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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
12
Classified ad rates and reach noted with Daily circulation over 12 500 and Sunday circulation around 13 500, indicating strong weekly readership. Advertisers are advised to dial 0249 for placements and details on frequency and coverage.
A readable snippet showing various classified headings including loans mortgages wanted to borrow dancing instruction articles for sale building material office equipment fuel feed fertilizer good things to eat beer lunches household goods and related categories for listing entries. The fragment indicates an index of ad sections typical of a historical newspaper classifieds page.
A Cincinnati merchant reports continued demand for red flannel underwear in Columbus stores though supply is dwindling. Buyers offer to special order at $10 for red sets or $7 for iron gray. only six mills make grays, reds largely vanished from country shops. An elderly rheumatic customer has long held to the reds.
Public auction set for February 10 1936 at 1 30 PM at the Athens County Court House. The sale lists six tracts in Bern and Ames townships part of Ohio River Survey with specific boundaries and sizes. Auction requires cash. appraised value is 5480 with no sale below two thirds.
Stocks rose modestly led by New York Central Santa Fe General Motors and United States Steel while Case and Montgomery Ward slipped. Treasury liquor tax receipts hit 450 million in 1932 a record, and analysts see a surge in construction with strong awards last week and forecasts for higher industrial activity in February and March.
Hog offering 2700 head with 830 directs. prices mostly down a bit. Top hogs 160-200 lb at 10.50. 200-250 lb 10.25 to 10.40. 250-300 lb 9.75 to 10.14. lighter types 8.75 to 9.50. Cattle and calves steady. steers 7.25 to 7.75. slaughter heifers 6 to 7.50. common weights down to 5. fat cows 5 to 6. bulls 7.00. Sheep about 200 head steady. fat lambs 10.50 and up. common to medium 7 to 10.50. Slaughter quotas 3.50 to 4.50.
Hog sales 1 200 head including 1 000 directs, 210 lb load at 11 dollars, 250 lb quoted steady at 10.25 to 10.50, sows 9 dollars. Cattle 275 head including 178 directs, steers 8.50 to 11, heifers up, cows 4 75 to 5 6, bulls 7 down, calves 150 head strong to 1 50. Sheep 300 head lambs 25 to 35 cents lower, good to choice 10 25, yearlings 9 50 down, good sheep 5 to 7.
In Boston the wool market showed very moderate spot sales while prices rose. French combing wools 64s and finer in original bags sold mainly 86 to 88 cents scoured. Pine Ohio in grease moved at 26 to 35% cents. greasy fall Texes around 78 cents scoured.
Toledo grain and Cincinnati potatoes and other vegetables show varied prices with wheat around 4'2 and No 2 corn near 60. Prices at Pittsburgh for butter eggs cheese poultry reflect firmer trends with small lot discounts and range across 18 to 35 percent for different items.
Report details current receipts and nearby sales with weak prices. Mentions 420 tubs of Kid Butter eggs and a 2 percent closing offer, including 19 percent cases and various regional figures such as southern 23424 and 27028.
Columbus area officials seek removal of famed Twin Elms along the Scioto Trail between Circleville due to risks to motorists. Highway Director John reports the trees may be unsafe and could affect fuel sources. several crashes and bites are noted as concerns.
Readable rail timetable pieces note No 44 Daily No 12 Daily No 2 National Limited and No 4 Diplomat in a day schedule fragment. Details about routes times or destinations are not fully visible in the fragment.
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