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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1919
Page
7
Cattle receipts 300. market strong. Shippers 10.50 to 15.00. Calves 50c higher. extra 18.50 to 19.00. Hogs receipts 11,500. market 10 to 25 cents lower. Good choice packers and butchers 13.40. Sheep receipts 800. market steady 7.00 to 7.50. Lambs steady 4.50 to 15.00.
Butter Creamery and Cheese-Twins display assorted prices for butter eggs cheese and live poultry. Listed items include standard firsts seconds and ordinaries with varied cents per unit and a range of prices across multiple brands.
The item lists betting prices in New York on Liberty 314 with $99.70 and related entries for First 4 Second 4 and 414 variants, showing fluctuations like First 4 at $94.40 Second 4 at $91.96 and Victory 434 at $99.22 while Victory 3% sits at $99.16.
Cattle receipts 70 loads steady market with choice 15.50 to 16.25 prime 14.25 to 15.00 common 12.00 to 13.50 veal calves 20.00 to 21.00. Sheep and lambs receipts 20 doubles market strong on sheep lambs lower prime wethers 9.50 to 10.25 good 8.25 to 9.00, mixed 6.50 to 8.00 fair mixed 10.00 to 15.00. Hogs receipts 10 double decks market lower prime heavy 13.50, mediums 13.65 to 13.75, heavy yorkers 13.65 to 13.75, light workers 13.65 to 13.75, pigs 13.65 to 13.75, roughs 10.00 to 12.25, stags 9.00 to 9.25.
Hogs receipts 59 000 with market 25c higher and varies by grade from bulk 13 25 to packing and pigs. Cattle receipts 24 000 with market 25c higher and ranges include beeves 21.00, butcher stock 15.00, cows 15.00, calves 16.50. Sheep receipts 0 with market 25c higher and wool lambs 16.25, ewes 11.25.
Toledo O H Dec 8 close shows corn No 3 yellow at 1.51 a bushel oats No 2 white at 83 to 85 cents barley No 2 at 1.50 rye No 2 at 1.61. Clover seed cash 30.70 Dec 30.45 Jan 30.35 Feb 30.45 Mar 30.30. Alsike Dec 31.25 Mar 31.00. Timothy cash 1917 1918 5.35 cash 1917 9 5.55 Dec 5.57 Mar 5.72 April May 5.70.
Ohio River tide levels show rising measurements at multiple locations including Point Bridge 11.9 feet, Herr's Island 12.3, Davis Island 12.5, Beaver Dam 13.9, Parkersburg 20.4 and Point Pleasant 35.4 feet, as of December 8.
Dec 8 report notes a district No 7 teachers meeting at the local high school in Chauncey. Superintendent Emmett Riley called the gathering for Friday at 1 PM to discuss next quarter instructions and holiday plans. An alarm clock device was designed to remind business men of multiple daily engagements.
Henry L Farrell recalls two late fumbles deciding famous games. Scheerer of Princeton scooped and scored as Reinhardt of Yale saved a Crimson loss by diving for the ball. Yale’s and Harvard’s turnovers again doomed their paths, underscoring football’s habit of reward for decisive plays.
Death claimed two honored Athens county pioneers within hours in Waterloo township. William McPherson aged 83 left a family including Mrs. L S Withers and Mrs. James Rankin. Gilbert M McDougal aged 80 left sons Dr C S McDougall of Athens and Dr John McDougal of New Lexington.
Invitations are issued for the wedding of Mr James Pryor McVey and Miss Virginia Hogg on Wednesday December 20 at the First Presbyterian church in Huntington West Virginia the bride’s home city.
A Saturday evening gathering was hosted by Miss Harriet Arscott at the Washington street residence of her sister Mrs C H Porter. Attendees enjoyed a pleasant social hour in a cordial, family setting.
Senator Truman H. Newberry and a group of assistants will face arraignment in federal court this afternoon on election fraud charges. The trial date may be set at arraignment. Also to be arraigned are John S. Newberry, his brother, and Paul H. King, his campaign manager.
Kalamazoo Michigan shuts every factory at midnight due to a coal shortage. About 12,500 workers face layoffs as plants halt operations.
Attorney M. D. Hughes of the Red Cross issues guidance on correcting discharge records and adding missing details. Instructions cover name corrections, affidavits, and naturalization timelines for aliens who served in World War I. Retainer pay rules for naval reserve groups are outlined, along with procedures to obtain death certificates for veterans.
The Popolo Romano denied Jugo-Slav claims that poet Gabriele D Annunzio plans a new Dalmatian coast expedition. D Annunzio told the Italian government he will not cross the armistice line, according to official word.
Joe Edgar Thompson and Edward Smith faced common pleas court on a grand larceny charge for robbing a Redtown box car last summer of over three hundred dollars in dry goods. Prosecutor Bartels with Attorney Jones probed the case while defense attorneys Woolley Rose and Koons defended. Also, Coolville Methodist trustees A Watson C Bent C Alayner and E A Duetton sought court authority to sell a two thousand dollar land tract, citing a Marietta district conference resolution.
A. C. Roach appealed a magistrate court ruling in a suit by Leroy R. Shafer. The case involved Roach's auto allegedly damaging Shafer’s bicycle for thirty five dollars, with Justice Warrener's court granting judgment for the amount.
President Wilson declares any resolution severing ties with Mexico would upset constitutional practice and cause foreign affairs confusion. Senator Lodge says Fall resolution dead. Wilson letter urges adherence to constitutional method. Woodrow Wilson signs.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed action on the Fall resolution to break with Mexico because the anticipated statement of President Wilson’s views had not reached the committee. After discussing Tampico, the panel adjourned without a date for resumption. Soon after, Senator Fall was notified by the White House that a communication from the president was on its way.
A new Big Four schedule effective Wednesday midnight removes passenger trains on lines in Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan linking Cincinnati Middletown Indianapolis and nearby points. No through trains are disturbed.
Notice to taxpayers that 1919 taxes are now open. Present last tax receipt at the window for service. Office hours 8 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Office of County Treasurer James E. Woodworth warns secondhand checks not accepted.
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