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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1940
Page
8
The Toledo market report lists prices for wheat, livestock, poultry, and grains with ranges for various grades and weights. entries include Nodena hard red and other wheat classes, hogs, cattle, turkeys, leghorn fowl, and miscellaneous farm goods, reflecting fluctuating values and stock conditions in a historical agricultural page.
In a volatile session traders digest Federal Reserve signals with gains in banks and industrials. Names like Westinghouse Kennecott United Air lines and Eastman Kodak appear in mixed activity as traders weigh production, prices, and currency shifts amid uncertain year 1999 era conditions.
At a bridge party Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Lehr Davies the engagement of their daughter Helen to Hobart F Batdorf of Columbus was announced for a future home wedding. The party featured yellow roses baby breath and soft yellow decor with corsages, bride type refreshments and a scroll of announcement at each setting.
Gallipolis reports funeral services this afternoon for Don lala, three months old son of Mrs Alice Exgieton. The baby was found dead in bed Monday and Coroner Foster attributed demise to natural causes. Arrests Vinton Man. Gallipolis sheriff's officers arrested Roger Evans of Vinton for disorderly conduct after an automobile wreck call. He was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate Millisor yesterday.
Mrs Clyde Ingels Jr hosted a bridge gathering at the Ingels lodge by Raccoon Creek near Northup with one table in play. Prizes went to Mrs Hare for high score, Miss Ida Fontana second, and Miss Kathryn Lutz house prize. A gift was given to Mrs Haskins who leaves for Columbus later this week. A refreshment course followed. Andrea Kiser, daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Kiser of Ashland Kentucky, former student nurse at a local hospital, married Dr Vincent L Rees of University Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan on Tuesday July 2 with Dr William P Lemon officiating. The couple were attended by Dr Ralph Christensen of Cleveland and Miss Helen Bassett of Ann Arbor. They will reside in Ann Arbor after a wedding trip through the West and visiting the bride’s parents in Smithfield Utah after Aug 2.
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