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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1926
Page
7
Chicago market update shows cattle receipts at 17 000 with slow trade and higher fat cattle on eastern orders. Light yearlings and cows up to 2 higher, stockers and feeders up 26, best yearlings around 1050, vealers 1150, 1800 to outsiders. Sheep receipts 18 000 with fat lambs steady to strong, natives selling 1350 to 1375, some culls steady, fat ewes 500 to 750.
Reports from regional shippers boards to railroads show forecasted volumes near or above 1925 third quarter levels. Auto industry remains strong under sound control, GM profits noted, and construction contracts and road work trend up. Lumber demand up with mixed prices. railroad freight nears peak. harvesting underway. Canadian prairie heat and drought affect wheat yields.
Coal buyers in Boston paid as high as 4 dollars per ton on board cars with earlier quotes at 6 dollars. The British strike is seen as a contributing factor to price movements in the coal market.
Great Western Sugar announces a $1,000,000 plan to build its 21st factory in Lyman Nebraska. The facility will expand production for the company expanding its sugar operations in the region.
Jewelry sales in the Philadelphia district over the past four weeks show strong activity and exceed July 1925 figures. Prices remain notably stable as the market sustains demand.
Dairy dispatch from Chicago notes July exports of butter cheese and eggs declined versus a year earlier. Butter exports reach 356861 pounds vs 445684 last year cheese 3014 pounds vs 481e and eggs 1527798 dozen vs 1061493 a year ago.
Wall street opens the week buoyant as banking circles predict continued business strength through fall and no serious tightening until after January 1. Thomas Cochran of J J Morgan says conditions stay good. General Motors soars, shorts in other industrial shares scramble, and broad buying lifts market leaders in afternoon trading.
Meat and poultry prices hold steady with dressed poultry and live fowl listings. Grain and staple items show firm or dull momentum across regions and grades, including sugar, coffee, hay, and beans, with several price ranges and receipts noted for regional variations.
Receipts 44 000 for Chicago market hogs with top prices 1365 and bulk around 1030 1300. Heavy weight 250 to 850 priced 1100 1285, medium weight 250 to 850 21 850, light weights 160 to 200 1290 1365. Cows and heifers and calves with mixed grades and price ranges. steers and yearlings listed with price bands. feeders and stockers 500 to 500. lambs and sheep notes with prices 250 450 and 900 for culls.
Advertisement lists Chauncey Feed Co offerings including scratch feed 100 lbs cracked corn 100 lbs bran middlings dairy feed and related supplies for livestock care.
Fragmentary OCR of a historic price list with butter eggs wheat corn rye oats hay and alfalfa figures and dates. Contains percentages quantities and monetary values but lacks coherent context or complete entries.
Cincinnati price list shows butter remains unchanged. Eggs steady with quotes for various sizes. Poultry: broilers priced at 2 to 84 cents per pound, Orpingtons 32 cents per pound, Leghorn 27 cents, young toms at 2 dollars per pound.
Hogs receipts 2500 with market slow to higher as weights 250-350 lb bring 1250 1300, 200-250 lb 1350 1375, 160-200 lb 1465 1475. Packing sowa 950 1025. Cattle receipts 1000 with market slow to lower. beef steers 1000 and venters 1400 1450. Sheep receipts 750 with market steady. top fat lambs 1425.
In the Messenger on July 23 and in Sharpsburg on July 28 about a Mt Her man hermit woman and her husband. From respectable families with a home and no children. Ill health reduced public interaction. Athens visit noted. Friends say the story was unjustified and seek to correct impressions.
The Rev A Y Wilcox preached on the need of modern Naomis in today s world at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning. He cited the Y W C A and clubs aiding factory and business girls in Marietta as examples of necessary supportive work.
Mrs Gabriel South aged 70 died at 3 40 am at her daughter’s home 90 Maplewood drive after recent illness. She moved from near Canaanville in July to live with her daughter and funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Canaanville church with burial in the adjacent cemetery. She is survived by husband Gabriel South two daughters Mrs Frank J nis of Athens and Mrs Joe Koker of ile one son John South and other relatives.
Thousands filled Des Moines for the funeral of Albert B Cummins the longtime Iowa senator. The 77 year old's body lay in his Cummins home before public services and burial at Woodland cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include five former governors and the Iowa delegation to Congress.
A grove of diminutive trees, small enough to fit in a hand, was discovered in the mountains of British Columbia. The discovery highlights unusual miniaturization among local flora and intrigue for botanists studying alpine ecosystems.
Jose Dinsmore has been appointed and qualified as the administrator of the estate of Warren S Buck late of Athens County Ohio deceased. This 30th day of July A D 1920. M Johnson Probate Judge of said County.
The National Association of Broadcasters reports over 150 leading stations have signed statements they will not jump wavelengths and will await federal legislation on transmissions and frequency assignments. Additional responses arrive as stations respond under the unregulated broadcasting system.
Dr. George E. Carrothers of Ohio University spoke at Athens Presbyterian Church on the theme Joy in Christian Work. He traced past austere religious attitudes and urged Christians to be happy, noting joy is wholesome and rooted in service and faith.
Dr. John E. Monger Ohio health director received a complaint from Gertrude C. Allen of Chillicothe about the Island Maid boat operating between Cincinnati and Coney Island being unsanitary. The health department says it lacks jurisdiction over river boats and that the issue falls to federal consideration.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Clerk of the Board of Education rome Township School District Athens County Ohio until 7:30 P M August 11 1926 for notes totaling 1029 70 dated June 1 1926 bearing 6 percent interest semi annually issued to fund district net deficiency. Notes No 1 and No 2 mature June 1 1927 and December 1 1927 respectively. Bids may cover all or part of notes with certified check for 2 percent. The board may reject any bid.
George Dale, Muncie editor of the Post-Democrat, faces contempt charges and possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a long battle over the right to criticize courts. He has been jailed, released, and remains entrenched amid multiple criminal cases tied to his editorials and alleged liquor-law violations.
Shade reports the Lodi Nature club will stage a minstrel show at the Lodi township high school building next Friday night. Proceeds fund travel costs for the county club camp.
An appeal to mothers on low vitality and underweight in children. Proclaims McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tasteless, easy to administer remedy, claiming health, strength and weight benefits. Promotes available at Cline's Pharmacy and all druggists, 40 tablets.
A listing of afternoon to late night radio programming across major stations from WCX Detroit to KPO San Francisco. Includes orchestra broadcasts, educational programs, markets, and concert hours with station identifiers and times formatted for daylight and standard time.
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