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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1933
Page
13
With 16 of 23 precincts, Gallia County leads for school posts as Boatman Tanner and Dillon lead 2 to 1. City ward results shown, Prohibition Repeal amendments fail, county real estate and age pension votes also tallied. Overall turnout about 7,500, near one fourth of 1932 figures.
New York trading opened with a erratic tone but by hour end most issues showed fractional gains. Gold and elections swayed utilities and industrials while mining stocks moved irregularly with Homes rising sharply. U S Steel started at 40 and jumped. Bonds, wheat, and cotton showed little change.
New York November 8 Dun and Bradstreet daily weighted price index of 30 basic commodities shows today 100.08 and week and month readings around 101, with year 74.68. Highest July 18 at 113.52 and low January 20 at 67.86.
Ohio delegates pledged to vote for ratification of the Twenty First Amendment will meet at 1 pm December 6 at the State House to balloting and report the result to Secretary of State Myers. The Mosier Law provides filling vacancies by majority vote. Delegate A B Roe of Athens attends.
Cincinnati voters cast ballots for a 1 4 million bond for a new public library while others voted for 7 7 million on the same issue. a printers error caused the discrepancy. County Prosecutor Louis Schmelcher says the issue may be invalid if carried, and tests of the vote are planned.
OCR text shows partial rail schedule for Athens with No 3 and No 2 southbound and No 4 and No 1 northbound departures, times around 5 to 12 hours, including daily except Sunday patterns and a Baltimer line reference. The fragmentary data outlines departures, arrivals, and service notes without complete clarity.
In Ohio voters counted ballots across the state as cold and snowy weather moved in. Temperatures dropped with Toledo reporting above freezing, while rain turned to snow in many areas by midnight. Canal Winchester residents expressed a device for return of liquor but rejected repeal for other states. National repeal 256 against 281 for. state repeal 275 against 27.
The island known for its grape wine industry before Prohibition voted 45 to 0 for repeal on its dry law status.
On Thursday November 16 at 1 p m at Pair Grounds Athens Ohio a sale of 30 head of horses and colts will be conducted. Auctioneers W O Bumgarner and H Gaines accompany the notice.
Springfield reports M L Brown secretary of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Eagles welcomed the pension victory. It marks the first instance of a state enacting old age pension law by direct vote of the people, a milestone Brown called a triumph.
Butter packing stock varied with No. 2 and No. 3 grades listed while eggs showed receipts of 514 with market firm demand. Prices clamp around 17 to 24 cents for butter, with extra firsts around 21 to 24 cents and eggs receipts totaling 1962l. market steady amid mixed consignments.
Listings show butter by nearby tubs with 92 score and 24 percent extras, eggs with current receipts and frosty extra firsts, white hens at 90 cents each, refrigerator case items, and various poultry prices for colored hens, leghorn varieties, springers, ducks, geese, and turkeys along with full dressed and bog dressed preparations. Prices include weights from under 3 pounds to 5 pounds and up, with percent extras and regional receipts noted.
The document lists poultry price items from Bitter Market and Eve Market. Bitter Market offers Extra 270 firm tub Standards 250 per pound. Eve Market lists Extra white Sic extra brown 27e and Extra firsts 3 percent, plus references to current receipts Jic and fresh pullets Ife.
Ohio market receipts show apples in various varieties priced per basket or hundredweight with mixed quality bids. Cabbage lettuce pumping squash Hubbard butter and dairy items listed with farm and center prices, including grading and jobbing values.
Cattle and calves show varied activity with 160 to 300 lb weight ranges steady to higher, lighter weights and packing sows steady, good to choice weights 190 to 250 lbs at 450 dollars, 200 to 300 lbs at 450 dollars, and vealers around 9 500. Receipts total 609 sheep, market broad with steady to strong tone though some items uncertain.
The Boston wool market stays dull but firm with prices unchanged and little new demand. Reports note some transactions across grades, with staple fine combing wool quoted around 11.42 cents per pound clean, and various blood levels priced accordingly. Texas and Ohio fibers appear in limited sales, while the fall Tex wool clip is estimated at 10,906,000 pounds with government crop control for half.
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