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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
7
Local advertises cut prices on roofing spouting painting and repairs with spouting ten to fifteen cents per foot roofing ten to fourteen dollars per square painting eighty five cents to one dollar per square. All work satisfactory. Shop back of Athens Gas Office. Phone 8423. Notice this number not in directory G ill Brown timer.
Public sale of farming implements hay corn livestock household goods and about 400 lbs of wool at the residence three miles east of Athens on Strouds Run on Friday April 8 starting at noon. Terms announced sale day. Samuel Gillett. Fred Laughlin auctioneer.
Several properties and equipment offered. A seven room house on Grosvenor Street at 6000 dollars with 2000 down and 235 dollars monthly, an eight room home on Morris Ayenee at 7500 dollars, and a building lot 50 by 150 on Elmwood Drive. Also listed are a Huber ten ton steam road roller a Koehring batch concrete mixer and a rock drill set, all offered by C W Juniper or Abner Juniper of Nelsonville Ohio.
A mix of sales and wants notes including a six room house for sale in Athens with optional farm trade, a West section Violet Flats listing with rent and price details, and a Nelsonville wanted to buy ad. Also buyers invited for homemade foods and Cincinnati cattle market prices. Market data show cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs with receipts and price ranges.
Classified note advertises a 37 acre farm near Athens with buildings and fruit, contact Arthur Walsh. Also offers two acres for rent outside Athens, joins gardens, and mentions bank savings value and phone repair service by Roy Chahey at Darwinelephone exchange.
The D Zener Co Music Shop offers a Hobart M. Cable piano and an Emerson piano both in mahogany cases in A-1 condition. Quick sale bargains. Come in and see them.
An advertisement lists Elgin watch goods and jewelry from The Elgin Store and Moler jeweler. It also promotes Scott's second hand store offerings including glassware furniture musical instruments and a back bar, inviting inquiries for cheap sale items.
Hogs receipts 16000, market steady with bulk at 8.75 to 10.00, butchers 8.80 to 9.25, packing 7.75 to 8.70, light 0.85 to 10.20, pigs 9.50 to 10.20, roughs 7.50 to 7.76. Cattle receipts 12000, market lower with beeves 7.60 to 9.90, butcher stock 5.25 to 0.00, canners and cutters 2.60 to 35.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 9.00, cows 4.76 to 8.60, calves 7.00 to 9.60. Sheep receipts 17000, market steady with wool lambs 7.00 to 10.00 and ewes 2.00 to 6.76.
Cattle receipts light with a steady market. Choice cattle 10.00 to 10.26, prime 9.36 to 9.55, common 8.60, veal calves 11.00 to 11.25. Sheep and lambs receipts fair, market slow with prime wethers 5.76 to 6.00, yearling lambs 7.50 to 9.00, spring lambs 8.75 to 9.00. House receipts 15 doubles. market higher with prime heavy 9.00 to 9.60, mediums 11.00 to 11.25, heavy yorkers 11.00 to 11.25, light yorkers 11.00 to 11.26, pigs 11.00 to 11.25, hens 7.00 to 8.00, stags 5.00.
Wheat prices for cash May and July futures, corn oats rye barley market quotes, Clover seed and Timothy values listed. Probate notices announce accounts filed, hearings and final settlements for several estates including Sestet Blindao, Caroline J, Mary V. Cook, Morrison, Vansickle, and others with dates in 1921 and 1922 in Ohio judicial proceedings.
A fragment lists cash prices for crops and goods including butter 53 cents hay 1.35 and mentions monthly values for May and September 1920 with figures 2.65 3.10. The text appears as an agricultural market snippet with inconsistent OCR.
Butter creamery prices at 4 percent standards 46c firsts 43c 47c seconds 32c 40e Eyes ordinaries 20c 21c firsts 23 Wye Cheese Twins 2k young American 254e Live poultry priced at 3c all listed in a compact market rundown from Chicago.
Cincinnati April 6 price report shows steady market with extras at 21 4¢ 28e¢, firsts 22 23e, ordinary 19 21¢. Prices reflect firm tone across grades amid light trading.
Ohio University enlarges the baseball and football facility by adding former school garden land to create a field large enough for two football fields and multiple baseball diamonds. A taller reinforced fence with a concrete foundation secures the area while new covered bleachers near the grand stand expand seating. The improved field aims to reflect Ohio’s athletic prominence as visiting teams arrive in Athens this spring.
The notice proclaims a financial institution rooted in trust with deposits secured on first mortgages. It invites public business and promises safety with assets exceeding 21,000,000. It mentions safe deposit boxes, aiming to reassure customers of security and reliability.
Albert Ayers of Wilmington arrives with his family to take the city foreman position at the Home Telephone Company. He previously served as foreman for the company several years ago.
Officials invite bids for limestone paving on the county road with placements at three points including near Grant and Miller Run. Bids due by 6 oR April 18 at the courthouse office of the commissioners. The board reserves the right to reject any bids.
Clarence Cox states Bertha Cox has custody and a filed motion in Athens County Court matter regarding votes and custody of children. A hearing date is set with attorney Warren P. Linscott appointed and qualified as executor of Addie K Kempton estate in Athens County Ohio.
Bid opening for the Jacksonvil District requires bids to be in by 12 o clock noon. Each bid must include a certified check or bond for 5 percent of the bid amount and be payable to the order of the board. The clerk will announce the bids as required by law.
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