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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1942
Page
8
Fragmented OCR shows tax and school fund entries with totals and expenditures. Also lists public notices, bonds, fines, and a miscellaneous classified ad block advertising furniture sale and a shipments space request. Readable items include a 3.2 million remittance note and Athens County ads.
Torch school pupils sell vegetable and flower seeds and church services are planned as Rev. Provance visits. Local notices record friends visiting, travel to Nelsonville and Parkersburg, marriages, moves, and family updates amid a mix of community happenings and Denmark wartime farming data.
A fragment lists train numbers and times for west bound service. No 4 Diplomat Daily at 1:30 a.m. No 44 Daily Except Sunday at 11:06 a.m. No 12 Daily at 12:41 p.m. No 2 National Limited at 9:38 p.m. West Bound.
A jumble of horizontal and vertical crossword clues appears with entries such as Gone by and Crushed. The puzzle lists various definitions including body parts, objects, and common terms, inviting solvers to fill the grid with matching words.
New York AP reports stocks show moderate gains in early trading as a Steel magazine survey notes a shift from peacetime production to armament materials. The Review says deliveries of major steel products are tightening and mills offer little hope of shipping sizable tonnage in lower priority brackets.
Hogs and cattle prices move with varied demand at Scioto Livestock Co sale. Hogs 3,275 head opened higher on lighter weights then steady, top at 12.20, sows 9.50 to 10.25. Cattle 800 and calves 250 mixed demand, steers 11.25, calves 15, beef cows 8.75 to 9.75, bulls 10.50. Sheep light with lambs at 12.50 to 13. Rye. Friday and Saturday sales tallied multiple weight classes and regions including Chillicothe prices and stock reports. Markets show undercurrents of steady demand with occasional upswings in lighter hogs and prime calves.
Grain and produce listing from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati markets with egg prices by grade and weight, poultry rates for various fowl, and government price quotes. Includes shippers payments and case lot values for eggs and live poultry across multiple firms and regions.
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