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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1921
Page
5
Market report lists hog categories with bid ranges. Prime heavy and medium hogs priced around 10.00 to 11.25 dollars per unit. Light and yorker hogs shown at 11.00 to 11.25. Pigs bid 10.75 to 11.00, roughs 7.00 to 8.00, stags 5.50 to 6.00.
Hog receipts 8000 with market up later. bulk buy is $9.20 to $10.00, butchers $9.20 and $9.50, packing $8.25 to $8.90, highs $9.85 to $10.00, pigs $9.00 to $10.20, roughs $8.00 to $8.25. Cattle receipts 1000, market steady. beeves $7.00 to $7.85, butcher stock $7.00 to $8.00, canners and cutters $2.85 to $5.00, stockers and feeders $4.75 to $8.00, cows $4.25 to $7.00, calves $9.50 to $12.00. Sheep receipts 4000, market steady. wool lambs $7.25 to $10.10, ewes $2.00 to $5.00.
Toledo Ohio reports closing prices for grain and seeds February 5. Wheat cash 1.80 to 1.81, corn 0.65, oats 0.44 to 0.48, rye 1.44, barley 0.67, clover seed and timothy prices for 1918 1919 and 1920, butter 0.52, eggs 0.50, hay 1.50.
Cattle receipts total about 300 with a weak market. shippers paid 7.00 to 8.00. Calves down 50 cents. extra calves 12.50 to 13.00. Hogs receipts around 8000 with steady to weak. best packers and butchers 10.00 to 10.25. Sheep and lambs steady with extras 4.50 to 5.00 and 9.50 to 10.00 respectively.
In Cincinnati on February 5 eggs declined with extra firsts at 41 cents, firsts at 40 cents, and ordinary at 39 cents, reflecting a 5 cent drop.
Butter creamery 45c and 44c standards 44c firsts 38c 44c seconds 36c Eggs ordinaries 40c 41c firsts ble Cheese Twins 23 3c young American 25c Live poultry 28c.
Athens High defeated Lancaster High 16 to 8 before a large crowd. Ed Sharp led Athens with six points and coach Mackie praised Wilcox and others. The first half ended 7-6, but poor shooting near the basket kept Athens from a larger margin.
Norfolk reports the ghost ship Carroll A Deering drifted ashore on Diamond Shoals with no crew aboard. Captain Merritt of Bath Maine, a former master, fears the crew is lost though the vessel appeared not to face immediate danger.
Grand Rapids Mich Feb 5 The open shop movement was endorsed by the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers Association in closing its convention. The association held that employing both organized and unorganized labor would reduce building costs and help solve Michigan housing problems.
In Steubenville Ohio, 14 inmates from the bull pen confined for security purpose broke a lock during the night and gathered for a drinking session. About 250 quarts of confiscated whiskey were stored in the cell, while the men stayed on their cots recovering from the spree.
President Wilson vetoed a resolution to fix the army at 176000, saying U S and world conditions do not justify the reduction. He noted Congress previously set the size at 280000 last summer, arguing for the larger force.
Five masked bandits stormed the Fralicks clothing store in Toledo, binding and gagging them and stealing $200. The heavily armed robbers threatened death if an alarm was raised. Police continued pursuit today.
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns will sail for London next week to begin an exhibition tour through England and France with possible stops in other countries.
Dr. Birney delivered a Friday sermon titled Ringing the Bells of Heaven. He linked bells to spiritual joy and sorrow, spoke of three bells from school, farm, and church life, and described biblical parables on lost souls. He recalled Ira D. Sankey and the hymn There Were Nine and Nine That Safely Lay.
The Martzolff class and Class Siz of the Methodist church will unite Sunday morning and are expected to draw about one thousand attendees. Dr Hugh Birney will address both classes, urging participation. Garments worn shiny by use can be revived by a new device that lifts fibers with directed air. Gas Buggies obituary column closes.
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