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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
11
Cattle receipts around 800 with a steady market. Steers mostly 7.00 to 8.00 for choice and good. calves firm to higher up to 10.50 to 11.00. hog receipts about 4000, trade steady to 25 cents higher with good to choice packers at 11.06. Sheep and lambs steady to good, ewes and lambs $6.60 to $7.00 and $15.50 to $16.90 for high quality.
Chicago hog receipts total 22 600 with market described as fairly active and steady to ten cents higher. Prices show bulk around 10.20 to 10.70, top near 10.80, heavy weights 10.15 to 18.60, medium weights 10.40 to 10.75, light weights 10.60 to 10.80, with sow figures incomplete in the fragment.
Cattle receipts listed at 11 000 with market slow to steady. Prime and choice beef quoted at 8.75 to 9.40, medium and good 7.45 to 8.75, canners and cutters 3.25 to 4.50, cows 4.50 to 20.56, veal calves light to heavy. Sheep and lambs show lambs down to 14.00 for 41 lb, 12.25 to 16.00 for other weights, ewes 7.25 to 10.50, feeder lambs 11.76 to 13.75. Inventory includes hogs at 9.80 to 9.50 per cwt and stocker steers 5.25 to 7.25 with other ranges noted.
Polly Lorraine, a former actress, Salle says Joseph Donald Grafton married her in February 1921 and then denied the ceremonial rite. Peggy Davis and Ellen Gurley McIntyre also claim they wed Grafton last November, with a 17 day gap between ceremonies as the grand jury probes alleged bigamy.
The report notes Clarence Powell moving from the St Nichols property to Hocking on Tuesday. Athens shoppers included Mrs. Richard Calhoon Mrs. John Gabriel Mrs. Port Dicken Mrs. Elmer Guseman Orla Porter and Harry Tipton. Local activities cover Zion church frontage cleaning and bond issue concerns for a new school named The Flains.
The Higly Bible class of the Christian church in Athens competes with the Men's class of the Christian church in Ashtabula. The local group led by Dave Johnson posted 239 attendees last Sunday, a two point lead at 188, with 239 in Ashtabula brothers. Johnson expects 250 men next Sunday as the contest ends in two weeks.
Attorney General Daugherty informed the House Labor Committee that the government will not prosecute coal operators or miners in the central competitive field if they meet in a joint conference to negotiate a new wage scale.
Joseph Donald Grafton of a wealthy Pittsburg family was indicted for bigamy this afternoon by the New York County Grand Jury. The case marks a rare legal action in the metropolitan district with details pending.
Fragmentary text from a banking ad mentions deposit terms and assets over 21, with references to Ohio locations and a platform soliciting business. The excerpt is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
April 21 set as national day for boys and girls in Ohio high schools seeking state university agriculture scholarships. Vernon Reigel directs high schools to administer exams choosing among dates this year. Ohio State University board of trustees funds these $45 yearly scholarships, $180 for four years, with twenty total awards, five per state quadrant, honored at the university over four of six years.
Pittsburgh operators faced a stalemate on April 6 as the council of war and coal producers debated attending a Washington conference on April 10. By 2 p.m. executives had not reached a decision, with Commissioner Wearn Gardiner noting a blocking among members on the course of action.
In Columbus on April 6 a judge sentenced Kimawa Socco of Mingo Junction Jeffers county to six months in the Jeffeson county jail Steubenville for forging a signature on a $5 money order. Charles H H Crist of Pleasanty Fairfield county received one year and one day in Leavenworth Kansas federal prison after being found guilty of mail fraud for falsely claiming high class hunting dogs for sale.
A. D. Lasker testified before the joint committee that Harding's ship subsidy plan would cost the government about 52 million dollars annually. He added the government would cover 1 million dollars of the total by carrying foreign mail in American ships.
Fifteen laborers constructing a trunk line sewer in Reading Pennsylvania were entombed sixteen feet below the street when a ditch with four tunnelers collapsed in the afternoon. Rescue crews battled through the debris as conditions remained unclear and crews worked to reach the trapped men.
Representative Connally Democrat of Texas told the house that American oil interests prevent recognition by the United States of the Oregon government. He faulted oil magnates for influencing U S policy in Washington April 6.
In Washington in April the pending bill to create a score of more federal pork was denounced as a pork barrel measure by Senator Sem Overman a Democrat from North Carolina in the Senate today.
Fragmentary OCR text notes local trains operate daily with certain exceptions. Provided data shows multiple garbled entries including numbers and place-like tokens, but core idea indicates a transportation schedule with gaps on unspecified days.
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