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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1939
Page
8
The fragment lists newspaper sections for a classifieds page including auctions, personal notices, memorials, automotives, business services, employment, educational classes, livestock, bargains, real estate rentals and sales, public sales, and various categorized subsections. It sets the structure for legal notices and local ads in a historic style.
New York stocks opened strong with utilities at year highs after Commonwealth & Southern arranged sale of Tennessee Electric Power to Tennessee Valley Authority. Preferred shares jumped, steel, motor and aviation issues posted gains while overall market held firm despite late hour softness.
A snapshot of early United States stock activity shows mixed performance across sectors. Major industrials include Allied Chemical, American Power, General Electric, Alcoa, and Procter and Gamble with varied price movements in trading.
Wheat prices Nos 1 and 2 red at 72 73 and 71 72. Corn No 2 yellow 49 49 1 2 percent, oats Nos 2 white 31 34 32, eggs steady receipts 1614. Butter and poultry prices advance in Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago markets with hogs and cattle varying by weight and region.
Butter steady and eggs unsettled with current receipts noted. Live poultry prices show firm hens heavy 5 and up at 19 20 and leghorn heavy 15 16 with other lines around 13 14.
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