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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1931

Page

13

Three Plays Staged by Athens Women Voters Club

Athens League of Women Voters presents three short plays at 8 PM in the Athens High School Auditorium. Costumes include two loaned gowns for Equal Rights and a Bloomer outfit worn by Bertha Albert. Mrs H R McVay authored the pageant and researched the era of women’s rights.

Athens League of Women Voters Equal Rights Athens High School Harry Foster J. J. \oolley Susan Anthony B Atkinson Elizabeth Cady Stanton Bloomer Emma McVay Athens Council Bluffs Temperance Dreas H. R. McVay

Nelsonville to Buy Weighing Scale for Electric Light and Waterworks

Ordinance 756 authorizes purchase and installation of a weigh scale to weigh coal and other substances for the Nelsonville City Electric Light and Waterworks. Cost not to exceed 1000 dollars funded by 500 from Electric Light and 500 from Waterworks. Director of Public Service to contract lowest bidder. Effective after legal period. Passed November 10, 1931.

Eiaonville Cit Electric Light Nelsonville Ohio Nelonville State OF Ohio Department of Public Service Electric Light and Waterworks Departments G—I Equipment Electric Fund G—uipment Waterworks Fund Electric Light Fund Cit

Administrator's Sale of 66 Acre Ohio Land in Rome Township

In pursuance of a Muskingum County Probate Court order, Henry C. Kessler as administrator will sell at public auction on November 28, 1931 at 10 a.m. at the Zanesville courthouse front door. The 66 acre parcel lies in Rome Township Athens County Ohio, part of the southeast quarter section eight township aix range twelve. Sale is cash. appraised value is $600. TANNEHILL & WEBER attorneys. 10-29-40tw.

Muskingum County Ohio Zanesville Rome Athens State of Ohio Aix Ohio Company Henry C. Kessler John Parsons Tannehill & Weber Attys

Stocks Slide To New Lows Amid Broad Market Losses

New York stocks fell to fresh lows as Dow industrials and rails declined after a brief rally. American Can, Eastman Kodak, General Motors and Union Pacific all dropped, while Amoco and Consolidated Gas reported earnings yet traded lower on the session.

New York Bove Bho Watves Abe American Eastman Kodak Allied Chemical Case D General Motors Auburn Auto Union Pacific New York Centra Atchison Chesapeake & Ohio GS and Central Railroad of New Jersey Alnenany Ore Bree Ng MB. OF Cancecupeecensecvasences Erie New York Central Mahn Dept WME Scavksvavita Ted Harvester Vo T. Paramount Publix Radio Corp SUP Seeesveseenreeeee Oscccadence Stapsee Ggg Waennien Continental Shack Oo Ersten Cresley Radio Oaltf Svorsseesensiv Eee N. J Ceecseesccees Coeus Cic Cesvcceveserersonveeens BOM Steels Colo Gareieee Teoue Graveseurs Vostves Tame Ford Canada Motora Chooavort OOM Madson Motors Mack Truck Cccceeuseen Motor Wheel Sesbaeses Etsedees Peta Btandard Warner Bros O ' Barnadall Oil Ohio of Ing Am, Corp Bethlehem Vicegureen Dereeied Edie Owen Ben

Depositors to Share $11,500 Christmas Savings Payout

More than 300 depositors at Security Savings Bank of Athena will share about $11,500 in Christmas Savings Fund checks to be mailed by December 1. Depositors joined the club with weekly contributions from 25 cents to 5 dollars, most between 60 cents and 2 dollars, earning 3 percent interest. This year’s payout nearly doubles last year’s $6,700 distribution to about 100 depositors.

Security Savings Bank of Athena Charles O'Bienens Christmas Savings Club

Farmers Institute crowds surpass prior records in Coolville

Crowds visiting the Farmers Institute at Coolville on Monday and Tuesday far exceeded previous years. About 700 attended Monday evening, a record, with a near repeat on Tuesday. Speakers included W. D. Zinn and Mrs. Paul B. Maxwell on farm management and home surroundings. Edgar Dixon and K. C. Ray spoke, while community singing and fiddlers provided entertainment. Prizes in the fruit and vegetable show closed the program.

