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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1920
Page
7
Butter prices hold steady with extras 67c lb, firsts 62c, seconds 61c, dairy fancy 53c. Centralized 65c, No. 1 37c, No. 2 18c. Eggs steady with extra firsts 83c per dozen, firsts 50c, ordinary firsts 49c, seconds 48c. Poultry values include fowls 4? lbs and over 34c, under 4% lbs 34c, springers 2 Ibs 35c, roosters 6c.
Close: Corn No 3 cash 1.54. Oats No 2 cash 92c to 93c. Rye No 2 cash 1.57. Barley not quoted. Clover seed cash and Feb 35.00, March 34.50, April 33.90, Oct 26.60. Timothy 1917 1918 cash 6.60, 1919 6.70. March 6.75. April 6.72. May 6.67.
Cattle receipts at Cincinnati were quiet and steady with shippers paying $11.00 to $12.00. Calves sold at $20.50 to $21.00. Hog receipts reached 2000 with market steady to 25 cents higher. good choice packers and butchers brought $15.00 to $15.25. Sheep receipts were 300 with a steady market and extras at $10.00 to $10.50.
Butter Creamery 6514c lists prices for flats and seconds. Eggs ordinaries 47c to 50c and firsts 53c. Cheese Twins 27c and Young American 31c. Live poultry quoted at 35c.
Cattle receipts light with steady market. Prime beef trades at 12.60 to 14.25, choice 13.75 to 14.25, veal calves 20.00 to 21.00. Sheep and pollegate light, market down. prime wethers 14.00 to 15.00, lambs 13.00 to 21.00. Hogs receipts 15 doubles, market steady. prime heavy 14.25 to 14.50, mediums 15.75 to 16.00, stags 9.00 to 10.00.
The Coolville sewing club entertained their husbands with a six o clock dinner last Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Custer. After dinner guests enjoyed games music and conversation in the parlor. The husbands now understand the wives enthusiasm for club meetings and hope to be remembered again.
Delaware resident Mr. Barr Barr plans to accept a Mill Co position after returning to his former community ties. Several locals update on health, real estate moves, and weekend travels. A dancing club gathering and a Friday high school senior outing to see The Merchant of Venice are noted amid snake sightings on Phillips Bros. farm.
A team of horses hitched to a wagon bolted Tuesday near Beasleys Mill turning two street corners and colliding with a telephone pole near Guy Kasler’s residence. Kasler and Carlos Henry restrained the pair. harness torn but little property damage. Justice summoned to Columbus after the death of a nephew. Local oil activity includes Meiser eyeing pay sand at Chas Wolf farm and Metzger expanding 1700 acres near Wrightsville. Panhorst of Marietta seeks leases for oil near Sharpsburg. T C Day’s crew at sandrock extraction continues work.
Henry L. Farrell reports that a ban on the spit ball, though controversial, will not wreck fan interest in baseball. About a dozen pitchers will lose the moist delivery this season, with licenses issued to players across the Braves Reds Cubs Dodgers Giants Phillies. The move may speed games and improve fielding, even as some fans fear more hits and shorter games.
Ohio University nearly upset last year's state champions in a hard fought gym contest. Akron led 7 6 after the first period before the visitors rallied, Davis and King thwarting several Akron threats. Final moments saw Akron hold on as Ohio failed to seize a late chance. Next games schedule includes Ohio vs Western Reserve.
Frances Clendenin, aged 78, died at her Monday home at 5 30 am after a week long bout with influenza. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survived by five sons W W Clendenin Athens John Mineral Dolph Monday Otha Barham A M Clendening Ward W Va and two daughters Mrs Mary Dixon and Mrs Martha Betts of Monday.
River levels on the Ohio flood report show Point Bridge at 5.4 feet and falling, Davis Island at 7.3 feet and stationary, Beaver Dam 7.6 feet and at 7.6 and falling, Parkersburg 7.6 feet and falling, Point Pleasant 9.0 feet and falling.
In Greenup Kentucky a tame bobcat belonging to Harrison Proder attacked a thief who tried to enter the house. A broken window, blood and hair in the cat’s claws indicate a struggle and the intruder’s escape.
Nugen Gingerella was the sole bidder when the Joe Carruso estate sold under the sheriff at the Trimble township courthouse. The property valued at 446 dollars brought 277 dollars.
A new bug species, named Cherries by bugologists, swarms trees in Colorado Springs. Researchers say the insects die in large numbers, and their bodies become a dye-like substance.
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