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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1933
Page
11
A garbled ad page lists lost and found notices and classifieds including horses cattle farm gear a Delco light plant and baby chicks from Athens Chick Hatchery with various prices and contact hints. Names mentioned include L. Lewis Zell Bean and Athens area identifiers.
A terse classified note from Will's Tire and Battery Shop on Second St advertises a full line of automobile accessories and related services offered by the local Pomeroy business.
Cash in surprisingly large quantities is to be seen at the county treasurer's office. More persons than one would expect have the ready money to pay their taxes. One man peeled off five of the old twenty dollar bills from his roll in making payments. Large sized bills of smaller denominations are common sights at the treasurer's office. As yet there have not been any payments made in gold.
In Dresden on March, police detained thirteen deputies who constituted the entire communist faction of the Saxon Met, marking a decisive crackdown in the region. The action reflects a broad suppression of opposition within Saxon political circles.
Mass economies by serving all community needs at once. Classified ads promise greater savings and profits through quantity methods.
The Ohio Common Pleas Court in Athens County case 15319-8 D. Jackson vs O B Jackson orders sale of two parcels in Dover Township. On March 18 1933 at 1 PM at the courthouse door the 37 2/3 acre tract and a 2.77 acre tract near Mt Nebo are offered at public auction. Appraised value is 370.00 with cash terms. Sale proceeds support the partition action and sheriff fees. Rose & Rose attorneys.
Public auction set for March 18 1933 at 1 PM at the Athens Court House for three parcels in Savanah Rome Township Athens County Ohio Lot details include Inlet Nos 9 20 and 21 with specific boundary notes and references to nearly 16 acres total. Premises in Guysville Ohio valued at 3500 can not be sold for less than 2300 due to two thirds requirement.
Eggs and poultry markets mix with unsettled eggs and steady to firm butter. Receipts include 12,902 cases of eggs and 7,742 tubs of butter with current Ohio Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania supplies noted.
Hogs receipts 2900 with slow market. Lower weights 150 to 240 lbs at 444.25, 240 to 300 lbs 3754, 1000 to 1% lbs 83500, most packing sows 27503. Cattle receipts 25 with slow market steady to work. steers yearlings 46.25 to 5.25, cows 7.50 to 3.25, calves 150 steady at 6.50 to 7.59. Sheep receipts 2000 with market steady, lamb bids lower. best wool lambs above 5.25. Wool inquiries strong for fine Western wools. higher quotations noted.
In Portsmouth on March 9, a charge of criminal libel was filed against Grover Fleming editor of the Ohio Examiner. The accusation was brought by Mrs. Charlotte Caldwill wife of former Scioto County Sheriff Maurice Caldwell.
U P dispatches describe three U S citizens attacked in Berlin. Nathaniel Wolff says Brown Shirts searched his room and forced a Jewish declaration then abducted him to Gruenewald Forest before releasing him. Edwin Dakin says revolver wielding Browns questioned his red flag notice and left a Communist gathering untouched. Henry Sattler reports insults by Nazis and a police warning after protests in a street incident.
Everett Avera of Millfield was injured in a mine accident and taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital on Wednesday for observation. He suffers internal injuries and is under care of a Millfield physician.
Dr. William A. Frayer, president of the Bureau of University Travel, told Ohio University students at convocation that faith in democratic institutions is crucial to national recovery. He warned no nation endures without passionate belief in its institutions and urged restoring a heroic mood to prevent decline.
Announcement of the marriage of Audrey Chalfant daughter of Mr and Mrs P L R Chalfant Gloustert Route 5 to Gerald R Nagle son of Mr and Mrs Edward Nagle Athens Route 2. Ceremony held December 1951 at Moorehead Kentucky. couple to reside in Amésville. The bride was a nurse at Cheltering Arms Hospital Aliens and the groom, a former Ohio University student, is employed near Stewart.
