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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1926

Page

9

Canadian Prosperity Highlights Inward Investment Growth

Ottawa marks a century since founding with a focus on progress. U.S. and British capital flows show American investments rising sharply to dominate Canadian finance, aided by agriculture land settlement and a growing wheat trade. Trade with the Orient expands Vancouver's role, while a stock market shift weighs on industrials and autos.

Dominion Prairie Provinces United States Canada Dominion Bureau of Statistics Cuba Canadian Pacific Orient Vancouver Los Angeles Sanancisco Portland Seattle Japan China

Sentinel Life seeks merger of western insurers

Negotiations are under way in Kansas City to purchase and consolidate several western life insurance companies with Sentinel Life as the nucleus. The six firms include two from Indiana and one each from Kansas Colorado Illinois and Iowa. The Prendergast Candy Company to open a 10000 square foot Boston branch in South Boston by September, adding to Boston’s candy sector which produced about 55 million dollars in value last year.

Inansas City Western Life Furance Companies Sentinel Life Insurance Company Sentinel Company Indiana Kansas Colorado Minois Iowa CANDY Boston Prendergast Candy Company of Minneapoli Seery Eay

Wisconsin tobacco crop seen smaller this year

Madison Wis Apr 17 The Wisconsin tobacco crop is likely to be small with an estimate of 34 000 000 pounds compared with 44 000 000 grown in 1925. The stand is uneven and the crop into

Madison Wis Wisconsin

Potatoes in Orrick District Beat Expectations This Year

The Orrick Missouri potato crop is unusually cool and high quality with some fields yielding up to 400 bushels per acre. Half the crop has been marketed and total production is expected around 1500 cars.

Orrick

Wall Street Turns Cautious as Rediscount Rise Spooks Traders

New York reports an wary trading day as the rediscount rate rise to 4 percent prompts heavy selling. Steel Common and General Motors show reactionary moves, fueling the midday downward trend as liquidation accelerates after a prior rally.

Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Chicago Auction

Cattle receipts 10 000 with slow fed steer trade down 10 15 cents and vealers up slightly. Sheep 17 000 with better grades steady and fat lambs mixed. Hogs receipts 22 000 overall market slow to weak with top around 13.55 and typical bulk 10.25 13.25.

Hogs Cattle and Sheep Markets Mixed on Monday Receipts

Hogs receipts 3600 held over 631 market mostly 10 to 12 lower sows and pigs steady 250-350 pounds 11.25 12.75 200-250 pounds 12.58 13.25 150-200 pounds 11.50 13.35 130-160 pounds 9.87 13.50 90-150 pounds 12.50 14.00 packing sows 9.50 9.75 Cattle receipts 400 calves 325 market dull decline bulls active beef steers 970 50 light yearlings and heifers 7 0.50 beef cows 4 0 6.50 low cutters and cutters cows 5 4 50 vealers 14 13.50 heavy calves 8.50 10.50 bulk stockers feeder steers 4 6 46 0 Sheep receipts 2500 market lambs strong Monday decline regained top fat lambs 15 bulk fat lambs 14.00 14.50 bulk cull lambs 6 8 9 bulk fat ewes 44 6.50

Chicago U.S.C.A

Pittsburgh Livestock Market Report Receipts and Prices

Hog receipts 400 with slow market and steady trend. Prices 130-160 pounds 13.75 to 14.90, 200-250 pounds 13.00 to 13.25, HO 204 pounds 13.90 to 14.05, packing sows 9.25 to 9.75. Cattle receipts 100 with beef steers 9.50 and dealers 15.50. Sheep receipts 500 with top fat lambs 14.25 and market steady.

Pittsburgh

Market Report Shows Mixed Prices Across Commodities

Flour and pork prices vary with notes on spot values and profits. Sugar and coffee deliver modest gains while dairy and poultry markets show firmer or steady trends with regional price ranges and receipts data.

Cleveland Produce Prices and Poultry Rates Reported

Potatoes from Kentucky and New Jersey quoted at 4.20 to 4.65 per 120 pound bag. Cobblers barrel priced at 5. Poultry rates listed: heavy fowls 27 to 28 cents. leghorn fowls 20 to 21 cents. leghorn broilers 21 to 28 cents. heavy broilers 82 to 338 cents. roosters 17 to 18 cents. ducks 22 to 25 cents. geese 1.54 to 1.60. young geese 22 cents. Other items unchanged.

