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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
12
A fragmented list shows offerings in business services including beauty parlors cleaning pressing hemstitching sewing heating roofing and insurance under Moving ticking painting papering printing professional services upholstery. The text also references educational services in a catalog style.
A dense stock list shows percentages for various sectors including rail lines, industrials, oils, steels, motors, and mines. Notable entries include Allied Chem, Am. Tobacco, Coca Cola, DuPont, General Electric, Westinghouse, Procter and Gamble, Am. Rolling Mills, Bethlehem, Goodyear, Timken, and U S Steel, with prices or percentages trailing each name. The column also lists stage changes and market leaders like Seagrams and Standard Brands.
New York stocks opened higher with metals and oil shares leading gains. American Smelting rose 1 to 98.4, Phelps Dodge to 55 1 4, Cerro De Pasco up about 8 1 2, while Anaconda and Kennecott posted small gains. Utilities firmed and rails were mixed as steel issues slipped slightly.
Hogs receipts total 2450 at Cincinnati with price highs for 180 to 250 lb at 10.35 and 300 to 350 lb near 9.75. Cattle and calves show slow demand with mix of steady to lower bids. steers scarce and cows around 7.50, calves around 11, and bulls scarce. Pittsburgh market lists 1600 hogs and 350 cattle with bids around 10.40 for 180-220 lb hogs and 11 to 11.50 for good calves, plus lambs at 11 to 15. The note ends with an unrelated observation on African natives.
Property listing two miles north of Nelsonville on Route 31 offers a garden, soft water, electricity and a three car garage. Contact William B. Evans at 546 W. Washington St., Nelsonville, or call phone 824 J. for details.
Toledo grain prices list Wheat No 1 red 144 145 No 2 red 143 144 Corn No 2 yellow 119 2 12014 No yellow 117 119 Cincinnati produce notes Eggs higher extra firsts 23 seconds 21 ungraded 22 goose No 1 40 No 2 25 ducks loose 21 Live poultry fowls colored 5 and over 17 14s 4 and over 17 3 and over 16 leg horn fowls 3 and over 16 roosters 12 broilers and fryers white rocks ply mouth rocks 1 and over 2614 2 and over 27 3 and over 27 broilers and fry ers colored breeds other than white rocks and barred rocks 1144 and over 2614 2 and over 2614 3 and over 261 broilers and fryers leghorn orpington and Mediterranean breeds 1s and over 25 2 and over 25
Market notes show steady butter eggs and poultry with varied prices. Heavy hens and leghorn broilers listed with multiple score and receipt figures. live poultry and eggs receipts cited. market terms include extra firsts and ratings across products. overall steady tones and numbers dense with specific scores and quantities.
The piece notes Norman Thomas polled 187,342 and Earl Browder 80,181 in November, contrasts with 1932 and 1920 results, and discusses the rise of farmer support for a potential Farmer Labor Party amid low farm incomes and widespread wage concerns. It cites 1929 1932 farm incomes, subsistence thresholds, and suggests social order strain under the New Deal.
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