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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1919
Page
7
Eggs firm with firsts at 74 to 78 cents per dozen. ordinary firsts 70, seconds 63. Fowls and poultry priced by weight, broilers 26 cents, springers 24. Cattle receipts 2200, market steady. calves strong up to 19 dollars. Hogs receipts 600, market up 25 cents to 14.25. Sheep and lambs firm to strong with best at 7.00 and 14.00 respectively.
Butter prices listed for creamery and standards range from 59 to 71 cents with firsts at 68 and 71 cents and seconds at 57 to 58 cents. The Chicago market shows 5842c in the latest pricing note.
Cattle receipts 70 with higher market. prime 14.00 15.00, choice 15.25 15.75, veal calves 19.00 19.50, common 12.00 13.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 12 with higher market. prime wethers 9.50 10.25, good 8.25 9.00, mixed 6.50 8.00 10.00 15.25, fair mixed 10.00 15.25. Hogs receipts 30 doubles. higher market. prime heavy 15.25 15.35, mediums 15.25 15.35, heavy yorkers 15.25 15.35, light yorkers 14.50, pigs 13.50 14.00, roughs 10.00 13.25, stags 9.00 10.00.
Hogs receipts 30 000 market 50 65 cents higher bulk 14 10 14 50 butchers 13 50 14 55 packing 12 75 14 00 light 18 50 14 25 pigs 13 00 13 75 roughs 12 75 13 60 Cattle receipts 35 000 market steady beeves 7 75 20 50 butcher stock 6 65 15 00 canners and cutters 5 60 7 75 stockers and feeders 6 00 13 00 cows 6 50 13 50 calves 16 25 17 25 Sheep receipts 27 000 market 25 50c higher wool lambs 8 50 15 75 ewes 3 95 9 00
Toledo notes close price quotes for corn oats rye and seed crops. Prices listed include corn at 1.50, oats 80% 31%c, rye 1.49, clover seed nearby and futures for Alsike Timothys with varied months and prices ranging from 30.40 to 31.10 for clover and 5.45 to 5.87 for timothy across 1917 1918 1919 contracts.
New York results list Liberty 314 at 99.86 and several 4s and 41s with payouts ranging from 91.50 to 99.86. Victory 3% and other combinations show varied figures including 99.00 and 92.30 amid the grid of figures.
A joint committee on administrative reorganization named 8 H Wolfe an accident insurance actuary from New York to study the workmen's compensation service. He will determine whether the rates are equitable.
Six armed burglars locked the night watchman and his wife in a vault and ransacked three safes in the Southern Railroad offices in Cincinnati. They escaped with money and bonds totaling 3800 dollars.
Ira R. Pontius of Upper Sandusky was appointed state bank superintendent by Governor Cox to succeed Philip Berg who resigned to join a Cleveland bank. Pontius received his commission in Columbus on December 1.
Prince Yi Pang son of the late Corea emperor was arrested while traveling to Shanghai to join the provisional government and assist Corea in its struggle for independence.
Petitioners from Canaan township seek transfer to Athens township for school attendance citing convenience and better options. A hearing is set for January 21 with both sides expected to present cases. The board also favors transferring Frank Davis Sr. farm residents to Alexander township for school purposes. The resignation of District Superintendent Pilcher was accepted and new district heads must be elected by respective boards. Fred Landa now reports to the county board under the new school law.
A 15 year old girl, Wen hart, was seriously wounded in Akron Ohio when a rifle she was playing with discharged Sunday afternoon. The bullet entered the lower abdomen as she and her brother experimented with the guns.
The Argentine guato plant fiber has been deemed suitable for lace manufacture, prompting plans to establish a lace factory in Argentina. This development signals growth in local textile production and marks a milestone for Argentine industry.
Ohio University alumnus Colonel William H. Young 63 of Columbus donates a 1858 Sunday school class portrait of Athens young women to the university museum. The image, kept at Lash's drug store, has many identifications and ties to the faculty member.
Yesterday's First M. E. Sunday school drew 554 in attendance with 23 officers and teachers, 13 visitors, and 618 scholars. The breakdown lists 159 men and 127 women among the group plus 185 in the intermediate department and 83 in the primary.
The Mary department reports top contributors Prof. Copeland 159, Mra Wolff 90, Mr Armstrong 30, Porter's 29, Miss Grover 20, with a total of 18.71 dollars. Wi Class Six contributed 8.90. Prof G F ran delivered a stirring Red Cross talk at the close.
In postwar northern France residents face new dangers as grass and swamp fires break out after a dry spell. Unexploded shells litter vast fields and towns with some detonations occurring when German prisoners remove battlefield debris. Major H. C. Greene of Massachusetts narrowly escaped shrapnel after a trip from St Quentin to Laon.
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