This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1939
Page
10
New York stocks closed modestly higher in a quiet session with gains led by American Telephone and Chrysler while General Motors rose. Oil issues and many utilities posted fractional advances. several industrials and steel shares reported uneven moves amid mixed bond activity and broad market caution.
Toledo lists Wheat and Corn prices with No 1 red and No 2 red values, Oats shades, and mixed decimals. Pittsburgh Market shows butter egg and poultry rates with scores, receipts, and standard eggs. Cincinnati notes steady eggs and live fowls pricing. Chicago reports butter and eggs market firmness with graded firsts and prices by score and carload.
Butter unsettled with 28 cent standard. Eggs unsettled with extra grade clean 16 4 cents extra firsts 19 cents current receipts 14 4 cents.
Cincinnati hogs 2800 mostly down 10 to 15 cents with sows steady. top hogs 160 to 250 pounds price ranges noted. Cattle slow with light steers and heifers around steady. top beef at 9.50, bulk 8.50 to 9.50. cows weak to steady. Pittsburgh hogs steady 150 to 240 pounds 7.15 to 7.25. sows 5.65. Cattle 50 mostly best steers 10.50. calves slow. Sheep 300 steady with lambs 99.9 to 99.50. spring lambs up to 12. Boston wool prices show resistance to further advances per U S Department.
About 125 Kiwanis members from Logan Zanesville Athens and Marietta met in Glouster for an inter city gathering. A Legion Auxiliary dinner was served at Glouster High School gym with guest speaker B G Newton and a program by Columbus detectives Hoff man and Phillips.
Glouster Methodist Church youth group celebrated the Epworth League's 50th founding anniversary with a Sunday service. The program featured vocal and violin solos, a history talk, personal reflections by members, chart displays, literature tables, a missionary offering, and an anniversary cake from Munden Bakery.
Hollister will graduate its largest class as 35 seniors receive diplomas at an 8 p m commencement in the auditorium. E N Dietrich State Director of Education will deliver the address and F J Taylor County Superintendent will present the diplomas.
GLOUSTER E D COFFMAN has leased the T F Davis business room on Madison St and will open Thursday morning May 25. The store will offer groceries meats and produce with a freshly painted room and updated shelving.
Glouster Schools list shows fourth graders Jennine Bailey David Byers Phyllis Kinney and Jay Jennings with A grades. fifth grader Betty Lou Smith. sixth graders Cecilia Ginnan James Davis. Six A group includes Lawrence Beshara Mary Cheney Genevieve Dunlevy Adrian Jago and Jack Whitlatch. Jeanine Bailey achieved a perfect spelling average for the year.
Glouster residents attend a Newark Disciples of Christ convention and visit Chauncey. Local seniors and juniors enjoy Buckeye Lake outing with Hollister High School. Jacksonville Trimble seniors invited to J T Alumni dinner and dance with a partial program and modest dues.
Miss Esta Cunningham celebrated her birthday Monday evening at home with family and friends including Charles Clayberger Grant Wallace S A Cunningham Zern Cunningham Betty Keith Ruth Kinney Lois Kinney and Juanita Cunningham. Refreshments were served as callers attended the intimate gathering. Frances Howard of Chauncey Ohio was named Administratrix of Charles Harvey Howard deceased with four months to file claims. A public notice calls for bids for Jacksonville water works improvements including turbines pumps valves meters and related equipment with bids due May 29 1939.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.