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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1928
Page
11
The page outlines standardized classified rates and policy notes for ad placement, with headings alphabetical and periods for multi day runs. It lists numerous vehicle ads including Ford, Chevrolet, Nash, and Omitts like Olds and Studebaker, plus used car dealers, tires, painting, and employment ads.
A dense mix of local offerings lists loan opportunities from Athens Loan Co and various used goods and real estate ads. Items include hay, livestock, farm equipment, furnishings, cars, appliances, and rental listings, with multiple Athens and Nelsonville addresses and phone numbers.
Local notices list four room house for rent on Chestnut Street run by Mrs J Mattheeson and classified ads for automobiles, tires, and insurance. Market notes cover cattle and livestock prices from Cincinnati and Cleveland markets with wide price ranges and stock categories.
Market reports from Chicago and other cities list wool prices with fifty sixes and 48s to 50s ranges, Turkish towels discounted, hog receipts and prices, grain quotes for Toledo including No 1 and No 2, and produce prices in Columbus with assorted vegetables and fruits. notes on Minnesota and Idaho potatoes and other commodities. The item reads as a dense, fragmented market roundup with several named commodities and regional price points.
President Coolidge signed today a display betas a 75 million generator for state construction. Rail time card notices list Northbound and Southbound trains from Athens and other towns with daily schedules. Local ads promote groceries, hardware, tractors, fruit and produce with multiple prices and contact details.
Athens county farm women attended an alle day session in the Chamber of Commerce room led by county extension agent T. H. Johnson. Miss Zulu Dowler demonstrated using a pressure cooker to tenderize chickens in forty minutes, with a pot-luck lunch, while afternoon talks covered steam and waterless cookers. John son will mail project selections to help the group plan the year.
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