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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1939
Page
10
An OCR fragment lists classified ad categories from help wanted to real estate and public sale sections with numbers and labels. It suggests a historical newspaper page layout, enumerating job types, business opportunities, livestock, shop goods, rentals, and property sales without full item details.
Stocks and bonds opened steady in dull trading. Norfolk & Western fell 2 points to 203 while Johns-Manville rose 1 to 74. Bethlehem gained percent to 79 and minor advances appeared for Consolidated Edison Loew's Homestake Glenn Martin Standard of New Jersey and General Motors. Some small losses were recorded by International Nickel Boeing Delaware & Hudson J C Penney and North American Aviation.
A broad market update lists gains in industrials and steels, with notable mentions of Allied Chem, Electric, ARCo, Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse, Procter and Gamble, and Republic Steel. Several firms show fractional advances while others post modest moves, reflecting a mixed day for the trading floor.
Columbus reports State Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor says state law cannot prevent local Sunday closing rules from dampening New Year’s Eve revelry. Some cities plan to enforce strict closing hours despite the holiday. state permits liquor sales from midnight Sunday to 2:30 am Monday for night clubs, and to 1 am Monday for others.
Ethel S Williams of Athens Route 5 asks about fall hatched poults. She reports a hen hatched 16 poults on November 1 and another hen setting on 20 eggs that should hatch December 18. She also notes a hen laid 110 eggs before its first setting.
Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland granted a divorce to Juanita Jones age 18 of Glouster from Edwin Jones formerly of Hartleyville The suit was filed Oct 13 for Mrs Jones by her mother Mrs Ethel Withem also of Glouster Mrs Jones testified her husband married in Greenup Ky in 1938 was later sentenced in Morgan County to a federal liquor control law violation and is now an inmate at Chillicothe Reformatory The court restored Mrs Jones her maiden name Juanita Withem
In Pittsburgh market reports, eggs remain steady with various grade prices listed. Poultry prices show activity across hens, leghorn varieties, roosters, and broilers, with specific weights and percentages cited for promotions and categories.
Receipts list for eggs butter potatoes and related goods with prices and grades. Notes indicate unsettled markets for Fegs and potatoes from Ohio and Pennsylvania with varied scores and weights. Eggs show receipts of 3 181 cases with market easing and several grade distinctions.
The American Red Cross expands relief to war refugees in Europe with medical supplies clothing blankets and hospital units. It reports funding allocations for shipwrecked Americans and aid through ambassadors and ministers. The organization also boosts garment production and runs an Inquiry and Information Service with State Department cooperation.
Buyers showed steady to higher activity across cattle hogs and calves with large offerings. Cattle and calves remained fairly active with steers yearlings and heifers mostly steady to higher while cows and bulls held firm and hogs featured top prices near 5.90 for good and choice weights.
Market notes show hogs 175 to 220 pounds priced around 5.50 to 5.80 dollars per pound, cattle calves and veal ranges listed with tops near 11.45 and 11.30, and lambs at 8.40 to 7.90. A medieval aside notes libraries and churches using heavy chains to secure books on shelves to prevent theft.
Timetables show multiple trains including Diplomat Daily and National Limited with arrivals and departures from New York Central lines and CHESAPEAKE & OHIO services. Athens Airways links to Columbus Pittsburgh and Parkersburg Marietta with daylight charter flights available.
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