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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1928
Page
9
A jumble of ads and notices lists insurance agents offering automobile and fire coverage with payment terms. Several probate and trustee accounts are filed, naming executors and guardians for numerous estates and estates of Decedents in 1928.
Merchandise listing promotes odorless ornamental gas heaters and six size options, with gas ranges starting at $35. Carl Petit Plumber offers these items and provides a contact phone number.
Short notice invites readers to phone Clinton Webb via Logan 024 to place or inquire about Messenger classified ads. The brief image emphasizes direct contact through a local number for listings and promotions.
Pearl Phillips unknown residence notified Mellie Phillips filed petition for divorce in Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio. Hearing to occur on or after December 11 1928.
On November 12 1928 the Christian Science Society of AthensOhio an Ohio corporation filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Cause No 14003 a petition for authority for its Trustees to execute a Declaration of Trust and to encumber its real estate on the west side of South Congress Street Athens part of Inlet 52 to secure a loan of $4100 hearing set around December 12 J W Rolin attorney 11-12-40tw
State official certifies Connecticut General Life Insurance Company of Hartford is authorized to transact insurance business in Ohio for the current year. Its December 31 1927 financials show assets of 100 546 677 10 liabilities 92 350 21 net assets 8 210 326 89 paid up capital 2 000 000 surplus 6 210 326 89 year 581 586 408 29 expenditures 18 412 129 73 Balanced with official seal and signature of William C Safford Superintendent of Insurance.
The New York Fire Insurance Company reports its 1927 year end figures. Total assets stand at 704,779.61 with liabilities of 485,882.70 and a capital of 200,000.00. Income for the year reached 426,113.67 while expenditures were 310,008.75. Superintendent William C. Safford signs the statement with official seal.
Hogs receipts 7 800 with holdovers 403 and top 9 25 per cwt. 250 to 350 lbs 9.20 9.25. 160 to 200 lbs 9.00 9.25. 130 to 160 lbs 8.75 9.25. 90 to 190 lbs 8.50 8.75. packing sows 7.75 8.25. Cattle receipts 1 650. calves 500. market slow 25 lower. Beef steers 9.50. beef cows 7.09. low cutters 4.75 6.75. vealers 15 17.50. Sheep receipts 3 300. market 25 higher. Top fat lambs 13.75. bulk cull lambs 9.50 11. bulk fat ewes 56.50.
Butter receipts total 10 806 tubs with 47 percent standards 44c 45c for firsts and 43c for seconds. Extras 49c extra firsts 46 1c. Eyes receipts 6 200 cases ordinary 28 35c firsts 400 46c seconds 250 28c extras 47c 48c.
Butter firm creamery in tablets discounted 2 to 4 cents. Packing stock No 1 35c No 2 32c No 3 26c. Butter fat 50c. Eyes firm cases included. Fresh gathered extra firsts 54c Do firsts 48c seconds 36c nearby ungraded 53c.
Hogs receipts 1,000 with prices 10 to 20 cents higher. heavies at 8.50 to 9. mediums and Yorkers 9 to 9.25. good pigs and calves reship to Hight. market slow. Lambs receipts light with market steady.
Market steady with beef steers at 8.50 to 13.50 per hundredweight and vealers up to 16.50. Light yearlings and heifers bring 8.50 to 14. Bulk stock and feeder steers around 9. Sheep receipts total 150 with top fat lambs at 13 and bulk fat lambs 11 to 13. Ewes and ram prices not specified.
Fragmentary stock ticker notes show percentages and company names but lack coherent transactions or dates. Entries mention Ohio Bell Tel preferred and several individuals, with illegible figures, making it impossible to determine actions or outcomes.
Dorothy Ruth Holcombe of the First Methodist Church won first prize in the Peace oration contest with The Seeds of War. Janet Bing, Alice Beasley, and Pauline Cone also competed, with Cone taking second as alternate. Dean Voigt urged international cooperation and noted US involvement in League of Nations conferences. Special music followed the declamation event.
Fragmented notice shows produce prices with butter sutras tablets and oats including 65 cents for cure, extra firsts at 61c, ordinaries at 20c 54c, firsts at 47c 49c and seconds at 43c with dates and source unclear.
New York produce prices show butter steady with creamery extras at 50 to 51 cents. Receipts 5 449. nearby whites at 67 to 72 cents. mixed whites 33 to 66. fresh firsts 32 to 45. western whites 32 to 56. Pacific coast 34 to 66. nearby browns 33 to 70 cents.
Cattle receipts 4500 with market steady to lower. beef steers 11.50 to 14, light yearlings and heifers 9.35, beef cows 10.50, low cutters 7.50, vealers 13.18. Sheep receipts 2500 up about 50, showing fa lambs at 13.75, bulk fat lambs 12 to 13.50, ewes 6 to 6.50.
Quotations on fresh produce include California and Florida oranges priced at 6.07 and 4.50 per crate respectively. Iceberg lettuce listed as number 83508.30 and Tangerines at 4.50 per box. Butter and piate figures appear, but with unclear units.
Listing of stocks and percentages from various corporations and railroads. Notable entries include General Motors 86 percent, United Verde Extension 23 percent, Radio Corporation 55? strike marks, and others like Grandby Copper 80 percent, Mo. Pacific 10 percent, and Toledo Detroit Axle.
Yeges entered the offices of the U S Stores Company in Columbus Sunday night and dragged away a 700-pound safe containing between 500 and 604 dollars. The theft was discovered Monday morning.
In a Sunday sermon Rev M E Chatley argues God owns all things and humans are stewards. He cites US wealth as God’s possession and urges a church fund drive and giving a percentage of income to God’s work.
The Daughters of Union Veterans will hold a gathering this evening at the Junior Order Hall. Members are urged to attend at the specified time and location for the meeting.
Mrs. Mattie Six and others from Columbus Lancaster Mineral and the city visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray for Sunday. Mrs Arthur Burgess from Lancaster called on her parents. Will Keeton and families traveled to Columbus on business. Several couples spent Sunday with relatives in Columbus and Lancaster. A Cincinnati visit and a Pendleton Virginia arrival followed a death in the family. Floyd Barrows and others spent Sunday with Carbondale relatives. Jim Verity and family were guests in Wellston.
The D A R Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter held a November meeting at the American Legion Home with a pre luncheon for 48 attendees. Regent Miss Lulu Lane opened, with songs, prayers, and a report on Martha McLaughlin’s National Board papers.
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