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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
5
The Security Savings Bank in Athens advertises interest on deposits and invites customers to start a savings account today. The fragment notes a date format 6. 10-18-1 but provides no additional details.
The Green Music store advertises piano tuning and rebuilding by BE M Norris. Offer includes converting straight pianos to player pianos, upgrading player pianos to electric, and expanding 65 note to 88 note players. Ukelele attachment option mentioned. Week of December 18.
New Year’s event at Owls Hall presented by Elite Dancing Club with live music by saan orchestra. Ads show mixed wants to trade, rent, and sale notices including rooms for rent and a four room house for sale with slate roof and electric lights.
Washington dispatch reports Republican Publicity Association claims Mr Gompers and his Washington circle spread a campaign against labor welfare. They say the labor movement survives only with Gompers approval, while critics allege his policy favors strikes and coercion, harming wage earners and public trust. They cite Boston police support for an alleged national coal miners pressure and Gompers backing W Z Foster to organize steel workers for a strike.
A political tract condemns Samuel Gompers and allied labor leaders for pushing for league membership and railroad control, arguing they have become national dictators. It asserts a voter backlash and calls to shield industry from their influence while preserving constitutional rights for all citizens.
Carpenters at Frank Rauch's bakery on Court street remove a wall between bakery and luncheonette to enlarge the space. Rauch plans to discontinue luncheonette service and offer coffee, rolls, and doughnuts at the fountain. The bakery will extend to the display room for a new oven and doughnut machine.
The Church of God at The Plains Ohio will be dedicated Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock. Rev Sherwood of Anderson Indiana will give the dedicatory address.
Pasadena reports Ohio State football team working to recuperate after summer drills as Big Ten champions prepare for the intersectional battle with California on New Year’s Day. Coach Wilce says the squad can sustain speed for an hour in heat and will ease into sharp practice by Saturday morning.
Washington reports new Bolivian oil discovery near La Paz in a region bordered by the Andes and Gran Chaco. U.S. geologists see vast concessions and plan a 500 mile pipeline to the Parana river, with a guard and potential railless transport amid fierce Indian opposition. Explorers from many nations compete for acreage while governments regulate foreign rights.
New York Central Railroad asks interstate commerce commission for permission to release operate and eventually buy Chicago Junction terminal properties to create an inner belt line connection at Chicago marked by the proposed expansion.
Cattle receipts light and prices steady with primes at 10.00 to 11.00, choice 10.60 to 11.00, common 9.00 to 9.75, veal calves 18.00 to 18.50. Sheep and lambs receipts fair, market steady with prime wethers 6.50, good 5.00 to 5.50, yearling lambs 13.00 to 13.25. Hogs receipts 30 doubles, market lower. prime heavy 9.75 to 10.00, mediums 10.50 to 10.75, heavies 10.60 to 11.00, light hogs 10.85 to 11.00, stag 6.00.
Butter creameries sell at 65c and 61c for firsts with other standards and seconds noted. Eyes ordinaries and related items show 67c 61c with firsts at 65c. cheese twins 19e. fowls 23c and 28c.
Cattle receipts reach 5000 with slow market. shippers paid 8.00 to 10.00 per cwt while calves rise 1 to 2, top 16.00 to 17.00. Hogs total 6500 with steady to 0.25 higher, good packers paying 10.00. Sheep 60 head steady with extra 4.00 to 4.50. lambs steady with 10.50 to 11.00 gains.
Cincinnati market report lists Egge firm produce prices with extra firsts at 66 cents, firsts 64 cents, and ordinary at 62 cents on December 30.
Hog receipts total 46000 with market prices down 35 to 50 cents from prior. Bulk sales quoted at 9.40 to 9.66, with various cuts and night prices listed. Cattle receipts show heavy volume and mixed price moves with beves and canners at specified ranges. Sheep receipts 18000 with market shifts of 25 to 50 cents lower and lamb prices given at multiple levels.
Toledo Ohio December close shows wheat cash and December at 1.90 and March and May at 1.93. Corn No 2 yellow 78c. Oats No 2 white 58c to 68c. Rye No 3 1.60. Barley No 2 78c. Clover seed ranges 12.80 to 13.85 with January 12.00 and March 12.90. Timothy values 3.46 cash 1919 era and 8.58 cash 1919. hay around 1.60.
Liberty bond lines show 3 percent and 4 percent issues with varied values. The document lists bond series and denominations including 3 percent, 4 percent and Victory issues, noting values around 988.66 and other figures.
Senator H. Scott of Tippecanoe City led the finance committee and was the sole Civil War veteran among local lawmakers who acted without external pressure. The remark highlights a veteran’s self reliance amid ongoing political tensions in Franklin County.
In Madison Square Garden last night the bout ended in the eleventh round when Unknown knocked out Jack rkey. Moore from New York and Bt. Paul fought on the undercard as contenders.
Administrator announces a public auction for two tracts of land in Bern Township Athens County Ohio on January 22 1921 at 1 o'clock p m Real estate includes 60 acres more or less and 60 9 100 of an acre with deeds from 1881 188? and 190? both valued at 1000 and 5 respectively Terms are cash on day of sale This notice is by Lewis J pees administrator with will annexed of Margaret Jane Elliott deceased Jones Jones Attorneys for plaintiff.
Mary B Allen of ford Oklahoma Richard Warren Lot Miah Warren Jesse Warren Walters and Dillie Kelley of Missouri Fran Rann Elridge Vern Lyle Lyle and other unknown heirs of Warren will take notice of a petition filed in Athens district court regarding the estate of Charles cons. The petition seeks appointment of a personal representative to settle the decedent's debts and estate. The court paper outlines the decedent's death and asset details with intent to describe heirs and legal actions.
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