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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1933
Page
11
Logan C R Vore invites nearby residents to place messenger classified ads from Room 8 Johnson Building with contact Logan 45. Ads may be charged.
Grain prices show wheat to corn and oats by grade with bid ranges from No 1 red to No 2 yellow. Seed prices list Clover and Alsike cash and August bids. Produce quotes include butter at 24 cents and eggs at 10 to 16 cents, with Timothy hay priced per cwt. Industrials appear incomplete.
New York stocks powered to year’s highs as large blocks appeared on the tape with International Telephone leading at 15 up. Lackawanna rail stock rose, Houston Oil climbed to a new high, and aviation, copper, mercantile, tobacco and packing shares led gains while rails and utilities stayed firm. In Cleveland, produce markets showed weak butter and eggs with mixed poultry prices, while potatoes and butterfat quotes varied across districts.
United Press reports the Dun & Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities. Today 91.80, yesterday 91.79. Week 68 82, month 83.68, year 92.83. Mentions 1933 high on June 2 at 91.80 and 1933 low on January 20 at 67.86. Copyright 1933 by Dun & Bradstreet.
Miss Eva Simms of Sugar Run marks 40 years of service as primary grade teacher. She inspired generations, with past praise noting many graduates who began their schooling under her guidance and the lasting impact on Pomeroy's young minds.
The Athens County Probate Court records show only 13 marriage licenses issued in May, down from 19 in April and fewer than May 1982 when 14 couples applied. The note hints at a slower start to the traditional June wedding season.
Logan June 2. John Chute, fourth of the men who escaped May 14, surrendered at Nelsonville and was brought to the county jail. Alva Lutz Pat Allen and John Chute have been recaptured while Carl Huddy and Edward Simms are still sought. Fred Courtney was re-arrested last Sunday.
Baltimore markets list fresh poultry with white pekin ducks priced at 10 to 12 cents per pound. Other items remain unchanged in this notice, reflecting a slight price shift for poultry compared with nearby regions.
Butter prices around 92 score with 22 percent standards and 89 score r estore Zi s noted. Eggs show current receipts with 11 fresh firsts plus 19 13 percent. Poultry lists include colored hens 12 18 and 19 11, springers 19 14 and 7 16 11, broilers 17 20, leghorn 14 15, old roosters 7 83, stags 6 10, ducks 10 12, geese 8 10, turkeys old 7 8 young 10 12 13 15, fresh killed hens 24 26, hog dressed 26 21.
Eggs market unsettled with prices lowered and receipts 20.924 cases. Firsts and extras show varied changes across grades. Butter market unsettled with prices lowered and receipts 18.487 tubs, specials and extras indicating mixed adjustments.
A listing of produce prices by crate and basket across vegetables and fruits. Cabbage, head lettuce, onions, peas, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes shown with weights and per unit costs. Prices vary by grade and size and include home grown and southern varieties.
Livestock receipts show market activity with steadiest to higher tones. Cattle receipts total 88 with dealer tops reaching 4.50. Sheep receipts 300 report prices from 5.00 to 9.00 for various grades and lambs to 8.80.
Cattle receipts reach 25 head plus 650 calves. steers and heifers active and higher, beef cows 3.00 to 3.75, bulls 3.90 to 4.00, calves up to 5.25 for good veal. Hog receipts 8500 head with top and bulk to 8.10, sows 3.75 to 4.00. Sheep receipts 3200 head with lambs mostly 1.75 to 8.25, buck lambs 0.50 to 2.75, best lightweights 2.00 to 2.80.
Boston June 2 AP Indications of continued wool price stability show the award movement of the past four weeks paused briefly. Fine combing wools Delaine sold at 28 cents a pound, halfbloods at similar levels, and three-gaits and quarterfieds around 1 22 cents. U S Agriculture Department reports medium quality fleeces slightly firmer with recent sales at 32-33 cents for combing oils and similar bright fleeces for 50s and 4fs, with demand steady on 45 and finer territory wools. Higher grade wools not arriving except in small quantities.
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