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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1923

Page

6

Community Notes and Local Appointments

The Mew Marshfield community council will meet next Wednesday at the high school. Route One patron Carl Wharton covers for the carrier H. E. Hawk who has the flu. Route Two is served by Raymond Scott as Mr. Ferguson and son are confined. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Throckmorton of Columbus visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. John Throckmorton. Charles Pierce of Barberton and C. Pierce of Flushing have returned home after a few days here. J. C. Hewitt returns from a business trip to Columbus. Mrs. Verna Ogle and her young daughter from Zaleski visited Mrs. I. G. Hoodlet. Charles Walker returned from Barberton after visiting his son Herman Walker and family. Mrs. W. F. Burt of Clarksburg, W. Va., came to tend to her ill mother Mrs. W. V. Hunter.

James Rankings Mew

Sheriff vows sharp crackdown on teen roadhouse drinking

Detroit area raids target high school age youths at roadhouses. Sheriff George A Walters says those caught will be subpoenaed to testify against proprietors. Parents will be notified of their children's participation as he warns the practice must stop.

Detroit George A. Walters

Youthful crowds at road houses spark raid and court actions

The sheriff vows to subpoena guests for court against road house operators. He notes many young people, including high school and college age, were present as liquor flowed openly. About 29 glasses of whiskey were seized before disposal. He warns drunken driving and accidents tied to the gatherings must stop.

Walters

Oil as Global Pawn Dominates Diplomatic Talks

The article argues that oil fuels international strife as Britain seeks to withdraw from Mesopotamia while guarding deposits there and in Palestine and Mosul. It notes Soviet oil concessions, Western interests fearing loss of control, and the likelihood of diplomacy and possible conflict over oil-rich regions like Eastern Galicia and the Caucausus.

Great Britain Mesopotamia England Bonar Law House of Commons Palestine Mosul Galicia Ukraine Caucausus Russia Europe Oll San Remo Genoa Hague Lausanne

Arrest of Thomas Wilson Sheds Light on Old Montgomery Killing

In Cincinnati on February 2, Thomas Wilson, a Black man wanted for a Montgomery Alabama killing before World War I, was arrested. He claimed the death was accidental and said he had forgotten the incident.

Cincinnati Thomas Wilson Montgomery Alabama

British lender Hirst urges duty free US trade to match debt

London February 2 I W Hirst a noted British financial writer proposes that the United States admit duty free every year enough British made goods to equal Britain’s annual war debt payment.

London W. Hirst United States

Chicago Dope Traffic Inquiry Indicts Two Physicians

Federal inquiry into Chicago drug traffic leads to indictments against two prominent physicians and 11 drug peddlers. Authorities accuse them of distributing narcotics through clinics and pharmacies in the city. Federal prosecutors press for swift trials amid ongoing investigations.

Chicago Eddler Suapecla

Toledo Grain Market Report Highlights Cash Prices

Grain and feed prices listed for wheat corn oats rye and barley along with cloverseed allike timothy futures and month specific figures. Includes February March and October cash and new old timothy values.

Toledo

Chicago Grain Quotes and Prices

Chicago cash close shows Wheat with 2 hard at 11544 118, No 1 northern spring dark 122% and 3 spring dark 11344. Corn bids include No 2 mixed 72% 73, No 2 white 72% 73, 2 yellow 712% 7314, 3 mixed 71 71% 8 white 71 71%, 3 yellow 71 72, 4 mixed 6934 70% 4 yellow 70 71. Oats list 2 white 44 45%, 3 white 42 44, 4 white 42 43%.

Chicago

Cleveland Produce and New York Market Rates Update

Cleveland provides price quotes for butter eggs poultry and turkey with per pound and per dozen figures for various grades. New York wool markets show firm fleece and pulled basises with ranges for domestic Texas and territorial scoured wool.

Cleveland Ohio New York Texas

Butter and eggs receipts and packaging stock figures

Butter receipts total 4 728 tubs from the creamery with various extras and stock valued at 80 cents per unit. Eggs receipts amount to 13 029 cases. Miscellaneous items show 30 percent, with ordinary firsts 29 percent and firsts 31 1 2 cents. Checks 247 25c and dirties 25 27c are listed.

