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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1941
Page
8
Inquire now about Pure Oil new tire claimed safer in seven ways at the Pure Oil Station on N Court Street and E State. New auto radios and low prices at Roy's Auto Supply in Flat Tron Square. Used tires and batteries in stock with glass installation at Athens Junk.
Fragmentary OCR shows a jumble of company names and abbreviations from diverse sectors such as Loews Mont, Ward, National Biscuit, National Dairy, Paramount Pictures, Procter & Gamble, Sears, Pullman, Texaco, Union Carbide, Westinghouse, US Steel, Woolworth, Packard, Timken, Transamerica, and others. The text reads like a preliminary roster or index of corporations across regions with limited context or structure. It seems to reflect a catalog or stock-style listing rather than a narrative article.
The Ohio Supreme Court invalidated contracts under the Ohio Fair Trade Law that set 16 cent per pack prices for leading cigarette brands. The ruling, upholding a Lucas County appellate decision, called joint price agreements illegal and void as restraints of trade in a suit by Leo Rayess of Toledo against Lane Drug Co.
Hogs 1 500 holdovers 50 active weights 70 15 up sows 35 higher top 10 90 for 180 220 lb 220 240 10 80 240 260 and 160 180 lb 10 70 260 350 lb 10 50 10 60 100 160 lb 9 00 10 25 sows 9 00 50 Cattle 300 calves 275 active steady to strong good steers 8 00 10 75 1 100 lb outside smaller heifers 9 00 10 50 bulls 8 00 75 dealers slow good to choice 10 50 11 00 Sheep 1 000 slow undertone lower early sales about 11 00 12 50 for good to choice tracked in offerings held 12 00 and up
In Alexandria Louisiana a one day armistice brought rest to 42 500 soldiers from the Great Lakes states including the 37th Division. They held a 30 mile front west of Alexandria after Fifth Corps Blues pushed Reds back toward the Sabine River following a general attack yesterday.
Elyria shows Bender Body Co. idle as electric power and water were shut off due to unpaid bills. Paul Cooke of Cleveland, trustee, says 80 percent of orders were defense work and the shutdown affects 400 employees.
Mrs. Della Wilson, 39, mother of five, was shot dead by her estranged husband Lester Wilson, an auto factory worker, who fled in a car after the slaying. Wilson had recently filed for divorce.
Esther Wilson, 17, of Oak Hill, drowned yesterday while swimming in Lake Jackson. She is the lake’s first fatality since the new state lake opened.
Salable hogs 500, active and 20 cents higher. Salable cattle 50, steady. Steers good to choice 11.00 to 11.50, heifers 9.25 to 10.00, cows 7.75 to 8.50, bulls 8.25 to 9.25. Salable calves 250, steady 11.50 to 12.00. Salable sheep 150, steady. Choice lambs 12.50 to 13.00.
Sales data shows 501 cases of eggs sold. Various sizes and grades listed include Large Extras 6 and 34 percent, Medium Standards 30 to 29 percent, Peewees 18 percent, and Trades 27 percent. Prices and percentages accompany each category in a dense OCR table.
Small gains in aircraft and steel shares offset a broad downturn in the stock market. Transactions were slow near midday as traders awaited news on the Russo-German campaign. Electric power production fell from 145.2 to 143.8. furniture prices rose 7 to 8 percent. gasoline stocks dropped by 562000 barrels. refinery capacity rose to 89.8 percent. freight carloadings jumped 23000 to 886000, a season peak.
Grain and produce quotes show Wheat No 2 red at 1.01 to 1.02 dollars, Corn No 2 yellow 75, Oats No 2 white 37 to 38, Soybeans No 2 yellow 1.35 to 1.36. Hay, eggs, poultry, butter, and carrot prices listed with varied percentages and receipts noted. poultry weights and prices for fowls and leghorns detailed.
Prices paid to shippers in 100 case lots for eggs by the Cleveland Butter and Egg Board. Extras 57 pounds and up candled light yolks clear 27 percent. current receipts 55 pounds and up 26. Live poultry firm on fowls with colored heavy 22 medium 22. Leghorn 20. Government graded eggs in cases U S extras large white 34 44 U S standards large 30 U S extras and standards medium white 31 U S standards medium white 29.
The text recalls Seward to Alaska as a folly once doubted for value. It includes notices of appointment of Harry M. Tithe as Administrator for Martha Blakeway and Herbert Hartman as Executor for Caroline Hartman in Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months. Dated June 19 and June 13 1941 by Probate Judge Francis D White.
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