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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1940
Page
8
The listing shows multiple newspaper sections and subsections for classifieds and notices including automobiles, real estate, business services, personal notices, memorials, and public auctions. It outlines various categories such as vehicles for sale, wanted items, job sections, and rental listings, typical of a historic local paper.
Used parts and auto glass offered by Mill Iron Wrecking Co. and Nelsonville brass iron and metal firm. Glass for any car installed while you wait at reasonable prices. Big furniture sale starts next Saturday at Palace Furniture, Nelsonville.
Grain and produce quotes show Wheat No 1 red 107 108 No 2 red 106 107 Corn No 2 yellow 58 140 58 No 3 yellow 57 42 58 4 Oats No 2 white 41 44 42 57 2 58 4 Oats No 3 white 39 41 2 Pittsburgh eggs steady with extras 2114 whites 20 current receipts 184 poultry firm prices steady Butterfat 27 25 creamery 31432 live poultry firm prices leghorn roosters 7 12 capons 8 20 broilers 17 18 Cleveland eggs market steady current receipts 18 live poultry dull Pittsburgh oil prices show varied crude quotes from Bradford to Michigan and Kentucky regions.
A state motor vehicles department survey found 18.5 percent of Connecticut's 503,618 registered cars in 1939 dated back to 1930 or earlier. The oldest examples include 1904 model Fords and a 1906 Locomobile, with many familiar makes from decades past such as Chandler Davis Flint Jordan Kissel-Car Marquette Moon Velie Westcott Windsor Haynes Jewett Metz Rambler Pope-Hartford Columbia Toledo Thomas and others.
Workmen demolishing an idle Philadelphia brewery uncovered a Civil War era theater once named Philadelphia Music Hall and later Concordia. Proscenium arch sections balcony and peanut gallery survived while clippings on the walls note stars John Drew and Maude Adams once graced the stage.
Helen M. Gray of Athens Ohio is appointed executrix of the Ella Rohrkasz estate. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months to avoid bar. Dated January 3 1940 Francis D White Probate Judge Athens County Ohio.
New York stocks ended with light dealings and uneven moves. Major issues showed small gains while several leaders slipped, including Bethlehem Steel 80 off, Public Service of New Jersey 41 off, Phillips Petroleum 40 off, Douglas Aircraft 80 off, American Smelting 50 off, United Aircraft 46 off, and Chesapeake & Ohio 41 off. others remained unchanged such as U.S. Steel, General Motors, Commonwealth Edison, Vanadium, Bendix, Standard Oil of New Jersey and Chrysler.
The report lists cattle and hog markets at Pittsburgh Livestock with prices for steers heifers cows and calves, plus receipts and bids in multiple areas including Point Pleasant Gallipolis and Bryan. It also notes New York stocks, industrials and several commodity and curb stock listings with varying gains and losses across multiple firms.
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