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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
10
The snippet shows a classified section including funeral services monuments personal ads societies and lodges lost and found automotive listings employment opportunities financial notices livestock merchandise room and board rentals and real estate. It reads as a catalog of ad sections rather than a news item.
A compact catalog of vehicles with prices includes 24 Chevrolet ton trucks at 95 to 150, 20 Chev Bedans at 150, 84 Ford V and Bedan at 476, 92 Chevrolet Coupe at 3256, 33 Chevrolet Master Coupe at 375, 29 Ford Pickup at 150, 93 Dodge De Luxe at 478, 99 Pontiac Sedan at 125, 34 Chev 1s ton short truck at 476, 90 Nash Sedan at 160, and other vintage models with varied condition notes.
New York trading starts firm with utilities and industrials rising. Gainers include Cerro De Pasco Consolidated Gas New York Central Public Service of New Jersey American Telephone Douglas and Western Union. Wall Street remains cheerful amid AAA confusion and SEC head Landis warning that volume may surge this year.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous company names and percentages in what appears to be a historical stock ledger. It mentions Anaconda, Goodyear, Procter and Gamble, U S Steel, Paramount Pictures, and others with varied percentage figures and references to industries such as chemicals, power, and manufacturing. The text is interspersed with garbled lines and partial figures, complicating clear interpretation.
Hogs numbers and bids show mixed activity with highs around 11 dollars for lighter hogs at Pittsburgh and 10.65 at Cincinnati. Cattle and calves feature steady to higher values with top steers near nine dollars, bulk vealers around 12 to 13, and fat cows in the five to six dollar range. Sheep and lambs hold steady with top lambs around 11 dollars and yearlings near 9 to 10 dollars.
Receipts for Jan 3 amount to 6 674 116 31 dollars while expenditures total 25 213 725 74 dollars. Met balance stands at 2 266 645 250 10 with customs at 1 491 288 64 for the month. For the fiscal year since July 1 receipts total 1 913 712 187 63 and expenditures 3 836 917 955 27, including 1 690 860 982 65 of emergency. Gross debt 30 559 804 117 44, down 1 178 534 50 from yesterday. Gold assets 10 129 063 330 01.
Democratic leaders converge on Washington to help President Roosevelt launch his re election bid at the Jackson Day dinner with cabinet members and major party officials gathered around him as he speaks.
Toledo market notes show grain prices for Wheat Corn and Oats with bids and deliveries on track. Also lists Cincinnati poultry prices by category and egg and butter values with dairy stock details and butterfat figures.
A fragmented photograph style market summary shows potato and cheese prices and poultry figures including hens ducks geese turkeys and dressed hogs with percentages and weights, indicating fluctuating values across different items and months.
A terse product record lists butter grades and percentages including scores around 93 with 344 percent extras and 39 percent for firsts and seconds. It references 90-91 and 86-87 ranges, centralized carrots at 32 percent, and details steady extracts with 24 extra firsts and 23 1/2 fresh. Current receipts show 22:4 and 19 percent standards and firs.
A fragment lists Baltimore market items with prices and quantities for puppy eggs, whites, Jag and butter. It records current receipts and pay details including 25426, 26728, and 2.298 with 1 137 tubs of eggs.
Market brief notes eggs remain steady with large white, extras and standards in cases 28 and 41. Potatoes show old price 1.25 per 92.354 sack and new price 2.50 per crate. Other items unchanged.
A feature on entertaining bridge club meals describes lunch time salad options such as tuna or crabmeat salad, chick mousse, and molded jellies. It notes soup and warm desserts, plus easy filled cakes for a fancy finish, with a detailed gelatin based salad recipe and a chocolate Bavarian dessert option.
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