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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1931
Page
9
An OCR style listing shows broad classified categories: Automotives for sale, autos for hire, repair stations, insurance, moving and storage, painting, tailoring. employment, rooms for housekeeping, real estate to rent and for sale, business properties, farms, lots and houses for sale. The fragment outlines section numbers and headings rather than specific items.
New York trading shows railroad stocks advancing on the NYSE while industrials and utilities stall amid irregular activity. Volume runs about 2 million shares daily as West Virginia Jersey Central and Lackawanna push ahead. later metal and rubber groups show mixed results and a dividend payout reduces surplus.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. U.P. Price movements on the Curb market in the week ended showed mixed changes with gains outweighing losses. The investment trust group led by Goldman Sachs rose on strength in utilities and power issues. American Light and Traction climbed over 2 points, Associated Gas and Electric rose, while Electric Bond and Share sold off amid realizations. Cites Service held steady in a narrow range.
Bond prices climbed across the market last week as easing money conditions and strong investment demand lifted notes and bonds. Rail securities led the gains with notable activity in utilities and European issues, while oil and amusements also rose, and government issues remained active.
An investigation into Governor Henry Horton’s administration looms as he failed to organize the new state senate. Focus will be on deposits of state funds in banks that later failed, raising questions about financial stewardship.
Mrs. I. Harry Long a 24 year old Memphis society woman and Junior League leader has disappeared. Police found her abandoned auto near the Mississippi River with fur coat gloves and purse inside. Authorities suspect a possible kidnap plan while her father was the late C W Thompson Tennessee financier remains named.
Mrs Cora Mansfield mother of Beryl Hart the Flying Widow, fears for her daughter and Lt William B MacLaren after a seaplane trip from Bermuda to the Azores and Paris. Major Witten expresses concern as no word comes after a weary night awaiting news.
Furnished by Vercoe and Co. lists a wide range of industrials and utilities with percent changes and price points. Major names include Reading, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Coca Cola, General Electric, T and T, Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse, Goodyear, Firestone, and Chrysler with variances in value and notable holdings across rail, chemicals, and consumer goods sectors.
The story lists auto makers and manufacturing names amid a bustling regional economy. It reports Liberty Bond prices in New York at close and treasury figures, noting percent figures and bond ranks amid a wider industrial context.
Chicago wheat opened lower as heavy covering pushed prices from early lows amid favorable belt weather developments. Receipts were moderate and late steadiness in the wheat pit checked the decline. Oats followed corn downward with corn slightly lower and oats about a cent lower.
Market items list butter and poultry with no quotes. Potatoes from Ohio and Idaho show prices per 120 and 100 pound sacks. Prices range from 340 to 265 per sack and 2.20 to 2.25 per 100 pounds.
New York Jan 10 Exceeding Wall Street forecasts unfilled orders for United States Steel as of December 31 totaled 3 043 594 tons up 403 960 tons from November 30 The figure compared with 38 491 769 tons on October 31 and 4 417 193 tons on December 31 1929.
Toledo grain prices end day with No. 2 red corn at 84 to 85 cents and No. 2 yellow corn at 74 to 76 cents. The market shows mixed small gains across grains as traders await further trading signals.
Old and new price quotes for oats, rye, clover, and caned goods appear along with butter, eggs, poultry and assorted farm products. Listings show multiple grades, March and February prices, and quality descriptors across dairy and meat items.
Market notes show wholesale prices for butter and eggs with firsts and extras listed. Firsts around 24 cents, seconds 12 to 14, butter market steady with tubs and extras at about 27 cents, other tiers 22 to 24 cents.
Hogs receipts 1,200. prices steady to higher for weights 200-390 lbs at 7.50 to 8.95. 240 lb hogs noted at 7.90 to 8.14. Packing sows steady 4.75 to 6.50. Cattle receipts light. calves 25 with lower market. Sheep receipts light. Friday average varied with medium and heavy weight bids around 8.25 or higher.
Fragmentary stock market notes show mostly steady to lower bids for cattle and hogs in Cincinnati. Prices per hundredweight drifted with quotations around 299 to 230 and weaker figures near 206, while calf and hen listings appear nominal amid limited fattening activity.
In Chicago on January 10, 65 year old Preston My Nolan an author and authority on bank appraisals accidentally killed himself with a pistol from his firearms collection shown during dinner.
Jeffersonville reports Navy head football coach William A Ingram has signed to coach another college and will not return to Annapolis next fall, he announced.
Work for four more men announced for Columbus plant as Midland Furnace Company teams with the Success Heater Manufacturing Company of Des Moines Iowa to consolidate operations and expand output.
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