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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1932
Page
11
Kathryn O Laughlin, a Democrat and lawyer, becomes the first Kansas woman in Congress after seeking the men's vote. Raised on a western Kansas ranch, she studied law while working as a book keeper in her father's garage.
A sixth grade party followed a school league series at Central School, where sixth graders won several events in a nine event program. Students competed in rock race, bean race, shot put, 10 yard dash and rooster fight with top placements earning points for their grade. Refreshments followed in the Junior High Club room with teachers and principals present.
Long Bottom Captain W. EB Ree and family from Cincinnati spent the weekend with L. Metrick. Jack Hawley underwent a towell operation at Middleport. Elizabeth McCall and Hannah Davin and families from Covolville visited. Mary Sheldon was seriously ill last week. Clara Rhodes of Spiller visited. Mary Weis and granddaughter stayed with Emma Benar in Murrayville. Mrs J J Myere returned to Marietteville to stay with her brother Henry Pryor who is 0 years old and in feeble health.
In South Bend on November 1 1934 J Arthur Haley Notre Dame business manager of Athletics announced all 80 000 seats for the Notre Dame Army game at Yankee Stadium in New York have been sold. It marks the first time this year a major game sold out this early.
In New York City on November 17, acting mayor Joseph Vo McKee, a young successor to James J. Walker, declared war on Tammany Hall over the issue of decent government. He said he was sick and tired of city governance and called for purification of the municipality.
Mixed trading on the New York market shows declines for major industrials while some names rebound from early lows. American Can Du Pont and Allied Chemical slip, Union Pacific and others fall, but Union Carbide advances, and copper and mining issues display selective strength amid a broad activity mix. Dairy stocks rise as producers gain demand momentum.
A volatile trading session lifted several key industrials and utilities as the New York Stock Exchange indicators rose. Major names like General Motors and Westinghouse gained while utility and rail stocks showed solid gains amid mixed volume.
Sophomore and Senior girls in Homme Economica classes prepare a school style show set for 3.05 p m Tuesday in the Senior High Auditorium. The event welcomes high school girls, mothers and guests and features the minimum and average wardrobes for students. New silk and wool dresses and make over efforts by the class will be worn, with outfits borrowed from local department stores. Four girls are enrolled in the Home Economics class.
In a tense chase, Tony Nick and Ronald pursue Owen's car that has Marion. An auto gyro circles above Jerry's property as Nick pressures the unnamed narrator to reveal her husband and the other escort, revealing a web of suspicion and danger.
Live poultry and butter market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show fresh and extra qualities with prices and receipts. Entries list chickens turkeys butter and eggs with specific lots and grades, reflecting daily market activity and stock levels.
Ohio and nearby markets report Butter-Nearby tubs and fowl prices with current receipts for poultry and eggs. Cincinnati and Cleveland markets list various items including turkeys, hens, roosters, ducks, geese, and fowls with prices and case details.
Livestock prices show mixed movements with hogs receipts about 1960 and higher market, cattle steadier with medium to good grades. Veal and sheep receipts around 1400 and 26050, prices ranging from 4 to 5.15 for heavy weights, calves steady with good and choice vealers near 9 to 6.60.
Lancaster Livestock totals show receipts of 266 hogs with prices from 3.28 to 3.90 per hundredweight, 63.90 for fat hogs, steers topping at 6.60 to 6.65, heifers 4.00 to 4.50, baby beef around 4.50 to 5.80, and milk cows near 6.10. Pleasant Livestock in West Virginia reports hog receipts 66 with tops around 4.50, steers 3.50 to 3.90, heifers 2.16 to 4.90, fat cows 1.60 to 2.70, bulls 2.69, lambs 4.00 to 5.98, and other categories.
Daily train times to and from Athens list departure and arrival times for No 3 No 9 No 2 No 4 No 37 No 31 No 30 No 32 and through services on Chesapeake and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio lines with daily and Sunday exceptions. Conditions include conditional stops and limited services noted for north south east and westbound runs.
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