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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1928
Page
7
Spoof ad style listing shows a new five room house on Congress and a sale of hosiery, bread, batteries and groceries. Includes produce notes and livestock price reports for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh markets with a Waterloo Township tax levy notice for cemetery maintenance in 1928.
The clipping lists Cleveland produce figures with butter at 48, various extras and percentages, and stock entries for Columbus area firms like Cities Service, Cols Ry, Scioto Valley, and Seaboard Oil with bid prices and asks noted. The OCR fragment mixes product prices, stock tickers, and vendor names without cohesive narrative.
A Shell and Standard Oil of New Jersey led combine seeks to gain control of Russia’s oil by closing markets abroad. Sir Henry Deterding head of Shell and Walter C. Teagle president of Standard Oil of New Jersey are cited as prime movers in the strategy.
Toledo market report shows wheat prices for various futures and cash contracts. Notable figures include No 2 and No 4 milling grades, with prices around 1.00 to 1.01 per bushel for old crop and futures like Dec Jan Feb and Oct contracts. Other lines list cash options and small lot values, plus miscellaneous grain quotes and weights.
Brunner declares the incident proves the Republican campaign organization acted with duplicity as persons who obtained copies did so from a desk at the headquarters, outlining details of the pickup.
Canada forecasts a bumper wheat crop this year with government estimates at 550,482,000 bushels marking a new record. Officials note favorable weather and strong yields across major farming regions.
More than 1500 members of the Grand Lodge of Blue Ledge Masons of Ohio gathered in Columbus for a three day convention. A car stolen from Webster Hodge was recovered in Athens after being found by the Southeastern Ohio Automobile office.
Democratic leader Henry G Brunner says Democratic Headquarters will not file charges over leaflets claimed by Republicans to be unsigned campaign literature. The leaflets allegedly from Columbus Republican HQ urged anti prohibition voters to back party changes, while Republicans say the pieces were intended for party speakers and not circulated.
Athens County Probate Court grants Maude Pincelli custody of James and Maude Pincelli children with condition she stay in Athens County. James Pincelli to have the children Sundays 1:30 to 6. Estate matters include sale orders, inventories, and inheritance taxes for multiple estates. Common Pleas Court reverses a Justice of the Peace judgment in a mine riot case and handles several default and divorce actions. A habeas corpus writ dismisses Edward Whitehair held on a West Virginia charge.
Daily and northbound train departures from Athens listed with numbers and times. No. 9 and No. 6 depart in evening, No. 33 leaves at 7:35 am, No. 37 at 12:30 pm, while arrivals show No. 30 at 9:20 pm and No. 34 at 9:50 am, all part of the MOCKING VALLEY route schedule.
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