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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1939

Page

8

Stocks Rise as Steel and Automobiles Lead Market

New York stocks edged higher with steel and automobile shares advancing. Chrysler rose about 9 percent early, General Motors up around 1 percent, and Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel each modestly higher. Other names including Du Pont, International Harvester, and United Aircraft posted gains amid a broad market advance.

NEW York Chryslers General Motors Bethlehem 0. S. Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Anaconda Briggs Electric Autolite Crane Johns Manville U. S. Rubber International Harvester du Pont

Toledo and Chicago markets pulse through mixed farm prices

Livestock and grain prices shown for Toledo and Chicago areas with wheat No. 1 red at 80 81 cents, corn No. 3 yellow 48 percent 80, oats No. 2 white 34 35, butter and eggs steady or unsettled, poultry varied by type, and regional cattle hog and veal values across Cincinnati Gallipolis and Parkersburg markets with top hogs around 7.15 dollars and cattle near eight dollars per hundredweight.

Toledo Cincinnati

Merchants Donate $200 for City Fire Equipment

Nelsonville merchants voted in the Legion Building to give $200 toward the city fire truck equipment. The group also decided to forgo saving sales tax stamps for any organization, following state practice.

Nelsonville Legion

Miss Freer Leaves Hospital After Fractured Leg Recovery

Miss Jean Freer was discharged Saturday from Grant Hospital in Columbus to her home in Nelsonville. She had been treated for a fractured leg and other complications and is now recovering satisfactorily.

Nelsonville Jean Freer Grant Hospital Columbus

Benefit Party Sponsored by Pocahontas Hall

Degree of Pocahontas backs a weekly benefit party at Pocahontas Hall on Wednesday evening at 7 30. The event supports local needy causes and invites all residents to attend.

Wheaton Nelsonville Degree of Pocahontas Pocahontas Hall

Nelsonville Sportsmen to meet May 3 at Legion building

The Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association calls a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 p m in the American Legion building with District Ranger R J Schaar as speaker. Secretary Earl Hilleary notes no policy to destroy red foxes and invites all fox hunters. Also reporting funeral attendance for L L Mosely.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association American Legion Earl Hilleary R. J. Schaar Forest Service Hilleary

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