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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
10
An advertising page for Logan area businesses details used car listings with Ford and Overland models priced from 125 to 350 dollars. It also promotes dry cleaning by Warner's, rug cleaning, furnishing kerosene by Lanning Motor Company, and a range of hardware and lawn tools from local merchants.
Rome reports Italy refuses the Tangier Morocco increment as drafted, citing exclusion of Italy and the United States from Algerian treaty rights. Officials say the terms must be modified to include both nations.
Legal notices announce the appointment of Frank Olja as administrator of John Olds estate in Athens County Ohio and C T D Williams as administrator of Margaret V Shaw estate. A separate notice calls for sealed bids by the Athens County Board of Commissioners for roof removal and replacement at the County Home, due June 27 1924, with bid bonds and contract requirements.
Grain prices for Clover and Alsike hay and Timothy and Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley listed with cash and future bids. Receipts show 12 753 tubs creamery and 21 704 cases NGGS with various grades. figures include extras, firsts, and packing stock.
Utica report from Historic Cherry Valley notes Paul Fuegmann on his Rosebloom farm uncovered paying quantities of gold while digging a pond. The soil shows gold and silver with iron copper and sulphur. assayers in New York estimate .52 ounces of gold and 2.68 ounces of silver per ton of dirt. Fuegmann begins plans to extract the metals at low cost.
Daily and weekly rail departures and arrivals listed for K and M trains from Athens with northbound and southbound services. Includes times for Hocking Varey routes and Baltimore and Ohio lines with local and express trains, noting Sunday exceptions where specified.
Hog receipts 34 000 with prices 5 to 10 cents lower. bulk at 6 65 to 7 10. top 7 20. Cattle receipts 14 000 with lower market. beef values varied from 7 5 to 16 50 for steers and 4 50 to 8 56 for cows. Sheep and lambs receipts 13 000. clipped lambs 12 50 to 14 50. yearling wethers 6 50 to 8 25. breeding ewes and feeder lambs also listed.
New York June 12. Strength and activity showed in all share classes at the opening. Advances ranged from a fraction to 2 points. U S Steel rose 18 to 97. Oils were steady. Motors were firm. Rails were generally higher.
A listing of midday stock quotations shows American Can at 108 percent, American Car and Foundry 161, American Locomotive 104, American Smelting 638, Amaconda 19, Atlantic Gulf and West Ind 16, Baldwin Locomotive 111, Baltimore and Ohio 56, Bethlehem Steel Ptd 4874, Central Leather 12, Chicago Mil and St. Paul 11, Crucible Steel 52, General Electric 223, Illinois Central 104, International Paper 4743.
The article lists top students by year level including sophomores Gertrude Addicott and Charline Martin tied for first, Alberta Juned and Marguerite Wood next, freshmen Robert Schmid Mary Harwick and Hoeien Roush, with spelling and extracurricular awards noted. It also names athletic stars, honors, and a long list of base ball basketball and football participants and managers, plus recognition of sunflower seed yield as cattle and poultry feed.
The J. P. D. Brown prizes were presented at 2 PM in the Athens high school auditorium. Winners received scholastic and athletic certificates along with athletic letters. The $150 total prize fund was donated by J. D. Brown for the city. Senior top four: Amy Morgan first Mildred Williams second Doris Morton third Josephine Marshall fourth. Misa Morgan had a 92.25 percent four year average. Junior top for the current year: Gertrude Ad.
Algeo Ivan Maple William Kennedy Delbert Swyera John Algeo Almund Miller Dwight Robinson manage. Track Boyd Pritchard Charles Tribe Ted Cowen Homer Packwood John Alges Harold Pritchard William Bechtel Kenneth Wilcox Ralph Wharton manage.
Albany June 12 A William tenant of the Frank Louther farm in Alexander township broke his left arm above the wrist while vaulting a creek Wednesday afternoon. Aid was summoned and the trace was reduced.
A London report notes a decline in exported spirits from Great Britain to other nations from 10,089,937 gallons in 1918 to 7,799,399 gallons in 1928. The statistics reveal new markets near the United States, with shipments shifting toward adjacent territories.
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