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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
9
A partial OCR shows livestock and goods listings with prices and weights for steers sheep and sows, plus scattered items like furniture and miles of road notes. Names and clear dates are largely unreadable, leaving a fragmented price and commodity snapshot.
Murray City records list residents traveling for work in Columbus and Cleveland, visiting relatives, and hosting guests. Names include Maraz Lantz Moody Mason Johnson Power Ferrell, McNamee Mudrie Hellyer Shelton Lanning Shaffer and others. A farm tire check reveals only 25 percent of tires on farm-owned trucks are in good condition.
The column warns of complications on Thursday with possible menacing moves by major organizations and secret diplomacy. It advises caution in sensitive dealings and urges focus on art, writing, and poetry while noting a tender birthday child may be vulnerable to exploitation.
Pattern No 8477 offers a squared neck jumper with pockets and a kick pleat skirt in sizes 11 through 19. Materials require about 2 3 8 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 13 plus 2 1 8 yards for a long sleeve blouse. Also mentions Fashion pattern catalog and an audio scale for dark rooms.
Crochet instruction notes a shoulder cape pattern by Mrs Anne Cabot, 17 inches deep, requires four 1-ounce skeins, offered through The Athens Messenger. Readers urged to send 10 cents, name, address, and 1 cent postage for pattern 5608 and to request the 32 page Needlework Album catalog for 15 cents.
A crossword style puzzle grid lists horizontal and vertical clues covering actors, war gods, roots for words, and abbreviations. Puzzles include names like Morindin and MNE TERS APEPIO ANE Mie M EN ISIP slash At hae along with numeric entries.
The listing presents a radio program grid with Eastern War Time notes. It lists acts and times including Jeri Sullivan Paul Savitt Orchestra Fred Waring and His Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Walter O Keefe and guest stars, with stations WABC NBC WBNS CBS WCOL LyY and others and show titles such as The Flying Bridegroom and Ramblings in Rhythm.
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