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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1936
Page
10
Classified snippets list categories such as Apartments and Flats Homes for Rent Farms and Land for Sale and Employment Wanted. The text shows numerous shorthand codes and headings indicating ad sections without full notices.
Early trading showed irregular prices with Standard Oil of California and New Jersey United States Steel up slightly while Chrysler United Corp Radio and Douglas slipped. The Steel magazine notes retrenchment in auto makers may have bottomed and steel demand could improve by month end as weather hindered construction and railroad orders keep mills steady. January ingot output likely down about 8 percent from December.
The treasury notes January 31 receipts of 25.6 million, expenditures of 32.0 million, and a net balance of 2.0 million. Year to date receipts total 2.13 billion with 4.25 billion in expenditures including 1.92 billion in emergency outlays, leaving a gap of 2.12 billion. Gold assets stand at 10.18 billion. A Michigan plan to keep a permanent record of traffic violations is announced.
The market reports Treasuries with various yields and maturities and notes rising prices. A broad summary shows substantial activity in domestic wools with few grades selling at higher grease and combing prices, including 64c and finer lines and Obie Delaine types.
Cincinnati hogs trading around 10.25 to 10.75 per cwt with steady packing. cattle and calves show mixed bids with steers around 9 to 11 dollars, cows and bulls steady to lower. Pittsburgh hogs near 10 to 11 dollars. cattle prices vary, steers quoted around 11 or higher, heifers lower, calves softer, sheep and lambs around 9 to 11 dollars.
Grain on track with no changes in wheat corn oats and hay values. No. 2 yellow corn traded around 61496, 607 61 while other grains remained unchanged.
The notice itemizes packing stock numbers including No 1 grade eggs with counts for firsts seconds and nearby poultry varieties such as White Rocks and Rocks broilers fryers and oversized categories. Butter tub lots are also referenced in the listing.
Price list shows butter and creamery items with 38 standards, eggs steady with firsts 23 current receipts. Live poultry includes hens 25 medium hens 25 No 2h horn hens 21 springers 20 broilers 26 ducks 22 turkeys 23 capons 28 geese 16, local dressed hens 31, leghorn 26. Potatoes listed with old 9072.25 and new at 2.25 per bushel, sweet potatoes shown as 1b7 ood.
The report shows heavy hens horn hens and light entries with numbers 16418 18420 and 13014 for various poultry weights. Duck and turkey categories appear with young and old toms noted alongside fresh dressed hen and eggs described as steady to firm.
Chicago buyers received butter at 93 score and 7 9469 units with 3535’s and extras noted. Centralized carrots showed renewed demand while fresh graded firsts and current receipts rose, aided by price adjustments and market totals in percentages.
A scrambled excerpt notes a Baltimore probe into suspicious pricing with scattered items and receipts. The text mentions current receipts, a southern area, and various goods prices though exact details are unclear. An English telephone line is referenced as a means of world communication.
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