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 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1936
Page
10
Local auto listings cover automobiles for sale, trucks for sale, auto accessories, auto repair, motorcycles, and service stations. Includes notices for buyers and sellers, with brief item descriptions and contact details where readable.
Hogs receipts 2700 head with many unsold at 11 a.m. prices mostly 25c lower on butchers 200 lbs and up. Weights 169 to 200 lbs $9.75 to $10.15, 200 to 300 lbs $9.75 to $10.15, light lights 140 to 160 lbs $9.85 to $10.10. Packing sows steady to $8.25. Cattle receipts 500 head, calves 600 head. generally steady with meager supplies, steer and heifer ranges $7.25 to $8.00, handyweights $8.25, 900-lb yearling $8.35, killers $6.75 down. Fat cows $5.50 to $6.25, vealers $9.50 to $10.00. spring lambs steady to weak, better prices for springers $12 to $12.50, one 178-lb lot at $13.25, common $8.11. Old crop ewes $4 and up.
Hogs-650 head including 350 directs active with prices 15 to 25 higher. Bulk 160 to 225 lbs at 10.75, mixed weights 10.70, 250 to 50 lbs quoted 9.50 to 10.40, heavies down to 9. Calves-109 steady with good and choice vealers 9.50 to 10. Sheep-200 better grade lambs absent, several lots yesterday to 11.50, bulk 10.75 down, most yesterday 5.75 down, today steady, choice spring lambs around 13.50. Cattle-50 steers and yearlings yesterday 25 lower, top 8.60, bulk 7.25 to 8.50.
A dense market summary lists Industrials. Rail and chemical groups with names like Allied Chemical Am. Ag. Chem. DuPont and Goodyear, plus steel, oil, and power firms. Grain prices show Wheat No 2 red and Corn No 2 yellow with track prices and butter, eggs, and poultry market notes from Cleveland and nearby markets.
New York stocks moved higher at the opening with Atchison up 2 percent and New York Central at 35 percent, Atlantic Coast Line 26 up 14, Lackawanna and Pennsylvania gains. Motor shares rose with Chrysler at 95 percent. Utilities firmed, mercantile issues steady, and farm shares edged higher by about one point.
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.