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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1927
Page
9
An early 20th century advertisement urges readers to study a business service page before placing a newspaper ad. The brief note highlights potential saving or profit by reading the offered guidance.
Logan Drug Co advertises Woodbury's Facial Soap free with three boxes of Woodbury's Soap at 75c per box. Automotive services announce Clint on Webb at Braddock Garage and Smith Auto and Sign Service offering car washing polishing greasing painting and top refinishing. Tractor and hardware mentions include Firestone tires and Vern Kitchen & Son contact details along with general business listings for Mast's Restaurant and C C Cooke piano services.
Glouster area classified ads advertise trips by Johnson Bus and Taxi Service and a Ford 1927 forder sedan with tires, a 1926 Ford touring, and a Chevrolet Loach from Burson Co. Real estate lists a 5 room Millfield house with cellar, plus a 5 room Millfield home with outbuildings. Probate notice names N B A of Athens as Administrator for Lewis D. Shields estate dated October 1, 1927.
Athens general health district nurses led by Miss V. M. Fell visited 102 schools in September, performing 652 general exams and screening 446 for infectious disease. Seven were excluded for scarlet fever symptoms, four as contacts. 65 parents notified, 18 consultations with parents, 77 with teachers, and 98 defect corrections. 68 new patients treated, including seven communicable diseases. Several patients referred to clinics and sanatoriums. water samples from district schools sent for testing.
A garbled OCR style listing various word fragments and clues including references to H, gender, cards, drinks, insects, and tools. It reads like a mixed vocabulary puzzle with partial phrases and mismatched terms.
Athens city schools Superintendent John Patterson takes leave October 11 12 to attend a Columbus conference of city school superintendents on the junior high school situation in Ohio. Dayton Marietta and Athens reports will explore the system's functioning hazards and weaknesses.
In New York on Oct 4 Liberty Bonds show a mixed start with 2nd 4s at 100.50 down 2, 3rd 4s steady at 100.24, and 4th 4s at 103.26 down 2, reflecting uneven trading as investors reassess yields.
Peaches rise to 2.50 to 2.75 per bushel with cooler weather hoped to boost movement. Keiffer pears offered at 1.75 a bushel, quality below Bartleys. Apples Grimes Golden 2.25 per bushel, Jonathan 2.00 to 2.50, Ohio onions 1.75 per 100 lb sack, Elberta peaches 2.50 to 2.75, Western plums 1.00 per 16 lb box, potatoes 2.50 per 120 lb sack.
Advertisement notes gas at 24 cents a gallon and invites customers to request merchant cash prize tickets. Ends with call to action for audience to obtain tickets from the Auto Tire & Gas Company.
Dr H T Phillips who resigned from the federal prohibition forces will leave Saturday October 15 for New Orleans for an indefinite visit. He declined comment on his resignation and would not say what he plans to do next. Phillips was secretary of the Athens County Loan and Savings Association and formerly Athens County probate judge. He also practiced medicine in Athens before his civic involvement.
Hog receipts 3,500 with steady to higher market. 250 to 350 lbs $11.00 12.00. 200 to 250 lbs $11.75 12.00. cattle receipts 400. beef steers $9.00 12.00. heifers and yearlings $7.00 12.00. beef cows $6.00 98.00. sheep receipts 400. top fat lambs $14.00. bulk fat lambs $11.00 14.00. bulk fat ewes $4.00 6.00.
New York produce market reports butter quiet with receipts 6 888 and creamery extras at 69 cents and 49 1/2 cents. Steady trading shows receipts 2 555 with nearby white fancy 62 to 66 cents and mixed whites 49 to 61 cents. Prices for fresh firsts 35 to 38 cents, western whites 38 to 65 cents, Pacific coast 44 to 62 cents, and nearby towns 53 to 60 cents.
A mixed page of business notices includes welding and plumbing services by J Alfred Richardson in Edson, hardware and crockery offerings from Carpenter Hardware Co. Nelsonville, Edison Mazda electric bulbs, fresh fruits and groceries at East End Nelsonville, and other small ads.
Butter prices hold steady with creamery tablets priced at 42 cents, discounts of 2 to 4 cents. No 1 stock at 35 cents, No 2 at 24 to 26 cents. Butter fat quoted 45 to 47 cents. Fresh gathered extra firsts 44 cents, firsts 42, seconds 32, nearby ungraded 42.
Regional price list for produce and dairy items with Maine potatoes at 3.25 per 150-lb sack and Ohio Michigan Wisconsin at 3.00 to 3.25, Idaho bakers Colorado brown beauties at 2.50 per 100-lb, homegrown baskets 1.25. cheese prices from brick 28 to 30 cents, Swiss imported 52 to 55, Limburger 2 cents. poultry items including fowls, Leghorn varieties, cocks, ducks with varied prices. butter extras 48 to 50 cents per tablet, firsts and seconds 39 to 40 cents, packing stock and pullet firsts 23 cents.
New York October 4 Tex Rickard says he will advise former champion Jack Dempsey not to appear in an indoor ring bout this season as it might hurt his drawing power.
Chicago market receipts show Butter and Eggs with multiple classes and price ranges. Butter receipts 9 841 first and extra grades with 39 to 44 cents. Eggs receipts 9 689 ordinary to firsts 25 to 35 cents. seconds 20 to 23 cents.
To prevent bureau drawers and doors from sticking rub surfaces thoroughly with hard yellow soap. It acts as a lubricant and helps doors slide smoothly.
Huntington, W V Oct 4 Progress in canalization of the Ohio river was discussed at the opening meeting of the Ohio Valley Improvement association in convention. Oscar F Barrett, president, called the session to order and outlined steps taken in the canalization program.
Representatives from 27 university houses and 6 sorority houses met with Dean Irma Voigt and officers to discuss hours for freshmen, senior privileges, and sleep guidelines. Definite decisions were pushed to Wednesday noon with revised standards to be presented at the mass meeting in Ewing hall that night.
The Athens County Civil War Veterans Association holds its second annual reunion at the Ohio National Guard armory with roll call at 10:30 tomorrow. Sixty-five of 93 veterans are expected. luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Berry. officer elections and a business meeting after dinner. Women's Relief Corps will entertain soldiers and wives.
Police in Cherbourg guard the ashes of Bartolomeo, executed in Charleston Massachusetts. The sister will not go to Paris but head directly to Italy via Le Mans with inspectors accompanying to the frontier.
Greene field in Highland county, a recently completed 2 million dollar public school plant, may soon experiment with a junior college. John L. Clifton, Ohio state director of education, announced plans and will meet Greenfield officials to discuss state cooperation and financing.
East Side students will discuss rules and regulations for council recommendations today after a request from Dwight Duncan vice president. Miss Bertha Bridgman says representatives will meet this evening to draft rules. The prior assembly featured a piano solo by Hazel Kelley a story by Warde Chittenden and a September song by a sixth grade quad with octet members and Robert Bingman at the piano.
Two middle aged men in a large coupe with Michigan plates ran a bunco scheme near Athens. They claimed a crash caused $175 damage and pawned a cheap watch for $35 to cover the rest. A local garage operator played along then alerted authorities after noting the con was reused earlier that day.
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