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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1939
Page
8
A dense OCR snippet lists broad classified sections from a newspaper ad page including categories such as AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, HELP WANTED, LIVESTOCK FOR SALE, BUYING AND SELLING, FOR RENT REAL ESTATE, FOR SALE REAL ESTATE, and PUBLIC SALE. It shows timing notes and section numbers with no readable incidents or names.
A compiled listing shows Toledo grain prices for wheat corn and oats with various grades. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati produce quotes cover butter eggs and live poultry with market tones, receipts tallies, and price ranges. A rural note from Wayland, New York, reports Gerald Seeley finding a downed pheasant after a brick toss incident.
Hog prices fall 15 cents from last week with cuts on all weights. Cattle and calves show some firming in heavy steers while cows and bulls stay steady. Hogs holdovers slow with lighter weights at 8.15 to 8.25, sows down. calves and veal mix steady to firm. Sheep and lambs ease slightly with good and choice verses throwouts. Receipts listed for hogs cattle veal sheep and horses.
New York stocks started steady in active trading with large blocks moving key issues. New highs for the year appeared in New York Central and Curtiss-Wright while Radio Corporation and United Corp showed mixed early gains and declines.
A jittery market shows mixed results across rail and chemical stocks, with notable listings including Allied Chem Am Home Products Am Rad Coca Cola Col Gas and Commonwealth and San. Coca Cola up 131 percent while several others trade near unchanged.
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