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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1930
Page
13
The page presents a categorized catalog of notices and ads including political announcements personal notices obituaries monuments and cemetery lots religious and social events societies and lodges stray found and automotive listings with sections for services employment financial and live stock. It outlines broad categories rather than full items.
Automobiles for sale in Palmer Hall offer a touring car recently overhauled with excellent running condition. Asking price fifty five dollars. Room 47 listed for viewing and purchase.
Local classified notes invite readers to list homes for rent or sale in The Messenger Real Estate section. Advertisers urge timely placement, with contact numbers Athens 0243 Nelsonville 824 and Logan 272 for ad-takers.
An old classified ad lists single barrel shotguns at 7 dollars each and a sale of boxes priced to one dollar per box. The fragment also mentions cable goods as part of the catalog.
The ordinance provides for preservation of the peace and orders penalties for quarrels, disturbance of streets or sidewalks, indecent or disorderly conduct, and obscene language. First offense fined 1 to 25 dollars, second or subsequent offenses 3 to 100 dollars. repeats previous ordinances. Effective from the earliest allowed date.
An ordinance enacted by Nelsonville City Council punishes vagrants and suspicious persons found within the city. It sets fines from 1 to 2500 dollars for first offenses and 5 to 100 dollars for later offenses and repeals inconsistent ordinances. The measure takes effect after the required legal period following approval on September 1980.
Notice to the Board of Education of Buchtel Village School District Athens County Ohio. General Election on November 4 1990 will consider a proposition to levy an additional mills for school purposes within the district above the maximum rate for five years. Clerk W H Coakley announces the board vote.
Behoads City Superintendent invites bids to transport crippled children to and from the Half Side School to their homes. Bids due by 2 PM Friday September 6. For details call phone Ch 9-23-24-25.
Sealed bids to lease oil and gas rights on 8.24 acres in Athens County Ohio city of Nelsonville are due noon October 80 1950. Bid must include 200 cash or certified check. bond of 7000 required. royalty 1/8 of produced oil gas or byproducts. lease may be void if no well started within 60 days and pursued diligently thereafter. Authors: J W Hickman and Sidney Cook mayor and director of public service.
Cincinnati report says 28 year old car Staat, a driver for a local grocery firm, was killed when his truck collided head on with a street car. Collision sent debris along the entire length of the street car.
Cincinnati report says B. L. Rahbeck, 37, foreman for Matthews Dairy, was arrested on a charge of stealing 119,748 eggs from the company.
The Deutscher Orden Harugari national convention opens in Cincinnati on September 24. The fraternal group limits membership to descendants of German emigrants to the United States and counts about 30,000 members.
Market notes list grain and flour prices in Toledo with No 3 white rye and prime lots, plus assize cash bids and futures for October December and March. Cincinnati shows butter and egg prices, dairy pack details, and wholesale quotes from major shippers and brands.
Market notes report weak prices for peas with mixed receipts including extra firsts and seconds. The entry lists various grades and figures, indicating unsettled demand and limited demand for certain lots.
Market notes show pears and poultry items with mixed pricing. Mentions include pears, turkeys, geese, ducks, hens, and fresh killed birds. References to scores, cases, and nearby suppliers, with hints of regional pricing and inventory.
The notice lists diverse farm products with prices including eggs firsts at 22 cents, medium leghorn fowls, heavy broilers at 299 and 22 cents, ducks at 20 cents, geese at 20 cents, and potatoes with Maine Cobblers at 2.50 per 196 pound sack and Idaho Russet at 3.95 per 100 pounds. It reflects a local market summary of produce and poultry with varied per unit costs.
Hog receipts 600 with market unsteady to lower as prices show declines. beef cattle receipts 34 with market steady to strong and medium good steers around 7.25 per cwt and cows near 7. Calves receipts 4 with vealers around 18 dollars. sheep receipts 00 with fat lambs steady and aged wethers around 4.36.
Hog prices marginally lower across the board with slow trading. 3 484 head, 984 direct, bulk around 16.66 per cwt for 200–240 lb sows scarce heavier weights. Cattle and calves mostly steady to slow with low cutters and vealers steady. cows around 4 to 4.65 per pound for common grades. Sheep and lambs moderately active with small gains for better lots, fat ewes around 2.50 to 64.50 per cwt.
The 13-year-old, likely the year's youngest collegian, Ignatius Griffin of Washington, has enrolled as a Georgetown freshman. He began school at six, finished grammar school in three years, and last year graduated from Brooklyn Preparatory School. He has also pursued tennis and skating in his spare time.
The morning session saw a dip then a rebound with readings 1 to 2 points above prior close. United States Steel and Vanadium led gains while United Aircraft American Can and Westinghouse Electric posted notable rises. Loew’s rose near 2 points on strong profit figures for the 40 weeks ended June 6.
While premier of Japan Reijiro Wakatsuki faced a political threat after allowing a photographer to capture him in a corner of the archery range wearing only a ceremonial kimono.
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