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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1921
Page
7
A classified item lists several Ford vehicles for sale including a 1918 Ford sedan a 1917 Ford touring a 1917 Ford roadster and a 1918 Ford ton truck. These early motor cars are presented as available inventory.
Four room house for $1600 with $500 down and easy terms. Immediate possession offered. Features include a double lot, newly painted exterior, 15 fruit trees, irrigation arbor, water, lights and gas. Inquiries at Bon Ton Store. January 31.
Splendid hardwood lands in Antrim Kalkaska and Otsego counties Michigan priced at 15 to 30 dollars per acre with easy terms and locations near markets schools railroads lakes and streams. Free booklet available Swigart S-1261 First National Bank Building Chicago TI. BOARDING WANTED Men boarders and roomers. Phone 6851.
Advertisement claims a war popularized product offers big steady profits with no capital required. Instructions direct readers to Halogen W Laboratories at 45 William Street New York for full details. Also notes a female help wanted for Union Restaurant opposite depot with in person applications.
A farmer seeks a medium sized farm to rent on shares in Haydenville Ohio. The applicant offers reliable references and knowledge of farming tasks and has team and implements to furnish. Write Box 1 Haydenville Ohio.
Hogs receipts 654000. market 10 cents lower. Bluk six nine to nine ninety nine. butchers 9.20 to 9.50. packing 8.40 to 9.00. light 9.85 to 10.05. pigs 9.00 to 10.25. roughs 8.15 to 8.40. Cattle receipts 14000. market weak lower. Beeves 7.00 to 10.00. butcher stock 5.00 to 8.26. canners and cutters 8.25 to 5.25. stockers and feeders 5.00 to 8.50. cows 4.60 to 7.10. calves 10.50 to 13.25. Sheep receipts 12000. market.
Market notes show steady wool lamb prices at seven and ten dollars and ewe prices at two and five dollars, reflecting stable demand with varying lots.
Cattle receipts 600 with market steady. shippers paid 8.00 to 9.00. Calves weak with extras 14.00 to 15.50. Hog receipts 4200, market steady, 25 cents higher. good choice packers and butchers 10.25 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 150, market steady. extras 4.50 to 5.00. Lambs weak with extras 10.50 to 11.00.
Cincinnati Feb 1 eggs traded with a 2 cent drop. Extra firsts at 63 cents, firsts 52 cents, ordinary 60 cents.
Butter Creamery at 46c for standards 44 over 38 and 45c for firsts with 30 and 37c for seconds Eggs ordinaries 49 50c and firsts 30c Cheese twins 23c young American 26c Live Poultry 32c
Cattle receipts total 80 cars with a slow market. Prime heifers and cows listed at 9.50 to 9.25, good 9.00 to 8.75, common 8.00 to 7.50. Veal calves 15.00 to 14.00. Sheep and lambs receipts fair, market slow with pine wethers 6.00 to 5.75, good 5.50 to 5.00, fair mixed 4.55 to 4.00, venta lambs 10.00 to 9.00. Hogs receipts 20 double, market lower. Prime heavy 10.00 to 9.75, mediums 11.25 to 11.00, heavy yorkers 11.25 to 11.00, light yorkers 11.25 to 11.00, pigs 11.00 to 10.75, roughs 8.25 to 7.00, stags 6.00 to 5.00.
A fragmented listing shows Liberty Bond series numbers with corresponding prices and yields. Entries include various first and second series notes with prices around 85 to 97 dollars and occasional odd characters.
Toledo Ohio reports February grain figures with cash and future prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and various seed crops. Included are 1919 and 1920 contracts for clover seed timothy and alsike with monthly price points.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill faced likely defeat as the Senate prepared to vote on a cloture rule requiring a two thirds majority. Supporters conceded they would not claim a victory, and failure to pass cloture would permit Democratic opponents to filibuster the bill. The motion followed 14 days of filibustering led by Senator Harrison.
The state attorney general will file the brief in the Mary Pickford Owen Moore divorce matter on Wednesday, in support of a motion to set aside the decree. Deputy Attorney General Richards announced.
In Marion the price drop to 12 cents per quart and 7 cents per pint follows reductions from 14 cents and 8 cents, amid opposition tied to a coal output tax.
Coal operators and miners organizations in Ohio appeared before the senate taxation committee to protest the Miller bill proposing a one per cent tax on gross production of coal oil gas or other minerals mined in the state. They warned it would cost four cents a ton and unfairly favor nearby states. Ohio miners' union president Lee Hall urged federal uniform application if such a tax exists.
The Commonwealth National Bank in Reedville Virginia was robbed of cash and securities totaling 119000 dollars and then set on fire, according to reports received by the Washington police department.
