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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
14
Fragmentary OCR item shows a wedding notice mentioning individuals and a ceremony setup with references to a club, reception, and date context. Details are unclear but indicates a formal union involving named parties and community venue.
A header lists all classified sections and deadlines for the Sunday edition. It enumerates categories such as Obituaries In Memoriam Announcements Lost Found Automobiles for Sale Real Estate Rooms for Rent Apartments for Rent and more with posted collection times.
The notice lists 70 WATT Westinghouse light plant for 30 dollars a 2 wheel trotter with steel bed and good tires for 15 dollars 800 Chick coal for brooders and other farm odds and ends including a 1933 Ford coupe and two milk cows. Contact Bend? Geel of Athens Ohio.
Radcliff brief notes the death of 44 year old Garrell B Perry of Marion with services at Wales Mill and interment in Mace Cemetery. He leaves wife Stella Woodruff, parents John G and Minnie Mace Perry, siblings Floyd Elizabeth Merle Dessie Mildred Leo and others. Also noted are deaths and illnesses including four year old Jimmy Joe Wells and relatives in Philadelphia and Columbus.
Columbus AP. Russell Lloyd executive secretary of the Ohio State Automobile Association urged neighborly cooperation to save car use. He advised using one automobile on alternating days or every two days, sharing rides to fill the car, and on other days riding with neighbors.
A week-old strike at the Selby Shoe Company plant in Portsmouth remains unresolved after a talk between plant officials and United Shoe Workers of America representatives failed to reach an agreement. The union demands a five percent general wage increase and ten percent boosts for lower wage workers.
Auction notices list sales for January 31 and February 2. Items include horses red steer Aberdeen Angus calves furniture tools jars harness and livestock plus household goods. Auctions led by O Harner John West H Lee Hawkins W Miller and Harold Goddard with locations on Margaret Creek Road State Route 56 and State Route 50 near Barlow.
Across and down clues include terms like tantalize raise up sea eagle and entangle plus abbreviations for House of Commons and Greek letters. The grid features 58 across clues and 56 down clues with various wordplay prompts and abbreviations.
A garbled OCR fragment lists American and other corporate names such as American Can, American Rolling Mills, Anaconda, DuPont, General Motors, Goodyear, Procter and Gamble, Sears, Timken, and steel firms. Numerical percentages resembling stock figures appear interspersed with the text.
Grain prices in Toledo report No 2 red wheat at about 1.27 a bushel and corn 84 cents. Liver poultry and eggs prices listed with various grades and shipments. A Pan American Conference airliner carrying Argentina's foreign minister Enrique Ruiz Guianazu crashed into the sea near Rio de Janeiro with all aboard saved.
Livestock prices show hogs steady with 160 to 225 lb tops at 12.20, cattle generally steady with common steers and heifers 8.50 to 11.25, beef cows 8.75, and vealers up to 14.50. Salable hogs 250 steady, cattle 50, calves 100, sheep 150, with sales data from Wednesday Jan 28 and latest Tulsa oil prices noted.
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