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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1947
Page
10
A scanned classified ad column outlines rates and rules for placing notices, deadlines, and payment. It covers lost items including a white heifer, a black coin purse and a request to contact Ruth Baker or W. D. Whaley, with instructions on blind addresses and verification. The notice mentions phone, box numbers, and time windows for same day and weekend insertions.
Salable hogs 1000 head open higher 25 cents with good and choice weights priced from 28.25 to 28.00 for 160–275 lb ranges. Sows steady, cattle limited and steady with steers 26.00–30.00, heifers 23.00, canners 10.00–15.00, top bulls 22.00, dealers scarce, lambs 24.00–25.00 and ewes near 9.00.
Cincinnati market notes dated December 31 list egg grades U 8s A large 61s A medium 56 U S B large 57 14, wholesale extras No 1 and 2 54 current receipts 50. Butter wholesale prices per pound prints 89, 1/4 pound 89, 44 pound prints 90 with butterfat premium 86. Other produce unchanged.
Hamden residents Mr. and Mrs Kor Dye and Mrs Ward of Colombo Ohio visited recently. Carl Davis of Kansas City Mo visited his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Henry Perry. Charles Turner a Witton teacher was seriously injured near Leland Webb s home when his car swerved to avoid a dog. He was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after treatment at the Webb home. Miss Margaret Calvin Amanda teacher is spending vacation here. Miss Katie Harkins Athens visited her aunt Miss Mae Harkins. They left for Dayton to visit Miss Harkins father Ray Harkins. Jack Eberts Signalman Ie New York has been visiting his parents. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Carl Frazee Dec 17. Minnie Gibson
The article notes haling and whalers growing risk as boats approach large mammals. It describes nonns and El shafted harpoons used to kill quarry and how factories locate carcasses by beacons or signals. Modern methods and prices around 1500 dollars drive whaling as big business.
A playful page of ten riddles with humorous questions and the author’s name Hester Alletson. Each clue invites quick wordplay and punny explanations for everyday objects and notions.
A New Year puzzles batch teases a compass theme with a cryptic instruction to start at south and pick every fifth letter, inviting solvers to choose their starting point and decipher the hidden message.
Readers rearrange letters to reveal four Baby New Year themes. Four lines form clues tied to a festive greeting and a crossword style puzzle.
A 13 year old reader Ginger Calvert of 127 Commerce Street West Point Mississippi sends her favorite recipe Spice Cake. The recipe lists brown sugar butter flour buttermilk soda cinnamon nutmeg cloves allspice vanilla with 7 minute icing and instructions to blend beat and bake.
A DIY table top football game uses paper balls and cardboard disks. Players sit at table ends and blow the ball toward the opponent’s goal. Scoring ends when a team hits 10 goals or completes four five minute quarters.
Crossword clues and a long note on homophones appear with a tale of a Queen's Arms rebus in Londonderry. The piece links a diamond puzzle to a historical inn window and explains a saying about crosses before and after marriage.
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