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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1941
Page
8
Reward offered for a lost rose gold wristwatch named Faith last Saturday night on North Congress. Contact 20923 with information leading to recovery.
The page lists stock figures for numerous names including Chrysler, General Motors, Gen Electric, Goodyear, United Airlines, Kennecott, Procter and Gamble, and United Air, with varied percentages. It also mentions carriers and industrials such as Curtiss Wright, Douglas Aircraft, and Union Oil.
Hog prices rise with gains across weights 25 to 40 cents. 200 to 275 lb ranges from 10.35 to 10.50, 160 to 200 lb at 10.40, 100 to 140 lb at 9.75, sows 8.25. Cattle and calves noted small initial supply with heifers and steers around 8.25 to 9, baby beef heifers up to 11, bulls 7 to 8.75. Sheep and lambs mostly steady with fat lambs down from 11.75. mixed small lots 8 to 10.25.
Twenty two Methodist Sunday School children, led by Mrs. Nellie Shuttleworth, attended the Lancaster Fair on Saturday. Several local families and former Straitsville residents visited relatives, with trips from Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland and Camp Livingston noted. Other items include club entertainments, deaths in the area, military family visits, and church activities at Appleton and Straitsville along with 4-H Dairy queen Donna Stockberger’s national convention return.
Grain and produce values show No 2 red wheat at 1.07, corn 68 to 70, oats 45 to 46. Pittsburgh markets list eggs steady with various standards, poultry prices mixed, butter receipts high and steady, and live poultry and egg figures. Livestock sales in Pittsburgh include hogs 160 to 180 pounds at 10.40 to 10.50, cattle 50 head steady, and sheep showing strength on choice lambs.
Base crude oil prices note Corning at 61.31 dollars. The text also mentions the first shots of the Trafalgar battle in 1805, exchanged at a distance of about one mile and a quarter.
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