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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
9
A chaotic OCR fragment shows various service categories including taxicabs auto livery cleaning and pressing repair service contractors and storage firms. The legible items imply a local business directory entry listing multiple trade categories rather than a single event.
The New York stock market opened with a generally higher trend led by gains in Famous Players and United Fruit while United States Steel stayed flat. Rails and other industrials showed mixed moves with American Locomotive down and various rail names climbing. volumes were light as trading tapered after an initial burst. In commodities, cattle and hog receipts cooled with varied price levels across Chicago and Cincinnati market notes.
Close to college eight rooms and bath with gas and electric lights hardwood throughout six thousand dollars. Also a new six room house for three thousand dollars. Daily bargains at Robinson and Landis room 22 Athens National Bank Building Phone 856.
Trustees sale of real estate in Waterloo township Athens county Ohio listed by court order. Extensive parcels including sections 34 35 and 29 plus mineral rights and surface rights with rail and coal privileges. Appraised at 39156 dollars with two thirds minimum. payments: one third cash day of sale, one third in six months, one third in one year. Charles Burt trustee. Wood and Bartell attorneys. Sale August 20 1921 at 1 pm at Athens courthouse front door.
Henry Ford converted a six month deficit of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad into an operating profit of over $500,000 officials announced. The change follows earlier losses and reflects improved freight and load handling.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple oil and gas companies and pipelines such as Prairie Oil and Gas, Prairie Pipe Line, Midwest Refining, Sinclair Oil, Cumberland Pipe Line, Texas Co, and Elk Basin, with scattered place names like Oklahoma, Boston, Wyoming, and references to Standard of Ohio and Midwest.
Grain and produce quotations listed for Toledo with August Wheat cash at 1.28 and 1.30 for Rept, December 1.86. Com and Oats numbers. Rye No 2. Barley No 2. Clover seed around 10.40 to 14.00. Timothy and Alsike quotes. Butter 7 48 cents. Hay at 1.15.
Grain prices rose on the Chicago Board of Trade as producers held back crops and famine appeals in Europe spurred demand. Provisions fell. September wheat opened at 1.22 and closed up. December wheat up. September corn up half. December corn up. September oats up. December oats up.
Cleveland produce market reports no change in prices or supplies as of August 9, with notes from local sellers indicating stable levels across key fruits and vegetables.
Chicago market items show butter at 42c for creamery, 38a standard, 36 40c firsts, 23 35c seconds. HGGS ordinaries 24 27e and fists 36 31. Cheese includes twins 19% 20e and Young Americas 22c. Poultry live prices 19 26e.
Cincinnati market reports steady egg prices with breakfast prices at 38 cents for extra firsts and 26 cents for ordinary firsts. Local traders note small supply of extra firsts and stable demand across the city.
Hogs receipts 17 000 with market 10 to 3 higher. Top $11.85 and most sales $9.35 to 11.75. Weights vary from heavy to light. Packing sows and rough sows priced from about $8.15 to $9.76. Pigs sold $10.25 to $11.25. Cattle receipts 9 000, market steady to strong. Choice to prime $9.75 to $10.40, medium and good $7.60 to $9.75.
Receipts light and market steady for cattle with choice at 8.15 to 9.00, prime around 8.50, calves to 16.60. sheep and lambs show slow trade with prime around 5.80 and mixed near 4.50. hogs light receipts and firmer prices with prime around 11.20, heavy at 12.66, pigs 11.50 to 12.00, stags 5.50. Liberty bonds quoted with various series and values.
In Columbus on August 9, Ohio officials estimate the state's potato crop will yield about 62 bushels per acre on 112000 acres, totaling roughly half of last year's production as the season develops and market outcomes remain uncertain.
Northbound No 33 leaves Athens at 6 00 am No 35 at 11 00 am No 37 at 5 00 pm Daily trains. Southbound No 30 arrives Athens 10 10 am No 82 at 4 00 pm No 34 at 8 16 pm Daily trains.
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