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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1931

Page

11

C. S. Wheaton Buried At Port Clinton Sunday

C S Wheaton longtime Athena and Port Clinton school superintendent died Saturday at age 83. Born Sunbury 1851 he graduated Galena High School and Ohio Wesleyan University valedictorian. He directed schools in Athena Beaver Falls Port Clinton and served 28 years on the Port Clinton school board. He leaves a widow two daughters Ralph Wheaton and Otis Wheaton among relatives.

Athena Wheaton Beaver Falls Port Clinton Presbyterian Church Board Edith Gill Floraborn Ralph Wheaton Otis Wheaton Marion

Charge Senators Shared In Sugar Stock Deal

Two Republican senators James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and James H. Watson of Indiana faced an offer to explain a sugar stock deal to the Senate Lobby Committee. They bought stock with unsecured notes and profited on paper. the stock is now worthless and Davis reportedly put some of his own money at risk.

Washington Senate James J. Davia Pennsylvania James EH. Watson Indiana John Holland Davis

Jap Offensive Threat Looms Over Manchuria Council

Paris dispatch reports Chinese delegate Dr. Alfred Sze accusing Japan of massing 4000 troops and air units toward Mukden. He claims Japanese soldiers aided bandits in attacks on Chinese forces in Manchuria as the League of Nations seeks to avert large scale fighting.

Paris U.P Chang Heeuh-Liang Chinchow League of Nations Council Council Manchuria Alfred Sze Seou Mukden

Buck and Brown Summoned for Federal Grand Jury Duty

J. W. Buck and Louis J. Brown of Athens were summoned Monday for grand jury service in Federal Court Columbus. Buck is among 36 grand jurors. Brown is to serve on the petit jury and must report December 1.

J. W. Buck Louis J. Brown Athens Federal Columbus Buck Brown

Pomona Grange Special Meeting Called in Athens

ER E Gillespie master of Pomona Grange has called a special meeting to be held at the Athens Grange Hall Friday evening November 27. Unfinished business will be resumed and delegates to the State Grange will be instructed on resolutions to present.

Athens County Agricultural Society Munkingum County Ohio Zanesville Rome Athens State of The Ohio Company Purchase Henry C. Kessler John Parsons Tannehill & Weber ER. E. Gillespie Pomona Grange State Grange

Stocks Rise Amid Narrow Gains Across Markets

New York November 4 prices edged higher after a recent lull with fractional gains in many stocks. Union slumped to a 1908 low while Georgia & Florida Railroad trainmen reduced wages by 10 percent under pressure. Central rose 16 percent, Chesapeake, Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Pacific gained, and Pennsylvania hit a century high. Common stock around 423. Commodities including cotton sugar silver and rubber posted small improvements.

New York Rn Union Sosaff 2 Dow, Jones & Company Georgia & Florida Railroad Brotherhood Reed New York Central Chesapeake Co Atlantic Coast Line Southern Pacific Pennsylvania Chicago Northwestern

Industrial and consumer product groups in postwar markets

A dense listing shows companies and brands across sectors including chemicals, power, autos, retail, and railroads. Brands and manufacturers such as Westinghouse, Kroger, Goodyear, Continental, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Texas Corp, and Paramount appear alongside utility firms and national manufacturers, reflecting broad market activity and brand presence. The document reads as a compiled catalog of corporate labels, product lines, and equity references, with percentages and notes on ownership or control.

Allenins Sovak Sicensee Des Vanens Atas Sauna Steveseess Vane N. Saerear Central N. Pacific Srt Seneesiasxeeeerse Ee Radio Southern Pacific Cesscseesesee Union Pacific All Chemicals Bums Iiss City Lee & SA Cascacakacaneesoe Curtiss Wright Com Archaie Cassseusssees Hahn Dept. Stores Ceceeevensees Kroger Loews Theaters Daevubardees Beeguetese Wee Mont Deeee Canapeanreas Westinghouse Bloc Phillips Pet Ae Texas Corp BEUUI Cassedeunee Grepmoe Ciecceseevasebertocerecvesens Gore Date Gibbis Aveknsectaiis Hupp Motora Mack Trick Nash Motors Seeneserses Commonwealth & Ba Peewee Tent Euseee Dupore Vie Desnest Sbndabesar Buesesee Ae Tnt Power & Light Barnsdall Coca Sinclair Calif Ateel Pid Gon Motors Motors Oo Esceerescasav Ceesens Mf Am Ccccccesstavevceenass B. J. Penny Seens United Gorp. Oo Ceeeces R Osha Aoeer Bocohy Vacuum Rcegsceceesantespes Ub Ind Ceseceevcanenee Goodyear (Com Sevseeeetsameneweres Udeon Moloth C.ccceeereraeveeeeners

Shoes Left Behind After Athens Home Prowl

A would be thief prowled near Athens on Tuesday morning minus his shoes after fleeing from a robbery attempt. Mrs. John D. Gist alerted her German shepherd police dog which pursued the intruder and returned with a dismayed thief. A worn pair of shoes was found on the MacFarland porch, the prowler described as tall and unseen in darkness.

