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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1945
Page
6
Advertises willingness to buy mineral rights while surface ownership remains with the seller. Respondents to post Office Box 484 Athens with offers or inquiries.
Commodore William A. Sullivan said Manila harbor wrecks exceed any other wartime port with over 300 ships sunk. He will direct the opening of the harbor to shipping as salvage operations begin.
Dexter notes visitors and travels citing Mr. and Mrs. H. C Smith and Cash Braley visiting Harold Smith in Athens. The Gillogly home in Albany hosts. Mr. and Mrs. W R Amos spend Sunday with the Kenneth Weaver family in Chauncey. Winnie Bolin of Star Hat travels to Columbus to visit her husband Wesley Bolen and daughter Catherine employed there. Wesley and Mrs Davis receive word their son Robert arrived overseas. Max Smith and family visit Richard Adkins, gravely ill, at his home. Gerald Minor of Charleston spends Tuesday with family in Dexter.
Local society notes list visits and travel among Mr and Mrs Charles Shultz Mr and Mrs Turn and family and other relatives plus furlough news for Pvt John Vasko Jr. separate sheriff sale notices announce auctions of Athens County real estate including Lot 781 Glouster and a long tract in Trimble with appraisals and terms stating cash in hand and dates in 1943.
The Columbia Grange held its regular meeting Friday with 33 members and five visitors. The first and second degrees were conferred, two membership applications read, and a communication from State Representative Turner discussed a land purchase and a potential new State Fair. A shower was announced for Mr and Mrs Frank Turner at the next meeting along with a jitney supper to benefit the Red Cross drive and planned refreshments for the next session.
In early New York trading stocks showed little change with several leaders posting modest gains. Notable price upticks include Oliver, Delaware and Hudson, United Aircraft, and Pepsi-Cola, while U S Steel, Western Union A, and Columbia Gas and Electric remained unchanged. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh produce markets list wide ranges for produce items, poultry, and livestock with fluctuating per-unit prices.
Time card entries list East and West bound train numbers and stations including Baltimore and Ohio routes. Notable details include express and local services with times around early morning and late evening, destinations such as Dallas Nap Natrona and Chesafare. The fragmentary OCR shows sporadic prices and service notes, with Sunday exceptions and differing daily schedules.
Livestock prices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh remain varied with hogs 2000 head strong and demand steady. Cattle show mixed results with steers and heifers priced around 14 to 15 per hundredweight and beef cows near 67, while sheep and lambs hold uneven gains and other prices remain mostly unchanged.
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