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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1936
Page
10
This item lists classified ad categories including Employment opportunities for men and women, agents and financial services, livestock, merchandise, room and board, and real estate rentals and sales. It outlines sections such as Jobs Wanted, Business Opportunities, Loans, pets, farm listings, and property for rent or sale.
In New York on July 22, profit taking caused irregular trading after a strong start. Auto stocks topped the list with Chrysler reaching a new high for 1929 at 120 percent, then easing to 119 percent as support appeared. Steel shares faded after early gains while Westinghouse dropped a point. Utilities eased slightly and rails varied, with copper and silver moving modestly.
Market bulletins list grain futures, frozen produce and livestock prices for Toledo Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Cleveland. It includes wheat corn oats and produce prices, butter eggs poultry and the latest government bond quotes with regional variations.
Livestock receipts for Cincinnati show hogs 2,600 with top hogs at 11.35 for 160-225 lb, cattle and calves steady to higher on demand for slaughter stock, sheep strong to 50c higher with ewes and wethers up to 11, light weights quoted around 9.50 to 10.50. Pittsburgh market reports hogs 1,300 with 160-220 lb at 11.40 to 11.50, cattle steady with good steers at 8 to 8.50, calves up to 9 live, and sheep steady with lambs up to 10.25.
The notice lists daily and except Sunday train departures and arrivals for New York Central, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Baltimore and Ohio lines with times such as 11:32 a.m. and 6:44 p.m. It also notes Airtaxi service from sunrise to sunset with through airline tickets and connections to TWA and AA at main airports, plus Athens and North route times.
Ohio public sale of real estate in Athens County Lot 161 in Eva Moorehead Addition Trimble on Plumb Street to satisfy a debt. Appraised at 700 dollars, minimum bid two thirds of appraised value required. Auction to be held August 3, 1936 at 1 30 PM at the courthouse door. Sheriff Charles Stratton leads. attorney R W Finsterwald.
The Christian Church group met Monday at Miss Vivian Dowler’s High Street home. President Miss Lucile Verity led a brief session with a secretary’s report from Miss Helen Washburn. Refreshments were served to 21 members and teacher Mrs Neal Wyatt Kyle.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Central Ohio announce their first annual picnic in Columbus at Olentangy Park next Saturday. Attendees from Athens County expected. Spring field Post degree team to demonstrate ritual work and new recruits invited. Children activities include prizes beauty contests amateur entertainments races and swimming.
Lloyd Osman of Ironton will chair a meeting for all working people at Athens City Hall Thursday night at 8. The Direct Credit Association sponsors the event with another speaker. A Marietta meeting precedes a state Columbus session, with Athens Retail Clerks Association meeting at 8 tonight in the council chamber.
Mr and Mrs Roger W Logan and daughter Betty Jean return home Tuesday evening from a 10 day motor trip visiting Mr and Mrs Harold Wright of Mt Pleasant Michigan and Mr and Mrs Herbert Mason and Mr and Mrs Byron Moorehead of Erie Pennsylvania.
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