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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1937
Page
10
In city homes, lots, and farm properties, also all kinds of insurance. See J. E. Bailey, Sec’y., A. C. B. Realty, 1142 E. Washington.
Grain and produce listings from Toledo reveal varied prices for wheat corn oats and eggs. Poultry and live fowl rates span multiple breeds with changes due to market demand and supply, while butter prices show unsettled nearby tubs and differing grade scores.
Live poultry supplies show weakness for hens and certain leghorn lines while springers and colored varieties register modest gains. Broilers and ducks vary by size with turkeys showing stability among young hens and toms, miscellaneous No 2 lots noted.
Receipts and extras listed with numerous numbers and percentages across items such as fresh grad ed firsts cars storage checks refrigerator butter and centralized totals. The fragmented OCR reads like a mixed ledger of receipts counts tubs percentages and code-like figures without clear context or dates.
A catalog of U S and S government bonds shows bids and prices for various series. Notes include 3 percent bonds for 45-43 at 406.25 and 4s for 46-44 at 111.27 with other 2 and 3 percent issues and trailing figures such as 103.4 and 116.9 for different maturities.
Stocks opened unevenly with rails leading gains as southern pacific rose about 4 percent and Atchison 2 to 4 percent. New York Central advanced around 2 to 2.5 percent while Chesapeake & Ohio edged up fractionally. U S Steel fell about 0.5 percent and Chrysler and General Motors slipped. Ship builders rose on a new government contract with common stock up about 1 point and preferred up around 4 points. Utilities were quiet and other metals mixed.
The Cincinnati livestock totals show hogs and cattle prices by weight, with highs around 8.75 for good hogs and various steer and heifer prices in the 6 to 8 dollar range. Market headlines list numerous industrial stocks with mixed percentages, including Bio and DuPont, plus bonds and utilities.
Hogs 1400 head including 1100 direct steady to strong with 350 weigh-overs. light 220 lb hogs down to 8.90, heavier hogs 808.75. Sows 7.75 down. Cattle 250 head including 200 direct best steers Monday at 11, low cutter cows 3.75 to 4. Calves 350 including 200 direct steady to weak. good and choice dealers 12 to 1250, few selects 13.
The U S Agriculture Department says little business occurred with western grown wools with most sales to worsted manufacturers. Graded French combing fine territory wools sold 70 75 cents per pound scoured. Good French combing fine territory wools in original bags offered 68 73 cents, some sellers asking about 75. Twelve month Texas wools brought 70 73 cents, with smaller lots seen as low as 65 cents.
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