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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
13
In Manchester a four Chinese defendants case at the Assizes, the oath was misread as you shall tell ye truth and the whole truth. The mispronce form led to a humorous error and a barrel was broken on the witness box floor while the oath was administered.
In early trading industrial shares topped the market with American Can rising to 224.14 and Consolidated Gas hitting a peak near 104. The session saw gains in tobacco and mercantile stocks while motors and equipment faced selling pressure. Rail shares saw Seaboard Air Line as a feature.
Receipts hogs 82 000 higher market with heavy and packing hogs strong. Pigs 12 50 to 13 25. Cattle receipts 9 000 market strong calves 2 500 market steady beef steers 10 75 to 11 50 good and high. cows 4 50 to 8 00. bulls 4 50 to 7 50. Sheep receipts 15 000 market steady lambs 12 75 to 13 40. yearlings 10 50 to 11 75. ewes 8 50 to 9 75. feeder lambs 13 00 to 14 00.
Cattle supply light and steady with prime and choice prices listed. Sheep and lambs show steady demand with good values. Hogs receipts rise while prices trend higher for prime heavy and heavy mixed hogs and varied for other weights.
Ohio market list shows butter extra and firsts, eggs high grade, cheese York State, oleo made of animal oils with low grades, tomato crates Mex repacked at $7 per crate, fowls roosters springers ducks geese, Apples Ohio cold storage Bald wins per barrel, Potatoes Ohio per 60lb sack, Cabbage Ohio Danish per ton, Onions Ohio Saxoline per cwt with price ranges.
Cincinnati cattle receipts total 650 head as market moves slowly. Steers range from 8.50 to 10.00 for good to choice quality. calves hold steady within the same quality band.
Chicago market figures show butter receipts at 5 126 boxes with creamery extra 424 case standard 42 trial ex tra firsts 41 ye 42e firsts sold and packing stock listed.
Butter in tubs S8c flc No 1 packing 26c No 2 loc 2vc Potatoes 5 2575 50 Poultry Fowls 26c roosters 1c broilers 40c ducks 32c geese Mealse Eggs Fresh gathered 29 firsts seconds 25c nearby ungraded
The report lists prices for HWAY-Easy and PETROLEUM-Dull grades, plus WOOL steady and domestic fleece metrics. It notes domestic fleece from Ohio and Texas with scoured and pulled basis prices, including a domestic territory line with varied bases.
Grain prices listed for Toledo with variety details. No. 2 red wheat at irregular bid. No. 3 yellow corn around 73% to 75% discount. Oats No. 2 white about 44 cents, No. 3 white 44 cents. Rye No. 2 around 93 cents. Barley No. 2 not specified. Cloverseed cash Feb at 15.10, March 15.35, Oct 15.75. Alike cash 16.00, March 16.75. Feb 3.55, Mar 3.57.
The article notes higher jewelry demand globally due to US wealth and industry. Pierre Cartier cites increased citizen wealth fueling demand for precious stones and sets, aiding the sale of the Russian Crown jewels now entering the market. He argues jewelry’s ancient appeal reflects wealth and taste across eras.
Vernon L. Fulton files a lawsuit in Athens County Ohio against Oyd Clymer and Clymer Motor Products Co of Denver Colorado. An attachment order holds 120 B Automatic Air Gauges display cards 50 circulars 12 dealer pages. Defendants must answer by March 6 1926. Jones Jones attorneys for plaintiff.
Ohio Athens County sale ordered by the Court of Common Pleas in suit Edna Cavanaugh v Charles Brown et al. On March 27 1926 at 1 PM at the Athens County courthouse front door the parcels Inlets 412 and 413 in Longstreth's Addition Nel sonville are offered for cash. Inlet 412 appraised at 2000 dollars and Inlet 413 at 700 dollars. Sheriff J M Cady supervises. Woolley and Rowland represent plaintiffs.
In Athens County a partition sale of three inlets in Nelsonville proceeds cash on sale day. the narrative then shifts to Barbara Hawley, a journalist in a small city, who pursues ambition, love, and a life in newspapers as she navigates romance, a maternity story, and a career move to New York with a prestigious magazine invitation.
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