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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1929
Page
13
The notice outlines advertising pricing terms offering a minimum charge and a 10 percent discount for three consecutive insertions. It also states a promotion where six consecutive insertions are charged as the price of six, with a per line rate of 35 cents and an average of four words per line.
An OCR fragment lists classified sections such as Personal, Automotives, Employment, Financials, Merchandise, Real Estate and Rooms. It outlines categories like Automobiles for Sale, Help Wanted, Insurance, Moving, Furniture, and Real Estate for Rent or Sale with numbers and headings.
A collage of classified notices from Ohio including vault cleaning offers with special prices, dry cleaning deals with free pressing, and vehicle sales listing 1920s cars such as Essex Tudor and Overland sedans with down payments. Also appears are professional services like dental care and repairs, and employment ads for female and male applicants.
In the K P Building McFarland's Used Car Department lists Ford Model A half ton pickup at 435 dollars Chevrolet 1929 sedans at 600 dollars coach 575 roadster 475 coupe 525 plus four 1928 coaches 435 to 465 Ford 1926 coupe 125 Dodge 1925 coupe 125 Ford 1926 touring 125 and 15 other makes. Easy terms to reliable people.
The Ames-Bern Rural School District Athens County Ohio invites bids for the fireproof school building project in Amesville. Plans are at the Clerk and Architect offices. deposits required for plans. bids due 12 noon Wednesday December 5. bids must include 10 percent bond and be sealed and endorsed. Bid awards may be rejected.
In Athena County Ohio the estate of Delmer JF Simms will sell at public auction at the courthouse door in Nelsonville December 14 1020 at 1 pm. The property 450 Kairview St Nelsonville 768 J S Scotts Kairview Addition real estate appraised at 700000 with two thirds cash required. Administrator Ruth K Simms and attorney M R Andrix Columbus Ohio note.
Probate Court of Athens County Ohio offers for sale at public auction on December 21 1020 at 1 00 P M real estate in Verity Second Addition to the Village of Verity Athens Township including lots 22 23 24 and 2 ½ in Verity Addition with coal underlying excluded and Ohio University rents reserved appraised at 3225 00 cash due day of sale administratrix IMO Woodgerd estate of Joseph Evans deceased.
Live poultry hens sell 16 29c roosters 18 1c springers 20 28c ducks 23 25c. Dressed poultry hens 37 percent 42¢. butterprints 48 4B'se tubs 47 47'4¢. Eggs fresh 86 760c western select 55 60c current receipts 40 percent 50c.
A garbled grocery item list notes prices for produce items with odd spellings and broken words. Mentions fresh gathered goods priced at 65 cents, firsts at 49 cents, seconds at 42 cents, and nearby ungraded bags at 3 cents per count.
Hogs receipts 3600 held 180 active butchers 150 Iba up tie higher lighter weights hogs and sowa steady to strong bulk good and choice 160 to 300 Ibs 9.36 to 60.50 desirable 149 to 180 lbs 8 to 9.23 pigs 00 to 130 Ibs 8 to 4.75 choice strong weights 9 bulk sows 67.75 to 8 cattle receipts 800 calves 325 indifferent demand for heavy and low grade cattle good light weights scarce strong sales plain butcher offerings 98 to 12 cows area strong sparte higher bulk beef grades 6.50 to 50 low cutters and cutters active most 4.75 to 6 bulls largely 6.40 to 8.25 veal steady top 15 bulk 11 to 14 sheep receipts 400 steady good to choice light lambs 12.80 to 13 heavies over 90 lb 11.50 down throwouts 86.59 to 610 good handyweight ewes 65 to 5.50
Chicago markets hold steady as eggs show receipts of 1351 cases with various grades priced from 30 to 50 cents per dozen. Butter supplies total 6153 tubs with multiple grade prices. overall steady demand noted across extras firsts seconds and sophis items.
Hogs receipts 2500, market steady to 10 cents higher with prices 9.70 for 159 to 240 lbs and 9.25 for 199 to 130 lbs. Sows at 3.25. calves 190 head. Sheep receipts 1000, lambs firm to 25 cents higher. bulk weights 137 to 314, wethers 6.50, ewes 6.50 to 9.25.
In Boston on November 26, cross bred offerings from South America attract mill buyers while domestic worsted wools see few inquiries and low bids. Medium grade scoured clothing wools remain active with several cases noted.
Market changes list butter and creamery pricing with figures 7048 lb and store packed 23724c. Note these prices hold good until new ones appear.
Butter extras 44 percent, extra firsts 434 44c, seconds 35435 cents. Eggs extras 56c, firsts 47c. Poultry fowls 264 28, medium 20823 cents, leghorn 18420c, heavy springers 25 26c, leghorn broilers 20 22c, ducks 20923c, old cocks 18 20c, geese 18 20c.
Arthur Wilson Page son of the late Waler Hines Page and former American ambassador to Great Britain will serve as an aide to Secretary Henry L. Stimpson during the naval arms conference in London. He is also mentioned as a possible successor to Nelson T. Johnson who resigned as Assistant Secretary of State to become Minister to China.
Daily train schedule shows Northbound No 3 departing Athens at 10 32 p m and No 9 at 7 11 p m. Southbound No 3 leaves Athens at 11 59 a m and No 6 at 8 15 p m. Daily trains listed with times.
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