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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1933
Page
9
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POMEROY May 23 Edna Little files for divorce from Clarence Little bar ber charging cruelty and infidelity. Married in 1900 they are the parents of seven children. Mrs Little asks alimony. Also in Pomeroy Rich Qualls after jail release faces 30 day suspended sentence. fined 15 dollars and costs, sent to Dayton Workhouse. Companion Harold Denny fined 100 dollars and costs for possession of intoxicating liquor.
Mose Qualls, indicted for cutting and stabbing with intent to kill, changed plea to guilty and received a term of one to 20 years in Ohio Penitentiary by Judge Peoples. Chester and Pomeroy brief notices report deaths and funeral plans for Chris Hartung and Jeannette Downie Merrick with details on survivors and burial sites.
Herbert Leighty 34 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Leighty of Richland Avenue died this morning at his home in New Lexington after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. He spent most of his life in Athens and was a high school student here. Ten years ago he moved to New Lexington and worked at the tile plant, often as foreman. He leaves his widow and his parents two sisters Mia Russell Carmean Columbus Mrs Alva Haning Athens and Mrs Allen Richland Avenue and a brother Alva W Leighty Columbus.
Gallia Academy High School will hold an 8:30 a.m. recognition assembly Friday. Honor roll, National Honor Society plaque, vocational economics contest winners, bookkeeping proficiency certificates, and typing awards will be announced by principal E. E. Higgins.
Boston wins 3 2 as Cooke hits a home run and two base hits by Swanson Hodapp and McManus pace the offense. Appling drives in runs while Werber, Bey, and Alexander contribute defensive plays and Werber records a sacrifice. Durham takes the loss with strategic baserunning noted.
Pepper Martin hit a tiebreaking home run with two on and two out in the 10th to lift the Cardinals. Phil Collins pitched five innings, escaping a bases loaded jam, and allowed only two hits rest of the game.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America meets at Broad Street Church in Columbus starting Thursday May 25 at 10 o clock. Sessions run morning and evening through midweek. Women’s Day is Friday with programs for Missionary organizations and related events continuing through the day.
New York stocks advance one to three points as wheat per bushel slips and cotton bale prices rise, with alcohol and wet group issues among leaders. Major gains appear in General Motors Chrysler and American Telephone, while Union Pacific tops rail increases. Dun & Bradstreet index shows mixed trends with today at 87.46.
The page lists a wide array of industrials, oils, steels, motors and related equities with percentage figures showing varied performance. Notable entries include Union Pacific, Reading, Southern Pacific, General Foods, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Goodyear, Allied products, and power utilities like Westinghouse Electric and United Power & Light. The scattered data suggests mixed movements with several large caps marking gains or losses.
Fresh near by and Butter-Creamery items with 92 score and 90 score standards listed. Live poultry prices for chickens, leghorns, fowls, broilers, ducks and geese shown with varying cents per pound. Butter and eggs markets steady with differing extras and standards. Potatoes from Michigan New York Ohio and Pennsylvania priced per sack per bushel with grade notes.
Market notes show steady prices in Fees and Butter with no changes. Receipts report 36 932 cases and 12 604 tubs respectively, including firsts, extras, and ranks with various price fractions noted, reflecting firming trend in butter while dairy products maintain current levels.
Local market totals list a range of poultry and hog prices. Nearby tules and extras show varied per unit costs with regional receipts noted for Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. Fresh killed hens and dressed hogs appear with quoted rates and old posters pricing.
Hogs receipts 5300 head with market deadlocked as buyers bid 4.90 on 170 to 300 lb hogs, loads offered at 5.25 lower. cattle receipts 650 head plus 600 calves with steers heifers and bulls active and steady to strong. vealers mostly 5.50 to 6.25 with some 6.25 to 6.50 offered. Sheep receipts 3000 with spring lambs strong to 25c higher, top 7.50 to 8.25 for high-grade lambs. plainer grades 6.50 to 9.0.
Mixed livestock prices show gains across cattle hogs and sheep with week’s end figures. Cattle trade active with cows and stockers quoted from 1.38 to 5.90 while hogs run 2.50 to 5.20 and sheep and lambs at 1.30 to 7.00. sale of Mere ford Stockers expected Saturday.
Receipts show cattle and sheep activity with varying bids. hogs steady to weak. Wool prices climb with old stock exhausted and western clip buyers active in Boston markets. eight month Texas wool brings 56 to 57 cents clean. Ohio wool sells in grease around 31 cents in Boston delivery.
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