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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1919
Page
7
Eggs gain three cents with fresh gathered extra firsts at 73c per dozen and do extra firsts 60c. Live poultry lists fowls over 5 lbs at 27c, over 4 lbs at 24c, under 4 lbs at 22c, roosters 17c, fryers over 3 lbs at 25c, roasters over 4 lbs at 30c.
Hogs receipts 17000 with market 10 to 15 cents higher. Bulk prices 14.20 to 14.45, butchers 13.85 to 14.50, packing 13.00 to 14.10, light 13.85 to 14.30, pigs 13.00 to 14.00, roughs 13.00 to 13.60. Cattle receipts 4500 market steady to strong. Beeves 8.00 to 20.00, butcher stock 6.25 to 14.75, canners and cutters 5.25 to 7.75, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 12.25, cows 6.25 to 14.75, calves 15.75 to 17.00. Sheep receipts 8000 market steady. Wool lambs 11.75 to 18.40, ewes 4.25 to 10.75.
Toledo Ohio closes the year with grain prices for corn No 3 yellow new at 1.47 dollars oats No 2 white new 0.88 to 0.89 dollars barley No 2 1.60 dollars rye No 2 1.81 dollars. Clover seed cash December and January 31.40 dollars February 31.50 March 31.40. Aslike December and March 33.00. Timothy 1917 1918 5.95 dollars cash 1919 December 0.05 March April May 6.15.
Cattle receipts 400 with market strength as shippers receive 10.50 to 16.00. Calves steady with extras 18.20 to 19.00. Hogs receipts 4500, market up 0.50 to 15.00 for good to choice. Sheep 150 with good to choice 8.50 to 9.00. Lambs steady with 17.50 to 18.00 for good to choice.
Butter and creamery product prices listed at the Chicago market with ranges for standards firsts seconds and common lots. Prices shown include 63 cents for butter creamery and various per pound or unit figures across standard and first class grades.
Cattle receipts are light and the market steady with choice at 15.00 to 15.50 dollars and prime 14.50 to 15.50. Veal calves fetch 20.00 to 21.50. Sheep and lambs show higher prices with prime wethers 11.50 to 12.00 and good to fair ranges from 8.00 to 11.00. Hogs rise as receipts total about 15 doubles, with prime heavy 15.00 to 15.25 and varied listings for mediums to roughs.
Paris December 31 The entire personnel of the Paris Grand Opera Company declared a general strike Friday if the government does not negotiate directly with the central union employees.
Toscanini, world renowned conductor, is cleared of assault charges after a jury accepts a defense claiming genius carries its own laws. Professor Pastor testified that during bursts of inspiration the maestro loses normal limits and becomes governed by artistic frenzy.
In 1919 the Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. assisted over 2500 Columbus and Central Ohio families to obtain homes or farms. It opened more than 20 000 new savings and deposit accounts and paid 5 percent on deposits while charging borrowers a percent. Borrowers investors or savers can find no better proposition, per cent figures noted, Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus. Facts like these entitle associations to public approval they now enjoy.
In London Ohio on December 31, Laura A. Dinsmore files for divorce from Clarence Dinsmore after he attempted to seize their two sons, John 12 and Fred 8, at Meech garage. She cites gross neglect extreme cruelty and assault. A restraining order is issued and temporary alimony hearing set for January 5.
An old time fox hunt, likely the biggest in central Ohio, will start at 9 am from South Charleston and nearby towns. Governor Cox and A C Baxter are invited to participate. Four detachments, on foot with clubs only, will cover six square miles in a 200 acre pasture three miles south of South Charleston. Tonight ends with a barbecue as festivities conclude. Previous hunt drew about three thousand participants twenty years ago.
Rev. S. J. Bishop of the local M P church completed a town canvass revealing 505 families totaling 2 275 people. Among them 122 Methodist, 99 Catholic, 86 U B, 27 Apostolic Holiness, 23 other or nonworshiping, 40 with no church preference. Improvements at the bishop home and parsonage including furnace cement walks linoleum and paper were funded by Bible classes and parishioners. Guests included Homer G Bishop Cornell University and Mrs Grace Bishop Terwilliger Baltimore.
John Carlson arrives today for a New Year’s night bout with Thor Olson. Carlson weighs 158 at ringside and bets $100 he will beat Olson in a best of three falls. More women are expected to attend as business leaders plan to bring their wives. Preliminary events start 7 p.m. with the main bout at 8 p.m.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Garry Herrmann the National Baseball Commission chairman will seek another term at the January 8 meeting. John Heydler is expected to oppose Herrmann while Ban Johnson may back him, risking a deadlock and Herrmann’s continued tenure as baseball’s chief authority. Herrmann says he would resign if a successor is found.
River gauges in Pittsburgh and downstream show all main sites slipping. Point Bridge sits at 4.0 feet, Herrs Island 4.5, Davis Island 5.4, Beaver Dam 6.2, Parkersburg 6.5, and Point Pleasant 7.3 feet, all falling. An Australian process promises acid free grease extraction from wool.
Special investigator Gaylor C. Cummins urged the Ohio legislature to reclaim about 4.5 million dollars worth of waste land near Lake Erie and canal reservoirs. He proposed this as a state measure to restore unused parcels and improve water resource areas.
Mrs. Mattie Boies sues husband Dwight Boies for extreme cruelty with corespondent Belle Six. seeks alimony and restoration to maiden Mattie Wallace. Lizzie Brenham sues Burns Brenham for cruelty, married June 1919, no children, seeks restoration to Lizzie Hashman. Mary A. Shamel sues Nellie Ziggafoos for equitable relief and injunction against others.
Ohio won first honors for 1919 in government savings securities sales. The Buckeye State led in 1918 as well and war savings officials aim to repeat in 1920. Ohioans bought over 130 million dollars in war stamps in 2019, about twice New York’s total, equating to 26 dollars per resident among five million Ohioans.
A reader recommendation promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion. The pills are described as easy to take, agreeable in effect, and priced at a quarter.
Dublin authorities seal off Phoenix Park and fortify Dublin Castle and the vice regal lodge after a reportedly thwarted attack. Engineers finish barbed wire barriers as Lieut Boast and Laurence Kennedy were killed in the weekend incident.
An Ohio inventor develops a device that holds automobile tires in any position on a work bench, simplifying repair tasks and enabling precise handling during servicing. The invention promises improved efficiency for tire technicians and workshop workflows.
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