This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
5
Cattle receipts 800 with a weak market. Steers good to choice priced at 11.50 to 13.50. Calves steady at 15.00 to 16.00. Hogs receipts 3500 with steady market. good to choice 15.00 to 15.50. Sheep receipts 25 steady. good to choice 12.00 to 13. Lamb 19.00 to 20.00 for good to choice.
Fresh gathered extra firsts 40c a dozen, firsts 39c, ordinary firsts 38c, seconds 36c. Duck 40c, goose 80c. Live poultry: fowls 4% lbs and over 84c, under 4 lbs 34c, springers 2 lbs and under 55c, under 4 lbs 42c, roosters 2c.
Cattle receipts light and market slow with prime at 13.50 to 14.50, choice 14.50 to 15.00, common 12.00 to 13.00, veal calves 16.00 to 17.00. Sheep and lambs receipts fair, market steady with prime wethers 14.00 to 14.75, good 12.50 to 13.50, yearling lambs 10.00 to 18.50. Hogs receipts 25 doubles, market lower with prime heavy 14.25 to 14.50, mediums 15.65 to 16.75, pigs 15.65 to 16.75, roughs 11.00 to 12.00, stags 8.00 to 9.00.
The fragment references Liberty Bonds with prices and listings such as Liberty 319 and Second 4s, noting values around 85.84 and 96.50. Mentions Watney and Victory bonds, with scattered figures amid unreadable OCR.
Grain and forage values listed for Toledo Ohio with cash prices for corn oats rye barley and various seed crops. Alike clover and timothy seeds show cash and April contracts with monthly price details.
The U S cruiser Salem and the destroyer McCullough left San Diego for Mazatlan and Topolobampo Mexico in response to orders from Secretary Daniels. American citizens on the west coast of Mexico will beable to seek safety aboard the vessels if fighting breaks out, with both ships carrying large quantities of sea stores of food.
Sealed bids must be received by the director of public service in Nelsonville Ohio by 12 noon May 22 1920 for leasing city owned canal lands granted by the state. Parcels leased for one year with four optional renewal years. City may cancel upon 90 days written notice. City may reject all bids. Dated April 16 1920. Burnell Director Public Service.
Amelia Shark of Kankakee Illinois is notified that August Shark filed for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas, Athens County, Ohio, charging wilful absence over three years and extreme cruelty. Hearing set on or after June 3, 1920, with Co. V. Wright as attorney for the plaintiff.
Hog receipts 18000, market 25e to 40c higher, bulk 13.85 to 15.15, butchers 13.10 to 15.25, packing 12.00 to 12.75, light 14.25 to 15.25, pigs 13.50 to 15.00, roughs 11.50 to 12.00. Cattle receipts 3000, market steady, beeves 10.00 to 14.00, butcher stock 7.00 to 13.00, canners 4.00 to 8.00, stockers 7.25 to 11.85, cows 7.00 to 13.00, calves 13.00 to 15.00. Sheep receipts 2000, market steady, wool lambs 15.75 to 19.00, ewes 10.50 to 13.50.
Button and Day flee from a chained dog as a tom-cat on the wall taunts them. A boot jack from a window triggers the dog to break his chain and pursue, but Button and Day slip away toward safety. Day reveals Night’s romance with Spotty and neglect of herself, prompting Button to plan to help Night and Day tomorrow.
A diary excerpt describes meeting Nessa Sloan in an art store and visiting her studio. The conversation covers marriage, artistic ambition, and modern husbands, with Nessa praising matrimony and spurring the writer to pursue painting after marriage. The entry ends with an interruption from Brixy.
The article explains 31 pairs of spinal nerves carry energy from the brain to every tissue cell. Misalignment of the vertebrae can compress nerves, interrupting flow and leading to incomplete nerve energy and disease.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.