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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1932
Page
9
Community index listing deadlines and categories for advertisements including laundry painting upholstery help wanted livestock pets real estate merchandise room and board rentals and general goods with section numbers and entry prompts for readers to place ads and contact details for services and sales.
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The Georgia administration could ride farm relief with Mrs. Eugene Talmadge as first lady. A Telfair County farmer, she is a dairy expert who tends cows and hens, earning praise from planters for her knowledge. The January 1 governor's mansion role awaits.
Fisher Foods of Cleveland defended their national amateur baseball title by sweeping a doubleheader from the Grand Trunks of Detroit. The finals saw a 1 to 0 victory in the opener aided by a Detroit error, and a 10 to 4 win in the second game with Cleveland scoring in three and six innings amid Detroit mistakes.
Bazet Murad pitched both games for Athens Merchants securing a double win at Thurstor with 4-3 scores. He worked all 21 innings, allowing three hits in game one, eight in game two, and struck out 12 total while walking six.
Col. Ralph D. Cole of Findlay state commander of the American Legion delivered the principal address at Dover where ceremonies marked the laying of the cornerstone for the new WW post office building.
United States government issues led a broad advance in bonds and utilities. Public utility bonds and government issues held strong while communications stocks such as International Telephone and Postal Telegraph rose. Steel and rubber sectors fluctuated, but overall market breadth remained positive through the week.
United Press report notes Jimmy Foxx slugged his 54th homer of the season and added two singles in three trips, driving in one run. Babe Ruth went 0 for 3 while Lou Gehrig had two singles and Al Simmons collected four hits. Bill Terry added four singles in eight plate appearances with two runs.
Max Baer of California, ranked No. 2 by the NBA after a knockout of Ernie Schaaf, faces Tuffy Griffiths of Chicago in a 10 round fight at the Chicago Stadium tonight. Baer carries a 2 to 1 favorite edge over Griffiths, who has been inactive since an appendicitis operation and recently lost a close decision to Johnny Rieko.
Fragmentary figures refer to hogs cattle and sheep with prices and quantities. Mentions include hoges 200 and 1600 direct, calves 100, cattle 368, sheep 460, and nominal values with several price-like numbers such as 4.98 and 69.98. Overall unreadable due to OCR issues but indicates livestock market totals and nominal values.
Cattle receipts 190 with market medium to good. steers 64.04 to 47. lighter grades down to 4. Graeme Relphere listed at 9.50. beef cows 24 to 9.50. calves 3 with heef calers up to 7.40. Sheep receipts 800 with lambs steady. chores and buck lambs priced. overall market steady with limited declines.
Chillicothe Ohio reports totals for hogs and cattle at a regular Friday sale. Hogs comprise 1004 head with ranges for sow and pig classes and fat hog prices. cattle receipts include steers heifers fat cows bulls and veal calves with varied price levels. Livestock totals show market activity and price averages across multiple categories.
Fresh poultry and eggs listing shows quantities for live poultry including chickens leghorns roosters and standard packing prices. Items include fresh butter and creamery products with various 19 and 31 cent rates.
Market report lists price ranges for butter packing items including steady demand for extra grade and seconds. Notable figures show butterfat content and weighted pricing across graded and ungraded lines.
Fragmentary OCR shows potato sacks described with weights and prices and different grading terms. Mentions New York and Ontario suppliers and cobbler style product in partially graded form, but details are unclear.
Receipts show 10,017 eane cents with 92,0980 extra firete and current receipts at 19 20 percent. Buller Market shows receipts 7,408 tuba with 1 percent extra firete. Firsts, seconds, and standards are noted with various percentages and amounts.
Nearby regions including southern Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky show current receipts for poultry products. Prices list hens, springers, roosters, ducks and geese with cents per unit and varying quality terms. freshness indicated for billed fowl.
Wheat led the advance as shorts covered and buyers pressed prices higher. Corn and oats gained, with local selling trimming gains but most advances held. By close, wheat up about a half to three quarters cent, corn and oats modestly higher or steady.
Fragmentary OCR data shows numerous Treasury related figures and codes such as Bian 47 MLAB and Treasury entries with percentages and dates like March and June. The text lacks coherent context or complete items to identify a single event or record.
A quiet demand for wool during the past week halted the rise in prices which had been in progress since mid August. Concessions from asking prices were rare and mostly tied to actual sales. Selling prices were unchanged from last week with a moderate turnover of 89,009 and finer western grown wools. The undertone stayed generally firm despite limited current demand.
A list of commodity quotes including wheat No 4 red prices 50 and 61, No 1 red 51 and 82, corn No 2 yellow 204030, No 3 yellow 20 and 26, oats No 2 white 19 and No 8 white 18, barley No 2 339 and 034, clover cash 3.50 to 5.60, alstke cash 68.50 575, butter 25 cents, eggs 22 22 44 0, hay 80 per cwt.
Athens train schedule lists No 3 departs 11 38 a m No 9 departs 7 44 p m westbound No 2 departs 11 20 a m No 4 departs Athens 6 24 p m daily except Sunday Northbound No 37 leaves Athens 6 30 p m daily except Sunday No 31 leaves Athens 7 50 p m daily No 30 leaves Athens 11 00 daily except Sunday No 89 arrives Athens 7 40 p m Sunday and Westbound services include Eastbound No 300 Bi Me No 4 48 a m and No 2 stops for Washington.
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