Pacific Coast Cleveland Kentucky New Jersey

Cincinnati Produce Market Changes Noted in Report

Teutter firmer creamery in tablets according to score 36 3Sc Riggs unchanged. Live poultry unchanged.

Cincinnati

Chicago Produce Butter and Kegs Market Prices

Chicago produce report lists butter at 14,299 with creamery extras and standards around 40 4 and 4c, firsts 36 14, seconds 84 5c. Kegs 11,799 and ordinaries 25 14 26 14c, firsts 7T 2stgc, seconds 27 y4c.

Chicago

Leyanes Bonds Open and Treasury Notes Noted

Leyanes bonds showed mixed quotes with second aM opening around 100.20 and third at 414s plus 101.2. Fourth 4% notes quoted near 102.3 with treasury notes around 103.19, reflecting early market activity and uneven flavor in the session.

Leyanes Bonds Treasury Ia

Wool market steady after Labor Day in Boston

Wool prices in Boston fluctuate little with steady quarter bloods at 75 to 78 cents clean. After the Labor Day vacation period, business is expected to expand and grow. West reports indicate substantial signing of wool with growers optimistic for higher prices.

Boston

Grain prices listed for Toledo markets

Rye No 2 1.00. Oats No 2 3 814 39 percent? Barley No 2 7 cents. Cloverseed imported 18.25 Oct 21.15 Dec 15.95 Feb 16.10. Timothy cash new 3.10 Sept 3.05 Oct 3.05. Alarke August 15.25 Sept 15.25. Butter 42 45. Knees 30 31. Hay 28.00.

Toledo Timothy

Ohio Auto Wrecks Claim Three Lives

Three Ohioans died in separate crashes yesterday. Cecil Speaker 22 of Hudson a Western Reserve University student died in a ditch near Hudson possibly after falling asleep. Mrs George Gardner died from a broken neck after an accident near Gallipolis. N S Gardner and daughter Olive were injured in the same incident. Robert Johnson 22 of Fayetteville was killed when his car was struck by another vehicle last night.

Columbus U.P Cecil Speaker Hudson Western Reserve University Speaker George Gardner N. S&s

Citizens Republicans Sued Over Bomb Blast Incident

Vicetor Heintz and other members of the Cincinnati citizens Republican committee were sued for 10000 dollars after a bomb exploded at a political meeting, allegedly striking Mrs Florence King in the head.

Cincinnati Heintz Citizens’ Republican Committee Florence King

Kehoe Sued for Divorce in Kentucky Filing

Ad jutant General James A. Kehoe of Kentucky was sued for divorce by his wife Alice Williams Kehoe. The petition accuses cruelty and habitual drunkenness. The couple married in June 1925 in Frankfort.

Frankfort James A. Kehoe Kentucky Alice Williams Kehoe

Man seeks divorce citing wife abuse and fear for life

Earnest E. Thomas files for divorce in Bremen alleging his wife beat him and that he fears for his life. He seeks legal relief in the local court.

Bremen Earnest E. Thomas

Fess to Keynote Iowa State GOP Convention

Senator Simeon D. Fess accepted invitation from the Republican central committee to deliver the keynote address at the state convention in Columbus on August 24 and 25. Chairman Fred Wagner announced today.

Columbus Simeon D. Fess Republican Central Committee Fred Wagner

Ohio Daughters of America Convention Day Two

In Columbus on August 17 the second day of the Ohio council Daughters of America convention featured an address by Mrs. Dora L. Brush. A prize drill contest and a good fellowship banquet were planned after the session.

D. OF A Columbus Ohio Council, Daughters of America Dora L. Brush

Sleep pattern claim from experimenters noted

According to some experimenters, a person gets four fifths of nightly sleep in a concentrated dose of about two hours, while during the remaining night his nerves and muscles stay more or less active.

Mail Order King Starts Move for Industrial Museum

Julius Rosenwald, famed mail order magnate, announces creation of a colossal American industrial museum. He donates 3 million dollars to begin the project and plans to locate in Chicago's Fine Arts building at the old world’s fair grounds. The museum will feature donor exhibits and cooperation from leading industries to display how the world works.