Farmers’ Institute Coolville W. D. Zinn Paul B. Maxwell Edgar Dixon K. C. Ray

Baltimore Produce Live Poultry and Farm Stock Listings

Readable market items show live poultry and fowl for sale including chickens leghorns and ducks, with numbers indicating quantities and ages. The fragment also lists turkeys and eggs among fresh receipts totaling hundreds of units.

Cincinnati Produce Butter Trade Notes

Fragmentary OCR shows Cincinnati butter market terms with references to creamery tubs, packing numbers, and butter fat content. Details unclear due to missing words, but indicates pricing and packaging notes for No. 2 and related lots.

Cincinnati Tub

Market Prices and Poultry and Produce Listings

Cleveland area butter extras at 36 to 38 cents, eggs at 38 cents, market steady. Poultry prices show heavy fowls and leghorns around 12 to 14 cents, ducks 38 cents, geese to 40 cents. Potatoes in Ohio and Maine onions and Russet potatoes listed with prices around $1.40 to $1.85 per bag.

Cleveland Hbo Maine Idaho

Chicago Produce Wage Market and Fire Fatalities Brief

Unclear readable text references wage market and butter market with percentages and a fire fatal incident. Mentions Chicago and firsts and seconds with scattered figures. Unable to identify coherent events, persons, or organizations from the fragment.

Chicago

Pittsburgh Produce Prices and Poultry Listings

Local market listing shows Hutter Nearby tubs and 82 score ante with various poultry values. Entries include hens 33¢, leghorns 19¢, springers 19¢, ducks 1¢, and fresh killed hens with mixed pricing among merchants.

Yittsburgh Hutter

Livestock market notes and mixed cattle prices

Livestock receipts include 605 cattle entries at 106 higher with 260 lb to 160 cy ages 5. Sows at 275. Veal and sheep show mixed signals with lambs weak to lower. choice sheep above 4.25. Pittsburgh hogs and adronal markers noted with 3 percent.

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati Livestock Prices Mixed Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Hogs 3 000 held over light and medium lots steady with mixed grades. prices around 4 20 to 4 60 for select nicks and 3 75 for sows. Cattle steady with odd better finishes and yearlings. cows 4 35 to 4 50, bulls softer. Sheep and lambs slow and lower with market for fat ewes steady to 10.

Cincinnati

Boston Wool Market Steady Prices Across All Qualities

The Worcester market reports steady prices for combing territory wools with active sales of 502 644 and finer lots. Bulk sales center on 64s and finer lines while worsted wools see increased activity in woolen manufacturing categories. Sold wools from ferale and pulled categories move steadily in notable volume.

Boston

Grain prices and futures in Toledo market report

Toledo grain prices show futures and cash bids for corn wheat oats and butter. No. 2 red wheat around 0.60 to 0.60 per bushel. No. 2 yellow corn about 0.45 to 0.55. Dec and Feb futures listed. cash corn at 8.25 dollars per bushel. Dec at 8.60. butter creamery prices 4.18. Receipts noted for timothy hay and other feeds.

Toledo Grain Paicks Toledo

Oil price list by purchasing agencies in Pennsylvania

Latest oil prices show Tide water Pennsylvania crude at 1.90 per barrel with various lines across Pennsylvanian and nearby states. Buckeye Pipe Line Co, Eureka Pipe Line, Pennsylvanian lines list rates from 40 to 98 cents, and Ohio areas like Wooster and Lima quoted around 95 cents to 1.15.

Pittsburgh Bradford Allegheny Tidewater Pennsylvania Pennaoil Pennsylvania Rae Eureka Pipe Line Company Pennayivan Ates Buckeye Pipe Tine Co Ing Buckeye Ragland Somerset Soll Ol Refining Co Soll Ol Refining Co, Ol City West Kentucky Lima Illinois Indiana Princeton Wooster

Market Notes on Sweringen Coca Cola and Columbia Gas

NAPP and Co notes a potential offer for Sweringen Corpora with $18,000,000 in gold notes and exchange terms, while Coca Cola reports nine months net of $10,000,000 and potential per share near $11. See Columbia Gas and Electric nine months ended September earnings at $1.52 per common share, with quarterly results improving over prior year. Burlington dividend set at $3 semiannually. Edison profits reported for October.

Napp & CO. van Sweringen Nore van Sweringen Coty Ear Coty Sanendeaante Coca Cola Burlington Chicago, Burio & Quincy E. Wison New York den Wiliamson Froit Edison

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