Live Stock Market Reports from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh

Cincinnati receipts show cattle slow while calves fetch 12 to 13.60, hogs down 10 to 25 cents, sheep and lambs steady with lambs at 14.50 to 15, and provisions unchanged. Pittsburgh reports light cattle, steady sheep and lambs, hogs about 20 cents lower with prime heavy hogs 8.50 to 8.65 and various other classes listed.

Cincinnati Pittsburgh

Chicago Livestock Report Hogs and Cattle Prices

Chicago hog receipts 49 000 market off by about 19 cents with ranges from 7.75 to 8.60 for various weights and packing sows 6 75 to 7 40. Cattle receipts 4000 steady market with reef steers mostly 8 54 to 12 00, good and choice 11 12, heifers 8 79 to 11, cows 4 50 to 9 7, bulls 3 50.

Chicago

Livestock Prices Mixed as Market Holds Steady

Canner heifers 2.50 to 3.75, steers 3.59 to 5.50, veal calves 10 to 12.50. Feeder steers 5.50 to 8, stocker steers 5.50 to 8, stocker cows and heifers 3.50 to 5.25, stocker calves 5.50 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 8,000. lambs 14 to 15.25, yearling wethers 8.10 to 19, ewes 7 to 8, culls 2.50 to 5.50, feeder lambs 14 to 15.39. market steady.

Liberty Bonds Prices In New York Exchange

New York Liberty Bonds quotations show the opening levels for several series. Liberty Bonds 314 sits at 101.44 with first 444 at 97.89, third 4% at 98.66, fourth 4% at 98.10, Victory 4% at 100.20 and new 99.86 on February 2.

Liberty Bonds New York Victory

Stocks Open Strong In New York Trade

The market opened with a strong tone led by rail and industrial issues. Baldwin rose markedly to 1325 percent, United States Steel up to 104 percent, Studebaker up to 115 percent, Corn Products to 130, and Pan American Petroleum advancing 5 percent.

New York Baldwin United States Steel Studebaker Pan-American Petroleum

Oldest 50 Cent Piece at stake among three Ohio towns

Tom Foster of Albany holds the 1809 fifty cent piece after owning it forty years. Nelsonville Logan and Albany vie for possession of the relic once owned by Vint Knowlton of Lookout. The contest centers on the antique silver piece's provenance and bragging rights.

Nelsonville Logan Albany Tom Foster

Senate erupts over senatorial rights to free speech

Washington February 2 a senate uproar mirrored a rare clash as more than twenty senators argued over free speech rights in a heated exchange that dispensed with courtesy and nearly sparked physical confrontations.

Washington Senate

Montclair Ferry Jammer Collides With Tug in Flood Tide

The Lackawanna Railroad ferry Montclair carrying passengers ran aground after becoming unmanageable in a heavy flood tide while traveling from Hoboken to New York. The tug Walter L. Merrick rammed near the accident scene.

New York Lackawanna Railroad Montclair Hoboken Land Wank Walter L. Merrick

Kirbert Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Indictment

August Kirbert former clerk of the police court and a Republican political figure in Cincinnati Ohio pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment accusing him of failing to report his income for taxation.

Cincinnati, O August Kirbert

First woman elected official named in Ohio history

Secretary of State Brown announced the appointment of Miss Mildred Eldridge of Swanton Fulton County as deputy state supervisor of elections for the unexpired term of W H Lambert who resigned. Eldridge becomes the first woman election official in Ohio.

Columbus Brown Mildred Eldridge Swanton Fulton County W. H Lambert

Clutter Announces Birth Of Daughter Lois Virginia

Mr and Mrs Rene Clutter announce the birth of a daughter, Lois Virginia, on Thursday February 1 at Athens R D 9.

Rene Clutter Athens R. D Lois Virginia

Publishers urged to cut undelivered second class mail

Washington February 2 Reuters reports the post office department informed newspaper publishers of a campaign to eliminate undelivered second class matter from the mails.

Washington Post Office Department

Clouds avert major citrus freeze in California

Dense clouds over Southern California were credited with preventing a deep cold snap that could have damaged fruit. Weather bureau reports say citrus growers saved over a million dollars due to the cloud cover.

Los Angeles Cal California Weather Bureau

Federal bill eases cost cap on Federal Reserve buildings

Washington February 1 a bill shifting the 3 250 000 total cost limit on Federal Reserve Bank buildings to exempt vaults and furnishings advanced in the house today.

Washington Federal Reserve Bank

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