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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
7
Toledo market notes show corn No. 3 yellow at 1.69 per bushel and oats No. 2 white at 0.93 to 0.94. Rye No. 2 at 1.68, barley No. 2 at 1.45, Alsike and Clover seed values around 36.20 with March and February quotes, Timothy bids for 1917 to 1919 cash and March May futures between 6.65 and 6.87.
Asbury Jackson of Penn reports relief from nervousness and insomnia after using Nerv Worth. He credits two bottles for renewed energy and relief from indigestion, noting the tonic helps others as well. The McKee Drug Co sells Nerv Worth in Athens with local agencies in Glouster Nelsonville and Albany and a dollar back guarantee.
The Athens City Council passes Ordinance No. 242 to grade drain and pave Maple Street from Wilm Street to Washington Street with brick or block. It authorizes bond financed work, installment assessments at six percent, and declares plans on file by the public service director. The measure is effective upon legally required approval.
Butter prices slip by two cents with various grades listed. Eggs hold steady with extra and first grades priced per dozen. Live poultry rates posted for fowls, springers, roosters, and weight categories.
Cattle receipts 700 with weak market. steers good to choice 11.50 to 14.00. Calves 600 with slightly lower demand. good to choice 19.50 to 20.00. Hogs receipts 4,500 with steady market. good to choice packers and butchers 16.00. Sheep receipts 150 with strong market. good to choice 9.50 to 10.50. lambs 19.50 to 20.00.
A partial prices page lists dairy and egg items with per unit costs including Butter-Creamery at 62c and 69c, eggs ordinary 44c and 49c, and cheese varieties with dates and cents. The text includes oddities such as 59144c and 086 in the live soultey line, suggesting OCR errors on miscellaneous goods.
At Union Stock Yards Illinois hog receipts reach 36 000 with a slow weak market down 15 cents. Bulk prices around 15 00 to 15 40 with various hog categories listed. Cattle receipts 18 000 with markets mostly 25 cents lower and ranges from 5 50 to 17 25 for Beeves and up to 19 00 for calves. Sheep receipts 19 000 with unevenly lower markets and lambs around 14 50 to 15 00 and ewes about 6 50 to 13 00.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with prime prices $14.00 to $14.50 and veal calves $21.00 to $21.50. Sheep and lambs light receipts, prime wethers $13.50 to $14.50, various grades $10.00 to $20.50. Hogs receipts 20 doubles, market lower with prime heavy $15.75 and other hog categories $12.00 to $16.50.
Charles Stokoe appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Ellen Stokoe late of Athens County Ohio deceased. Dated January 28 1920. H T Phillips Probate Judge of Said County. 2-3-30tw.
A brief note suggests men who let their wives select stenographers see increased job opportunities and hiring likelihood. The item presents a humorous or social observation about domestic decision making and professional advancement.
A concise aphorism notes that no business man objects to his employer dreaming but prefers such visions pursued at night.
In Columbus Ohio on a court house sale, George Harley purchased Essaney Chemical Company stock of Arizona for two dollars after Deputy Sheriff Morris started with $60,000 in mining stock. A passerby bid $1.50 and Harley topped him by fifty cents. The sale completed a court proceeding.
Akron Ohio February 3 The Ohio bowling congress prepares for its seventeenth annual tournament with 229 teams entered an all time high. Firestone Tire teams lead the first night followed by Goodrich and Goodyear squads in successive nights. May or Beck will roll the first ball and Joe Hubbard will oversee the event directing 690 doubles and 1177 singles. Akron tops city entries with 64 five man teams as Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, Canton and Dayton follow.
Gail Hartley of Dayton today succeeded L H Gibson of Zanesville as head of the Ohio Home Rule Association in Columbus Ohio. The change in leadership was announced on February 3.
Ordinance No 243 fixes monthly salaries for Athens Ohio city officers and department staff. It lists pay for clerk, assistant engineers, chief engineer, water works and sewer departments, night patrolman, director of public safety, and chief of police, with payment terms and bond requirements. The measure, approved February 2, 1920, takes effect March 2.
Athens Ohio 1920 bond sale notice outlines issuing ten bonds totaling 7300 dollars for Byars Street from Psi to Cemetery Street. Bids must meet par plus accrued interest, include a 350 dollar certified check, and are subject to rejection.
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