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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1927
Page
18
Hog receipts 2 200, market weak with ranges 11.00 to 12.40 per cwt for different weights. Cattle receipts 400, calves 500, market steady with beef steers 7.50 to 10.25, heifers 7.00 to 10.00, beef cows 5.50 to 7.00, cutters 3.7504.15, feeders 6.00 to 9.75. Sheep receipts 1000, fat lambs 15.00 to 15.00, fat ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
The schedule lists Goldman band on WEAF at 8 p m Merrymakers and soloists on WJZ at 9 p m a small symphony on WLS at 9 p m and WGY Schenectady with WOW organ at 11 p m Station reception last night showed clear early before static rose making distant stations hard to hear A dial graph method is suggested to locate wavelengths using plotted intersections and horizon figures
Hog receipts 2,200 with slow market. prices 11.75 to 12.50 for various weights. Cattle receipts 10 with calves 200 and market steady. beef steers up to 10.25, venters 15.00 to 16.00. Sheep receipts 1,500 down 30. top fat lambs 15.75, bulk cull lambs 8.00 to 10.00.
Price list shows heavy fowls at 32 cents, springers 28 to 40 cents, hens at 32 cents, bolts 11 cents, stags 24 cents, Capone d4c. Putter tablets 50 cents, stands 40 cents. Extras: 27 cents, extra first 26 cents, firsts 24 to 14 cents, ordinary 23 cents. All other items unchanged.
Butter unchanged. Lees lower, fresh gathered extra firsts 28 cents, fresh gathered firsts 22 cents, ordinary firts tie, seconds 20 cents, near ly ungraded 22 cents, ducks 33 cents, goose 1.10.
Butter receipts total 8,029 with creamery avers 48 4c 19c standards 9 c firsts SF racwise. Seconds 45 46 9c. Trade 60c. Eggs receipts 17,986 with ordinaries 9 1/2 c firsts 23 24 c seconds 23 c.
Potter firm receipts reach 7 687 with creamery extras 50 and special market 5044c 5lc. Eyes firm with receipts 22 784 and nearby white fancy 33c 34c. Nearby mixed whites 28¢ 3¢, fresh firsts 2416c 25c, western whites 27cW60c. Pacific coast Zse 34c and nearby towns 30c 35lc.
Liberty 34s opened at 101.16 unchanged while 1st 4s fell to 260.10 from prior, 2nd 4s at 100.20, 3rd 4s at 101.12 and 4th 4s at 103.25, all remaining unchanged overall in early New York session.
Toledo grain market report lists closing bids for March 4 with Wheat No 2 at 1.36 1.37, Corn No 2 4e, Rye No 2 1. Data No 2 47c 48c, cash and futures quotes for timothy alfalfa and butter eggs with listed prices and settlement figures.
In the district court of the southern division of Ohio the Carr Run Coal Company of Nelsonville is bankrupt under No. S322. The first meeting of creditors will be held March 1, 1927, at 2:30 PM in Chillicothe before Referee George B. Bitzer to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business.
William Andrews of State street was fined 25 and costs for driving while intoxicated in Mayor Alex Moore's court. He faced a 60 day license suspension and, separately, a 200 fine plus costs for possessing liquor. Officer Herb J. Parker reported speeding that endangered pedestrians on Lancaster street.
Cleveland police pursue a wave of robberies and holdups across the city after a night of bandit activity. Authorities report a dozen incidents under active inquiry as investigations continue.
Radio listings show WEAF presenting a Goldmans band concert with a 14 station hook up in the late afternoon. WIZ offers 8 station hook up at 9 PM featuring Virginia Kay soprano, Frank Mann tenor and Merrymakers. WLS in Chicago carries Little Symphony Orchestra from 3:45 to 9 PM. WGY Schenectady schedules 8 PM to 1?0 PM with WGY Players and an organ recital on WOW from 5:26 PM to 11 PM.
A fragmented early radio schedule lists Cleveland Detroit Schenectady New York and Chicago programs. Entries mention orchestras vocal ensembles dance music and health and talk segments alongside varied station call signs and times.
