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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
10
Prison experts from around the world note a new circular unit at Lockport Illinois after the first block is completed. Each module holds 248 inmates and opens into a well lit inner court reducing barriers and temptations to escape.
Feuding witnesses accuse Marine officers of abuses in Haiti under the U S occupation. Senator Medill McCormick questions withdrawal of Marines and apologizes for alleged actions by Captain Merkle. Citizens report executions and “water cures” amid testimonies about May 1915 incidents involving U S ships.
Markets show firmer cash figures for grains and seeds with corn at No. 2 86c and 3 white at 39. Dec seed at 12.60 and Mar at 12.60. Dec sugar and butter prices listed in Cleveland markets. Railway stocks, including Norfolk & Western and Southern Pacific, move with consolidations noted alongside General Electric and American Sugar quotients.
Gricago December 16 reports butter at 42 to 82 cents for various grades. Eggs at 19 to 20 percent. Live poultry and ducks listed with prices for geese, rabbits, and roosters.
In a fragmented price section readers note entries for steady and extra first pricing of eggs and commodities. The snippet mentions Ge ordinaries and Shell PROLUDE au ATI with Dec 16 noted among the line items.
Receipts light as cattle and sheep trade shows mixed levels. Cattle top at 8.75 for choice and 8.0 for prime. veal calves quoted 12 to 18. sheep and lambs steady to lower with good and prime lots around 6 to 7. hogs and lighter stock higher with primes near 7.60 to 7.80 and utilities 4.85 to 8.75 for various classes.
Cincinnati reports receipts of 650 cattle with weak market, calves selling to 11.60 12. hogs at 7.76 with slow steady demand for good packers and butchers, sheep at 8, and grades including mutton and lambs weak to good.
Chicago December 16 Hog receipts 47 000 market steady to lower top 7 60 bulk sales 6 85 7 16 light weight 7 60 hogs heavy packing sows 5 50 6 50 pigs 7 25 Cattle receipts 14 000 market steady to lower prime 9 11 26 medium 6 85 9 76 common 5 60 6 85 good to choice 8 60 11 50 butcher cattle and helfers 8 00 8 75 cows 8 25 6 60 bulls 8 60 6 16 calves 7 75 10 25 veal calves 7 75 10 25 feeder steers 5 7 stocker steers 9 4 56 60 stocker cows and heifers 3 5 Sheep receipts 23 000 market 26e lower lambs 9 76 11 25 lambs cull and common 7 50 9 60 yearling wethers 7 5 9 75 ewes 3
Liberty 3 percent stock prices quoted with ranges for first to fourth bids. Local social notes include Clyde Creecy visiting Washington and Hall Chapman purchasing the R L Wolf bakery. Funeral attendance lists from Mrs Brown’s service feature relatives from Pomeroy Athens Guysville Parkersburg and Marietta. O K S held annual election and installation on Friday night December 9.
State men surveyed last Wednesday for a new improved road between WParkersburg and Athens. Mrs. Ella Campbell left Monday for California to spend winter with her children and sister. The Ladies Aid met at Hope Walden’s home Thursday afternoon. John and Mamie Hoobler hosted visitors. McLaughlins returned from Columbus. Ed Carleton entertained the Pedro Club. group reorganized under a new name upcoming.
Detroit authorities investigate a home explosion near Detroit that killed Victor Weykin and seven children after a report kerosene mixed with gasoline caused the blaze. County officials review preliminary findings as investigators probe fuel mixtures and ignition sources.
Patriotic Americans nationwide contribute to a fund to raise the mortgage on the Tennessee farm of Sergt. Alvin C. York, hailed by Marshal Foch as the war s greatest hero. York captured 132 Germans in one afternoon but struggles to farm profitably.
Local notices show fragmented text about a blanket distribution or sheltering effort. Readable elements reference a city area and probable human services action but lack clear dates or names. Further details are unavailable within the accessible OCR fragment.
An adjusted veterans compensation bill was introduced by Congressman Foster of Ohio. It proposes $1.50 per overseas service day and $1.25 for U S service days. The plan mirrors the American Legion fivefold program, covering adjusted service pay and certificates and vocational training aid.
Mr Foster cites four aid provisions including farm and home and land settlement aid as optional. He predicts passage this session and has referred the bill to Ways and Means. A poll shows at least 20 of 22 Ohio congressmen favoring the bill. Foster sends copies to Legion Posts in his district.
Rural schools in ten Ohio counties now teach eighth grade pupils to keep farm books. Counties include Williams, Fulton, Morrow, Trumbull, Greene, Lake, Henry, Washington, Hocking, Morgan. Ohio State University rural economics staff introduced the program via teachers' institutes with approved record books and a set of instructions.
Congressman Foster introduces a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to tax tax exempt securities. A similar proposal was made last Congress and echoed by President Harding in a message to Congress. Non taxable securities have more than doubled in six years.
Cleveland. William H. McGannon former chief justice of municipal court started a twenty day sentence in county jail on contempt of court. He had been convicted months earlier of conspiring to obstruct justice in the case.
Mrs Emma McClemson crawled from the Grand River beneath the highway bridge after a man allegedly knocked her unconscious and threw her over. The report notes note that matches consume over a hundred tons of wood daily worldwide.
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