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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1928
Page
11
A mixed page of classified notices offers employment leads and items for sale. Listings include live stock shipments, construction supplies, portable ovens, furniture, paint and roofing products, and various real estate and auto repair promotions.
Public auction of described Athens County real estate under partition order in two cases. Properties include leasehold in township land and university leasehold lands with appraisals and locations in Athens City near Temildisis. Sale set for Sept 29 1928 and Oct 6 1928 with cash in hand.
Market notes show futures and cash bids with Dec and New Dec prices. Prices quoted include cash near 1.48 to 1.49 per unit, hay at 1.35 per cwt, and new contracts around 18.25 to 18.75 with Oct and Dec listings.
Cattle receipts included calves numbering 225 with market strong demand. Beef steers and yearlings show varied values, with cows around 8.50 to 11.50 and vealers in the 16 to 19 range. Fat lambs quoted at 14.75 with bulk at 14.50, cull ewes 5 to 7, and heavy calves around 10. Market notes indicate steady wholesale activity and solid buyer interest across categories.
Market notes show carrot bids at 400 50c and Ohio Michigan lots around 1 601.75 with Elbert. potatoes priced at 3.75 per barrel. several items list per unit prices and weights, including 120 lb lots and 2.25 a unit.
Butter steady with receipts 6 610 and extra cream 46e. Special market 484X049 weak. receipts 16 014. Whites and fan varieties show prices around 32 to 59 cents. nearby browns at 33 to 50 cents.
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The notes indicate cattle receipts around 2,700 with 5,008 mar et deld lower and prices mixed. Steers and yearlings traded near 8.50 to 16.50 per head with cows around 7.75 to 11. Vealers and young stock ranged to 9.14, while bulk stock hovered around 10.50 to 11.50. Sheep and lambs remained steady with fat lambs near 14.25 and ewes around 40.6.
Washington officials denied Dr. John Roach Straton access to the city auditorium claiming his planned address would slander a candidate. Straton had accepted an invitation from James Vance publisher of a Ku Klux Klan paper to visit Washington this month. Colonel Harper, head of the auditorium board, refused to open the hall for the event.
Five hundred arrow signs for the Athens convention have arrived at the South East Ohio Motor Club for distribution along roads into Athens. The signs list the convention name date and place and will mark routes from Dayton Columbus Mt. Vernon and Zanesville. H N Burgett secretary of the local automobile club notes the setup.
Captain Richard Benton leads a series of Salvation Army events at the local site. An open air gathering at 1 p.m. followed by a Sunday program at Smundgy School at 4:30 p.m. A people’s meeting at 6 p.m. an open air at 7 p.m. and another Salvation Army session at 7:30 p.m. Mrs Benton assists as co‑leader for each program.
John F. Gleason was arraigned in police court this morning on intoxication charges and fined $50 plus costs. Due to repeat arrests a maximum fine was imposed and he was sentenced to Athens County Jail until the fine is paid.
Four youths who said they planned one safe job in Cleveland were intercepted by police. The suspects were taken into custody after officers received a tip and found weapons and a map of the intended target. No injuries were reported.
Mrs Thompson speaks at a Columbus event urging support for the GOP candidate Tigret. She emphasizes women’s civic duties and personal experience managing a household as proof of readiness to engage with political issues and government policies.
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