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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1939
Page
8
A dense OCR of classified type lists autos, trucks, parts, services, and farming supplies. It names categories from automotive sales to real estate and public sales, then provides price quotes for grain, butter, eggs, and live stock from Toledo to Chicago, with regional market fluctuations and buyer demand noted.
Motors, steel and aircraft shares fall with Chrysler trading 1 000 shares at 78 percent off 1 and U S Steel at 65 percent down 1 on 2 000 shares. United Aircraft slips to 36 on 1 200 shares. Utilities hold, copper limited losses while other majors like Bethlehem U S Steel and General Motors show retreats amid broad market pressure.
Gallipolis social notes recount Mrs J E Gills Mrs Ira Swisher Miss Elizabeth Shough and Miss Eulah Williams visiting Columbus to see Tobacco Road. Bertha McPeek returns home after nursing brother Joseph Sharp with a broken leg. Nelle Shaw shifts from Tennessee holidays to Buffalo New York. Raymond Delaney announces birth of a son at Patriot New Year's Day. Elizabeth Carnes visits brother at Ohio State University. Centenary Sewing Club hosts D C Priestley. Marge Moore returns to Columbus for Ohio State studies. Esther Ross returns from Cleveland and other Northern Ohio visits. Earl Northup and wife travel to Columbus to support Henry Fielder ill at University Hospital. Minnie Swisher visits. Belle and Helen Mills return from Toledo. American Legion Auxiliary meets at Legion Hall at 7. Nelsonville moves Dr Edward Murphy from 36 Clinton to 444 Chestnut for office and residence.
A town meeting at KP Hall Murray City Thursday Jan 12 at 730 pm will address the mine abandonment impact. Rev John Currens says Athens and Hocking County ministers and local citizens should attend as committee reports follow talks with County Commissioners Dr Carl Watson and John Owens and a Washington trip by Rev Lloyd Evans.
Tan Dotaloids lists secured liabilities and deposits under legal requirements. The fragment notes deposits secured by pledged assets and references liabilities, with incomplete figures and terms.
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