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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1936
Page
10
An itemized listing presents categories for business services from cleaning to moving and painting, plus merchandise like jewelry and sports gear. It includes room rentals, real estate, livestock, and lodging options, plus meals and household goods across local providers.
Stocks fluctuated on the New York Exchange after three gains in a row. United States Steel preferred rose 1 percent to a new high on expected arrears payment, common stock up fractionally before easing. National Steel gained about 1 percent, Bethlehem Steel also rose about a half point.
New York stocks rallied and slipped across rails and utilities with Amoco unions and major names like Coca Cola General Electric and Westinghouse showing varied gains. Grain and produce prices moved in Cincinnati and Cleveland markets while government bonds and wool prices also featured in the day’s note. An East African dinosaur is described as a 30 foot long giraffe like animal with a neck ten feet long in the tail end of the report.
Hogs total 1400 with 1200 direct and standstill on sale bid. Indications 25 to 4 dollars and lower. Sows down to 8.75. Cattle 225 with 190 direct, good to choice steers 7.50 to 9.15. Calves 10 direct, lower to steady and weak. Sheep 55 with 5 direct, lambs 89 to 24, culls to 5. Yearlings 7 down. good sheep 4 to 4.50.
A Clark family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Clark near Athens honored Mrs Clark on her 56th birthday. Attendees included E Raymond and son Buddy Columbus Arthur Freeland family Fairmont W Va Ralston Clark Kenneth Mannington William Boyd Peach Ridge Allen Augustine and daughters Sugar Creek Phyllis Norma Russell Clark E B Clark and sons Glen Leslie Columbus Lenard Curtis Fairmont W Va Ogden Utah Mayor Herman W Peery offers to match unmarried individuals and grant a free building permit.
Community notices list the Webb reunion on Aug 30 at Rock House, Woods reunion on the first Sunday in September at State Farm Grove Carpenter, and Rupe reunion on the second Sunday in September at the same grove. Local hires include Emmett Nelson as Columbia School principal and Powell and Radekin as teacher and bus driver.
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