Opening day of a four day furs sale in Montreal saw martens sell from 6.50 to 75 and fisher furs from 13 to 125. Last year’s top prices were 201 for martens and 365 for fisher furs, with lower bounds at 35 and 75 respectively.
Dairy prices in Delaware declined with milk dropping from 14 cents to 13 cents per quart and ice cream falling from 6 cents to 60 cents per quart. Other dairy products also decreased.
Cleveland February 1 a ten percent wage reduction was announced affecting about 1200 street railway employees. The 3400 motormen and conductors remain untouched as their contract runs to May. President Stanley’s pay drops from 30000 to 27000.
Chicago officials traced the tainted spinach to a California cannery in 1919. The preserved spinach caused four deaths at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was sold through a Chicago broker last year. An investigation began to determine if any spinach reached Chicago.
Charles Chenu, head of the state motor vehicle department, revoked Jack Pickford’s operator license in California for one year after a Los Angeles court cited three speeding convictions in 1920. The film star is forbidden to operate or assist in operating a motor vehicle in the state during the penalty period.
Columbus officials object to the film Idols of Clay at the Grand Theatre and urged two policemen be stationed at the entrance to bar passage for under eighteen patrons as the show opened.
Two large cotton mills near Columbus Ea ce and Phoenix and the Swift manufacturing Co. plants began full-time operation on Tuesday after two months at half time. No wage cuts, but bonus payments end. New orders prompted the restart, officials stated.
In Columbus on February 1 the state prison farm at London bought cattle without tubercular tests. C. B. Shough testified that infected milk reached state wards. Charles McIntyre said the state saved ten to fifteen percent by buying cows without tests.
A cat perched on a telephone pole for three days to escape a dog was rescued by firemen in Cincinnati. The cat bit and scratched Fire Marshal Shearwood during the rescue, showing little gratitude for the help.
The house voted 205 to 120 against raising river and harbor appropriations for the next fiscal year to 28 million dollars. The vote reflects opposition to expanding federal funding for port and waterway projects.
Four Interlocking Cord Tire Co officers arraigned on blue sky law violations. Stockholders’ attorneys claim $725000 stock sales unaccounted for.
A train on the Annapolis Short Line Railroad struck a bus carrying school children between Baltimore and Washington near Shipley Maryland. Two children were killed, several seriously injured and about a dozen others slightly hurt in the Feb. 1 incident.
An English invention flax harvesting machine grips the grain in bundles, pulls roots from the soil, and conveys it to one side via a belt for processing, illustrating automation in farming equipment.
Herman Durth a 10 year old boy ventured onto thin ice at Snyder Park Lake in Springfield Colorado Monday evening. He broke through the ice and drowned despite efforts to rescue him.
News items from Graham Chapel area noting visits among residents Cora Phillips and Ira Sams in Athens and Willow Creek. Mr and Mrs William Ball of Newsbury hosted Joseph Kelley who is ill. Mrs Lewis Dailey visited family in Willow Creek. Revival meetings at Angel Ridge schoolhouse led by Rev Roberts. Clarence Sams in Athens visited. A daughter born to Elmer and Mrs Bobo in January 34. Hastings Chppell visiting aunt in Van Wert county. Friday evening scare as a tall stranger traveled Willow Creek knocking on doors.
May wheat fell to 1.43 1 2 per bushel, down 2 1 4 cents from the open as traders cited weak export demand and a large Argentine crop. Domestic milling demand was also reported to be poor, contributing to the slide.
In Chicago on February 1 the United States railroad labor board announced a hearing date to review the petition from road managers seeking abrogation of national agreements and wage cuts for unskilled workers. The board will hear the union's side of the story.
Two bandits held up a U S store proprietor and about a dozen customers in Akron Ohio on February 1. The thieves fled with around 80 dollars as police hunted them through the city.
In Cincinnati a nearly 200 passenger steamboat Queen City began a return voyage to New Orleans. The trip marks the vessel’s first Gulf Port service in two decades to revive interest in river water travel and tourism.
Agnes McDonald who was sentenced for abandonment of an infant on a taxicab in Cleveland was released after serving five days of a ten day sentence. Her father from Steubenville helped cover a $100 fine.
Addressing farmers week session B Bradfute of Xenia attacks speculators and the board of trade amid reports of no organization goals.
Columbus reports that the final decision on the suspended order for real estate re appraisal in counties will be delayed several days as the state tax commission studies the mass of data from recent hearings. The committee indicated more time was needed.
Legal notice regarding a case in the Maiteast area with owed sums and multiple parties listed for action. The document references a court or authority involved and specifies deadlines associated with the claim.
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