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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1941
Page
8
A dense catalog page shows numerous classified items including business services, job wanteds, livestock ads, general merchandise, and real estate rentals. The readable headings list categories such as Moving Storage Repairing equipment, Female and Male Help Wanted, Business Chances, Educational Classes, Livestock for Sale, Farm Produce items, and Rooms for Rent.
A thin step higher in early trading followed by news of record January gains in several industries. Bell Telephone added 129000 stations in January, the system’s largest monthly increase. Bethlehem Steel reported a January output of 1,017,346 net tons, a monthly peak. Defense momentum is seen as a spring stimulus to industry with major firms such as American Car and Foundry, Anaconda, Goodyear and Westinghouse cited among rising shares.
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh reports list hogs mostly steady to lower with weights over 250 pounds bid down. cattle steady to easier with steers and heifers varied. Parkerburg and Parkersburg see mixed receipts and prices for hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, and veal. Boston wool markets soften though pulled wools firm.
Grain and produce data list butter tablet prices and creamery scores, eggs by case and grade, poultry weights and prices, butter receipts and central carrot and egg receipts with graded scores and jobbing prices. Government graded poultry remains unchanged as of reporting.
Butter prices hold steady with tubs and creamery extras at 32 to 35 percent standards. Eggs are steady with shippers paid on 100 case lots. live poultry prices listed for fowls, ducks, turkeys, and roosters. Toledo grain quotes show Wheat No 2 red at 86 to 87 cents. Corn No 2 yellow at 64 to 64 percent. Oats No 2 white at 38 14 to 40 cents.
Funeral services for Frank Friend were held at the Methodist Church. A golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. George Dearth is slated at Green Valley Grange Hall on Feb. 9 with open house. Local residents and visitors, including Miss Nelle Driscoll and Mrs. Georgia Walthall, are noted. injuries, illnesses, and recent travels are listed along with a new birth for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hutchison.
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