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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1933
Page
9
State parole board schedules hearing for Raymond Bolin, inmate at Ohio Penitentiary Columbus, transferred from Athens County, convicted 11 21 32 for unlawful use of explosives, sentence 1 20 years, eligible after October 2 1933.
Gertrude Meier also known as Mrs Will Bradley dies of heart disease at her Pomeroy home. Survivors include husband several children and brothers and sisters in Pomeroy Cleveland Newport Logan. Services held at St Clairsville with burial there.
A string of visitors spent weekends and Labor Day in Racine. Detroit couple Mr and Mrs Mort Clark visited family, joined by John Clark. East Liverpool guests Mrs Warren Wolfe and sister Kathryn stayed with Mrs John Cunningham and relatives. Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Akron, and West Virginia visitors were noted.
Rutland News notes Howard Pond and family moved from their farm to the Haw kine home. Carrie Forrest visited C. R. McMillin and family in Wellston. Betty Chase and Lenora Bingham stayed with Elmer Bingham’s farm. Mrs. Kennedy was in Columbus. Leach couple finished at Ohio State and headed to the World’s Fair in Chicago with Donald. Rathburns and Helen Young attended the World’s Fair. Marvel Hugg visited Virginia Price in Columbus. Betty Jean Reeves suffered intestinal flu. Herman Warner visited from Wolf Run with Harley Amos. Andricks family left for Texas. J. B. Conrad family mentioned.
New York stocks ease amid light dealings and mixed commodity moves. Gold mining shares rise while non gold mining equities fall. Wheat and other grains firm, cotton slips. utilities, rails and oils weaken. Sector listings show mixed activity with no clear standout leader.
Dun and Bradstreet releases its daily weighted price index of 30 basic commodities for the United Press. Today’s index stands at 101.49 with 102.31 for the prior day, 102.03 for the week, 103.79 for the month, and 81.56 for the year. The 1953 low reaches 67.86 and the 1938 high was 119.52, with copyright held by Dun & Bradstreet in 1993.
The page lists major industrial names including General Electric, Westinghouse, Ford, US Steel, and Chrysler among others with percentages and market figures. It also reports Pleasant livestock sales for Saturday, Sept. 6, with totals for hogs, cattle, veal calves, and sheep, including receipts and top prices.
A price listing shows live poultry with categories including young colored chickens 16 22c, old heavy 13 14c, medium 10 12c, leghorns 8 ilc, white leghorns 12 15c, ducks white pekins 0 12c, muscovy 10 idc, puddle 9 itc.
Market reports show butter prices for No. 2 14c No. 3 10c and butter fat at 16c with market steady. Eggs steady with extras 19c ex tra firsts 1c and current receipts 14. Poultry markets about steady with various colored fowls priced per pound and broilers and ducks listed. Potatoes from New Jersey Long Island at 2.60 2.65 per 100 lb sack and Idaho Russets at 2.85 with Bliss Triumphs at 6 26 0 per 100 lb sack.
Prices for Butter Nearby and poultry items listed with varied rates. Includes hens, leghorn stock, springers, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, and hog dressed meat with denomination notes and regional references to Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
Cattle receipts total 25 with a steady market. hogs receipts 500 with prices rising. Prime heavies 240 300 lbs bring 4425, heavies 210 240 lbs 4500, mediums 180 210 lbs 475 4.85, light 120 145 lbs 3754, pigs 900115 lbs 633.25, roughs 333.25. Sheep and lambs receipts 1000 steady. lambs 90 lb down 7.25 7.50, medium 90 lb down 8 15, sheep wethers prime 3.15 3.25, ewes 2.50. Calves receipts 100 steady. dealers good 7 50 8, medium 6 0 6, heavy 2 50 5.50.
Sluggish markets across cattle hogs sheep and veal amid approaching holidays. Cattle receipts 236 head with mixed grades selling 12.50 to 65.10. stockers and veals varied, fat cows and cutters 1.92 to 2.25. veals 3.13 head good to fair 5.55 to 7.10. hogs 102 head good 4.60 to 5.30. sheep and lambs 900 head with lambs 7.00 to 7.50 and feeders 4.60 to 14.10.
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