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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
9
Thousands of Railway Mail Clerks and other Government positions for men and women over 18. Salaries range from 1300 to 2000 dollars. Lists and questions free. Columbus Institute, Columbus, 6.11-20-40.tw.
Cattle receipts 15000 and hogs 53000 with prices listed. Beef beeves 7.50 to 20.75, cows 6.40 to 15.00, calves 16.50 to 17.50. Hogs steady to lower with bulk 13.75 to 14.20 and primes around 14.50 to 15.00. Sheep and lambs receipts 22000 with wool lambs 10.00 to 16.25 and ewes 4.25 to 11.25. Continuous market shifts noted.
Cattle receipts 1200 and calves market steady with extras 18.75 to 19.00 reflecting demand. Hogs receipts 8500 with steady market and top packer and butcher price 14.00. Sheep receipts 600 and lambs strong with good to choice prices 7.00 to 7.50 and 14.50 to 15.00 respectively.
Butter prices at the Chicago market show Creamery at 71 72¢ range, Standards at 68c, Firsts 60c and 64c, Seconds 57 1/4¢ and 59 1/2¢, reflecting current trading.
Fresh gathered extra firsts 74c per dozen, firsts 73c, ordinary firsts 70c, seconds 63c. Live poultry prices: fowls 4% lbs and over 25c, over 344 lbs 18c, under 3 14 lbs 16c, roosters 16c, broilers 1 14 lbs and over 26c, springers over 2 lbs 24c, ducks spring white over 4 lbs 32c, under 3 0c, colored 29c, turkeys hens 8 lbs and over 37c.
Toledo Ohio market notes list closing prices for corn oats barley rye and various seeds. Prices given for cash and futures months including Clover seed Alsike Timothy with different year figures and futures values.
Four young men from Montreux entered an 8 lion den at a traveling menagerie and played a hand of carte, then rejoined the crowd without harm, baffling onlookers with their bold stunt.
A postal card mailed from Fort Ethan Allen Vermont on July 3 1906 by Hazel Macy to her father in Boston after 13 years en route is received by H B Macy of 870 Atlantic Avenue.
State Auditor Donahey declined to pay a 1531.30 freight bill from the B and O Railroad for nine coal cars from Canaanville to Athens. Officials say most coal originated in West Virginia and back-haulage and long distances explain high charges amid strikes. They expect corrections as labor troubles ease.
Fire in Conneaut Ohio damaged the business district with estimates around two hundred thousand dollars. Fire Chief T J Gough and Engineman Louis Stevens were overcome by smoke. The blaze started at H C Kurtz jewelry store and spread to nearly a dozen large stores before Ashtabula fire units assisted and daylight ended the flames. An overheated furnace was blamed.
General Pershing left Washington for a nationwide inspection of military resources. He will visit Camp Lee in Petersburg Virginia today and spend Christmas and New Year at Lincoln Nebraska with his two sisters and his son Warren.
Washington reports 25 000 troops and two cruisers within easy striking distance of Mexico ready to act if hostilities erupt. War and navy departments deny naval reserve mobilization while outlining routine planning and border command under Major General Joseph T Dickman.
An unveri fied report reached the state department today claiming that Villa has been captured by Mexican federal authorities near a reached location. Further verification was not immediately available.
A dual compartment fire pail designed for garages keeps two chemicals separate until thrown on an oil blaze when they mix to form a flame smothering foam. The Paris National Library holds an ancient Chinese sky map from 600 B C showing 1400 stars.
A historical overview of The Grange Patrons of Husbandry including its founding in 1867 by Oliver Hudson Kelley and six co-founders. It covers the Grange’s educational social role, growth to 38 states, nonpartisan politics, and quotes from McKinley Nash Woodruff praising its impact on agriculture and legislation. The article also notes a personal visit by Carl Beasley and family returning from Cincinnati with Mrs Beasley’s relatives.
The State of Ohio Insurance Department certifies Hartford Insurance Co of Hartford Connecticut is authorized to transact in Ohio on the stock plan. It lists aggregate assets 216 2003, net assets 166.88, paid in capital 2 000 000, surplus 1 698 166.58, year income 90 70 and cash expenditures 6 164 194 88. Signature of the Superintendent and official seal
In Columbus on December 4, Hocking Valley officials said a meeting of railroad heads in New York on Friday will decide curtailing passenger service. Connors noted service will be cut and figures on what to reduce were discussed. Curtailed service could begin Monday as rail officials report a 25 percent drop in passenger traffic in the Ohio Indiana district. In Cincinnati officials warned curtailment could spread to southern Ohio if coal shortages continue, with no definite plans yet but possible action before Sunday.
In Murray City on November 1 the class of thirty nine candidates began the regular business of Captain Cunliffe. The session featured orderly work and a luncheon at Logan with 58 served. Members listed include Moore Pidcock Hutchinager Riggs Nagle Swingle Ounc liffe Hannon Huffman Fisher Bessannon Stiff and Robinson. The Murray M M degree seeks invitations to initiate classes in other locales.
Jackson resident Carl was bound over to the grand jury in Akron Ohio on a highway robbery charge after a Thursday morning hearing.
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