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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1919
Page
5
Eggs steady with fresh gathered extra firsts at 70 cents a dozen and others ranging from 57 to 68 cents. Live poultry prices show fowls five pounds and over 27 cents, over 4 pounds 24 cents, under 4 pounds 22 cents, roosters 17 cents, fryers over 2 pounds 25 cents, roasting over 4 pounds 28 cents.
Butter creamer y prices listed at 638c and 5744c with firsts at 56c and 62c and seconds at 54c and 55c. Eggs ordinaries range 56c to 61c with firsts 68c and 69c. Cheese Twins 3034¢, 31c, young American 31c to 32c. Live poultry at 31c.
Liberty 3414s sell at 99.50 while First 4s trade at 93.20 and Second 4s at 91.80. First 414s reach 92.40 with Second 434s at 91.64 and Third 414s at 94.24. Fourth 414s trend to 91.78 as Victory 4s stand at 99.34 and Victory 31 4s at 99.32.
Toledo Ohio crop prices list corn No 3 yellow new 1 45 oats No 2 white new 88 7 88 barley No 2 1 60 rye No 2 1 79 clover seed cash Dec and Jan 30 85 Feb 30 95 March 30 85 alsike Dec and March 32 50 timothy cash 1917 1918 5 75 cash 1919 and Del 5 90 March April May 6 00.
Columbus Golden Post No 89 G A R elected its officers Saturday with Eli Roush as president and Thomas Porter as vice president J W Skinner as judge advocate Hdy W H Brown as chaplain S T Pierce as quartermaster Charles Burley as orderly and Jacob Glenn Marion Tippie as officers in charge of the color guard duties The selection reflects routine ceremonial leadership for the year.
Troy Grange in Coolville Ohio will hold an all day meeting on Saturday January 3 starting at 10 AM. The program includes 4th and 5th degree work and afternoon installation of new officers. Members urged to attend, bring lunch, and renew vows for 1920 banner year.
In Chicago on December 29 a string of poison deaths reached thirteen in a week as Valentine Schiff, 45, and his wife Catherine, 36, were found dead with a bottle of wood alcohol beside them. Police say strangulation occurred during a bed clothes entanglement in the poison agony.
Five men were arrested in Cleveland on a charge of assaulting Herman Shapiro his wife and Julius Shapiro, Herman’s brother, who was struck on the head by an iron bar and may die. The attack occurred in front of a raincoat manufacturing plant of which Herman is part owner.
In Laredo Texas officials and merchants report strong U S trade with Mexico led by gold and silver bullion pecans and parrots. Exports via the Rio Grande totaled 22 million in the year ending last June with 71 percent of district totals. Border crossborder freight faces bond requirements and rolling stock shortages.
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co outlines its community impact with over 2500 Columbus area families helped to buy homes or farms and more than 20000 new savings accounts opened. It notes deposits at 5 percent and borrowers paying 6 percent, urging public trust in cooperative saving and lending. Based at Rankin Building, 22 West Ga. St., Columbus, Ohio.
In Grand Rapids Michigan on December 29 demurrers against two indictments of Senator Truman H Newberry were filed in federal court. They challenge federal jurisdiction over actions tied to state primaries and set argument for January 5.
Mrs H. O. Barker of Little Falls New York reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cured her husband’s severe cold. The letter urges considering others’ experiences to beat a cold fast.
Mayor elect Herman R. Witter announced the appointment of William F. Gauchat, currently a deputy collector of internal revenue, as chief of police to succeed the retired Charles F. Riblet. Gauchat will assume office January 1.
In New York the Rev. Henry K. Miller, defending the religious page The Wayfarer from a brother minister’s criticisms, declared in a sermon that the other preacher was so fixated on the moral issue of the bare knee that all chaste and beautiful religious inspiration was missed.
Burglary insurers estimate New Yorkers suffered cash and goods worth 25000 in thefts this year. The figure reflects ongoing property crime impact in the city and highlights the scale of losses for insurers and residents.
New York subway elevated and surface lines stopped for thirty minutes today due to an electrical breakdown in a major power house cutting service across the city.
Chester Lois French the 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs George French died at the parental Mineral home after a brief diphtheria illness. Private services will be held Tuesday at 10 in the home with burial in New Marshfield cemetery. The family has three children.
A French inventor has created a celluloid memorandum tag designed to snap over the face of a watch. The device allows quick notes to be carried on a timepiece, combining portability with brief record keeping.
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