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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
7
The sender offers a farm in Carthage Townebia Athens county for sale or trade for small property. 8 C Kelley. Frost Ohio R C 111 29 7p.
GLOUSTER W W Johnson of Trimble died last night at 11 10 after a paralytic attack Monday evening. He suffered a stroke over a year ago and leaves a widow two children K Johnson and Nella and a granddaughter Betty Ann. Funeral Friday at 9 am at the home with Rev Stine of the Trimble Church of Christ. Interment at East Branch.
Trouble with cows plagues Mr. and Mrs. Lon Chase of Albany. Mrs. Chase broke her shoulder when thrown by an enraged cow two months earlier. Tuesday morning a cow jerked the rope from Mr. Chase, causing him to fall and break his right hip near his home. He was taken to Dr. E. nearby.
A 67 year old man sustained a fracture and remained at the scene until his son Walter Chase of Chase and Reading grocery and Dr David Biddle arrived. He was then taken home where the fracture was set. The physician said he was progressing splendidly for his age.
Faculty members were posing for a panorama on the West side campus slope when a board and folding chairs collapsed, sending the group tumbling. No one hurt except Prof. Isaac E. Ash who was briefly pinned under the fallen crowd during the Athena photo.
Mrs Mary J Williams 92, mother of twelve, died at her daughter Mrs John Kern's home 198 West Washington after a two week illness. Remains go to Birmingham Alabama for burial. Widow of Israel Williams who served in the Mexican and Civil Wars. Eight family members predeceased her.
Word reached Dr. J L Henry that his cousin Charles L Lindley of New York will be buried in Lakewood New Jersey rather than Athens as announced yesterday. Funeral services for Mrs L A Ruth will be held Friday at 1 PM at the M E church in Jerseyville with interment in Athens West Union Street cemetery. Miss Emma Carpenter left for Cincinnati for a visit staying at Burnet House.
Gerald Parker nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Parker died at home Tuesday evening after months of illness with dropsy. Funeral services were to be held Thursday afternoon at one o clock at the M E church with burial in the local cemetery. He is survived by his parents two brothers Harold Parker of Athens and another brother at home and a sister Mrs Emmett French of Athens.
After Frances E. Martin presented evidence for 7000 from an Aetna Life Insurance policy, the court instructed the jury to verdict for the defendants. Physicians testified poisoning caused by work at Camp Sherman, but the court found no total disability or work-related poisoning proof. The policy was hard but not the court’s fault.
The Athens county farm bureaus executive committee designates H. H. Henry Amesville as a delegate to the American Farm Bureau Federation session in Indianapolis on December 6 to 8. He departs Sunday evening and will report to the board of directors in the chamber of commerce rooms on Monday.
Markets Pittsburg report light cattle receipts with steady tone and varied price ranges for cattle and veal calves. Hog, sheep, and lamb receipts show mixed changes. Cincinnati line notes weak cattle market with higher hogs and strong lamb prices, plus imperfect produce pricing and rough figures.
Hoge receipts 2100 and cattle receipts 11000 with market held steady. Beef and stock categories show varied price ranges. sheep receipts 12000 with wool lambs and ewes quoted.
Chicago market notes show butter creamery at 52 cents and standards at 41 and 49 cents. Eggs ordinary 61 and 65 cents, firsts 72 and 73 cents, with seconds 38 cents per dozen.
Readable market notes show cheese at 24c, twins youth Amer at 2514c, fowls 15e and 23c, roosters 1c. Potatoes listed as 48 cars in Wisconsin and Minnesota at 1.40 and 1.60 dollars per unit.
A scanned ledger lists Liberty Bond holdings with titles such as LaDorty 344 S and Victory 3944 S. It shows bid amounts including 90.50 for the first 41Q, 86.00 for second 4434, and 88.06 to 99.62 across several entries. The fragmentary text reflects bond class markings and percentages with unclear context.
Toledo Ohio grain and seed prices listed for cash and futures. Wheat bids at 1.90 for cash and December contracts. Corn No 2 yellow old 4c new 79c. Oats 540. Rye 1.47. Barley 81c. Clover seed futures range 11.40 to 12.10. Timothy seeds range 3.26 to 3.85. Alsike 16.25 to 16.75. Butter 60c. Eggs 85c. Hay 1.60.
Chicago authorities report milk prices fell again as producers cut by 45 cents per hundred pounds. Dealers blame plant closures for surplus products, with milk now at 14 cents a quart and Christmas prices falling daily. Some stores claim prices near pre war levels.
ARDMORE Okla Dec 1 Arrest of Clara Smith Hamon in the nationwide woman hunt is near County Prosecutor Ruesel Brown said after returning from a mysterious hunting trip tied to the death of Jake L Hamon millionaire and Republican national committee man Brown claimed he has positive information that Mrs Clara Hamon was in Hamon s suite when the millionaire was shot ten days ago She is sought on a charge of shooting with intent to kill
Governors and governors elect from thirty states met in Harrisburg to discuss common state interests. Laws, agricultural and industrial problems were among topics reviewed by representatives.
The notice announces Sylvia Gladys Went, infant, by Willem 8 West, her next friend, suing H Sime De sculmore Mi ims and others in the Court of Comen s of Athens County Ohio to declare a null and void pretended marriage contract dated April 22, 1919, at Oakland Mary. Hearing set on or after Jenner Attornaye fe for Plainties.
Columbus area lender advertises mortgage loans on homes farms and apartments in Ohio with liberal terms and fair interest. They promise prompt appraising of property and title examination while urging prompt action.
The Village of Glouster Ohio invites proposals for the sale of bearer deficit bonds. Bids due December 27, 1920, at the Clerk’s office. Bonds bear 6 percent interest, mature December 15 1924 and December 15 1928, numbered one to seven, issued to fund operating deficiencies.
Doorn report states physicians have given up on the former Kaiserin Augusta Victoria's recovery as of December 1, with no further treatment expected.
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