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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1932
Page
15
The Edwin M Knowles China Company will start full time operations at its Newell West Virginia plant within 10 days, hiring 750 workers. Also notes room and garage for rent listings and a street address on Boott Street.
Wall Street ended mixed after a volatile week as broad market gains faded and a quieter, narrower range emerged. United Aircraft showed strength, Case, American Telephone, and Consolidated Gas rose while American Radiator and John Manville supported the building sector. Auburn, Chrysler, and General Motors drew attention in the auto group as utilities slightly led over American Telephone and Consolidated Gas.
Recovery in curb prices follows gains in commodity markets and favorable business news. Electric Bond and Share, American Clas and Electric, Aluminum Company of America, and Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea rose notably. A suit to enforce double liability for bank stock of Laura B. Armstrong's estate filed in federal court in Chillicothe.
Markets across stocks bonds and commodities edged higher in a brisk Saturday session led by steel and tobacco shares. Reports of continued wheat price gains and strong livestock receipts appeared in Cincinnati and Chillicothe market summaries with large cattle and hog runs and notable gains in Bethlehem and Liggett tobacco.
Vice President Charles Curtla tours Kentucky with Congressman Maurice H Thatcher amid a campaign swing in Louisville. In Cleveland preparations continue for the trial of Maurice Mauchke and five co defendants over an alleged embezzlement of 177273 from the Cuyahoga County treasury. In Steubenville search parties renew a hunt for a claimed escaped circus ape near Allikunna with several witnesses reporting a large primate in the woods.
In Marion on September 24 a plea of not guilty was entered for Joe Cafagno of Delaware County charged with bombing a building in town where his father in law Frank Viselo resided. Cafagno was denied release on a $1000 bond.
The bond market rose notably with United States Government issues leading gains and higher grades including industrials, utilities, and railroad bonds also advancing. Savings banks and institutions bought heavily, Liberty Loans and Treasury Certificates hitting new peaks while public utility bonds stayed in demand and several corporate issues posted solid increases.
A brisk session shows varied gains and losses across industrials and consumer staples. Notable quotes feature Am. Home Prods, Am. Sugar, General Motors, U S Steel, and Westinghouse with mixed performance amid fluctuating volume.
A fragmented Washington era market note lists produce and stock prices for Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Chicago. It cites live poultry counts, leghorn roosters, butterfat, and steady trends, with grain and fruit receipts and assorted market rates.
Readable figures show price columns for poultry and eggs across Pittsburgh area markets with percentages and cents. Items include ducks geese hens leghorns and springers with varying price marks and regional receipts across Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky.
Wheat futures rose on the Chicago board of trade with shorts covering and buying from commission houses. Corn and oats also advanced while some sellers trimmed early gains. At closing, wheat ¾ to 1 cent higher, corn up ½ to ¾ cent, oats up about ½ cent.
A compact list of fiscal notations and series references including dates March June and assorted Treasury designations with percentage marks and numeric codes. The fragment preserves labels like 3%a 2%e 3%a and year hints such as '47 '42 '56 '48 and '55, plus small totals and totals.
A quiet demand for wool last week halted the price rise that began in mid August. Some concessions to asking prices appeared but mainly from levels not tied to actual sales. Prices for cotton and staple wools held firm amid moderate turnover as buyers showed limited demand. Toledo grain prices show mixed moves with wheat, oats, barley, fats, and dairy items listed, including cash clover and alsike values along with butter and egg quotes.
Fragmentary OCR note lists numbers and place names like No 44 No 12 and East Al Pullman with unclear context and dates making a brief catalog-style entry.
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