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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1922
Page
7
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 2914 W. Columbus Street on Wednesday February 8 1922. Five directors will be elected and other business will be transacted. Bondholders are invited to attend. John H Saltz secretary.
Ohio grand master F. N. Ransbottom of Zanesville will attend the county Masonic rally in Athens on March 7. H. T. Phillips announced the event, the first prepared for the Masonic conclave next month with plans being developed.
Secretary of State Hughes concluded a session with a speech expressing profound thanks for colleagues cooperation in achieving a successful conclusion to the most important task undertaken for world peace and harmony among nations.
Confirmation from Cleveland offices that the Youngstown Telegram has been sold to the Scripps McRae league of newspapers. The group flags Row number 27 as the world’s largest single ownership of publications.
Grain and produce prices listed for Chicago in February. Butter creamery extra and packing stock values along with eggs categories ordinary firsts firsts and miscellaneous figures appear in the clipping.
Cincinnati February 4 egg prices show steady rates with fresh gathered extra firsts quoted at 87 cents per dozen and fresh gathered frets and ordinary firsts noted in market listings.
Toledo grain markets list cash and futures quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds. Prices shown include Wheat cash 1.31 1.28 May 1.87 July 1.12, Corn cash 0.65, Oats cash 0.94, Rye 0.88, Barley 0.66, Clover seed Feb 14.20 Mar 14.38, Alsike Feb 12.15 Mar 12.25, Timothy Feb 3.80 Mar 3.95 May 3.45.
Live stock at Chicago on February 4 shows hogs receipts around 4000 with high at 9.70 and common around 5.85 to 7.75 for various weights. Cattle receipts about 600 and sheep 3500 noted with price ranges implied by the narra tion.
Cincinnati market reports cattle receipts near 200 with slow trading and steady prices for good to choice steers from 6.50 to 7.50. Calves ease with prices 50 cents lower to about 12.60 to 18.56. Hogs rise 25 cents with good to choice packers at 9.75 to 19. Lambs and sheep hold steady with good to choice ranges around 5 to 6 for sheep and 13 to 13.60 for lambs.
Athens churches mark National Christian Endeavor Week February 6 to 12, the society’s forty first anniversary. First Christian church hosts the program with Edwin Higgins presiding and speakers Marvin Fair Inex Steadman Esther Warvel and David Skidmore. Kenneth Sharp to speak for the intermediate division. A mid week prayer meeting was led by an Endeavorer. A Valentine social and candy bake sale close the week with events February 10 and 11 in the church parlor and adjacent facilities.
Dr. Amy A. Katkonen, Fairport Harbor’s youngest woman mayor, presided at a raid’s first sentencing. A man faced a $2000 fine and a woman $1000 after they appeared before her following the operation conducted yesterday under the new administration.
The Ohio Court of Appeals in Athens reversed the Athens County Common Pleas verdict in Frances B. Martin of Logan against Aetna Life Insurance for 7000 dollars. The three errors cited require a new trial. Martin contends her late husband Peter L. Martin died from a pyogenic infection tied to his undertaker duties.
The Plains area hosts visits from Mrs. Pete Erb and Mrs. Zell Douglas with relatives in Nelsonville Trimble and Chauncey. A Church of God and Latter Day Saints revival continues inviting all. Community members travel to weddings and return home after visits to Columbus Trenton and Columbus again. A child recovers from scarlet fever as neighbors share weekend hospitality.
Bucyrus delegates attending the national convention of brick manufacturers in St. Louis stayed in a hotel room also used by former President and Mrs. Wilson. A bronze tablet records that the room housed President and Mrs. Watson during their visit September 6, 1919.
Miss Elizabeth Farley an eighteen year old high school senior in Amherst operates a milk cream and egg route and owns farm stock valued at 109000. Her income from farming will total about 5060, requiring tax payments despite youth and student status.
Milan Feb 4 The fourth ballot in the papal election at the Vatican failed to produce a choice, according to a Rome dispatch to Corriere Della Sera at 5 20 this afternoon.
Warren B. Stone announced that chiefs of the big four railroad brotherhoods will meet with President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers to discuss his concerted action proposal against further wage reductions.
Billy the goat mascot of American troops in Wiltshire during the war is ordered to be destroyed after a conflict with children. Harold Jones of Cherhill was fined two dollars for permitting the stray animal and the incident led to the magistrate’s ruling.
Report notes New York women choosing fur at the tops of rolled down stockings, a striking fashion detail reflecting urban style. Observers describe the trend as a bold accent in city attire with emphasis on luxury materials and practical warmth.
In Washington Pennsylvania an American Legion post hosts an indoor circus this evening featuring Bus Stephenson and his Ay can Legion band of fifteen. The group is well advertised and plans a summer tour for Chautauqua work across the United States.
A partition suit was filed in the Ath common pleas court by J Alma Darton of Summit against Alva Baillis and others in Springer. The case seeks division of one ninth share in a Gloucester property and four acres near the village with a lien for debts and minor-child allowances.
A Burr Oak man files in Athens common pleas court for divorce and custody of his two minor children. He alleges his wife Cr Hatfield committed adultery with Arthur Murray at Burr and Marietta in August 1919 and with Edward Taylor at Burr Oak in January. The couple reportedly wed on July 14.
Two suits filed Saturday in the Athens county common pleas court seek money on accounts. One targets Clyde O Whitlateh of Albany and the Metropolis Waist Co of Philadelphia for a Dec 10 1921 account. The other sues John H Cox of Nelson for 400.32 plus interest from Feb 2 1923 by Endicott Johnson Corp of Endicott NY.
Youngstown Telegram sold to Scripps McRae league for more than $750,000. Deal announced February. Acquisition value and parties unnamed in brief notice.
A fierce blaze broke out late today in the record room of the Baltimore and Ohio building at Baltimore and Charles streets in downtown Baltimore. The cause was not yet determined as fire crews battled the flames on the eighteenth floor.
Daily timetable lists departures and arrivals for Athens routes on K M and Baltimore and Ohio lines. Southbound No 2 11:47 am, No 4 4:37 pm, No 6 8:16 pm depart from Athens, with No 35 and locals shown, and northbound No 83 6:00 am, No 85 11:00 am, No 3 6:00 pm, plus arrivals No 36 10:10 am, No 82, No 34.
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