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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1936
Page
10
A list of catalog-like categories for classified ads including merchandise like bicycles and office equipment, room and board, rooms for rent, apartments for rent, farms and land, real estate for sale or exchange, and special store sections with various codes and headings.
The annual grange picnic at the state farm grove Saturday drew about five hundred attendees in fine weather. Other local notes mention Lucille Foley’s engagement to Robert Willie, an ice cream social at Mt. Union Church, and visits from Chicago resident Mrs. Nancy Caster. Emmet Starkey sought treatment in Columbus at University Hospital. Eva Wood plans a Nebraska move to care for Mrs. Willie Mark, and Mr. and Mrs. Swearingin of Pomeroy visited the Rawlings family. BOSTON wool market shows light activity with steady to firmer prices. fine Ohio wool prices quoted. TIFFIN reports Gen Gibson Post headquarters vacant with only four members remaining.
Daily rail services show New York Central No 3 at 10 56 a m and No 9 at 1 36 p m with Chesapeake Ohio No 50 arriving and No 37 leaving daily except Sunday. Airtaxi operates from sunrise to sunset with through airline tickets and connections to T W A and AA at nearest main airports.
New York stocks eased from early firmness with motor shares leading the decline. Chrysler slipped to 117 1 8, General Motors down 1 1 2, Douglas Aircraft off 2, Youngstown Sheet and Tube reached a new high before easing, U S Steel and Bethlehem lower, American Telephone down a point, rails steady to easy.
A historical stock list shows varied Percents for industrials oils and metals with values such as Allied Chemical 22, Am. Can 125, Gen. Electric 66, U.S. Steel and Bethlehem iron among others, highlighting market shifts. Several major groups including Motors and Coppers show mixed activity, with several entries in the single digits or negatives reflecting volatility.
Hog receipts 2900 with 700 direct. top 11.40 per cwt for 180 250 lb pigs. Cattle receipts 750. calves 500. best steers 7.75 8.85. cows 4.25 5.25. Sheep receipts 2000. ewes and wethers mostly 10.50. prime loads quotable to 11. Bulls and vealers mixed. Prices also listed for packing sows, grain, and produce markets.
Lucille Good of Athens files for divorce from Ralph Good of Chicago in Common Pleas Court alleging neglect and lack of support for herself and their three year old son. Probate Court approves asset distributions and admits wills for several estates and appoints administratrices and executors, including Jolliette B. James and bank trustees. A quoted remark by Edouard Herriot accompanies a note on a temperature change from 39.5 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit and slight volume expansion of water.
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