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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1936
Page
12
In a small service at the community chapel, funeral director staff led a brief ceremony honoring the life of Harold Reed, who died last week. Relatives and neighbors gathered to pay respects and share memories, with burial set for next Tuesday at Riverside Cemetery.
Smith argues the AAA failed and worsened jobs as farm hands were laid off while relief programs were repealed upon presidential recommendation. He notes export restrictions hurt farmers and cites a New York headline on consolidation of departments as misleading.
The annual district meeting of Presbyterian Missionary Societies for Logan Nelsonville Union Furnace and New Plymouth will be held Monday Oct 12 at Union Furnace. The event opens at noon with a luncheon and guest speaker Rev Arthur D Bussdicker a medical missionary from Persia. Local members may arrange transportation by contacting Mrs John Saltz Mrs Lloyd Evans or Mrs Edith Stiers.
Pasadena quotes former superintendent U P A L Hamilton replying to a critic of McGuffey's Reader. He argues each generation rises in perceived gains, but actual progress is about one percent, despite a claimed twenty-five percent impression.
The page lists times for various routes including New York Central South and North divisions, Chesapeake Ohio, and Baltimore and Ohio services. Daily numbers, exceptions on Sundays, and arrival and departure times are shown for trains like No 32, No 4, No 30, No 37, No 1, No 3, No 23, No 48, No 11, No 44, No 12, No 2, and No 4 Diplomat with specific times such as 11 32 a m and 9 43 p m.
The U S Agriculture Department reports a quiet market with mostly firm quotations for domestic wools. Some lots sold below recent highs but holders resist low bids. fine territory wools show steady prices around 28 490 cents per pound scoured and French combing length at 84 87 cents.
Airplane service at Athens Municipal Airport runs sunrise to sunset with enline tickets. Connections available with I and W A and AA at nearby main airports. Schedules show departures from Athens WEST and EAST routes at listed times.
Mrs L R Grobmyer placed a four line notice in a Forrest City Arkansas newspaper asking the return of her family's kraut cutters. The item mentions neighbors and a sharp domestic appeal amid a humorous note about medieval collapsible furniture cues.
Oils led the New York stock market with Socony Vacuum at the forefront. An initial block of 24,000 shares and multiple 1,000 to 6,400 share blocks pushed the price up a point to 16 1?2. Standard Oil of New Jersey Texas Corporation Pure Oil and Plymouth posted fractional gains while Bethlehem U S Steel neared highs before easing. Steel trading remained quiet.
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, once the center of a custody fight, is pictured at a New York area society horse show studying the program. The young heiress’s public life reflects her rapid growth and circle within high society.
Reports indicate cars with rear doors not fully closed before travel cause multiple highway accidents as doors swing open while driving. Authorities urge drivers to verify door latches and ensure secure closure before starting journeys.
Wheat No 1 red 1134 114%2 No red 112 2 113% Corn No 2 yellow 103 2 194% No 9 yellow 1022 103% Oats No 1 white 45 46 No 2 white 44 46
Cincinnati market reports eggs with steady movement showing 33 firsts 31 firsts 25 seconds and 30 ungraded. Butter markets list packing stock No 2 22 butter fat No 1 28 No 2 26.
Butter steady with nearby tubs and multiple score extras. Eggs steady with current receipts and firsts white extras pullet eggs and related values. Poultry steady covering heavy hens leghorn hens old roosters leghorn springers red springers rock springers small colored springers and ducks with fresh killed full dressed hog dressed figures.
Egg market shows current receipts 25s and 26 to 27 percent grades with 4 319 cases and 22 percent dirties while butter market lists 7 083 tubs with mixed grades including extra firsts around 90 91 percent and standards about 31 percent, noting centralized scores near 30.
Eggs steady at 35 per dozen for extra grade with current receipts 22. Live poultry market weak with hens heavy priced 5 2 and up 19, medium 16, No 2 10, old roosters colored 13, Jeghorn 11. Ducks 18 up, small 15, broilers fancy rock 4 and up 17, rock 3 and up 16, colored 3 and up 15. No. 2 12, leghorn 15, leghorn black 12.
Hogs receipts 4250 with 640 direct and through. top 10.35 for 200-250 lb. cattle and calves weak demand. five head 912 lb steers 10. baby beef yearlings to 9.25. cows 4.25 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 700 with narrow demand. best ewe and wether lambs 8.50 and up. slaughter ewes 1.3 per weight.
Hog bids steady to 10 cents higher with 2100 head including 900 direct. Prices by weight range range from about 9.25 to 10.75 with sows around 9.25. Cattle offerings 375 with no strictly good steers. best around 8.00 and steady buyers at 7.65. Calves 200 head direct steady with dealers at 10 to 10.50. Sheep 300 slow but steady with better fat lambs 8.75 to 9.25 and light weights around 7.25 down.
Very active cattle market with strong packer demand. Receipts total 753 head including hogs 320 and cattle 253 and 45 veal calves. Hogs ranged 8.60 to 10.25 per hundredweight with fat sows 8.25 to 8.75. Cattle included steers 6.75 to 7.18, heifers 7.15 to 7.25, and fat cows 2.75 to 4.45. Lambs topped at 8.45 with sales across weights.
Fragmentary lines of figures and abbreviations appear as a numeric ledger. The text lists multiple ranges and values such as 45 44-54 114.6 and 40-43 Ju and 108.3 interspersed with SaS 44-46 1088. Unclear context leaves only a pile of isolated numbers.
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