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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1928
Page
11
An assortment of late 1920s classified notices includes a Ford Touring ad with new tires and used tires, hardware and car parts, batteries with 18 month guarantee, poultry supplies, and help wanted both female and male. Other listings mention bakery positions, furniture repair, and general services with scattered contact details.
The Cleveland market shows hogs around 8.65 to 8.85 per hundredweight with varied quotes for sows and baconers. Receipts include about 13 000 to 17 60 head in different fat and feeders, while bulk prices for sheep and goats range from 7.50 to 14.50 with packing sows at 7.00.
Prices listed for cattle and calves with weights 80 to 160 pounds and over 130 pounds, including steers and heifers. Packing sows and cull lambs appear with receipts and steady market notes. lamb and veal prices show firm or steady trends.
Columbus market report notes active to fairly active demand for butter and eggs, slower for potatoes due to lower shipping point prices, with no price changes across goods.
Chicago market notes show butter receipts totaling 13 573 with Gandarde and firsts at 46s c and seconds around 44 46 c. Quotations include firsts 27 c and seconds 25 4 c and mixed entries for ordinary grades.
Grain quotes show Wheat No. 2 PS Revere Corn No. 3 at 1.04 Rye No. 2 f Ince Oats No. 3 est Clover prices at 17.76 for Mar 17.75 for Mar 75 Oct 16.05 cash imports 130 Mar 916.50 Timothy price 15.25. Butter 49 to 52 cents Eggs 25 to 27 cents Hay 1.20 per cwt.
The market lists hog receipts at 2600 and 2476 held over with weights from 90 to 250 pounds and prices from 6.00 to 8.65 per hundredweight. Cattle and veal values appear with beef steers around 10.50 to 12.25, vealers 10.50 to 15.50, calves 9.00 to 12.00, and bulk stock steers 10.00 to 11.00. Sheep prices include lambs 16.00 top and fat lambs 15.50 and ewes 6.00 to 7.00.
A fragmented stock list page shows numbers for Oies Service Ry and Paragon Refin Ky with percentages and bids. Mentions Bell Tel and Cols. Ry. at Sta. 107 percent bid with scattered figures and company snippets.
Readable fragment shows live poultry with hens roosters broilers springers ducks and butter prices noted in cents per unit. Indicates a Pittsburgh market listing for poultry items with mixed price hints.
The ordinance provision allows improvement costs including preliminary surveys notices and printing, and permits nine annual or fifteen semi annual installments with interest. Property owners may pay in cash within thirty days after passage. Bonds will be issued in anticipation of collection to cover the levy and remaining costs will be funded by bonds per law. Attest Harris, Clerk. Moore, Mayor.
C Graham of Buchtel Ohio appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Carrie Graham late of Athens County Ohio deceased. Dated March 17 1928. 8 M Johnson Private Judge of said County. 3-20-30tw
Aerial maps aid Canada's mining expansion drawing more prospectors to fields. Canada lags major European nations in mapping, with 9,906 square miles of official topo maps in 1927 and about 21,000 square miles of geographic mapping completed.
Daily trains list arrival and departure times for No. 33 35 37 lines and No. 30 32 services. The schedule notes southbound arrivals to Athens with times including 11:08 am and 4:46 pm and other illegible entries.
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