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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1931
Page
11
Classified ad section announces A Caldwell advertising service with a minimum charge and a 20 percent discount on three consecutive insertions.
Hand painted pictures for family from Hempen Art Studio Harold Ave and W Union St. Prices begin at 250. Also listings for flowers, cemetery wreaths, winter bouquets, and electric irons as gift options from Hammond's Music Store and Barton's Pharmacy in Pomeroy.
Nelsonville store Carroll’s Carpentry advertises a full line of toys including games blocks and doll beds with small down payments for layaway. Fresh candies and baby carts are promoted along with pocket knives and wooden blocks in a holiday sales push aimed at schools churches and families.
An OCR fragment lists gift items and offers from Athens area merchants including a year’s subscription offer, a Mesemeer gift with compliments, and several products. Mentions Pendergrass & Hon Chauncey, Campbell’s Store Chauncey, Pomeroy, Major Radios, and Union Grocery with prices and promotions for Rotary items cameras Kodak candy and other holiday gifts.
Athens Implement Co showcases MYERA AUTOMATIC electric water heaters priced at $105 with 350 gallon per hour capacity as a Christmas special. Also advertised are Coble's BLEDBS items at a low price and special TV values from Carpenter's Nelsonville Store.
Boston wool market report from the local U S Agriculture Department notes steady underlying tone despite weaker demand last week. Traders remain cautiously confident about domestic wool and avoid aggressive sales pushes as the season quiets, with sales volume at 2,102,100 pounds for the week versus 708,500 pounds the prior week.
The Ames Bern School District will receive sealed bids at the December 25, 1981 meeting for schoolhouse projects in McDougal Hiooper Sharpsburg and Westafide. Bids may be left with the clerk at the High School Building in Amenville Ohio. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The Boston Womeret report says trading in wool is slow. Bids near recent quotations appear on large lots of 43 and finer end 46s, 60s western wools, but offers were rejected. Small lots are closing at steady prices versus last week, with demand for 4s and finer wools high for shorter combing staples.
Wall Street sees December liquidation in bonds and equities as typical year end selling to harvest tax losses and bolster bank collateral. Chesapeake & Ohio seen as potential rally leader with strong coal traffic and earnings, while rail names like New York Central and Union Pacific are watched for gains amid improving railroad fundamentals.
Trading in stocks dwindled to a new low volume as the steady liquidation resumed on the New York stock exchange. United States Steel led declines with major issues retreating to fresh lows. railroad shares slipped while Pittsburgh districts and steel producers showed mixed moves.
The industry page lists varied performances with Rail and Industrial issues, Pacific and Commonwealth stocks marking modest gains while Armour, Gillette, and General Electric show notable activity. Roebuck and Paramount Publix appear with smaller moves amid broader market volatility.
The notice lists daily northbound and southbound departures from Athens for trains on the Chesapeake and Ohio system. It specifies No 9 at 11 20 am and No 4 at 6 34 pm to Athens with several northbound and southbound services and arrival times including No 33 at 7 45 am and No 30 at 11 02 am.
Table of live poultry prices lists chickens Leghorns and roosters with weights and codes. Includes turkeys and miscellaneous terms with unit figures and quantities.
A fragmentary report shows unsettled keg Parkes entries and unsettled butter-market items with reference to firsts and seconds. It cites specific lot codes such as 24G 980 and 30 920 with current receipts, plus extra tubs and case counts.
Fragmentary text reports on butter and creamery activity in Cincinnati with scattered prices and lot references. The readable portions lack coherent details, making precise identification of entities or events difficult.
The Cleveland produce market shows unsettled standards with weak to firm tones. Leghorn heavy broilers and turkeys vary while potatoes and russet prices are listed, including Maine Green Mt and Idaho russets per sack.
The fragment lists poultry figures with butter nearby product wording and mixed percentages for fresh firsts and extra items. It mentions roosters ducks geesps turkeys and old toms with assorted counts and prices, reflecting a market snapshot of birds and weights.
Hogs show range 7.50 to 8.60 with steady to higher bids. cattle receipts light, demand steady to good. lambs steady with mixed quality. Cincinnati reports active hog market, mostly steady with higher grades sought. cows and calves mixed, lambs slow but some better grades brisk.
Toledo market notes show grain losses and price quotes for Wheat No 2 Red and Yellow Corn values, Oats, Clover, and Dairy items. Prices listed include Wheat No 2 Red at 0.806564, Corn Yellow 0.344%, and Fancy Creamery and Eggs receipts with hay listings and timothy hay per cwt at 1.00.
A jumble of reports notes varied business activity across the United States. Items mention automotive material orders, state share commitments, bank and railroad developments, and corporate expansions in regions including New York, Chicago, Wilmington, and Arkansas.
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