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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1941

Page

2

Vocational Defense Courses Attract Nelsonville Residents

About 75 Nelsonville citizens enroll in defense training courses sponsored by the City Board of Education. welders machinists armature winding foundry pattern making and moulding are offered at Nelsonville Foundry and Electric Company with classes six days a week 12 to 5. CCC enrolles will soon study auto mechanics and carpentry at Camp Nelson level.

Nelsonville National Defense Nelsonville City Nelsonville Electric Co Nelsonville Foundry K. D. Ermlich Ohio State Employment Service YMCA WPA Employment Service Emrich Camp Nelson CCC Federal Department of Education Departments of Education Board of Education Arnold City Board of Education H. E. Wilson William Brooks Shoe Co John FE. Johnson Sam Howe C. E. Hoskins U.M.W. of A R. S. Witter Supt

Milk Mixture For Stomach Ulcers Discovery Ad

A new medical discovery used by doctors treats stomach ulcers caused by excess acid and also eases gas pains indigestion and heartburn. Sufferers can obtain Lurin from a druggist and mix two teaspoonfuls in half a glass of milk. The product is sold with a satisfaction guarantee through Athens Pharmacy Gallaher and other drug stores.

Athens Pharmacy Gallaher

Steel Leads Slow Retreat in Market Shuffle

New York stocks fell as steel shares led the downturn after government action freezing steel prices. Bearish war dispatches and wage-boost policy spurred declines in U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet Crucible Chrysler General Motors United Aircraft Allied Chemical. Some gains appeared in Sears Reebok American Smelting and Phelps Dodge while bonds and commodities showed irregular movement.

U. S. Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet Crucible Steel Chrysler General Motors United Aircraft Allied Chemical Sears Reebook American Smelting Phelps Dodge

Mixed NY Stocks Rise and Fall Across Major Names

A volatile session shows gains for DuPont and Ford amid varied moves. Notable activity includes General Motors, United Airlines, Procter and Gamble, Sears, and Woolworth with mixed percentages, while unnamed rail and utility stocks display modest shifts.

Dorcas Brief Personal and Social Notes

U B Sunday School class Willing Workers and Helping Hands met at Curtiss and Bryan Bradford home. Visitors included Mrs Albert Painter of Portland and Ruth Ann Pritt of Dunbar W Va. May meeting to be at Laura Johnson's home. Families from Portsmouth Va and Akron visited local relatives. Various locals hosted and visited during the week with grandchildren presents and birthday party for Gail Bradford.

Dorcas U. B Curtiss Bryan Bradford Albert Painter Portland Ruth Ann Pritt Dunbar W. Va Laura Johnson Otis Knopp Charles Hoback Kenneth Theiss Portsmouth Gene Kermit Fred Wolfe Eagle Ridge Bert McDole Jack Woods Oak Hill Milton Efaw New Marshfield Russell Radcliff New Brighton Ward Foster Shirley Beegle Racine Lizzie Richards Athens Otto Bradford Gail Edith Wolfe Eileen Shields Letart Robert McKelvey Apple Grove Charley Beegle June Beegle Louise Bradford Grover Salser Lon Gibbs

Hairpin Inventor: Sol A. Goldberg Patented Crimped Pins

The article credits Sol A. Goldberg of Chicago with inventing the crimped hairpin and the bobbie pin now in use, though the original inventor remains unknown.

Sol A. Goldberg Chicago

Cincinnati Livestock Market Report

Hogs 3,200 with bids sharply lower as talks of 25 off or 8.55 down. cattle 250, calves 300. cows active, steers and heifers dull. Notable: 626 lb steers at outside, 590 lb at 10.25, cutter cows 607.25, bulls 798.25. weather steady to weak. Sheep 100 with little sales. yearly quotable steady.

Market Report Hog and Cattle Prices Steady Overall

Salable hogs 450 steady and unchanged. Salable cattle 50 active at steady to strong prices and unchanged. Salable calves 125 slow and 50 lower. Good to choice 10.50 to 11.50, medium 8 to 9. Salable sheep 150, choice lambs active and steady, other grades slow unchanged.

Grain and Produce Prices in Cincinnati Market

Grain and produce listing for Cincinnati with eggs priced by cases and lots. Poultry prices include colored, Ib varieties, roosters, Leghorn, Orpington, and Mediterranean springers across weights 1% to 4 pounds, with noted discounts and grading.

Pegs Steady Prices Paid Shippers 100 Case Lots

Furnished by the Cleveland Butter and Egg Board extras 57 lb and up candied light yolks clear 22 current receipts 65 lb and up 20 percent live poultry inactive colored fowls heavy 22 medium fowls 22 Leghorn fowls 18 19 rock broilers 3 lb and up 23 24 Leghorn broilers under 2 lb 20 21 old roosters 10 12 stags heavy 15 16 Leghorn 13 capons 30 32 fees firm and unchanged government graded eggs U 8 S extras large 26430 medium 24 U S Standards large 27 medium 24 poultry steady and unchanged

Cleveland Butter and Egg Board

Grain and dairy price updates with stray note on coal stove

The column lists butter receipts 898,154 and Feg receipts 41,212 with current receipts 21 and prices mostly unchanged. Toledo grain prices show Wheat No 2 red 92 93 and Corn No 2 yellow 71 72 with other grades at 68 68 2. A line states still suitable noting no revolutionary changes to coal burning stoves since early Franklin era.

Toledo Benjamin Franklin

Largest oil refinery in the Netherlands West Indies

The world's largest oil refinery sits in the Netherlands West Indies and runs a world record capacity of 285000 barrels a day.

Netherlands West Indies

Sportsmen To Give Dinner Tonight in Nelsonville

Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association invites members to a dinner at the Legion building Friday evening. Dues may be paid at the meeting. The session plans are complete with speakers from the State Conservation Department and several motion pictures to be shown.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association Legion Building State Conservation Department

Unpardonable Sin Topic At Nelsonville Revival

Rev. Mel Thomas Rothwell of Port Huron Michigan will lecture on The Unpardonable Sin at 7 30 p m in the Pilgrim Holiness church Chestnut and Harper streets Nelsonville The Bible Holiness Seminary male quartet Owosso Michigan will sing Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday morning Orville M Awe son of local pastors heads a quartet member

Nelsonville Mel Thomas Rothwell Port Huron Mich Pilgrim Holiness Church Chestnut Harper Streets Bible Holiness Seminary Owosso Orville M. Awe B. A. Awe Nelsonville Church Quartet

Twilight League Managers to Meet City Commission

Twilight League team managers will convene with the City Commission at City Hall Friday at 7 30 p m instead of Thursday as previously announced.

Nelsonville City Commission City Hall

Roosevelt's Shortest Inaugural Address Noted

The report states that President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a 50 word inaugural address, the shortest on record, highlighting its conciseness and historical significance.

Theodore Roosevelt

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