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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
10
Employment and financial classifieds listing job openings for female and male applicants, agents needed, and general employment opportunities. Also includes sections for business opportunities and money loans, mortgages, and instructional classes.
Syracuse Bible School held its commencement Friday at Asbury M E Church with Rev. Copley supervising. Assisting were Rev. and Mrs. Carmichael and daughter, Carl Weese, Donald Weese, Ann Weese, Virgil Hayes, Eleanor Karr, Vera Mae Williams, and Kathleen Duffy.
A brief item notes Blackbirds attempting a dunk in a Toledo game, with a humorous aside about the bird at Patey’s bird bath and a quip on the dunking skills. The fragment suggests a light sports squib and local humor.
A fresh buying movement pushed Chrysler to 112 percent, a high unseen since 1929, lifting the broader market. American Telephone climbed about two points, DuPont rose one, Douglas Aircraft up a point, Greyhound gained two, and Westinghouse advanced about one and a half. Steel shares, weak at open, recovered with Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube edging higher.
Grain prices in Toledo show Wheat No 2 red at 95 and 96 cents, Corn No 2 yellow around 67 cents, Oats No 2 white about 33 to 37 cents, and Rye No 2 near 68 cents. Track prices note 24 4 cents rate and monthly elevator transit billing values.
The market shows mixed results with industrials like Allied Chemical and Gen Electric among leaders and several autos and oils posting gains. Government bonds strong as Treasuries move with varied yields across 2s to 30s, while utilities and curbstocks show uneven activity.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Asbury M. E. Church plans an all day gathering with a pot luck dinner in the church parlor on Wednesday. The Star Class of Asbury M. E. Church will have a picnic at Barte's Park on Friday.
County Commissioners Arthur Beegie A B Bingham and Herb Riggs with Clerk Homer Hysell Auditor George Daniels and Surveyor Theodore Beegle left for Chicago as guests of a machinery company. Officials from Ohio counties join the tour.
Pasadena and Los Angeles County officials hail a safety win as 10,000,000 unemployed workers have joined the program. Since January 1, no child at crossings guarded by WPA workers has been injured, though salaries total $500,000 to date.
A Cincinnati market listing shows eggs steady with various firsts and seconds, butter stock prices for No 1 and No 2 grades, and detailed live poultry figures for fowls, leghorns, white rocks, Plymouth rocks, and broilers. It lists geese, ducks, and old ducks with multiple price points and grade distinctions as of the period.
Butter steady at 92 score extras and Standards 314 with 89 score 31 4. Eggs steady and receipts mixed including 20 current and 22 extra fresh. Poultry firm with heavy hens 20 22 and various broilers listed by type and price. Geese and ducks priced with fresh killed hens at 33. Hog dressed at 28.
Receipts show Eggs at 17 662 cases with fresh grade firsts 21 and current receipts 19 percent. Dirties 18 percent and extra firsts 21 percent. Butter market steady with receipts 12 811 tubs and various scores for special and standard items. Centralized scores 88 to 89 percent with multiple item scores noted.
Butter market steady with extras 344 and standards 34. Eggs market steady with firsts extra and current receipts 29. Live poultry market steady with heavy hens around 21, medium hens 21, hens No 2 15, leghorn hens 17, old roosters colored 14, old roosters leghorn 13, ducks springs small 15, ducks old 12.
Receipts hogs 2500 head with no directs or holdovers. Prices mainly steady to slightly higher with top 160 to 200 lb hogs at 11.20, 200–225 lb at 11.10, 225–250 lb at 11, 250–275 lb at 10.75, 275–300 lb at 10.50, and choice 325 lb butchers at 10.40. Sows 8.48 to 8.50 per cwt. prospects for clearance fair. Cattle receipts 600. calves 500. Steers steady to 759 with dragey market weak due to heavy supply. fat cows 4.50 to 5.50. cutters 2.50 to 4.25. bulls 4 to 9.50. Dealers steady to weak. heavy, plain cattle mostly 6.50 to 8.59.
Hogs trade 325 head including 125 direct with higher bids. Top and bulk hog price 11.50 for 160 to 230 pounds, 280 lb average 10.40. 100 to 140 lb around 10.25. Sows steady at 8.75. Cattle 50 head steady. steers 7.70 to 8.50, grassers 6.50 or lower, top bulls 6.25. Calves 100 head steady to stronger. welters near 9.00. Sheep 300 head slow. spring lambs market not yet established, few fleeces 11.50, earlier loads 11.85–11.90, and lambs around 5.00 down.
Total receipts 868 head across hogs cattle veal calves sheep and lambs. Hog entries include 70 175 to 220 pounds and heavies at 10 with lights 9 to 10.40. fat sows and stock shoats noted. cattle receipts 135 with steer prices 60 7 6.40 and dairy beef notes. veal calves tops 4.70 to 8.30 per hundredweight. sheep and lambs show fat sheep 3.80 and lamb tops 6.9 to 10.0 with weights and price ranges listed.
Dexter residents shared news of garden harvests and home moves. Don Morgan showed the first cucumber while rural carriers and neighbors swapped posts and homes near Rutland, Middleport, and West Virginia. Community events include an ice cream supper for song books and a Rebekah lunch after lodge night.
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