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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
9
A garbled mix of classified headings appears, including Lost and Found mentions and livestock notices. It lists sections for automobiles, real estate, merchandise, jobs, and notices, with stray lines about a Percheron horse and a Columbus contact, suggesting a broad local classifieds page.
Local merchants advertise used cars for sale with cash prices, including a 1925 Dodge coupe, 1926 Essex coach, and 1927 Chevrolet sedans. Other items mention porch swings, merchandise delivery, and hardware deals from Nelsonville and Marshfield suppliers.
Icetella Dintley filed divorce custody and support petitions against her husband in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Case No 24915. The case is set to begin on June 10 1920. Attorney M P Hogins represents the plaintiff.
A legal notice details a partition petition for multiple parcels in York Township with references to plots, timber, and canal boundaries. The description includes tract boundaries along Hocking and Ohio Rivers, measurements in chains, and the right to maintain a drainage canal. Court date set for July 16, 1999, with attorneys listed for the plaintiff and defendants.
Grain and cash prices shown for corn wheat and oats with bid and offer figures. Wool market notes indicate moderate sales of grease and combing fleece wool at 40 to 41 cents and 44 to 48 cents per pound with some discounts for lower grades.
A fragmented ad lists butter extras at 44¢ and 4c per unit, poultry prices including Leghorn fowls at 2c, ducks 28¢, geese Sic, and older cocks at 20¢ with various weights and small lots.
Public notice announces The Cooper Bus Company filed with the United States Interstate Commerce Commission an application to modify its certificate to add four to seven passenger cars. The document lists certificate number and company details, stating intent to operate a larger bus fleet.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County, on April 11 1929, John W Dahlgren Jr files a second amended petition against multiple defendants including Antoinette FH von Overbeck Alfred Fludolph von Overbeck and Diora von Overbeck et al seeking partition of two large farm tracts in Carthage Township Ohio River Purchase area. The description covers sections 10 and 19 with detailed survey measurements totaling about 211 acres plus adjoining parcels. The case number is 15444 and involves guardians for several minors including Margaret Lande Pierce.
Receipts show gains in several categories as market steadiness appears. Notable quotes reference 29.97 percent for receipta and 43 cents for auenery xtras while near by whites and browns post varied figures.
Fire at a Vers market disrupts dairy processing with 34 630 cases affected. Butter market remains steady as 19 084 tubs and 42 cent extras cited. Firsts and seconds show mixed pricing with firsts around 40 cents and seconds near 98 cents, standard grades at 42.
Butter prices hold steady with 2 to 4 cent discounts at common stores. Packing No 1 32 cents per unit. Maine fats around 43 to 44 cents. Fees steady with taxes included. Firsts 27 cents, seconds 27 cents, nearby ungraded in the 20s.
Cattle receipts noted with market conditions described as steady to slow. Beef steer quotations range around 12 to 14 per hundredweight with various category notes for cows calves and vealers. Lamb and fat lamb prices cited with ranges and bulk lots mentioned, reflecting mixed demand.
A fragmented OCR snapshot shows company names and listings from the New York Stock Exchange era. Firms such as Continental Motors, American and Continental Rubber, Kennecott, Timken, Willys-Overland, and United Verde Extension appear among others, indicating a broad stock commentary or directory segment with multiple corporate entries and figures.
A fragment describes a ginger flavored tea sandwich. It mentions chopping preserved ginger and mixing it with creamed butter to spread on slices of brown bread.
George Mullin, age unknown, arrived to claim a Studebaker and was arrested by Sheriff Hereford Willians at Magistrate Carl B Porter’s court. He paid a $25 fine plus costs and released. The car had been found unclaimed after a raid near Washington County. Deputy Wilson Ater filed charges alleging operation without a registered lighter.
Army headquarters in Columlius reports opening maneuvers on a 26 mile front as 800000 troops begin simulated battle to seize Columbus the capital of a fictional nation. Front runs along Big Lurgy Creek with 482900 "bites" entrenched and supported by machine guns grenades and artillery in a mock war exercise.
The note mentions plans for laundering this summer with a small iron and savine fabric, noting the return of Intricate sleeves and the need for a small sleeve from.
Washington Senators optimism centers on veteran Sam Jones delivering strong pitching in the 1929 season. Jones carried one of the circuit’s best records in 1928 with a 1–7 mark, and the team hopes for a big rebound this summer.
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