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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1940
Page
8
A historical classified page lists numerous sections for business chances opportunities loans mortgages education livestock bargains restaurant goods and services and miscellaneous items. It references categories such as farms supplies jewelry hardware radio equipment and wear and invites postings across the broad catalog of ads.
Market notes show hogs steady to higher with receipts of 400 and price ranges from 6 to 7.50 per cwt for various weights. cattle 75 salable figures steady. calves and sheep also steady. Parkersburg Saturday sale receipts total 310 with hogs up 50 cents and cattle strong to higher. Boston wool prices note dull activity and steadier mohair with forthcoming Bulletin quotations.
Bonds improved and commodities steady as traders pared gains ahead of New Year’s Day recess. Stocks listed include American Telephone and Telegraph, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Procter and Gamble, United Airlines, Woolworth, and Westinghouse Electric, with varied gains and losses across sectors.
Mr and Mrs Stanton Graham and son Cecil Ray returned Thursday to Wyandott Michigan after visiting with their parents E C Christy and Lizzie Stein metz Mrs Minnie Bean spent Christmas with her nephew Wilson Bean in Chillicothe Ross Brickles returned Wednesday after time with his son in Chicago Miss Jessie Simmons visited her brother in Sheltering Arms Hospital Dale Bean with the Signal Corps 137 Division at Camp Shelby Mississippi and grandfather Reverend Woodard visited Minnie Bean Mr and Mrs Ward Cunningham and daughter Ileen spent Christmas with her parents Garden Mrs Maxine Thompson of Columbus visiting with her sister Ward Cunningham Mr and Mrs Dana Bean and family and Carrie Turner of Maxsburg spent Christmas with their mother Lyndia Bean
ZANESVILLE Charles Dingy age 16, guest, was shot to death by McKinley Smith age 8 with a .22 rifle in the Smith home at Dillon Falls. Sheriff Ed Redman reports the boy did not know the gun was loaded.
Roanna Coffman 77 died unexpectedly at her daughter Mrs. Riley Pigott’s home Friday evening. She leaves the daughter and seven grandchildren, plus several siblings. Funeral services by Rev. Roy Bush at Mt. Olive Church. burial in Sand Hill Cemetery. Perry Curtis and Miss Sylvia Seals wed in Rockport West Va. Rev. W. D. Chambers presided. Mr. Elmer Schreiber and family of Wilson Pa and Mrs. Anna Hughes of Addison visited relatives here and Murrayville last week.
Toledo market shows Wheat No 2 red at 90 91 cents, Corn No 2 yellow 65466 639 645, Oats No 2 white 3944 40, butter receipts 661 688 with varied scores, eggs mixed with current receipts around 21 28 percent and steady prices, poultry markets mostly steady with ranges for heavy hens leghorn hens rock springers and other fowl. Cincinnati lists eggs prices for extra firsts and seconds, butter unsettled, egg prices to shippers, and live poultry firm with multiple weight classes and price bands.
Local notices recount marriages and Christmas visits including Miss Delores Nichols and Kenneth Wood wed in Marietta. Other items cover Marvin Thomas and Grace Sisson’s Kentucky marriage, Christmas gatherings with Jenkins and Russell families, and parishioners visiting relatives. Parole hearing notice for Harley Triplett noted.
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