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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1930
Page
15
Fragmentary OCR item lists a line price for automobiles and other goods as part of a sale page. The readable bits reference 25c and 35c per line in an advertising format. No full names or places are legible to confirm scope.
I M Williams has applied to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a certificate to operate a property transportation service over an irregular Ohio route with Athens as origin and destination. The plan calls for one 1 1/2 ton truck and a hearing time and place are available from the commission in Columbus.
County reading of delinquent personal property taxes set for October 20 1930 at 2 30 PM in Athens County Office. Also notice of a five year tax levy proposal for Waterloo Consolidated School District to exceed fifteen mill limit by 3 mills to secure state aid, election on November 4 1930 from 6 30 AM to 6 30 PM EST.
Bids to furnish lump coal for Happy Hollow Schoolhouse seat No 6 must be filed at the Board office 17 A.D.1 Nelsonville by noon Friday Oct 10. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Oct 8 9 Adda MacCombes Clerk.
The day opens with mixed trading as key shares advance led by Standard Oil of New Jersey and utilities. Oil and metal issues gain while large blocks move. traders watch bank clearings and overall balance amid cautious activity on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
The Chicago produce market shows steady receipts with 4,284 canes and current receipts at 32 w34e. Butter market firmed with 4,402 tubs recorded and extras at 37 percent. extra firsts at 36 94 cents and firs at 688 Ke with seconds at 297 30 cents.
Fragmentary item list shows prices and names like Candied goods and creamery extras, with garbled numbers and stray words. Mentions live poultry and stock entries, but many words are unreadable, yielding no coherent event or action to describe.
Local notes show prices for poultry and fowl, with ducks at 14 cents and geese at 20 cents. Ohio cobblers and sacks priced, including potato and starch sacks. Matnese and Bi goods listed with 140 pound and 108 pound sack references.
Reading of a damaged OCR item shows a creamery packing list with stock numbers and prices for No 2 and No 3 grades. The fragment mentions case counts and discount notes, but exact details are unclear.
The notice lists nearby produce and poultry items including hens, roosters, geese, and turkeys with prices and codes. It references fresh killed hens and spring poultry and mentions a nearby fire incident and new cases in the vicinity.
Toledo market report lists wheat No 9 red and white varieties, corn yellow and white, rye No 2, clover prices for domestic and Alsike, with futures for October December March notes and butter creamery price. Timber and hay prices appear alongside feed constituents and miscellaneous cattle feed terms.
Livestock markets show hogs 180 to 240 lbs mostly 10.60. 130 to 150 lbs around 8.40 to 9.50. Cattle and calves mixed with steady to weak bids. steers around 0.50, beef and cutters 3.70 to 5.80. vealers 13 to 19.50. Sheep steady with better lambs near 8.80 and fat ewes down.
Prices across hogs calves sheep and sows show steady or near steady movement. Buyers report 3 000 head hog lots at mixed bids with light to moderate demand. calves and sheep hold around previous levels with good and choice conditions favored. Packing sows and medium grades show stable values amid cautious activity.
Report from Chicago notes uneven movement in stocks with firmness in wheat and corn, minor pressure at times, and provisions trading steady to firmer as liquidation eased.
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