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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
13
Real estate ad lists rental options on Fayette Street Ville Ohio with contact phone 494 W and agent Nelsonto An XI seeking inquiries and viewings.
Trading was very active in the Columbus wholesale produce district with few price changes. Goods listed include beans at 3.75 per 4, Florida potatoes No. 1 double head barrels at 5, No. 2 at 303.50, strawberries 24 quart crates at 4.75, tomatoes Florida baskets at 5.45 and 0.50, and eggs current farm receipts at 294 300.
Butter prices at Cleveland produce market show extras 32c to 49c rising from 27c to 49c for various grades. Extra firsts 30c, prints 1 to 3 cents above current quotations, and ordinary 27c.
New York produce prices show butter receipts 12 490 with creamery extras 46c. Beas Wendy receipts 34 606 with nearby whites 34 4c and 36c, state whites 30c and 34c, fresh firsts 28c and 20c, western whites 30c and 32c, Pacific coast 29c to 38c, nearby browns 29c and 36c.
The notice lists potato sacks by weight and origin with prices such as Maine 150 lb at 3.25, Michigan 2.75, Wisconsin 2.75, Idaho 2.35 for Russell Burbanks, and Florida goods at 4.75 to 4.25 for 150 lb. sacks. Poultry rates include peeve broilers 42 to 45 cents, leghorns 32 to 37 cents, heavy fowls 27 to 28 cents, old roosters 16 to 19 cents, ducks 22 to 24 cents, and ducks 30 to 31 cents.
May 17 report notes butter receipts at 8 441 with standards 439 percent. Firsts priced around 41 to 43 cents, seconds 38 to 38 1/2 cents, extras 43 to 43 1/2 cents, extra firsts 42 to 48 cents.
Liberty bonds quoted May 17 with 3 2s at 100.10 and 4% issues around 101.30 to 102.13. Treasury 4s at 109.20, 34s at 106.12, 3% at 101.24. Toledo grain listings show Corn No 3 at 1.11, Rye No 2 at 1.43, Oats No 2 at 0.74. Clover cash 16.50, Timothy 2.22, Alsike 15.00, Butter 0.46, Eggs 0.27 to 0.29, Hay 1.20 per hundredweight.
Boston May 18. Domestic wool demand persists at a steady pace with limited buyers. Fine territories stay in original bags at firm prices. Medium fleece graded wools move readily at 4 to 5.5 cents per pound grease in small lots as they arrive.
The probate court of Athens County Ohio suspended publication and set June 4 at 9:00 AM for hearing on numerous estate accounts. Executors and guardians listed include Jennie Radford Hattie Sharp John L Henry W B Hartwell J Halliday Cline Frances J Strawn Blanche Moorehead Martha L Maniskas Ashford Hankeison Jerome J Stout Charles L Stout Co R Shafer Grace Burchfield The Athens National Bank Eva Tewksbury Mary H Kessinger R W Pinsterwald Florence Carskaden Charles E Cameron Goldie D Moore Anna A Gilchrist S M Johnson probate judge.
Hogs receipts 1,900. market steady to 25 cents higher. 500-350 lb hogs $9.60, 300-250 lb $10.15, 160-200 lb $9.50-$10.30, 130-160 lb $8.25-$9.75, 90-130 lb $6.78. Cattle receipts 300. calves 450. heifers up 25 cents. Beef cows $9.25-$10. Low cutter cows $6.78. vealers $10.50-$14.59. Sheep receipts 450. lambs 4.0-4.1 lower. fat lambs $12. bulk fat lambs $10-$12. fat ewes $6.48. spring lambs $17-$19. cull spring lambs $9.44-$16.
Cincinnati market reports no change in produce prices with stock No 1 and 31s priced at 31 cents. Traders note steady demand and stable celery and peppers amid light terminal activity.
Chicago market notes show butter receipts 10 307 with standards at 43 cents firsts 42 to 42 4 cents extra firsts 43 4 cents seconds 38 4 to 42 cents extras 44 cents. Eggs receipts 35 708 with ordinaries at 26 cents.
For sale at public auction at the Court House door in Athens Ohio on Saturday May 19 1928 at 1 P M the described real estate in Athens Township City of Athens In Lot 283 and 10 feet off the west side of Lot 282 Guthrie Gould and Company Addn to Athens Ohio west Washington Street appraised at 1980 dollars cash in hand day of sale Sheriff William Williams Deputy Wayne Wingett Woolley and Rowland attorneys 4-20-Sotw
Louise C. Biddison sues Cladius N. Biddison for divorce and child custody in Case No 18917 of the Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio. Hearing set on or after June 2 with Woolley and Rowland representing the plaintiff.
In Ohio Athens County the Athens County Savings and Loan Company sues Anton T. D. Feffis et al in Common Pleas Court Case No 15824. In pursuance of an Order of Sale an offer will be made.
Daily train schedule item noting No 32 northbound departing Athens at 7 15 a m and No 31 departing at 0 0 p m with service daily.
Exiled Prince Carol of Romania and Mme Magda Lupescu, living in England, face expulsion by the British Home Office. The narrative notes Lupescu pictured at a Gladstone estate while Carol sought refuge after leaving his country two years prior.
Hogs receipts reach 1,300 with prices lifting across weight classes. 250 to 309 pounds trade around $109 to $115 per hundredweight, 200 to 250 pounds $104 to $106, 160 pounds and under $100 to $105, 130 to 160 pounds $95 to $106.
Instructions describe dipping oranges in boiling water to ease peeling and to pass through a meat chopper to add a tang to salads puddings and beverages.
Aaron Simmons salesman and Bert Wilson Jinner face intoxication charges and await arraignment before Mayor Alex Moore in police court. Simmons and Wilson were arrested this morning and last night by city officers. Burson and Hottel paid $1 fines after their cars were tagged for parking over an hour on Court street by James Lewis.
A temporary injunction restraining Deanville Coal from operating or removing equipment on Mary Stratton property was dissolved as the case was dismissed. Henry Stires and Homer Rutter pled guilty to petit larceny and received ten days in jail plus costs. Carl Smith received five years probation for grand larceny and must report monthly to probation officer Wayne Wingett. Total probation risks imprisonment for parole violations.
May 8 Broadview Indiana reports student aviator William Nachowitz 26 killed and pilot Kay Wilcox 21 critically injured when the training plane dived 400 feet during a flying lesson.
The Nebraska Blizzard Beater is a light movable hog house praised for keeping disease and plague away from swine. It is designed to be moved to clean ground each year.
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