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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1928
Page
13
A dense montage of classified items from Athens area including auto parts junk loom rentals and services. It lists Athens Junk Co. phone 744 flex tubing auto repairs barber services and appliance repair plus rental housing at 230 W State St and 119 W Franklin St. It also contains a 1928 Public Utilities Commission notice and a probate sale notice for a parcel on Grosvenor Street in Athens.
Produce quotes from Columbus show beets onions peppers and oranges with prices per crate or bushel. Florida sweet potatoes and cranberries listed with prices. Cleveland extra firsts and goods in 150lb sacks show price ranges for Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Maine and Idaho produce and butter notes.
The Toledo market reports mixed cash grain values with No. 2 at about 1.42 to 1.43 dollars, No. 2 bushels near 95 to 101 cents, and futures for December through March quoted around 13 to 18.40 dollars. Butter prices range near 38 to 53 cents per pound with miscellaneous cash items listed, including implied ups and downs across contracts.
Phone your Messenger Classified Ads to Clinton Webb. Phone Logan 6024 JR. Transper long distance hauling service. Phone Logan 51 or 3853. Brood mare with colt for sale plus two work horses. See Robey at the Willis ar Fruit Stand Haydenville or Joe Case Logan vil Real Estate for Sale Modern 6 room house on paved street extra good location 500. Here is a gees buy McCray Insurance and Rental Agency.
Hogs receipts 3 500, market 18 to 20 cents lower. 250 to 350 lbs fetch 9.40 to 9.79, 200 to 250 lbs 9.25 to 9.40, 160 to 180 lbs 0.15 to 9.40, 130 to 160 lbs 8.50 to 9.25, 90 to 130 lbs 2.25 to 8.75, packing sows 7.50 to 8. Cattle receipts 25, market steady. Beef steers 11.13, light yearling heifers 9 to 12.50, beef cows 8.10 to 10.50, cutters and cutter cows 1.50, heavy calves 6 to 7. Sheep receipts 750, market weak. Top fat lambs 13.50, bulk fat lambs 13.50, bulk cull lambs 8 to 7, ewes 6 to 50.
The Nelsonville Lancaster Bus Co filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on November 6 1928 to discontinue bus service from Nelsonville to Lancaster due to two competing lines and inadequate traffic. A hearing is set for November 30 1928 at 10 a m in Columbus Ohio. Interested parties may obtain information from the Public Utilities Commission.
The Ohio Transit Company and The Valley Public Service Company file a joint application with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in case 5365 seeking consent to transfer Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity numbers 287 40 and 2248 along with related property to The Valley Public Service Company. Affected routes include Columbus to Lancaster and Athens to Pomeroy served by twin motor vehicles. Hearing set for November 30 1928 at 10 o clock AM EST at 180 West Broad Street Columbus Ohio.
The Central Ohio Transit Company files a joint application for consent and authority to sell and transfer certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity Nos 9 41 42 43 and 44 and related physical property. Public notice of the filing is given.
Hogs receipts total 6 000 with price ranges from 8 50 to 9 18 per hundred weight across weights 90 to 250 lbs. Cattle receipts about 1 000 with calves 500 and market dealers 50 lower. Beef steers 8 50 to 13 50, vealers 13 to 17, heavy calves 9 to 14, bulk stock and feeder steers 9 to 10 50. Fat lambs and ewes listed with several price points and totals.
Gov Alfred E Smith in a nationwide radio address urges the Democratic Party to draft and defend a constructive program in Congress. He says cooperation with Hoover is essential, insists the party remains strong, and emphasizes accountability and unity for a successful 1932 campaign. Smith plans a southern vacation with Raskob Kenney and Riordan.
Rail times show trains from Athens including No 2 No 6 and No 33 daily departures. Early morning leaves at 10:32 and 11:51 with afternoon 2:15 p m and 7:35 a m. Northbound Hocking Valley No 33 and other trains run daily with arrivals around 11:20 a m and 3:15 p m.
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