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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
13
A classified page listing rooms and board options with 68 rooms without board 9 rooms for housekeeping 3 rooms needed for board plus 14 apartments and flats 6 farms and lands for rent and 81 wanted to rent notices.
Multiple real estate and miscellaneous ad fragments list rental homes and rooms in Nelsonville area. One 6 room modern house with double garage for June, another 4 room with bath on Maplewood at $40 per month, more rooms to rent, and various services and goods from plants to coal and auto repairs.
Hundreds join the new Swap service trading articles they no longer use. Readers may win guest tickets to the Ohio Theater or the Nelsonville Majestic. Read the Swap Columns and join the fun for a chance to be a lucky winner.
Treasury department notice warns creditors of The Coolville National Bank of Coolville Ohio to present claims with proof within three months to Charles H Draper receiver. Also announces John Paneer appointed administrator of the estate of T J Dillinger late of Athens County Ohio deceased with probate judge S M Johnson confirming on May 15 A D 1931.
The York Township Board of Education invites sealed bids for transporting students on three routes to Nelsonville. Route 1 to Nelsonville from York and nearby towns. Route 2 serves high school students from York Connett Oak Grove and Kimberly to Nelsonville. Route 3 starts near Putman place and serves Glen Ebon New Floodwood and Doanville with pickups and drop offs, bids due June 19, 1981 at 7 pm. Chas Kinsey, Clerk.
Notice from the Ohio State Highway Director announces a hearing at Athens County Court House on June 4 1931 at 10 A M EST regarding relocation of State Highway 159 in Athens City. The plan spans 1080.22 feet from President Street westward crossing Richland Avenue and the Hocking River, with sections inside and outside the city. Mail notices to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and Athens Mayor two weeks before hearing.
Mrs. Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger, a St. Louis prize beauty, was acquitted by a French jury today after shooting and killing her husband during a quarrel in Nice.
Traders covered short positions after months of decline lifting the stock market with gains in speculative leaders. Auburn Auto topped gains amid short covering while Westinghouse Electric and Western Union fell on dividend fears and selling. United States Steel and American Can advanced briefly past 100 before retreating. General Electric, Chrysler and Kodak edged lower as overall industrial activity weakened. Car loadings for the week ending May 8 fell versus both the prior week and last year, with steel capacity use slipping from 47 to 48 percent.
Fragmentary OCR notes show steady butter and creamery prices with a common score of 243 cents packed in No. 2 and No. 3. Mentions include butter fat tests, eggs, and cases with extra firsts and seconds, plus ungraded items nearby.
The page lists diverse firms and stocks with percentages and values, naming Krorger Kroger, Paramount, Westinghouse, Union Carbide, Crown, and other entities. It reflects industrial sectors from steel to rubber, chemicals to rail, with price movements and company notes.
KNAPP & O LAUNDRY MACHINE cuts its quarterly dividend to 50 cents shaping a 2 dollar annual rate from 4. ADAMS EXPRESS declares 25 cents quarterly on common stock for a 1 dollar annual basis down from 1.60. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC notes April gains in Remington Rand foreign business while April orders match March. CALIFORNIA OIL output averages 534 500 barrels daily in week to May 16, down 1 950 from prior week. REMINGTON RAND chief James Raw Jr says European business trails 20 percent from 1930 though domestic April shows some gain. COCA COLA reports March quarter profit of 2 902 801 after deductions but before taxes, versus 2 849 156 in Q1 1930.
Hogs receipts around 2 000 with most prices 25 cents higher. Weights 120 to 210 pounds bring 7.50 to 7.75 per cwt and 350 pounds 7.97 to 8.40 with 260 to 320 pounds at 6.45 to 6.50. Packing sows steady at 8.75 to 9.50. Cattle receipts 20 with market nominal. Calves 200 steady. Sheep receipts 506 with good and choice spring lambs around 10.75 to 11.25.
Market reports steady conditions in Chicago for eggs and butter with large mixed receipts. Egg receipts reach 13 996 cases with various firsts and seconds noted, while butter receipts total 160 018 tubs with several price points and quality grades listed.
Market notes from Toledo and Cincinnati show mixed grain quotes with Wheat No 2 red around 68 cents, No 1 red and white near 58 to 78 cents, and Prime Clover prices at 13.75 to 14.95 for fresh and cash. Cincinnati livestock reported hogs $60 to $86 with varied weights, cattle slow and steady, and sheep steady with lambs around 10 to 12 dollars and ewes around 3 dollars.
A historical market note lists produce items with prices including Nutter Extras at 34 percent, standards at 24 percent, and assorted fowl categories such as leghorn broilers and ducks. It also shows potato pricing with Maine Green Mt at 1 84 a82 per 100 pounds and Idaho Russet at around 1 00 per 100 pounds, reflecting regional wholesale rates.
The item lists various poultry products including fresh hens and roosters, with items described as butter nearby and distinct phrases such as springers Ohato and Brail¢ra. It notes scoring or pricing fragments and mentions standards, though the text is fragmented and garbled.
Anomalous May New York ledger fragment shows Liberty bend and bonds with figures like 183.99 69 27 and 224.97 40 008 ti. Treasury data appears garbled, listing months March June and numbers such as 199.19, giving no clear transaction or entity names.
Kathleen M. Smith was awarded about four dollars of divorce from Ralph B. Smith in Athena County Common Pleas Court today. She received custody of her seven year old daughter Dorothy Jane. The husband was charged with prose. Trial dates were set for several cases: Silas Kempton for keeping a slot machine on May 25. Orie Stevens for careless driving on May 24. Fred Muliron for indecent exposure on May 27. Howard Miller for assault and battery on May 28. George Dunne for driving while intoxicated on June 1. Irvin White for grand larceny on June 6. Raymond Bolin for burglary and larceny on June 8.
Investment service notes rail transport drives farm prosperity and consumer access, citing the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe system as a vast network from Chicago to the Pacific coast. The sprawling operation spans nearly 1000 miles with 91 subsidiaries, emblematic of the portfolio’s holdings.
EB J Ford assistant general superintendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad spoke on railroad transportation and current needs before the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry Tuesday. Guests included N Swaney and John Gross of the same company. Also present were Alpha Xi Delta sorority members who performed two songs and recalled Rotary Contest placements.
Civil War veteran J. Crisp appeared in court in Memphis seeking an order to divorce his fifth wife, Mrs. Crisp, 49, who accused him of drinking, smoking, and dancing with other women. He called himself an old fogey and said if divorced he would likely marry again, noting several girls were interested.
Federal dry agents, with Lima clergy, pressure local crime nets. Moonshine dens, beer flats, and gambling rooms were shut as officers confirm enforcement in Lima and Allen County. Clergy push to curb crime and vice faces public debate over method and outcome.
In Columbus on May 20, B J Roush a prominent Columbus real estate figure shot himself after facing loss of fortune and failing health. Police say he planned his death, convincing his wife Beastie to visit New Lexington to decorate her mother's grave, timing his act during her absence. Mrs. Roush is a daughter of the late Capt James K Teal, a Civil War veteran.
In Columbus on May 20 Governor George White denied an appeal for clemency for Miss Mabel Lewis of Chillicothe who is serving time at Maryville Reformatory for uttering a forged check on state highway funds. The appeal, led by Chillicothe Mayor Robert Giunning, was opposed by County Prosecutor Howard Goldsberry.
In Elyria Ohio on May 20 Marvel Welton the sandlot outfielder shouted encouragement to his pitcher as an opposing batter hit a long fly. A bee flew into Welton’s mouth during the play, resulting in a putout that the official scorekeeper recorded as putout for the bum ble bee.
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