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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1928
Page
10
Purity Twin Loaf Bread advertised as a real delight from the Model Home Bakery. Classified items include a 3 inch wood pipe, various house and wreck car services, used cars, and estate sales. Notices cover divorce filings, a county road levy election, and probate notices in Athens County Ohio dated 1928.
Market report from Toledo notes wheat No. 2 at 1.51 percent, No. 2 mix around 1.07 to 1.08, and No. 3 near 1.07. Barley No. 2, Clover prices listed with futures. Butter, eggs, hay, poultry and fruits including peaches, tomatoes and grapes show varied quotes. wool market described as improved but uneven amid quality shifts.
Partial OCR reads a retail ledger with items such as Hens Butter and Ohio prints. It lists weights or codes and a current receipts total of 300 33c. The exact item names and sale totals are unclear due to corruption.
Fragmentary market items show butter firmness and egg receipts with varied prices. Mentions include firmer butter, receipts volumes 34 and 41, and eggs listed as fresh firsts with a price range around 50 cents. Also references western Pacific coast markets and browns in the list.
Receipts show mixed cattle and calf trade with veal and calf categories steady to higher. Fat lambs and fat cattle reported with various price ranges. feeders and stock steers noted. hogs and sows receipts listed with price points around 11.75 to 12.75 per hundredweight.
Hogs bring varied prices with figures around 33 dollars, cattle receipts steady, beef and veal values noted. Fat lambs and bulk cuts show price ranges from 8 to 18 dollars, beef cow and heifer values around 10 to 16 dollars, receipts totaling about 400 head.
Governor Smith will reveal his campaign schedule within two days and focuses on the prohibition issue in speeches nationwide. Senator Robinson praised Smith's religious creed in Cisco Texas. Senator Curtis heads to Boston for a New England tour. John J. Raskob said Smith would win 309 electoral votes and that the solid South backs the Democrat.
Three occupants were uninjured after a two-vehicle crash south of Circle Hill on the Nelsonville Athens road. L B Lieving of Detroit attempted to pass Fred Russell of Pontiac when bumper interference caused Russell’s car to overturn three times. All riders were shaken, treated in Athens, Russell’s car badly damaged with repairs likely around 200 dollars.
Sixteen cases were heard in the Athens city police court during August with total fines of 92 dollars. Seven cases involved overstaying on Court Street parking. Four of five intoxication arrests were fined, one sent to Athens State hospital. one fined for reckless driving. Three carried concealed weapons. one bound over to the county grand jury, another to probate court. This marks the quietest month in several months for the court.
Five people were fined one dollar each in police court last night for overtime parking on Court Street. The cited individuals were Oscar Fulton Pauline Swanson C V Strawn J L Truipp and Theo Neutzling. Traffic Officer James Lewis led the arresting effort.
Alfred P. Sloane Jr president of General Motors declares the country well managed and supports Herbert Hoover for president. Sloane is the third GM official to take an active political stand as John J. Raskob resigns to chair the Democratic National Committee.
George J. Mears of Clyde was said by railroad detectives to confess to the June 23 Blissfield Michigan train holdup. He would be taken to Cleveland to face charges in the attempted holdup of a Cleveland Chicago flyer. Authorities say he confessed to stealing cash and securities totaling 1500 dollars from A B Carruthers, a messenger.
Detroit headlines indicate Governor Fred W. Green on course to win the Republican nomination for governor by a large margin, shifting focus to the lieutenant governor race where Loren D. Dickenson leads Fred L. Woodworth in a contest seen as pivotal. In Columbus Brazil light motorman Fred Stuckley is reported injured with a fractured skull after being struck by a car on his way home from work.
Athens city school board member George Whipple announced a vaccination requirement for all children entering any grade in city schools. Children must show vaccination now or previously, with vaccination possible from any physician.
Athens County Common Pleas files include Emma Syx petitioning for divorce from James Elmer Syx and asking custody of three living children. James Syx is imprisoned in the Ohio State Penitentiary for three years. Other matters: revival of a money and foreclosure suit now in the name of Hal H. Rowland as administrator. sale of estate lands to James A. Walsh. deputy sheriff appointment of W. H. Brown. estate values and dower disputes in several cases. adjourned trial for Blaine Chapman v Bentz. revivor orders vacated in multiple notes cases.
J. F. Reed president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation resigns to engage in active work for Governor Alfred E. Smith. Reed is identified as a Republican and will support Smith in the 1928 presidential race.
Miss Catherine Curran returns to Cincinnati after visiting friends in town. Miss Charlotte Acker accompanies her home for several days. Joseph Griffin and Charles Shafer spend the week in Columbus. Peggy Whitmore returns from Lancaster visit with Aunt Mrs Burgess. Rev K S Mo Corkle hosts guests including Arthur Jones Homer Moore Martins Ferry. J R Howe family at Jones reunion Labor Day Rising Park Lan-
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