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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
7
The Glouster town council set to meet tonight for its first December session with monthly reports to be reviewed. A final regular session is planned for December 17. Attending Shrine meeting in Columbus are C E Duncan G C Fawcett A McDonald J B Stiff C A Pride and C L Palmer.
The unknown heirs of John Settle and the defendants in case No 11074 before the Athens County Common Pleas Court are ordered to answer by December 11 1920. Charles F Gandee and Ella Gandee seek a deed to inlet No 287 Guthrie Gould and Company Addition Athens Ohio and may obtain a court order if they fail to deliver. Attorneys Woolley and Rowland represent the plaintiff.
Daily trains depart Athens at 6 43 a m 9 59 a m 2 63 p m 11 a m and 4 3 p m with No 2 No 4 No 6 and other services listed. The schedule includes southbound departures and multiple daily trains from Athens.
Taxi service from Sugar Creek and Athens starts December 1 with timed departures from Dain's garage at 7 35 9 45 11 45 1 45 and 3 45 and returns from Athens at 9 00 11 00 12 00 3 00 and 4 15 fare 50 cents Amesville Taxi Co L H Blair proprietor Also a Plains crossroads to Athens run at 8 a m from The Plains and 2 30 p m return fare 50 cents Geo Chaney
Cattle receipts are light and demand steady with primes at 11.25 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 13.50 for choice cattle. veal calves bring 15.00 to 16.00. Sheep and lambs show light receipts with primes at 6.00 to 6.50 and yearling lambs at 13.00 to 13.25. Hogs receipts include 50 double decks. prime heavies 11.65 to 11.75 and mediums 10.75 to 11.00. roughs 9.00 to 9.50. stags 5.00 to 7.25.
Hogs receipts 29000. market 15e lower with bulk 10.00 to 10.25. butchers 10.00 to 10.25. packing 9.50 to 9.90. light 9.90 to 10.25. pigs 9.50 to 11.00. roughly 9.25 to 9.50. Cattle receipts 6000. market steady. beeves 7.50 to 15.50. butcher stock 4.75 to 12.00. canners and cutters 3.50 to 5.50. stockers and feeders 4.00 to 10.00. cows 4.65 to 10.25. calves 11.00 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 12000. market 25¢ lower. wool lambs 8.50 to 12.75. spring lambs 2.50 to 5.50.
Cattle receipts 800, market slow and weak to steady with good steer prices $10.50 to $12.00 and calves $14.00 to $15.00. Hogs receipts 7800, steady to 25 cents higher with good packer and butcher at $10.75. Sheep receipts 300, steady with extra $5.50 to $6.00. lambs stronger with extra $11.50 to $12.00.
Cincinnati prices show eyes steady with extra firsts at 77c, firsts at 75c, and ordinary at 73c in the December 3 market summary.
Butter creamery prices 650c stand ards 45c firsts 40c 47c seconds 36c 38c Eggs ordinaries 64c 68c firsts 75c 76c Cheese twins 25c young American 24 4c Live Poultry 20c 24 4c
An OCR damaged clipping mentions Liberty 314 bonds and multiple asked yields such as four percent and eight percent figures, interspersed with garbled letters and names. The fragment references bond values and issuing notes but lacks coherent details or context.
Toledo market closes show wheat at 2.03 cash and Dec. corn 89c cash old 89c new .82c. Oats No 2 cash 56 57c. Rye No 2 cash 1.55. Barley No 2 cash .865. Seed prices rise with 1919 to 12.20 and up to 12.75 for March. timothy ranges 3.35 to 3.70. Alsuke cash 16.25 to 16.50. butter 60c. eyes 85c. hay 1.60.
Keith Collins, a principal in the $5 million Burlington mail car robbery at Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty today before Federal Judge Martin J. Wade to stealing and opening government mail sacks. He received a fifteen year sentence to Fort Leavenworth Federal Prison.
Homer Grange schedules a meeting at Mount Ville on Saturday afternoon to discuss important topics. Members are urged to attend for the benefit of all.
Mr and Mrs Cashie Judson of Greens Run welcomed twin girls born yesterday. The family recognized the new arrivals as healthy and joyous additions to the home.
The W. C. T. U. will convene next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock at the home of Mrs Zern Cunning ham. All members and interested persons are invited to attend.
The Hisylvania Coal Co faces delays in pumping at mines 22 and 23 after floods from adjacent workings. A booster pump failed when a transformer overloaded. a new transformer arrives today and should restore booster operation by night. The existing pump is steady, with gradual gains expected as booster returns to service.
Mrs M D Shell age 75 died at her east city home after several weeks illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1 30 pm at the Church of Christ conducted by Pastor Harry W Wilson. Interment will follow in the city cemetery. She is survived by her husband and five children Agnes Eddy Lizzie McKee Lester Snoden John Shell and George Shell.
The Seal sale stamps have arrived and the final weekday tasks focus on placing them in envelopes and arranging opening next Monday. Mrs. Robert L. Woodworth leads the drive with new staff Troops 1 2 and 38 to distribute stamps in barber shops while Mrs. J A Palmer and Mrs. P B Lawrence supply stores and Miss Beatrice Sawyer manages sorority involvement at Ohio University.
Chicago December third. MacArthur owned by C. E. Jones of Livermore Ohio won the grand championship prize for stallions at the international stock show. The junior championship went to George Henry owned by Bell Brothers of Wooster Ohio.
A new tool resembling tongs replaces forks for turning meat while cooking. It prevents puncturing meat and preserves juices, improving cooking results.
Northbound trains 83 85 37 depart Athens at 6:00 AM 11:06 AM and 6:00 PM. Southbound trains 30 32 24 arrive Athens 10:10 AM 3:46 PM and 8:15 PM daily. Dakley Trains run daily.
Charles Barker has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Elizabeth Pierce late of Athens county Ohio deceased this 17th day of November A D 1920 J T Phillips the Judge of Said County.
W J Thorn of Boston denounced the doctrine of eternal hell in a Chamber of Commerce Auditorium lecture. He argued such teachings cause distress and drive people to insanity, urging broader Bible study and stating all will be resurrected but only the faithful escape the second death.
Eiffel contributed 700000 dollars and the French government 300000 dollars toward the construction of the tower officials announce. This funding split highlights the joint financial backing backing the landmark project during its development.
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