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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1930
Page
11
Fragmentary OCR shows a classifieds-like listing with varied items from a Kansas paper. Mentions vanadium, pictures, creamery tablets, stock numbers, butter fat, prices, and notes uncertain factory or vendor references. No clear event or person action.
A $100 000 bond issue will go to Athens County voters to fund a new jail to replace the 60 year old overcrowded facility. Speakers at a Rotary Club meeting urged support, noting the current jail is unsafe and unsanitary and that failure would force a state levy. The plan envisions 56 cells, sheriff’s office space, sanitation, and local labor, with the bond repayable over 24 years at about 15 cents per $1 000 of assessed value.
Market receipts show firm demand with extras around 400 and special market items. White fancy butter priced at 520 with fresh firata noted as 24 25 and 44 percent white westerns nearby. Nearby brown varieties and other whites listed. small brands and prices inferred from fragmented OCR.
Incomplete market report notes hogs and cattle with mixed prices. Hog holdovers around 1,400 head, calves steady, cattle steady to lower, sheep and lambs weak with wethers near 4.40. Prices listed are uncertain due to garbled OCR.
A fragmented Pittsburgh market listing details produce and live poultry prices. It references hens roosters geese turkeys and various percentages and case quantities, indicating a dense catalog of farm products and costs.
The issue shows varied quotes for hogs cattle calves and sheep with prices scattered across grades and weights. Sows steady to up modest gains while fat lambs and ewes show downward pressure amid fluctuating demand and lean supplies.
Report from Chicago indicates steady markets with extras and rates cited. Prices for various items include 16% for seconds and 32a for tubes. References to firats and roe indicate demand remains stable amid limited supply.
The bulletin lists Horton wool prices and trends for combing and fleece wools with states like Ohio in focus. It also covers Toledo grain prices for wheat corn and oats with bids for March and cash quotes, alongside dairy figures for creamery butter and hay prices.
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