Little Errand Boy Buying Sedan Chev Part
A local reader reports a child wants to buy a dog and convertibles priced at a Chevrolet four sedan style. The brief notes a Sunday opening change and mentions a leader in the column.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1940
Page
8
A local reader reports a child wants to buy a dog and convertibles priced at a Chevrolet four sedan style. The brief notes a Sunday opening change and mentions a leader in the column.
Fragmentary OCR about Athens fertilizer, farm store activity, river or site mentions, and a co operative depot. Key legible items reference Athens area entities, a farm baron or dealer, and a court or sale context. Details are unclear but imply local agricultural commerce and a public notice.
Grain prices listed for wheat and corn with various grades and weights. Livestock sections show cattle, cows, bulls, heifers, ewes, and hogs with prices and weight ranges across Toledo Pittsburgh Cincinnati Pleasant markets. Market names and some price figures appear with inconsistent OCR but indicate general trends in livestock and grain values.
An OCR fragment reports stock and financial figures from 1940, noting the American Valve isolating net earnings and comparisons to prior totals. The text references the implement company shares and investor principal actions, but details are garbled and incomplete.
Unclear stock notes show varied movement with names like Ford and Packard among others. The fragmentary data references Transamerica, American Car and Pepper? industries, and a range of firms without clear outcomes or dates.
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