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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
11
Market notes show cattle and calves pricing with wide gaps and unclear figures. It references live cattle, fat cattle and top prices, indicating a slow market with some prices around ten dollars per head and others near thirteen dollars for fat cattle.
Fat lambs steady to strong with gains up to 25 cents in early trade. Cattle top bids at around 12 dollars per cwt for fed steers with bulk feeders and stockers mixed. calves and fat lambs show improved demand while maidstock and bulls vary in price across lots.
Readable portions show prices for cattle and heifers by weight and grade with figures like 11.35 and 6.50. Entries reference common medium choice and NF choice categories, but many lines are garbled. The fragmentary text suggests an old livestock sale listing with varied weights and prices.
Readable fragment shows butter prices with firsts at 44 cents and seconds at 42 cents. Mentions ordinary creamery items and Chicago market context.
The report covers creamery tablet prices with No 1 stock at 27c and No 2 at Me, various fresh gathered butter grades, and poultry prices for fowls, roosters, and fryers with weights and per pound rates. It also notes a raw wool market remains active with mills operating, fleece prices around 45 to 46 cents for Ohio Delaines, and a New York bond market glimpse showing government securities moving.
Fragmentary text hints at evaluating opportunities with care. Specific names, dates, or places are not discernible, but the tone implies a warning against overestimating immediate value. Further context would clarify what opportunities are being referenced.
News of Our Government covers Federal Reserve data showing November wholesale trade lower but near last year’s level. Also notes U S intervention in Nicaragua framed as protecting lives and property with no side chosen. Automobile deaths rise with 21 627 in 1925. White sales urged for January household linens and undergarment fabrics. In Georgia, 56 Black youths attend agricultural school at Forsyth under Dr H O Sargent.
The Department of Commerce reports coal production for the week ending December 11 reached 82 percent of the same period in 1925. The note appears amid a broader plea to read classifieds and attend promotions where profits are discussed.
In Sandusky the two dozen ice fishermen prepare shanties for the Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay season. They expect by Saturday the ice to bear their weight and an eight hour day to yield eight to ten dollars each, turning ice fishing into a sizable, remunerative industry.
A Studebaker owned by Fred Elliott of Detroit broke loose from its spot in front of the Hotel Berry last night. It rolled down a hill across the street and struck a parked Chevrolet, damaging the front left fender and running board.
Columbus, Dec. 30. Charles B. Meek, superintendent of Toledo city schools, was elected president of the Ohio State Teachers Association at the annual convention in Columbus yesterday, succeeding J A McDowell of Ashland.
Hamden families and friends traveled to Columbus and Chillicothe for holiday events. Albert Donahue visited his grandmother in Cincinnati area, while Opal and Gladys Knox connected with relatives in Radcliff and here. Jolly, Fee, and Ray families joined Christmas dinners in Circleville Wellston and Coalton plus a Sunday visit by Louise Webster and Frank Lockard of Wellston.
Harrisburg NL December 30. Machine Gun Charley Birger leader of a southern Illinois gang faction says he will not surrender on a murder warrant for Mayor Joe Adams of West City. He claims a $500 bet to find and kill Carl Shelton before midnight Friday and offers the winnings for information on Shelton’s whereabouts. An armed posse searched Birger’s road house in Williamson County but he was in Saline county.
CHICAGO December 30. Harold J. Croarkin, confessed slayer of six year old Walter Schmith, had trial set for February 1 by Chief Justice William J. Lindsay of the criminal court. State prosecutor Robert E. Crowe pledged to prosecute Croarkin personally with aid from Chief Assistant Joseph Savage. Croarkin appeared nervous at arraignment. An air plane was to fly Ernest Byfield and his two brothers to their ailing mother in a Los Angeles hospital today.
Los Angeles news reports the prosecution of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson for conspiracy in the kidnapping case looked unlikely as a new grand jury was convened. District Attorney Asa Keyes said charges against McPherson, her mother Minnie Kennedy, and radio operator Kenneth Ormiston would likely be dropped due to conflicting and perjured testimony at prior hearings.
In a joint petition eight Ohio telephone companies ask the Public Utilities Commission to permit consolidation into the Northern Ohio Telephone Company of Bellevue. The firms plan to purchase properties and form a single operation serving 33 towns in 12 counties, with bonds issued and no rate changes proposed. Also notices appointing executors and administrators in Athens County probate cases dated December 1926.
In a wartime hospital a nurse pursues clues about Jim Elwell a shell shocked veteran with amnesia. Mike Hennegan recognizes him but memory fails. Nellie Downing plans to travel to Washington to locate Elwell’s family while a hospital job offers Mike new purpose.
The following accounts have been filed in the probate court of Athens County Ohio. Notices list estates of decedents with first and final accounts and dates for hearings and filings. Names include William A., Bertha D. Farmer, Mary A., Clifford W. Neas, James Sosenend, Mary F., Don R. Meuill, Mildred Rice guardian, Lena Marria, and N. Jou NBOR with respective dates in November and December.
Notice states Ernest K Ir has filed for bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Western District. The petition for discharge is scheduled for proceedings on June 5, 1927, at 9:00 am before the court. Attorney Harry F. A Welles represents the bankrupt. Further details appear in the official notice.
Fragmented OCR item mentions arrivals and schedules including Athens and Daily Teasing entries. It references Deparid leaves, Ativan, and Saturday Sunday timing with unclear city and newspaper context. Further readable details are limited to scattered phrases and place names.
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