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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1928
Page
9
An advertisement notes inflation pressures and offers complete replacement tires priced no higher than others. Price's Service Station at 127 E. Main St. in Logan advertises affordable tire options for customers seeking value.
In Boston on March 21 dealers with contracts for territory wools are taking orders for future delivery. Secured basis prices are estimated to be within ranges recently quoted, indicating steady market expectations for upcoming shipments.
The itemized list shows butter tablets at 84¢, eggs at 45¢ 47¢, packing stock extras 30¢, firsts 30¢, and various fowls with prices. It includes large sacks and regional grain prices for Minnesota Michigan and Idaho, with bags and sack costs ranging around 3.25 to 4.50 per unit and state allocations for hogs, oats, and other commodities.
Butter receipts total 66,327 while creameries standards list 49 cents and firsts at 46 cents. Extras include seconds at 40 cents and extra firsts at 47 cents. Batt receipts show 14 with 26 percent and 27 cents for seconds.
Receipts reach 14 990 with creamery extras 49 cents and specials at 49 cents 50 cents per unit. Gasoline firm reports 34 847 in receipts as nearby white and mixed whites retail at 35 to 37 cents. Fresh firsts grade from western whites 20 to 32 cents. Pacific coast markets show varied prices in nearby towns 240 to 36 cents.
Hogs receipts 9,200 with mixed prices from 8.15 to 9.00 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts 450 with beef steers 10.00 to 13.00, yearlings and heifers 10.00 to 12.00, beef cows 7.50 to 9.50, vealers 10.00 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 60 with top fat lambs 16.00 and bulk fat lambs 13.00 to 18.50, cull ewes 6.00 to 7.50.
Prices show butter in tubs at 4.47 dollars per hundredweight and common grades discounted to 2.44 dollars. Fat content steady with fresh gathered extra firsts at 26.0 cents, firsts 26 percent, seconds 24 cents, nearby ungraded 25 cents, duck 43 cents, goose large 1.30 dollars, small self at discount.
The record shows varied livestock quotes and receipts figures with barley, veal, lambs, and hogs pricing. It lists weights from 10 to 200 pounds, with prices ranging around 7.00 to 16.50 per unit and a total market value near 13.66 for vealers and similar items.
In Columbus on March 21 prices show a 5 percent lift from last week as lent demand and dwindling stocks push wholesale egg prices higher. Chicago market signals and butter quotes stay steady with prints at 5 1/2 cents and tub stock at 50 cents.
The record shows receipts and expenditures for the township in 1927 including salaries and wages, repairs, poor relief, medical services, and ministerial and clerk costs. Totals indicate funds in and out with deposits, refunds, and compensation figures reconciled by the township treasurer and trustees.
Rockford pilot Bert Hassell announced a staged trans Atlantic flight starting in June. The route would go from Rockford Illinois over the Great Lakes Ontario and Hudson Bay toward Greenland with Iceland and the Scandinavian peninsula as the second leg. Authorities call the plan the least dangerous cross Atlantic path though Greenland presents a major refueling and landing challenge.
Paris reports that by the tenth armistice anniversary in November France will have rebuilt extensive war damage. Andre Tardieu says over 3,000 miles of track repaired since 1918 and two million residents returned to rebuilt homes. Total occupation damage cited at about 3.4 billion dollars with reparations to follow.
John Wesley Baughman a longtime local farmer died at his home at 1 o clock noon after a three week illness. He lived most of his life on a nearby farm except one winter in town. Survived by his widow and four children Mrs Ray Balls of Albany Karl Ruston of Canton Virgil Baughman of Chauncey and Ey Baughman of Athens. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
Marines in Nicaragua rely on air power for transport ambulance and reconnaissance. Major R. E. Rowell oversees eleven planes on duty. The air ambulance saves over 30 lives amid rugged 100 mile mountain routes, delivering wounded within an hour. Aerial photo shows the front with K T signals on the ground for supply drops.
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