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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1921
Page
7
Classified ad rules from The Athens Messenger outline rates time limits and discounts. It covers word limits 25 words or less 50 cent three times a dollar and larger type pricing. Closing hours telephone ads and branch office instructions are included with emphasis on first word copy and objectionable content policy.
Advertisement offers a five room house with electric lights soft water in good location for 3500 dollars. Robinson and Landis provide contact at 856. Grain and bond sale notices follow, detailing Athens county Ohio bonds and market quotes.
George S. Evans appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Austin Bird late of Athens county Ohio deceased. Dated August 1 1921. 8S. M. Johnson Probate Judge of Said County. 931-30tw.
Herbert Greenfield, elected head of the United Farmers of Alberta, is described as a city boy who rose from farm hand to successful farmer. Born in Winchester England, he moved to Canada at 23 and homesteaded in Alberta in 1906, turning a dugout into a farm and a thriving estate. His rise is hailed as a romance of the soil.
A fragmentary OCR list shows scattered names such as Standard of New York and Ohio, Midwest Refining, Sinclair, Cumberland, Merritt, and Elk Basin. The text appears as jumbled references to energy firms and pipelines without coherent narrative or clear event.
Grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade rose toward the close after a weak start due to heavy export demand. Wheat and corn led gains with September and December contracts finishing higher, while oats held steady. Weather for threshing remained unfavorable in parts of wheat country and receipts were light.
Chicago report lists butter and cheese prices with varying grades and percentages. Butter creamery 88c and 34% standard. firsts 83 37c. seconds 80 31c. eggs ordinary 24 27c. Cheese Twins 19 19 ½ c, Young Americas 22 22c. Poultry live 15 26c.
Cincinnati August 31 eggs market steady with extra firsts at 33 cents, firsts 31 1 2 cents, ordinaries 27 cents.
Cleveland values show avg 31 for packing stock 19 26e eggs unchanged. Poultry items include live heavy fowls 27e and live spring ducks 23 25e.
Closing prices list Wheat for August through May contracts, Corn and Oats cash values, Rye Barley and various seed prices with figures for Clover seed Timothy and Alsike, plus Butter and Hay values. The report aggregates multiple grain, seed and dairy items with August through next-year futures samples.
Cattle receipts 890 with market steady. Hogs 4500 head steady with good choice packers and butchers at 9.50 to 9.75. Sheep 7900 head steady with extra prices 2.09 to 3.59, lambs 9.00 to 9.25. Calves steady at 11.59 to 12.00.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with choice 8.75 to 9.25, prime 7.75 to 8.25, common 6.50 to 7.25, veal calves 12.50 to 13.00. Sheep and lambs receipts fair, market dull, prime wethers 4.60 to 5.00, good mixed 4.00 to 4.35, yearling lambs 8.00 to 8.00, heavier classes 9.50 to 10.65, light yorkers 10.50.
In New York on August 81 Liberty bonds show varied prices with first 41s at 87.94, second 44s at 87.82, third 44s at 91.?, fourth 44s at 88.00, and Victory issues around 98.90 98.88, reflecting market activity for different series.
The census bureau released tentative 1920 agriculture figures showing farms with automobiles totaling 1 979 564 or 30.7 percent of all farms. It lists states with high counts of autos and tractors with Illinois Iowa and South Dakota among leaders, and notes telephones on 2 508 002 farms. Pennsylvan ia leads motor trucks on farms, while tractors per 1000 farms average 38.2 nationwide.
Mrs. Geo. Elliott McComrick urges Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs to maintain year round activity with a strong child welfare department. She notes increased summer club work and renewed interest in club service, stressing deeds over talk to advance child welfare and social progress.
Columbus report notes Mrs. W Haupt, a self described medium, applied to join the city police force to aid in pursuing bootleggers and burglars. She has lived in Columbus five months and must reach a year of residency before eligibility. She plans to reapply after meeting the requirement.
An advertisement from the Buckeye State Building and Loan Co promotes safety and timely deposits. It touts 5 percent on time deposits of $60.00 or more, backs each deposit with thousands of good first mortgages, and cites a large reserve fund over $525,000.00.
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