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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1927
Page
7
Hogs receipts 3,000 held over 1,110 with market around steady. Prices listed for 240 to 540 lbs up to 12.25 per cwt. Cattle receipts 200 calves 500 market slaughter cattle slow. Beef steers 7.25 to 10.25, light yearlings and heifers 6.50 to 10.0, beef cows 5.00 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 50 market steady top fat lambs 13.50, bulk fat lambs 10.00 to 18.50, bulk cull lambs 5.00 to 7.00.
A catalog of produce and dairy prices including butter at 50 percent extra in tablets, eggs with various quality grades, cheeses with multiple varieties and prices, poultry including heavy fowls and Leghorns, ducks and geese, and potatoes with round whites and russets listed by weight and region alongside freight-ready sacks and stock estimates.
Pittsburgh livestock market report shows cash receipts with various weight ranges for hogs and cattle. Hogs sold to Flower at 250 to 350 lbs for 12.00 to 12.25, 200 to 250 lbs at 12.50, 160 to 200 lbs at 12.50 to 12.75, 130 to 160 lbs at 12.60 to 12.75, and 90 to 130 lbs at 12.60 to 12.75. Sows at 10.00 to 11.00. Cattle sales include beef steers 9.00 to 10.75, yearlings and heifers 8.00 to 9.00, cows 6.50 to 7.50, low cutters 3.50 to 4.50, vealers 16.00 to 16.50, heavy calves 8.00 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 400 with lambs at 14.60 and cull lambs 8.00 to 11.00.
Chicago reports February receipts total 20 000 cattle with fat steers steady to strong and stockers and feeders 50 cents higher. Vealers to shippers rise to 14 50 while best yearlings reach 12 50. Sheep receipts 14 000 with fat lambs 15 to 23 higher and handyweights to shipers around 18 55. wooled lambs mostly 12 75 to 13 35 and heavy lambs 12 00 to 13 10, with several extremes and steady sheep liquifying.
The report lists numerous livestock bids including hogs at various weights with prices from 10.40 to 12.15 and cattle valuations for steers and heifers from about 8.50 to 12.75. Slaughter sheep and lambs show wide ranges with lambs at 11.75 to 13.50 and canners at 2.25 to 8.75.
Butter quiet with receipts 0,557 and creamery extras at 50c to 5lc, special market Alectize cs steady. receipts 13,558. Nearby white fancy 40c 41c, nearby mixed whites 5c 30c, western whites 37c. Fresh firsts extra MFWfwrD 37c. Pacific coast 32c 41 4c, nearby browns 4le 42le.
Chicago market figures show butter receipts at 21 681 and creamery exports 49e449 c with 40 percent cream content. Eggs receipts reach 22 613 with ordinaries 28c, firsts 29c and seconds.
Prices for eggs fall with fresh gathered firsts at 26e and ordinary firsts at 25e while seconds sell for 24c. Butter remains unchanged. Nearby ungraded lots listed at 2éc.
The wool market remains steady with good activity for the new crop at western points and buyers showing interest. Imported wool is quiet while Australia reports a further advance, with quotations ranging from $1.10 to $1.12 for fine and fine medium grades and fine unwashed Delaine noted.
Toledo notes closing prices for wheat No. 2 at 1.40 per bushel, corn No. 2 at 1.00, rye No. 2 at 1.05, oats No. 2 around 47 to 48 cents, timothy cash at varying March and February quotes, butter and hay values listed, with cash sales figures and month references. The fragment lists multiple commodities and cash expectations, reflecting a market snapshot from the era.
In Columbus, two men leaped into a car driven by A H Leibbrandt’s son as he arrived at a garage. The pursuing driver rammed the vehicle as the car sped away, while the police reported the incident and sought the offenders.
In Canton on February 14 witnesses testified in the second week of Ben Rudner trial for the murder of Don R. Mellett. Prosecution seeks to prove Rudner funded and led the conspiracy with Pat McDermott thought to be hidden in Cleveland. Defense fights admission of testimony linking Rudner to the killing.
Reports from Shanghai state Marshal Chang Tso Lin is massing about 50 000 troops north of the Yellow river for a drive on Hankow. Fresh movements along the northern front signal an imminent major engagement with Shantung forces moving southward as Chang mobilizes in a cooperative defense.
A blaze in Wellston gutted the abandoned opera house stage and a garage beneath it, with water damage to surrounding buildings. The Lincoln hotel was first lost, and total damages reach about 25,000 with multiple nearby businesses harmed. Fire believed caused by defective wiring. Jackson fire dept aided. no injuries reported.
A mysterious concussion rattled Greater Cincinnati early today spreading to Miamitown about twenty miles away. No details on cause or damages were immediately provided.
Garrett Folsom dies while bathing with a party at Ocean Town New Jersey near the Hotel Majusaca. A doctor declares him dead after a beach examination. Companions include Roger Neville Mrs Helen Barnaby and Carmelita Waldon. Anastasia Folsom arrives from New York to take charge and questions Ned Barron and others as suspicions arise.
Witnesses at the inquest discuss how Garrett Folsom died in the surf near the beach. Jepson directs orderly testimony while others recall seeing him just before entering the water and being pulled from the waves by lifeguards. Some claim stabbing evidence, while most reports offer little decisive help to the investigation.
Four people die in a spate of auto accidents on Lorain road and nearby streets as sleet hinders traffic and trolley lines. Harvey Fromme 22 is killed in a collision with a snow sweeper, alongside a child William Moore 8 and Wilfred Wolfe 11 struck by vehicles, and Mrs. Mattie Inglehardt 45 dies after a later crash.
Several witnesses described seeing an odd light shortly after midnight and some suggested the blast was caused by a fallen meteor according to local reports.
Michigan authorities arrive at the prison to question James Coyner, a black man convicted of ghoul acts, about a rank found skulls at his former Fern Dale residence. Coyner denies knowledge of the skulls or their origin as Warden Daly questions him.
Roy W. Reed, son of Elmer Reed, died at Parkersburg West Virginia from gunshot wounds sustained yesterday during a sparrow hunting outing. The injuries were reported as accidental and caused by a companion.
Mrs Cornelia F Davis aged 90 and former Hebron resident died in Worthington yesterday. Born October 18, 1836, she had lived in Worthington for thirty six years and was recognized as the town's oldest woman.
A feature on telephoto news, NEA Service, and ATandT tech making coast to coast pictures possible. Describes how light beams, photo cells, and fast transmission deliver sharp images of disasters and notable events to the Athens Messenger. Mentions radio pictures, airplanes, trains, and rapid dispatch to readers.
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