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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
12
A dense catalog style page listing categories for sale and rental ads. Items include livestock dogs cats horses cattle sheep poultry and supplies farm produce fuel building materials equipment jewelry machinery plants and household goods. Real estate rentals houses apartments acreage vacation spots and investment properties are also advertised.
Butter and eggs show steady markets with varying receipts and grade details. Live poultry prices drift weak with multiple weights and breeds listed, while wool on Boston markets trends firm to rising with combing and graded fleece prices noted. Government bonds quotes in multiple series accompany the commodity briefs.
Columbus reports state officials will seek bids for 800000 fishing licenses for 1940. Conservation commissioner Don Waters says licenses include a clear celluloid button and another ID part, with a 0 cent price plus a 10 cent issuing charge.
New York stocks drifted with no clear trend in a quiet forenoon session as select issues moved up slightly. Airline shares were firm with American Airlines advancing to 34 and Eastern Air Lines hitting a 1939 peak. other groups barely changed while Chrysler eased from an initial gain. In livestock markets Cincinnati and Athens reports show hogs, cattle, and sheep trading with mixed results amid thin bids. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Ida May Van Meter of Waterloo Township Ohio named administratrix of George Van Meter estate with four month claims period.
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