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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1942
Page
9
All advertisements must reach the office by 11 30 a m for proper classification. Ads for the Sunday edition will be accepted until 3 o clock Saturday afternoon.
Graham's Chapel reports strong church attendance with Sunday services and biweekly preaching. A Gaston home gathering hosted a shower for Mr and Mrs Richard Gaston with an old fashioned serenade. William Gaston, in service since 1941, was promoted to Corporal. Point Pleasant records two births Edna Clare Gandee and a rollins infant. The Boston wool market notes modest activity and prices on various wool categories.
A brief local item by Fred Harman mentions a 3x foot and a red headed youth, with scant context in the readable text. Further details are unavailable in the fragments provided.
New York stock market mostly held steady with a mix of tiny gains and losses for issues such as Senta Fe Air Reduction General Motors Chrysler Du Pont Pennsylvania Great Northern Woolworth U S Rubber and Westinghouse. Merchandising clues from the Dun & Bradstreet survey show weekly retail spending 4 to 7 percent below the year ago level while the federal reserve summary reports department store sales up about 5 percent for the week ending July 25 compared with 1941.
Toledo market notes show assorted grain and poultry prices with No 2 red wheat at 61 14, corn at 844, oats 50951, soybeans 1.6244, butter creamery 39 40% range, eggs and fowls steady with varied weights and classes, and carlot demand for live poultry and colored breeds. Listings include price ranges for eggs, butter, and multiple poultry categories.
Railway timetables list multiple trains by number and service with arrival and departure times. Public auctions in Barte Lett and Albany offer furniture and antiques with noted bidders and auctioneers. Athens Rural School seeks coal bids by August 5 1942 with weight and mine source requirements. Harold Goddard and Emma Mills Estate are named in the sale notices.
Pittsburgh Livestock reports hogs active and up to 14.45 for 278 to 200 lb. Hogs steady with top around 14.80 on 184 to 725 lb. cattle, calves and bulls mostly steady. Sheep strong to fully firm on springers at 14 and lambs around 14.45. ewes quoted lower.
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