Chicago U.R Julius Rosenwald Rosenwald Munich

Woman Physician Loses Prescription License in Chicago

Dr Effie L Lobdell longtime Chicago physician and chief woman doctor at Illinois hospital had her license revoked for issuing liquor prescriptions to travel hungry and culinary clients She said her honesty caused the action and argued physicians unfairly shoulder prohibition issues reporting liquor can be medicinal today.

Chicago UPR Effie L. Lobdell

League Organized to Fight Direct Primary Repeal

John F. Burke of Elyria said a league to combat the repeal of the direct primary has begun organizing. A meeting for league formation is set for September 13 in Columbus.

Columbus John F. Burke Elyria League Burke

Bomb Blast Shocks Brooklyn Tenement Residents

A bomb on the top floor of a six family tenement in Brooklyn shattered walls and ceilings, throwing eight members of the Binanati Sebastian family from their beds. No injuries reported as tenants fled in night clothes, creating chaos in the early morning hours.

Brooklyn N. Y U.P Binanati Sebastian

Haffey Speaks to Rotary Club at Athens Noon Meeting

Sam Haffey of Southern Ohio Electric led the Athens Rotary Club program at its noon lunch at Hot Berry. President John Patterson, head of Athens city schools, presided and welcomed Dave Peters of Detroit as a guest. Haffey, chairman of the educational committee, shared views from the Denver convention held in June.

Sam Haffey Southern Ohio Electric Company Athens Rotary Clu John Patterson Athens City Columbia University New York City Haffey Rotary Club Educational Committee Denver Dave Peters Detroit Ed Schloss Athens Club

Bodies Raised From Foord Pit After Half Century

In Stellerton Nova Scotia, at Foord pit the submerged mine workings yielded bones of three miners after a shaft was cut into the old galleries. The 1880 explosion had hermetically sealed the shaft, and gas filled chambers. Boots and leather belts remained well preserved.

Stellerton N. S Foord

Mystery of the Heath House Murder Unfolds

In long Island Harbor Gardens Mrs. Myra Heath is murdered as suspicions fall on Bunny Moore and Lawrence Inman. Detective Mott and Alf Cunningham press Emma the Heath servant for a crucial upstairs sighting linking Bunny with a vanity case and a lipstick used as the weapon.

Erry Heath Heath Bunny Moore Inman Myra Heath Sam Anderson Sleath Alf Cunningham Anderson Cunningham Mrs. Prentiss Todhunter Buck Buck Detective Mott Mrs. Heath Heath House Miss Moore Katie Matt Jimmy Lomax Emma Jim Kkimma Iso

Bayer Aspirin Proved Safe and Widely Used

Advertising claims Bayer aspirin as safe for twenty-five years and prescribed for colds headaches neuritis lumbago toothache rheumatism neuralgia pain. Packaged twelve tablets costs few cents with proven directions. Druggists offer bottles of 24 and 100 tablets.

Bayer

Radio Station Schedules Across Cities For Tuesday

Compile of daily program listings across major US stations including WEAF WJZ WNYC and WCX. Details cover dinner music orchestras bands and concerts in Atlantic City Baltimore Boston Detroit Philadelphia Chicago and more with times in daylight and standard time.

WEAF Eveready Hour WOC WCX Detroit Symphony WBAL City Park Orchestra WNYC Shannon WJZ WRC WGY Pennsylvanians KFA University 14Th Cavalry Band Atlantic City Aa View Grave al Saltimore Sardman WRAL WEE Boston Friegram WNAC Smilers WMAK Buffalo WGR Statler Orchestra WBT Charlotte U.gan Clearwater WGHP Detroit Skylark Tuller Orchestra Wcx-Wir Goldkette Orchestras Detroit Symphony Orch Red Apple Club WREO Lansing Park WMBF Miami Beach WOR Newark Vanderbilt Caruso Ritz New York Waldorf Orchestra United Press Willson Devora Nadworney the Twins Pennsylvania Cook Cross McLeod Olsen Thomas Shannon WGBS Arrowhead WLWL WHN WMCA WIP Philadelphia WFI Adelphia Orchestra WCAE Pittsburgh William Penn Orchestra KDKA Grand Theatre WJAR Providence Abaseball WRVA Richmond

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