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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
12
A fragmented OCR of a classified page listing numerous sections such as Automotives Business Services Educational Livestock and Real Estate. It enumerates categories for sales rentals services and notices with partial headings and broken wording. The text hints at a historical classifieds layout including auctions services and public sale references.
News wires report a quiet open with railroad shares barely moved amid mediation talks. United States Steel opened at 58 and rebounded. Du Pont rose about a point to 131.5, Allied Chemical gained nearly two points to 175. Minor declines seen in Boeing, American Smelting, Remington Rand, Bendix, Consolidated Edison, Yellowknife and Glenn Martin.
New York stocks brief lists various street names and industrials with scattered letters and abbreviations. The readable items include Pacific and Central rail mentions and other unlabeled indicia suggesting a market update with incomplete data.
A compiled market report lists wheat and corn prices in Toledo with No. 1 red at 64.14, No. 2 red 63 2, corn No. 2 yellow 52 42, oats. Cincinnati eggs steady at 27 for firsts, 24 seconds, butter fats 19, 17, creamery 28 29, live poultry varying by breed and weight. Pittsburgh eggs steady with several grade prices, poultry and turkeys noted. Chicago butter steady with price ranges, eggs firm with receipts. Cleveland butter and eggs steady, hogs and cattle with varied weights and prices, large run and active market across regions.
Plymouth dealers and salesmen visited Columbus for a Chrysler Motor Corporation meeting at the City Auditorium. Factory officials announced an uptrend in business and a projected bumper 1939 year with over 15 million dollars spent on 1939 model changes. The event featured plant films, a tour of 14 new models, and the display of the 1939 Plymouth four door sedan. Athens attendees included C A Daugherty Company guests and L E Richardson Company representatives.
Wilson E. Hoge of the Public Employes Retirement System will speak at a 7:30 Friday night gathering of Athens county and municipal employees in the Council Chambers. The system once served only state workers but now includes city, county, conservancy districts, health and park districts, and public library staff. all new entrants must participate unless exempted.
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Kern are set for Friday at 2 PM at Jager Funeral Home with burial in Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at Jager Funeral Home tonight and Friday up to the service.
James E. Norris aged 66 died Wednesday evening at his Federal Valley home near Glouster. He lived with his brother Charlies Wesley Norris for 57 years. Surviving are Webster Norris of Glouster and sister Mrs Wiley Howard of Federal Valley. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 PM at Mound Hill Church with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh paused in Delmutz Czechoslovakia due to fatigue during their flight from Cluj Roumania. They planned to resume toward Prague in the morning after an intermediate landing at Cracow Poland likely caused by bad weather.
A round jelly bag with a securely fastening wire-standard hook fits over a bowl to drain pulp neatly without splatter. The adjustable frame suspends at the right height and folds for compact storage.
To eliminate weeds from driveways and paths dampen the area thoroughly then spread a liberal amount of salt for quick control.
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