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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1935
Page
11
Community notices urge readers to place rental listings ahead of new school term openings. Landlords advertise available units and tenants search for homes as households prepare for upcoming academic year.
Nearly 700 students attend Glouster schools on the first day with primary grades showing the largest drop due to morning rain. High school enrollment reaches 332 in the high school, 104 in the Monroe Building, and 164 in the Madison Building, with expectations enrollment will exceed last year by week’s end.
Unfavorable weather could not keep people away as a large attendance gathered for the Jones-Phillipe reunion at Liberty Hill on Monday. Rev Argenbright and his wife and daughter from near Columbus sang several selections. Fred Phillips Malta Route and Miss Fannie Hogue Athens were re elected president and secretary for next year’s isolation.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brooks hosted relatives in Hollister for Mrs. Brooks birthday with dinner at noon. Attendees included the Sherwoods, Grandys, Wade family, Reeves children and granddaughter Elinor, Charlotte Brooks, and CCC campers Sylvester Reeves Cliff Top Floyd Brooks. Alfred Andrews returns from Columbus after wife’s major Mercy Hospital operation. The Glouster Kiwanis Club discussed the East Branch project. Jacksonville visitors to Columbus for the illness of Paul McGrew, husband of Ellis Muer Baird's niece.
New York stock market opened steady but turned irregular as profit taking limited activity. Crude oil production declined 33 percent last week per API, while two leading banks cut dividends amid low interest rates. Dun and Bradstreet reports show 207 business failures for the week ending August 29, with regional variance.
Boston wool market shows a firm tone with price advances across many grades. Fine delaine and 58s to 60s wools gain while fleece and territory types rise, with grease basis quotes and midweek bidding reflecting broader demand. Pittsburgh livestock reports highlight steady to higher hogs and cattle values, with hogs up to 12.25 and cattle steady for grass-fed stock.
A lengthy price list from Columbus shows multiple produce items with assorted varieties and units, including apples, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, celery, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, endive, grapes, kale, lettuce, onions, parsnips, peppers, pickles, plums, potatoes, radishes, spinach, squash, tomatoes, turnips, and poultry. Prices reflect basket, bunch, dozen, and per-pound measures, with notes on quality and local suppliers. Also listed are grain quotes for Wheat No 2 red and No 1 red, and various live poultry rates.
The notice details poultry weights for various classes including fowls S ibs and over 18 for different breeds such as white Plymouth Rock springers and leghorn, and turkey and duck categories with weight thresholds from 10 to 20 pounds and certain age distinctions. It lists No 1 old hens and toms with minimum weights and categorizes young ducks by color and weight.
The report lists butter and egg prices and current receipts across markets. Butter steady at 29 to 63 cents with various grades. eggs show steady demand with mixed 24 to 26 cent ranges and current receipts around 21 to 26 cents.
Mrs. Harvey Norris is recovering satisfactorily at Grant Hospital in Columbus after a successful appendicitis operation.
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