Athens city board of education member George E Whipple and Mayor Alex M Moore spoke at the morning assembly before the final basketball game of the season. Whipple praised pupil spirit while Moore outlined the parade and public demonstrations. Frank Moser joined the leaders on stage as students cheered and sang led by Barbara Kantzer. Dad s day parade follows the game against Columbus Deaf Mutes, starting at 4 pm from the high school. Student council president John Alden chairs both events.
Radio listings report the Boston Symphony Orchestra to be broadcast from WJZ and allied stations at 8 p.m. Saturday March 5 with additional programs across other networks. The schedule includes opera, dance and instrumental concerts, grand opera at 9 p.m. from WGN, and late-night selections intended for DX listeners seeking extra stations before summer reception limits.
John Martin of Mechanicsburg changed his plea to guilty on a charge of failure to provide for his child. He entered a $500 bond in Common Pleas court and must pay $5 weekly to W. N. Alderman, the child's guardian, for support after previously pleading not guilty.
Funeral services were held for John Storer about 90 at Pleasantville church with burial in Westerville. A former Athens resident, he died at his Pleasantville home Wednesday night leaving three sons Frank Homer Columbus Will and a married daughter in Cleveland and a daughter Kate at home. His wife predeceased him by twelve years.
In Chicago on March 4 three student nurses were suspended and one physician asked to resign after a fatal error in a maternity ward. Five babies died from boric acid poisoning and two others were seriously ill after receiving the same solution. ten infants were affected. One of the two surviving infants is not expected to live.
Washington March 4 Alleged Mexican propaganda in the United States favoring Mexican land and oil laws was under discussion by the two governments. Ambassador Tellez returned to Mexico City and was reported to return soon amid secrecy around notes and exchanges.
Washington reports that Senate failure to pass the second deficiency bill would cut 25 percent of regular army ranks, halt work on the Lexington and Saratoga carriers, and block $35 million for veteran rehabilitation. Army housing, and Navy modernization funds including airplanes carriers and naval aviation base construction would be lost, delaying pensions and other allocations.
Captain Donald Timmerman, chief chemist of the Ohio State union ROTC, is prepared to answer charges of military unfitness before a board of officers at Fort Hayes tonight.
March 4 fire destroyed the Gehring brewery in Cleveland with an estimated loss of 19000 dollars. Three alarms drew down town fire apparatus and three firemen were cut by flying glass.
The evangelist Mrs M L Kim Mey closed a successful meeting at New Floodwood Wednesday night and will be in Millfield Saturday night March 5 for a ten day revival.
Columbus reports two people injured and one arrested after an automobile accident that damaged a downtown safety zone standard.
A five story downtown tenement in New York caught fire today killing a woman a child and a policeman who died while trying to rescue the child. The blaze caused dramatic scenes as firefighters battled the flames and evacuated residents.
A crowd at Ohio University watched the varsity Oo girls beat the faculty women 17 to 16 in a gymnasium game last night.
Municipal Judge Jacob G. Stacet dismissed charges against Patrick Kennedy and Norman Levere over alleged violations of election laws at the November election in Cleveland.
In Edinburgh a two alarm blaze gutted a residence while the mother was away. Four-year-old Edward Nimmo carried his infant sister to safety, averting a possible tragedy.
Washington March 4 approval of the acquisition by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company of control of the Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western Railroad under an operating agreement was recommended today in an examiners report to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Classified ads have long aided readers by connecting buyers with sellers and services with customers. This compact note highlights their enduring value and practical utility in daily life.
New York March 4 The International checker tournament for the world championship shows Americans dominating. Through five days of play the U S led 37 victories to 11 for Britain with 144 drawn games. Asa Long of Toledo emerged as the standout performer, beating Tom Goldsboro of England three times.
Carolyn Wells Decth battered Garrett Folsom during a swim at Ocean Town New Jersey. The coroner notes suggest stabbing under water as the true cause while allies and rivals circle the case. Anastasia Folsom arrives to take charge as witneses recount complex alibis and secrets linking the Barron and Folsom families.
An old style health ad urges plenty of water to flush clogged kidneys and relieve related pains. It promotes Jad Salts as a grape lemon lithia tonic to cleanse kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and ease bladder disorders, touting a local druggist as a steady seller.
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