Athens John D. Gist Mound Street T. E. MacFarland Fremont Street Gist

Youth League Meeting at First Presbyterian Church

Youth League of Athens Presbytery convened at the First Presbyterian Church. Delegates joined from Marietta Bristol and McConnelsville for Sunday afternoon sessions.

Youth League Mcconnelsville Youth League of Athens Presbytery First Presbyterian Church Marietta Bristol

Fittsburgh Produce Market Report and Prices

Market notes list assorted produce and poultry items with prices and codes. Entries mention butter tubs 82 score, fresh beans and whites, live poultry including hens and ducks, and other fresh goods with numeric identifiers. The fragmentary OCR shows pricing and item codes rather than complete descriptions.

Fittsburgh

Chicago Produce Market Receipts and Prices Report

The Chicago produce market shows steady receipts with current totals around 260 to 280 and seconds at 16. Prices for extra fiesta reach 36 97c with seconds at 24 95e and a steady hotter market noted.

Chicago

Cincinnati Butter-steady: late scores and cases noted

A garbled Cincinnati report records late score developments and numbered cases. It mentions firsts, seconds and ungraded items with references to quantities and positions, all in a disjointed early 20th century newspaper style.

Cincinnati Ai No

Cleveland Produce Price List Fragment

Market notes show butter extras 34c and standards 3 dollars per hundredweight. Poultry items list heavy fowls and geese with scattered prices. potatoes from Idaho Russet 81 and Ohio Green Mount delivery details appear incomplete.

Cleveland Fireta Idaho

Pittsburgh Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Hogs and Sheep

Receipts show hogs around 600 head with steady to lower prices. 180 to 250 pounds fetch about 4.60 to 4.68 per ibs, packing sows around 29 to 30. calves within 7 to 8 range for dealers and mixed sheep prices mostly steady with a few high bids up to 6.73.

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati Livestock Market Report Amid Mixed Hog Trade

Hog sales at Cincinnati Livestock 2506 show uneven activity with 285 lb to 305 lb animals modestly active. Prices ranged from 4.25 to 4.75 per cwt for various weights while sows and lighter hogs traded weaker. cattle and sheep also noted with mixed results and steady or modest gains in certain categories.

Cincinnati

Grain prices and commodities in Toledo market listing

A fragmentary Toledo market listing shows prices for grain and feed commodities including No 2 red and yellow corn No 2, white No 3, oats and clover seed. It notes futures and monthly figures with small figures in cents per unit and per hundredweight.

Toledo

Boston Wool Market Shows Mixed Domestic Prices

Boston wool traders report cautious strength in the domestic wool market for the week ending November. Demand remains uneven with prices firming for some lots while others show little change. total offerings reached 700 pounds, down from 2,303,600 pounds the prior week.

Boston Ason Nove Lane

Fluid crude oil price list across multiple pipelines

A fragmented list shows crude oil prices and pipeline names across regions including Pennsylvania Buckeye Pipe Line base and Buckeye Pipe Line Co lines, with values noted for Eureka Pipe, Pennzoil, and various locations such as Oil City and Weat Kentucky. The text mixes towns like Bradford Somerset Ragland Lima and Princeton with prices ranging from 5c to $5.60 per barrel.

Prrrabanan Bradford Alleghieny Tide- Water Pennsylvania Pennzoil Eureka Enneylvania Buckeye Ne Co Corning Base Bloc Ragland Somerset Btoll Oi] Refining Co Oil City Weat Kentucky Lima Illinois Indiana Princeton Wooster

Bright Spots Of Business In Early 1931 Readings

A garbled state wire summary reports early 1931 business trends with mixed proportions. Notes from New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston reference gains, percentages, and profits, mentioning firms like Steel, Willys-Overland, and Horn & Hardart, though details are fragmented and unclear.

New von Henson New York State OR. Augspurger New Automobile Club Cleveland-Steel Indus Ues Steel Chicago L. Miller Willys- Ea Philadelphia Sor Teceme

Rail Time Card Details for Athens Trains

Daily timetable lists northbound and southbound departures from Athens with train numbers and times. Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio lines are noted with various service numbers and schedules.

Athens Mmn Chesapeake & CO Hocking Valley Fae Macias Cate Tives Baltimore & Westcould

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