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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
7
The body of a young woman found in the James River near Richmond was identified as Violet Sydnor 23 wife of Walter Sydnor 38 a Columbus Ohio boiler maker by her mother Mrs F Rainey. The victim had skull injuries and extensive bruising and officials reported the couple had separated.
Probate Court of Athens County orders public auction of three tracts totaling about 77 acres and three acres, in Trimble Township Ohio. First two tracts appraised at 3700 dollars, third at 400 dollars. Sale July Sunday 1924 at 2 PM at premises, with payment terms cash or one third cash plus two years of deferred payments secured by mortgage. Administratrix Addie Sands, with Woolley and Rowland as attorneys.
Sealed bids will be received at the Athens Ohio City Building until noon on the 36th day of July 1924 for the citys right title and interest in a parcel bounded by East Union Street University Terrace Ohio University Campus and Court Street with rights of Ohio University Athens County Monumental Association the Soldiers Monument and other interests. Sale by quit claim deed with cash in hand day of sale and bid rejection reserved.
Rail timetable snippet shows a local time card entry with morning and midday timings, plus minor notes on intercity connections. References to tracks and conductors are minimal, focusing on observed schedules and routine stops.
Markets today show industrial stocks steady and railways firm. Foreign and domestic bonds firm, call money easy. Grain strong, oil heavy, copper steady, cotton irregular, sugar steady, foreign exchange steady. Liberty Bonds opened with varied 2s and 4s, rates listed.
New York June 18 The stock market opened with an irregular trend and narrow price movements. Steel shares were mixed with S S Steel unchanged at 96 percent and Bethlehem Steel edging down to 46. Tin Crucible slipped to 51.54 while copper issues held steady. Olls opened heavy and Cosden fell about 4 to 26 percent. Railway stocks showed irregular activity.
A stock page lists noon prices for major companies led by American Can 109 and U S Steel common 97 with many others: Anaconda 29 7 8 Baldwin Locomotive 112 1 4 General Electric 232 Norfolk and Western 129 1 4 Union Pacific 133 7 8 Southern Pacific 98 1 4 Studebaker 23 1 8 Utah Copper 8 1 2 Westinghouse 60.
Receipts show butter at 25 1 2 for extra, 57 1 2 38 for extra firsts, 36 1 2 39 for firsts and 26 29 for packing stock. Listings reflect tubs and creamery stock levels in Chicago.
Toledo June 18 production market notes butter prints 43 to 4, 7 0 4 4 empty. creamery fresh eggs locally produced. Timothy hay priced at 1850 per ton No 2 1600 heavy mixed alfalfa 2250.
Grain prices listed for Toledo include wheat cash 2 red at 109 110, corn cash No 2 yellow at 93 1-2, 8 yellow at 212, oats cash 2 white at 56457, 3 white at 55 56, rye cash No 2 at 75, and barley cash No 2 at 85.
Livestock receipts show hogs at 21 000 with market up ten cents. top hogs at 755 and medium weights near 730. light weights around 745 with 690 740 entries. Cattle receipts 11 000, market steady. beef steers and heifers mixed from 500 to 950, cows 400 to 5890, bulls 400 to 700, veal calves 86941000, stocker cattle and calves listed with ranges.
Market report shows receipts around 12 000 with steady tone. Fat lambs and spring lambs quoted at various levels including yearling wethers and ewes with breeding stock and feeder lambs also listed.
Supply details for cattle and sheep show light offerings with markets steady. spring lambs 50 lower at 1600. Hog receipts around 1500 with active trading and gains up to 20 cents, prime heavy hogs at 780 and heavy workers at 7004725. pigs and roughs noted with slugs and stags around 600.
Receipts totals include cattle 490 hogs 4 590 sheep 2 500 lambs 1 590 and poultry nw. Market activity varied with steers steady to good and hogs up to ten cents higher. Lambs slow while calves and chickens show mixed prices across categories.
A compact item notes 21 firsts and 20 seconds with nearby ungraded 238c items. Rest of the data remains unchanged.
Flint Mich June 16 The Michigan Ontario League faces financial strain after Sundays rainouts postponed all games. President Tom Halligan says losses approach 15000 dollars with four of eight clubs near withdrawal and one possibly quitting within a week.
The Prohibition party announced in Columbus that Rev. T. L. Lowe of Columbus will be its candidate for Ohio governor this fall. He has led the West Fourth Avenue Christian church in Columbus for 15 years and previously headed the Christian church in Athens, after starting in Ada. He has strong support in southeastern Ohio.
A fragmented listing shows leading batters and players by league with team affiliations and approximate batting averages. Names include Hornsby St Louis and Ruth New York with varied marks, alongside Pillshbure and Detroit players in an OCR garble of early 20th century box score style.
State Senator Charles KE Taylor of Montana labeled Secretary Mellon the arch bootlegger of the age at the Farm er Labor Progressive convention held at Convention Hall in St Paul Minnesota.
Chicago June 18 Everett Sanders congressman from Terre Haute Ind selected as vice presidential running mate with President Coolidge on the Republican ticket. Koday was appointed director of the speakers bureau of the National Republican committee.
In Asyland Ohio on June 18, Elmer Mauth aged 60, a Wayne County farmer, died by suicide at his home near West Salem. Police report he slashed both wrists and his throat after worry over bad weather hampered corn planting and ongoing ill health.
June 18 report from Paris describes the annual Quirtz Art ball by art students drawing Bohemian crowds near the Chamber of Deputies. Revelers dressed in Phoenician themes at Luna Park as Pearl White attended briefly. several male revelers jumped into the Seine as dawn approached.
Washington signals a conciliatory tone in reply to Japan's protest while hinting the incident nears closure. Officials report clear expectation Japan will move next, amid ongoing speculation on Tokyo's next steps.
Portland Maine reports Senator Frank G Farrington leading Ralph Brewster by about a dozen votes in the Republican primary for governor. The close result comes as Maine voters cast ballots to decide the GOP nomination.
Frank G. Carpenter a noted American traveler and author died in Shanghai after several weeks illness his death announced today in the city.
Amherst Mass June 18 Secretary of State Charles E Hughes dismissed charges that the U S state department is an agency of international bankers or concession hunters He rejected claims the Lausanne position was tied to any Chester concession and said the government backs private investment not control Loans to foreign governments are investments and private negotiations drive such deals.
A fire in New Haven Connecticut on June 18 gutted the Arena building occupying a full city block. Losses are estimated at 750000 dollars. Yale University’s artificial skating rink, among the east’s largest, and home to Yale hockey teams, was wrecked in the blaze.
Brussels reports Lieutenant Ernest De Muyter of the Belgica balloon piloting the Belgian craft won the international race for the James Gordon Bennett Cup.
Amherst College conferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes at the 1038rd commencement exercises in Amherst Massachusetts.
Bernara Macfadden explains how massage aids circulation and skin care. It advises using light upward strokes toward the heart, elevating legs when supine, and lists main massage types Effleurage Petrissage Friction Tapotement and Vibration with notes on usage for beginners and possible DIY or professional help.
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