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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1938
Page
6
Chicago butter and eggs market data indicate steady receipts and price levels with varied grades. Pittsburgh livestock reports show hogs mostly steady with mixed weight pricing and cattle values edging lower on grass steers while fat cows and bulls hold earlier levels. Additional notes cover Boston wool market mood and local curiosities from Conneaut and Pittsfield.
In Worcester Massachusetts Proctor R Currier was struck on the head by a flying horseshoe near a pitching court. He believes luck had little to do with the incident and the accident underscores the hazards of the game.
New York stocks eased fractions to just over one point as the market cooled after a steady rise since June. Steel fell to 58% and held, Bethlehem dipped to 58% with a fractional loss, while Chrysler and several other industrials ended down a point or more in a sluggish session.
A broad list of industrials utilities and miners shows varied gains and losses with notable names such as American Smelters Anaconda U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and General Electric among many advancing while others slide. The tape features percentages around steady to modest shifts with several issues highlighted at mixed trading levels and a late push in select curbstocks.
Grain prices list No. 1 red wheat 66 42 to 67c, No. 2 red 65 27 66c, corn No. 2 yellow 56 42 57c, No. 3 yellow 55 2 56c, oats No. 1 white 25 2 26c, No. 2 white 24 42 26c. Eggs steady with firsts 23c, seconds 18 4c. Butterfat No. 1 19c No. 2 17c, creamery 28 29c. Poultry prices vary by breed and class, fowls, roosters, broilers, and ducks listed with per-pound rates. geese and old stock shown at 8–10c for various grades.
Hog bids hold near last week with values around 9.00 to 10.00 and weights 160 to 225 lb. July cost per cwt 9.45 to 9.53 with weights about 222 to 215 lb. Cattle supplies mixed with calves dominant and grass steers weak to lower while good loads stay steady. Cows steady, cutters active, bulls steady after late drop. top steers and yearlings around 10.75 per cwt. heifers around 9.50 to 10.00. grain fed and shelling types show mixed prices from 3.25 to 7.00 per cwt. Dealers steady with a prior 50c decline in state markets.
Adele Garrison writes of a tense scene where a gunman fires at a balcony staging, prompting quick action from the narrator and companions. A search begins as troopers and guards cordon the house and the narrator retrieves a silencer-equipped pistol for a perilous rooftop pursuit.
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