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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1933
Page
11
Classified notice from Gallipolis Ohio advertising a room for rent. Includes contact P O Box 2 and phone 397R. Encourages generating extra income by offering a spare room.
Edward Hawk of New Marshfield Ohio appointed and qualified as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Theodore Hawk deceased in Waterloo Township Athens County. Dated October 19 1953.
Athens County relief offices join a nationwide relief census planned for January. The survey aims to list unemployed and relief families by November 4. Belford Nelson and Helen Murray led local preparations after attending a state meeting in Columbus. Ray Metgar and Dayton Frost noted as supervisory changes in the Southeast Ohio and Cincinnati divisions.
A B Roe general manager of the McBee Company was taken to Grant Hospital Columbus last night by ambulance for observation and possible surgery. He said he did not feel well last Saturday but attended the Ohio Miami game that day. His condition worsened after returning home and he was confined to bed Sunday and yesterday. Mrs Roe accompanied him. Word said he stood the trip well and his condition is not serious.
New York stocks faced profit taking after an initial rise with most issues showing fractional gains. National Distillers fell from 84 to 81 4, American Commercial Alcohol slipped over a point to 5, Leading Industrials fluctuated while steel edged down, and utilities and farm equipment moved narrowly.
Dun and Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 base commodities shows a current value of 100.2 with prior levels listed. The report includes daily high and low figures and year over year data as of October 4 in New York.
A dense compilation of stock listings and commodity quotes includes steel, motors, oils, and packing companies with percent changes and market positions. It also covers Chicago produce prices for apples, beans, cabbage, corn, tomatoes, butter, and eggs, plus livestock receipts in Pittsburgh and Parkersburg and crude oil prices in Pittsburgh.
Eldon Mahaffey files in Athens County Common Pleas Court seeking divorce from Garnet Mahaffey after more than three years apart. He cites marriage in 1928 at ages 18 and 28 and notes his wife now lives in Edgemoor Delaware. Additional names Lloyd Shingler and Margaret Jones Kinsel appear in the filing.
Admission notes list patients from Sugar Creek Athens Millfield Minersville and McArthur with cases of accidents surgical and medical. Discharges include Mrs Maggie Townsend Guysville with accident. Convalescents include several named individuals across towns.
Attorney L. A. Pierce lies bedridden on Canaan Road with bronchial influenza after a ten day illness from a severe cold. He remains at home under care.
Pastor Rev Roy Little leads revival services at the Free Methodist Church Red Town starting Sunday and continuing indefinitely amid ongoing religious events and community gathering.
Northbound Train 37 departs Athens at 5 06 p m daily except Sunday. Train 30 arrives Athens at 11 02 p m daily except Sunday. Southbound service noted under Baltimore and Ohio.
Boston on October 17 reports steady wool trading with buyers and sellers applying current price levels. Volume includes varied wool trades though market activity remains subdued and several staple grades show firm asking prices.
Public sale of bars and coke at the Athens County Fair Grounds Athens on Wednesday October 25 at 1 00 pm. Public sale at a residence on Route T1 north of Sharpsburg and south of Chesterhill on Betarday October 26 at 1 00 pm includes livestock cattle and implements. Sellers include Fred Mills Clyde McSifresh Aust.
Four men tentatively identified as the Green castle bank robbery gang responsible for an Oct 3 heist at Central National Bank Greencastle. The quartet looted tills and vault in under 16 minutes, with about $76,000 in cash and securities taken.
The report lists mixed produce pricing with butter and eggs steady in Baltimore and Pittsburgh markets. Poultry values show various weights and breeds with turkeys and ducks offered at specific cents per pound and hog dressed at a dollar per hundred.
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