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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
7
Eggs rise two cents with fresh gathered extra firsts at 78 cents per dozen, firsts 74 cents, seconds 67 cents. Live poultry prices list fowls 25 cents per pound and over, lighter weights 18 to 16 cents, roosters and springers at varying rates.
Cattle receipts 550 with a strong market. Shippers paid 10.50 to 15.00. Calves 50c lower at 18.00 to 18.50. Hog receipts 3300 with a 25c drop. best packers and butchers 13.50. Sheep 150 receipts steady. good to choice 7.00 to 7.50. Lambs light receipts. good to choice 14.50 to 15.00.
Butter at Chicago market shows creamery bids at 71 4 cents with standards 64, firsts 60 and 68, seconds 67 and 59 cents per pound. Pricing reflects early trading and varied quality grades.
Toledo Ohio December 6 close figures for grains and seeds with prices in dollars per bushel or cwt. Corn No 3 yellow new 1.51. Oats No 2 white new 0.82. Barley No 2 1.50. Rye No 2 1.60. Clover seed cash 30.70 with deferred quotes for Dec 30.45 Jan 30.85 Feb 30.45 Mar 30.30. Alsike Dec 31.10 Mar 30.85. Timothy cash 1917 1918 5.35 cash 1919 and Dec 5.55 Mar 5.72 14 Apr May 5.70.
Hogs receipts 18000 with market around 1be and 25e tower. Bulk prices 13.20 and 13.50, butchers 12.75 to 13.75, light 12.75 to 13.75, pigs 12.00 to 12.50. Cattle receipts 4500 with market steady to weak. beeves 7.75 and 21.00, butcher stock 6.25 and 15.00, canners and cutters 5.05 to 7.75, stockers and feeders 6.00 and 12.25, cows 6.25 and 15, calves 16.50 and 17.50. Sheep receipts 10000 with market steady to 25c lower. wool lambs 10 and 16.25, owes 4.00 and 11.25.
Readable lines list unit prices for Liberty 314 and Victory 41 and 31 four wheel items with varied figures. No clear event or narrative context, just price points like 99.68 for Liberty 314 and 94.50 for First 414. Repetition of multiple part numbers and prices.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with choice cattle at 15.25 to 15.75 dollars and prime 14.00 to 15.00. Veal calves 20.00 to 21.00. Sheep and lambs receipts light and market steady with prime wethers 9.50 to 10.25, good 8.25 to 9.00, mixed 6.50 to 8.00, fair 10.00 to 15.75. Hogs market slow with prime heavy 14.00, mediums 14.00 to 14.15, heavy yorkers 14.00 to 14.15, light yorkers 13.75 to 14.00, pigs 13.25 to 13.50, roughs 11.00 to 12.50, stags 8.00 to 10.00.
In Washington on December 6 President Wilson and Mrs Wilson received two Red Cross Christmas seal canvassers Adrienne Mayer and Jack Baker. A letter to Mrs Grant notes their visit boosted his spirits for recovery. Mayer later sold seals to the Prince of Wales and earned a Pershing decorated medal.
Fire at Edgewater Lumber Company in Cleveland on Thursday caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Police said the blaze started in several separate spots with Lakewood fire chief Speddy confirming arson is suspected.
A G A R post room funeral gathering is set for Monday December 8 at 1 30 PM to honor Comrade Hildebrand of Moore Avenue. Eli Roush P C announces.
Jefferson City Missouri December 6 The coal conference of western Governors called for St Louis tomorrow has been indefinitely postponed Governor Gardner announced today He indicated the conference will be held later if the coal situation does not improve within the week
Milton D Hughes has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Joseph Lax late of Athens County Ohio deceased. Dated November 28 1919. H T Phillips Probate Judge of Said County 11 29 30tw.
B B Wyatt appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Frederick C Wyatt, late of Athens county Ohio, deceased. Dated November 20 1919. H T Philips Probate Judge of said county. 11-22-360tw.
An advertisement by BUYER XPORT AGENCY Inc promotes a book of 200 beverage formulas for home use. It claims agents can make $8200 weekly and urges quick purchase of copies priced at one dollar, with territorial propositions. Located at 487 Broadway, New York.
Phyllis Elliott of unknown residence is notified that Ray Elliott filed for divorce in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas Ohio alleging adultery. The hearing is set for December 13 and attorney Rae Foster & Wells represents the plaintiff.
River stage readings from Pittsburgh and nearby points show varying levels with Point Bridge at 6.9 feet and rising, Herr's Island 6.2 rising, Davis Island 7.1 falling, Beaver Dam 8.1 rising, Parkersburg 7.9 falling, and Point Pleasant 11.9 falling as of December 6.
A new aircraft motor inventor asserts his design delivers 20 power impulses at regular intervals with each revolution, suggesting a high frequency propulsion concept and potential efficiency gains for aviation propulsion.
A. C C. Watson, C. G. Bent, C. A. Layner and A. F. E. Dutton as trustees of the Coolville Charge file in Athens county court a petition case No 11864 seeking court order to sell In-lot 6 and the north half of lot 64 in Coolville Ohio for not less than $2 060. Hearing set on or after January 1 1920. L A Koons attorney for petitioners. 12-6-dotw.
Washington dispatch notes Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane envisions a government department of editors to present facts with punch. Lane’s 1919 report treats coal, electricity and petroleum as core power sources and calls for more public data on coal production, usage, and pricing.
Paris dispatch says Great Britain will honor the Franco British defensive alliance by aiding France in case of unprovoked German aggression, regardless of whether the United States joins the pact.
The United States civil service commission announces an examination for Athens County Ohio to fill rural carrier posts at Albany and Nelsonville on January 10, 1920. Open to citizens domiciled in the county territory meeting Form No 1977 requirements, with vacancies possible on rural routes from other post offices in the county.
Stark county grand jury indicted Dee ee and Cora Siebert of Cleveland and Canton on kidnapping charges. The case concerns the November 3 taking of Elizabeth Albee, adopted daughter of the late Theo and Edna Albee.
An ordinance authorizes issuing bonds totaling 15000 dollars to improve Nelsonville Ohio water works by securing a water source, building wells, and equipping them. Bonds run 15 years at six percent interest with coupons, sold at par with premiums to sinking funds per statute.
Ordinance 536 sets fire department staff in Nelsonville with a chief paid 1500 dollars yearly and bond, six volunteer firemen paid 6 dollars monthly plus per fire and run allowances, chief to reside rent free in City Hall second floor. Two weeks vacation annually. Repeals inconsistent ordinances. effective January 1, 1920. approved December 1, 1919.
Charles B B Ward alias Big Wardie of Cleveland is sentenced to one to five years for possessing burglar tools and high explosives. Cleveland officials testify to three prior petit larceny convictions in Ohio.
Ordinance No. 535 fixes salaries and bonds for Nelsonville police officers. The chief will earn 1500 dollars annually with a 1000 dollar bond and 25 cent per meal. a patrolman 1200 dollars annually with a 500 dollar bond. special police at 4 dollars per day. The chief also receives free use of a city hall room for office duties after January 1, 1920.
An 1920s Nelsonville Ohio city ordinance sets the mayor’s salary at twelve hundred per year payable monthly from the city general fund with a bond of three thousand dollars for faithful service. It repeals inconsistent parts and states the ordinance takes effect at the earliest legal date, signed December 1 by the clerk.
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