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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1936
Page
23
Classified page fragment shows sections for employment financial and real estate offerings with numerous category codes and placeholders. It lists help wanted housing and rental items alongside goods and services categories without readable article content.
Damages to wont milia caused by recent fines reduced the already greatly decreased call for wool in the Boston market. Some interests, however, were still apparent, but the particular type of wool requested were not available at prices within recently quoted ranges.
New York stock prices moved erratically early with a fast start then a lull. American Telephone National Distillers and A and Steel rose fractionally while Anaconda Chrysler Pennsylvania Westinghouse Howe Sound and Goodyear slipped slightly. The French franc opened off a fraction of a cent and sterling held at 4.96 dollars.
New York stock figures show mixed movement with American Can, American Car and Foundry, American Rolling Mills, Bethlehem Steel, and General Electric among notable names. The list includes varied percent changes and a wide range of industrials, utilities, and household brands reflecting uneven demand and earnings expectations.
Grain on track shows No. 2 red wheat 981 09 No. 3 red 965 98. Corn No. 3 yellow 58 59 No. 3 yellow 57 58. Oats No. 3 white 28 31 4 No. 3 white 24 30%. Grain in store transit billing attached notes wheat 4%5e above track, corn above, oats 14 above.
Butter firm at 350 per lb in tubs with 35 cents standard. Eggs steady with legs firm. Potatoes new at 2.35 per 50 pounds. six bushes. Live poultry firm with heavy hens at 24 cents per lb and leghorn broilers 24 cents. ducks 20 cents. capons 8 pounds and up at 28 cents. Sweet potatoes 1.25 per 60 pounds to a bushel. others unchanged.
Butter unchanged. Eggs cases included Extra firsts 18 percent seconds 17 nearby ungraded 118 goose eggs No 1 80 No 2 50 duck No 1 28 loose 24. Poultry leghorns orphingtons and Mediterranean springers 1 lb and over 28 1% and 2 lbs and over 25. Potatoes new stock Florida bushel crates Bliss Triumphs U 8 No 1 2.10 2.25 U & No 2 2 2.15.
Butter shows firm price around 92 with nearby tubs and 89 and 88 scores mentioned. Eggs and cheese listed with limited markets. poultry markets not available. Receipts noted for white extras and current items, with percentages and decimal-like figures.
The document lists butter categories with scores 92 and 90s and a 31 to 32 percent range, including extras and firsts plus standards for centralized carrots. Fegs shows 29 583 with steady prices unchanged as the market stabilizes.
Current receipts show unsettled prices with commission on nearby and southern lots. Whites in various sizes fetch bids around 18½ to 19½. exchange sales show none. Butter stock includes 1,218 tubs totaling 2,708 cases with large and medium Whites listed and bids around 19 to 19 1/2.
The report lists March receipts and expenditures, including $43,829,071.87 in receipts and $52,398,742.78 in expenditures, leaving a balance of $2,924,201,533.53. Fiscal year totals: receipts $2,999,866,732.04, expenditures $5,193,499,767.12, excess $2,193,633,035.14. Gross debt $31,428,192,406,382 with a slight day decline. gold assets $810,175,014,033.51. Also notes customs receipts and emergency spending.
Paris fashion notes showcase sporty jackets paired with printed cotton dresses and flannel jackets. Two tone linen ensembles in violet and plum offer simple sewing options. Pattern No 2658 fits sizes 12 to 20 with material estimates and mailing instructions from Athens Pattern Department, New York.
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