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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
12
A dense page listing categories for classifieds and public notices including automotive, business services, household goods, rooms for rent, and other service classifications. It enumerates sections like Automobiles for sale, Wanted to Buy, Building Materials, Printing, and Special Store Offers, reflecting a historic newspaper classifieds directory.
New York stocks opened moderately active but turned irregular with light trading. Losses were led by Texas and Pacific down 2 percent, U S Smelting and others slipping about 1 percent, while Inland Steel and Kennecott fell around 1 percent and Sears Roebuck about 1 percent.
The list details multiple rail and industrial stocks with varied percentages, including Am. Home Products, Gen. Elec, U.S. Steel, Bethlehem, and Westinghouse among others. Minor movers show fractional gains as trading activity appears uneven across sectors.
Grain and produce markets report mixed prices with wheat and corn varying by grade. Cincinnati and Columbus listings include eggs butter poultry and produce with receipts and market steadiness noted for several items.
Hogs receipts 1800 with 290 die and holdovers 155. prices 10.25 to 11.80 per cwt varying by weight. Cattle receipts 750, calves 300, generally steady though thin flesh and lighter demand. better yearlings 8.25 to 9. Calves 8.50 to 9.50, sheep steady to weak with lambs 9.75 to 10.25. sows 6.75 to 8.75.
In Indianapolis Sam Hawk 27 farm hand told Judge Frank P. Baker he would leave his nagging wife after receiving a nine months confinement at the state farm for chicken stealing. The report also notes other brief items including driving license revocations in Columbus on the anniversary of the financial responsibility law and OSU scholarships awarded to 32 top seniors with none going to Southeastern Ohio. Sales tax receipts in Ohio for the week totaled 1 049 508 and the year to date 33 957 923.
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