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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1938
Page
8
A compilation of vehicle related listings and service ads including autos for safe trucks auto accessories auto repair service stations and wanted help with male and female workers across various automotive trades. Also includes real estate rental notices and miscellaneous classified items.
New York stocks edged lower fractions in slow dealings with little pressure on the list. U S Steel and Bethlehem slipped about one point each after small opening losses, while copper shares fell moderately. Rubber, DuPont, Westinghouse and American Telephone moved lower. rails eased slightly and farm shares lagged under J I Case.
Livestock and grain prices at Toledo and Cincinnati. Wheat No 2 red 98 96 96. Corn No 2 yellow 57 44 58. Oats No 2 white 33 42 35. Cincinnati eggs steady lower firsts 16, butterfat No 1 26, No 2 24. Live poultry and geese mixed prices by category. ducks, capons, and roosters listed with varying rates.
A raw market snippet lists butter, eggs, and poultry prices with many figures. It shows nearby tubs 92 score with 30 percent standards and various percent extras. It also details heavy hens roosters ducks geese turkeys old toms and dressed hens with multiple price marks and weight-like codes.
Market reports indicate eggs steady with receipts of 11 832 cases and fresh graded firsts at 1642 cars and 16 percent for less than car. Dirties 14 percent checks 15 2 with current receipts 14. Butter market steady with 549 904 gross lbs and scores ranging from 28 to 92 with various grades including extras 92 score 29 percent and centralized 88 2844.
Market list details eggs and live poultry prices by grade and weight. Entries include extra firsts and current receipts for eggs, various hen, leghorn, brok ers, duck and turkey categories with weights and prices such as capons heavy 8 lbs 29 and turkeys young 24.
Latest crude oil prices paid by purchasing agencies show Bradford and Allegany district Tide water Pipe Lines at 2 dollars, Southwest Penna pipe lines 1.85, Burken Pipe Line Co. 1.85, Buckeye Pipe Line Co. 1.81.70, Natl. Transit lines 2.20, Pennzoil 2.10 to 2.15 dollars.
The Monday forecast signals enterprise and initiative with drive to complete large projects and reach high goals. Support from powerful friends and organizations may aid these efforts, with a particularly enterprising year for those born on this day and cooperation from major industry and political groups.
Hogs 3600 head with 264 direct. Hogs uneven, up to 15c to 20c higher than weekend, top 9.45 for 160 to 225 lb. Cattle 1100 counted. calves 300. Steers, yearlings, and heifers mostly steady to strong. Good steers around 1030 to 1080 lb at 8.50, yearlings at 8.00, heifers 8.25, cows 5.50 to 6. Bulls 6 to 7. Dealers strong, top 11.50. Sheep 250 head, active and higher. Ewes and lambs 8.50 to 9.50 for natives, westerns long-haul at 8.50, heavy lambs discounted. Slaughter ewes 20.50 to 0.3? near 3.50 for lightweights.
Hogs steady to five cents higher with 170 to 210 lb at about 9.85 and heavies 8.9. Cattle steady to strong with good steers in load lots around 8.48 to 8.50, heifers about 7.50, bulls 6.78 down, cows 4.25 to 4.78, calves 12.50 to 13.00. Sheep and lambs up with good/choice at 8.50 to 9.00, throwouts 7.75, shorn lambs 7.60, sheep 5.25.
Hogs range 175 to 220 lbs with values $9.05 to $9.25 heavy $7.30 to $9.05, lights $8.15 to $8.75, sows $5.95 to $6.60, stags $6.20 to $6.80, boars $5.80 to $7.15, pigs $7.80, shoats $7.90 to 7 10. Cattle lists steers $6 47.55, heifers $4.40 to 7, fat cows $4.35 to 95.30, canners $2.61 to 4.05, bulls $5.90 to 6.75, milk cows $37 to 55.50. Veal calves tops $12, seconds $11 to 11.60, medium $9.40 to 10.85, common and heavies $6.30 to 9.15, calls $2.30 to 4 4 5. Sheep fat sheep $4.20 Lambs common $4 to 4 5 04.
Sales on Saturday February 26 list hogs at 8.80 to 9.20 per pound for 175 to 220 lb range, sows and stock hogs varied, cattle featured steers 5.10 to 7.00, heifers 4.80 to 7.20, fat cows 4.75 to 5.60, canners 2.60 to 4.20, bulls 4.30 to 6.25, milk cows 35 to 59.50, veal tops 12 with seconds and middling values, and sheep fat sheep 3.50 to 5.00.
Andrew Reese, living four miles from downtown, toured the city for the first time in 35 years. He noted many changes including tall buildings and new bay bridges, but complained he can no longer shoot squirrels in the parks and headed back to his shack.
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