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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1930
Page
13
A fragmented 19th century classified ad shows service offerings including heating, plumbing, refinishing, dyeing, renovating, moving and storage, papering and decorating, tailoring and pressing. It also lists employment needs for female help, male solicitors and canvassers, and agents.
An advertisement listing home improvement items and fabrics appears alongside a civil attachment order. The notice names defendants Sweeny and Willett Sweeny, Sweeny and Son, before Justice C H Porter, with a missing amount of $276.24 and a date of August 28, 19su. The items include bedding and hardware prices from Nelsonville and other local vendors.
Bert Manus Sambarrie and Thormas Hanna residents unknown are notified that on June 4 Heck filed a petition in the common pleas court of Athens County Ohio case NG 1465 asking for recovery of personal property described. They must answer by October 11. Jones Jones Rating are the actions attorneys for FH.
Ordinance No. 787 alters the payment date for Electric Light and Waterworks accounts in Nelsonville Ohio from the 1st to the 5th of each month with discounts and penalties applying if paid by the 7th. The measure takes effect per the council and mayor with clerk confirmations.
City council Resolution No 2 1930 authorizes cement curb work on both sides of Jackson Street between Watking and Harper Streets in Nelsonville Ohio. Plans on file with the Director of Public Service. clerk ordered to notify as required by law. Passed September 2 1930.
A fragment notes a location 214 miles east of Amesville on a good road. The terse line provides no further details, making the exact event or purpose unclear but indicating a geographic reference point.
A historical listing shows sale items at noon including one Ford Touring, one Star Feed Mill, one No 2 International Cream Separator, two two horse sleighs, one Myers Power Sprayer, and several registered Hereford cattle aged 8 years, 17 months, and two months, plus a six year old Jersey cow giving milk and three yearling steers.
New York stock activity shows steady pressure from investors as trading remains volatile. Early gains in steel shares fade. overall indices drift near session lows with prices near 168 while commodities and poultry markets show lingering price shifts.
Fragmentary OCR text from a Cincinnati creamery record shows sporadic pricing and product terms. The legible items include references to butter price lists and firsts in a table noting steady cases but many words are garbled.
Market report shows firm Chicago prices for caror extras and firsts with rates 28 and 28e. Extras and seconds listed with varying bids and staples noted. Dealer activity steady with odd lots and standard trades, price details include 7901 pounds and specific consignments.
The Cleveland cattle and sheep market opened with mixed bids as steers and cows mostly held steady while select lots slipped. Lambs showed a soft tone late, with prices quoted around 5 to 7 dollars and common lots weaker. overall sales volume hovered around 1,400 cattle and 1,400 sheep with several consignors reporting steady to weak undertones.
After 33 years, Joseph I. Adkins was arrested by Ton Angeles deputies on the John R. Atchison, a fugitive who broke prison at Fl Reno, Oklo, in 1897, while Adkins faces a murder conviction and denies being the escaped man.
Port Jervis reports a Holstein owned by Mrs. Josephine A. Hoyt of Greenville gave birth to quintets. Four calves died. the remaining calf, though underfed, is reported healthy.
A worker’s pick struck the third rail in a crowded Bronx station sparking sparks and causing a panic that injured four women. The laborer, John Boyd, was in critical condition today.
Ott market report shows receipts for beef and veal with varied grades and weights. Prices for calves and lambs range from about 8.78 to 9.50 per unit, with standout figures noted for better cattle and fat lambs amid a generally weak market.
A hazy clipping lists numerous stocks and corporations including Southern Pacific, American Can, Paramount Publix, DuPont, Armour, Curtiss Wright, Westinghouse, American Smelting, Anaconda, and International, with scattered figures and partial company mentions. The fragmentary text hints at a market roundup and named entities but lacks cohesive events or prices.
Report states a group of women avoided serious harm while a 20 year old, Irving Kay, endured severe burns on his hands while pulling a body off the tracks after a misfortune at Boyd's region. No other women were seriously hurt.
Chauncey C Shields presents a critical view of tariffs and party policy arguing high tariffs shift production abroad, depress American wages, and worsen unemployment. He cites a local unemployment case and questions who benefits from cornered markets and Wall Street influence.
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