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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1921
Page
5
Health department figures for 1920 show Akron recording 5528 births and 2421 deaths. Officials attribute the low death rate to population shifts, noting the city’s rates are based on the 1920 census and claimed to be among the nation’s lowest.
The city federation of women's clubs will stage a Spring Fashion Fete in Columbus on March 2 and 3 with Ohio State University sorority girls as models. Two shows daily at 2 20 a m and 8 15 p m will feature latest fashions and proceeds benefit local reform clubs for social welfare education and activities.
American souvenir hunters may have claimed the German army as a prize. A French airplane, loaned to the American Legion after months in service on the western front, lasted less than a week on display in Orange New Jersey before being taken down.
A young man led police to a St James Street scene claiming he intended to drown his landlady’s infant in the canal. He was found with the baby in his suitcase and was sent to an asylum.
Toledo Ohio closes with wheat at 1.93 for cash and 1.82 44 for March. Corn No. 2 yellow 74 cents. Oats No. 2 white 47 to 48 cents. Rye No. 2 1.59. Barley No. 2 77 cents. Clover seed 1920 quoted. various months 9.40 to 10.70. Timothy 1918 2.80. 1919 2.90. 1920 and months up to 3.40. Alsike new 15.50. March 13.00. Butter 50 cents. Eggs 4 cents. Hay 1.35.
Cattle receipts light with a steady market. Best cattle quoted at 9.25 to 9.50 for choice and 8.75 to 9.00 for prime, common 7.50 to 8.00. veal calves 14.00 to 14.50. Sheep and lambs light demand with a strong market. prime wethers 5.25 to 5.50, good 4.75 to 5.25, yearling lambs 9.00 to 9.25. Hogs receipts 20 double decks. market lower. prime heavy 9.00 to 9.25, mediums 10.65 to 10.75, heavy yorkers 10.65 to 10.76, pigs 10.65 to 10.75, roughs 6.00 to 7.75, stags 4.50 to 5.00.
Hogs receipts 10000 with market 100¢ lower. Bulk prices 8.85 to 9.50, butchers 8.85 to 9.05, packing 7.85 to 8.65, light 9.00 to 9.75, pigs 8.75 to 9.65, roughs 7.50 to 7.85. Cattle receipts 1000, market steady. Beeves 7.75 to 10.90, butcher stock 65.25 to 9.25, canners and cutters 2.25 to 5.00, stockers and feeders 5.75 to 8.75, cows 4.00 to 7.75, calves 9.50 to 12.25. Sheep receipts 6000, market steady. Wool lambs 6.75 to 9.50, ewes 2.00 to 5.25.
Cattle receipts total about 260 with market steady as shippers pay 7.00 to 8.50 per hundredweight. Calves run slow but steady with extras at 12.00 to 13.00. Hogs receipts around 3500 with market strong and best packers and butchers at 10.00 to 10.26. Sheep and lambs steady with extra prices 4.00 to 4.50 and 8.50 to 9.00 respectively.
A dated price table shows butter creamery items at 46c for standards and 39c 46c for firsts, eggs ordinaries 30c 31c and firsts 0c, cheese twins 23c and young American 25c, with live poultry at 29c.
Washington February 19 The House after two hours of debate sent the Fordney emergency tariff bill to a conference with the Senate. The 190 to 132 vote indicated the measure cannot be stalled without reaching the two third majority, despite the president's expected veto.
The court of appeals upholds County Auditor Cornwell in denying extra funds to Carthage township for schools. Carthage did not adopt the three mill levy, leaving the township to seek more money, which the auditor refused. The township may now consider funding by bond issue.
Sable Island lies east of Nova Scotia and is gradually sinking, posing risks to its unique ecosystem and any nearby maritime routes. Researchers monitor erosion and rising sea levels affecting the sandy outcrop and its famed horse population.
Cincinnati market report shows eggs higher with extras at 38 to 39 cents, firsts at 37 to 38 cents, and ordinary eggs at 36 to 37 cents as of February 19.
The body of George Ebert, 29, Canton, Ohio, a Pennsylvania railroad trainman, was found along the tracks five miles east of Newark today. Authorities believe he fell from his train. The body will be taken to Canton tonight.
Lansing will host a conference of educators from surrounding states called by the United States Bureau of Education to meet next Tuesday.
Former Sheriff Samuel Ford of Deed Ridge County died suddenly while working on his farm at West Union near Sistersville, West Virginia, on February 19. The death occurred at his home as officials reported the longtime public servant had been in his usual health prior to the incident.
Paris reports Jules Peugeot a Joncherey schoolmaster and the first Frenchman killed in the war was awarded a military medal. He was shot by an Uhlan patrol thirty hours before the war declaration.
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