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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1932
Page
11
An ad page lists sections for rooms for rent and apartments for rent along with classifications such as cleaning and dyeing services, building materials, goods, seeds, and stores specials. It directs readers to location numbers and categories for lodging and related rental notices.
Turbulent open yields late rally as traders push a broad array of issues higher. American Telephone retreats from a peak while Western Pacific and Atchison show notable advances amid uneven turnover across copper and mining sectors.
A formal notice from the City of Athens Ohio announces a land assessment and correction process. It requires interested parties to file written objections within weeks after council action and to appear for inspection and examination, with the five week deadline set following the council order.
Canton delegates at the annual convention chose Simeon HH Nash of Columbus as grand master. He succeeds Judge Harvey F. Ake of Canton. The meeting was held in Canton on October B1.
The probate court of Athens County Ohio suspends hearings on the first and final accounts and guardianship filings for numerous estates and guardianships. Entries include administrators, executors, and guardians such as James Wion, William Bechtold, Roger J. Jones, Clara Bee, Milo Wilson, E A Johnson, and others with filings dated Sept 1932 to Oct 1932.
Glouster reports progress on installing the first order of light standards along High and Main Streets. The Kiwanis Club sponsors financing and has commissioned six. Southern Ohio Electric Co. added funds for two more. Additional standards will follow as funds allow.
Rev Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville could not fill his Wise school appointment last Sunday due to a funeral. He will speak next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with a large crowd expected. The Current Events club meets at 1 and Bible School at 1:30.
Grant Wiley will serve as relief telegraph operator at the local depot and BK office in the Corning yards starting Sunday October 21. Emmett Andrews of this city will work the third trick at the BK office.
Plans are underway for a speaker and special program at the Hollister P T A meeting. The November session will be held on the first Tuesday evening of the month.
Elbert B Atkins of San Francisco California and Ertrude Leighty of Arlington will take notice that Harry O Atkins as guardian of the estate of Baga Atkins deceased requests a court to determine the state of certain real estate in Athens Township Athens County Ohio described by metes and bounds and to pay debts. The parcel totals about 15.0 acres and lies on the Ohio River in Township 9 Range 14. The petition seeks the sale or disposition of the property to satisfy debts and is set for filing before November 25. Woolley Rowland, Attorneys.
Greens Run Auxiliary hosts a 7 40 pm program at the Greens Run School to raise food for local children with two plays by auxiliary members and a tap dance by Hartford Dunnett of Gloucester. Admission is one pound of food or a cash donation for shoes.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will meet at First Baptist church on Republic Avenue Sunday at 2 30 o clock. Dr ER LeFever Republican candidate for state senator will speak. A local talent program is planned. Annual election of officers will be held.
GLOUSTER Oct. 21 Mr and Mrs Robert V Wade Cleveland Heights are parents of a son Robert Lee born on Wednesday of last week Mrs Wade was formerly Mrs Ruth Sellars daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Sellars in this city
Mr and Mrs Marry Trasin announce the birth of a son on Tuesday in Cincinnati. The couple has been living in Cincinnati for six months. Mr Trasin formerly belonged to the firm Trasin Bros in the city.
East and West Viennese society were startled by the marriage of Julius Meinl, famed Austrian coffee magnate, to Michiko Tanska, a Japanese opera singer he heard in concert. The girl is the daughter of a Japanese portrait painter.
The pa administrator sur viving spouse and next of kin are notified that debts and inventories have been filed in estates. Hearings are suspended. notification by publication will proceed. Also notice of estimated assessment for improving President rest from a street to the approach to a road is published with filing deadlines and inspection rights.
Two arrests were made Thursday night in Athens. Jack Wolfe was charged with driving while intoxicated and William Haskins with intoxication. Both are to be arraigned before Mayor Robert Wood tonight.
President Hoover, with a bandaged injured hand, suspends handshakes after greeting 2000 attendees at a White House reception. A jeweled ring cut his hand, forcing an abrupt end to the event. Reported injuries and the next day appearance are shown in coverage.
A fragmented Baltimore market brief notes fresh produce and live poultry terms. Mentions Leghorn chickens and butter creamery context with unclear figures and prices.
The item lists various potato varieties and packaging details. References to Ohio New York Pennsylvania markets include Russet and other regional types. Packaging notes mention 100 lb sacks and shipments with limited higher sacks and mixed grain content.
Nearby oH. Firets 2%¢ seconds with cases included.
A fragmented note lists poultry prices and standards, mentioning Southern states, West Virginia, Kentucky, and figures like 36 309 and 14a 17s. It references leghorn springers and various poultry terms, with references to hens and breeds in a market context.
The market shows steady readings with gas prices at 3 508 and extra fire rate 34 04 percent, while firate remains about F M4c. Current recipe 19Re 40. 12 and Buller market reports steady pressures with extra 60 cents and firate firsts 0T, seconds 16 percent and 19 percent, indicating stable but uneven pricing signals.
Livestock receipts show mixed demand with market rates steady to lower. Cattle prices include common steers 63.50 to 64.80 and grass cattle around 9.25. vealers to 526. lambs 640 to 4.40. hogs 1380 receipts with mixed tone. overall market appears slow and uneven.
Hog prices range 180 to 200 pounds and 130 to 160 pounds with sows at 2.40 to 2.75. calves around 280 with low trade. cows and bulls steady to lower. Sheep catalog shows 700 head steady with fat ewes and lambs around 4.50 to 5.50 and medium lambs near 5.05 to 5.50.
The market shows very little wool sold with quotations mostly unchanged. Odd lots of prost grade are available below peak due to tight demand, while medium fleeces rose in August and September but are now priced just above selling levels.
Toledo dispatch reports rain weather and fluctuating commodity values. Wheat prices for No 1 red and red varieties mix around 49 to 49 1 4 cents, corn and oats show varied bids, and seed cash and futures quotes are listed with immediate and December delivery.
OCR snippet lists Liberty S50ND6 107.23 and 5's 106.18 with dates and treasuries, showing mixed bond figures. It appears as a damaged financial fragment referencing government securities and June 103.3 with other nearby prices. The text is incomplete and hard to parse for a full event.
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