese 18 to 20 cents, broilers 27 to 30 cents, ducks 25 to 27 cents, dressed hens 40 to 45 cents. Butter and eggs list prints and tubs at 50s to 60s, Ohio butter 46 to 47 cents, fresh eggs 37 to 41 cents, select 40 to 45 cents, current receipts 314 to 34 cents.
Domestic wools of 54s and 48s and 50s grades are selling quickly as quantities accumulate from grading operations in fleece and territory lines. Receipts at Boston for the week ended July 27 show a drop from the prior week’s 457,209 pounds, with similar conditions prevailing.
In Columbus Ohio Dr James Howard Snook ex OSU professor on trial for the murder of Theora Hix showed improvement after a fainting spell as the fifth day opened. His chief counsel F Ricketts was missing while crank notes continued to arrive and his daughter Helen 19 reported a third threatening call. Mrs Helen Snook visited the jailed defendant and supplied linen amid reports of spinal punctures from a Saturday exam.
Sixteen North Carolina textile strikers including three women appeared in Gaston County Superior Court seeking a change of venue in the conspiracy to murder case related to Chief of Police C. F. Aderholt's death after a raid on a tribal headquarters on June 7. Clarence Miller shouted from the courtroom as he testified about jail, with bond previously set at 75 dollars. He was indicted for conspiracy to murder and spent the night in jail after bond was cancelled.
Columbus July 20 The Miami and Erie Super Highway Association executive committee met with Governor Cooper and Highway Director Waid and received state support for converting the old canal route from Toledo to Cincinnati into a super highway. Waid pledged a new survey once funds are available, likely next year, and two heavy truck routes were proposed as initial links: Cincinnati to Dayton and Toledo to Defiance.
A bomb tossed from a passing car exploded near the home of Frank A. Mendes, co owner of the Liberty Theater in Akron. The blast caused no serious damage and no injuries to the five residents, but police say it signals renewed labor troubles between theater owners and alleged members of the projectionists union.
Maria Fern Walters, 2, died and Frederick Walters, 6, was seriously ill after eating corn left in a tin can several hours. Doctors believe ptomaine poisoning from the corn reacting with air caused the illness.
New York reports thunder showers provided partial relief to the parched countryside but did not break the heat wave enveloping the entire eastern region. The forecast for today calls for fair weather and not quite so warm conditions.
GO TO CONFER ASHTABULA July 30 U P County authorities went to Cleveland today to confer with federal officials over the arrest of Council man Nick Carrado on charges of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act.
Charles Guettling, famed for pushing a beer keg on a wheelbarrow to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair in 26 days, was buried in the potter's field of Pottsville on Monday after he died recently.
In Baltimore today producers report price shifts with eggs quoted near 30 to 35 cents. Market notes indicate adjustments amid seasonal demand and nearby supply conditions.
Five dogs in the Chase area were killed after showing rabies symptoms. Owners turned them over for observation at the request of Athens County dog catcher Porter Dicken. One dog named Paul Jeffreya allegedly bit the others, and a head sample sent to the State Health Department confirmed rabies. The Pleasant Hill Chase district remains under quarantine with sporadic cases traced to infected animals.
City Planning Commission spent over two hours reviewing prospective Athena zoning districts at City Hall. Members present included Morric on, Arthur Anderson, Frank Moler, Mayor Woodworth, Remine, and Frank Murphy. No definite boundaries outlined. every city area will be considered in detail with districts satisfactory to all in future meetings.
Emery V. Wolfe of Cozy Corner near Factory marked his seventy seventh birthday with a family gathering on a warm day. Relatives attended including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolfe, daughter Miss Alice, and son Francis from Columbus. The celebration featured a pot luck meal under the trees and Wolfe’s optimistic spirit was noted.
Audrey Scerva administrator of Victoria Scerva's estate seeks 510000 in damages in Athens County Common Pleas Court against Emmett Andrews charging a car crash in Jacksonville caused fatal injuries to her minor child. Andrews resides in Glouster. accident occurred a few weeks prior.
Major Benson R. Hedges 52 vice president of the Frank Tallmadge Company Columbus was killed near Houghton Lake Michigan when his auto overturned while en route to Indian River. Three women in the car Mrs Burl Clemens 65 Betty and Mrs Chester Cooke were injured. Hedges was a prominent figure in local industry.
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