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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1936
Page
10
Scanner captures scattered headings from a historical page showing sections for livestock merchandise household goods machinery jewelry and apparel. Fragmentary entries mix livestock notes and ads for goods and services typical of era classified pages.
Brisk trading opened with prices steady to firm led by utilities and steel industry gains. The magazine Steel notes operations advanced despite slower shipments and outdoor construction, with scrap steel prices rising to 13.71 a ton and possible downward adjustments ahead.
Orley Vore returned home from a Columbus hospital with little improvement and plans to return soon. Social items note visits among Jacksonville residents, a Trimble gathering honoring moving neighbors, Mothers' Club meeting details, and a mention of a dry ice and carbide engine for model airplanes.
A market brief lists fees and prices including commission, with items such as Butter 314 tubs and eggs 761 cases. Nearby receipts and exchange-nearby rent receipts are noted, alongside sizes and quantities like large Whites and medium 33 1 2 34.
Market listings show hogs cattle and sheep with varied weights and prices across multiple lots and direct sales. Treasury figures for February show receipts 61.5 million and expenditures 262.8 million with a net balance near 1.9 million and a gross debt around 509 million amid a substantial emergency spending total.
Do you remember the old Athens streets lit by oil lamps and the D H Bitdie residence site, Crippen home, and the tannery. The second floor of the old Building housed a copal Church with pastors Rev Lee and Rex Barbour and a singing school run by W A Thomas. William Blackburn contributed memories and invites further recollections.
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