A Wednesday windstorm damaged farms across the district with farm homes, buildings, and glass broken. Reported are Don Easler of Millfield with root of born damaged, W E Jeffers of Shade with a damaged farm building, Harry Haning of Carpenter with broken glass, Ray Hoelington and Fort Simmons with further glass breakage.
Chauncey Shieldy bound over to Athena County Common Pleas Court under 900 bond after pleading guilty to failure to provide for an illegitimate child in a case brought by Maxet Mart, per Magistrate C. H. Porter.
A Greene Packet Line wharf boat at Gallipolis was blown into the Ohio River by a heavy wind Wednesday night. An automobile suffered damage when a dead elm tree fell in City Park, near Hotel Lafayette, on Second Avenue. Top of the coupe owned by Guy Rapp was damaged. light wires remained intact.
In Gallipolis on March 9 the obituary notes Capt Horace Horton of Pomeroy died at 96. He long commanded coal towboats on the Pomeroy Bend, notably the Charlie McDonald with pilot Henry Nye, and the Benwood, towing Kanawha coal to Cincinnati. Other river men and boats are listed, with Nye as the remaining veteran pilot. The Goldenrod lighthouse tender and its successor the Greenbrier are referenced, marking changes in river craft on the Ohio River.
A rise in the Ohio River from the Kanawha River was observed Wednesday night in Gallipolis. All Ohio River dams from Dam 26 down were lowered today. The Steamer American moved a heavy Pittsburgh steel tow downstream to Memphis, aided by the diesel towboat W. C Kelley named for the late Charleston steel manufacturer.
Civil War shin-plasters on display in Gallipolis with Leo Carter and C. B. McCormick owning many items. Exhibits show scrip from three to twenty-one cents, including five and ten cent stamps facsimiles, reflecting three issues through 1874.
Lea Eadler of First Avenue between Oliver and Spruce Street pleaded guilty to possessing five pints of whisky and 36 bottles of beer when arraigned before Mayor A J Stormont. He was fined 15 dollars and costs, with jail time for nonpayment. Arrested by Patrolmen Fraley Cooper Leaper and Deputy Gates.
GALLIPOLIS March 9 Harry E Love of Heights West Virginia was admitted to Holzer Hospital for observation. Dismissals included Miss Augusta Abiborn of Patriot Homer Kestereton of Pomeroy and Edith Stevens of Henderson West Virginia.
Marchyn Casey surrendered to authorities and confessed links to a quartet of local chicken thieves. He was released Wednesday afternoon on his own bond of 300 dollars and faces action from the next grand jury.
Gallipolis report by Mia D C Richard executive secretary details February Red Cross efforts with four touring days in the city 24 interviews with township trustees nine school visits four Meign County visits 24 city calls 12 office interviews 2 county and miscellaneous calls and 60 hours in the Red Cross office. Mr and Mrs Joby Butz returned home from a two day visit with friends in Columbus and Newark. Mrs John Halliday of Cincinnati visiting her mother Mrs J B Kiddie F C Van Sickie of Cardington Ohio supervising Shenandoah Manufacturing Company heating system installation for three battery rooms at H W Walters Hatchery.
In Columbus on March 9 a letter from H.M. Atkinson, chair of the University Board of Trustees, offered Chinthay University personnel and facilities to Governor White during the financial emergency. It notes many university members studied business, administration, banking and economics and could aid state needs. President G. W. Rightwire would coordinate requests.
COOLVILLE March 8 An open meeting at the Grange Hall is set for Saturday afternoon. Organizer Tres Grange invites all to attend with W H Winemiller district representative of the Ohio Farm Bureau close by to discuss "Faro Organization Objectives for 1933." W F Kampf will address "Monitorial, Differential."
In Cincinnati Mrs. Nora Miller, 23, was gagged with a paper bag over her mouth to cure hiccoughing caused by hysteria. Doctors applied carbon dioxide breathing methods to help stop the hiccups.
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