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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
7
A notice asks for return of a lost pair of Gum hip boots found on the road between Athens and Nelsonville. Call 530 Athens or 517 Nelsonville to claim. Also small ads note The Model Restaurant serves meals for 45 cents and luncheon for 35 cents near the Opera House.
A series of dances will be held at Owls' Hall in Nelsonville by the Ete Dancing Club every Saturday night starting December 18 1920. Jazz music will accompany the events a good evening out for dancers.
The Gadbury store advertises big value bargains on mam moth stock and real bargains for Christmas. Shoppers are invited to buy candy nuts and fruit at Nelsonville Ohio shop run by W Gadbury.
Cattle receipts 500, market slow and weak with shippers paying 9.00 to 11.00. Calves market steady with 13.00 to 13.50. Hogs receipts 4300, market steady to 2.6 lower, choice packers and butchers at 9.75. Sheep receipts 176, market steady with 4.50 to 8.60, lambs steady with 10.50 to 11.00.
Hog receipts 5600 with market 40 lower. bulk 6.80. butchers 8.75 and 9.00. packing 8.70 to 8.90. light 8.80 to 9.10. pigs 8.26. roughs 8.50 to 8.75. cutters 3.00 to 5.00. stockers 4.25 to 9.50. cows 4.25 to 9.90. calves 8.60 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 1300, market 25 cents higher. wool lambs 8.00 to 12.50. ewes 2.25 to 6.00.
Miss Bertha McGreggor of Parkerburg West Virginia and two years with the Y M C A in Paris attracted comment in New York by wearing a striking hat named Cleosia. Her attendance at the Garden canteen and its pro ven motif drew noted reactions as she traveled.
Cattle offerings were light with steady to firm prices. Prime and choice cattle ranged around 12.00 to 12.50 with veal at 15.00 to 15.50. Sheep and lambs were light with steady values, hog receipts light and prices up, noting primes near 9.90 to 10.40 and pigs around 10.00 to 10.50.
A fragmented price list shows butter-creamery at 49 cents, standards 43 cents, firsts 38 cents, seconds 33 cents, and cheese items at 75 cents and 19 percent. Live poultry is priced at 34 cents per unit.
Cincinnati markets show price changes with produce values advancing by ten cents for extra firsts and 68 cents for firsts while ordinary items hover around 66 cents. Market notes indicate modest shifts across categories on December 14.
Toledo Ohio market notes list December and March corn cash prices No 2 yellow at 7c, new 8c, timothy cash and mixed timothy-alike feeds. Alike and other hay and butter prices cited. March and December futures prices shown for several grains and crops with small adjustments.
A prisoner serving life for Patrolman Gaffney’s murder was set to testify tomorrow to aid his friend George Losteiner in escaping the electric chair for alleged participation in the killing. The defense case would hinge on his testimony.
The ordinance assigns penalties and designates streets and places for parking restrictions. It authorizes the director of safety to regulate parking and imposes fines up to 28 dollars for offenses. The measure was approved and attested in December 1930.
Legal notice indicates William Steward seeks court action against Mary Steward with a hearing set on or after January. Wooll & Row, attorneys for the petitioner, represent the case originated in Ohio.
Notice records the death of William Root a Lara as adeatiy ator of John Pierce count on November 4 1996 and notes age Baia orang.
Carpenter appointed administrator of Magdalene Hubler estate in Athens County. Probate Judge Awl H. Picea issues the order dated December 14.
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