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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1933
Page
13
A plea urges using a lost and found advertisement first before assuming something is gone. The notice emphasizes trying the local ad path on the paving project area and suggests patience in locating missing items.
Katie Chiki of Poston Ohio has been appointed Administratrix of the estate of Helen Chiki deceased of Athens County Ohio. Dated November 16 1933. Judge M Johnson Probate Judge. 11-17-30tw.
The Prince of Peace declamation contest at the schoolhouse awarded Miss Dorothy Vansky first place and Vernon Pennell second. English teacher Mrs. Garnette Kendall trained the contestants. Nearby residents and visitors gathered, with various locals mentioned attending and hosting, including families from Haraden Columbus and Nelsonville. Revival services are also noted at the M. E. Church led by Rev. A. C. Barnhart.
The Mt Hermon J B Church contest closed Sunday with the losing team set to hold a ban quest Thursday night at the church. Visitors at the Aldridge home included Suede Aldridge Wesley Carsey and Billy Smiley from Athens. Mary Jean and Ivan Bowman of Bowmans Run are daughters and son of Owen Watson. Mrs. Sarah Roberts 78 of Armadale was buried at Mt Hermon last week leaving a husband and seven grown children. Alfred Waggoner moved from Smith farm to Selby farm near Mt Hermon. Francis Huffman and children of Nelsonville visited Carlos Harris Sunday.
Ruth Slewczynski eight years old earns praise as New York critics hail her piano debut. California native trained by her father, she smiles for the camera while fingers produce surprisingly rich tones despite her youth.
Shade Mr J Hamer made a business trip to Logan on Monday. Several social visits noted including Mr and Mrs Waldo Douglas and Pearl with Mr and Mrs Earnest Howard of Dutch Ridge. Mrs Stanley Harris seriously injured in a machine accident with a steep embankment. slight hope for recovery. Various visitors from Sewickley Athens Columbus and Coshocton. Diphtheria cases reported. Opal May Hawk burned by scalding water. Farmers institute at Shade with local talent and schools. Lodi Grange to manage exhibit. Marion: Rinert family finds 300 of clothing garden loot from recent dry cleaner.
Mrs E B Conner, 32, described as the tipoff woman in the Kansas City Union Station massacre, was arrested in Memphis by U S agents. She is charged with telephoning gangsters about Frank Nash being moved to prison, aiding the rescue attempt that led to the mass murder.
New York stock prices edged higher in thin trading with most issues in small fractional moves. Gold mining shares slumped while McIntyre Porcupine hovered near 42 after dipping to 41 1 2. Steel Westinghouse and other majors inched up. Consolidated Gas rose. utilities eased. Rails and farm equipment showed mixed, narrow ranges.
New York report shows Din and Bradstreet daily weighted index for 90 basic commodities. Current value 102.69, up from 102.42 yesterday and 102.27 a week ago. monthly and yearly figures vary, with 95.46 month ago and 75.88 year age. Data include historical highs and lows for 1993.
Joshua Turben and two sisters Emma and Bertha attend the funeral of their sister in law Mrs. Peart Turben in Barnesville on Friday. Several visitors and relatives are named including Bertha Reed from Pt Pleasant and a sequence of local residents visiting relatives and attending church services over the weekend.
Word reached here today of the death of Patrick Moriarty of Chillicothe who died Thursday in Cincinnati. He was a longtime B&O train dispatcher and a former telegraph operator, well known in the district.
Cincinnati dispatch reports the County Home Rule Association executive committee will meet November 21 in Columbus to discuss needed legislation and county home rule plans.
The fragment lists live poultry and eggs with inconsistent words like guinea, gobbiers, and weights. It mentions 3, 12, and 19 with unclear units, implying a stock or price note without coherent details.
The document records market receipts for Begs and Butter markets with various figures including 2963 receipts noted for Begs firsts and 210 34c for current receipts. Butter market shows steady trade with 10.006 receipts and 184420 firsts and 117 seconds alongside butter packing stock and fat content around 17 cents.
Butter Market firm offers extras at 27 cents per pound in tubs. Eggs Market firm lists extra whites at 34 cents and extra browns at 27 cents with extra firsts 230. Current receipts quantities shown. Fresh poults priced at 18 cents.
Nearby receipts show fresh extea firsts and refrigerator extras amid mixed poultry listings. Leghorn head weights range up to 34% lbs with assorted breeds including barred rocks springers and colored springers. turkeys, hog dressed meat, and full dressed hens priced among 18% to 2c per unit.
The market reports hog, cattle, and sheep receipts with mixed tone. Hog prices hold at 190 to 300. cattle slow with steady to 50 cent declines. steer and heifer trades near 98.45 with some loads up to 5.7. Lambs and ewes show bulk fat lambs around 6.50 to 6.75, with throws and rejects at lower values.
Hog and cattle receipts show holdovers and nominal calf figures with varying weight classes and prices. Boston wool market reports stronger activity in fine staples with highs around 63 cents per pound, while Ohio fine combing wools hold for modest advances. Grain bids in elevators list No 2 red wheat around 90 to 94 cents, corn 24 to 25 cents, oats 40 to 41 cents, with other feed values noted.
A fragment lists multiple Liberty Bond and U S Treasury issues with dates and quoted prices such as Liberty 3s 90.27 and 4s 105, Treas 4% 1952 105, Treas 5s 1954 102.6, Treas 3s 1958 100.4, and other issues around mid-century prices, reflecting a market snapshot.
Public sale at Fred Pinsterwald's farm on State Route 32 south of Athens starts 10 00 a m on Saturday November 18 with stock and implements offered. Auctioneers D E Finsterwald A J Barnett. Also Saturday November 14 Beverly Ohio sale lists 40 head of horses by Clyde Woolman Berlin Center Ohio.
Marian Bush Snyder filed for divorce from Julian Snyder in Athens County Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The couple is listed with ages unknown in the court filing.
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