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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1932
Page
17
New York trading shows early gains pared as Pennsylvania Railroad data signal slower loading trends. Investors pivot toward tobacco and chemical sectors with Allied Chemical and DuPont among notable movers. Steel, Rubber, and Oil stocks fluctuate as market volume remains uneven.
The document outlines payment schedules for assessments in nine annual or eighteen semi annual installments with interest, optional cash payment within thirty days. It authorizes city bonds for unrecoverable costs and sets procedures for tentative assessments, with the ordinance taking effect as allowed by law, dated September 6, 1932.
The Board of Commissioners will receive bids until 2 pm September 22, 1932, for a 24 by 24 foot house with full basement on ground off Route 56 toward Mineral owned by Martha French. Plans and specs are in the County Commissioners office. A 5 percent certified check accompanies each bid. Bids must be sealed and endorsed. The commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
The Athens Chick Hatchery property on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad premises in Athens Ohio and near Union Railroad Station will be sold at public auction by James E Woodworth, Receiver, on September 17 1932 at 10 am. The sale covers the building equipment supplies and other assets with cash on hand and receivables excluded. A full description is on file at the Athena County Court or at the county’s greenville office. terms require ten percent cash and balance on court confirmation.
Bolivian military reservists were called out as fighting continued with Paraguayan troops over Fort Boqueron in the Gran Chaco. Official reports said Bolivian troops retained their positions defending the fort.
Ordinance No 64 authorizes the city of Athens Ohio to proceed with the improvement of Jeacela Street from Shansen Avenue to Line Street and intersections. The plan covers grading drainage curbing and paving with brick and concrete following specifications approved in 1932. Costs will be funded by frontage assessments paid over nine or eighteen installments with bonds issued and tentative assessments filed.
United Press tally names O Doul of the Dodgers and Red Sox sluggers among leaders with 40 home runs and 100 runs. It lists Betts and Gehrig among top run scorers and Simmons and O Doherty in hitting categories. Pitchers feature Allen and Gomez of the Yankees and Warneke of the Cubs with notable ERAs and win totals.
The body of William Bentz age 57 from Bucyrus and his son Russell 20 were victims of a boat overturn in Sandusky Bay. William’s body was recovered along the shore near Bay View, while Russell’s body was found on Tuesday.
França Ouimet of Brookline Mass defending champion shot a medal score of 30 five under par for the outward nine holes in the first round of the U S Amateur Championship at Baltimore. He birdied five straight holes to break the previous nine hole record of 31 held by Bobby Jones.
Blood stains were found on a mattress seized by police at the Plymouth summer home of Charles E. Du Bois. City chemist George E. Holling said hair samples from Plymouth Harbor would be compared with strands from the missing woman to help identify the source.
Funeral services for Powel Crosley Jr the 83 year old Cincinnati attorney will be held here Thursday at 2 30 p m Crosley the father of Powel Crosley Jr president of the Crosley Radio Corporation owners of Station WLW died Tuesday.
Several non union coal miners were severely beaten when they tried to run a gauntlet of hundreds of pickets surrounding the Knoxville Mining Company's cooperative mine east of Knoxville Illinois. Deputies and state police were ordered to the trouble zone.
Shallow gas wells were struck near Tiffin by the Tiffin Industrial Gas Company and the Sandusky Gas Company. The Tiffin Company brought a 40,000 cubic foot well on the Snyder farm and the Sandusky Company a 35,000 cubic foot well on the Martin farm.
Jay Calvin Houston American consul at Shanghai died in the city today from Brights disease He was born in Knox Indiana He was recently complimented by Secretary of State Stimson for a survey on Communism in China
Pomeroy September 4. Work resumed today in limited proportions at Syracuse Mining Company Mines 76 and 5 after a sympathy strike with Hocking Valley miners. Workers returned to the wage level that was in effect when the strike began.
A compressed 1918 era notice lists nearby markets and suppliers for fresh poultry and eggs. It mentions live chickens and roosters for sale with pricing hints and packing details in a terse advertisement style from BALTIMORE PRODUCE.
Market list shows colored hens at 18 cents, leghorns and other poultry types priced per dozen or pound. Regional notes cover Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky with current receipts and fresh killed hens listed at varying rates.
The fragmentary OCR describes various market receipts and item counts but contains many garbled words and unclear figures. No coherent event, date, or entities are readable enough to identify a specific person, place, organization, or outcome.
Local market notes show butterfat at 14 14 cents and figs priced at 21 cents per pound with other items like ungraded produce around 296 in the latest listing. No further context or dates provided.
Hutter Market unsettled while extras and standards show mixed prices. Poultry steady with varied rates for colored fowls leghorn fowls and broilers. ducks and geese priced per dozen or per pair. Potatoes in Ohio fetch 9 061.08 per 100 pounds sack, Ohio and New York seed per barrel.
Hog receipts show 1 000 head with prices across weight classes from 160 to 260 pounds, cattle receipts total 40 head with grass steer quotes, calves 100 head with strong vealer demand, and sheep receipts 300 with steady to weak market. Strong vealers priced around six dollars and higher, lighter lambs around four dollars.
Prices across cattle calves hogs and lambs moved unevenly with heifers and sows showing mixed gains and declines. Stronger demand for good yearlings and grassy cows contrasted with weaker lambs and lighter weights.
A Toledo market listing shows track prices for wheat No 1 red to premium 50 51 cents per bushel and No 2 yellow corn 28 to 29 cents. Oats No 2 white and No 9 white quoted around 16 to 17 cents. Butter at 98 and hay at 800 per cwt also noted.
Moderate domestic wool sales in Boston show medium grades steady to slightly higher. Prices for S60 and 48s, Ohle and similar wools quote around 22 to 24 cents grease. higher scoured values reach exceptional levels with some lots bid up to 46 cents. Strong demand noted for strictly combing 488 and 50s territory wools with gains on rare lots.
The notice lists many Athens trains with departure times including No 3 at 9:58 PM and No 2 at 11:20 AM and No 4 at 6:34 PM daily except Sunday. Northbound No 7 from Athens at 6:90 PM and No 31 at 7:50 PM daily. Southbound No 30 arrives Athens 6:02 PM daily.
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