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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
7
Cattle receipts 5000, market slow yet steady with steers 11.50 to 13.00. Calves steady with 50c higher, top 15.00 to 15.50. Hogs receipts 3800, market strong up 6.50 to 6.75, good choices 15.50 to 15.75. Sheep receipts 300, market steady with extras 12.00 to 14.00. Lambs market slow with good to choice 19.00 to 20.00.
A fragment lists varied grocery prices such as Butter-Extra at 65 cents, standard and first quality butter around 63 to 57 cents, Seconds 47 to 52 cents, Eyes ordinaries at 411 cents, Cheese-Twins 31, and Live poultry at 38 cents.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Liberty Bonds including multiple series and percentages. The readable bits list First 4s Second 4s First 414s Second 414s Third 414s Fourth 4%. The irregular text also contains numbers and stray letters, offering little coherent context about dates or totals.
Fresh gathered eggs are 41 cents per dozen for extra firsts and 40 cents for firsts. Ordinary firsts 38 cents, seconds 36 cents. Duck 40 cents. Goose 0 cents. Live poultry prices: fowls four pounds and over 35 to 44 cents, under 4 pounds 42 cents, fall chickens 2 pounds and under 8 cents, roosters 21 cents.
Toledo Ohio returns show corn No. 3 yellow cash at 1.80 per bushel oats No. 2 white 1.13 to 1.14 cash rye No. 2 2.12 cash Alsike 30.00 cash and April, Clover seed 28.80 cash, October 24.40 December 23.25 for Dee, Timothy 5.45 to 5.80 across years. Butter 73 cents per pound, kegs 4 cents, hay 2.10 per hundredweight.
A condensed standings list shows National League leaders with Brooklyn at 7 3 and Pittsburgh at 6 4 and St. Louis Philadelphia Boston New York Chicago trailing. American League leaders Cleveland at 8 2 and Chicago 6 2 follow, with New York Washington Philadelphia Detroit further back. American Association standings include St Paul 8 2 and Columbus 5 3 with Minneapolis Milwaukee Kansas City Indianapolis in the mix.
American League features Chicago at Cleveland and Detroit at St. Louis plus Boston at Philadelphia. National League matchups include Cincinnati at Pittsburg St. Louis at Chicago Philadelphia at Boston and Washington at New York.
Advertisement notes Bronsdon offering piano tuning services at Gee and Richardson's Music Shop. Announces change of shop ownership of E. N. Hoon blacksmith shop and guarantees patrons same high quality work. Signed Harry Hoffman and James McCarty.
A large audience gathered at Glouster High School to witness 36 graduates receive diplomas at the opera house. Dr. Albert E Day of Canton delivered a well received address amid festive program with music and glee club performances. Alumni banquet planned at M E church with WCTU meeting next Tuesday. local residents Mr and Mrs Fred Hipscher and Levi McCutcheon relocate to Athens street address 14 W Washington.
Mrs Fred Morris and two children have returned from a three weeks duration with relatives in the Pomeroy Bend area.
A terse report notes Pussyfoot Johnson foresees an England visit within a decade. The item mentions a large delegation from Athens County sheepmen presenting at a meeting.
The Athens area sees sun after weeks of gloom as temperatures rise today. The Athens County board of elections begins canvassing Tuesday's presidential primary returns, a process that will take hours and conclude late this afternoon or evening. The board will see two vacancies filled soon with a new Republican and a new Democrat appointed by the secretary of state.
Charles Snyder, a traveling man visiting Athens on business, recalls how in 1874 he persuaded Peter Kern to try ready made shoes. The display sold quickly and secured the future of factory built footwear in Athens, shifting from traditional shoemakers and boots.
In Lima Ohio on April 29 the Ohio National Guard company reported a ghostly haunting at the home of W K Fries. The visit caused a panicked retreat after a midnight召 appearance and groans. Cap Ward Lt Snyder and Lawrence Bresler fainted twice before fleeing. Police investigate the spoofing claim.
Mr and Mrs W H Williams traveled to Columbus yesterday where Mrs Williams will receive treatment at Grant hospital. Millfield will host Pomeroy in a baseball game Sunday afternoon on Millfield grounds with an 8 o'clock start. Pomeroy line features Cundiff Graham and Duffee. Millfield counters with Marich Simpson and Whitlatch. The Pomeroy squad is the same fast lineup from last year’s Ohio Valley league season, promising a lively contest.
Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor was forced to end his speech at a U S Chamber of Commerce convention in Atlantic City after delegates hissed and shouted for Governor Allen. Woll attacked Kansas compulsory arbitration court calling it despotism and a threat to workers rights to strike. He likened it to Bolshevism before the interruption.
Building operations in Athens and surrounding counties are stalled by a strike of outlaw switchmen at major freight centers. Local dealers report severe shortages of lime and cement used in foundations, with cars exhausted and orders backlogged, risking further material scarcities.
In Cleveland on April 29 two people were seriously hurt and many others injured in a rear end collision between two street cars in the subway. Investigators blamed brake failure on one car for the crash.
Dr Beechy of Ohio State University along with M Brownfield and Raymond of Athens County visited Elza Dailey’s farm in Albany to conduct demonstrations on treating sheep parasites using various methods.
Probate Judge Phillies returns to work at the court house after a two week rest in bed due to a severe cold. The illness began about three weeks ago and his condition improved enough to resume duties.
Robert Smith ex-county commissioner and prominent Canaan township farmer visited Athens today. He said wet weather has delayed spring work by weeks and that conditions remain unsuitable for starting crops. He added that bridges in Canaan township avoided flood damage due to permanent construction.
Professor Frederick Treudley returns to Ohio University next Monday as the spring term opens for normal students. He had taken a leave of absence after illness a year ago and spent time touring the western states. His comeback is welcomed by students and townspeople alike.
Ike Burchfield showed a sprig of peach blossoms this morning with most buds intact despite the recent cold spell. Several observers who inspected the blooms reported the majority of fruit safe in this section of the county.
Athens County Court of Common Pleas case No 11958 filed by The Sunday Creek Coal Company against Georgia B Parks and Wade Tharp seeks a perpetual injunction to stop trespass and use of a 900 foot strip of land as a roadway along the Kanawha and Michigan Railway right of way in Trimble township. Parks must answer by June 12, 1920.
For advertising use in stores a device has been patented that displays moving pictures automatically without film and without an operator’s supervision. The invention enables silent motion images to attract customers and requires no ongoing human operation.
The State of Ohio Athens County Court of Common Pleas issues sale of a railroad siding at Buckeye Coal and Railway Mine No 10. The sale, May 29 1920 at the courthouse front door in Athens, will be cash in hand. Appraised at fifteen hundred dollars. Sheriff Herb J Parker and Deputy Sheriff P H McKinley oversee. Plaintiff’s attorneys Foster and Wells.
Eastbound and westbound times listed for daily service with local time marks. Rainy days have a policy with no operation on Sundays.
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