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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
6
The notice outlines classified ad rules for cash payments, deadlines, and formats. It emphasizes multi line minimums for garden of thanks obituaries and political ads, last insertion policies, error responsibility, blind ads addressing, and reference handling procedures.
New York stock dealings showed small price variations as leaders stayed steady. Warner Brothers opened higher on light activity while American Telephone Anaconda Pennsylvania held, and General Motors Distillers Corp and Eastern Airlines opened slightly lower.
Readable list shows midday quotes for major equities. Names include General Electric Gen. Motors Procter and Gamble DuPont International Harvester U. S. Steel and Sears Roebuck among others, with varied price indicators and a general trading activity snapshot.
The bulletin lists government graded eggs by case and carton, with large AA prices at 60 cents and large A 58, plus extra large 60 in Pittsburgh and other grades. It includes butter fat scores, fowls and roosters pricing, and receipts totals such as butter 290,557 and Feghs receipts 7,124, with grade ranges for various products and current receipts.
Salable cattle and hogs listed with price ranges for steers heifers cows and bulls amid road conditions affecting receipts. Sheep and vealers also noted with prices. A Navy family note from Vic Hubbard serving with the Atlantic fleet writes to aunt Virginia Brown and mentions his brother Bill in the South Pacific.
War Today notes the German drive into Belgium creating a single bulging salient that traps American troops in a large sack. Eisenhower fights flanks with counter-attacks while Von Rundstedt aims toward Namur and Sedan. Bastogne isolation and a possible Paris push loom as Allied counter moves prepare.
Roy Howell of Pomeroy reported his automobile stolen Sunday evening. It was found next morning wrecked in the rear alley of the E A Reed home after hitting a fence and posts and becoming stuck in a snow drift. Sheriff Welker said fingerprints were recovered from the vehicle.
Daily and weekly rail timetables show East Bound West Bound and North South services. The schedule lists trains like Diplomat Daily National Limited and Natl Limited overflow with morning and late night departures and Sundays/ Mondays exceptions across lines including Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central.
Public auction to settle a state case in Athens County Court at the courthouse on January 2, 1945. The property at 446 W Union St Athens appraised at 600 dollars with two thirds minimum. sale cash only. Also notices of multiple heirs and land contracts in the Amariah Burchfield estate with parcels in Canaan Township and general warranty deed upon payment. deadlines January 20, 1945.
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