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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
11
Jackson Ohio March 30 Former students from Ohio University music department take major roles in the world famous religious cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ to be staged at Jackson Methodist Church Sunday evening The director Theodore Michael leads a cast including Carrie Moriarty Robert Whitaker Merrill Davis all alumni of Ohio University Denton and other local figures attend to hear the event.
Major security and commodity markets are closed for Good Friday with some exceptions. Several commodity markets will be closed Saturday while the Chicago Board of Trade remains open. Security markets will be open Saturday.
J B Bailey secretary treasurer of the Mutual Nations Farm Loan Association in Athens reports about three quarters of a million dollars to be paid to residents of Athens Meigs Vinton Morgan and Hocking counties if all applications are approved. Athens County shows 75 applications totaling 200000 with about half approved for over 100000. Bailey attended a Columbus meeting by the Federal Land Bank of Louisville to explain the new Land Bank bond payment plan. Bonds are expected to be readily accepted since principal and interest are guaranteed by a Senate resolution.
Mrs. G H Brawley aged about a daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Skinner Sunnyside Drive Columbus died early today after a four month illness. The body will be brought to the home of her brother in law and sisters Morris Avenue Sunday morning for funeral services at 2 pm Burial will be in West Union Street. She lived in Athens until ten years ago and was born and reared there. She leaves her husband G H Brawley her parents a sister and two brothers Silas and Lewis Skinner of Athena.
Market reports show butter packing stock at various grades with prices like 16¢ for extra firsts and 90 score standards at 25¢. Live poultry notes include puddle ducks at 14 1Se and colored fowl values, while potatoes in Maine fetch about $2.95 and Ohio New York best at around $1.78 to $1.90.
Butter nearby tubs priced with 92 score extras. poultry products show mixed quotes for hens, broilers, and turkeys. Eggs and butter markets remain steady with receipts and varied grade prices across districts Southern Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and nearby markets.
Hogs receipts about 9400 with 636 red and through. Bodover 100 slow and steady. Packing sows 25 cents off. top and early bulk 180 to 300 pounds at 3.75. Better 160 to 180 pounds 83.00 to 4.40. desirable 120 to 180 pounds around 6909.00. bulk good sows 930 3.35. Cattle receipts 1066 calves 450. steer and heifer run common to medium. trading slow, steady to a cent lower. bulk sales 4.54 to 5.90. add lots good right weights to 8. Cows and bulls steady to strong. bulk beef cows 9.613.75. few outstanding quality to 25. Two way cell market. Sheep receipts 180. light lambs weak to few losses. medium to good around 45. weights quotable to 12 or higher. Ewes lined at 14.
Mogs Receipts show 1 000 holdovers 750 fair demand steady to higher top and bulk 4.90 on 160 to 210 lb 210 to 950 lb Hi 790 400 250 to 300 lb 64 65 475 125 to 140 lb 3.60 3 8 lighter pigs 909.25 sows 99 9603.78 Cattle Receipts 40 steady Calves Receipts 125 unchanged good and choice dealers 7.50 6 heavy calves 6 down Sheep Receipts 60 one load wool lambs early averaging 16 lb 900 higher at 9.70 good and choice shorn lambs steady at 7.25 7.50 spring lambs up to 13 medium 10 11.50 shorn down.
Wool prices ease with reports of below recent market values and sales needed to move larger volumes. Ohio fine combing wool offered at grease value with limited demand and territory trade quotes around 60 to 70 cents for various blood percentages.
Toledo dispatch lists elevator price quotes for Wheat and Corn across grades, including No 2 red Wheat at 914% and 92% siting, No 9 yellow corn at 47% and 4%, oats No 2 white at 31h 4% and rye No 2 GhW68. Clover March at $8.25 and cash at $8.50. Eggs and creamery produce noted with extras.
After six weeks of rivalry between the reds and blacks, the reds hosted an Easter party for the winning side on Thursday. The celebration featured games and Easter basket filling while the blacks served cookies candy and lemonade.
The notice lists multiple rail services with train numbers, service days, and daily times. It includes New York Central lines No 2 and No 3 with morning and late night departures, Chesapeake and Ohio No 30, Baltimore & Ohio West Bound No 1 National Limited, Diplomat No 43, and Eastbound No 4 Diplomat with corresponding daily and Sunday exceptions.
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