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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
11
A dense classified page lists help wanted notices for women and men, solicitors and canvassers, and various trades. It includes automotive glass pricing from Algeo Motor Sales Co and repair work ads from Townsend & Brother and E. R. Coffey, plus laundry and sewing services and a livestock pickup notice from Gaul Brothers. Also shows 4 ply casing prices and hardware store banners for Nelsonville, with window screens and cables offered.
Wesul soybeans including Manchu Wilson Black Black Ebony and Virginia Brown offered at right prices. Also low prices on Baby chick Poultry and Dairy Feed. See F. J. Beasley Milling Co Athens Cash Feed Amesville Mill for tested garden seed and fresh plants. Farley’s Dry Cleaning advertises best prices. Athens Cash Feed Phone 535.
Classified listings promote silk and wool dress cleaning service near the post office, farm supplies from Chauncey Feed Co, seed potatoes at 1.75 per bushel, shelled corn, soy beans, and fertilizer. Home services include furnace cleaning, repair by Holland-Furnace Co, radiator and roofing work. Real estate notes push 5 room cottages and farms for exchange, with upcoming available homes in June and July.
A long local ads page lists Moorsege dance nights, ambulance service, cabbage plants, moving and hauling firms, furniture and beds, rugs, sewing machines, used tires and cars, tools, livestock, and various shops. Includes prices and phone numbers for Nelsonville and nearby areas.
A collection of обмен offers and trade requests from Ohio and West Virginia. Items include a 16 h p Port Huron traction steam engine, a 5 room house lot in Parkersburg, incubator for calves or pigs, radio for livestock, a brood mare for trade, timber for residence, high grade coal for cattle, and a general swap prompt from W. A. Finney The Plains.
Notice to creditors of The Coolville National Bank in Coolville Ohio to present claims to receiver with proof within three months or be disallowed. Also public notice of a proposed road vacation in Athens County beginning at County line to road 77 with a final hearing set for June 10 1921 in the county courthouse before the Board of County Commissioners.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court case 14769 proceeds to public auction on Friday July 3 1949 at 1 PM at the Athens County Court House. Three parcels described include land along the Hocking River with varying acreages appraised at 1800 cash in hand. Wayne Wingett sheriff. A B Wells attorney.
Chase National Bank and Guarantee Trust cut margin requirements from 25 to 20 percent of Street loans, a bullish shift lifting market sentiment. Steel Common led gains, with several leaders up 1 to 3 points as rail and chemical stocks also advanced.
Oklahoma State Corporation Commission extends the present proration schedule for Oklahoma City Meld to July 1. Diamond Match reports 39 cents per share in March, down from 42 in Q1 1990. Drug Inc earnings exceed last year's period, with first-half prospects strong and a dividend coverage above 50 percent. Kennecott Copper declares 25 cent quarterly dividend, Utah Copper at 61.50 quarterly. Santa Fe president Storey cites May dependability on traffic and revenue as April expenses rise slightly while maintaining tight cost control.
Baltimore Produce shows eggs at 46 to 28 cents a dozen for nearby fresh receipts. Butter creamery extras 92 score 25 to 28 cents per pound. Standards 90 score 25 cents, firsts 88 score 23 cents, seconds 87 21 to 24 cents. Live poultry indicates young chickens at 28 to 36 cents per pound.
The South Penn Oil Company through Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency announced a 25 cent barrel cut in Pennsylvania grade crude oils along with a 25 cent cut in Tidewater and a 1 1/2 cent reduction in Gamning Grade oil. Price changes affect National Transit, Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines, Eureka Pipe Line, Buckeye Pipe Line, and Bradford and Allegheny Crude lines with several quoted per barrel levels.
Cleveland produce prices show weak butter extrasie and firming fowls with heavy demand in spots. Traders note 2 percent tie rates, Wahorn fowls at 17 cents and heavy broilers at 25 to 52 cents, while potatoes from Maine and Idaho show varied per Sack prices with small lots available.
Mixed cattle and sheep market notes show hogs steady to higher with common to medium steers trading around 40.60 to 747.80 for yearlings, beef cows and calves priced, with sows and small lots moving up to 64.75. Sheep sale light but prices vary with ewes and wethers offered up to 16 and lighter weights down.
Market report shows steady but weak receipts with 19,907 cases and 718 tubs in stock. Firsts and seconds figures are fragmented with pricing oddities, while standards price remains around 23 cents per unit.
Hog receipts 1000 with prices mostly steady to higher for barrows and gilts, sows near steady. Cattle receipts around 2100 with steers and heifers firm and feeders higher. Calves receipts 150 show steady to firm demand. vealers mid range. Sheep receipts 600 with steady to firm tone. desirable lambs around 16.50 and yearlings about 69.4.
Nearby butter price notes 69 score ad percent etc. Poultry prices list live hens 21 to 92 cents, broilers 24 to 26 cents, colored broilers 24 to 42 cents, ducks 15 to 20 cents, springers 210 to 220, fresh killed hens 28 to 38 cents.
A fragmented listing notes butter quality terms and prices with coded scores and batch labels. It mentions creamery items including score 26492¢ and a 3¢ discount, plus pack numbers and butter fat figures.
New York reports closing prices for bonds andTreasury securities with O 45 102.18 first 4 percent 108 and Tih 4 104.36, treasury 2 percent 113.50, 4 percent 102.26, 3s 48 March 1077, 2 percent 47 103, 310 43 June 102 26.
A 33 year old worker Eugene Putman suffocated after being buried under nine feet of sand in Akron. A rescue party using grabs hoes and other tools freed his body 25 minutes after the collapse. The Akron Fire Department and a crowd of co workers rushed to the scene but could not save him.
Washington reports the Federal Farm Board halted active purchases of government emg wheat after sharp price drops on major grain exchanges. Milner says early marketing of the Southwest crop reduced need for stabilizer purchases, with the Stabilization Corporation continuing sales in June to support prices, while new crop supplies ease par value.
Boston June 3. Joseph Kennedy, a diminutive Black man, held exactly $1.11 in his pockets as he feared he had won $145,500 in Cameronian's Derby victory. He prayed for wisdom on how to use the fortune. He works at Morgan Memo welfare repairing baby carriages for $12 a week.
June 3 report shows Euclid and Garfield Heights residents rejecting proposed charters for a new city government. Maple Heights approved a new mayor council government structure.
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