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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1942
Page
8
Navy blue wool coat in good condition size 20 or 38 offered at ten dollars from an original cost of twenty nine fifty. Call 26063 for details.
Furnished furnace heated business space 24 by 80 feet offers an excellent opportunity. For details contact Homer J. Russell at phone 200 M.
Sunday gatherings and visits thread through Sharpsburg as neighbors from Detroit Canton Amesville Mayles Mission and Elm Grove share meals calls and hospital check ins. Families including Robinette Hanson Keirns Mulford and Laurence appear with kin from Congo Athens and Canton in a busy social roundup.
Church services at Sand Run Monday evening conducted by Miss Riley of Nelsonville with topic Lanterns in Geth semane. Several local visits noted including Beal and Easterling families and friends from Akron and Hamley Run.
The hippo and the whale are noted for large mouths but they feed on small items. Hippos consume reeds and river grasses while whales hunt small crustaceans.
New York led by fractional gains with gains in U S Steel Union Carbide Chesapeake and Ohio General Electric Montgomery Ward and International Nickel while American Airlines Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines slipped about a point. Dun and Bradstreet noted retailers held public spending near last year's level but with lower physical turnover and a 15 percent price rise from late 1941. Federal Reserve data showed flat department store sales for the week ending May 9 with a 6 percent year over year dollar rise.
Hog prices near 160 to 180 pounds at 14.15 to 14.30 with top 14.30 for 180 to 275 pounds. Cattle and calves show steady to slightly higher bids, with steers around 12.50 to 13.50 and beef cows 8.25 to 9.50. Sheep are light but selling at 16 or higher for good to choice. Eggs report farm receipts and grade details across Central Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Brooks Folk Columbus spent Saturday night with her parents Mr and Mrs Dorsel Smith Wilbur Midkiff visited his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Orville Midkiff Nelsonville Mrs Midkiff is seriously ill Mr and Mrs George Hines Zanesville spent weekend with Mr and Mrs William Kellinger and Mrs Thomas Mr and Mrs Ernest Cullums spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Bob Leifheit Burlingham Mr and Mrs Frank Clark spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Bert Smith Silver Ridge Wilbur Eastman left Monday for the Army Mr and Mrs Bert Romine Gene and Kenneth Romine Mr and Mrs Ziba Midkiff Stacy Stockton Silas Taylor spent Tuesday evening with Mr and Mrs Porter Midkiff
The Get-together 4-H Club met at Dorothy Lehman’s home on a Wednesday evening. Officers and advisors plan to attend an Officers and Advisors Conference on Saturday. After a brief business session the club played games. The next meeting will be May 26 at Mrs. Leonard Lehman’s home. Members present included Dorothy Lehman Corinne Hardgrove Janice Mason Betty Kline Audrey Lehman Ruth Lehman Margaret Mother Mary Belle Evans Alice Evans Garnet Griner Mary Griner and Mrs Lehman.
National batting leaders include Murtaugh .341 for Philadelphia and Camilli 7 homers for Brooklyn. Legal notices show divorce petitions in Athens County Ohio and estate administrations for Gordon Gray and William Parker with probate actions and name-change petitions filed in 1942.
Prices for eggs butter and related items in Cleveland market quotes show unsettled eggs and butter with current receipts and weighted averages. The report lists cases and weights for white and brown eggs and various chicken products with standardized prices and totals across categories.
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