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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
9
A brief notice promises recovery of lost items when found readers respond to the ad placed on this page. It outlines how to contact the advertiser and claim ownership, implying a straightforward handover upon verification.
Meigs County Fair opens with good attendance and forecasts a larger crowd tomorrow. Speed events start at 1 pm with 2:17 trot purse 200, 2:19 pace purse 175, 2:15 pace purse 200, mile run heats 50. Betting machines debut amid fair revival hopes.
A wedding dinner was hosted Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Hanning for Mr and Mrs Boyden Kennedy Emme Hanning following their marriage in Lancaster last Saturday. The Rev Miles E Hoon conducted Sunday afternoon services in New Marshfield during Rev G B Cortney’s absence. Local guests included Alvin Ward of Columbus and families from nearby towns. many attended weekend visits and a Muskigum River outing with hunting and fishing. A bankruptcy sale of Frank Guthrie’s personal property was announced by Trustee L H Blackwood for September 30 with items listed and cash terms.
New York trading showed unsettled activity as cotton and wheat weakness weighed on share prices. Rails and utilities led declines with majors like J. I. Case, Union Pacific, and New York Central trading lower, while oil stocks held losses amid a crude output drop.
Live poultry prices show young colored chickens at 22 cents and older heavy weights at 14 cents. Leghorns and white leghorns listed. ducks include white pekins at 12 cents and puddle duck at 1 cent. Market unsettled for eggs with various receipts and firsts, seconds, and extras. butter prices and packing stock noted with standard grades. Reus steady with mixed grading and nearby ungraded stock.
Butter market steadies as extras rise to 27 cents per pound on tubs while standards sit at 25 cents per pound. Fugs Market remains firm with extras at 24 cents, extra firsts 18 cents, and current receipts 17 cents.
The listing shows bean and cabbage prices in Ohio and Kentucky markets. It includes stringless beans at 40460¢ per basket, cabbage in 10 pound baskets, corn dozen prices, lettuce homegrown in 10 pound baskets at 35, tomatoes fielded in 20 pound baskets at 200, and other basket pricing. Prices vary by item and region with cents per basket or per unit details.
Near by tubs and dairy items list 2 score extras and prices per item. Mice standards show small price shifts. Poultry sections include colored hens leghorns springers and old roosters with weights and prices. Fresh killed hens and hog dressed prices noted along with turkeys toms and hens prices.
Negs receipts 5190 through 725 with active but unsettled trading and gains around 5 to 10 cents over yesterday. Cattle receipts 550 with calves 350. steers and heifers steady to strong with most beef cows around 2.25 to 2.75 per pound and heavy weights up to 6.50 for select butchers. Sheep receipts 1200 mostly steady. fat lambs 7.97 to 9.50, medium 5.04 to 6.46, cull weights down to 3. or less with aged ewes 1.2 adjusted by weight and finish.
Market notes show hog receipts active with mostly 25 cents higher. weights range 140 to over 260 pounds with price bands from around 3.40 to 5.75 per hundredweight. Vealers top near 88 dollars, cattle receipts steady, sheep receipts mixed with early sales around 7.40 per cwt and lighter weights down to 6.50.
Market update lists prices for wheat, corn, rye, oats, and clover seed with cash and futures figures. Includes butter eggs hay and miscellaneous livestock terms, reflecting a broad commodity trading bulletin.
Readable fragments show treasury 3 and treasury 4 bond prices and yields from 1947 listings. Notable entries include Treas 4 and Treas 3 quotes with numbers such as 62 110.14 and 43 March 101.10, indicating a snapshot of municipal or government securities trading.
The Extension Division offers 24 evening and Saturday classes on campus for the fall semester. First sessions run September 21 22 and 23. Enrollment is expected to match last year’s 224. options include residence credit auditor or listener status with regular faculty in charge.
Funeral services for William Morrison Poston 4 Vore Ridge will be held at New England Church Friday at 1 p.m. Burial is in New England cemetery. Survived by his mother wife two daughters Edna May 5 Jean Seida 3 six brothers Emmett Chester Athens Ft D Louis Nelsonville Elmer Cannanville KR D Charlies The Plains and Calvin Akpon.
Barl Hines aged 29 died when his motorcycle collided with a truck in Columbus on Tuesday, authorities said.
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